@@Hill_Walker I agree, but it's still worth checking out, because regardless of how many lineage they managed to survive a good while without treatment. Not saying they're miracle bees, just that he should check if they do or don't have higher than average resistance.
@@lagrangebees This is how bees live in nature (it's so good lecture): ua-cam.com/video/T7CB8E7jKBc/v-deo.html Due to varroa research; wild bees live longer. ua-cam.com/video/KwuR3uMkMF0/v-deo.html There are few reasons: - best bee spiece (natural selection) - modern beehives are wet - pseudoscorpions cannot live in moist, steril conditions
@@gregw3437 these are british national hives, there are three standard frame sizes - Super/Shallow, Brood/Deep and 14x12. 14x12 means you only have the one brood box through the year.
There is no proof they survived 5 years. Could easily be swarms from the current year taking over used equipment..Feral colonies swarm a lot due to high varroa loads. Studies have shown natural colonies in the UK rarely last longer than 3 years in the wild without swarming/absconding
Why not combine the queenless hive with the Queen hive?
I am interested in seeing what happened with the wild colony in the tree. Hope they are alive.
Amazing they manage to survive I the wild so,long. Just shows we try to help them to maximise the honey production.
Except for our controlled apiaries all natural beehives survive in the wild.
What happened to the colony in the poly box?
I was wondering the same.
@@crystalchildress4968 Same here.
I would take a frame of eggs and brood and do a walk-away split by putting it into the box without a queen.
thats exactly what i was going to say
Aww too bad about the wild colony!!!
So nice of you to mark the queen
Really glad some of these have made it though winter :) Are you planning on an update later in the season? :)
Maybe. They are being moved away this week but only up the road so I should be able to get an update video :D
@@BlackMountainHoney update pls?
Leaving the queen excluder in place over winter?
Would that stop the queen from getting to the stored honey and thereby contribute to her demise?
Intersting, thanks again.
Awesome!!!
Could you combine them with q right colonies to populate
Great video man! Hope your well
Have you treated any of these for varroa?
Old queens don’t produce much brood?
What is the name of that frame?
5 years abandoned? These may be a little above average where varroa is concerned. What was their mite load like before treatment?
The hives were abandoned for 5 year. There could have been many cycles of colonies in each hive, not necessarily consistent bee lineages.
@@Hill_Walker I agree, but it's still worth checking out, because regardless of how many lineage they managed to survive a good while without treatment. Not saying they're miracle bees, just that he should check if they do or don't have higher than average resistance.
@@lagrangebees This is how bees live in nature (it's so good lecture):
ua-cam.com/video/T7CB8E7jKBc/v-deo.html
Due to varroa research; wild bees live longer.
ua-cam.com/video/KwuR3uMkMF0/v-deo.html
There are few reasons:
- best bee spiece (natural selection)
- modern beehives are wet
- pseudoscorpions cannot live in moist, steril conditions
What kind of a frame was that?
I did not get the sizing of it?
Does not appear to be Dadant.
14 x 12
@@BlackMountainHoney
Thanks.
Is this some kind of a known format - 14x12?
I am not aware of what this is.
@@gregw3437 these are british national hives, there are three standard frame sizes - Super/Shallow, Brood/Deep and 14x12. 14x12 means you only have the one brood box through the year.
Don't think I'd be making any tincture out of a mouse riddled hive 🤢
I would have shaken the “no queen” colony in fro t of the weak colony
I love these videos but please wash that bee suit, my OCD is going nuts 😖
ha! That's it washed!! You should see it dirty
Strage that they survived 5 years without human tampering and after....:(
There is no proof they survived 5 years. Could easily be swarms from the current year taking over used equipment..Feral colonies swarm a lot due to high varroa loads. Studies have shown natural colonies in the UK rarely last longer than 3 years in the wild without swarming/absconding