Attacked By Russians - Beekeeping Nuc Installation
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- May 19, 2017 - My first time installing a nuc hive!
I picked up our two new Nuc hives this weekend and learned first hand about Russian Bees. Not sure if they're always this aggressive or if it was just that they had been locked in a nuc, but they were not happy to see me.
Both hives were installed into their permanent homes and all is well. I think there will be some significant differences managing Russian vs. Italian bees. We will see this summer!
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You will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER know how much people enjoy your videos, LOL! !! I am NOT a beekeeper, but, I live vicariously through you!!!
You are a wonderful inspiration, and, you make the learning process simply delightful!!
Thank you for taking your time to serve in this way, and for your giving spirit that's so willing to share your knowledge!
Hugs!
Thanks. Please know that I'm not attempting to "teach" because I'm a total beginner. I'm happy to "inspire" and I hope to someday be able to speak with some authority on bees, but for now, I'm just documenting what I learn. Thanks for your kind words!!!
One of your best videos yet, and with the best commentary: "beep" "beep beep" "beeep" "owww" "Russians! Damn!" I apologize for laughing, and I'm glad they calmed down and you got them hived!
I seriously love this channel. although, I don't own bees or a garden. plus, the fact that I don't even like sourdough bread. I have watched all your video just because of you and your great camera work. I can only dream of the day that I have the land and opportunity to have what you have and MORE! Thank you for your content.
Thanks for watching! Spread the word... and keep dreaming about land. You'll get there.
Same. At this point in my life I am moving about once a year, I don't have a good place to set up shop. Once I do I am all about the bee life!
I just got my hive this year we've had them for about a month . I wish you luck with yours, I as I bet many others were was really sad to see the flow hive not make it through the winter. So hopefully Siberia has trained these bees well ;). Also yeah are bee were really angry when we got them from the nuke
The black thing on top of the frames is a beetle trap, And the glossy stuff on hive right is a type of foundation.
This one (beep) is one of my all time favorites! (beep) …. (beep, beep) LOL
Note to self: when you bring a new nuc home, let them sit until next morning so they settle in, and the disruption and bouncing that came with the journey from purchase point to apiary is forgotten. lol
they were not happy to be let out right after the car ride and carry up the hill!
lol normally you wait a few hours before opening the entrance and Russian are mean once the numbers are up but very productive you will always need your gear with theme they will staple your socks to your ankles. The black thing like you say is a small hive beetle trap with treatment in it and Crisco at the ends
I do not own bees and the very thought of being anywhere near them to be stung scares me but I love watching your videos about working with your bees and it is amazing. You have this great vibe that is great to watch and I have been learning so much more about bees today than I have had in my entire life!
those black curved plastic pieces are to give room between the top of the box and the frames ...cardboard boxes aren't very sturdy when stacked....it's to keep from crushing bees when stacked.
Normally when installing a nuc you put the frames centered in the hive. In an 8 frame, it would only mean moving 1 empty frame to the other side of the nuc frames, but it might help them expand a bit faster.
Hurray! Best of luck with the new bees. I have a friend who just got his first bees last week and I directed him to your videos. You're doing a great job with the bees, the farm, and the videos.
That black strip is the first clue you got hives from someone who has pests in their hives!
Fun channel to watch. I like to switch back and forth from yours to other masters like Mike Palmer and Randy Oliver. It provides a good perspective of how to begin beekeeping and what the experience is from the beginning to what it can be.
Keep it up. I'll be watching.
FWIW - Every one of those "EZ-NUC" I've opened have had the exact same response - jail break and two-three quick stings. Not sure If its the way the doors open and then tend to "Snap"back shut a little bit or what.
We got two of those nuc boxes on Sunday and that's how it was for us. Right from the get-go, they were ready to sting. Much calmer now though :-)
Nice video! I appreciate the censoring - my littler kids can enjoy these too. Good luck with the new additions!
Ha ha... Someone below just commented that they UNsubscribed because of my 'sanctimonious PC' bleeps. UA-cam is hilarious.
