Colony Cluster July 2025

Ambassador Round Table Discussion (Start to 20:30)
Starting to feed due to nectar flow ended in Minnesota (5:35)
Start of Focus Topic – Harvesting Honey (21:25)
Time of year to harvest (22:28)
Resisting harvesting your first year of beekeeping (24:24)
Fall nectar flow can be unpredictable (25:16)
Don’t harvest once the bees start to prepare for winter (26:00)
Leaving honey for the bees to get through the winter (34:44)
Don’t harvest uncapped honey (36:32)
Hygrometer use (37:16)
Fanning honey to lower moisture (38:29)
Uncapped cells when you harvest (39:45)
Queens laying winter bees right now (41:22)
Making a late split can create a “gimpy” hive in the spring (42:08)
When to use oxalic acid (44:00)
Drone population in the hive (47:30)
Prep for harvesting honey (48:32)
Methods to move bees down for harvesting (49:00)
Type of weather/day for harvesting (54:20)
Methods of extraction (56:08)
Methods of uncapping (1:01:05)
Wrap Up! (1:03:48)