When you put the protector over the cell make sure you do it before a queen hatches, and have some workers in there, that will help to look after the virgins.
We keep the same setup for summer and winter except for reducing them down into one box sometimes. There are beetle traps on most of them. We either used Coroplast with boric acid and Crisco or Beetle Barns with poison or boric acid.
Working with the queens is some of the coolest stuff I have seen in ages! Some of it was difficult to hear but WOW! Loved this one. You should also check out Monty Python's sketch on Eric, the half-a-bee lol
Another awesome video. I think I'm getting close to seeing every video you've made. But every once in a while a one pops up that is new to me. Thanks again for the great entertainment.
I wish I still had the first fifty or so I ever did. I deleted a bunch at some point years ago because they had less than 300 views each and somewhere I heard that those videos hurt your channel. I didn't have them saved that I know of so they are history. :(
Yup! I am in Texas and have been dripping with sweat similar to that. I did a swarm removal with layers of clothing under my bee suit when it was 85 degrees. MAN! It was brutal..... Small beetle hive trays that you slide in and out. That's what you need for the beetle population. It knocks the population down A LOT!
I thought queens would be worth a lot more money considering she is an absolute necessity when it comes to any part of having a hive and the bottom line of honey. Thank you for education. Happy Beekeeping.
I just watched this video and had to laugh at your dad about trying to 11 frames in the 19 frame box. I only been a beekeeper for a month and tried to put 9 in a eight frame hive and yes I have it on video. Your vids are great keep them coming.
The Nicot system work nice to rear queens. 1 Question???.... If you put a cage on those cells, the queens hatch. Now my question is....How long can you keep those queens cage up in that hive and will the hive bees feed them????
I need to watch more videos on the details of queen grafting. I find it extremely fascinating but don't fully understand how exactly it's all done and all the stages and steps quite yet.
Liking the videos. Are those Beatle traps in theses boxes? Do you do anything different to your boxes for the winter time or do you keep the coroplast signs on them?
@ 628 Dirtrooster, i herd you day the queens 25 bucks. Why do some of these people pay 1500 to 2000 for one queen?? Will one queen at that price make that much difference?? My thinking is her blood line would get bred out just by the majority of the others. Thanks for any feed back!
Been following you for three years and enjoy your videos. Question. On the frame with all the grafted queens and hair rollers, how did you attach the brown bases to the wood? Little nails? I ordered the same components from Mann lake last week. I liked this method because the queen hatches out right into a cage. Thanks.
I cringe watching your dad with his bees some videos. He's just a lot rougher with them than you and your brother. I know they aren't as fragile as we often think they are though. I saw one at the beginning of the video he smashed with the frame and I think he smashed it another two or three times as he was hitting the frame on the table to get the rest of the bees off. I thought, well, at least we know it's dead. She ain't suffering! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
628DirtRooster His knowledge and experience are such an amazing tool! I'm glad you and your brother are close to your dad and each other so you can learn as much of what he knows as possible. No book out there replaces the direct, hands on teachings of an experienced mind. 😉
Hi Guys, Very interesting, thanks for the video efforts. Ive just got 3 years bee keeping and was interested particularly in your queen rearing and emerged queens into carriers. any chance of a video of your queen raising process. Thanks again from way down in New Zealand
whats up guys your videos are so intresting and informative. i hate a question are queens born out the same egg laying clutch as all others born at the same time?
Hey 628dirtrooster, I got a caught a collonie of wild bees and i couldn't find the queen a week ago, so now their making a new queen but the cell looks very diferent from the regular cells, the one that i see are smooth onlike the others, whom hace a bumpy texture, is this normal? I'm a new bee keeper and i'm not sure if this is normal.
Rusty Anderson I love them too for sentimental reasons and they look cool too. My dad had a 55 Chevy hot rod when I was little and he used to take me and my brother for tire burning rides down the street.
+REV HARDD Not necessarily. They are tougher than you might think. Watch some more vids. We're not rough but we don't have to treat them like delicate flowers either.
