Memorial Weekend Beekeeping Questions and Answers!

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[dcsblessedbees]

Odd, 🤨 this didn't show up in my feed. 🤔Oh well now I have something to watch I guess.👍Thanks Kamon.

[jacobinjacobin]

Good morning Kamon following your channel from Bahrain middle east, learning and enjoying every video you post.

[keithspillman]

Great chat Kamon. Having a great flow here in the eastern foothills of NC. Have pulled honey twice already. As always....thanks for all you do!!!!

[BucksBeesS.C.]

I still use my johno from a while back with a small harber freight generator. No problems

[rusticlifefarm]

Apple pollination here in MA is $100 Per Hive. That is what the farmer that I have my hives at pays... mine are free to be there and stay :D BTW Kamon, your hair looks Fab tonight.

[vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.]

DANG IT!! Missed your live chat!
I was buried in bee work; is that any excuse?
Please keep up the GREAT work and we wish you and Laurel the best!
Keep up the good work!

[heavymechanic]

Kamon, I get my best result requeening a broodless colony with a mature cup (open cell) a day before its ready for the incubator, the bees finish it out and its usually all good vs losing a mated queen. Shake a frame of open brood into a split is also very beneficial for cell acceptance and survival, older bees may not feed the virgin as she emerges.. The Bug Farmer messaged me indicating he bought some bunk queens, I'm real picky about the quality of NUCs I sell from my yard to give a new beekeeper the best chance to be successful.

[masonh]

Wi you really should do two mite treatments one in the spring and one in July or Aug. Preferably July periodically doing mite washes are really suggested also. Keeping the mites low is really the best method to overall productivity.

[ScottVaughan-thep]

Sorry Missed the live stream but awesome as always. Tried grafting for the first time. 24 hours later they ate the larva I grafted in. I guess there was some young larva on the frames i put in the nuc so they started them. I tore them down and used the royal jelly to wet graft and added another frame of nurse bees to the nuc...hope it works this time.

[sherryortiz]

Memorial Day is in memory of the service persons who have passed. Veterans day is those who currently are in service or have served.

[sherryortiz]

You can add a super to a Long Horizontal hive during the nectar flow. Mine holds 32 frames and has been plenty. But my lid isnt attached, is very lightweight and I have added 1 layer of supers across the top. It's only 2 months out of the year at most ad I can pull all the frames as they are capped. Super easy

[wadebarnes]

I've done one the other day I got two of her frames b&b shook the laying worker hive out then but her and brood in she is laying

[RealNurseBeesVA]

If anyone wants to understand the benefits and difficulties of Beekeeping, they need to understand it is as difficult as Saltwater fishkeeping.

[jasonpowelliracing]

I vote Gus Mitchell and Cory Stevens on the next stream!! Thanks for answering my question, Ive learned so much from you.

[harleyxxfabco]

Daytona Beach area here and I'm getting overrun with hive beetles. I'm using swiffer sheets, hive beetle traps, screen bottom boards and have my hives in full sun....Anything else I can do? Love your videos!!

[researcherAmateur]

A good black locust year on the Balkans can give 20-25lb per day on a hive scale. But we have less of those... rain and cold weather ruined it this year. I always imagined you must have giant flows of black locust, since the tree was imported from USA. It is too sensitive for this new weather patterns.. good years are becoming rare. Always something...

[BucksBeesS.C.]

Have yall had problems with robbing with the slow nectar flow are or yall got enough nectar to keep that away from your hives?

[kevinkioga]

Great job Kamon, question on mosquitoes they are killing me at times i put on my bee hat on because of mosquitoes not bee's do you have any advice i haven't sprayed anything pesticides or anything for 10 years for my chickens and bee's thanks

[danschneider]

All my stuff was off yesterday. A day of remembrance

[edcook]

How do I
get on the heads up list for your next podcast live podcast?