Colony Management Summer 2019
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Join Emma Mullen for a half hour in the Dyce Lab apiary, where she demonstrates and discusses three common summer beekeeping practices: swarm control, adding supers, and monitoring Varroa.
While Emma mentions some products and companies in this video, this video is not sponsored.
I have been keeping bees for over 50 years and never tire of listening to others explaining their methods Emma is a very good presenter of the facts. I particularly like this time when dandylions are blooming profusely and the bees are taking in masses of pollen. Here in north eastern Scotland, our colonies are just coming out of winter and using the remaining stores to increase their brood, but it is too early yet for queen cells. I have mostly native black bees which are best suited to cooler weather and really come into their full strength in August when the heather is clothing the hills in purple and red.They will still be working the heather until September/ October.I will be pleased to subscribe to Emmas videos. Well done
Melt wax in crockpot & use a 4" paint roller to wax plastic foundation for excellent drawn comb. They'll draw it faster too. Enjoying your videos. Great job!
New subscriber here. I love your channel and the straightforward, simple way you explain what you're doing. Even a newbie, such as myself, see things so much clearer. I feel like I've discovered a treasure! If possible, could you explain the sugar shake method of varroa mite testing because I can't bear to kill even one bee. Thank you!
Hi North, to do the powder sugar mite check, you want to get a 1/2 cup of bees (measuring cup). You can shake a frame of worker bees into a tub and scoop them up. Make sure the Queen isn't in there. You don't want to put extra stress on her. Scoop the 1/2 cup of bees into a Quart size Mason jar with a hardware cloth lid insert and about 2 Tablespoons or so of Powder Sugar. Next you'll want to roll the jar to coat all of the bees and then let them sit for about 5 minutes (be sure they are in the shade and not baking in direct sunlight). The mites have barbed feet and the powder sugar gets into the barbs and makes it hard for them to hang onto the bees, so they will eventually fall off. get a white paper plate or even better, a white bowl or tub and vigorously shake Mason jar with the bees upside down very quickly quickly so that the powder sugar comes out into your container with the mites (if any). Shake fast and hard because the bees will sweat and cause the mites to stick to them. If you used a bowl or tub, you can add some water to make it easier to spot the mites since the water will dissolve the sugar and cause the mites to stand out a little better. 1/2 cup of bees is about 300 bees. So whatever number of mites you have, divide that number by 3 and that is your mite percentage. Ex. 3 mites / 3 = 1 % mite infestation. Good luck!
@@blain2455 thank you friend!
Finally! A beekeeper who keeps bees and thinks like me! Super eloquent and intelligent! Emma is thorough and knows her beekeeping! I love her explanations and NY accent 😍 Keep up your awesomeness and please keep posting! 🐝
SpyingDutchman why do you say so? Cornell University p’s Dyce lab seems to be still pretty active (look on their FB page for confirmation)
I wish every beekeeper on YT would teach this way and I'd watch. you are awesome your video person makes it hard to watch parts and the audio blasted my ears in the worst way. loved this overall.
So, many bee keeping videos on UA-cam. It's nice to watch one like this from an actual educated person that presents information in a well organized manner and doesn't waste my time. Thanks!
Good info, but you dont learn everything from one person.
I dont know if this has already been asked and answered, but I'm curious, what breed of bee are in those hives, they seem very mild?
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What a nice and relaxed beekeeper you are! Based on this video alone, it looks like you could sit there without any protection, as if the bees recognised you as one of them. It may be the nectar flow keeping them calm, but I think is more of a gift of yours: some people seem to soothe the bees and you might be one of those people!
One thing though: tell your video operator to get some sort of stabiliser for the camera and to not rely on autofocus too much...
Where you are located? And please share where you got these bees. I so love their gentleness.
I've seen alot of bee keeping videos and i'm amazed how easily these keepers are always able to find the queen among hundreds of bees. I'd probably spend the whole day doing it.
Yeah, with time you learn how to find her. Look for eggs, etc.
Well? She leaves a trail of sorts. Sometimes all odds are defied, though. You'll catch her flipping the corner as soon as you're ready to give up. Sometimes her highness has a mean game of hide & go seek.
Keeps us sharp or confused.
lol hundreds of bees. try thousands. the queen can lay 1500-over 3000 eggs daily... so after 21 days you can have a 1500-3000+ new bees a day :)
I don't look for a bee, I try to find something like a locust tail, no wings just her bum.
i am impressed. You are an eloquent subject matter expert with vast quantities of empathy for the animals . Well done, I
subscribed. Thank you from northern Germany.
