Splitting Bees Using Queen Cells-How I Do
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- More packed hives means more splits and in this video, I have some queen cells I was able to get a hold of. I'll show you what has worked for me with using cells. I gain two weeks over a traditional walk away split and by using cells, I save money. I can get 6 cells for what it would cost me for one mated queen, so for my small operation, this is the way to go. Come along and let me show you 'How I Do'.
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Another great how to Mike Barry video!! Sorry you’re not feeling good Mike! Will surely put you on our prayer list buddy!! 💞💕
Thanks Meloney and Dennis!! I’m feeling a whole lot better.
I hope you get better fast Mike , God Bless !
Thanks so much. I’m back up and at ‘em.
Thanks Mike! Hope you feel better.
You’re welcome and thanks!!
Feel better Mike and take care you got a full season ahead of you!
Thanks and thanks for the support!!
Get well soon Mike. Appreciate the vids. All you guys have almost coaxed me into maybe making a few vids from here in central Ky, but idk😂
Thanks!! Go for it! All you have to do is hit that record button.
Good job mike GET well soon
Thanks Jeffrey!!
No video so it didn't happen in "You Tube" 🌎Mike.😂
Morning Mike, how are you this fine Lords Day. Looks like it was a wonderful and even constructive day with the bees. Thank you for sharing your time with us. Prayers Mike, I Hope you feel better buddy.😁
😁😁😂😂 that’s right!! Thanks so much for the support and the comment. I’m back up and running.
Hope you get to feeling better, thanks for the video.
Thanks and you’re welcome!!
Just like that easy
I like east… it really is though. Thanks for watching!!
Like the idea on flipping the entrance to increase queen mating flight success rate. Easy ways to do splits. Thanks for the information. Take care Mike.
A beekeeper of 50 years initially showed me the reverse entrance for reorientation, so I’ve stuck with it when feasible. Thanks as always Garry!
Thank you for another great video Mike!! I hope you get to feeling better soon.
Thanks Billy!! I’m feeling much better.
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You’re welcome and thanks so much for watching!!
Hope you feel better. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much!
Hope you get to feeling better Mike…enjoyed watching the splits!!!!
Thanks so much!
Take care of yourself and hope you feel well soon
Thanks Melvin!!
I hope you’re feeling better, Mike.
Thanks so much. I am for sure.
Thanks Mike for a very helpful video even when your feeling under the weather . 👍
Your are welcome and thanks so much for the support!
You have some very strong hives this year. O this is Michigan Mel.
Thanks, freeze knocked everything back, so the growth just kind of quit for a time. Should be back growing soon Mel. Thanks and hope y’all see some warm temps soon!!
Starting to warm up here. But suppose to get 5 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow.
Good stuff, Hope you feel better soon Mr.Mike.
Thanks so much!!
Thanks for making an interesting video. I hope you feel better soon.
You’re welcome and thanks so much!!
Nice job as always Mike. Hope you are feeling better.
Thanks Bruce!
We had snow today. I was admiering you weather. Jody From Fowlerville Mi. Get well soon Mike
Thanks Jody! Yea, we did have a freeze again down in the 20’s, but we’re back into the earth for good now I believe. Stay warm and hope you see spring soon!!
Hey the Jeep is gone!!!!! Beeing sick in the spring is tough because we have so much to do and no time to do it! Thanks Mike!!!
You noticed!! Finally got it hauled off and made a few bucks. I no longer like projects😁😁
@@MikeBarryBees It still looked in good shape body wise.
@@rodneymiddleton9624 it was in good shape. Motor was good too. But just needed to go.
Thanks, get rested and well!
Thanks for the support!!
Great video Mike , Hope you feel better soon and get back to those bees, busy time of the year. God Bless
Thanks Brad, it’s so busy, especially when you get behind. My fault though.
What happened to our spring weather. We had high 80s and now high 50s and low 20s.
Crazy ain't it?
@Joseph Rawls plus here in north west alabama we have had wind blowing every day the bees can't hardly fly. I'm ready for 80s again.
Here one day, gone the next…and then back again with tornado watches😬😬😬
Hey Mike hope you are feeling better soon! Lots of work to do. I like making splits with swarm cells too. I think they make the best queens. I usually pull out the old queen and leave 2 swarm cells in the original hive and if I have more cells I will start a small walk away split with those. Good luck with your bees.
Agree James. Cells have made the difference in my operation, but this year I’m so out of sync with timing and making queens. Lots of work ahead for sure. Thanks for the support!!
Mike, I hope you got over your sickness that you were having when you filmed this video. Since you filmed it on the 9th those Queens should have emerged by now and hopefully you had a 100% emerge and get mated real soon. Good luck with those ladies.
