Backyard Beekeeping Episode 89, Flow Hive FAKE marketing scams, and your questions answered.

Welcome! In today's video, we have some good beekeeping topics to discuss. If you'd like to join us in an online forum where even the most basic beekeeping questions can be answered, CLICK HERE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3062274013832702 Want to submit a question for consideration? Please post it in the comments section of this video, or follow this link: http://www.fredsfinefowl.com/thewaytobee.html Coming Soon! A podcast version of all of my Q&A sessions: https://thewaytobee.podbean.com/ Today's topics are as follows: 1) I found a commercial and they are advertising 6 frame flow hives for 78% off for $110.00. Is this a true Flow-Hive? The following is from the Flow-Legal Team: "Flow customers can be confident that there are specific ways to confirm if a website or a product listed on a mixed product website is genuine Flow. The most obvious one is: 1. If the website address is not www.honeyflow.com or www.honeyflow.com.au or eu.honeyflow.com or ca.honeyflow.com then the website is not us; and 2. Flow's very limited number of Authorized Resellers are clearly listed on our websites." Here is my link for a $50 discount on a real flow-hive: links like this are not fake. $50.00 off: USA https://mbsy.co/hpFB2 AU - https://mbsy.co/zSDf9 EU - https://mbsy.co/zSDbm 2) I would like clarification on the three OA vaporization treatment intervals to make sure all drone brood are treated. For additional reading: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/OxalicAcidTR.pdf If you need a treatment while honey supers are on: Formic Pro has replaced Mite-Away Quick Strips: https://amzn.to/38i19Mz 3) I have a question about painting the BeeMax polystyrene covers, is there a particular paint? I use Valspar: https://amzn.to/3r9F0IU 4) Should I be ordering a new queen every two years? What about the hive replacing or producing a new queen on their own? When I do mail-order Queens, these are what I get: https://beeweaver.com/queens-bees/ 5) I am buying in 3 Bee Packages in March of 2021. Should I plan on using OA treatment as they go into the new hives? Or use Apivar Strips before they start making brood? 6) Turns out that bees have magnetic abdomens and exposure to magnetic forces can disrupt the way they communicate in the hive and their behaviors. This may be worth a mention so folks don't go sticking magnets all over their hives. Read about the research here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26185-y 7) How do they make fat bees for winter? Does the Queen lay eggs for the fat bees all winter? And when does she stop? For those who want more information: https://ento.psu.edu/research/centers/pollinators/publications/overwintering-honey-bees-biology-and-management/view Hive Butler is offering FREE Shipping, today (Dec 18th) is the last day: https://hivebutler.com/products/december-special Please tell them that Fred sent you :) As an amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, the links to Amazon cost you no more. Rapid Round Feeders have been reduced from $16.95 to $11.22 : https://amzn.to/3as1grG