As a retired teacher of 30 years (and a beekeeper for 15), I congratulate you on your model lesson here. What an absolutely spot on presentation. Us teachers always grapple with how much to include in our lessons and how much to exclude, and here you put these opposites beautifully together. Clear, concise and to the point and I learned a very great deal. It’s difficult to express how much I respect what you do and how you do it. Please continue. I eagerly await your other videos and have happily subscribed to your channel.
I really appreciate the natural enthusiasm and the 'don't worry, its all fixable' attitude. Very reassuring.
Very informative and a fantastic presenter. You sound like you've been teaching for years - never a pause or loss for with facts easily at your command. Great production too with professional sound and video. On a bee note - I hate killing bees to test for varroa. What's your opinion of sugar shakes?
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I like sugar shakes too
Everyone's bees on UA-cam calm as 🤔
Mine just wanna kill everyone.
If anyone reads: someone recommend a decent camera to film my hives and quality that shows eggs.
Liam Aiden UA-cam It’s in the genetics and if you use smoke. If its raining or about to rain they can get pissy time of day. Best time is midday when all the foragers are out.
@@remodelassets6523 Sure, that's what people say. I'm with Liam, in 15 years of beekeeping, using smoke, mid-day, I've had about three hives that were that calm. I suspect it also matters how many hives you have. These videos all seem to be from people with *lots* of hives, who spend a lot of time working with them. I've never had more than five, and I have a farm to run and a full-time job as well. If I spend 10 minutes a week on average, I'm spending a lot of time on my bees. People with that many hives would probably just off a bad queen - it's only one hive out of twenty, so no big deal. I do that and there's 20-50% of my potential honey production gone.
New subscriber here. What species of bees are these? Good vids, thx.
No answer in 2 months! I won't be subscribing..... go check out barnyard bees.... he is a real beekeeper that doesn't take 6 hours to look at 1 hive
THE BEST presented beekeeping video I've ever watched. By far! Great job
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so wait... did she just kill all of those bees???
Yes she did. I liked hearing her explain things until she killed a couple of hundred bees.
Great informative video. Would it be a good alternative to do a split instead of adding more space when you find swarm cells? What is the advantage to adding space insted of a split, besides getting more honey?
Articulate and thorough, impeccable explanation !
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Hi Emma, I am a first year beekeeper in Nashville TN and loved your professional presentation. I really enjoyed listening to you about the different stages in not only the bees life but the hives as well. I will look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Thank you
that was the best hive management video I have seen... thanks and yes I am new at this and really love my lil bee farm. Emma you did great!
I did not hear the option of pulling the queen cells and some bees into nucs. The queen cells are a valuable resource to beekeepers. It means extra money or the ability to raise their own queens to replace weak or dead hives. It is preferable to not crush queen cells. Beekeepers should be taught how to take advantage of queen cells .
A great video. But turning off the AGC on your camera will prevent it from opening up the audio to full volume when you are quiet and then blasting our ears off when you first start to talk again. Really unpleasant.
had my ears blasted too
very informative but the audio is annoying. it either explodes or really goes low on almost half of the time you start saying something. knowing that this vid was more than a year ago, im hoping that this issue has been resolve. none the less very informative. God bless
Awesome squat with the full and heavy honey super! 💪
you are sooo beutifull😙
Hi beautiful bees. Which line of queens you got? Greetings from Poland
When adding a honey super w/excluder what’s your opinion on having upper hive entrances?
Fantastic video thankyou Emma
I've been beekeepings for 20 year's
I have Really enjoyed this video .
Hey Craig, Perhaps you might have some insights for me with regard to my recent questions about swarming. Any advice would be appreciated.
Where can I get a hat and veil like yours?
This is an awesome video. Thank you for sharing and articulating in such a step-by-step, procedural way.
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You are absolutely the prettiest bee keeper i have ever seen (:
You haven't seen dirt rooster, have you?
Lol. Dirt rooster....Big Sexy...lol
@@kus0mak NOPE
I feel left out lol and under appreciated
Outstanding. Very articulate and easy to follow. Thank you.
Wow you really communicate well. Very thorough, informative and easy to understand.
Thank you for a splendid job, and articulate instruction !!
Wow best bee video ever !!! Keep going ... !!!
Although there is a lot if information in the video,, this video was very difficult to watch because it was so blurry,,
Hi there how are you doing tonight
You are a true educator. Life long information. Thank you.
how come her bees are so calm, mine beee would start attacking as soon as i open the hive up
Yeah right? Where's the head thumps???
Thank you for your great explanation.
