If you want to easily find the queen split your boxes and just listen. The box with out the queen will go very loud, The box that stays quite is the one with the Queen in. Hope this helps in future, you only have to wait a few minutes for the reaction to start. To stop that happening just have some empty brood boxes around with just starter strips Hide them in the bushes all around your yard in random places and you will never loose a swarm either. . What happens is if bees want to stop in your area and cant find any where, they will build what we call temporary comb until they find some where else. Queens will mate multiple times far more then what is written about them in the outdated books that beed revising. Seen it so many times over the last 23 years or so.
Good tips. And I’m aware of the queenless roar but what happens when there are queens in both? 😁 I believe that is what happened here. Good idea on the empty brood boxes also! Swarms love old comb and hive bodies!
Ps. Do your Rubber Bands Corner to Corner, rather than all around Frame : that way you can add that Comb onto a CrissCross of X Bands. Then apply more CrissCrossed Bands on top of said Comb. Simples. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 CrissCross Rubber Bands How do you Do That ? . . . You say ?🤔 Go from over one lower Corner (hook Band) then stretch it to the top End Frame Rest (hook Band over it.) Do same with other x Corner to other Top End. Each Frame will have "x4" Rubber Bands 'X' with x2 per Side. So much easier to lay Comb Down, then over Secure it too, than feed soft melting Wax and drippy Honey (through) a tangle of all around Taught (snapping) Bands ! 😂
@M M B . Well said. @Bees in the weeds; Good job on finding the queen. One key thing to remember is always make your work/jobs as easy and efficient as possible. Before you lifted the screened bottom board you should have realized that the comb would tear away and had the Lid under it to catch falling bees/comb. Knowing you were going to try and frame comb - have 2 -3 frames with rubber bands in place before you start, sitting on top the frames of the new hive. Any bees that drop off as you are framing comb are right where you want them.. When you were cutting the comb out from between the 4x4's, One piece at a time and frame as you go. This way you could have saved most of the brood and gave them a good starting point. Rather than knock the strangler bees onto the ground - place a piece of framed comb on the Lid and knock them onto it. Something for them to grab on to that is easy for you to place in the hive.
Glad that you popped up on my play list while watching Jeff Horchoff Bees' channel. Been watching him for years now. He's a wealth of knowledge if you haven't watched him yet I highly suggest him to you to learn from. Definitely need to invest in a bee vac to make life easier for you! You are off to a good start, but it could all work smoother as you learn from others and your own experiences. New sub here, as I look forward to you growing in knowledge and support. Are you going to attend the beekeeper's conference coming up? I hope you can make it and meet and hear Jeff (Mr. Ed), talk and get to meet others in the beekeeping community. Never stop and keep on learning!
Yes, a bee vac is on the list of future investments and would have definitely helped. 🙂 I’ve not watched much of Jeff’s channel but I have heard from him. I will be sure to check him out. I’m just getting started with the hobby and will be going into my fourth winter coming up. I’m glad you are here and thanks for watching!
