Double screened dividing board splits.
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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On this video I show how I use a double dividing board to make a split. I visit our St John Bee yard where I had placed 4 double dividing boards in hives that did not have swarm or superseding cells in them on my last visit. By placing a doubled screened board between the boxes, it forces the bee to draw out emergency cells in the box that the queen is not in thus making it possible for me to split the hive and averting the hive to swarm.
The one scenario I forgot to talk about when using a double screened board is what happens when you go back 7 to 10 days later to check for cells and there are none in the box that the queen is not in. In those instances I have a number of options:
1. I could remove the board and simply rejoin the hives.
2. I could add a frame of brood, one that has eggs 3 days or younger on it, I just guess and I have good luck with that.
3. I could take a frame from another hive with an emergency cell or two one it and put it in that box...that is after knocking all the bees on the frame back into the box they came from.
4. Buy a queen and add her to the hive.
And there probably there are several other solutions to the problem, but at least it is not a hopeless situation.
I'm really itching to do a removal, but with the coronavirus still having it's way with the world, I simply have to wait just like everyone else is doing. I hope all are practicing healthy choices, and I continue to pray for those who are suffering now and those who will suffer due to the effects this virus will cause to our economy.
And though these are difficult times, I still pray all will remember to live the joy of Easter and Christ's resurrection. God's peace to all. Mr. Ed
As the Wife is heading to work at the Hospital she just told me to tell you Good Morning. Great video. Good Bless You Mr.Ed
Thank you for your blessing Eli, it is greatly appreciated, and when you speak to your wife later on, thank her for thinking of me. Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
With your and the Lord's help I was able to catch my first swarm today. Will transfer them to a hive box tomorrow.
Thanks to you, J.P., and the Roster; I have been bitten by the Bee bug.
Thanks again.
Thank you Jesus! That is so awesome Michael, congratulations! You are in for the ride of your life, enjoy! Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Happy Easter Mr. Ed! Thank you very much for sharing your time with the bees and for showing us around the grounds. They're beautiful. God bless and see you soon.
Easter blessing be upon you and your loved ones as well Elaine! thank you for taking the time to watch as well as sending me a blessing. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
All the grass is cut so beautifully everywhere...except right in front of the bee hives. I wonder why 😂 Those are some really angry bees. They were so aggressive through the whole video.
Really some beautiful scenery and great bee wrangling. Thanks for the video and enjoy your Good Friday 🐝 🍯 👍
These bees really don't like the lawn mowers, but before I left that day, I cut in front of all the hives. I couldn't have the bees making the place look bad. Have a blessed Triduum and a joyous Easter. Stay safe, God's peace Heather.
Mr. Ed
Thanks for another great video Jeff. I wish you and you family a very Blessed Easter Celebration. Praise God.
And a joyous Easter to you and your loved ones as well Ken! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
This is so fascinating. I love how you teach! Bees are really interesting. I trust that you and your mom are doing well. Have a lovely weekend, celebrating as you can. 💙
And a joyous Easter to you as well Juliana. Both of us are well, and I visited her yesterday, thanks for asking. Keep safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Happy Good Friday Jeff. Blessings to you all !
Thank you very much Wayne, and may you and yours have a blessed Easter. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hello Jeff! One time I saw a beetle trying to walk in the hive entrance and one of my guards picked it up and body slammed it. I was like, Wow!
You must have gotten those bees from the Dirt Rooster, that's the exact technique he teaches his bees how to handle beetles. Stay safe, God's peace Dan.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff lol Jeff
"They will work it out. They will just kill each other." Mr Ed said. He is so funny. Tomorrow is my 7th day. Going back in boys.
Simply stating the facts, in my own special way. I hope you get some nice cells. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Another epic, even with suspense at the end.
She was a shy one! Thanks Mr Ed
BW and keep well
Tim
Thank you for your concern and for watching.....and waiting in suspense. Stay safe yourself, God's peace Tim.
Mr. Ed
Thank you for another interesting video! And thank you for showing the emerging queen that was so awesome! I had a giggle when that bee just walked right over the top of her. I hope you and your mother are well!
Both mom and I are well, and I hope that holds true for you and yours. Glad you enjoyed the video and watching the new queen emerge, I really think she was worried another queen was going to fight her. Thank you for your concern and for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Very interesting. You don't seem to get stung too often, which is great. Take care. God bless.
Have a Blessed Easter.
