New beekeepers don't let wax moths and hive beetles destroy your hive

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Use this method to prevent wax moths and hive beetles from destroying your hive. This work excellent. Wish someone had told me when I started in beekeeping. Please spread this video. Please like and subscribe.
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[HomeShowTV]

Great video. As a new beekeeper, small hive beetles are the thing that concerns me the most. The child of teachers in me, however, feels compelled to point out that your friend is able to "attest" to your statements. Were he to "contest" to the facts, he would actually be disputing them.

[jayanddenissejones]

Thanks David. Great advice and an excellent video

[SewTexas]

Love all your wonderful information. Thank you

[Digger]

Thanks for the advice David! I started seeing beetles here for the first time last year, now they are a full blown plague. My bees seem to have learned to deal with them now for the most part and I'm keeping traps and baits in now. My bees are doing great so far this year.
I really like the looks of those feeders, they're very similar to some ten frame feeders I bought from Kelley's last year in principle except mine are big rectangle feeders with that bunt pan style design. Those look great for something smaller like for Nucs.

[underdiggeroakley]

Thanks I enjoy knowledge about my new bees. I can't get enough. between yourself and Don the fat bee man, I'm in the knowledge, I feel like I've been bee keeping for years, wish I have had that much experience, thanks again David.

[huntingdogable]

i really enjoyed this vid . It was timely .I am a new beekeeper.I just lost my first ever hive due to absconding. The small hive beetles had infested my hive, hard way to learn about hive beetles.It broke my heart.I had only had them two days and experienced a robbing by wasp, hornets, praying manthis and other bees.All this at the same time.My poor little bees were black and furless. Thought I had staved that off .Then the bees left.I found the nuc box full of hive beetle maggots.I caught a new swarm or the original ones returned to a top bar hive I had next door.
So I will surely use your advise.

[sentimentalbloke]

if you store your frames of drawn wax in empty hives, unless you leave the lids off you are inviting wax moths, I have a few pieces of perspex in the yard I use it as a temporary lid, and it works

[beebob]

The idea of swapping out boxes is excellent.  I've had hive beetle issues in the past in both production hives and nuc boxes.  Nice way to also clean up the boxes for the next season.

[valeriylavrinovich]

Great idea. Thanks for sharing this information. Good luck for for everyone.

[rpfaff]

I had a hive this year and I moved a frame into it but there were wax moth eggs I guess because within a few weeks the bees had left and it was full of wax moth larva. Boy was I upset, this is a good lesson learned. Thanks for putting this video out.

[wiljamin]

Hey David.... I love watching your channel on bees. I have 3 hives in my yard. I ordered an queen from you a few weeks ago and she arrived fast and in prime condition. She has been in the queenless hive now for a few weeks, but she does not seem to be laying. I have inspected the hive for the last 3 weeks and she is is there but nothing is going on... Any thoughts? Oh yeah, I did add a frame of brood to the hive this week.

[timbrown]

Great tips - reduce to managed frames, all hives probably have wax moth - you need enough bees to control it, wax moths wont thrive if there is daylight. If i have learnt something, you have done a great job.
Thanks

[redneckgamerandthekillcam]

David i love your videos i have a question about ac acid use how important is it and when best to use

[tron]

Ok, what do you do when you don't have a bottom floor to your 10 frame deep boxes of your brood chambers and the only bottom that you do have is the Screen bottom boards which is mandatory in FL to help Colonies breath and survive here where I live at.
Do a video with a 10 frame deep box screen bottom boards foundation hive and show us what to do in that situation

[trevorgore]

I've also made this mistake with new hive from caught swarm expecting population increase that didn't happen

[reneebrown]

Would using a piece of glass or plexiglass on top of the hive keep the hive beetles at bay? I mean like opening the hive an hr or 2 to get rid of the beetles

[alexissacks]

Thank you for this video. I cleaned out larvae but had no idea those black dots are eggs

[edescobar]

If your hive was infested with beetles can you still boil the comb and get clean beeswax?

[fryman]

Do you have any videos on getting a hive from a rescue like a house cut out or a swarm call

[connect]

is that fishing line you use in your frames?