Thank you so much for sharing this and thank you for not shutting the recorder off when things got a little crazy. We experience the same thing with some of our hives. I can't believe how calm you were.
Someday you'll fling a Queen off into the grass flipping them frames like that,they don't come back like in the books either lol I know cause I've done it twice,now I keep em vertical and spin other way.SOME QUEENS have a bad foot but lay just fine, and when you flip frames they fall... I thought it was just flipping em, never knew til recently some have injured feet and u wouldn't never know that cause one I flipped off had nine deep brood frames layed up solid..So long ol girl..Good Video
Thank you for watching and the advice. I know I need to slow down and be more careful with my frames. Sorry to hear about your lost girl. It stings more knowing how good she was. Thank you again.
Thank you for the video! The brood patterns in that hive don't look good, and that hive is WAY too aggressive. I would re-queen that hive ASAP. I would also be concerned about the quality of the new queens in the splits.
@@mrtsbees4454 Spotting laying may be an old or injured queen. How old was she? Was the weather cloudy/rainy or too cool? That will make the bees defensive. I only keep strong hives the can defend better against SHB's, Mites and robbers. Like yours they come through winter busting with bees. scientificbeekeeping.com/whats-happening-to-the-bees-part-4-the-genetic-consequences-of-domestication/#the-cost-of-domestication
Hard to tell without knowing the weather conditions, how long the hive has been open, if there is a flow on, etc. Given the wrong conditions even normally nice hives can get nasty.
Thank you so much for sharing this and thank you for not shutting the recorder off when things got a little crazy. We experience the same thing with some of our hives. I can't believe how calm you were.
Someday you'll fling a Queen off into the grass flipping them frames like that,they don't come back like in the books either lol I know cause I've done it twice,now I keep em vertical and spin other way.SOME QUEENS have a bad foot but lay just fine, and when you flip frames they fall... I thought it was just flipping em, never knew til recently some have injured feet and u wouldn't never know that cause one I flipped off had nine deep brood frames layed up solid..So long ol girl..Good Video
Thank you for watching and the advice. I know I need to slow down and be more careful with my frames. Sorry to hear about your lost girl. It stings more knowing how good she was. Thank you again.
@@mrtsbees4454 Also flipping frames upside down can drown young larva.
Just curious, why 2 inner covers under the telescoping cover? My hive is like that too most of the time, despite the weather!
That’s one nasty hive!
Right!!!
@@mrtsbees4454 Good hive! Strong hives are not docile.
That was a very orchestrated attack might need a different kind of smoke😂
Thank you for watching. They got hot fast today and they are still just focused on swarming.
that is also a weird way to manipulate frames :)
Thank you for the video! The brood patterns in that hive don't look good, and that hive is WAY too aggressive. I would re-queen that hive ASAP. I would also be concerned about the quality of the new queens in the splits.
Thank you for watching and the advice.
@@mrtsbees4454 Spotting laying may be an old or injured queen. How old was she? Was the weather cloudy/rainy or too cool? That will make the bees defensive. I only keep strong hives the can defend better against SHB's, Mites and robbers. Like yours they come through winter busting with bees. scientificbeekeeping.com/whats-happening-to-the-bees-part-4-the-genetic-consequences-of-domestication/#the-cost-of-domestication
I would replace the queen
yup hive not nice for sure may need to requeen it ??
Docile hives = weak hives. Wouldn't have one. Look how good this one wintered.
Hard to tell without knowing the weather conditions, how long the hive has been open, if there is a flow on, etc. Given the wrong conditions even normally nice hives can get nasty.
stand on the side and you wont have to keep reaching across bees pissing them off
Thank you for watching. unfortunately I run 4 hives per stand so i can't be on the side all the time.