I get stung on a regular basis, it's rare for me not to be stung at least once every time I work our bees. Have a joyous Easter, and stay safe. God's peace Rose Mary.
Mr. Ed
Thanks for making these videos. I remember visiting the Abbey when visiting my grandparents who lived on S. Jefferson in Covington. I'm a complete novice, but I love learning about the ways of bees and beekeeping. Thanks again!
You are very welcome, it's my pleasure sharing all my bee wrangling adventures. If you are ever back in the neighborhood, drop in, I'd bee delighted to show you our operation. Thanks for watching. God's peace Michael.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thanks for the response. I may just take you up on the offer of a tour of your operation. I now live in Pensacola but still visit family in BR and Lafayette from time to time. May peace be with you! Mike
Wonderfully displayed and explained method for your splits. God bless and be safe.
So glad to hear you thought I did a good job on explaining the split. Thank you so much for your blessing, concern, and for taking the time to watch and leave your comment. Stay safe yourself, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Great video Mr Ed, I hope everything is well in this difficult time for everybody. Stay safe!
Wow, two weeks in a row! Always a pleasure when you drop in Billy. Stay safe yourself, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Good, God Friday to you Jeff. You got yourself a queen... fabulous. Hope you are well. First time in living memory that churches in Montreal are all Empty. It's so sad.
For churches to be empty, especially during these times of hardship, speaks volumes as to the degree of tragedy we are presently in. Keep your faith, it's the best option you have. Stay safe yourself Jeremy. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thank you Mr. Ed. I learn so much from your videos. Your methods are very informative. 😎🐝🐝🐝
You are very welcome. This method of splitting a hive has been very successful for me through the years, and I'm happy to share how I do it. Stay safe, God's peace Gary.
Mr. Ed
Idea for next video: show close ups of each type of cells - supersede, swarm, eggs, queen, nectar, honey, drawn out emergency cells - because there seems to be so many - before I buy my first bee box I want to be able to tell the difference.
What a great idea, I'm sorry I did not do that. I wish you had suggested that before I finished splits. Now it won't happen till next year, but by then you will be an expert. Stay safe, God's peace Dawn.
Mr. Ed
Jeff Horchoff Bees maybe you can find some closeups from past videos and stitch them all together in a demo video?
Dawn Boyer you will know. Bees will tell you
Amazing as always Mr. Ed. Loved seeing the emerging queen at the end. Your beard is epic! God Bless Always.
Your blessing and kind words are greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to watch. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Jeff
I use a lot of boards and learned from a guy who uses 1k boards. Mainly in the fall.
I was taught to keep the board entrance on the same side as the main entrance. When you pull the top box you don’t have bees trying to get into the back of the box. The top bees just end up going to the bottom entrance without a lot of fuss.
Sounds like a good idea to me. I was taught to reverse the entrances, it made sense then, and still does now......as long as I remember to pull the shim. Thanks for watching. God's peace Justin.
Mr. Ed
Great vidio mr. Ed , thats exactly how i set up witch ever hive i make my cell builder hive for 24 hrs, the i rotate the boxes to put the queen in bottom box, queen excluder above, then put grafts in top box.
An buy the way got to use the robo vac yesterday, thanks so much for showing on another vidio how to build. It worked awasome, killed 0 bees . 👍 god bless!!
Way to go Wayne, you are a regular bee wrangler, and a big congratulations on the cut out. You just got to love the robo vac. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thatnks Mr. Ed, for sharing this method of making inexpensive splits!
Glad to have shared it, and I hope it could be of use to you in your apiary. Thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff One of these days, I will have enough property to keep bees! Until then, I'm absorbing as much knowledge from you, & other UA-cam bee keepers as I possibly can. Happy Easter!
@@pnwRC. Find a bee club in your area and join it, get a head start on the game and be really ready when it's time to play. Happy Easter to your and yours as well. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
"They'll work it out." 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a firm believer in letting the bees take care of their own business. Thanks for watching. Say safe, God's peace Jessica.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, with the beard and veil, you have a very “Old Testament Prophet” vibe going on. Stay safe and bee well, Happy Easter.
I know right?!?! Epic!
Great comment, I got a good laugh from it. Thank you for your concern and for watching. Stay safe yourself, and my you and yours have a joyous Easter as well! God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Minor observation, what works best for me is to place the external frame holder on the side opposite of where I remove the frames. If the external frames are on the same side as the remaining frames the hive becomes much more easily tipped over.
