LiamAiden
New Bee
Although I have read quite a bit before starting, I still have a few areas where I'm not 100% sure. Hopefully someone can just guide me on these.
* in winter it says 'remove all supers', but then it goes on to say; 'don't take any honey for the first year'.
My bees have fields of wild flowers and a very large area of clover just planted, so food will be plentiful. I'm guessing they will need a super this year. So I don't understand: don't take honey but remove supers, but they will have honey in.
*just for interest, do queen bees use feeders?.
*Lastly, for those that keep video records: any recommendations on a decent video camera with good enough quality to pick up eggs. As I'm learning it's very difficult to view and remember everything in the hive, so would be nice to capture each frame for reference to learn from.
* in winter it says 'remove all supers', but then it goes on to say; 'don't take any honey for the first year'.
My bees have fields of wild flowers and a very large area of clover just planted, so food will be plentiful. I'm guessing they will need a super this year. So I don't understand: don't take honey but remove supers, but they will have honey in.
*just for interest, do queen bees use feeders?.
*Lastly, for those that keep video records: any recommendations on a decent video camera with good enough quality to pick up eggs. As I'm learning it's very difficult to view and remember everything in the hive, so would be nice to capture each frame for reference to learn from.