Laying workers, swarms, and hard work make up my Demaree bee yard.
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
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The Demaree splits are a lot of work and have left me with a lot of unforeseen issues. Swarms, hard work, and laying workers.
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Treat that swarm with OAV Brother. No brood to hide in, get them all. Wait about 10 days. Thanks for the shout-out!
I cannot wait to try your product. It will be soon :-)
I run my hive tool down the top of the drone brood enough to damage the cappings and the bees will pull them out so the comb can be reused. I thought I heard a swarm near the beginning of your video. Then you saw them! Thanks for consuming.
Initially I didn't notice them because that bee yard is busy and is always buzzing. I am happy I saw them though and now they are living happily in my home bee yard :-)
I do the same thing to drone brood in any aggressive hives as well. Try and keep my calm bee genetics strong.
I love the longer videos! Just sayin! ❤️
Good. I have some long ones in the queue. Thank you for stopping in and having a look. I really appreciate you.
Here's a tip I got last year and it works. You will need a plastic and metal excluder. Put both together on a queen right hive. Place your laying worker hive above the excluders. Within 7 days, the laying workers will be killed or will stop laying. I've mentioned this to other beekeepers here in Michigan. It's always worked.
That is some good info to keep in the old toolbox. Thanks a bunch.
Thanks for sharing 👍 good luck with those hives 😊
Thanks Brian. I am pretty certain everything will work out.
I take my hive tool and scrape frames like that. The bees will clean up and use what they can. I have also found that when the hive is that big with the laying worker that only a strong hive with a strong queen can fight that. Maybe next time do a combine with a strong hive. I have also seen people freeze frames like those and put them right back into use.
All great information. After reading the comments I think it may have been a queen that petered out and started laying only drones. If that is the case the bees should dispatch her once the new queen emerges and gets mated. We will know in a few weeks. Thanks for the tips. I really appreciate it.
This is a good time for Mr. Dunn’s “Queen Introduction Cage”
I have one in the home tool chest but didn't have one at the farm yard that day.
afternoon, i think you did correct,, drones keep mites, you took out 100s of mites by removing drone comb,, good day keep on keeping on,,
Thanks. I really appreciate it.
I would shake those frames like u r doing and then freeze the frames with the drone brood which will kill the mites also. Then put those frames right back into the hive and the workers with clean them out and u can retain your comb. Possibly use a scratching for to pull the drones out after freezing. Then put frames back.
I will do that next time. This time they hit the wax melter.
Great video! My tulip poplar just started to bloom. I shook out a laying worker and fed my girls the Drone brood they love them!
Your "girls" referring to chickens and not children I hope :-)
Good luck with darn laying workers... I've got my fingers crossed for my own splits
I'll cross mine for you too :-)
@@BugFarmerBees weird year, so far. See very little nectar here in my part of Central Texas.
Nice job on the swarm. Quick like bunny. Seems Like I get one laying worker hive every year! I shake them out and freeze them. I read that shaking them out is not effective. Often times there are more than one laying worker and they have the ability to fly unlike a true queen.
Ha! Thanks :-)
OA from O-H!!
It is :-)
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Just caught a swarm few minutes ago, caught a swarm few days ago and had 3 queens in it. Got them banked till tomorrow and I can get a split made and put one in a hive that I want to requeen.
How do you bank them? I tried to bank queens before and in a few hours they were dead. How do you store them?
@@BugFarmerBeesin the same box that I put the swarm in I have an inner cover that somebody gave me and it has a big opening on it and I laid the 2 queen cage on top of the frames. My first time banking queens, I figured since they came from that swarm that the odds of them trying to kill them would be less. They were still still alive yesterday, haven't check today yet, I'll go check them in a minute since you said something and let you know.
@@BugFarmerBeesjust checked, one alive and one dead. I know 628 dirt rooster has video on banking queens.
I like to see them real life, beekeeping videos
Beekeeping videos were my gateway drug to getting hives and starting my journey. :-)
At 27.01, it looked like a virgin queen. I may be wrong, but take a look.