That obviously are not South African bees. :-( Maybe you guys have a way to civilize bees. The things here will send you on the 150 meter sprint in les than 10 seconds if you handle them like that and with that minimalistic suit. The 150meters is the "border" that they let you go if you pass it, IF you have run straight.
+628DirtRooster Yes I know. Just wish ours were halve that gentle. Maybe then I would have a few colonies settled already on my place. I'm still trying to work up the guts to dive in. I've helped a friend of mine catching a nest in a shack, but need some more "experience" before I'll be comfortable. He does have a few settled hives that need to be moved and he has offered that I can resettle them on my place, but that will be a 700km night time effort to pick up the hives and move them to my place. It can be a fun adventure tough. :-)
+Kobie Nel Now that I think about it, I helped catching two swarms, but that shack swarm was a bit of a problem. Was with him taking out honey also. Fact stays, with this bees of us you suit up and duct tape every little possible place they might get in. I do think the calm and gentle way you work with them also have a big effect on them. That little critters are way more susceptible to things we can just dream of.
+628DirtRooster Yes, I will. I need them for pollination on Pecan trees I'm planting. As they will be on their own most of the time, I need to get some winter flowering plants established there to help them also. We do not have much of that here, especially in that area. blue gum trees will do the trick, but use too much ground water, as water is not a thing we can waste here. The other flowers that can work is illegal to import as it will spread and take over as a weed. Aloes do not grow there as it is just that little bit to cold for them.
I'm gonna assume you fellers are down south where the weather stays warm for the most part and the bees are flourishing. I've watched more video's than a mans supposed to, and am dying to get up and running. But it's so expensive. In Ohio I can't get a double-body hive with a super, and a bee nuc for less than $450. And here this guy is just throwing boxes around the yard like he don't care to break them up. Don't even care to injure the bees the way he stirring them up and slinging the equipment around. They say I shouldn't even buy packages because they come from the south and wont live through our winter. These guys up here are losing half their hives every year. Nice job....I guess guys. You must be doing something right to have a population like this. Think I would work a little slower and try not to hurt them, though. If you know where I can buy cheap boxes please let me know.
There are a lot of good suppliers out there. $450 is WAY too much. I hope you find someone else to buy from. Here is a link to Mann Lake's kits www.mannlakeltd.com/beekeeping-supplies/category/page13.html Also try Brushy Mountain and Dadant.
+Chris Phillippo Just whistle along with the video. It took a lot of years of boxing to develop that whistle and only surgery will fix it. I'm just thankful it even still flows air. ;)
How many times do I hear people on UA-cam say that a bee hatched out. They don't hatch out!!!! They emerge. I teach elementary school and my second graders understand that insects don't hatch out. Only the egg hatches. An insect emerges as an adult.
If you have heart problems you should take a baby aspirin before you watch my videos because we really butcher proper beekeeping lingo. You should come to some of the club meetings and listed to old men who've been keeping bees for thirty years call the combs "cones".
Oh, I'm aware of what is said at meetings. It's an irritation of mine. My mentor was a professor of entomology and I also assisted him teaching the college mini beekeeping courses. I misspoke and he nailed me on the comment. So now it's something that bugs me.
That is cool to actually see how that's done, the guy teaching me is starting to graft some . The older fellow is no doubt the real deal beekeeper.
My filming is getting a little better. Thanks for the instruction.
When you put the protector over the cell make sure you do it before a queen hatches, and have some workers in there, that will help to look after the virgins.
3:00 That's some Mr. Miyagi shit right there xD
+blazednlovinit Cracked me up!
628DirtRooster Cheers man, I'm loving your channel, been binging on it all this week. you guys seem to have a great thing going on.
We keep the same setup for summer and winter except for reducing them down into one box sometimes. There are beetle traps on most of them. We either used Coroplast with boric acid and Crisco or Beetle Barns with poison or boric acid.
Thanks man. Thanks for watching.
Working with the queens is some of the coolest stuff I have seen in ages! Some of it was difficult to hear but WOW! Loved this one. You should also check out Monty Python's sketch on Eric, the half-a-bee lol
I'll look that up.
