Q&A with Beekeepers of Madison County

Question and answers on feeding bees, mite treatments, splitting colonies and more. Recorded in Danielsville, Georgia, July 26, 2021.
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[rogierdikkes]

Thank you for repeating the questions, you are a great presenter!

[markspc]

It was nice of you to re-iterate the questions, you are a great speaker !

[SuperAdam]

Bob is the Colonel Sanders of Bees, I always learn something from his vids

[old-man-easy]

I appreciate you. Always pertinent information.

[ronblack]

My favorite portion of the video. The Q&A is very informative, I learned some useful stuff

[dontannery]

Thank you for your videos I'm constantly looking for the next one

[keithfaithful]

Comb below 45 degrees. Thanks helped me again.

[framcesmoore]

Thanks Bob this is great hope u have a great week

[CoffeeNob]

Thanks for posting this part Bob! Legend

[MrWlados]

Wonderful i like this material! Very healthy information

[scrotiemcboogerballs]

So much knowledge you have probably forgotten more than I’ll ever learn lol

[framcesmoore]

Your videos are just so great they are just to short wish they were longer

[rickhermann]

I am in North Carolina and am going to winter over with double deep on a strong colony. they filled one deep with honey, so I reversed the two deeps, putting the brood on top where they will be warmer .

[climb]

I love your videos! Do you by any chance Have some tips...how to produce honey with only one lower brood box? You take out the side frames?

[rayjohnson]

Hi Bob, thanks again for the great content and the much appreciated Q&A. I’m wondering if you’ve run into any spotted lantern fly honey yet? Smells smoky and tastes like a light molasses. Great for BBQ . I’m worried it won’t be controlled and could end up tainting all honey production?

[MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Any thoughts on using oil of thyme, Thymol feedings in the fall and or spring for Nosema treatment/prevention? I see more mention of its use in Britain.

[arpit]

Also, as that gentleman was suggesting, if we add two separate colonies on top of each other divided by a honey super, would these two act like one colony during the flow for the purpose of collecting honey, even when they still have two separate queens? Kindly clarify this also.

[albeethebeeman]

Hey bob what kind of pump do you use on your truck tried Honda pump froze up after two feedings of 300 hives

[boysbees]

So... OA every other day for one capped drone cycle. 2 grams per deep. Is that bout right?

[arpit]

Hey Bob. You spoke that you like to shut down the bees 20-30 days before the main honey flow ends, so that you don't end up with excessive hungry mouths to feed, which will then start eating from the crop. How do you shut down the Bees really? Do you do that by confining the Queen in the bottom box (in case of a 2 story colony), using a queen excluder? if so, in the presence of a fully brooded lower chamber, is she likely to swarm ?...or not due to active honey flow ? or, you use any other ways to shut the queen down also? Kindly comment. Thanks.