Very good point, thanks for mentioning it and for watching. Say safe, God's peace Bob.
Mr. Ed
Wild stuff! That queen was bashful because sooner or later you'd be talking about her big butt. Happy Jesus Weekend and Hi 2 Mom!
I only talk about their butts if they are huge, like the Rooster's watermelon hands. Happy Easter brother! God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Rooster is huge in general and the hands just go with everything else. And you'll get around to that one when it gets some age on her. You know you will and thank Jesus for the opportunity! We know how you get! And we're all in Gods hands, whether we want to admitn t or not! GBWYou!
Great job Mr Ed! Always teachings something new! Thank you!
It is my pleasure sharing the little I know about keeping bees. For me, it's just plain fun! Thank you so much for taking all the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures Joe. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thanks for another informative video about the fascinating world of bees.
Your are very welcome, I am so glad to hear you found the video informative. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Janet.
Mr. Ed
The bees overheard what you said about their attempts to make a queen bee. Can hear them saying they’re trying their best. Haha!
As long as they are trying their best, I'm good with that. I just love those girls. Stay safe, God's peace Saffron.
Mr. Ed
I can see how much you love them. It definitely shows through you. 😊 They are truly beautiful, especially the queens. Such beauty they can be. And thank you, you stay safe too.
I don't think I've ever wanted to bee a bee-keeper more now that I've watched this channel. It's always been a passive interest, not anymore. Thank you for bringing us along in your endeavors.
Awesome! the world needs as many beekeepers as it can get, I truly hope you will consider becoming one and help protect these incredible creatures...plus, you will get to eat all the honey you want. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Edward.
Mr. Ed
Glad to see that you’re keeping busy.
Hope you can get back on your bee-wrangling adventures soon.
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I am plenty busy, but I'd sure like to do some removals, I have 9 of them lined up. Thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Happy Good Friday-Have a Blessed day!
Thank you very much Mary Kay, and may you and yours have a blessed Easter. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Another great video on the eve of Easter, the bees look great, Have a happy Easter, God bless you and allof the bees
Happy Easter to you and yours as well Richard. Stay safe and warm, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Great video Jeff
So glad to know that you are still checking up on me D. Stay safe, you guys are in my prayers. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
The final 2 minutes is the best bit!!! ♡
Looking good mr. Ed keep after it
There is no rest for a bee keeper when it's time to split your hives. Thanks for watching. Stay safe Frank, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Another great video, tons of great information and a nice review for some of us older folks. Were starting to make some honey here in N. FL.
Glad to hear you enjoyed and found the video useful Robert, I do love sharing my experiences. Our bees are at it very early this year as well, and I'm hopeful of a banner honey harvest. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff peace be with you on this fine easter sunday.
Great video thanks for sharing with us. Good educational video 😊
Thanks Brian, and keep on watching and learning. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thanks 😊
I was driving my friend home and there is a house on the way that has a few hives I think about 6 or 8 and they were out in their bee suits tending to their hives. First time I'd ever seen them out doing that. But I told Faye I wish I had a suit because I'd have stop and asked them if I could watch them. If I didn't live in an apartment I'd have a couple myself.
Bees are just so fascinating, one can't help but be attracted to them. God's peace Theresa.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff I am very interested in them. I would just love to be able to get up close and personal to watch someone tending to their hives. I'm just so fascinated by them, they're so amazing.
Buzz buzz, have a good week Mr Ed. Take care buddy. Bee safe out there..
Thank goodness there's always something to do in the bee yard, but I can hardly wait to get back to doing cut outs. Stay safe yourself, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hi Mr. Ed. I love watching this video! I'm looking forward to splitting my hive with emergency cells :)
Glad to hear yo enjoyed the video Ray, here's the link to a video I posted a few weeks ago about using emergency cells. Thanks for watching. God's peace bother. Mr. Ed
ua-cam.com/video/RzR2zzU5HBE/v-deo.html
Can you put a swarm cell in the box that doesn’t have the queen and remove the emergency cells? Curious if that’s too risky or what your thoughts are on using swarm cells. Thank you and stay safe! - Tom
I now make my splits using swarm cells. Check out the link below showing how I do it. Thanks for watching, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
ua-cam.com/video/4OIW-wPeQWg/v-deo.html
@@JeffHorchoff great job. Thank you for sharing. God Bless!! - Tom
Another great video.Thanks learning a huge amount. Stay safe.
