Nuc Hive Inspection - Beekeeping 101 - GardenFork

This is part of the beekeeping basics. We do a beehive inspection every few weeks in summer to make sure the hive is healthy and the queen is alive and laying. In this video we show you how to inspect a hive and check for the queen.

I use Mann Lake Pro Health for an essential oil mix.

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[russtex]

Always fascinating to watch the Bee Keeping videos!

[rhkennerly]

enjoyed hearing you & the CO talk about the visceral aspects of beekeeping: how a healthy hive sounds, how it smells, what a healthy hive looks like.  It's not something you can learn from a book.

[TheGrumpyGardener]

The hive is building up nicely. The comment about the male bees certainly made the wife chuckle :)

[teresah]

Thanks for sharing. You'll have some delicious honey in no time. God Bless and take care.

[croutoncrackerjacks]

Looks like your girls are doing really well so far! Also looks like there's a nice little swarm cell forming on the bottom of that frame you pulled out. Are you just going to leave them to their own devices being it's their first year?

[havfaith]

Talk about the essential oil how, what and why.

[sandybaker]

I am a new beekeeper and find your videos very helpful. Thanks for sharing. I have two hives(mid May and early June) and was curious about how long to continue to feed them syrup mix. Also, did you make your own pollen patties? Thanks!

[MarkOliver-zp]

Yikes.  Did you guys see the eyes staring out in that still photo.