Vino Farm - More people will appreciate the bleeps, that don't. Your videos are great for family fun, so don't let a few naysayers sway you! Keep up the good work!
Vino Farm well im'a throw my vote in here for you continuing to do the bleeps. I watch this in daytime with kids about. Very much appreciate the bleeps :)
Consider this: the ones who WANT the swearing can fill in the blanks with their own imagination. The ones who want the uncensored language can go find it somewhere else, and I am *quite* sure that you will not miss any of that tiny majority.
After all, your subscribers are going UP not DOWN with your current content and policy. What's not to like?
The truth is, I make these videos so my 6 year old can watch them. I don't really ever swear when I record, but in certain instances, things slip out. The beeps are funny. No big deal.
What did you stain the hive with at (10:36)? I like how the stain brings out the wood grain on the front of this hive.
Congratulations on the new girls!
I've had russians for a few years now and have had terrible luck with them. Not with mood or anything, just outside forces that I was unable to manage. My first russian colony was calm as could be and quite productive. I lost that colony at the closing end of winter. A family of mice moved in shortly after I did a late winter checkup. They ate everything and pretty much destroyed the hive.
My second russian colony was also calm but didn't build up as quickly as I would have liked. They got robbed out late fall from many MANY other russian colonies. Probably my fault for keeping them in the same yard as about 50 other russian colonies of a close friend.
This year we'll have to see how it goes. I have 2 russians this year slowly building up. The current colony they are in are Carniolans and within the next few weeks that population will have been replaced by my russians. I'll see then how defensive these ones will be.
Oh and I have to agree with everyone else. The black thing is a beetle trap. Some coroplast with grease inside to trap them.
Really enjoyed this :) One tip - if you put your empty drawn comb on both sides of the Nuc frames the the bees expand from both sides (it is quicker than when they just go in the one direction, although I guess with 8 frame brood box they will explode into it fairly quickly either way :) No luck on your swarm trap yet?
DreamofaHive too early in Mass for swarms. Maybe after Memorial Day
NUC?? Russians?? has the cold war restarted ;) Looking forward to the new season, keep up the great work!
Congrats with the Nuc. I got my nuc of Carnolians last monday evening. When we got there I got out of the car to put my veil and jacket on and got hammered with bees from nucs that were being packaged up. They were over 100 yards away. I think I had about 15 stings on my head and neck. Anyways my nuc is doing great. We have 67 acres I have the nuc on the north side of my place and my package of Italians on the south side. My package is doing great just added another 10 frame deep to the hive. They had all but 1 and a half frames drawed out full with comb. Again new bee keeper inspired by watching your videos and Bobbies Bees. also the trick for the hive beetles worked great. They are completely gone.
Good to hear your bees are doing so well! Thanks for watching.
Excited to see how these new hives go! Thanks for sharing
Seeing that there was a new bee video up made my bad day instantly better! Thanks for your vids and good luck with the new bees! Can't wait to see how they go. ☺️
Thanks for coming along.
I believe those black plastic thingies are Small Hive Beetle traps, not sure exactly. There should be something like 'Crisco' down in the tubes I think. :)
Bingo
Agree
agreed
Don't know about those specifically but I've seen them sealed with crisco then boric acid int he tubes and the remaining end sealed with crisco to kill beetles. Fatbeeman I believe.
Love your posts. I too am a new beekeeper Just started last year 2016. I started out with a cutout from a building I own and relocated them to a 8 frame hive body then went from there. Over the winter I assembled 2 more hives and ordered one Italian package and one Carniolan package. Of all the honey bee breeds these two seemed to rate the most gentle. Now my question. Why did you get Russian bees? They rate as one of the more aggressive bees, that was just a NUC you installed and you where jumped by them. What will happen when they have a whole hive to defend. I wish you the best of luck with them and will keep watching to see how your season goes with them. That cutout I mentioned was a hot hive so I know what its like to get attacked every time you walk past them. I ended up re-queening them twice, they killed the first queen, a Cordovan Italian. They ate right through the comb into the push-in cage and killed her. I finally was able to get them to accept a Carniolan Queen, now after a few generations have died and been replaced they are enjoyable to be around. I hope those Russians work out for you.
