Канал: Struggling Beekeeper Mark Cottrell

Checking my hives on 7/20/24

Checking my hives on 7/20/24

Doing a hive assessment on my long hive and check on my swarm.

Doing a hive assessment on my long hive and check on my swarm.

OA treatment on my bees

OA treatment on my bees

Swarm number 9 of the year

Swarm number 9 of the year

Checking my long hive Oxlic treatment on them.

Checking my long hive Oxlic treatment on them.

Trying to make up a 2 frame mating Nuc, putting on supers and moving swarms.

Trying to make up a 2 frame mating Nuc, putting on supers and moving swarms.

Checking bees, moving a swarm, checking my cooler swarm that I caught.

Checking bees, moving a swarm, checking my cooler swarm that I caught.

My new hive I built and moving bees

My new hive I built and moving bees

First swarms of 2024 Bee season here in West Virginia.

First swarms of 2024 Bee season here in West Virginia.

Setting up my cooler and bucket swarm traps

Setting up my cooler and bucket swarm traps

Start of the 2024 Bee season West Virginia

Start of the 2024 Bee season West Virginia

Winterizing my bees part 2

Winterizing my bees part 2

Hive assessments and starting to get my bees ready for winter.

Hive assessments and starting to get my bees ready for winter.

Making Sugar Bricks For My Bees

Making Sugar Bricks For My Bees

Doing hive assessments on my hives at my house on September 1 2023

Doing hive assessments on my hives at my house on September 1 2023

Are trip to Virginia Beach

Are trip to Virginia Beach

Treating my bees and moving my two frame mating Nuc to a 5 frame Nuc box.

Treating my bees and moving my two frame mating Nuc to a 5 frame Nuc box.

Checking my hive at work,checking on my new queen and hive inspection on my painted queen hive.

Checking my hive at work,checking on my new queen and hive inspection on my painted queen hive.

Hive inspection,Building some NUC Boxes,How not to mark a queen and collecting some honey

Hive inspection,Building some NUC Boxes,How not to mark a queen and collecting some honey

Hive inspections on my hives up at the garden. And making a split.

Hive inspections on my hives up at the garden. And making a split.

Moving bees to my long hive,weed killer,hives up at the farm, putting frames together

Moving bees to my long hive,weed killer,hives up at the farm, putting frames together

Checking my hives and moving some bees

Checking my hives and moving some bees

Swarm trap success for 2023 bee season

Swarm trap success for 2023 bee season

Checking my mean hive and moving my swarm that I caught.

Checking my mean hive and moving my swarm that I caught.

Treating my bees on 4/8/2023

Treating my bees on 4/8/2023

Feeding my bees and setting out a swarm trap

Feeding my bees and setting out a swarm trap

Moving a Nuc into a 10 frame deep hive body

Moving a Nuc into a 10 frame deep hive body

Checking my Bees and giving them food if they needed it

Checking my Bees and giving them food if they needed it

Up date on where I have been the last couple months.

Up date on where I have been the last couple months.

Oxalic mite treatment for my bees how I do it

Oxalic mite treatment for my bees how I do it

Painting and checking a swarm I caught

Painting and checking a swarm I caught

Shout out, Checking my hive & swarm traps.

Shout out, Checking my hive & swarm traps.

First hive inspection of 2022

First hive inspection of 2022

Garden update

Garden update

PVC pipe swarm attractors, setting up a swarm trap and raised garden beds.

PVC pipe swarm attractors, setting up a swarm trap and raised garden beds.

Adding dirt to my bucket planters

Adding dirt to my bucket planters

Finally bees starting to check my hives. And checking my bucket planters.

Finally bees starting to check my hives. And checking my bucket planters.

Hanging swarm traps

Hanging swarm traps

Swarm traps,Raccoons and putting eggs in my incubator

Swarm traps,Raccoons and putting eggs in my incubator

Update on my Apple cider vinegar and repairing a swarm trap because of bear damage.

Update on my Apple cider vinegar and repairing a swarm trap because of bear damage.

