Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 218, there is a new bug bite and sting treatment, and much more!

Welcome to another episode of Backyard Beekeeping topics, this is the audio track from today's YouTube:  https://youtu.be/MDCNEWLDops

 

Topics and associated time-stamps linked to the video are generously provided by Adam Holmes

1) I see a lot of beekeepers freely swapping resources from one hive to another. Is there no concern about disease cross contamination? 12:35

2) I'm wondering if you can provide some tactics, techniques, and procedure for conducting hive inspections during a dearth. 17:52

3) I always thought after a swarm, the new queen would emerge and kill all other queens. Can you discuss this subject again? 30:11

4) I have a ton of uncapped honey in my hives this year, and with the heat and humidity these last few weeks I suspect the bees are having a difficult time dehydrating the nectar into cappable honey. 38:32

5) Remove the bug sting and welt - use Bug Bite Thing! 46:50

6) Will the Apimaye Hive allow for a Flow-Super to be put on top? 53:45

7) How do you deal with semi-full, semi-capped Flow Frame Supers when reducing hives for winter? 56:35

8) Would you talk about diagnosing the state of a hive using all the various different things that fall onto the bottom board? 1:04:09

9) Regarding your swarm capture with your grandson, if you had caught the queen and forced them all into one of the two hives that they rejected they would have probably swarmed out quickly. Was the entrance of the chosen hive facing the same direction as the ones they rejected? 1:12:00

10) How and when can I swap out frames that came in my two nucleus hives from May? They were well used and need to be replaced. 1:19:54

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