2026 Spring 1st Inspection on 12, DIY Insulated Condensing Hives, Increase Your Bees Winter Survival скачать в хорошем качестве

2026 Spring 1st Inspection on 12, DIY Insulated Condensing Hives, Increase Your Bees Winter Survival

If you are tired of replacing your dead bees every spring you should try something different in the way YOU keep bees. This video, along with my others discusses the benefits of using insulated hives. This 26 February video shows current condition in 10 DIY insulated condensing hives, and 2 split 5 frame nucs. There is a 2025 Fall video showing the preparing for wintering. History indicates high survival but you will see the results. Watch the previous videos for hive condition results in the spring. This is the first inspection of 2026 on 26 February and we are located in Northeast Kansas. We've had some really cold weather after the last inspection November 2025. 60+ nights below freezing and 5 of them were in the negative with a low of -17 degrees. This video will show that you can be successful using an insulated single deep hive with no upper vents closed bottom board and reduced entrance. The inner cover is built with 2 in of insulation making this a condensing hive. These modifications enable the bees to move around inside the hive and stay on the honey during the extended cold period preventing starvation. Also using same single deep brood boxes for honey production. There is a link to my DIY hive insulation video. Thanks and good luck If you want to make the effort, attached is a link to my DIY insulated hive method or you can purchase insulated hives at a bee supply store. After 8 years I feel the 4 most important items to be a successful bee keeper in this order are; Local bees, disease free bees, permanently insulated hives and condensing hives in winter. STOP buying package bees that are not adapted to the winter conditions in your area and expecting them to thrive in colder climates. Just because you pickup your bees locally does not mean they are local bees. There is in industry established to provide you new bees every year and they need your bees to die to stay in business. Some local bee clubs, their members and Facebook Groups are complicit in this business model and may even have a financial incentive not to change. There are other options. In some cases, local bees and frames are put with a recently shipped queen that has not adapted to your local winter conditions and has been purchased from somewhere else. This is not an overwintered nuc. A month later, the old bees may/will die and be replaced by brood from the inserted queen that was not adapted to your climate making it more difficult for the hive to survive. Don't assume they are local bees/queens, ask your supplier!! I recommend you show patience in the spring until the weather warms up and your local beekeepers can ramp up queen/drone production and you buy packages and nukes from them. It can be difficult to wait when you see packages being delivered March/April and you are waiting until May/June but chances are you will feel better next spring when the same people are spending another $200. These recommendations come from my experiences learned while keeping bees, killing bees, saving bees and most importantly for this discussion having bees survive into the spring to make Honey. I very seldom read the description and assume the same of others. If you read till the end let me know in the comments how you feel. Increase Bee Winter Survival- Insulate Your Beehive - only $10, DIY Instructions    • Increase Bee Winter Survival- Insulate You...   WATCH, Single Brood DIY Insulated Condensing Hives Showing Superior Results   • WATCH, Single Brood DIY Insulated Condensi...