Sorry about your finger..hope it heals well
it's almost completely healed. I used it as an example as to why men should never be expected to do dishes :-)
I thought so too but it is a giant blond drone. If you are referring to another bee at that time let me know and I'll have another look. The big drone is in the middle of the frame.
About that laying worker, have you considered the possibility of a drone laying queen?
As for the difference between a hatched and a killed queen cell, a hatched queen cell has a nice, circular opening at the bottom, a killed queen cell usually has a rough opening somewhere at the side. I wish you had shown us that opened queen cell.
Thank you for that information. I can say it was a hatched cell from a round opening. I never knew the side chewed ones were killed cells. Now I know. It is entirely possible it was a queen that petered out. The good news is I have a laying queen in the box now and all is well. That is some inside info from an upcoming video so don't spread it around :-). Thanks again for the information, You have made me a better beekeeper.
@@BugFarmerBees I picked that up from watching YT videos about beekeeping. And I won't spread that inside info, but most of your regular viewers will have read it here by the time of that video.
13 stitches! Tough guy!
I didn't even cry :-)
The top Queen excluder belongs under the deep. The bottom deep should have only had 1 frame of drawn comb with the Queen and the rest foundation. The bottom queen excluder is above the bottom deep, 2 supers, queen excluder, and deep with all the brood. If you want them to make a queen, put an entrance for the top deep. If you don't, come back a week after doing the Demaree manipulation and remove the emergency cells. If you allow the hive to run with 2 Queens, they will make a lot of honey. After your nectar is done just separate the hive into 2 colonies. ua-cam.com/video/mQ6CE8nCbHQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=NHBKATraining
Thank you. I have added the video to the play list. I think next year I will try a couple of colonies with two queens.
That was quite the video of numerous issues.👍🏼
Did you freeze the drone frames to kill off possible mites and give it back to a colony to clean up?
I like those probable videos of having to deal with more than one problem. Nice job💪🏼
Thanks Teddy. I actually scraped off the frame, looked for mites and tossed in in the melter. The frames were getting old anyway so I let the go. I was fortunate I was there to catch the swarm before it flew away.
@@BugFarmerBees What is "The Melter" ? 😮
@@jyorke2670 Wax melter, to melt and purify old wax.
Quick question. Got my new package a week and a half ago. Just checked them. Lots of comb, some covered comb - I assume it looks like honey store. Couldnt’ locate eggs, covered brood. Didn’t want to keep the hive open for too long. Should I be looking for the queen since I didn’t see any eggs or larvae Or is it too soon. Thanks, love your site, sorry for all the ????s
It is usually 9 or 10 days before the any brood is capped. If it was my hive and I had drawn comb ready for the queen to begin laying I would wait 9-10 days. If after 10 days I didn't see any capped brood I would introduce a frame of eggs from another hive if I had one.
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From Australia
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Just curious... why did u put the "green spot queen" in the hive instead of introducing here in a queen cage? Thx
She was an extra queen from hive 13 and I didn't have a cage so I did a hot release. I had a 50/50 chance so I took a shot :-)
You will need to feed that swarm. 1:1 sugar water
i gave them a bucket full :-)
Where did u get your jacket with the fencing hood? Thx
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What distance is it good to shake bees?
From a package box? A limb?
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You are the winner!!!
You spent too much time, energy and resources on that laying worker Hive. When you first noticed that you should have done a paper combined with one of your stronger colonies, they would have killed the lane workers. Then after a week or 10 days you could have made a split again and taken some fresh brewed and eggs from the strong Queen and move that box back onto its stand and let him raise a real Queen. Now I would shake those bees off and feed that drone comb to your chickens. And still do a paper combined. It's likely there are multiple laying workers in that colony. Every time you add a queen or a cell they think they have a queen because they have brood pheromone even though it's just a bunch of drones. And yes, Lane workers will try and raise a queen through a queen cell but it's really nothing but a drone.
All great advice. Thank you. I guess I need to keep newspaper in the bug mobile.