#beekeeping Hive Inspections after Formic Pro Treatment

Hey all,

Well it was time to get in and do some thorough Inspections on the Hives now that the Formic Pro treatment has been removed. Overall, the Hives in this Video are doing great. I couldn't be happier with where they are as far as stores for the winter and brood.

Watch the video and let me know what you think.

Video Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Plan
1:38 - Bee Castle Inspection
9:59 - Bee Box Inspection
15:32 - Double NUC Inspection
20:19 - Outro

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#Beekeeping #OhioBeekeeping #Beekeeper #OhioBeekeeper #HoneyBees #CastleHives #HiveInspection #DoubleNUC

Equipment Used in Beekeeping - From Amazon:
1. WEICHUAN Multifunction Hive Scraper Tool with Wooden Handle

Equipment Used to Film:
GoPro Hero 9 with Media Mod
Edited with iMovie

[Healingthroughprayer]

Great really awesome dear friend 💞 success to you always #asavetv
Watching at this moment ❤️

[ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney]

Queens looking good Brian, glad to see they made it through the treatment!

[Toonstead]

Bees are the coolest! Super neat! Enjoyed the video! Blessings!

[MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

bees are very healthy, I like the frame holder, thats handy. you give lots of good information, I like the double nuc have, pretty cool.

[BlacksTropicalHomestead]

I'm learning all I can about bee keeping, going to get bee's soon and don't know one thing about them so binge watching your channel. Can't wait for the stream SoilFamily 👩🏾‍🌾🐝👨🏿‍🌾

[researcherAmateur]

If you want them to draw a frame or two.. It's in the top brood box, betwine brood frame and pollen frame. It's probably too cold in other places. How many days of flow do they still have.. it could be better to take supers now, restrict a little. They really have nice brood frames

[russellkoopman]

The bees look good Brian. If I had any concerns it is the lack of honey. I'm in MN and I worry about winter stores and giving the bees enough time to cure it and cap it to minimize moisture in the hive this winter. We are getting nights in the low 40's already. Several of my hives have the top brood box (10 frames) capped wall to wall and others have one or two frames with some brood in the top box. I had a hard time getting bees to draw frames in early August. Get those drawn frames in there and give them some time to fill them with winter stores, October is just a few days away. Just my opinion which isn't worth much but I've never lost a hive over winter yet. Knock on wood. LOL

[bradgoliphant]

Hey Castle Hives, I did not know you were in the NE as well. Where so? I'm in NYC!!!! My hive is still booming, like they are still filling up supers. i can't believe
Nice looking hive. Hey, thought of another name for your apiary, --besides Dragon Fire, now there is Witches Brew and Queen Elizabeth. It's so interesting how you started with an Apiary name that can be built on. Love it.

[bradgoliphant]

It's always great to see natural drawn comb. I never use plastic. Not that there is anything wrong with do so, but I'm not a fan or forcing the bees do to what we want them to do. Your hives are rockin!!!! Don't see a lot of honey stores. Did I miss them? Are they set for winter? Thanks for a great video.

[PaulOtis]

They're looking good. Are you going to feed?

[TheLaLaFarm]

Enjoyed the video Bryan. The hive looks fantastic. How do you know the treatment was effective on the verroa population short of taking a sample and testing with alcohol or sugar. The colony looks incredible. Nice work!!!! - Rick

[YogiHollowFarm]

Another great video Bryan. Question: by doing a visual inspection you can see the formic pro managed the mite issue? Vs doing a sample?

[SteveDratwa]

i see lots of pollen too in this area, i know the bees make into city, im almost a mile out of town(ashtabula), , , , i left my supers on so they will draw comb for next year, , they're filling up with sugar i take supers off in Nov and uncap syrup an feed it back in spring????, , , i want drawn out comb for next year