Part 7: First Year Bee Colony Management

Once you get bee colonies, what do you do? Become familiar with your new bees and watch them make themselves a home! Learn how to inspect a hive and what you should look for when opening that lid. At the end of the season, prepare your colonies for winter.

0:00 – Managing your colony
1:09 – Lighting your smoker
1:56 – Before you open your hive
2:53 – Opening a hive
3:11 – Examining frames
10:46 – What do you look for?
11:33 – Evaluating the queen
12:33 – Evaluating the brood
20:22 – Evaluating the space in the brood nest
21:16 – Evaluating worker bee health
21:57 – Assessing the colony’s food supplies
23:28 - Assessing the colony’s space for food
24:32 – The honey flow
26:29 – Honey and moisture
31:40 – The nectar dearth
32:08 – Water for honey bees
34:28 – Fall beekeeping
35:18 – Bitterweeds
36:55 – Goldenrod
38:00 – Drone eviction
38:54 – Assessing pests
39:34 – Preparing hives for winter
41:10 – Installing mouse guards
43:44 – Winter in the bee hive
47:22 – Winter for the beekeeper
48:04 – Record keeping

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[bosnianduke]

I started watching this series two years ago. Started as passing-time watch and grew to me becoming a beekeeper 6 months ago. I have learned so much. Im often rewatching it and always learning something new.

[Joerax]

I watched this several times, thank s for making it fun too❤

[MurrayMitchell-wj]

thanks for a great series of lecture
Very informative, practical and understandable
well done

[johnmenocal]

ALWAYS work your bees from the backside!! Love this series!!

[chippewabackwoods]

If I understood the lecture right. A capped cell could be a brood OR Honey? How do I know which is in that cell? I know you covered that but I'm taking notes as you lecture.