Turning A 10 Frame Deep Into 3 Nucs! Beekeeping 101
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- The climb to 100 continues! But this time, I'm taking stock of all queen cells and splitting them amongst each nucleus so that no queen cell is wasted. It's still a little early for small splits so I'm putting in more frames of bees and brood than I normally would so that they make it through the next cold snap. Spring definitely came early this year so the bees are growing FAST!
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Great channel
Hint about the velcro and hair. When you unzip the veil, fold the velcro flap up into the suit and hold it while removing the veil.
Best solution use a skull cap or shower cap
I put pine chips from tractor supply pack them in the smoker tight light it with a torch till the top is all black usually stays burning till I’m done
Perfect
use wood chips to start it like chicken bedding then add smoker grill pellets on top of the chips and it will burn for hours of smoke.
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☺️♥️ thank you! I’m happy to have ya! Welcome!!
Pine needles and the red sumac buds that are shaped similar to pine cones, dried of course is all I use, burns cool hence cool smoke on live bees and will smolder in the smoker for 1/2 to an hour.
Good stuff Emily. Enjoyed it!
Hey thanks Bruce ☺️ happy to have ya here!
I think you'll find more success (as far as finding queen cells in splits) by making a hopelessly queen-less arrangement 24 hours before you introduce the frames with eggs/milkbrood.
Keep on beein awesome = )
Emily, I only use pine straw in my smoker and if I start with the smoker empty and start the fire with a small amount of straw and puff the smoker getting flames coming out the top then add a little more repeating the puffing to get more flames coming out the top, do this 3 or 4 times then start adding straw rolled up tight then by packing with your hive tool and puffing until the smoker is packed full very tight, it should stay lit, mine does. This builds up a good bed of coals in the bottom and if tightly packed it will burn until out of straw if kept in a vertical position. If you want it to go out lay it on its side. When pine trees shed pine straw I always gather enough to last me a year. I store it in contractor grade plastic bags until I need it. Good luck!
Smoker issues.. I fill my smoker half way with pine needles then lite, add a handful of wood pellets then fill the rest of the way with more pine needles
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Work less hives more efficiently, you have less cost, less work to do & get more honey.
I love you soo much
Good job.
Hi Emily What I use for my smoker is.2in wide cardboard rolled up and put in bottom of smoker then lite cardboard. Start adding pine needles and keep packing the pine needles in till it's packed full.For me it stays lite for hours.Can't wait till the weather gets warmer here in NE WI.Were tired of snow.
Try food grade burlap, a full smoker will last at least 2 hours without having to restart it.
Wear a ball cap for your veil
Pine straw is the best I’ve found.. an old bee keeper told me burlap was the best but I don’t have any burlap. Anyway, build your fire up nice and hot in the bottom of your smoker then add whatever material you want to use.
What brand of smoker do you use ? Dadant is the best . Sometimes the tube under the pan falls out and the smoker wont stay lit
Good deal on how to know a queenless hive. Ive seen it too
Where do you buy pollination colonies?
Emily I hope you have enough drones in your area. I’m still not seeing that many drones in SE Mi
Great vid gal!! I agree burlap..un colored , roll it in light it. Hot end down into the smoker and then a big handful of green grass on top. Keeps the smoke cool. Or a pair of old denim pants.
Buy you a large smoker from dadant and burn pine needles
Yum, carrots and peanut butter!🤤 2:15
Ahhh!! I love that you know how good they are together! Everyone always think I’m crazy 🤣
Use a little burlap. If I’m going to in the yard a long time, i through in a few handful of wood pellets.
How much are your packages?
10,000 Bees??? That is Amazing I can't imagine how Deafening Those can bee😉🐝🤣Speaking of, that Queenless Road was Amazing and Beautiful too with all their wings catching the light💛I swear I learn something New with every New video so Thank U for that and Thank U for working So hard on these videos in addition to Everything else you've got going on it does Not go unnoticed☺️And 64 colonies for U that is Awesome Congrats🤯🐝👏U can Literally smell 100!!! Well Happy ur remembering to Fuel up, bees and humans alike Need our fuel for sure! So Thanks for another Great video always nice to see my Favorite Keeper and I will see U in the next one, Emily☺️🐝💛 #emilyisthebeesknees #beefitbeeyard #beefitbeekepping #beefithoney #beefitapiary #beefit #beekind
I use a propane burner to heat the outside of smoker with pine straw thats been run over in driveway dried out. Hard on smoker but no problems yet. And smokers are cheap
I have the same issue with my smoker if I don't get it good and hot before I start. If I light it and let the flames come up and out of the smoker first then after a few minutes put material on top of that then it's usually good to go. I now start my smoker before I get suited up so I'm not wasting time on waiting for the smoker to get hot enough to embers. I hope that helps. You are taking on a lot this year, good luck on your adventures!
I seen the reason why you have a hard time keeping your smoker going at 2:55 it says, made in China😮 I would start by buying american-made woot woot....jk I love to see people with passion like you have keep it up!
Pine needles in Florida works for me
Try starting your smoker with birch bark it you can get some
Where do you buy pollinator colonies?
I hear food grade burlap is great smoker fuel. It burns slowly inside the smoker. The smoke produced is cleaner and less irritating to the lungs. I haven’t tried it yet myself, but plan to buy some soon.
Im surprised you did`nt have honey with that peanut butter.I can`t keep my smoker lit either.
Smoker hack from the world famous Mike Berry: use a MAPP gas torch to light it and also heat an area around 1/3-1/2 way up on the outside to red hot before you start.
Good luck on your goal to 100 colonies but you’re not ready to manage 100 colonies.
Smoker hack: light 2 smokers at once. (The more smokers, the better the odds of one lighting well and lasting) Use a lump of natural lump charcoal, no chemical accelerants or additives, and a crispy pine cone in each. Leave the tops open, and set the smokers bellows side down. Light the pine cones. Go put on your bee suit. When you get back, the coal should be glowing. Add dry pine needles and pack em down. Cool white smoke ! I’ve used this method for hours of smoke. Somebody will likely complain about the charcoal. I don’t care.
70s in April😂 we’ve already hit 94 in north Texas. I dread July and August in Texas. I don’t even run AC in my home or truck. Truck doesn’t work and homes electric bill is too expensive.
makes me cringe seeing all those packages, watering down genetics
I get burlap at a coffe shop its just thier waste. I roll it up into a tube that fits in the smoker and torch the bottom, make sure theres a flame and shove it in. Stays lit pretty well.
As far has the veil...go bald?🤷👩🦲😂