Splitting A Swarmy Nuc Into 4 Hives
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In this video I split up the nuc that swarmed in the video the other day. Including the swarm portion, it gave us 4 colonies.
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I’m a bee keeper in the northern lower peninsula so I love your videos, as they are sooo educational and pertinent to me. Can’t wait to see the update on this swarm/hive
I had a bear tip over and empty a five frame nuc last Friday night. It was on my neighbor’s property not protected by a bear fence. He called me around 9:00 am Saturday and told me about it. I asked if the bees were still there. He said yes. I went over in shorts, a t-shirt and crocs. I guess the bear took off after getting stung because the frames were just sitting there in a stack. Like a dummy, I figured I could just put them back into the box right then and there. Well, after a good 400 yard dash and about 10 stings later I came over in my suit to put them back in the box. Lol
I'm glad you're laughing at it. I've been there.
Oh no!! Another beekeeper working bees in dark clothing without protective gear. Watch out for the video police!
lol, I didn't get too much of that this time. I have gotten some angry feedback in the past though.
If I wore a black shirt and worked my bees I would look like a pin cushion. I wore black gloves once and got stung at least 10 times on each hand in less than a minute or two.
I've definitely had colonies like that. I feel for ya.
Thanks for your video... I need all the information I can find on raising bees... Good luck on catching up to your hives progress
Loving the vids! Commenting because your channel needs more love this year, it seems, and I don't want the vids to stop coming.
I appreciate it!
My bees would have eat me up even before dropping the frame 😆 Nice work Brett and thanks for sharing 🐝🐝🐝
You are one crazy dude! I love it. No bee suit. Love watching your videos.
'm looking at this and I like Whhaaaaat?
My bees are so aggressive, I can't even immagine working without full protection!
That's frustrating. Requeen 'em when you can.
Te recomiendo usar ropa y guantes si quieres seguir tiempo en la apicultura. Podrías desarrollar alergia a la apitoxina. Siempre hay picotazos..hasta con ropa..pero cuanto menos mejor. Un saludo desde España
Last fall and this spring I had to wear a jacket and gloves but now that the winter bees are dead and they are growing nicely the bees are so nice. Just wore a veil today and inspect 4 hives and not one bee bumped my veil or hands. Happy bees are happier LOL.
Yeah, mid summer bees are awesome. October bees aren't so much, lol.
you get a like for just the "Max" part alone. Cheers!
Interesting to watch splits. I will want to try that next year. I’m learning that smoker trick too from necessity.
☮️🐝-Kirsten
Thanks for the comment, Kirsten!
I’m just curious on why you have the bottom board is facing the opposite direction of where the bees are?
Not sure what you mean? They were going into the top, so it didn't really matter which direction they were facing, they will figure it out (did figure it out). I moved 'em the next day anyway.
I started 2021 with one colony coming out of winter now I am up to 12 total colonies 6 nucs and 6 big boxes. I am going to let the 6 nucs fill the 5 frames they are in I actually put a 5 frame super on them all so I can just hopefully take 5 deep frames of bees brood and resource to put into the rest of the 8 frame equipment I have and Hopefully the supers I put on them will be full of bees and brood to take those 6 nucs through winter should end up with 22 total colonies to go into winter with. My goal was 10. So going to double that.
Heck yes. That sounds very familiar, we grew exponentially like that as well.
@@BKBees on the plus side of growing so fast the bees are healthy lol. Had the bee inspector out last week and he said the bees was really healthy.
Those bees in the stack were feeling optimistic that they could fill those up before winter.
Agreed. I'll give them a more attainable goal, lol.
Great vid, love the shirt too! I gotta image very soon. I haven't setup my rig since Mar 21st😳 that's unacceptable.....
I also haven't imaged in months. I just got all of the bees out of this yard though, so I should be ready for the next clear sky opportunity.
@@BKBees my weather forecast this week looks good for once. Might get some time in if the clouds hold out
Why keep two frames of brood and stores in a 10 frame hive and leave 5 frames of bees and stores in a 5 frame Nuc?
Just the way it worked out. My original intention was to get both the nuc and swarm into tens, but the nuc still had cells so it got split. They'll all be in tens in a few days so I'm not concerned about it.
Good video and info 👍 ….. that
I noticed you have quite a few plastic frames, my order got mixed up and I ended up with 340 new heavy waxed frames. How do you like them?
I love them. Just don't leave them in the sun, and they'll work out great. They fit into boxes easier, they break away from the adjacent frames easier, they're easier to see eggs and larvae... The only downside in my opinion is as I said the ability for them to warp in the sun, and if you're further south than me, the nooks and crannies can be havens for small hive beetles. The whole idea that bees don't like them is just silly, totally wrong. If they're waxed, they'll get drawn out pretty quickly.
@@BKBees perfect thank you. They flex a lot more them the wood frames do so it doesn’t surprise me that they will warp.
is it cold enough in the upper peninsula that y'all don't get tick tacks? im in Massachusetts and i can't go into a single one of my outwards without getting covered in tick tacks. i always wear long pants tucked into my sox for out yards.
No, I thought it may be, but I've had more ticks on me this year than ever before.
@@BKBees i see them on me so often i don't even kill them on sight anymore. i just catch and release. im the one entering their world after all.
Hey that's pretty cool to get 4 from 1.
So I was also wondering how tall can you usually get the 5 frame boxes?
Why I ask; Lately I'd been hearing these I caught a fish this big kinds of stories except for bees. And I think its distorting expectations for how big you can grow these in places that have long winters, or cold winters. I'm so used to people saying these optimum bragging stories that its hurt reality for what is typical for how much you could really grow them...?
Noticed you wear NASA shirts or hat a lot. Is that because 'bees can fly = flying theme (NASA)?
You can grow a colony pretty big, if you just keep adding boxes. Bees will fill out boxes really quickly during a nectar flow.
I have nasa stuff because I love space, astronomy and physics. Sort of s space nerd.
@@BKBees Cool. Thanks. I have no problem with the NASA stuff, or beautiful bee yards.
Recently did a 2 frame split in Ag Zone 9B with day temps 70-80F and night temps 57-58F range, would that work? First time doing a split, my second split was 3 frames.
Pay attention to the population over the next week, but, yeah if the frames had enough brood and if they have enough food, it'll probably work out.
@@BKBees Many thanks for your reply!
Where at in the western u.p. are you. I love the u.p. especially the western part. 👍
We have bees in Baraga and Houghton counties.
Are you raising any Queen cells this year?
I am, but I am not certain whether I'll have any extra. My season was stunted, so I think the few rounds I will be able to get in may be fully accounted for.
@@BKBees Okay I was just curious since you hadn’t made any videos of making mating nuc or cell builders.
could have just worked the hive from the other side where there were no bees on the ground
Yep, could have totally moved the setup, camera, boxes and truck to work on the other side. Or I could just not step on the bees, which is what I did.
Nice joob 👍🏻
Messy beekeeping.
lol, agreed. That's an equipment yard.
You need to learn proper "lifting" . You are going to hurt yourself.
That's a tough configuration to lift properly, being that the handles are in the ends, and not the sides, but yes, I totally agree. I cringed while I was editing.
@@BKBees I get it... sometimes I'm in the same postion.