On March 20 I inspected the hives for the second time this year, specifically looking for brood. If the colonies aren’t starting to build up brood by now they will have trouble surviving into spring. The videos of these inspections, including some mishaps and surprises, are below:
Tag: honeybee
Adventures in Rendering Beeswax
Beehives produce multiple products besides honey, but getting a final product from what the bees make often requires some work. Beeswax is a valuable resource that must be separated from other materials within the comb. I am trying to do this, for the first time, and it’s taken a couple tries to get a product that’s worthwhile and ready for further refining. This video documents my attempt(s) and the outcome(s):
Conversion Hive Construction Video Coming!
Since posting videos showing the use of my conversion hive to move bees from Langstroth to Layens frames, I’ve received several requests to share plans of that hive. I’m currently working on a video showing how that hive was built, but that project was done before I started making YouTube videos so I’m learning some new video editing skills to retroactively put the presentation together.
That build video should be posted soon but, in the meantime, here’s the video showing the setup of the conversion hive and addition of bees: