Beginner Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers 53 Swapping Boxes and more!

In this session, we talk about several subjects submitted by viewers during the past week. Here is what I discuss: 1) How do I know if I'm in a good place where I can raise honey bees? 2) Would you recommend using an upper entrance after installing a new 3# package of honey bees? Or should you wait? 3) If people scrape off bees wax onto the bottom board, will the bees reuse the wax? 4) Can you discuss the Acorn Frames and share what purpose the cell sizes serve? Will the bees just make the cells their own size for drones, brood, or honey? So, the cells don't serve as a perfect guide? 5) Why do the bees make cells in the Acorn black side frame openings? 6) If I caught 30-40 bees in my yard and place them in a hive with a mated queen (caged) could a colony form? And if not, why? 7) Does the time of year a queen excluder is used make a difference? Meaning "Fat" Winter Bees start being hatched in late August with plenty of time still for honey production. 8) After wintering double deeps, would you bother condensing them back down in the early spring, or just rotate the boxes? 9) I'm leaving my bees or about two weeks on holiday. I don't want them to swarm while I'm gone, how can I safeguard against that? www.BeeScape.org know about your environment supporting bees. What do FlowHives Cost? Find REAL FlowHives here:(50 dollar discount link) https://mbsy.co/hpFB2 AU - https://mbsy.co/zSDf9 EU - https://mbsy.co/zSDbm Acorn heavy waxed frames: https://amzn.to/2LermRU Rapid Round Feeder (fits inside the roof of the FlowHive 7 Frame): https://amzn.to/2UACjQ9 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases