Our Small Scale Wintering Shed
A tour of our small scale wintering shed
Read moreMoving Bees Indoors for Winter
The forecast looks like winter, time to move the bees inside. Kayla and I moved the bees into the wintering shed.
Read moreReally Digging this Thanksgiving Weekend
We got a ton of snow, time to dig the hives out.
Read moreTesting Honey Moisture Content
Testing Honey Moisture Content Here is the link to where I purchased the refractometer, it is pricey but very convenient: https://www.itm.com/product/atago-pal-22s-digital-handheld-honey-refractometer?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpuC-s9Hf4wIVjpOzCh1zZwOyEAYYAiABEgKfS_D_BwE
Read moreChecking Honey Super Space After The First Pull
Checking Honey Super Space After The First Pull
Read moreChecking Mini Nucs and final Queen Graft
I have had a bear of a time getting the Styrofoam mating nucs going in early spring with the cool weather, cut and assembled these mini nucs so I can multi level them, they are half length medium frames. The […]
Read moreDealing With a Failed production Double Nuc
In this video I identify a double nuc where one queen has failed, and show/discuss how we deal with the remaining colony. We run our double nucs through the honey season to maximize growth and honey production in our beekeeping […]
Read moreHoney Comb Replacement for Healthier Hives
Comb replacement increases the immunity of your honey bee colony, by reducing treatment residues absorbed by beeswax, and reducing the risk of harboring viruses in aged equipment. This is our replacement strategy, what’s yours?
Read moreChecking for Queen Mating Success
In this video I check for successful mating on some new nucs, and prepare them for the canola flow. I describe what I am doing and why, feel free to ask any questions for future videos of our sideliner operation.
Read moreChecking Graft Acceptance and Setting up Queen Right Cell Finisher
Checking on my 2 day old larva grafts for graft acceptance, and reintroducing the queen to finish the cells in a queen-right finisher.
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