Wow alright ha ha.... video getting better and funnier Jim, great job.
I've had one hive of Russian (what I assume are Russians) bees now for about three years. When I'm just hanging out in the back yard or just watching them go in and out of the hive they don't bother me at all. But like you experienced when opening the hive I'll usually end up with a few attacking my head. And they usually continue to dive bomb my head when I'm walking back to the house. And every time I go back into the yard unless I've changed or showered they'll get right on after me. So I definitely am suited up every time. With that said they've kicked ass over the past few years. I put my flow hive frames on the deeps a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I'll let you know how it goes with them, I'm pretty excited.
The package of Italians I picked up this year is so mellow compared, it's crazy.
I was sitting in the bee yard this evening about 3 feet from the hive and watched the Russians working with no attacks. Yes, the Italians seem incredibly mellow in comparison. I haven't opened the Russian hives in a week, but I am going to have a peek tomorrow to see if they need a new box yet. I'm curious to see if they go for my head again. Let me know how you do with the flow frames!
I can't remember, were your last bees nucs or packages? Nucs tend to be more aggressive than packages because packages have nothing to defend while nucs have some honey and a queen they are trying to defend. I'm a fan of the darker bees like russians and carniolans. I probably won't buy Italians again.
Last year I installed a package from Georgia. I'm excited to see the differences with the Russians.
One of my hives is an overwintered dark hybrid bee and I bought a carnie queen for the split I made off of it. Haven't tried Russians. But I am sure they are better than Italians. :)
Where at in Georgia if you don't mind me asking?
Later did you/we know. The Russians tended to be more aggressive (honey badger behaviour in his newest video) and the Italians surprised us all😂
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Russian bees are great very resistant and good honey producers. However, they will run you out of the yard.
Looking back at this video after watching most of 2018, I find myself laughing lots. "I'm not sure if this behavior is because they're Russians..." Current 2018 videos say yes, yes it is. :) Love your videos!!
In my 4th year of be keeping on the coast of Maine. Replaced two hives that I lost this past winter with Russians. From June to middle of August I had no incidents of aggressive behavior with them. Last week around August 22 I checked the hives and they were very pissy - attacked my hands and smoking them seemed to do nothing to calm their spirits. I realized afterwards that two things may have increased their defensive stance. First, it was late in the day when I finally had a chance to check on them. It was a bit overcast and most of the bees were back in the hive . Second, there were a lot of yellow jackets around they were clearly creating agitation in the hive when it was open and exposed. The next day was bright and sunny and when I went back to open the hives I found a quieter response to my presence. As a precaution I did wear my gloves and as always a vail. Don’t quite know what to think of them yet. Let’s see how they make it through the winter. I surprisingly had to treat for mites in early August with the Russians. My Italians were mite free. Appreciate your videos and the honesty you put forth in sharing your learning curve as a bee keeper. I have learned that if I ask for advice from ten different keepers I often get ten different answers!
I know this is an old video but for anyone watching here is a little advice. suit up before opening up those Russian Nucs, mine were the same way, they don't like being locked up, give them a day and they will be as nice as can be. when working them be easy and they will be easy, they don't like it if you drop a frame, they don't like being shook off, other than that mine have been great bees.
I'm in Central Minnesota, right on the boarder of Hardiness Zone of 3/4. Russians are really good here and I love them. They beat up on the mites on their own and survive pretty well.
That's what I run, 2 deeps, well actually 3 deeps, the bottom 2 is brood nest the top deep is their expansion room for the brood nest when a honey flow is on! Then as the flow decreases so will the brood nest and they fill the top "3rd" deep with stores for winter! on that 3rd deep is also a medium which depending on honey flow like spring I can switch out the mediums!
I just installed Italians and they were the same way when I opened them. I got bit on the nose...my eyes just spurted! LOL
I'm so happy I came across your channel and thank you for the work you do in each video. When is a good time to order bees and where did you get yours from? I live in Northern Rhode Island so most of the New England states are very close by. Thanks again!