I eat a lot of honey every day since I got healthy, I wish I could have bees but I know my neighbors would complain because it’s expensive to buy especially from beekeepers I’m getting the good stuff
With a colony that strong and well populated, why wouldn't you start two new nucs? Or simple splits with the two obvious queen cells and brood...
She said they just did a split of that hive a few days ago, now they dont want to split again because they wouldn't get enough honey from that hive...
Hi Could you tell me what kind of veil you have?
I've watched many videos about bee keeping and I have never subscribed to one but because of her very clear step by step process of explaining has really propelled me to subscribe and recommend to others. Well done!!!!!
Hi girl, nice bees :)
she is legit the hottest
If I handled my bees without gloves like that I would get tore up.
I wish my bees were that chill.
Mine are pretty cool too, no gloves and I just use the face cover just because as they don't even fly around my head.
You breed for gentle bees by selectively choosing to graft/split from your most gentle hives from year to year. We actually kill queens from hot hives and requeen from better genetics each year, no one wants to work hot bees, and its an easy fix.
@@FunnyBugBeesandWoodWorks I am an amateur and this is just one beehive in my own house, I bought it last year in Sacramento and brought it down to SoCal. About three years ago I had two hives with local bees and they both were more aggressive, one a little more, the other one a lot. I was told that it was because down here bees were africanized, and the ones up North are not because African bees did not reach so far North cause they don't tolerate cold very well. On the other hand, the more aggressive ones were more tolerant to varroa, beatles and moths, these ones being more mellow, are also easier prey to the aforementioned. Thanks, and best wishes!
@@carlospacheco7361 On the africanized bees not being found north, you were told wrong. Genetic testing shows that africanized genes are as far north as washington state. That said, no one can say their bees are africanized without sending a sample to the state bee lab for testing, which they will gladly do for you. Your statement about hardiness is true though, more aggressive stock tends to have better brood production rates and better tendency to ward off varroa. That said, just because a hive is ill-tempered does not mean you cant get them more gentle, but still varroa tolerant over time, as you can select for these traits or buy a queen from a local breeder who has gentle bees. Anyway, just letting you guys know that you dont have to put up with hot bees, gentler traits can be selected for pretty quickly and easily. Good luck with your bees and wishes for a great honey harvest this year!
abiot bekele6@gmail.com thanks
Really enjoying your video's. I a. New to bee keeping and i managed to bait a hive and catch a swarm last year. My hive is only a single brood box. For sake of early swarm control. Could i put a shallow underneath the broodbox so they have plenty of room for early brood and maintain heat that rises to top to keep main brood warm??
Depending on how cold your location is I would either insulate or get a hot box. Otherwise I've heard it's generally not a good idea to place smaller boxes below deep boxes. Personally i would just place a super above.
@@GarrisonLeRock cheers. I think i will follow your advice. Thanks for the feedback
I like your ability to explain you ideas. Clear and concise.
Thank you.
Very good video, very informative & pleasure to watch!
Thank you & greetings from Poland :)
Can you place that frame with the queen cells in another empty hive and start a colony
Is White Satin Powdered Amalgamated Sugar made from beets OK to make syrup for bees? Also, is “Brown” Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar OK to feed bees?
I REALLY want to finish this video, but the camera man is giving me a headache. PLEASE stop zooming in when you clearly don't know how to handle the camera.
It's great to listen to someone with no ego teaching you about beekeeping. Those hives must be on a good necture flow, I didn't see you get stung once.
Of course you could have moved them so the angry bitches fly to a different position
8 of 10. Would do.
Fantastic video you are very good at explaining and teaching. Thanks
great job explaining.....need to get a different camera person. This one has the shakes! Makes me dizzy watching.
Many youtube beekeepers suggest using drawn comb. New beeks don't have that option.
Thank you so much for these videos. The instructor is excellent, with step-by-step details on what to do in each different situation.
Great video and very informative. New Subscriber
Greetings from Iraq. I need more videos to master the industry of beekeeping
Those have to be the calmest bees in history. Cold day?
Where’d you get that awesome belt for the tool holder? I need one 😄
The camera focusing is horrendous! I’ve seen cellphone videos that were better done
Great Teaching!!! Beautiful Beekeeper as well
Allah (God) says in the Noble Quran about bees theses Quranic verses: ( And your Lord inspired the bees, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect, Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)." There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think)
what does Allah say about killing them to count varroa?
Very in-depth. Good job. I Will say though it is best to just leave one cell after colonies have swarmed. Usually a mid sized one where you observe bees sitting on it. This insures no after swarm’s.
And checker boarding empty honey frames has to be done between capped honey frames. Or they will draw out the old frames quite thick.