So glad you enjoyed the video, I'm happy to share the little I know. Thank you for your concern and for watching. Stay safe yourself, God's peace Chris.
Mr. Ed
Hello Mr Ed, seu apiario é lindo, suas colmeias são top,essa idéia desse suporte aí que o senhor colocou os quadros aí é top. Parabéns, que Deus abençoe seu trabalho. Tamo junto. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Eu concordo, este quintal é lindo mesmo! Essa maneira particular de dividir uma colméia de abelhas, usando uma placa divisória com duas telas, é muito eficaz e tive grandes sucessos usando-a ao longo dos anos. Obrigado por sua bênção, e que Deus abençoe o trabalho de suas mãos também. Fique seguro meu irmão. A paz de Deus.
Mr. Ed
Very interesting..!! Thanks so much for the videos. I really enjoy watching. The more I watch, the more I wanna help lol. Thanks for showing the new queen emerging.
Hope you're keeping well. Best wishes as always, from Co. Dublin, Ireland xxx
thanks "Mr Ed here!"
enjoyed it!🎶😎
So glad you enjoyed the video Larry, thanks for taking the time to watch. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
"they'll work it out, it's not my problem" lol it's funny to hear but true, nature has a way of taking care of it's self even when man intervenes. great video as usual thanks for all you do!
The fact that I'm probably the laziest bee keeper on the planet makes my saying that so much easier to understand. Still, I hold very faithful to that philosophy. So glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for taking the time to watch. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Have A Happy Easter To You And Yours My Friend
Happy Easter to your and yours as well brother. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Very good explanation thanks
So glad to hear you understood my explanation as to what I was doing, thanks so much for watching. Stay safe, God's peace James.
Mr. Ed
Happy Easter! The Lord has Risen! Stay safe.
Happy Easter to you and yours as well Diane! You stay safe too, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Top of the morning on this the Passion of our Lord day.
Amen.
May you have a fruitful Triduum, and a joyous Easter. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thank you Lord for what you suffered for us sinners and thank you Mary for the pain you endured as you watched your blameless child suffer under Pontus Pilate, witnessed his crucifixion, watched him die on the cross and assisted in his burial that we might be born again. Thank you.
Good video, Happy Easter😊🐝🐇🌸🐰
So glad you enjoyed the video, it's always fun sharing what I do. Thanks for watching and for your Easter blessing, and I hope you and yours have a joyous Easter as well. Stay safe, God's peace Mary.
Mr. Ed
Kinda funny how the bees dislike the camera. Well, I guess if someone brought a camera on MY property and proceeded to tear up my house and talk about MY family and how they were gonna help themselves to MY pantry….I suppose I’d take a shotgun and invite them to leave! So we all have our own sting…. Thanks for another great video! This is the way I like to split my hives. I’m not much for the whole queen grafting and all…I know you can make money with it but it don’t seem natural. So there you are ‘in Folsom prison…and time keeps draggin’ on….and when you hear that whistle blowing……’
Great video. Makes me want to go do splits today.
Your chance is coming, glad to get you pumped. Thanks fro watching. Stay safe, God's peace Edward.
Mr. Ed
Great video, wish you luck and all the best,God bless you 🐝🐝🐝
Thank you for your blessing and for taking the time to watch the video, I'm delighted you enjoyed it . Stay safe, God's peace William.
Mr. Ed
I will be happy to have all these queen cells.🤗🤗🤗
Very interesting video and love the location be safe and God bless
Another great location for our Abbee bees, simply beautiful. I have not forgotten about your tool, patience. Thank you for watching and for your blessing as well. Stay safe yourself, and God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thanks Mr. Ed
Mr Ed I enjoy your videos
Thank you so much David, and I do appreciate you taking the time to watch them. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, You mention how the smaller superseding cells are inferior based on size. But shouldn’t the size of the cell theoretically be almost as large? I understand the capped portion makes the cell look smaller but the cell actually extends the depth of the cell to plastic foundation as well. This extension is rarely if ever addressed when determine queen cell size. With a swarm cell the entire cup and capped end is visible making the cell look larger. Thoughts?
It's not necessarily inferior based on it's size, rather it's based on the age of the egg that was chosen to produce the queen. You are absolutely correct when you say the cell extends to the plastic foundation, which often gives the appearance of a small cell when in truth they are the same size. I saw some beautiful queens emerge this year from dinky emergency cells. Great comment, thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Joshua.