First time making apple cider vinegar

First time making apple cider vinegar

Odds and ends

Odds and ends

How I process my chickens and a little talk about my swarm traps.

How I process my chickens and a little talk about my swarm traps.

Just checking in and an update on my bees

Just checking in and an update on my bees

Golden rod fall nectar flow

Golden rod fall nectar flow

Checking my bees on the hill

Checking my bees on the hill

Honey tasting a gift from a generous friend

Honey tasting a gift from a generous friend

5 gallon bucket feeder for my bees

5 gallon bucket feeder for my bees

Checking hives on 7/6/2021

Checking hives on 7/6/2021

Transferring swarm catches, moving bees

Transferring swarm catches, moving bees

Bear damage and checking my hives

Bear damage and checking my hives

Rebating swarm traps

Rebating swarm traps

Moving bees

Moving bees

10TH Swarm of the year caught on 6/2/2021

10TH Swarm of the year caught on 6/2/2021

9TH swarm of the year caught on 5/27/2021

9TH swarm of the year caught on 5/27/2021

Swarm number 8 of the year

Swarm number 8 of the year

Swarm number 7 & maybe 8 of the year

Swarm number 7 & maybe 8 of the year

Checking swarm traps and putting a swarm in my barrel.

Checking swarm traps and putting a swarm in my barrel.

Rain and cold

Rain and cold

How I do my foundation less frames

How I do my foundation less frames

Hive checks on my red hive and my 2 frame mating Nuc

Hive checks on my red hive and my 2 frame mating Nuc

Shorts video setting up bucket swarm trap.

Shorts video setting up bucket swarm trap.

Bucket swarm trap

Bucket swarm trap

Cooler hive swarm catch

Cooler hive swarm catch

Setting up swarm traps

Setting up swarm traps

Barrel swarm catcher

Barrel swarm catcher

Part 2 of taking care of my bees on March 20 & 21.

Part 2 of taking care of my bees on March 20 & 21.

Cleaning my dead out hives, painting and switching out hives

Cleaning my dead out hives, painting and switching out hives

Building a swarm trap out of a cooler

Building a swarm trap out of a cooler

Update on the log beehive.

Update on the log beehive.

Oxalic treatment on my bees 3/7/2021

Oxalic treatment on my bees 3/7/2021

Putting pollen patties on and checking my bees

Putting pollen patties on and checking my bees

Checking my hives to see who made it through winter

Checking my hives to see who made it through winter

Snow and a little talk about my bees

Snow and a little talk about my bees

Should have been paying closer attention

Should have been paying closer attention

Pest control, shims and swarm traps

Pest control, shims and swarm traps

Snow on 1/16/2021 and a look around my bee yard.

Snow on 1/16/2021 and a look around my bee yard.

Moving some bees into a different hive and some shout outs

Moving some bees into a different hive and some shout outs

Log beehive

Log beehive

Update on my bees and what I have been up to.

Update on my bees and what I have been up to.

How I light my smoker

How I light my smoker

Reducing my blue hive to a 5 frame Nuc

Reducing my blue hive to a 5 frame Nuc

Final hive inspections on my hives on the hill.

Final hive inspections on my hives on the hill.

How I like my hives to look going into winter.

How I like my hives to look going into winter.

Winterizing my hives and feeding them

Winterizing my hives and feeding them

Mite treatment on my hives on the hill

Mite treatment on my hives on the hill

Plants part 2

Plants part 2

How I make my sugar syrup and a update on my hives

How I make my sugar syrup and a update on my hives

Moved my 2 Nucs

Moved my 2 Nucs

Plants that my bees are collecting stuff from.

Plants that my bees are collecting stuff from.

More Bees coming into my swarm catcher where did they come from?

More Bees coming into my swarm catcher where did they come from?

Swarm I caught on 9/17/2020

Swarm I caught on 9/17/2020

Hive assessment on my 2 frame Nuc that I moved to a 4 frame Nuc.

Hive assessment on my 2 frame Nuc that I moved to a 4 frame Nuc.

Doing a hive inspection on my new red hive.

Doing a hive inspection on my new red hive.