Thanks Don. I am going to check mating success for most all my hives in about 5 or 6 days. I think all but about 4 should be done and who knows what I’ll find.😬😬
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Thanks!! Feeling great finally.
I hope you are feeling better by now Mike. Have a great year.
Thanks Philip!!
Quick and easy. Good video none the less. Shows just how easy it can be once you get some experience under your belt. Just have to keep at it. Thanks Mike
I like easy. Working full time and only have limited time off forces me to find efficiency. This year I seem to be all over the place though😁😁
@@MikeBarryBees easy is good. KISS method. I also have full time job, plus runs small grass company, and now keeping bees. Easy is a must. Lol
Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks and I feel better for sure now.
Sorry to hear that you are feeling a little under the weather...hope you get better soon!
Thanks Bruce and thanks for the support!!
hope u feel better mike I enjoyed the video. keep them coming
Thanks so much and glad you enjoy. Your long time support is very much appreciated!!
Hope you are feeling better.
Interesting what we notice in videos. I see this blue hand truck in the back ground. I'd bet it is a HF big foot. That's because I have one .
Thanks David!! Yep, that’s the HB special!! I had to put a second set of wheels on it. The weights of boxes and the rough ground caused the hubs to break out. Now the second set is doing it. Got a guy that spot welded his and no more problems, so going to do that and it will be good. It’s an ideal tool for the bee yard!!
@@MikeBarryBees yesterday I had to move the freezer and one tire was flat after filling it up on Saturday. So with HF only 4 miles away I bought 2 flat free tires for my hand truck. 49$ later....
Hope you’re feeling better. We just had tornadoes go through in the weee hours here in East TN many prayers for those effected by them thank my yard is fine.
I saw those on the news and glad you guys made it through ok.
Thanks for the split tips! I hope to be doing that this spring. Get some rest, get well!!!
You’re welcome Jeff. Glad you enjoyed it!!
Hello Mik
Hello!! And thanks for watching!!
hope your feeling better mike,cool use of double screen n cell protectors
Thanks!! I like the screen boards a lot. Very versatile and easy in a pinch.
Mike I am in your area and would love to give you a hand one day and maybe get you into my hives for your insight on what I need to do or change
Where about are you?
@@MikeBarryBees loranger just south of 40
@@edwardjacob5674yea, you’re right nearby. I am very spur of the moment after work and such, but when it’s time to pull honey, I invite folks to help. Or even when it’s time to make some hive moves.
I’m always looking to learn more and enjoy getting into the bees
Thanks for the video Mike, Feel better.
Thanks Ken!!
I winter mine, brood box over a box of empties. If the year is like this one they push them self down with honey and i extract it and after it put excluders. Write now they filled the second box again and l'm ready to extract again. So this year is single brood box all year and we're going for honey. Now I'm almost sure winter is done and I will add suppers.. but not too early. I would not do this if I used stuff like Amitraz.. only organic acid beekeeping.
Good job.. I love watching no nonsense beekeeping
That’s a great plan. I don’t use chemicals in my hives, only compounds that are allowed with supers on, so I could actually extract. Our issue over here is that the brood comb still tends to pick up pesticides thru absorption from some of the nectar sources of people are using them. So after 4 or 5 years, there is a Milo’s up of the pesticide since the brood comb stays in the hive for so long. Where supers are only on for a limited time, they buildup way less. But even those I have begun to recycle. Either way, your plan sounds so efficient. Controls swarming too as I’m understanding. Thanks again for sharing. Maybe some videos on UA-cam one day? It would be great to see your management strategies there in that climate. I remember it being very cold in the winter, but beautiful in the summer months. Of course that was out on the sea, but still vivid memories of the cold.
@@MikeBarryBees cold in the Adriatic.. it must have been 2012. That was the only cold year since the early 90s. I didn't see morning frost last 10 years. And you're not used to the 100 miles per h north wind we have. Were you in the navy ? I was a navy diver here in 96-97. But I liked living on the islands, bees and fishing more than the city and the navy. I live on the warmest, outer island Vis. Summers are hot and dry.. we keep bees here since 77 and had to invent a way to survive those summer months.
@@researcherAmateur yes, I was Navy. I know several divers, and EOD as well. It was 2003 time frame and it was the far north. We pulled into Koper, in Slovenia. Very cold with a major wind chill. Once to shore, is was not so bad and made for a most excellent port visit.
@@MikeBarryBees you were right under the biggest mountains in these parts, the Italian-Slovenian Alpine chain.. and Croatian Velebit mountain to the east. It had to be cold. I'm down south enough for those winds to warm up over the sea, so we never get cold. It's your temps.. but not the humidity. Wet winter and very dry and hot summer. The sea is warm too.. 15c now and up to 27c in summer.