Please get control of your mic
Volume is up and down
I’m listening on ear buds
I wish I had found your channel before I got bees! Although I will carry this knowledge through each year! Where in NY are you located? I am outside of Utica NY!
4.35 минуте пчелы сидят в виде сердечка - они признаются в любви к пчеловоду ?
Single brood Chambers in NY ? Isn't it too cold?
My son lives in New Jersey. His queen flew off after he marked her? Why.
Thank you!
Great video and thanks for all the info ✅😁👍🏴☠️I only have 2 colonies and made a oops! Plenty book smart!Hands on..not so much 😉😁
friendly bees you have
Sound levels please
How does the alcohol affect those bees that you have tested. Will this testing kill those bees or not?
will there be any problem if you keep all the Hives Side by side without spreading across the farm ..
Hey guys what we have here is good looking bees and a good looking beekeeper ya gota love it!
How it was not sting in your palm . I wear gloves even then it find a place to hurt me
Wish I had wife like this.
For the Resources mentioned pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/resources
Thank you for the info but please what can I use to attract bees into new or fresh hive
How often do you inspect the colony when looking for signs of swarming?
Looking forward to watching you . We dont start setting up our hives in our 1/2 section of alfalfa until the 2nd week of May. Ugh
vorrona mite can be managed if not eliminated using mushroom mycelium.. look up Paul Stamets bee mycelium
complete bs and not true
You are so cute
Where did u get your belt with the magnet for the hive tool?
Thx
2 years in started for the hunny now its for my ladies I love them
Thanks to all who offered advice, but unfortunately my situation is that even half depth boxes got too much so I sold the whole deal and moved to the city. Would still like to keep some bees but hard to hide them.
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@@TheCowboyCurtis Thanks for the link. Watched a found very interesting.
Hello, i have a question for you. I'm a backyard beekeeper in NYC and in the garden I have my hive it only allows for one hive. So when it comes to swarming, do you have any suggestions for me? I have been told several things like I "kill the queen, replace a couple frame with empty frames, allow them to swarm they call a swarm catcher service, clip the queens wing so they can't swarm. What do you suggest I do when this happens?
My lot is in a fairly wooded area with a more limited supply of wildflowers that most others might have in their area. My main goal is to introduce pollinators for my vegetable garden and not necessarily to produce honey. From your video I suspect that swarming would not be an issue for me but with my scenario, Would swarming be less of concern for me? Or are there other more serious ramifications than poor honey production? Can anyone advise me on this ?
love your videos but holy shit fire your camera guy lol
Good information. Like the way Emma explains the beekeeping process. But she needs to get a better camera operator. The way this one jerks the camera around, constantly gets out of focus, produces a headache. Shame since the information is so good.
I love the content here, but the lack of setting focus and the sudden burst of ridiculously high volume, unfortunately causes me to run away from the video. I really wish this wasnt a problem, cause the information level here is really amazing.
Agreed. I'm in the video production business and must say the audio levels are horrible. Not sure what the problem was, maybe "auto-gain" or a limiter was not set properly, that's what it sounds like. When someone stops talking briefly the gain gets jacked up too high and then when you start talking again it takes a second to back down to a normal level.
Hopefully someone reads this comment and checks their camera/mic settings. Of course most editing programs these days can compensate for some of this issue.
But as said, the content is great, it's just the production quality that has problems.
Good evening,
I'm a newbie. I have been a beekeeper for two and a half weeks now. I purchased two 5 frame NUC colonies and installed them 2 and a half weeks ago into a 10 frame langstroth hive were the other 5 frames just have non-drawn out plastic foundations. I went into the brood box a week ago to check on there progress. i noticed a few queen cups with no eggs which i pinched. as I went into my hive this last Monday I noticed a capped queen cell. as a new beekeeper and not knowing at the time what I should really do, I cut it off. not sure if that was right or wrong, I was a bit nervous they were going to swarm. I did check for queen and she was there. I went back into that hive today to see if they may have swarmed and so far so good, queen is still there and the colony appears to still be there. What I did notice was they started to build a couple of half built supersede queen cells on the middle of the drawn out frames. I didn't remove them assuming the colony is trying to get rid of the old queen and produce a new one. Was that the right thing to do? Leave those supersede queen cells?
thank you
Hello from Germany. Very interesting Video. Thx ! the belt you wear, is it a bee keepers belt ? It looks very interesting. I have never seen something like this before. Can you tell me, where I can get one ...... Thank you very much
hi there - new subscriber and new bee keeper. how do you deal with keeping ants from raiding your hive? today i've noticed just a few ants running around on the hive but i've had ants in the house before and know they communicate really well and a small issue turns into a big problem real quick. any advice would be appreciated.