The 9 Beekeeping MISTAKES That Killed My First Hiv

A hundred dead colonies are written down in my notebooks, and every one of them traces back to nine decisions I made — or refused to make. Nobody sold me bad bees and the weather didn't do it: these were my mistakes, and the sixth one I repeated for fifteen years straight before I trusted what the frames were telling me. I'm Earl Tanner. I've kept bees in Elbert County, Georgia, for forty-one seasons, and this video is the confession I owe every beekeeper who's about to make the same nine mistakes I did. 🐝 FREE seasonal checklist — what to check in your hives, month by month: IN THIS VIDEO: Why one hive teaches you nothing and two hives teach you everything The "good judgment" hive placement that grew mold on the bottom board by January The $9 luggage scale that has saved more of my colonies than any other equipment I own How I killed bees with attention — opening the lid when I should have stayed out The advice from a county meeting that cost me over a hundred colonies in fifteen years Robbing, greed, and the failing queen I kept giving "one more week" If you keep bees and any of these nine hit close to home — tell me which one in the comments. If you're just starting out and this changes how you plan your first year, I want to hear that too. I read every one of them.