► In this video, I pull out every frame in my beehive, explain what the bees are doing and what I see inside the cells of honeycomb. This is for the beginner beekeeper or someone who does not have any beehives yet. We start from scratch with no prior knowledge necessary.
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - What Is honeycomb & what is it used for
03:34 - How to tell the difference between honey and nectar
04:00 - What male bees (drone), worker honeybees (female), and queen bees look like
05:48 - how to tell the difference between capped brood and capped honey
06:42 - what bee bread (pollen) looks like and what it's used for
07:50 - What an empty queen cell looks like
08:38 - Drone bees hatching, how to identify drone brood
09:21 - How to identify brood (baby bees) in the pupae stage
09:45 - How to tell the difference between male and female pupating baby bees
10:20 - How to identify larva in the beehive
10:34 - The developmental stages of bees before they hatch
11:05 - Signs of a healthy queen and healthy laying pattern
12:50 - What unhealthy brood looks like, signs your brood is sick
17:09 - Spotting the queen bee
18:00 - What eggs look like and hot to find them in the beehive
19:05 - Inspecting my hive in summary - what I learned from my inspection
20:05 - Adding a honey super to the beehive
20:40 - What the beekeeper does when they inspet a beehive
23:40 - Honey cells versus pupating bees
28:00 - How to tell if a hive is aggressive
28:20 - How to tell the activity of a beehive
28:44 - What to do if you see varroa mites, wax moth or small hive beetles
Most importantly, I talk about what the beekeeper actually DOES when inspecting a beehive!
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