We are grafting into these cups. We haven't been letting the bees polish them but we are still learning.
Another awesome video. I think I'm getting close to seeing every video you've made. But every once in a while a one pops up that is new to me. Thanks again for the great entertainment.
I wish I still had the first fifty or so I ever did. I deleted a bunch at some point years ago because they had less than 300 views each and somewhere I heard that those videos hurt your channel. I didn't have them saved that I know of so they are history. :(
@@628DirtRooster ahh that sucks. I'm sure they were awesome.
wow... the old cars... I'd be in heaven, even if there was plenty of rust to fix.
Thanking you all for your excellent performance.I am very happy to learn something from you.
+Saleha Khatun Thank you so much Mrs. Khatun
"Bee CPR"😂
I love your videos with your ol Man, I get a kick outta him , he's a lace up your bootstraps and get it done
The queen grafting is exciting. I'm binging as you can tell so I hope we get to see some real positive results.
this guy dropped the queen XD
+Qsofresh Parke Off with his head!
Crikey, that guy is one sweaty betty! Bloody hell, that swarm is crazy too! Wouldn't catch me round there!
glad he isn't my surgeon.
Yup! I am in Texas and have been dripping with sweat similar to that. I did a swarm removal with layers of clothing under my bee suit when it was 85 degrees. MAN! It was brutal..... Small beetle hive trays that you slide in and out. That's what you need for the beetle population. It knocks the population down A LOT!
+Zak White You mean like this? ua-cam.com/video/uOvgeKA-_nc/v-deo.html LOL
Cool 😎 and “ there she went “ 😂😂 your pops is awesome
I thought queens would be worth a lot more money considering she is an absolute necessity when it comes to any part of having a hive and the bottom line of honey. Thank you for education. Happy Beekeeping.
Interesting, thanks for posting videos
I just watched this video and had to laugh at your dad about trying to 11 frames in the 19 frame box. I only been a beekeeper for a month and tried to put 9 in a eight frame hive and yes I have it on video. Your vids are great keep them coming.
LOL Thanks Scott. Have fun with the puzzle boxes bro.
So Cool! You guys are great!
+Martin Elam Preciate it :)
The Nicot system work nice to rear queens. 1 Question???.... If you put a cage on those cells, the queens hatch. Now my question is....How long can you keep those queens cage up in that hive and will the hive bees feed them????
I need to watch more videos on the details of queen grafting. I find it extremely fascinating but don't fully understand how exactly it's all done and all the stages and steps quite yet.
Yeah, it's not the first thing you want to tackle.
628DirtRooster I absolutely agree! Definitely not something I'll be trying for a few years but it's fascinating how it works. 😉
Good job and video
This is so awesome...I would love to learn more and become a keeper...lol
Ive never seen the beetles here in ont , but lots of mites and moth waxworms!
Hey, quick question.What products are you using in the video?
Specifically, the queen cups/cages that fit over them.Thanks!
Liking the videos. Are those Beatle traps in theses boxes? Do you do anything different to your boxes for the winter time or do you keep the coroplast signs on them?
@ 628 Dirtrooster, i herd you day the queens 25 bucks. Why do some of these people pay 1500 to 2000 for one queen?? Will one queen at that price make that much difference?? My thinking is her blood line would get bred out just by the majority of the others. Thanks for any feed back!
Those are artificially inseminated breeder queens. Pure genetics.
@@628DirtRooster oh ok ! Thank you !
Very interesting!
Been following you for three years and enjoy your videos. Question. On the frame with all the grafted queens and hair rollers, how did you attach the brown bases to the wood? Little nails? I ordered the same components from Mann lake last week. I liked this method because the queen hatches out right into a cage. Thanks.
Yep, just tiny nails. Good luck with your grafting.