People usually order bees in mid winter to prepare for an April/May pickup.
@@vinofarm thank you Sir
Agreed I heard they were more aggressive, were still having a bunch of queen problems,
Hoping to sort that out soon, trying not to buy new mated queens,instead use queen cells made in a hive.
Then transfer a queen cell or two to any hive that need it.
Jason Christian raises queens and uses a red plastic queen cell holder,it stops other queens raised in a hive from killing that queen.
It's not a queen cage but it's the same shape as a queen cell, the queen can only emerge from the bottom and can't be attacked from the sides.
Love your channel. 😎. An observation.. looks like the first hive you assembled had the inner cover and the super box itself upside down. Not sure it matters, but thought I'd mention it. I always get excited when I see you post new videos! Thanks for providing infotainment!
Very observant... you get 50 internet points today.
I put the inner cover upside down to give the bees an upper entrance with that little notch in the cover. And yes, I noticed that top box was upside down when I was editing the video, but it's not a "super" it's just an empty spacer to cover the feeding pail. Thanks for watching!
The black honey is Pine honey. My father was a bee keeper and also had a Christmas tree farm. We got pine honey all the time. It is very strong with a chcocolate flavor. Too bad it is on a brood frame My son and I got two hives this April so we are new bee keepers. You can check out our very amateur videos at Brian Koper on UA-cam :)
Thanks for the info!
My apologies; but I just laughed harder then I have in a while at the placement of the beeps. Particularly when you came back, and we found out that you were alright.
HI Jim, nice to see you got 2 nuc's.
We only stick with buckfast bees,as we had them in the first year.
For the first Time on Friday 4 days ago we went gloveless,it was awesome no stings and it makes you more gentle and closer to the bees.
I now use just a tie off veil when entering the hives as well,less like ironman fully suited it feels way way better.
It kind of shows you to be careful with the girls and they don't bother us either.
Slow and calm is the key to handling that's exactly what David burns says.
Yes he knows a thing about bees he's a certified master beekeeper in Illinois.
Jim I almost forgot another keeper 628 dirt rooster has bought a few top feeders for his hives(langstroth 10 frame).
The company's called ceracell from New Zealand check them out the best top feeders I've seen 100% no drown they are unique in design.
Awesome and I've mailed them but they only make for the langstroth at present,hopefully they will make for other types soon.CERACELL
Gloveless beekeeping feels way better. I am much more clumsy with gloves. I expect to get to that point with these new bees pretty soon. I'll definitely be wearing a veil, though. The Russians go straight for the face.
Dude I have got like 3 hives(swarm and removals) that are like those Russian but we call them Africanized. Already made my mind up they are getting requeened in the spring. Vacuum bees act the same way . Lol Love your channel.
LOL, I'm looking to start beekeeping next year and guess what bees I won't be getting.
Thanks so much for your videos! Love them. Can you talk a bit about the metal "doors" you have on your hives this season? I've never seen them before.
Those are mouse guards. I show them more clearly in the next video up in a day or two.
Beeep!..... Beeep Beeo!.....BEEEOPBEEEPBEEEP OWWWWW!!! ok gonna go get my veil....LOL thanks for the laughs, this channel is awesome!
If The Russian honeybee's i get ain't a little aggressive i don't want them
Thanks for the coat size suggestion. Russian Bees!!! I'm afraid to try them--LOL.
Great to watch and reminded me of my early days. Some thoughts for you from what I have learnt. If you are scrapping of the frames try putting a corner on something solid and then you can push your scrapper(I use a small sharp paint scrapper) towards the corner in a smooth and single action. I probably wouldn't mess with one that has queen on it till another time. Bees don't like being bumped so smooth and steady will keep them calm. Keep up the good work I love watching and remembering what I have learnt. We all travel a steep curve when we start. If you ever come to Australia would happily enjoy your company. Cheers peter Windmill Retreat Honey Yackandandah
Peter Budge Thanks, Peter. That frame needed attention before it would fit back in the box. That comb was sticking out farther than I'd ever seen. Yes, the learning curve is steep, but I can't imagine how steep it would be without the help of UA-cam videos and comments. People have been very helpful, overall. Still a long way to go, but gaining confidence each day. Thanks for watching!
