Beekeeping Tips For The Month Of October (Fall)

Beekeeping tips for the month of October are essential to prepare for winter.

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Plan ahead for winter. Feed your bees in the fall by using my Feeding board known as the Burns Bees Feeder. Safely feed your bees from the top. Great way to help you build up your bees of winter physiology. Check it out:
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[psychobobsweets]

David, im 9 minutes in and i just wanted to say, thank you for all the time and effort you put into this, it shows, its helps so much, and you and your wife are amazing. thankk you and cheers!

[jenwagner]

Can you make a video on how to make candy boards with the feeding additives we get from your store

[mindylabean]

David, it is obvious you find joy in sharing your knowledge and experience of beekeeping to help others succeed. Thank you for sharing with such sincerity. 🙂

[cindylovesy]

Here in San Francisco Bay Area. My fifth year beekeeping and 1 st year doing the feeding of 1:1 plus your additives. WOW! so many eggs and larvae. I'm now a true believer in what you recommend getting bees ready for winter THANK YOU!

[patrickstevenson]

I like the format of this video. It's sad to think the beekeeping season is almost done.

[rosswagner]

One of the best videos ever! Answered so many questions for me! You're the best!

[scofieldfarm]

So many good tips - I appreciate the reminders as this is our 3rd fall season of beekeeping.

[CherylO-py]

Very helpful video! Perfect timing for me, answered many of my questions. Thank you!

[nohadboujawdeh]

Hello David. About wintering with screen bottom board it's very popular in Europe and Middle East like my country Lebanon 🇱🇧 especially when there is moisture problem. But there is some measures to take:
1- you have to insulate with polystyrene board 1.5 to 2 inches thickness directly over the frames.
2- close the lid firmly to prevent air flow
3- open completely the screen board.
In this way the hot air coming from bees do not condensate because of insulation and due to inner pressure the hot air will go down and out through the screen board. I used to have big problem with moisture but since I started using this method about six years ago I've got positive results

[wpankey]

Good stuff as always. I just put a bee escape on my hive today to get it ready to be combined with another one.

[Bowhuntersgoxzx]

Hi David - The one reason that i'm not a big fan of screened bottom boards is that SHBeetle larvae will fall through the screen to the ground and when they become beetles they can fly right back up into the hive through that same screen. I think a 1/8 th inch screen above a death board/ bottom board filled with Diatomaceious Earth or a sticky glue board is best as it catches the SHB larvae and some beetles and can also catch mites.

[Capt_Ron]

Good to see you again, David.
Louisville, KY

[heididoran]

Thank you! I am going to combine based on this video! So helpful.

[cyberpleb]

October is the last half of fall for me in Central British Columbia. The ground will be solidly frozen with persistent snow on the ground by the end of October and the snow will be there until the beginning of May. I'm a new beekeeping trying to get my bees through their first winter. They are wrapped, insulated and fed but the colony is on the small side. Wish me luck!

[jayglosser]

David Video - THANKS for sending me a video using 'Bee Quick '. I used Bee Quick today on my big hive (3 deeps with 2 supers on top) First I checked for SHB AND MITES, did two alcohol washes, first one had just one 1, second wash had ZERO. I had 4 SHB oil traps and only 1 trap had just 1 SHB, the other 3 traps zero. So, I put the hive back together, bees getting restless, did the BEE QUICK on the top hive. Followed your video 👍 . AGAIN THANKS!

[Carl-H]

Great video. Good review on the 3/4 rule when inspecting.

[meghanjones]

Ok so this might sound like a silly question but…if I decide to combine hives, what do I do with the frames that might not meet the criteria? What if they have some larvae or bee bread/capped honey? First year beekeeper. My other hive is still producing like crazy! And another (maybe new-be) question is when do you believe should be a sign that it’s your last inspection? AND just a question for curiosity: why are a lot of my bees crawling around in the wet grass in the morning? Are they just dying or is something wrong? GREAT video, as usual. You ate truly a God send to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[boake]

Hello David, when you combine two hives you let de queens fight?

[brianbennett]

Great video 👍 Thanks for All the info 👍

[TheBeastRenews]

I'm pretty sure the metal queen excluders sap all of the heat away from the cluster in a cold winter - it acts like a big heatsink! I had a dead out where most of the dead bees were below it, and relatively strong going into winter.