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I would have thought that most of the bees in a super would be field bees.. do you not want nurse bees from brood in the nucs?

Going try this next spring. Really enjoyed it. I keep watching it.😊Fascinating. Going to make a few boards.

Don't you just love it!

Some time later. . . 👀 Any Queen you "Dispatch" as shes undesirable (do the deed !) And utilise her passing : By adding Her, and any other Dead Queens you have saved into to a Dark Glass Bottle (eg Ex Medicine type) with Rubbing Alcohol in it.(Hand Sanitising product !) In time the Queen Mandibular Phremones (QMP) will steep into the 'Liquid' and in a while will become an execellent DIY "Swarm Lure" ! Keep it in a Cool dark Place. Eg out of Daylight. Doesn't need Fridge. Adding a few Drops onto a Piece of Card pinned onto a Frame, with a bit of Lemon Grass Essential Oil, as well. (It also replicates the Queen Phremone too.) Will mean you have an excellent 'Lure' you can use to "Catch" Free Bees in an incoming Swarm, or catch your 'own Bees' that are / abou t to send out "Scout Bees" prior to a Swarm occurring ! Have a "Swarm Box" at the ready ! You will Capture them. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Lovley bloke, met him once at a show and he's a credit to beekeeping.

Very useful information, 🎉appreciate the comments added for clarification 😊

Have you had any luck in producing the cell punches?

Hello, I am a hobby beekeeper, can someone answer my question. When a bee colony accidentally loses its queen, the bees make forced queen cells. Usually it is from 10 to 20 queen cells. Some are made from the youngest larvae and some from 3-4 days old. Why? I think bees are not that stupid. We know that the queen mates with 10 to 20 drones. My question is: Does it have anything to do with selecting the best genetics from the best drones, do bees sense the genetic potential of certain larvae from certain drones???? Thanks in advance. Mr. Dženan Goralija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What is the company you bought the NUCs from?

Fantastic vid, including footage demonstrating with actual bees! Thank you.

I just can't get enough of this guy!!!

Thank you team. I love these sessions. It’s a great opportunity to glean some understanding from someone so experienced.

Very interesting, Thankyou.

Great stuff! Good to see that the bees still have a few tricks that Roger hasn't come across before take can take him by surprise. Using the flying bees from one colony to help out another is really useful knowledge I reckon.

Watching from Naracoorte, South Australia 🇦🇺

Roger, why didn’t you cull the queen cells down to one or two. Won’t you have multiple swarms as the different queen cells hatch?

I couldn't watch it live so just finished. As always, extremely interesting & helpful. Thank you

Why does Roger prefer top bee space?

Queen is top right at 58:48

Yes. Ivy honey? Tricky one. You can't rely on the bees making it on the other hand if they do make it they can make too much and the whole hive can get jam packed full of it.

Sound is awful, very frustrating for audience

Greatly enjoy these videos

I use burlap bags that I get free from a friend's coffee company

I enjoy your live at the hive from Oklahoma in the USA. 😊🐝

Why do you keep the hole in the crown board blocked, apart, maybe, from keeping your notes clean?

Why do you keep the hole in the crown boards blocked, except maybe for keeping your notes clean?

❤❤❤ from Kentucky

I've also got a bunch of supers from the 70's and 80's that are still functioning just fine. One or two should be retired! Very much appreciate the information and look forward to seeing how you combine nucs and hearing the reasons it's needed. Should help me decide if some of mine need to be. I've added some frames of brood so that should help.

so i heard about this but it is originally called Michael Mary Lines after Archangel Michael and Mother Mary of Jesus. These teachings were lost in the great fires of Alexandria. I was watching Dr. Robert Gilbert and I thought he said he had the teachings at the vesica institute but I have not been able to find it...it may or may not be connected to water dousing & pendulums

Great video, enjoyed the knowledge that you bring up. Again makes me wish I had the information when I started. I started 6 nucs in late late July just in case some of my queens were in need of replacement. So far it looks like they will be wintering as nucs unlike last year

Great video very useful tip to use water in the spray bottle ❤😊

Yet again another very good upload, well done ❤

Please explain exactly, don't assume people know.