Another great video and more valuable lessons. We now have our hive and are awaiting the nuc with the bees. I think I'll suit up before opening, though they're not Russians but Buckfasts local to us here in Wales. Keep up the great work. Cheers Steve
Happy ending :)
Love this video
Do you have any thoughts yet on nucs vs packages now that you've more or less done both? Just out of curiosity why only one flow hive? PS: Good luck! We're pulling for you and your bees!
It's not really an even comparison because these nucs are a totally different breed of bee compared to the standard "Italian package" most people get. My package last year took a whole summer to build into a booming hive. A nuc is small, but it is already a hive. They just need space and resources and should explode pretty quickly. I'll have more to report on once these hives get established on my property. As far as the Flow hive... I only have one because it was really expensive and I still don't know if it works. I hope one of these nucs take off fast enough for me to try the flow frames this summer. You'll be in the loop however it goes!
He bought one to try it out but his bees have never been strong enough in production to put it into play. Te flow hive is quite pricey and it is reasonable to completely understand it before one would buy more or not. Wouldn't you agree? There may be issues yet unknown about them yet to be discovered.
where did you get your vail and hat as well as your suit. and how much was it? I am wanting to get into beekeeping but no clue where to get a suit and vail like yours. i really like it.
Gear Links are in the description. Thanks for watching.
Is that a fourth hive next to your hive from last year? The orange one? Was your swarm trap successful? Also - thanks for posting these videos. They make my day. I really enjoy watching your bee adventures.
The orange boxes are a new home for the old bees. I was doing some re-arranging and refurbishing of woodenware. You'll see them on the next video! Thanks for watching.
What kind and where did you get those cinder blocks? They look bigger than what I've seen around here.
stonerman2k They're bigger than normal. I have no idea. We bought this place 10 years ago and there were piles of old brick and cinderblock all over the place. They are like mega cinderblocks.
I think with your climate you should go to AZ hives. Build a nice little bee house to protect them.
The thought crossed my mind. I've seen lots of cool beehouses like that. I think we still have a lot to learn before we invest in that kind of infrastructure.
Poke around my videos on tomatoes and also the Homestead tour video. We have 90' of real commercial hoophouse already up and in use. I have another ~150' that's sitting in a pile waiting to be assembled. I find them super cheap on craigslist when farms go out of business.
What I've read on the internet is, Russian bees are a little bit more aggressive, mostly because there's just going to be more adult bees in a russian hive.
Interesting point.
what zone are you in? can bees tolerate freezing weather? TY
This is great because I will get to see how hardy the Russian bees are before I attempt beekeeping next year! Wisconsin winters can be colder and dryer than Massachusetts.
I love how you are bleeping your fowl mouth--hahaha. I love it. I would too. Great video. question, why keep Russian? Do they make more honey?
I like so much your place, your channel and your explanations.
francisco de la torre Thank you... I like your comments.
Query: you have had the Russians for a while now. Sources differ as to gentle/aggressive. They started aggressive for you, but how have they seemed long term?
so happy that you have your new bees after losing 2 hives in the winter! have been following your channel now for a while. very happy to see you are getting set back up
also, i am led to believe that the russian bees are a bit more aggressive than the italians, yet i hear might be a bit more resistant to varroa.
looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
I'll deal with slightly more aggression if they survive. The varroa cleaning habit was a huge factor in deciding to give them a try.
great news, am waiting to see your success this summer :D
#1. They are Russian bees... more aggressive.
#2. They don't know you from Adam.
3. They have been locked up!
Black thing could be spacers so you can stack the nucs without crushing any bees on the frames.
Nice job with your new editing skill !
It looks like EZ Nice sent you really old frames!