We don't do much agriculture. Vineyards and olives, some citrus. But nothing to have pesticides in our hives. And we're still using wired wax.. so l pull out 3 frames every year, winter them 9 over 8, for air circulation.. sun melt the old ones and draw minimum 3 new ones every year. It's a different situation.. bees are cheap, too many beeks.. equipment is expensive. I rarely sell more than 10 nucks.. and those are usually in 10 frame boxes. Hives are kept in container-trailers, 40 - 60 Langstroth.. and driven from flow to flow.. "bees on wheels". It's an unregulated mess. There's never enough space for everybody. So l stay with stationary yards on two islands and let them drive on land around the country... l make Rosemary, bramble, sage, Heather... they make Black locust (3 times if they can move), canola, Linden which you call Basswood i think, sunflower... there's a lot of flows to pick when you have bees on wheels. Honey is everything. Nobody will pay you to pollinate here. And everybody knows how to keep bees alive. O, I wish I was there.. UA-cam makes it look like easy money. Hahaha
Get well Mike!
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Hey Mike,
Really need to talk to you when you get to feeling better and in the meantime you're on the prayer list at church and we're praying for you at this moment also. (PSA. 4:8)🙏
It's a biblical and scientific fact that rest and good sleep is healing for the body.
Rest in the LORD.
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Thanks so much Chuck! Thanks for the prayer support! Let me know what you got.
Always a pleasure to see you working on your bees Mike. I hope you feel better Mike and thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. Be blessed Mike.
Wow, thanks Patrick!! Appreciate your support and glad you enjoy the videos!!
@@MikeBarryBees hey Mike I have a question for you. This might be off topic a little bit if you have a super strong colony which I do and there massive but I've been doing the Demaree method which is working great keeping them from swarming but I have to check them every seven days but my question to you is how long will they continue to build smarm cells in it and should I split them but my goal was to try to maximize my honey crop this year what would you do Mike.
@@patrickbrewer2794 great question. There is a point that the bees will turn the corner and decide it’s time to store honey and stay put. That’s different in every region. For me it’s normally mid to late April and they will then respond well to more space. NOW…that’s not to say they won’t still swarm later on. But once that corner is turned, it becomes much easier to control them with just adding space for nectar. After they turn that corner, and if there is a flow on, they have to have space and they stay just fine. Not enough space and you then get those honey bound, overcrowding swarms. But those are simply because we don’t give them storage space. But there is that point in the season, that you’ll need to find for your area, that they literally turn the corner and are content with staying put as long as they have space above to store surplus nectar. This is just me saying this and what I’ve seen, but I will say that last weekend on a live stream I was on with Michael Palmer, he confirmed this as well. Hope that answers your question Patrick.
I do alot like that. Just that sometimes my double screen board is an excluder with mosquito mesh over it and a round entrance on the box. I even tried only excluders for replacing older queens.. and with the right timing let the new queen down to take care of things their way.
A disclaimer.. Not for ppl who don't understand swarming
That's how I make use of everything. If it stays long enough that mosquito mesh gets heavily propolised.. and I dissolve them in moonshine (rakija) and use it to paint the inside of boxes and bottom boards. That's how you stay away from stupid diseases like chalk brood. There's always 5-6L of it ready...
Very good info in your comment and thanks so much for sharing!!
Hope you are feeling better 😊. Myself and two others are planning to raise some queens this year. Still cold here but we are planning to do some grafting around the first week of April. We’re going to a queen rearing field day on April seventh and fifteenth to learn more about queen rearing. Watching your video has got me excited to get started thanks for all you do.
Best wishes on the queens!! I get a real kick out of making queens. Even when I don’t need them, it’s fun and so awe inspiring to watch a a grafted cell emerge a queen. I’ll make them just to practice and give them away. Maybe I can sell them one day, but for now I like to make what I need and a bunch of extras and pass them to friends.
@@MikeBarryBees that’s our plan.
Thanks Mike, get some rest bud.
You’re welcome Tommy and thanks!!
Mike
Thanks for watching!!
You have a great system doing your splits a little time consuming on the first round of the checks but just a thing that has to be done . I noticed a bunch of drones flying here today. Our weather is going to pot for the next three days down in the 20’s an the peach farmers are saying not looking good for them . Take two spoons of honey three times a day and stay home tomorrow. Hope you get better. THANKS
It’s my favorite way to split if I’m requeening mnyself. And really, at certain stages, I could just split it without looking. Just pull, shake, and exclude. But I like to split it evenly. We got that same weather and got into the 20’s. Knock a bunch of foolish back, but maybe slowed the bees a bit. We shall see. Thanks for the well wishes!!
What incubator are you using ? Thanks Mike
Wesley, I use a little round egg incubator since I don’t usually keep many cells at a time.
I actually show it briefly in an upcoming video.
@Mike Barry thanks for replying. Looking forward to your videos
Found 12 queen cells in one hive, unfortunately beetles took over