The JCBC queen cage has a queen excluder on the opposite end of the candy plug. Cut the center bar out so the attendees can freely come and go while in the JCBC queen battery. This feature is so nice when banking queens. No dead attendants in the cage when banking for a prolonged period. When makeing splits over several days you can return the whole battery back to the bank at night. Just leave the door open on the battery and set it ontop of the frames in the bank with a medium super for spacing. Tape the end or a piece of wax to close the excluder when using the cage to introduce her to the split.
At the beginning when you talk about knowing what number you need to make sure we’re taking good care of the bees is such wise advice. I know I need 40 or less as far as the heart of the operation. NUCs, temps, builders, etc. don’t count, but over that 40 with a full time job, and I just can’t get it done. That was great wisdom you spoke Brad. Your ‘Mike Barry’ flashlight😂😂😂
i've had some queens cages that still had candy in them after 3 days that the bees havent chewed thru for whatever reason, and then i manually release, but keep the candy plug in place. even when hard, sometimes if i put another queen in that cage the new colony will chew thru that hard candy. had one this week that i lost the cap too and caught a newly emerged virgin, and put painters tape on the open end and stuck her in the hive. well, i got busy and came back 4 days later and found they chewed thru the painters tape and released her! she was walking around on the comb just fine, but if the colony really wants that queen out, they'll get her out.
Finally getting around to watching you bee blog. My favorite part. "I can't wear shorts anymore", then the next day - shorts! And the "shunk bees". I get those. First one i saw, I though oh s--- there's some terrible fungus or disease! Then i start seeing one or two in other colonies. Weird thing is, theres never a whole lot of them like you'd expect if they found something worthwhile.
Great video Brad, I really like your hive lifter, I'm hoping the purchase one in the coming years, the more hives and older I get , it seems like a big help.
Wow! All that hard work is going to keep you in shape. It's amazing you haven't had a major breakdown with the Backsaver 6000 - ever consider adding powered wheels to it? Like you've got all the time in the world for such a project!
Great video, I’m really thinking about getting one of those hive lifting machines, thanks for showing us how it works “good and bad” God Bless you and your wife
Thanks, Matt! I do recommend these lifters. Those that he's building today are a bit different than what I have but I'm sure they are every bit as good.
Well you may not have the same situation there as we do here but their are a lot of numbers that would help you in doing your work for free just to learn the bissnes. Robin Frazier liberty
The JCBC queen cage has a queen excluder on the opposite end of the candy plug. Cut the center bar out so the attendees can freely come and go while in the JCBC queen battery. This feature is so nice when banking queens. No dead attendants in the cage when banking for a prolonged period. When makeing splits over several days you can return the whole battery back to the bank at night. Just leave the door open on the battery and set it ontop of the frames in the bank with a medium super for spacing. Tape the end or a piece of wax to close the excluder when using the cage to introduce her to the split.
Thanks for watching!
At the beginning when you talk about knowing what number you need to make sure we’re taking good care of the bees is such wise advice. I know I need 40 or less as far as the heart of the operation. NUCs, temps, builders, etc. don’t count, but over that 40 with a full time job, and I just can’t get it done. That was great wisdom you spoke Brad. Your ‘Mike Barry’ flashlight😂😂😂
Thanks for watching, Mike! That flashlight tip, sometimes it's the little things, and that little thing changed my life!
i've had some queens cages that still had candy in them after 3 days that the bees havent chewed thru for whatever reason, and then i manually release, but keep the candy plug in place. even when hard, sometimes if i put another queen in that cage the new colony will chew thru that hard candy. had one this week that i lost the cap too and caught a newly emerged virgin, and put painters tape on the open end and stuck her in the hive. well, i got busy and came back 4 days later and found they chewed thru the painters tape and released her! she was walking around on the comb just fine, but if the colony really wants that queen out, they'll get her out.
Busy time in the bee yard but soon winter will be here and you can relax a bit. Thanks for the video Brad.
I keep telling myself that. Thanks for watching!
Finally getting around to watching you bee blog. My favorite part. "I can't wear shorts anymore", then the next day - shorts! And the "shunk bees". I get those. First one i saw, I though oh s--- there's some terrible fungus or disease! Then i start seeing one or two in other colonies. Weird thing is, theres never a whole lot of them like you'd expect if they found something worthwhile.
That one pissy hive drove me to the jacket. Someone in the comments mentioned what that flower was, causing the skunk bees.
Great video Brad, I really like your hive lifter, I'm hoping the purchase one in the coming years, the more hives and older I get , it seems like a big help.
That lifter makes beekeeping possible for me! Thanks for watching!
Ha Brad the video was great I like watching your day, it was nice to meet your wife as well. I hope u have a Blessed week.
Thanks for watching, Frances!
Wow! All that hard work is going to keep you in shape. It's amazing you haven't had a major breakdown with the Backsaver 6000 - ever consider adding powered wheels to it? Like you've got all the time in the world for such a project!
As nice as that sounds, I'm not convinced that powered wheels would help enough to make it worthwhile. Thanks for watching!
Keep up the hard work!!! I can relate, I work 55 to 70 hours and then try to raise bees for fun.
I can't imagine it being too much fun at that point. Thanks for watching!
Very informative and interesting. You are indeed a pro. Liked and subscribed! Thanks!!!
Thanks for the sub and thanks for the encouraging words!
that flower that stripes their backs is Jewel Weed
Thanks for that info! Thanks for watching!
Nice job. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, I’m really thinking about getting one of those hive lifting machines, thanks for showing us how it works “good and bad”
God Bless you and your wife
Thanks, Matt! I do recommend these lifters. Those that he's building today are a bit different than what I have but I'm sure they are every bit as good.
Well you may not have the same situation there as we do here but their are a lot of numbers that would help you in doing your work for free just to learn the bissnes. Robin Frazier liberty