Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 99, How to keep a newly hived swarm from absconding, and more!

This is the audio portion of the full YouTube:  https://youtu.be/qh_kZGQcoQg

Pinned by Frederick Dunn

Questions and Time-Stamps are listed below, courtesy of Adam Holmes 

 

1) How do you safely handle frames? As you inspect? 3:30

 

2) How do you keep from harvesting unripe honey with your flow-hive frames? 14:19

 

3) Do you pull hives apart and clean bottom boards in spring? 23:30

 

4) How long do you wait to transfer a newly trapped swarm from trap to hive? 25:21

 

5) I purchased Hoover Hives, there is space in the 8-frame box for a 9th frame. Is there a reason not to put a 9th frame in the box? 29:12

 

6) You have said to make sugar syrup by weight instead of volume, did you have unsatisfactory results when using the volume method? 34:05

 

7) Why not have a medium as your brood box? 41:36

 

8) When do you start changing feeds from emergency to 1:1 etc. 44:21

 

9) I'm going to start an observation hive, I've got a ton of questions. 50:37

 

10) Do you clean / replace bottom boards in spring? Would you consider mixing dry spirulina with dry emergency sugar? 59:51

 

11) Do you think the Asian Giant Hornet could fit through a Hyfe Gate? 1:02:32

 

12) I'm getting my package bees next month! Should I use lemongrass oil drops, peppermint, lavender oil? 1:06:36

 

13) What feeder do you use to feed in spring? Would the super be added immediately after my 8 frame flow hive is full? 1:12:41

 

14) I'm a treatment free beekeeper, one of my colonies has some crystal bits in the brood cells, will the bees clean that up? 1:14:40

 

15) A guy that has had bees for 20 years told me today that he just buys new bees every year. 1:19:56

 

16) I was wondering if you could talk a little more about the BeeWeaver Bees? How is their temperament? I have read that they can be hotter than other bees. 1:23:12

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Episode 100 May be a LIVE-Chat Session!  Undecided at the moment.