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I think you need to run a division board down the center and turn those into a 2 unit type colony. It would make alot honey that's for sure. Add a excluder let them share a suppers like we do with nucs .. those were split down the center it be exactly like a tree cavity wouldn't be a hive beetle hotel bees would be plenty strong.

Was the farmer happy with his harvest of peaches, blueberries and strawberries this year? Did he rent hives in previous seasons? (I may look new, but I deleted all my old comments 😎 )

You also neglected to tell people that this is for an 8 farm and not a 10 frame

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Southeast Ga Here and it has been Hot for sure.

Thanks for the video. Hope you are feeling better.

"How would you unpause yourself?" 😆🤣

The real life pause sounds like a Twilight Zone episode.😊

You s should tell people what you set the saw measurement to, for the rip

Showing my ignorance - did the bees of that hive all die or leave?

you are sweating, and it's freezing here in Oz, 9 degrees C, and icy rain. Sorry to see the Army hive's demise.

Underwear not underwater

It's so hot here in Bama after working my bees I have to change underwear. All I wear under my suit is my underwater. I have a Hillco Featherweight suit.

You should buy one of the ice jackets that jerome bee farm and homestead wears.

I hate that you lost that colony. I lost 2 that same way first thing this spring. Pretty disappointing!

I see a cup at 25:37, but it seems to be empty.

A little humor on a hot humid Georgia morning was nice "Presidential Moment. LOL I here other YT's say that leaving to many queen cells in a hive increase the chance of virgin secondary swarms which can weaken the hive further. I usually take out several of the smallest ones and leave 2-3. Some say no more than 2. IDK Sorry about Army. I thought it was in trouble. Have a good week.

Shame about the Army Hive.

I feel for you with the heat and humidity. Us in Eastern Ontario know what humidity is like. The amount of rain we have gotten this year is huge and doesn't help with the heat. Working in my gardens and greenhouse just about kills me. The girls look great on the farm. Sorry about the bee barn dying out. That sucks big! Oh yeah, my Sting o Meter is up to 13 and not from honey 🐝 but wasps.

I was working my bees yesterday in the hot sun so I feel for you.

HAHAHAH you had a "Presidential moment"

Things are looking good on the farm! It's nice you have some shade that time of day to inspect. Army hive having ants is way better than them having SHB, I think you may have caught that at the appropriate time. I still would like to see a peek in that hive from the top looking towards the bottom without frames to see how it's all holding up. Thanks for sharing!

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Its nice to see the natural wood colour on your hives, mine are the same, I have started using a wipe on water based polyester coating, it is so easy to get it onto the wood and a coat dries really quickly.

Love the "you fix it" challenge! I'm just watching so no suggestions from me but will be watching for the outcome. 😊 FYI Hanes 6 packs white tshirts are 18.98.

I think putting another hive into the barn would be best. Don’t throw good after bad. Question since I cannot find an email for you - what do you have in your pocket that your tool sticks too? I am assuming a magnet. What size and where did you get it?

Mic sounds great. New beekeeper here so I'll watch to see what you do. 🐝

Thank you so much for sharing this build. You are a blessing to this community

Inhear the same thing honwy shouldnt be $12 a pound. I can remember when it was $5 a pound not too long ago.

Queen and egga would be a waste of time. If enough bees swt it on too of a strong queen right hive.

In your introduction the water bowl fountain where is it from ?

I have a similar situation, have a hive that swarmed last month but their new queen didn't come back from a mating flight I think. I only have 4 hives so I just gave them a frame of larvae /eggs . I hope they can make a queen and build up before winter (Not in a bee barn, double deep that I add a big 2" insulated foam cover for the winter) For your situation, I vote to combine another hive on top of the bee barn

i vote to scrap it, freeze frames, close entrance so bees cant come back and add a package next year.

Great videos, I love to watch them. Built a Beetle Sucker 5000, it works great !!! Thank you !! Question for you, what type of magnet do you carry in your pocket where you place your hive tool when it is not needed. I would like to buy one, if you have a link to where one could be purchased and willing to share it. I would certainly appreciate it !! Thank you !!

Loved the gripes! In my experience, there will NEVER be a time without something worth griping about. The solution is not In your vote. It comes from within , and how you live. Travel to places that will help you realize how well off you/we actually are here in North America. Avoid the posse mentality. Your channel is worth watching. Cheers.

Laying workers. Plural. Will not combine. Shake them out. Preferably 100 feet away. Install a Nuc. Or preserve the frames , safely from moths. Oh what fun. Cheers.