PS. You said you Created a x8 Frame "Patterson Hive" to be less Heavy re Supers etc. . . If any Beek finds Hive Bodies to Heavy to work, why not try a Horizontal Hive ? 👀 I've made my own utilising a 'dead' Deep Freezer Box. Well Insulated 'freezer Walls' 😏 And thick Covering Planks with 'view' Port Holes using Glass Coasters. Inspect without opening the Hive. . . Nice ! And the orginal Hindged Lid made into a Sloping Top Roof with Jumbo deep Langstroth Frame use. Best Hive ever ! 👍 Or maybe have a go at French Warrre Hives too. Nice Compact Structure that any Beek can Lift and Utilise easily. Especially if using Frames, rather than Top Bars. Easily 'created' from spare Pallet Wood. . . Easy. 👍 Hope this helps too. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

A very enjoyable view of 'Live at the Hive' after being live ! Always interesting listening to Roger and BIBBA content. 😎 Been a long 'Wet Day' and started watching a BIBBA Randy Oliver Lecture this 3AM on UA-cam A 2023 Lecture. 👍 (This Beek knew the Rain was coming today ! A Cuppa and lose yourself in Bees when aches do their thing (!) I'm still a fairly new Beekeeper, now in my Fourth Year. Started with x6 Colonies. And now have x18 ! No Swarms on my watch. A collection of Nucs and Hives of Langstroth, UK Nationals and French Warre Hives. Nothing like having different Hive types to work with. I wanted to learn the different types, and know I would 'have Bees' on gear that any 'new Beek' might want, in starting their Beekeeping journey ! My saying is a 'smaller' thing can fit into a "bigger" box and not the other way round ! Aka a National Frame can be nested 'under a Langstroth Top Bar'. DIY strip from an Old Frame, or Pallet Wood. Simples. A Warre Frame (mainly what I prefer) or its Top Bar can also nest nicely within a National Frame. You can also 'wedge a block' at the end of a Langstroth Box : and rest the Lugs of a National within its cavity. Same applies to a National Nuc too : with a few Warre Frames, or Top Bars with Natural Drawn Comb : (some may need trimming at bit depth wise) if TB's + Comb, all used as a 'Starter Strip' in the next New Frame. Nothing wasted ! I prefer my Bees to Draw out their own Comb over premade Commercial Foundation use. I do like to also 'Tension Wire all my Frames' by making /Drill Side Holes, Use a Slider Clamp, Wire and Nail in the Ends. Unclamped the 'Frames' : are like Piano Wire and hold up very well in my x2 Frame Radial Extractor. Some Frames with own Starter Strips become my 'Cut Comb' Frames, naturally ! Hopes this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 I've made lots of DIY Hive elements. As I have plenty of Pallet Wood to utilise. Also a great local 'Resource' is dropping in to your local 'Charity : Mens Shed'. A Cuppa and Natter over anything Wood will ensure a Beek can get great 'Carpentry Advice' as well. I've even got them interested in Bees too. . . 🤭 Mens Shed started in OZ and are now in most Countries including here in Scotland ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Did I see her fly off at about 25:25? Looked like there was a bee in the cage that flew when you raised it.

Great session. Covered several good topics with practical demonstration.Unfortunately I missed it live - but we were taking honey off at that time. Had to be done!

Got your book Beekeeping, Challenge what you are told. Mark Twain supposedly said it is not what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It is what you know that just ain't so. I have enjoyed reading your book and discovering that our local bee club "expert" doesn't really know very much. Thanks for your wisdom and humor.

Thanks for sharing your expertise Roger . Very much appreciated . Best wishes...Rodney

Cheers Roger from Tallahassee. Enjoyed watching you in your element.

Excellent

Do you ever get overwhelmed. I'm starting to get stressed. 😢

Hello ! You are becoming my favorite UA-cam beekeeper!

Do you sell queens? I have tried to breed from only my most placid colonies but, as you say, I am fighting a losing battle against the poor quality of the drones in my area resulting in several highly defensive colonies.

Looking good, queen excluder is the wrong way round maybe

Lovely closeup of the queen on the last but one comb. 11.04 in. Very dark colour ❤️

Hello from Ohio in the States. I really enjoy watching and listening to Roger. I also believe in many cases, it's the pheromones of the Queen that dictated the hive temper. I have seen that with a new Queen or after a cell hatches, the temper calms down long before any genetic change happens and recently mentioned it in one of my recent videos. Keep it up!

What do you think of varoa sensitve queen's that people are selling

Aqui es dificil de consequir eso nucleo

Do you just breed for color of the bee? Or do you breed for best performers?