I observed some of the cells with more than 1 eggs in them. That is a sure sign of a laying worker bee. You don't want that, apparently the Queen left so a worker starts to lay since there is no queen fermions to prevent it. It could be that your queen has swarmed and are living beneath your box right there
Hi. I would Vacuum them up into a DIY Bee Vac. Easily made using a Nuc, a Hose into the Entrance to suck up the Bees. And another Hose into the Nuc Roof and back to the Vac Unit. . . That way Bees dont get 'bashed to much in that Suction Hose. 👍 Also have x3 Frames of Comb 'nailed' still (drill holes in Frame Ends and Drop a Nail thru to a Smaller Hole on Frame Rest.) That way Bees on Frames eg in Transit don't Roll all about in that Vac Box. Come Temporary Nuc. You grow it on into a x5, x5 Double Deep Nuc over Nuc, then into a Hive Deep x10 with a Super etc. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Here in Scotland 🏴 I did this recently. Nice and easy Bee Transfer. And a Nuc is easily converted into a Bee Vac when its a Screened Nuc Roof with an added Dummy Roof with Blocker Board in that Screened area. That way you have the Hose in without stuffing up your regular Nuc Roof. Best of both world's ! 🙃 Tip Any Comb left in situ, get a sharp Knife and cut that Comb off carefully. You can then store it in a lidded Tote. On arrival to Home, Bee Yard etc, you can add this Comb with Rubber Bands around Bee Frames back to the Bees to fully draw it out (and repair those gappy areas of smaller comb parts.) That way you will aid the Queen to lay Brood and the Bees to store incoming Pollen and Nectar. 😉
Just an observation or two. When you were scraping the 4 x 4’s with the bees on there, you should’ve left them alone. They will clean up any spills of honey left behind and bring the bag to the hive and store it for you. There’s no need to try and clean up honey. They will make a piece of water dry if you leave them alone and let them do their work. It may take an hour and a half or two, but it will all be gone when you come back. With the behind is the wax they don’t want which you can scrape and then heat up with a low flame torch and wipe away clean. What other thing. Using a rubber bands to keep the comb in place is good. There’s no need to come back and mess with them again. The next time you see those rubber bands will be in front of the hive at the opening where they drag it out and put it in the garbage can. if you let them do all the work in the finite if you take care of the big stuff. It’s a great relationship when you learn with the can actually do for you.
Learning what I have, why didn't you shake them in a box while searching then grab the comb without bees on it and see if bees would then navigate to box if queen is in there.
Maybe it was handier if you already knew that you were going to put comb on a frame ..... put the rubberbands on firts before the comb that's way easier.
That could have been a good use for a bee vac, and maybe a white sheet to put on the ground under the lower hive mess in case they fall off so you can find the queen easier vs in the dirt. definitely an exciting and extra part of your day. :)
sometimes you just need to take a breath and the time to assess a situation. The bees weren't going anywhere. Good job but could have gone a whole lot better. No reason you couldn't have framed up the brood comb. Also put the honey comb on the blocks next to the new hive so they could have it close by to retrieve. Nice set up!! Seems you were not very excited about a ready made hive with a mated queen, though. I'm gonna watch you because I think you are going to make great strides in the next year or two, but, dude, only if you remain calm.
🤣🤣 Well I do wash the suit a few times a season. I swear by OxiClean. Just let the suit soak for awhile. If anything, it takes care of the awful smell from all that summer time sweating. 😂 Thanks for watching!
I had the same thing this year. Virgin queen went to the bee bar in the sky to get mated. Guess she had too much to drink and when she came home she couldn’t find the entrance and ended up on the bottom. They can out and built comb on the bottom.
Looks like you made a few Nucs. Never seen that before either Also never seen such glowing bee suits before not to mention the pristine hives. Well done
With the rubberbands, top to bottom (vertical), just make them an X pattern, in other words not exactly vertical. They can cris cross each other too, if you want. The bees should chew thru the bands & remove them, otherwise let them bee 😂
Answer to your question. YES, a newly mating queen will make multiple flights. Including laying up to 50 eggs and going out to mate again. I have seen it a number of times in mating nucs which I track diligently. Once there is a palm sized patch of eggs, then no she does not go out anymore … until she is spurred to swarm.
Agree but not just newly mated queens I have filmed a queen the other day who emerged on the 8th April Mating flights on 17th April to 23rd April 2023 she was laying all through May and well into this month but just the other day went out on another mating flight, There are still people who try to tell me its anatomically impossible even when I show them the evidence. So from the 17th April to June 15th is a long time 3 full frames of eggs brood and capped brood. then another mating flight. Bees do not follow rules in books they just do what bees do.
@@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVEIn order to fly again, each time, she would have to be starved and slimmed down each time and the workers would have to cooperate, if she already started laying, which means she is mature, what triggers her to another mating flight, and each time once again she has to be slimmed down and loses a week or two each time. You have her on camera leaving each time?
Not likely that a queen will return to the air to get remated after she is laying. Anything is possible, I suppose but never have I heard of such. A very weird situation you are in, my friend. Why not make this hive a double queen colony. If you have a decent flow you will see something awesome with honey storage.