De-Funked I say!

As I see it, there are several options for that army bee barn hive: 1) Let nature take its course - Not recommended 2) Shake the bees out and install a package - Costs money 3) Give a frame with capped brood and a frame with milk brood and eggs to make a new queen - Unlikely to succeed with a laying worker 4) Introduce a new queen - Not recommended as the population is too small, but that can be remedied with some frames with nurse bees and capped brood 5) Combine with another hive (second Vevor hive?) and feed heavily - My recommendation

Pretty obvious laying worker (shotgun pattern drone laying), a worker will lay undersized drone eggs which is why those caps almost look like workers but they aren't. Idea ---- Since you also need a couple or more queens for your bee farm hives I would create a Queen Nursery, use a 3 frame nuc with one frame of eggs in the middle and lots of nurse bees and 2 frames of food stores (no Queen or forage bees needed) you want eggs and nurse bees only and they should make 3 to 6 Queen cells. You can take that small Nuc with you to the farm and you can use a baby spoon and small knife to cut the queen cells out of the comb and plant them in where you need them.

First, take away that extra super (this goes for all your hives that I can see). I like your channel but you do drive me crazy.... you have way too much space in all your hives. Once you pull the honey off, your hives should be in winter set up (no more than deep and medium) Then, give them one frame of eggs and young larva every 5 days, they should start making queen (you can notch the cells to encourage queen cell building. Any frames with brood that comes from laying worker you can wash out with water hose on shower setting. Laying worker situation is not difficult to fix, you just have to understand what makes it go away - worker brood pheromone, but too much space will dilute it. It's bone dry right now so obviously you will have to give them light sugar water here and there. Good luck.

@bugfarmer..also, Sam’s wholesale has 6 pack Hanes T-shirts for 19.98

I been combining NUC hives with a failed queen because when its hot the bees lose interest in making cells and ignore the egg frame. Its easier to requeen a split in the fall after it cools off and there is a nectar/pollen flow. Good to know the orchard is doing well.

Newspaper combine with a strong nuc on top. The strong nuc will stop the laying worker. You come out of winter with a better colony than stripping another colony of their resources. If you have any genetics from the army hive in the apiary use them. Feed strong with pollen patty and sugar syrup to boost them for the next month.

i'd combine with another hive. Adding eggs at this point will not help as by the time a queen emerges and begins to lay the other bees will be too old or dead.

And if you decide to shake them out, can you shake them out into one of my hives - I’ll buy a queen for them lol

I vote you shake them and out remove the hive from the stand so the bees will go to other hives. If you don't remove the hive, the bees will return to their home. If you want to save them, you can give them brood from other colonies, you will have to do it repeatedly for several weeks to suppress the workers ovaries. You can also add brood pheromone. Being that we have passed the summer solstice, you have to decide if you want to compromise your other colonies by removing brood (but you have a lot of colonies and can take from multiple colonies). If you don't suppress the laying workers, a new Queen will most likely be killed because the laying worker pheromone makes the colony think they have a queen.

After 6 weeks of trying to get two of my hives to rear their own queen - I bought 2 queens. They simply refused to do it. No eggs at all. I have successfully done this since 2007/2008. Just last year I did 10 walk away splits - 100% success rate although one was a little stubborn. The only difference between this year and previous years - one hive this year was a swarm, second was a rescue. Previous years were either packaged bees or NUCs with an Italian queen. So my vote, in the middle of July, is I need brood now not later so buy a queen lol I would also add a few fully capped brood frames or emerging brood frames to the hive. These new queens I purchased took off like it was a race to lay eggs. So for me it worked out better to purchase the queens. One hive did manage to rear their own (I just missed it somehow). Each of the hives have 3 - 3 1/2 frames of brood and the reared queens haven’t emerged yet.

mic sounds great

I love that queen holding device for painting the queen, could you tell me the name please? I live in England, in South Yorkshire, I have had my most successful year ever, even though for 3 weeks we have had dull weather with rain for part of the day for at least the last 10 days, the bees have been getting out though I haven't weighed my honey but there is a lot, I had to go out and buy 3 extra 50 litre barrels, I would say I have harvested at least 270 litres from 16 hives and I haven't harvested my lavender honey yet, I have 2 very large lavender gardens that produce awesome tasting and smelling honey, I think I might get another 120 litres.

My girlfriend votes to buy a queen and add 2 frames from other hives