Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm
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Our intention is to provide information about what it takes to get started in beekeeping. Building back up from just a couple hives will give the new beekeeper a window in to what’s being done during the course of a year. With over 20 years experience in the hobby / sideline beekeeping experience this will provide a unique perspective for the beginner beekeeper as well as ideas and techniques for the more experienced beekeeper. Timing is so important with bees and knowing when to do what will be invaluable. We will be building beehives, putting in foundation, processing beeswax, feeding hives, inspecting hives, treating hives, marking queens, making splits, reversing hives, collecting and processing honey, summer splits, collecting swarms, swarm trapping, all kinds of normal operations. You’ll also get to see what works well and what doesn’t work. You’ll see how hives build up and which ones survive and which ones don’t. Record keeping will also be covered. Hope you subscribe. Thanks!
Prepping Hives for Maximum Honey Production
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 6.8K views · 5 months ago
Honey House Tour with Dave Handsbury of Handsbury Honeybees.
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.5K views · 7 months ago
Timing Your Honey Harvest and Tips for Future Success.
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.9K views · 1 year ago
Transforming a swarmed production hive in to 5 hives using their own queen cells
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 3K views · 1 year ago
Purple dead nettle and henbit is blooming in Kentucky
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.2K views · 1 year ago
Production hive keeps the queen during a split.
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.9K views · 1 year ago
Honey House and Wood Shop Tour
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.3K views · 2 months ago
First full hive inspections for 2025
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 4.4K views · 1 year ago
2026 Honey Harvest begins! First Extraction of the Year
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 6.1K views · 5 months ago
The Buildup yard isn’t Performing Like We Expected.
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 770 views · 1 month ago
2 mistakes for 2024 honey crop
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1K views · 2 years ago
Nuc Splits and Queen Cells
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1K views · 1 year ago
Double deep progress checks prior to April splits
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 3.4K views · 1 year ago
Reversing boxes in Kentucky. Spring preparations
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.8K views · 1 year ago
Handsbury Honey House
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 281 views · 7 months ago
Dealing with weak colonies
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.3K views · 1 year ago
Grafting Queens for next year’s Honey Production
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 587 views · 1 year ago
NAHBE 2026
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.6K views · 8 months ago
Catch up hives, Transfer from swarm trap and caught swarm progress.
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 835 views · 1 year ago
Beekeeping in Kentucky-February 11 Swarm Traps
Troy Simpson Honey Ridge Farm · 1.8K views · 5 years ago