Checking on a “lost” queen. Using top splits to restock empty hives and forming an artificial swarm. Then we have a swarm visit our garden - twice! #bee #beekeeping #honey
As always Trevor great video. Good to see a down to earth beekeeper keeping the best traditions of beekeeping alive. Love to watch and listen to you, please keep them coming. All the best from Lancashire 😂
After a good job, a good rest with the grandchildren. And also with such a educational effect. Give us a little of your rain, please! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝🤝🤝🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🐝🐝🐝✌✌✌
Hello Ivan, yes it’s always fun with the grandchildren. You are very welcome to our rain. It seems to be never ending. I’m trying to get a poor spring crop off but we have a wet week ahead with thunderstorms today. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🤞👍🤝🐝🐝🐝🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
They were a second swarm (cast) I think, especially as they were so flighty. I got them into the nuc and left them in a cool dark shed for a day before releasing them on another site the following evening. They stayed put.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment. The protectors are just walking gaiters. I think that set came from Mountain Wharehouse. The elasticated cord at the top has snapped, hence the yellow insulation tape helping to hold them up.👍
I like that technique to prevent swarming and keep the honey crop. Question. Would you try this same thing if you did not have drawn out comb? I understand they'd expend a lot of energy drawing out new, but even that has value.
Hi Philip, yes I have sometimes used all foundation in the bottom box but I don’t like to.I use what’s available and that can mean perhaps 3 comb and the rest foundation or any combination. The bees don’t draw foundation to the bottom of the frames in the bottom box and that’s a bit of an issue but the real problem I have with too much foundation is that the bees draw uneven comb. The middle of the frame where there’s brood is usually ok but I often find they will draw the shoulder of one comb out into a bulge and the neighbouring comb will have a corresponding delve. Having comb either side of foundation usually prevents that.
Thanks for your comment. I used to mark and clip my queens and maybe should still do so but there’s always another job waiting. Some of my queens are reared by simply doing a vertical ( Demaree ) type split. I do sometimes graft and put the queen cells in nucs but that tends to be after I’ve got my spring crop. Especially with OSR honey the timing is critical and I don’t want to complicate the job with time sensitive queen rearing operations.
@@swaleshoney Nice to find someone on same wavelength as my self, if I see eggs, larve, and & sealed brood Im happy mark the Queen if I see her, Queens are reared by default, not wasting Queen Cells
@@user-pm5ih3pu9x Yes there’s more than one way to do a job. If I was younger and starting again I would probably pay a lot more attention to selective queen rearing but I don’t think it makes any sense now. I don’t think my queens reared this way are overall any worse than the ones I sometimes graft and I think more reliable than most queens I’ve ever bought.
How wonderful to see you and grandson Ted enjoying your beekeeping I well remember starting with my grandfather some seventy years ago regards John
Your comment is much appreciated. I’m glad it brought back happy memories for you and it’s made my day! Thank you.
As always Trevor great video. Good to see a down to earth beekeeper keeping the best traditions of beekeeping alive. Love to watch and listen to you, please keep them coming. All the best from Lancashire 😂
🤣I like that, from Yorkshire.
Thank you.
If young Ted stays as calm around bees as he gets older he will make a superb beekeeper, mind you he may talk the bees to death 😂😂😂😂
🤣Thanks Kev, he never shuts up!
He has been stung before but I suspect some of that calmness is down to the “fearless nature of youth”.
After a good job, a good rest with the grandchildren. And also with such a educational effect.
Give us a little of your rain, please! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝🤝🤝🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🐝🐝🐝✌✌✌
Hello Ivan, yes it’s always fun with the grandchildren. You are very welcome to our rain. It seems to be never ending.
I’m trying to get a poor spring crop off but we have a wet week ahead with thunderstorms today. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🤞👍🤝🐝🐝🐝🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ted’s the man to take over from grandad in a few years no fear 😊
Brilliant vid as usual Trevor no flaffing around just get it done ✔️
He is a bit of a star but I am a touch biased. I just need to hang on long enough🤣. Thanks Colin.
Great video really informative and of course, seeing Ted is always great as well.
Thank you for that. Ted would be in them all if he got chance.
@@swaleshoney 🤣
Excellent Video.
Thank you Brian for your kind comment.
The 'homing' behaviour of bees is a great asset to the bee keeper. I hope your swarm stays in the box!
They were a second swarm (cast) I think, especially as they were so flighty.
I got them into the nuc and left them in a cool dark shed for a day before releasing them on another site the following evening. They stayed put.
Great video, Hello from Louisiana
Hello in Louisiana and thank you.
Stick around with Ted you will learn a lot 😊
Honestly Patrick he teaches me something new everyday, whether I want to know it or not!😂
Great video Trevor, I’m delighted that queen found her way back. Where do you get your Ankle Protectors ?
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
The protectors are just walking gaiters. I think that set came from Mountain Wharehouse. The elasticated cord at the top has snapped, hence the yellow insulation tape helping to hold them up.👍
I like that technique to prevent swarming and keep the honey crop. Question. Would you try this same thing if you did not have drawn out comb? I understand they'd expend a lot of energy drawing out new, but even that has value.
Hi Philip, yes I have sometimes used all foundation in the bottom box but I don’t like to.I use what’s available and that can mean perhaps 3 comb and the rest foundation or any combination.
The bees don’t draw foundation to the bottom of the frames in the bottom box and that’s a bit of an issue but the real problem I have with too much foundation is that the bees draw uneven comb. The middle of the frame where there’s brood is usually ok but I often find they will draw the shoulder of one comb out into a bulge and the neighbouring comb will have a corresponding delve. Having comb either side of foundation usually prevents that.
I noticed that queen wasn`t clipped, I dont clip my queens, How do you rear queens Trevor ?. exellent video for beginners, very practical, Thank You
Thanks for your comment. I used to mark and clip my queens and maybe should still do so but there’s always another job waiting.
Some of my queens are reared by simply doing a vertical ( Demaree ) type split.
I do sometimes graft and put the queen cells in nucs but that tends to be after I’ve got my spring crop.
Especially with OSR honey the timing is critical and I don’t want to complicate the job with time sensitive queen rearing operations.
@@swaleshoney Nice to find someone on same wavelength as my self, if I see eggs, larve, and & sealed brood Im happy mark the Queen if I see her, Queens are reared by default, not wasting Queen Cells
@@user-pm5ih3pu9x Yes there’s more than one way to do a job. If I was younger and starting again I would probably pay a lot more attention to selective queen rearing but I don’t think it makes any sense now.
I don’t think my queens reared this way are overall any worse than the ones I sometimes graft and I think more reliable than most queens I’ve ever bought.