Mr. Ed
Agradecido. Igualmente. Apreciaria entender todas as tuas explicações. Parabéns.
Peço desculpas se você não conseguir entender o que estou dizendo no vídeo, não sei como fazê-lo para que todos possam entender o que estou dizendo. Estou dividindo minhas colméias e usando uma placa divisória com tela dupla para realizar essa tarefa. Muito obrigado por assistir o vídeo. Fique seguro, a paz de Deus.
Mr. Ed
Thanks again for sharing. Happy 2. day of Easter!
You are very welcome, and a very joyous Easter season to you as well Beate. God's peace always.
Mr. Ed
Jeff I do something similar to you, but I have found over he years that if you specifically select only a couple frames with eggs and then use OTS method the queen cells developed are a much higher quality. Like I said I raise many of my queens using a double screen, and sometimes depending how many notches I make On natural comb I can harvest a dozen nice queen cells. Just a thought.
Thanks for sharing the method Rich, I am familiar with the process. Stay safe, God's peace Rich.
Mr. Ed
Would you ever use the double dividing board to introduce a purchased queen in the hive that is queen-less (as a result of using the dividing board)? If so, would you follow the procedure of moving the upper hive and allowing the hives in the moved hive to return to the original location?
I would not use the DDB to introduce a purchased queen. The DDB forces the queen less hive to produce queen cells. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bruce.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff I want to do a split and at the same time mimic a swarm with the old queen. I thought I might be able to use your technique of moving the old queen (and the box she's in) but leaving a back entrance in the new queen's box to force some of the foragers from the old queen's box to come back. I haven't been able to find a video online that covers that scenario. Do you have a video dealing with that?
Awesome.
Now I understand the reason for the wedge. Ty
I do like passing on a bit of info from time to time. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thank you Jeff Mr. E Great Information GOD BLESS
You are very welcome Rich, I do love sharing my bee wrangling knowledge even if it's not very much. Thank you for your blessing and for watching. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
You do a good job of describing things.
You’re beard is going to be a problem in the cape 😂 nice vid, thanks! Greetings from the Netherlands!
I've already gotten it caught in the zipper several times. Soon, it will be gone and I won't have that problem andy more.Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
GREAT VIDEO KEEP THEM COMING VERY INFORMATIVE 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
So glad to hear you found the video informative, thank you so much for taking the time to watch. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Great video Mr Ed 👍
So glad to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I like watching the videos for a number of reasons but a good one for me is that I'm usually on a 2 week delay from what's going on in your area. :D
It is a very good indicator of what's headed your way and how you should prepare for it. I wish you all the successes Jeremy. Stay safe, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
😂😂😂 never talk about a good queen in a grocery store. I purchased a gorgeous carni. Proud of her I said to my bee buddy in the dairy section “she gorgeous!!! Did you see that big black arse? “ 😂😂😂 Boy did I get many evil looks until I babbled about my new queen. Then I got the eye role. Love a beautiful cari. I almost got killed though
Like my grand paw always told me," live and learn." Words of wisdom for sure. Thanks for watching. Stay safe Lenore, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I got a queen with s very fat rear end, she stings me pretty bad every Friday when I got my paycheck 😞
I'm curious. If you find swarm cells in the box with the queen, could you not move that/those frame(s) to the box with the emergency cells, so that you would have a better quality option for a new queen?
I could do that, but if I get swarm cells and have emergency cells from the same hive, I'd place the swarm cells into a box that needed a queen. Emergency cells are not bad, I just prefer superseding and swarm cells to them. Thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Rita.
Mr. Ed
Love your videos vey informative. GOD bless❤
Wow, those bees seemed aaaaangry!!! Guess those less visited (more wild) hives aren't so used to intruders. Hope they warn those kids to stay out of that area during the retreats when they resume.
You know I was admiring your beard and thinking...if we crossed you with the Dirt Rooster, with your beard and his...well, I'll say "jolly size," you'd make an absolutely perfect Santa Clause! : - D
The bees in that yard get very little attention, and forays into their boxes often results in stings. But still, they are great bees and make lots of honey for us. The campers are well warned about the bees and keep their distance. The perfect bee keeping Santa for sure! God's peace Carole.
