More great info , thank you sir

@beek

4 күн бұрын

So nice of you, and thank you for watching. Please subscribe if you haven't already.

Your videos are always just what I need! Thank you for all the time you spend making these quality, and informative videos!!

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

I always give you a thumbs up.😊

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Hello Dave enjoy all of your great videos and was nice to meet you at 2023 HiveLife and hope to see you at the next America’s Adventure for bees

@beek

11 ай бұрын

I hope so too!

Good video David, some real good informative content! Enjoyed it, thanks 😎

David, thanks for doing this video because I have several frames not completely capped, you have answered many questions for me. Enjoy the Bourbon Maple syrup on many foods.

Haha, that's awesome, hope you like the coffee mug!

@beek

11 ай бұрын

I love it!

Thank you. I had already spun out a decent bit of honey to make space for my honey-bound hives this year. Most of those frames were not capped… but we’re closer to the brood area of my horizontal hives… and should be older nectar. I figured (was hoping) they left it uncapped for swarming. I got a refractometer and it wound up being about 16.5% luckily. Re-stocked my personal stash… and am bringing in 7 bottles to work this morning to sell.

Great information David, appreciate your videos always.

Thanks David!

Really informative, many thanks from the UK.

Great informations, thx David

Thank you for another great video. Hope to meet you at EAS.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Yes be sure to come up and say hi.

Timely video....as always

Good idea for an episode.

I wished my spring honey is that light. Mine is real dark. Great video

Thank you Dave

Another awesome video!!

Very interesting! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I guess honey moisture content also has to do with location location and climate. Great idea to always test. Thanks, Gina

Excellent video. I have just bought the refactometer

Thanks so much! Looks like I probably have more that is harvestable than I thought! We do have a refractometer so I will check the frames out here!

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Sounds great!

I love the well thought out and timely videos, thank you David!

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Hi

Hi David Long time watcher. Keeping bees four years now. Truly enjoy and apply your knowledge and suggestions. Thank-you. A question about honey moisture. What is a good average moisture percentage at time of harvest?

Hi David, You mentioned at the start that you calibrated your refractometer. Yet later you say that they come calibrated, plus in your other video, you say not to mess with the calibration. So why did you need to calibrate your refractometer, this time? (I use my refractometer, constantly. Even on my extracted honey, to make sure it's not changing.) Thanks!

Wow, so even the last frame was ready to be bottled and had the lowest moisture content?

Thank you for the great video! What do we do with our super frames that are not ready? It is getting close to time to treat for mites. I can't treat until the supers are off.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

That's a great question to ask on my lifestream Thursday night at 7pm CT. Here is the link: kzread.infoC7txdg7rQAo

If you extract excess backfill nectar from deep frames what is the Brix reading to make 1:1 to feed back to the bees. Isn’t feeding back diluted nectar better then refined sugar?

@beek

11 ай бұрын

That's a great question to ask on my lifestream Thursday night at 7pm CT. Here is the link: kzread.infoC7txdg7rQAo

Just bought one of these devices. Dave, how do you clean the slide between tests? Thanks.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Wet rag and then dry it off.

Thanks for the info. I don’t see the link for the refractometer.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

It’s in the description under the disclaimer

@michaelshipman4229

11 ай бұрын

Still don’t see it

What percentage should be the cur off?

Is that a hive beatle scurrying around on your frame.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

Indeed

So what is the rating supposed to be?

Still don’t see the link for the refractometer.

@beek

11 ай бұрын

It's in there now. But here it is: amzn.to/476TCh5