Best thing to do is slow down a little and move the new hive really close to the bees are, put the queen in the new box, and the worker bees will follow the queen’s scent into the box, then you can lift stubborn ones by hand.
Saying what a mess repeatedly seems counterintuitive to being a bee keeper. It's all a part of it. Investing the time and most importantly ❤❤❤ for the bees and the miracle of honey.
Fair enough, lol. But wait until you see the next video I will post soon on this very thing happening again. :-) And yes, I still refer to it as a mess but you are right, it's all part of our choice to keep and raise bees. I'm not fooling anyone because I absolutely love and enjoy it, haha. Cheers!
I hear piping. Im thinking underneath is a mated queen left with swarm. Didnt go far. I agree new box for the bees underneath. Leave those inside alone.
Get a bed sheet under this mess, set a box of combs next to and behind the hive, start grabbing bees to put in the comb box. Don't worry about any wax hanging under the hive bottom board. This will take a bit of effort to sort. Put the comb of wax into another super and move the whole thing 4 or 5 miles away for a bit of time, then return. Use this colony as is or to suppliment other colonies. You may have a young queen.
I don’t get why did he not sit the new hive box on the ground in front the hanging hive and once he found the queen the bees would have just marched right in. I don’t get !
They would not have left the brood on all that comb. There was open brood and capped brood all over that comb. The bees would not have left that even if the queen was gone. Plus, finding the queen in that huge ball of bees on your back, upside down would be next to impossible. The only way was to relocate/remove the comb. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, that would have worked great for a brand new swarm. It's a little different once they've set up house and are raising brood. Extraction, as in a hive removal, was the only option. You did exactly what needed to be done.
I found another 2 cents. You have done a great job on this hive. I see 2 fixes that could be done. 1st the hive is soon to swarm again. Setup a new bottom board on your stand off to side move the deep body with Q cells to that location, make splits then add the supers. Next the hanging swarm. This maybe hard for you but poke a hole threw the screen so the bees can pass. Add a deep body with a frame of open brood with 2 drawn empty frames on either side. These should be be over the hole. That should get you started. Ps the hole can be patched at a later date if the bees don't do it them selves.
I've had this problem many times when I use to use screened bottom boards. The hive tries to swarm and pushes the queen out and she ends up under the hive and the swarm surrounds her and sets up shop. I don't use screened bottoms anymore!
Yes, I do believe that is one down side to screen bottom boards but it only happens to this one hive. I have 20 others that this has never happened to! 🤷🏼♂️
I don’t know how long you have been working with bees, but if you had put that box with the queen in it next to all those external bees, they would eventually just walk into that hive because they could smell her from that short distance and you had all the bees in the box by morning
Normally I would agree with you but that is a screen bottom board and many of those bees were smelling the queen through the screen. Appreciate the comments!
Newbee here. When you placed the inner cover on the Super you placed a small object in the corner of it and then put your top cover on. What was the small object?
Great observation! I used to place markers in my hives to keep track of which number they are. I no longer do this. It was just a little, round plastic chip with a number on it.
Those are markers. I use them to number my hives so I can keep track of what is going on with each. I use an app that keeps all my notes. Some beeks write notes directly on the outer covers. amzn.to/42LPorZ
Should put the hive on the ground behind her that way you would have got all your Bees change board bees coming back well go to the smell on it. She might go back to it .
Thank for sharing your new experience… I’m not a 🐝 pro., but a few things I may would done. 1) both hive already have 2Queens feromonds through the screen bottom., make a hive with 2 Queens. They did it naturally why mess it up. That way you keep everything in one place. That would save the “B & 4” that u😢… about the 3 Q-cells.. I’ll make a 10Fr Deep a hotel by splitting it 3 equal frames, let them hatch 🐣 there. May be 3 new hive or if the bottom one don’t have a Qn you have 2 extra in case something goes wrong? On those 4x4 you left a bunch of nurse bees 🐝… brush them off and uses as you like but don’t leave them there.. By the way that may be an old Queens that may swarm on you and came back, she have more bee out that it was in the hive. Thanks for the video keep the good work.