Mr. Ed
Hello MR ED, thank you Jeff very interesting and informative video, I’m really happy I have UTUBE so I can learn so much stuff from all of you experienced beekeepers, Jeff can you tell me please what breed of bee do you find easier and more productive to have I started with Italian type bees but I’m hearing from a pot of good beekeepers over here in the UK that they like to have the Buckfast bees plus if I may ask another question what do you think of the polystyrene hives I’ve never tried them and I don’t know any off my other beekeeping friends that have had them either ! Well thank you Jeff for sharing your expertise and posting your excellent videos for all of us , Stay safe and god bless my friend.
Hello Peter, I will tell you my opinion on what a good breed of bees is, it's the ones that you pull out of someones house. With all the different species of bees to select from, really, how is a guy to know that's the one for me? For that reason, the single most important trait in a bee that I look for is survivability, can the bees withstand whatever Mother Nature throws at them without me doing anything with them. In other words, without treatments or feeding. Are Buckfast bees good, yes, heck I'd like a few of those. What about Russians, Italians, Cornies, and on and on, they are all good, but what's going to do the best for you is something you will have to work out for yourself. Personally, I don't mind doing the work taking bees from structures and tending them, I don't pay money for them and if they perish, I'll go get more. Eventually, I'll get the bees to stick and they will develop their own species due to the intermingling of the hives. I am now in the 4th year of working under that auspice, and can see already a certain degree of success as witnessed by the bees in this video. As far as poly hives go, I understand that they are pretty common in the UK and due to the weather conditions there, they maintain heat very well. Personally, I do not have experience with them however. I'm sorry I could not be more help for you, but with a lot of things in life, we have to take circumstances and make them fit our way of living. If you can do that, you will find contentment with your choices. Thank you for your blessing, and stay safe yourself. God's peace brother..
Mr. Ed
Jeff Horchoff Bees Thank you Jeff for your reply very much appreciated, I’m now in my second year beekeeping and yes I’m still a newbie and yours and other beekeepers videos give me inspiration and a lot of great information I so need , I don’t think I could do a cut out plus I honestly don’t think anyone would allow me :) but I am going to attempt some swarm boxes. Thank you Jeff watching you and other experienced beekeepers gives me a whole lot of inspiration stay safe and god bless MR ED .
Learning a lot from you brother
So good to hear that, it is my joy to share what works for me. I certainly hope you can use it as well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Terry.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff Peter from Australia , what time of the year do you put the dividing board on, and is there a video of making the dividing board , good video explained a lot thanks .
For us living in Louisiana, I use the approximate date of March 15th as when I insert the boards. In general terms, sometime during the early Spring. The link below is a recent video I made on building the boards. Stay safe, God's peace Peter. Mr. Ed
ua-cam.com/video/JcAlBIDVJbk/v-deo.html
you spoke of the bees getting between the two screens. run a bead of wood glue around the edge of the screen, then use your finger to flatten the glue into the screen. let it dry over night, flip and repeat. it will seal the edge so the bees can't get inbetween.
That is another very good suggestion as to stop the bees from getting between the screens. Thanks for your help and for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Jim.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff
How does the queen or even the bees know which are drone, queen and regular eggs.? Is that just by instinct or is there some pheramones that the brood eggs emit that make that distinction possible?
Also are your boxes painted different color for any paticular reason. Some are white, pink, a,few yellow etc?
Almost all the eggs that the queen lays will develop into a bee, a drone, a worker, or a queen. If it's a drone bee the queen will lay an egg that is not fertilized. If she lays a fertilized egg it will become a worker, and if a worker egg is fed royal jelly, it becomes a queen. AS far as the paint goes, it just looks prettier with different colors. Thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Douglas.
Mr. Ed
This guy is the real thing! I like him
So happy to hear you enjoyed the video, and if you are interested in going on more of the bee adventures I have done over the years, I'd love to have you follow along. I have posted more over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and I'd love to hear what you think of them as well. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Yaniv.
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Looks like a really simple and minimally disturbing method, both of which I love. But I dont understand the need for the screen, would a simple wooden board not suffice?
A solid board would work, but the screened board serves a few functions a solid board can't provide. It allows the bees to share the queen pheromone in case the hive needs to be rejoined because the bees did not make an emergency cell, and also it allows the bees to share heat. Because we do our splits in the early spring, temperatures can get pretty cold. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff Thanks for the reply! Knowledge is a precious thing :)
What an awesome and informative video you did a great job! God Bless
Thank you very much for your blessing and very kind words Zeke. I am delighted to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace.
