Here’s an 8-minute behind the scenes video from February 2018 of me messing around with my bees.
Here’s the breakdown:
00:00 — Giving the bees a patty of crystallised honey.
02:15 — Stethoscope vs thermal imaging camera — determining the location of the cluster with each and explaining how that works.
04:25 — Giving the bees a pollen patty buttered with honey. I discuss the pros and cons of feeding pollen in the early winter.
07:50 — Running away from some defensive bees.
Check out my Month of February category for a sense of things that might happen for backyard beekeepers on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland in the month of February.