I’m a one man crew. I don’t have a cameraman or camerawoman. I either hold the camera myself and lose the ability to use my hands, or I place the camera in a tripod to show the entire shot but the camera stays far away. Not sure what I could do better. 🤷🏼♂️
Unlikely, especially since my old queen was marked yellow. This queen looked new, young, and vibrant (not old tattered wings etc.) The brood pattern on the comb they drew also suggested a newer queen. There’s no way of knowing 100% but that is my best guess. Thanks for watching!
Why do you guys insist on putting this QE flush to the edges of the deep box. Pull it back about an inch or place it 90 degrees to leave a gap on both the front and back. This allows drones a way to move around in the hive without clogging the QE gaps, restricting the bees and honey being stored above. The queen will seldom discover that the excluder is offset. Trust me, I did this for many years with no problem
Because we were in the middle of a heavy flow. Bees can fill frames and supers with nectar in nothing flat when there is a flow going on. Plus that super already had some food in it so the bees could use it if needed.
well to help you out.. before you put comb in frames you put rubber bands on frames first. and you make sure comb is installed right way not just put it on frames. you need to know what is up and what is down. Also after you found queen a few frames should be missing in box so you can take and shake bees into box either from comb or screen board even handfuls. set queen inside on frame and oh yea they will go in like water down a drain. and it is imperative you zip your PPE shut before getting into bees.
I had something similar happen last April, this year. I was installing multiple packages, two of them at one apiary and one at another 1/2 mile away. I installed the first package in a 10 frame deep, with the queen in a queen cage. Everything seemed to go well. A few minutes later I installed the second package about 10 feet away, in another 10 frame deep, screened bottom board. I went to the store for about 45 minutes. When I got back, all but about ten worker bees from the first hive were hanging under the screened bottom board of second hive. At this point I had a hive with six pounds of bees and an extra mated queen. My solution was to take the third hive to the other apiary, and dump half of the bees in one hive and half in another, each getting a mated queen in a cage. Both are strong hives. The hive with six pounds of bees had all sorts of problems and eventually absconded. But before it did, it swarmed, and I caught the swarm passively in a swarm trap with swarm commander. So I came out even, lol.
Everything I have seen about putting comb in frames, they go in the same way up as it was when you cut it out. You fave some sideways, some upside down, some upright!
You are correct. I was in a hurry and didn’t pay as much attention to the orientation as I should have. The bees will fix it however and in fact they had when I checked the hive again a few weeks later. Thanks for watching!
Great bee removal video. Other than running out of room during removal, you really can ask for a better find. Great access, great room to work and very calm bees. Heck they practically had thier own top bar hive already going for you. I've only ever done swarms for fear of having to get into some major cut outs and dealing with fun home owners.
Perhaps a case for not using sbb? I'm guessing the new queen could smell her home hive through the screen and became confused on her return flight. I'm gradually replacing all of my sbb with solids as are most beeks I know. Disadvantages far outweigh advantages. I've become a believer in the condensing hive theory.
There's certainly an argument to be made in this case. However, I have seen better mite control in SBB's than Solids (mites fall out of the hive with grooming activity in SBB's but can crawl back up in solids). Plus in the hotter months, my colonies rarely if ever beard while my solid beek friends hives do. This puts added stress on the colonies to properly thermoregulate the hive. As with almost everything in beekeeping, there are pros and cons to every method. I am happy to hear solids are working well for you. I will be using my first solid this coming spring as I now own one thanks to MayBee Hives. You can find that video here ua-cam.com/video/QJ9aXC1MJJc/v-deo.html. Thanks for watching!