Not a whole lot of pride in their products!
Good thing you're not allergic to bee 🐝 stings 😃
you should checker board the frames the bees have a hard time expanding sideways and you really should get away frome 8frame and go ten frame they tend to over winter better and less swarming in the nectar flow. for the flow hive you can get a 7 frame version that will fit over your 10 frame box. I've bin bee keeping for 6 years and have experimented with a lot of different ways of bee keeping
I have heard it's kind of the opposite for Russians with overwintering, though. Russians have a much smaller cluster size and are more furgal with honey stores. Some suggest 8 frame boxes for overwintering so the small cluster is closer to the outer stores of honey. Too much space in the 10 frame for a grapefruit size cluster. I'm still learning, but I've thought the 8 frame thing through and decided to try it.
we mostly run Russian and Russian hybrid they do better in a 10 frame
Jonathan Wilcox Just curious where you are located? How long are your winters?
also seeing that you might be making the same mistakes I did in the past for wintering don't just rely on your hives you will just end up buying bees every year you need to get together some over wintering nukes Mr palmer will school you
I have 2 Russian hives they are defensive but work really fast and do a great job . I am on day 23 with them. you will love Russian alot but have to suit up every time.
Love your videos brother.
Where did you get your Russian nuks? I'm on Cape Cod and I'm wanting to expand my Russian colonies. Thanks
Coy Bee Company has certified Russian queens and nucs.
3:54 is that the queen?
edge of the bottom, left side
red carapace
shorts and a short-sleeve shirt without a veil and you're opening up new RUSSIAN beehives!? omg
katie ierardi Well, the plan was to open the entrance and walk away. I thought I'd be able to do that from the side and get away. Oh well.
Ordered 4 nukes this year but Saskafraz bees a local strain of colder climate bees
Bees get angry when being moved. I got stung when installing my nucs as well
Why did you get Russian bees instead of other kinds?
They are supposedly more winter hardy than Italians and are proven to be self-cleaning with the varroa mites. The drawbacks are less honey production than Italians and some say they are more aggressive. We will see. I keep bees more for pollination and environmental reasons than for honey, so I'm partial to a stronger, survivor bee as opposed to a honey machine I need to replace every year.
Just a guess, but the black thing may be a beetle trap.
yep. Definitely hive beetle trap.
It's been determined that's what it is, but there was no bait, poison treatment, or sticky crisco like everyone is suggesting. They were just bare plastic.
Vino Farm - Yeah, I noticed that after I made the comment, then looked at everyone else's comments. The bees will actually stand gaurd, like a jail warden, after they've chased them into the crevices and keep the beetles traped, like another viewer described, before they sometimes seal them in with propolis. Ironically sometimes the bees even feed the trapped beetles honey, to keep them alive before they're sealed in, which some scientists think is a manipulative adaption developed by the beetles, that takes advantage of the bees adapted social instincts.
I have never seen a hive beetle in any of my hives, so this is all fascinating to me. Luckily they are not a heavy problem in the northern world.
We just got excited watching this because we also got a Russian Nuc there looks like we went the day after you. They scared me (the bees when we let them out not the apiary people)
Congratulations... You guys are doing great up there.
will you be getting more hives?
That was the topic of the video!
(Eventually, yes... but this is all I will buy this year. I have swarm traps out and am open to adoptions, though. Whatever I can get.)
Oh also you seem to have a single (orange) box beside your surviving hive. I didn't notice that in your last video (to Nuc or Not)...
That's part of a box shuffle I was doing on the old hive. Stay tuned for the next video in a couple days.
Looks like SHB trap. Since 2014 we have to use it too.
LOL your first bees and you get Russian bees..dude what were you thinking?
those black thing are for hive beetles
ooh man those were some pissed off bees XD
Russians seem awesome! I have heard they are resistant to mites too. I think that black thing is a Check Mite Plus, for beetles and mites. it has poison inside that kills both. Pretty harsh chemical.
On a side note, are the Russian bees gray? I have heard they are a little more gray than yellow.