Washboarding Bees

Washboarding Bees

Putting a medium super on my yellow hive.

Putting a medium super on my yellow hive.

Checking my yellow Nuc. Do we have a mated queen or not ?

Checking my yellow Nuc. Do we have a mated queen or not ?

Hive assessments up at the farm

Hive assessments up at the farm

Checking my yellow Nuc and maybe a dilemma?

Checking my yellow Nuc and maybe a dilemma?

How I do a mite treatment on my bees

How I do a mite treatment on my bees

Assembling my shallow frames

Assembling my shallow frames

Checking my hives up at the farm

Checking my hives up at the farm

Taking my pint jar supper off

Taking my pint jar supper off

Are trip to Yellowstone

Are trip to Yellowstone

Update on my hives and how I feed them

Update on my hives and how I feed them

The giveaway I might do and my little buddy.

The giveaway I might do and my little buddy.

Bear sighting?

Bear sighting?

Moving my swarm to my 6 frame hive and checking my 2 frame Nuc

Moving my swarm to my 6 frame hive and checking my 2 frame Nuc

Feral swarms that I caught.

Feral swarms that I caught.

How I prepare my frames for use in my hives

How I prepare my frames for use in my hives

Update on my splits and how they are doing

Update on my splits and how they are doing

Introducing a new queen

Introducing a new queen

Bees a feeding

Bees a feeding

Putting my quart jar suppers on

Putting my quart jar suppers on

Checking my swarm catchers on 6/13/2020

Checking my swarm catchers on 6/13/2020

My six frame hive that I built

My six frame hive that I built

Round 2 with my 2 frame mating Nuc

Round 2 with my 2 frame mating Nuc

Giving a little bit of an update on my bees and what I did with them

Giving a little bit of an update on my bees and what I did with them

My big surprise

My big surprise

Follow up on my split after moving it back home

Follow up on my split after moving it back home

Accessing my hive split on 5-13-2020

Accessing my hive split on 5-13-2020

Second year beekeeper here checking my 2 frame mating Nucs

Second year beekeeper here checking my 2 frame mating Nucs

A little different twist

A little different twist

Checking my hives

Checking my hives

Making more bees

Making more bees

Checking my bees and talking about them

Checking my bees and talking about them

Changing the transmission fluid in my lawnmower

Changing the transmission fluid in my lawnmower

Youth turkey season 2020 West Virginia

Youth turkey season 2020 West Virginia

Some of the predicaments I get my self into

Some of the predicaments I get my self into

What Easter means to me.

What Easter means to me.

Just watching my bees

Just watching my bees

Sometimes it’s just good to get away

Sometimes it’s just good to get away

My finished Nucs

My finished Nucs

Checking my bees on 3-26-2020

Checking my bees on 3-26-2020

Setting up the first swarm catcher of 2020

Setting up the first swarm catcher of 2020

Getting my swarm catchers ready and giving them a new paint job

Getting my swarm catchers ready and giving them a new paint job

Clearing Brush and Working at the farm

Clearing Brush and Working at the farm

Checking my bees on 3-12-20

Checking my bees on 3-12-20

My kids painting my two frame mating Nucs

My kids painting my two frame mating Nucs

First hive check of 2020

First hive check of 2020

Bees hitting my pollen feeder.

Bees hitting my pollen feeder.

Looking at my bees on 2-23-2020

Looking at my bees on 2-23-2020

Building a lid for my Nuc boxes.

Building a lid for my Nuc boxes.

My swarm catchers that I use.

My swarm catchers that I use.

Checking my bees

Checking my bees

My two frame Nucs

My two frame Nucs

Oxalic mite treatment and talk about it

Oxalic mite treatment and talk about it

Snow on 2/7/2020

Snow on 2/7/2020

A talk about my oxalic acid wand for treating my bees

A talk about my oxalic acid wand for treating my bees

Pollen feeders that I made for my bees

Pollen feeders that I made for my bees

How I put my Nucs together

How I put my Nucs together

Cleaning my hives

Cleaning my hives

A talk about my dead out hive

A talk about my dead out hive

Pulling my traps

Pulling my traps

Lost another hive

Lost another hive

Taking care of the critters and checking traps.

