Michael Palmer is the practical beekeeper hero. Appreciate all he has contributed to beekeeping, not just for the bees but for us keepers as well. Hand Salute!
Michael is doing more than he thinks for the bee's and the Beekeepers. He has helped me to turn my apiary in the right direction. Thank you Michael. And thank you for interviewing him. Hello from the Kentucky mountains USA.
The swarming issue that Michael is talking about is happening in my area. We don't have any kind of a flow and they're swarming. These are the 'breeder' sold queens. I've got to figure a way other than buying another queen from Georgia and going through it again. We don't have many local breeders in our area so it makes it more difficult. I may have to start rearing queens again (stopped a few years back) for my own hives.
@@InsideTheHiveTV It happens in the spring just before the big flows. This is a bad trait that I don't want. If the flow is heavy and the boxes get honey bound than I understand why they would swarm. I have to stop the early swarming before the flows. We get our queens from Georgia and I'm in Pa. I have to start raising queens and developing nucs again so that I have an ample supply for the spring splits and such. I was hoping to get away from that aspect of the hobby but it's obvious I won't be able to do that. So, back to queen rearing again I suppose
Emergency cells and supercedure cells are distinctly different. I can see from the perspective of a honey producer where supercedure is highly desireable but in terms of longevity of species swarming is superior. Swarming propagates numbers and also introduces periods of broodlessness which contributes to overall health of a hive.
I believe he was mentioning the ability of workers to choose the right egg. There are many called "Royal genes" that are diluted when we select the eggs that will be come queens by grafting. Thanks for stopping by.
@@InsideTheHiveTV Michael was so correct in emphasizing quality over quantity. He has helped many to muster the courage to raise their own queens. It is well known that grafting has its limitations as does instrumental insemenation. We would do well as a community to encourage swarm based queen production thereby empowering the bees to be in control. Trapping feral swarms is a rewarding adventure and strategically placing mating nucs in areas with known concentrations of feral stock.
Excellent observations. While I did not attend apimondia the same could be said of many other meetings. While I'm somewhat of a science geek and general info nerd and love just how much biology of the bee we've learned, I must admit the basics of how to make a living with bees is being neglected. Now how to balance that? I'm still guessing as a local club officer. Do we cater to the new keeper to boost member numbers or bring in the PhD speakers to keep the old hands happy.
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Michael Palmer is the practical beekeeper hero. Appreciate all he has contributed to beekeeping, not just for the bees but for us keepers as well. Hand Salute!
Mike is a great guy indeed. Thanks he will appreciate it for sure.
Michael is doing more than he thinks for the bee's and the Beekeepers. He has helped me to turn my apiary in the right direction. Thank you Michael. And thank you for interviewing him. Hello from the Kentucky mountains USA.
I learn from you 😊 u make me a better person thinks mickel
The swarming issue that Michael is talking about is happening in my area. We don't have any kind of a flow and they're swarming. These are the 'breeder' sold queens.
I've got to figure a way other than buying another queen from Georgia and going through it again.
We don't have many local breeders in our area so it makes it more difficult. I may have to start rearing queens again (stopped a few years back) for my own hives.
Do you think the smarming issues were because the queens or the lack of flow that you mention? Bad queen breeders around you?
@@InsideTheHiveTV It happens in the spring just before the big flows. This is a bad trait that I don't want. If the flow is heavy and the boxes get honey bound than I understand why they would swarm.
I have to stop the early swarming before the flows.
We get our queens from Georgia and I'm in Pa. I have to start raising queens and developing nucs again so that I have an ample supply for the spring splits and such. I was hoping to get away from that aspect of the hobby but it's obvious I won't be able to do that. So, back to queen rearing again I suppose
Enjoy the queen reading process. It's fun. Good luck.
I enjoy listening to mike, I will attempt to raise my own queens this year.
Great perspective, thanks for sharing. Good to keep these things in mind when beekeeping.
My pleasure.
@@InsideTheHiveTV He is also talking there any videos ?
Hello. Did I get it right? Does Michael Palmer think Queen’s emergency( supersedur cells ) is the Queen’s best production method? Thank you very match
Emergency cells and supercedure cells are distinctly different. I can see from the perspective of a honey producer where supercedure is highly desireable but in terms of longevity of species swarming is superior. Swarming propagates numbers and also introduces periods of broodlessness which contributes to overall health of a hive.
I believe he was mentioning the ability of workers to choose the right egg. There are many called "Royal genes" that are diluted when we select the eggs that will be come queens by grafting. Thanks for stopping by.
@@InsideTheHiveTV Michael was so correct in emphasizing quality over quantity. He has helped many to muster the courage to raise their own queens. It is well known that grafting has its limitations as does instrumental insemenation. We would do well as a community to encourage swarm based queen production thereby empowering the bees to be in control. Trapping feral swarms is a rewarding adventure and strategically placing mating nucs in areas with known concentrations of feral stock.
Great video.
Thanks,
Excellent observations. While I did not attend apimondia the same could be said of many other meetings.
While I'm somewhat of a science geek and general info nerd and love just how much biology of the bee we've learned, I must admit the basics of how to make a living with bees is being neglected.
Now how to balance that? I'm still guessing as a local club officer. Do we cater to the new keeper to boost member numbers or bring in the PhD speakers to keep the old hands happy.
He is king