They are darker. I wouldn't say 'gray' but the blacks on their abdomens are blacker. And they're a bit smaller than Italians.
what happened at the start of this video, when you were attacked, is what i did not want to happen to me. i have watched quite a few of your videos and one thing i have learnt so far is to suit up. even today when i dropped a frame, not to far, the bees went nuts but never attacked me, but safety first. i'm in my first week here in Aus and there videos have helped out a lot. keep it up and thank you. you should look at the "bush bee man". he swears and it is NOT bleeped. have fun.
Great setup.
I wonder why they are aggressive
The black plastic rectangle looks to me like a small hive beetle trap.
I thought it must be some sort of pest trap or treatment, but there was no bait or sticky material on it. It was just bare plastic.
The bees will herd the beetles into the channels and then seal them off with propolis.
Really? They can coordinate that kind of thing? I have read about them chasing beetles down through a screened bottom board, but aiming them into a tiny channel AND sealing it off seems amazing to me.
The beetles naturally want to hide in small, dark places anyway. In the hive, bees will often chase them into corners/crevices and then seal them in as well. The trap just makes it more convenient. Of course you could always ask the bee yard where you bought the nucs to find out for sure!
Brandon's Bees called it... It's a trap used with "Check Mite Plus", however, the ones in my nucs did not have the "Check mite plus" attached. They were just the bare traps. You're both right. Either way... there were no beetles or propolis or poison on the traps. Trap here: www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Hive-Beetle-Trap/productinfo/482/
If you opened the nucs shortly after a car ride, it was likely all the vibration that made them angry.
It was about 15 minutes after a car ride. I'd think being locked in a plastic box would make them angry, too. I left them alone for about 8 hours after I opened their doors and they were much calmer that evening.
That seems way more likely that his thinking that "they were angry because they were in a Nuc'". I really like this channel and his bee calamities. They are entertaining and educational. He really is green and makes up explaining what's going on based on his little experience. He's very open about that which is endearing. Being green makes him prone to missing what's really going on, which is expected. That is what every new bee keeper is very likely to do, I'm not holding being green against him at all and nobody should either. No other new bee keeper's channel is as public with their short comings on their video's as he is. He's a real prince about it.
I think my comment "they were angry because they were in a Nuc" should have been more specific. THere's a difference between a nuc sitting in an apiary and a 'commercial nuc' like I bought that is packaged for sale. Referring to it as a 'nuc' was my attempt to encompass the fact that they had been locked in a tight space, handled by several people, traveled in a car, been handled by me, carried up a hill etc... Not merely that they were "in a nuc" but that they had just been through a traveling/handling ordeal in a completely sealed environment. I know that a nuc is a perfectly happy place for a small colony to be... when that nuc is sitting in a nice location and open for flying. I guess I was not clear in my choice of words while I was being pelted by bees.
Its a beetle trap or strip for V mites!
At least it looks like 1.
Not the best Nuc!
I think we will never see you without suit next time ^_^ !!
I think I just have to get to know them. And they need to learn to trust me. I'll be gloveless with them soon. They really were focused on my head only, so a veil will be necessary.
bees who is focused in the head, it's really smarts bees because eyes are weakness point for all livings.
Did you really just walk over Electrical Fence multiple times
Just landed on this video because it came up as a suggestion. Oh, my gosh! Look how tiny the bee yard is and how barren the landscape looks compared to now (2019). And, spoiler alert, those Russian bees are still jerks! HAHA
Yeah, I go back even further to season one sometimes and it's shocking how much has changed.
Too bad you do not have any Russian Sage(salvia). You could do a Honeybees colluding with Russian Sage video.
I liked the beeps :D :D :D
Guess it's time to throw out the sugar and use Vodka
And remember BEE yourself!
Alternate full and empty frames to give the queen room to lay.
Ahhh so this is the beginning of the infamous Russians...
Среднерусская пчела отлична, но максимально интересна на сколько я знаю это Дальневосточная (приамурская) пчела, как максимально медопродуктивная и устойчивая к клещу Варроа.