Thank you so much for this guide. I'm in Colorado Springs and a first year beekeeper. Today we had scorcher at 90+ with humidity in the teens. My bees have drained multiple jars of syrup, they've been heavy on their water, and massive bearding at the hive entrance. This has been so informational!

@ravingdog24

Күн бұрын

You do know the east coast would envy us in the Rockies complaining about humidity getting close to 20%.😅

@ravingdog24

Күн бұрын

Oh yeah, I do rub it in when chatting with all of my friends and family that are still back east 🎉

I hope you are staying Safe and Well. I was thinking of you when I heard the bad News about the Fire.

I'm considering getting into beekeeping. I absolutely love the information that you present. Thank you for all your content.

Thank you for the update on Hawaii.

Awesome information Larissa thanks, you’re always helping so many new beekeepers 🇦🇺👍🐝🍯

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Wow Larissa thanks so much i have learn alot

Thank you

Been following you for a while now. Enjoyed watching and learning about the bees. Glad you are safe.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Greetings I am in Jamaica 🇯🇲 and enjoy your simple explanations .love your son who was disturbing you in one of your videos.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Aloha! How are your bees doing in Jamaica? How are they dealing with varroa mites over there these days?

Love the information. Wanting to start my hand at keeping next spring here in PA. Thanks 👍

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

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Enjoyed the video Laryssa. Timely information.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! How are the temperatures in your neck of the woods? You've probably been dealing with super hot days for weeks now.

@brucesbees

10 ай бұрын

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple yes. Hot and humid. Mod to upper 90s with heat index well over 100. Miserable. But the bees seem to be plugging along doing their thing.

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Really love your videos, you're a sweetheart. I was 107 in my part of South Texas yesterday, but bees seem to be doing ok. I put in screened bottom boards (temporarily) and slightly cracked the top cover. Otherwise doing everything you suggested--all good advice. Thank you and give your little boy a squeeze!

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Gosh, I'm glad it hasn't been that hot out here! If you have any other tips to share with us about keeping your hives cool, let me know. I love learning new tricks. That boy is a silly one. He's been pretending to make his own KZread videos and talking in front of the tripod (with no camera) on it. :)

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@BeekeepingMadeSimple

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

At 15:02, are you suggesting the risk of robbing during a dearth outweighs the ventilation benefit of an upper entrance when temps get to the mid 90s? On Oahu, I understand that when it gets too hot, the bees fly over to Waiola Shave Ice.

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Some great & timely information. Glad you and your hives are all safe. The photos of Maui are hard to watch.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. The stories I have heard from people in Maui are so terrible. You don't think about how many fire trucks there are in your county until something like this happens and you realize how isolated you are and how few resources we have living here compared to the mainland. Very scary.

Nice information ❤

good job

Great video.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

If you would like to send a donation to help those affected by the fires, please donate to www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong. It is heartbreaking hearing the stories of what people in Lahaina, Maui have experienced this week. I live on the Big Island. Myself, my family (and the bees) are all safe and our home was not damaged. This video was filmed this week, just before the fires began in Maui. The air is now starting to clear up and the skies are blue again. I hope this video can help those of you in areas also being affected by the high heat. If you have any other tips to add, please leave them in the comments! Aloha, Laryssa

I put a wireless thermometer on the top bars in a hive and so far 106F is the highest temp so far. It has been a 99 to 101 F in the shade with extremely high humidity for several weeks now in central Florida. Every few days we get a small shower and the bees are maintaining

@cluelessbeekeeping1322

10 ай бұрын

Was it 106 inside the hive? I'm having a few of my mating hives abscond. Normally, I'll give a freshly mated queen brood, but none of my hives are making brood now...this is so hard on the bees and me!

@dwren4554

10 ай бұрын

@@cluelessbeekeeping1322 the temp was measured on top of the top bars but not inside the colony. The hive is in direct sun and I’ve seen many 105F readings. I’ve read in many older bee books that mortality may begin at approximately 113F , although Laryssa quotes a higher number, I would believe her research is more current and therefore more plausible.

@cluelessbeekeeping1322

10 ай бұрын

@@dwren4554 One thing many don't realize about 'polished' or even 'natural' aluminum finish is that polished ANYTHING metal gets super hot. If it's painted white, it's significantly cooler. I myself use migratory covers with just painted wood (not that it's any cooler, I think a telescoping cover is cooler). I'm in Austin Texas and my smaller hives are super hating this heat now (we've had a month of over 103. Last couple of weeks have been 106. Right now, I can't make any splits due to the heat and lack of extra bees.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Good point about the aluminum. The heat is really hard on my bees in the Waikoloa area where it's really hot and dry half of the year.

@cluelessbeekeeping1322

10 ай бұрын

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple Try painting a single lid, leave both out in the sun. The one thing about aluminum is that...the oxidation layer makes it very hard for paint to stick & glue (not that you're gluing). If you lightly sand it with something like 600 grit wet sand, then immediately paint it, the paint will stick better & one other step... Use an aluminum etching primer. This itself helps eat away at the oxide and bonds better with the aluminum. Or---just paint it and deal with flaking paint later.

Where would I find those oil pans? TIA

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

I got mine from Dadant.com

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Garden table umbrella?

Good morning, how are you? The amount of honey this year was low. We have a high temperature. And how were you?

What I wouldn't give for mid 80s. 107 today and forecast for the next 3 days. We're on day 33 of triple digits in Texas. I live in this mess and never run AC. My hives are bearding like crazy at night. I'm thinking about opening the lids a little at night on my horizontal hives.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

It was 98 yesterday :/ I would definitely open the lids a little bit at night. One beekeeper I talked to in FL puts pennies under the lid to keep it open just a crack if you don't want the hive open too much.

@jamesbarron1202

10 ай бұрын

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple I also put washers under my vertical Langstroth hives during summer but I think it also lets hive beetles In through the top. My horizontal Langstroths don’t have a place to enter if I open them because of the cover boards. They can vent better because I have vented cover boards with bug screen. My lids also have screened vents but opening them should help more.

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What about if temp is 120 f (45-50c) ?

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Hi Larissa, my bees are working like mad, bringing in pollen, but some bees are removing it, and pushing it off the landing board and onto the ground it is almost spring in Queensland, is this normal.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Interesting! I have heard that pollen can go moldy before the bees even bring it into the hive. That's one reason why harvesting pollen is really hard to here, especially here in HI where it's so humid. My guess would eb that there's something wrong with it.

Third-year beekeeper I was told brood dies above 92, and then someone said 97max, you found a study that said 106 for half a day's ok? We're going to have 103 for three days straight here in Iowa. Are you on Maui? Will Lahainans need any contracting help this fall and winter or are they wanting people to stay away?

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

The mighty mite heat treatment to kill varroa heats the hive to 106F and it's in the hive for hours, so that's what I'm going with. I am on the big island. My husband looked into helping because he is an electrician but at the moment they're just helping people find homes. In a few months organizations like habitat for humanity might start doing some work. They build a crazy amount of homes in a short period of time. My husband helped with a few projects years ago here.

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Believe it or not, bees seek out chlorine. They *NEED* just a tiny bit of chlorine, much like we need iodine.

@BeekeepingMadeSimple

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Wish I could do bee keeping in Hawaii. Pray you never get hive beetles.

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