Reducing the Size of my Checkerboarded Hive!
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2022
- A video to show my very tall checkerboarded hive before I relocated some almost completely capped supers onto other hives to prevent any mishaps whilst I am on holiday. What a fantastic season we have had!
Checkerboarding is a method that allows for beekeeping swarm control . The other benefit is the increased honey yield that is achieved through having a large number of foragers during the main nectar flow. The checkerboarded hives did not swarm during one of the best beekeeping seasons in memory, and one which had a record breaking number of swarms recorded by our local association.
Maybe watch the videos below first to allow the current video to make sense:
Video 1: Theory: • Swarm Control Using Ch...
Video 2: First manipulation: • Checkerboarding beehiv...
Video 3: First spring inspection: • Checkerboarded Colony ...
Video 3: First Spring Inspection John White's Apiary: • Checkerboarded Colony ...
Video 4: A checkerboarded inspection: • Summer Checkerboarding...
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That is a great video thanks so much for posting. This year i tried hard to prevent swarming via 'conventional' method, but just having heard about your style now reconsidering my methods Thanks again😊
Hey Mate. Love the videos. Can I ask a quick few questions... 1. When you perform the manipulation and use 1 box of stores, can this be syrup I have fed late summer rather than honey? 2. Do the boxes that get added after the manipulation have to be built out with wax? Thanks so much
Thanks, yes you can use boxes fed with syrup as they will convert that into brood. From our own observations, the use of drawn comb gives reliable results. Using foundation might be OK initially early in the season, but as soon as the colonies gain momentum they need a lot of nectar storage space and I jut don’t think they can draw the comb quickly enough whilst preventing the backfilling of brood areas. I would suggest building up an inventory of drawn comb as if a checkerboarded colony swarmed……it is going to be a huge swarm.
so do you not chckerboard the brood boxes only the supers
Correct, the checkerboarding theory is in this video ua-cam.com/video/TjjwGmT_dcY/v-deo.html
@@lowinterventionbeekeeping5408 great hank you something im thinking of doing im in lincolcnshire and strugglin for decent harvests thinking this may help do you find bigger crops with this aswell
@@spike2111982 there is a big unrestricted brood nest, it was the equivalent of 4 deep nationals in my hives this year. So when it is good like this year then they fill more than one super in a week. When it is bad, like last May (2021) they go through a lot of stores. But overall, there is mostly a lot more honey than from my standard hives. You need a lot of drawn comb as the colonies really move fast; so not something to try if you are reliant on foundation for extra space.
@@lowinterventionbeekeeping5408 thank you ill bear that in mind