Beekeeping | Step-by-Step Guide to Adding the Next Box

Beekeeping means adding the next box at just the right time. Too late and they may swarm. Too soon and they may chimney up the middle of the hive, never getting to the frames on the outside edges. Today, I'll give you my secret weapon to combat this issue.

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[JosephLee-cr]

I've searched everything to learn as much as possible and your videos just help the most! You break things down and explain everything beautifully. Thank you

[tomahawkmissile]

wonkey comb is burr comb according to university of Minnesota bee lab under Marla Spivak - Gary Reuter in his demonstration on building comb. They work great for bee as ladders but is not good when inspecting comb just to scrape out or Randy Oliver knows people in Chile that press it to the bottom of the comb panel to reuse back on the frames.

[pattenlife]

I love to watch your videos. You talk at a great speed and are entertaining and give great information. Thank you. I’m brand new just got my bees last Saturday. ❤ 🐝

[lawrenceamccoll]

OKAY I FINALLY HAD TIME TO FOCUS AND I SAW THE QUEEN 😊😊😊😊😊

[spirestocksnotification]

Thanks for taking the time and effort to share; although, I was surprised by your comment of 3500 cells of capped brood. If you have honey and pollen on the frame, then there can't be 3500 cells of capped brood, especially with the video showing not all cells were capped with brood; noting, yes, you have an excellent queen brood pattern which was the intent, understand.

[markbee]

May I make a suggestion? I like to set my boxes on the outer cover instead of on the grass. 😊

[thomasrape]

As for smoker fuel I use dry horse and cow turds, they light easy, stay lit good and make a lot of cool smoke. It's just fine ground grass fiber compacted very tight.

[metalmeddling]

New beekeeper here, subscribed to your channel and been watching your videos to educate me, excellent content! I've made a series of mistakes as expected but I am learning with trial and error. A big mistake was I put a new package in a new box and was counting on my bee suit to show up before I got the bees but as luck would have it, it was three weeks late and so I was late on removing my queen box from the hive. The bees are doing fantastic but the extra space caused them to fill a whole frame with brood that is outside of the frame only attached to the lip of the frame, when I removed it, it detached and crumbled to the ground. I got most of the bees back in the hive but now the frame on one side is empty except a partial comb in the corner that is also to wide. I was able to push the frames closer together but not completely because I didn't want to destroy the remaining bit of comb and or injure the queen if she happened to be on it. Should I go back in and remove that last piece of comb so I can properly fit the frames together so as not to have the same problem happen again? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[TinyTrailFarm]

You know life is really good when a new smoker makes your day! Great video Dave!

[ryanmoore]

Hey David!! So when considering adding a new Deep, and you say to add it when the 🐝 draw out 5 frames, do you mean on both sides of a single frame?

[caciquesgrosvenor]

Can you show us the Quinn bee. What she looks like 😊

[toddcepica]

Perfect timing. I will be adding a deep box on my new hive this weekend. Thanks for the timely instruction!

[williambuyarski]

Another great informational clip...thank you! Concern, placed my nuc in my first deep on Wednesday, they were doing well. I'm going to be away from them for over a week, and I'm worried that the second deep should be placed on prior to seven days until my return. Will they be okay?

[JarredBarnes-xb]

I can't afford 6$ a month but I just got a new beehive and I like the way u do thangs. Can u work with me I want to join your classes

[philipthomas]

Can you do this when you already have a super on top?

[Polyhive]

When I add a 2nd BB I lift off the occupied one from the floor, add the new box and put the first one on top. I do this when the first box is at 8 frames of brood and no need at all to faff about queen finding. Why complicate what is about the simplest manipulation there is?

[leahpfeiffer]

Do you always run two deeps? How do you know when to add a deep and when to add a honey super?

[Ace-Unlocked]

Love your videos. Very educational for this new beekeeper. 👍👍

[stanleyschafer]

Thank you David for another great lesson. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. 🇺🇸

[margaretdenny]

Hi David, Question: My husband and I took our county club's beginning beekeeping course and due to our age, decided that we would use 8-frame medium boxes - except for our bottom brood box. We received and installed our 2 nuts a week ago, and will be doing our first inspection today! I expect to find that we'll need to add a super, hopefully on both the colonies. However we are wondering if we should go ahead and add 2 medium supers per colony, or just 1? Because of your tips in this video, I think we should just add 1 medium super per colony, wait until they've built up frame and brood, and then perhaps insert the second super in between the original deep and the medium super that we'll be adding today. Do you have any recommendations? 
And thank you so very much for your content - you've answered so many questions I didn't even know I had!