This is part one of footage I am very proud to showcase.
I believe it does a great job portraying how I interact with my customers, my passion for what I do and the customer's fascination with the entire process as well as his new found appreciation of the insect we all so love and admire.
Hope you enjoy it as well!
...JP
Honey Bee Colony Beneath Window Of Garage-Part One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-rstZYIuY#ws)
Man I wish I could watch that! Unfortunatly I'm back in the stone age with dial up.
I love to watch how people deal with customers, It's what makes the biggest difference between happy customers and angry customers!
enjoy watching these, thanks for making them avail
Another excellent video. Can't wait for part two. Thanks so much for your time and effort you put into these so we can enjoy them.
James
I thought to "interact" with a customer beer was required :)
Good job again JP!
Scott
jp, is that the hive we looked at late last year. ...schawee
Yes, it was the same one Schawee.
...JP
Enjoyed this and part two, as always. Thx.
I do have a question for you sir. Both this site and the previous survivor site were pretty closed in. The other site was a closed in soffit. How do the bees cool the colonies in your hot, hot summers? Or is ventilation during the summer overrated? You got me a wonderin.
Thx,
Jay
Jay, later on in summer when its quite warm you will see many bees on the outside of the hive bearding and fanning to cool things a bit. Of course at that time flows are down as well, bee numbers are up and you have more bees with less to do because of a dearth.
I believe in what the bees tell me, so in a sense, ventilation is perhaps over rated, at least down here.
I mainly use solid bottom boards & I know a fellow beek in Brookhaven, Ms who uses all solid bottoms and keeps reducers on his hives year round. His winters are a touch colder than mine but it gets downright hot up there during summer as well.
From what I gather from bee forums like this, ventilation is actually more important in much colder temps.
...JP
Thx JP.
Both of these survivor cutouts sure didn't have much of openings for the hive to fan through, like they would with a standard hive opening. More like your beek friend in MS with the entrance restricted in the summer.
I think it was Finski or Grid who mentioned that varroa doesn't like heat. I think I remember that correctly. It makes me wonder if they survived so long because the hive temp was hot in the summer.
Yes, I believe ventilation is needed in the winter up here to get the moisture out so it can't condense and drip on the cluster, but I am wondering about opening up my hives so much in summer. Things that make you go, hmmmmmmmmmm. :-D
Thx again for these videos. It sure is great documentation of what survivor colonies look like.
Jay
Sweet video. I love it when you really surprised him by eating the honey right in front of him. I find most people just do not know where honey comes from. Great video.
Where is your sidekick Emil? Did he abandon you Jp? :-D
...DOUG
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Emil went skiing (scratch that snowboarding) for about ten days, he's back now, you will see him soon. Really trying to get Schawee in a video too, miss the bickering! :-D
...JP
JP, You can just lure Schawee back with a double milkshake!
...DOUG
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