Beekeeping. When to add a honey super.

Very nice video. Thank you for making it. First year beekeeper here, Central Ohio, and learning a lot watching how you work your bee's, inspecting frames etc. I can tell you have the same fears as I do with swarming. We just added our 2nd deep brood box last weekend.

another great video. you and vino are two that i follow from MA.
do you not believe in queen excluders?

I am confused, There r different types of frames in different boxes, in first box which type of frames is to put there, some people shows like a cardboard some open, what to do.

still not sure when you add the super and when you don't

MrT i have inter covers the same it isnt high enough lip to keep from smashing bees between the lid and inter cover and cant flip them over either flip them over then it will smash bees on top the frame so i use a 2 inch spacer on the inter cover and lid

Shim works also so far with the 2 inch spacer not many bess have been going under the lid cause i think it is because they can use the slot easier for air flow control and of corse they use it for going in and out but my bees have been using the front as much as the top at night they have about 20 30 bees clustard over the slot to control the air flow and you can watch they ever so neatly rotate the job of garding the slot

Put a small stick on the front of the inner cover for two reasons. One, you won't crush your bees. Two, it allows ventilation for the hive. When you remove supers to extract remember to shut this down to prevent robbing. In winter I'll usually put a stick under the top cover again to keep ventilation.
With that much un-drawn foundation in the second super you really are't ready for supers. But, hey it's your management process.

What's the 75% Rule? Never heard of it and can't find info on it anywhere online.

what is the resoun for suppering?

Thanks for the vid. I'm in Sandwich, so your geography is perfect for me to learn from. I'm a first year beekeeper.. knock on wood, but I think I accidentally on purpose overwintered successfly. Cheers!

What do you paint/stain your hives with, and what are those outer covers?

How come you don’t remove feeder but you. Putting honey super?
I always remove feeder as soon as they spring hits and I see them bringing nectar

Just curious as to why no Queen excluder on the honey supers?

If you don’t show the viewers the frames up close, how are we supposed to understand your comments