COOL video!...Thanks bro.
i just love the description and how it has nothing to do with this video and beekeeping
+Scrumgus Fleebus At least hang in to the 5 minute mark. ;)
Reminds me of Monty Pythons dead parrot routine
:)) I had to go watch it. lol
I cringe watching your dad with his bees some videos. He's just a lot rougher with them than you and your brother. I know they aren't as fragile as we often think they are though. I saw one at the beginning of the video he smashed with the frame and I think he smashed it another two or three times as he was hitting the frame on the table to get the rest of the bees off. I thought, well, at least we know it's dead. She ain't suffering! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That's old man beekeeping. He's one of a dozen I know that couldn't pick a delicate flower without crushing every petal.
628DirtRooster His knowledge and experience are such an amazing tool! I'm glad you and your brother are close to your dad and each other so you can learn as much of what he knows as possible. No book out there replaces the direct, hands on teachings of an experienced mind. 😉
Since when does wilford brimley keep bees? Is honey good for diabeetus?
+levi warbrick LOL Bees cure that ole diabeetus.
Lol, I'm glad there's no malice over that joke, I enjoy your videos a lot.
2018 = 40$ to 60$ in central Mo ; how times have changed.
Wow
Why you bang the queen cells against the lid to shake off the bees ?
Lol you should donate a brother brew chamber and a super
Wow prices went up on queens sense then 🤣
You don't have to be humble.
These are great video's. What is going on that they are not all over your dad stinging him. Can the bee's tell he isn't a threat?
They act differently depending on what's going on and how you handle them.
628DirtRooster fake they just know it's grandpa, so they need to show some respect
Hi Guys,
Very interesting, thanks for the video efforts. Ive just got 3 years bee keeping and was interested particularly in your queen rearing and emerged queens into carriers. any chance of a video of your queen raising process. Thanks again from way down in New Zealand
Robert Ramsey-Turner We plan to do some this season just can't guarantee when. Thanks for watching.
Robert Ramsey-Turner Another New Zealander! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D!!!!!!!!
Katie Montgomery Y'all are everywhere. :)
628DirtRooster Sorta I hardly find any kiwis (A stereotype)
That is alot of beetles
I see y'all using the nicot cups, are you using them to graft into, and do you have to let the bees polish the cups when done
whats up guys your videos are so intresting and informative. i hate a question are queens born out the same egg laying clutch as all others born at the same time?
+monitorman203 No, They are in a separate position and oriented differently. They also emerge sooner.
yeah thanks bro lol sorry for the dumb question it was answered on the next video i watched lol
monitorman203 Not a dumb question. Thanks for watching.
np i been power watching all your videos last few days
note
hive closes at 10 pm lol
Dunno what ya mean...but yer welcome!
build him some screened bottom boards with oil trays...
He's got some but he doesn't fill them.
I love mine... SHB grave yard
Hey 628dirtrooster, I got a caught a collonie of wild bees and i couldn't find the queen a week ago, so now their making a new queen but the cell looks very diferent from the regular cells, the one that i see are smooth onlike the others, whom hace a bumpy texture, is this normal?
I'm a new bee keeper and i'm not sure if this is normal.
The bumpy ones are drones. It is normal if they are requeening.
40$ a queen in michigan 2021
I don't know why yours are so low but I had to pay 25-35 for what I ordered
$30 is about the average going rate.
2:45 what is that guy squishing with his knife?
grayswandir47 Small hive beetles.
beehive Whack-a-mole!
It would be a favorite at any arcade
What is a drone?
Male bee
what are those beetles he is squishing?
+jordandcv123 "Small hive beetles"
cheers!
Hey dirt rooster what year and model is the yellow car in the back ground?
+Rusty Anderson 1955 Chevrolet 210 sedan
good year that is on of my wife's dream cars lol
Rusty Anderson I love them too for sentimental reasons and they look cool too. My dad had a 55 Chevy hot rod when I was little and he used to take me and my brother for tire burning rides down the street.
nice video, but clumsy.and knocking the frames to get bees off or having the frame fall easily damage the cells and kill the queens or damage them..
+REV HARDD Not necessarily. They are tougher than you might think. Watch some more vids. We're not rough but we don't have to treat them like delicate flowers either.
If one of those queens hatches before the others does she destroy the other queen cells?
No, they're all caged individually.