Taking care of the critters and checking traps.

Setting and checking my traps

Setting and checking my traps

West Virginia trap check on 1/13/2020

West Virginia trap check on 1/13/2020

Setting coyote traps on 1/11/2020

Setting coyote traps on 1/11/2020

West Virginia trapping season 2020 trap check on 1/3/2020

West Virginia trapping season 2020 trap check on 1/3/2020

First video of 2020

First video of 2020

Something interesting I found on our farm.

Something interesting I found on our farm.

Checking my Honeybees on 12/26/2019

Checking my Honeybees on 12/26/2019

Checking my bees and traps on Christmas 2019

Checking my bees and traps on Christmas 2019

West Virginia 2019 muzzleloader season still no deer

West Virginia 2019 muzzleloader season still no deer

First bobcat of the 2019 West Virginia trapping season 12/16/19

First bobcat of the 2019 West Virginia trapping season 12/16/19

December 11 2019 West Virginia trapping season

December 11 2019 West Virginia trapping season

The last Friday of the 2019 rifle season in West Virginia.

The last Friday of the 2019 rifle season in West Virginia.

2019 West Virginia deer camp first week.

2019 West Virginia deer camp first week.

Setting a mink trap on 11/30/2019

Setting a mink trap on 11/30/2019

Checking my honey bees on 11/27/2019

Checking my honey bees on 11/27/2019

The ride up to the hunting camp on November 23 2019 West Virginia deer camp

The ride up to the hunting camp on November 23 2019 West Virginia deer camp

Checking traps on 11/22/2019 West Virginia trapping season

Checking traps on 11/22/2019 West Virginia trapping season

Checking my hives on the hill on November 17 and feeding them if they need it.

Checking my hives on the hill on November 17 and feeding them if they need it.

Trap check on 11/20/2019 West Virginia trapping season

Trap check on 11/20/2019 West Virginia trapping season

Second catch of the 2019/2020 West Virginia trapping season

Second catch of the 2019/2020 West Virginia trapping season

Looking at the bees and setting coyote traps on 11/16/2019

Looking at the bees and setting coyote traps on 11/16/2019

A walk around the hunting and trapping property on 11/13/2019

A walk around the hunting and trapping property on 11/13/2019

Out checking my traps on 11/12/2019

Out checking my traps on 11/12/2019

Up at the farm on 11/10/2019

Up at the farm on 11/10/2019

Where and how I set my coyote and bobcat traps

Where and how I set my coyote and bobcat traps

Out doing more scouting for coyote and bobcat trapping on November 4

Out doing more scouting for coyote and bobcat trapping on November 4

Setting the first coyote trap of the 2019 2020 West Virginia trapping season

Setting the first coyote trap of the 2019 2020 West Virginia trapping season

First critter of the 2019 2020 trapping season.

First critter of the 2019 2020 trapping season.

How I set my Dp traps

How I set my Dp traps

Bees carrying pollen on October 23

Bees carrying pollen on October 23

Up at the hunting shanty with Eli

Up at the hunting shanty with Eli

Out scouting for places to set coyote and bobcat traps

Out scouting for places to set coyote and bobcat traps

Eli’s first time squirrel hunting a little talk on how it went.

Eli’s first time squirrel hunting a little talk on how it went.

Putting my candy board on my brown hive on the hill

Putting my candy board on my brown hive on the hill

Mixing up sugar for my candy boards.

Mixing up sugar for my candy boards.

Building and a talk about my candy boards

Building and a talk about my candy boards

Working at the hunting cabin on the hill

Working at the hunting cabin on the hill

Are hunting cabin on the hill

Are hunting cabin on the hill

Something a little different this time

Something a little different this time

A little talk about final inspections of the year

A little talk about final inspections of the year

Taking quart jar super off of yellow hive on the hill

Taking quart jar super off of yellow hive on the hill

Treating my bee for mites

Treating my bee for mites

A look at the honey that I harvested

A look at the honey that I harvested

Taking honey supers off part 2

Taking honey supers off part 2