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Does it make a difference with placing the "Queenless box" on the bottom vs the top . With heat naturally rising . Or would the smaller "Queenless Box" recieve sufficient heat to keep the brood warm enough in a lesser colony ?
I Can't Wait Until Friday.
I love Fridays as well, I do enjoy posting my videos, thanks so much for watching them. Stay safe, God's peace Felipe.
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Thanks Mr. Ed , great video. Just what I was looking to do. GOD Bless.
With cows they keep a past records of milk or and meat production for breeding in the future etc, do you number and color coding your queens and keep the registers as well? Or keep this in gods hands
You have to remember, I'm a very lazy man. To compile and store that information, though it would bee a good thing, would require time and energy from me, and that just does not fit into my plans. I'll just leave that one up to God. Thanks for watching. God's peace Benjamin.
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Happy Resurrection Day GOD BLESS from Oahu Hawaii
Thank you very much Margaret, and may you and yours have a joyous Easter season as well. Stay safe, God's peace always.
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The field bees that return to the Queenless hive (in the back) from the Queen right have that was on top - isn’t that an issue that they are returning to the “wrong” hive - they won’t fight each other? (Won’t the bees in there fight with them since they aren’t technically from the same hive since they were separated?)
Because the bees all shared the same queen pheromone originally, there is no issue. Thanks for watching, and by the way, in case you did not know, I post a new video every Friday and I would appreciate you checking a few out and letting me know what you thought of them. God's peace.
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Hey Mr. Ed. Been watching your video's for awhile. How many colonies do you manage?
We have about 150 hives. Thanks for watching. God's peace Josh.
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So by putting in the board, you can split the hive, without it swarming off?
The purpose of a double dividing board is to split a hive while it is at it's peak before it splits. It is a very good tool for a bee keeper, especially a new one....as long as you go back in within 7 to 10 days to check for queen cell development. Thanks for watching. God's peace Justin.
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Bees are beautyful I love them Now I have like 5 of these bee boxes in my garden and I love them I named them all Barry Benson inspired from the Bee Movie Keep It Up Man!🐝🐝🐝
And you keep up the good work of being a bee keeper, congratulations! God's peace.
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Mr Ed, enjoy your videos and learning a lot. I've fabricated my double sheets boards from your design (watching your other video). One thing I noticed in this video is you'll set the hive entrances pointing to the exterior. I was also told the entrance should face in the south-southeast direction. What's your opinion on this? Thanks again for the videos and God bless.
I'm not concerned with the compass direction of the hive entrance. As long as the openings are in the opposite direction, it will work. Thank you for your blessing and for watching. God's peace Tony.
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when you are going through this process, can you take the frames with the emergency cells and move them to a 3 frame or 5 frame nuc to create more splits instead of just the one.?
You sure could. Check out next weeks post, it's on splits as well.
God's peace Gordon.
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If I heard you correctly; using your divider board method you are creating emergency queens which you said are not as viable as supersedure or swarm cells; so why would you want inferior queens?
It is not that the cell is "not as viable," most beekeepers prefer swarm cells and superseder cells because the cell was made for a queen to be grown in. An emergency cell is a very good cell, after all, a new queen will emerge from it, and if she is an "inferior" queen, the bees can always supersede her at a later date. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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How do you decide which colonies to do this to? Do you do this to prevent swarming?
I will split EVERY hive in our yards, but the ones that have swarm cells in them at the time of the split I will use those cells to make the split. God's peace Mark.
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Happy Easter Jeff.
Thank you very much Joe, and may you and yours share a joyous Easter as well! Stay safe, God's peace brother.
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I just love your profession 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰😘😘
A bee wranglers job is a great one, and I do it for free because it's so much fun. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother.
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Thank you sir i to love bees
I had never heard of using loud sounds to corral a swarm. Then I learned that it simulates thunder and they all land. Is that what you believe?
I do not know the reason the bees will land, but they often will. Here is a link to a video I made last year showing it happen. Thanks for watching. Stay safe, God's peace Marcia.
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Happy Easter!!What does it mean to checkerboard a hive?
Happy Easter to you and yours as well Chris. Checker boarding frames means alternating drawn frames with ones that are not drawn, it helps drawing out even comb......most of the time. Stay safe, God's peace.
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Thank you Jeff xoxo
You are very welcome, and thank you for watching. God's peace Chelsea.