Colony Cluster April 2024

• Ambassador Round Table Discussion (Ends at 14:48)
• Colony Collapse Disorder vs. An Absconding Colony (9:08)
• Do Queens Take More Than One Mating Flight? (14:58)
• Visiting a Drone Congregation Area (16:26)
• How to Handle a Queenless Hive (18:48)
• Queenlessness & The Risk of Laying Workers (20:44)
• When You’d Complete a Split (24:36)
• Drones and Their Relation to Splitting Colonies (26:27)
• Using Queen Cells to Create Splits (27:19)
• Bees Using the Top Entrance (29:02)
• Horizontal Long Langstroth Entrance Differences (32:01)
• Where to Place Frames for Quick Comb Building (34:04)
• Ambassadors Thoughts on Gauging Their Colonies’ Health Right Now (36:52)
• The Importance of a Solid Brood Pattern (37:48)
• Empty Cells within Brood Frames (39:10)
• Installing First Nucs or Packages & Beyond (40:24)
• Knowing What’s Blooming Near Your Bee Yard Throughout the Year (42:40)
• Determining Pollen & Nectar Sources (44:07)
• Signs of a Fruitful Upcoming Season (45:26)
• Black Jar Honey Contest – Showcasing Specific Types of Honey (47:00)
• Heavywax Vs. Standard Wax on Plastic Foundations/Frames (51:22)
• Technique for Applying Wax to Foundations (53:44)
• Ambassadors Spring Plans & Feeding (55:15)
• Catching Honeybee Swarms (56:36)
• Feeding Sugar Syrup Now (1:00:08)
• Registering to be a Swarm Catcher (1:01:21)
• Final Comments & PerfectBee Updates (1:02:09)