+628DirtRooster i mean if you dont get the cages in time
Luke Calls Cell stabbing and fights to the death.
What do you do with the extra queens after they have hatched?
Make splits
That obviously are not South African bees. :-( Maybe you guys have a way to civilize bees. The things here will send you on the 150 meter sprint in les than 10 seconds if you handle them like that and with that minimalistic suit. The 150meters is the "border" that they let you go if you pass it, IF you have run straight.
+Kobie Nel These are European bees.
+628DirtRooster Yes I know. Just wish ours were halve that gentle. Maybe then I would have a few colonies settled already on my place. I'm still trying to work up the guts to dive in. I've helped a friend of mine catching a nest in a shack, but need some more "experience" before I'll be comfortable. He does have a few settled hives that need to be moved and he has offered that I can resettle them on my place, but that will be a 700km night time effort to pick up the hives and move them to my place. It can be a fun adventure tough. :-)
+Kobie Nel Now that I think about it, I helped catching two swarms, but that shack swarm was a bit of a problem. Was with him taking out honey also. Fact stays, with this bees of us you suit up and duct tape every little possible place they might get in. I do think the calm and gentle way you work with them also have a big effect on them. That little critters are way more susceptible to things we can just dream of.
***** They are fun to work with. You should take your friend up on the deal to move them to your place.
+628DirtRooster Yes, I will. I need them for pollination on Pecan trees I'm planting. As they will be on their own most of the time, I need to get some winter flowering plants established there to help them also. We do not have much of that here, especially in that area. blue gum trees will do the trick, but use too much ground water, as water is not a thing we can waste here. The other flowers that can work is illegal to import as it will spread and take over as a weed. Aloes do not grow there as it is just that little bit to cold for them.
I'm gonna assume you fellers are down south where the weather stays warm for the most part and the bees are flourishing. I've watched more video's than a mans supposed to, and am dying to get up and running. But it's so expensive. In Ohio I can't get a double-body hive with a super, and a bee nuc for less than $450. And here this guy is just throwing boxes around the yard like he don't care to break them up. Don't even care to injure the bees the way he stirring them up and slinging the equipment around. They say I shouldn't even buy packages because they come from the south and wont live through our winter. These guys up here are losing half their hives every year. Nice job....I guess guys. You must be doing something right to have a population like this. Think I would work a little slower and try not to hurt them, though. If you know where I can buy cheap boxes please let me know.
There are a lot of good suppliers out there. $450 is WAY too much. I hope you find someone else to buy from. Here is a link to Mann Lake's kits www.mannlakeltd.com/beekeeping-supplies/category/page13.html
Also try Brushy Mountain and Dadant.
thanks
What is the white powder?
What point in the video
Sugar powder he said
blow you nose ...with the nose whistle omg
+Chris Phillippo Just whistle along with the video. It took a lot of years of boxing to develop that whistle and only surgery will fix it. I'm just thankful it even still flows air. ;)
awesome to see your reply! beekeeper vs hornets is one of your best! keep it up!
Yo
How many times do I hear people on UA-cam say that a bee hatched out. They don't hatch out!!!! They emerge.
I teach elementary school and my second graders understand that insects don't hatch out. Only the egg hatches. An insect emerges as an adult.
If you have heart problems you should take a baby aspirin before you watch my videos because we really butcher proper beekeeping lingo. You should come to some of the club meetings and listed to old men who've been keeping bees for thirty years call the combs "cones".
Oh, I'm aware of what is said at meetings. It's an irritation of mine. My mentor was a professor of entomology and I also assisted him teaching the college mini beekeeping courses. I misspoke and he nailed me on the comment. So now it's something that bugs me.
Check out a few more of my videos. You'll need an Excedrin for migraine before you're done. LOL
Bee Bob you must be cracking fun at parties.
Who gives a shit. U knew what was meant.
You need to be set up better.
Not dropping queen frames or queens
How many hives you running John?
no fk's given lol. how many times do you guys get stung when you 'play' with the bee's?
+MyFatty69 Depends on what kind of mood they are in.