Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 228, spotted lantern fly honey dew, and much more.

Welcome to another episode of backyard beekeeping topics, this is the audio track from today's video:  https://youtu.be/hyM-RT-BR3U

 

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23 hours ago

1) There are spotted lantern flies where my bees are located. I have heard about bees making honeydew honey from there excrement. What are your thoughts on Honey Dew Honey? 4:30

2) Do bees store the 2-1 sugar water this time of year or are they just consuming it? 11:21

3) I built a horizontal hive from your plans. I have a question about pulling frames. I was planning on taking all fully capped frames, is it safe to assume they will continue to process the uncapped nectar and cap it once all resources dry up? 23:38

4) Can I use crystalized honey to make syrup to feed my bees? Same amount of honey and water by weight. 33:34

5) In episode 213 you mention that you do not use a queen excluder in your hives. Does that include Flow Hives? What is your hive set up for your Flow Hives to help prevent brood in the Flow Frames? 36:37

6) My honey is cloudy with foam on top. Do people shy away from buying cloudy RAW honey? The honey I processed last year wasn't cloudy. 46:38

7) It's time to pack down the hives so I busted into 2 of my 6 hives today. To my surprise I found zero brood in one and scant at best in the other. There are about 6-8 frames of bees in each. I'm wondering if I should join these two hives. 52:52

8) Quick question about OAV Treatments, should it be done every 7 days and for three sessions? 59:30