In 2023 we started learning how to become beekeepers. This is the second year of our journey. If you enjoy the videos or the time codes below of the events, make sure to give this video a "Like and Subscribe."
Videography:
Body camera footage: Go Pro 12
PIP footage: Obsbot Tail Air
Hive 1 - Inspection
Comments: Strong hive growth, strong worker bee presence in top deep, Queen looks thin, but is still laying strong brood patterns, We are observing daily orientation flights
Pests - dead hive beetles in traps
1:30 - Bees building into the feeder cavity
7:27 - Capped Brood
13:25 - Wonky Comb
16:26 - Hive 1 Queen Sighting
21:30 - Placed Honey super on top of queen excluder
22:00 - Hive closed up
Hive 2 - Inspection
Comments: Moderate hive growth, limited worker bee presence in top deep, small but strong brood laying pattern, Queen looks super healthy
Pests - no hive beetles in traps, some beetles in the upper frames (expected with limited worker bee presence)
26:00 - Capped Brood
32:04 - Hive 2 Queen Sighting
32:40 - Queen "play" cups (in case they need to make a new emergency queen, the hive has determined where it will happen)
33:52 - Hive closed up
Hive 3 - Inspection
Comments: Strong Hive Growth, Strong worker bee presence in top deep, Queen looks healthy, semi-spotty capped larvae, but may have caught during a newly hatched cycle as there were a TON of new bees.
Pests: Some hive beetles
39:24 - Pollen beginning to be stored
51:57 - Hive 3 Queen Sighting
56:30 - Placed Honey super on top of queen excluder
57:53 - Hive closed up
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