Although I'm _NOT_ any kind of bee expert (just a staunch advocate!), I _HAVE_ WATCHED MANY HOURS of Bee Keeper's videos. One particular facet that's always intrigued me was _JUST_ HOW EXTREMELY CAREFUL BEE KEEPERS ARE when _TRANSFERRING COMB_ from one location to another. ALL of the Bee Keepers I've watched before YOU have been METICULOUS to RETAIN THE ORIGINAL "SPATIAL ORIENTATION" of the comb: That PORTION OF C9MB which began *"at the TOP"* was _CAREFULLY MAINTAINED_ with that _EXACT_ SAME SECTION *_STILL_** "AT THE TOP" -- NO ROTATING* OF PIECES OF COMB: *NEVER, **_EVER,_** EVER!!!* [It was my understanding that *ROTATING THE COMB CHUNKS (ESPECIALLY COMB WITH LARVAE), DECREASED LARVAL SURVIVAL RATES!]* *SO . . . **_WHY DO_** YOU ROTATE CHUNKS OF COMB ALL OVER THE PLACE --- .A.L.L. **_.W.I.L.L.Y._** - .N.I.L.L.Y.?* (🤪, maybe?)
Hi there. Yes, maintaining the orientation of the comb is for the best as it has a slight angle to it in an upwards direction, especially comb honey which keeps it from running out. The primary reason I preserved this brood was to ensure the colony stayed. I wasn’t certain the brood would survive the removal so I wasn’t as careful with the orientation. In hindsight, I could have done better. Thanks for watching!
Hi, just a beginner but did notice pairs of eggs in cells at 13:10 into the video. From what I've read, this could most likely be a laying worker which might explain the lack of a queen in the brood box. Still, qreat video, picked up on your unzipped hood 5mins before you mentioned it so was very engaging.
No. They are painted different colors in an effort to help virgin queens successfully return to the correct hive from their mating flights. Same reason for the stickers. If a queen returns to the wrong hive, she is killed.
A happy life is learning how to positively reframe your perspective. This "work" doesn't have to be a chore let alone a tragedy. Look at it as an adventure! It's a chance to be with your bees and learn, and do what you love. Peace.
I don't know how long you been bee keeping by buy what you were doing it seem not very long I would of put the empty brood box down at front of that hive that was hanging down after you found the queen and they all go in to there mama. And the other thing way in the world you put 4x4"x3 of two is more then enough. What are you p k anting to put on that stand? My stand are made out of metal 2x1inch and I have 4hives on it with 2supets on top, on each hive. I have stand with 5 hives on same stand but longer it holds. I know that queen goes out for remating just don't know how many times. This is first time I seen something like that.
As I stated in another comment, trying to find the queen in there on your back upside down, would have been next to impossible. Even if I miraculously found her, placing in a box would work for a SWARM. This was not a swarm, this was an established colony. Lots of open and closed brood in the comb. The bees would NOT have abandoned that comb even without a queen. The proof is the foragers that came back days later and started drawing new comb. I had to clean it again. The hive design is what it is. There are many, many, many designs out there. And two 4 x 4's might be enough but I'm an engineer and like to be certain on things, including a robust design and stand. I prefer NOT to have my hives blow over in a strong wind or collapse under weight when there's hundred of pounds of honey on the hives. One of the wonderful things about beekeeping is there are MANY paths to success. You can do it the way you like and I can do it the way I like. And neither is right or wrong. Both are fine. I am merely offering one perspective to my audience and trying to help people that may not know much about the hobby. Cheers to you and all the best. Thanks for watching!
I did have this happen to me. Not good When you inspected the first hive I noticed 3 eggs in a cell. This video was very frustrating to watch. Your hives are beautiful.
Just a quick question. When you are putting the comb into the frame, the part that was attached to the screen that would be considered the top?. That part should be at the top of the frame? My understanding is that the cells on the comb are angled slightly and that if they are the wrong way round the bees will not use those comb?
You are correct on the orientation, especially as it pertains to honey storage so the nectar doesn’t just run out. It’s less important for brood. This comb was all brood and zero food (nectar, honey, pollen, etc). The orientation didn’t matter as much. And honestly I only placed the brood in the hive as a means to keep the bees inside. They naturally won’t want to abandon the brood. They will fix and adjust whatever comb is necessary. Thanks for watching!
I’m thinking the bees 🐝 swarmed because you’re using a queen excluder. Maybe you should try one Hive without a queen excluder in it and see what happens.
Oh I have. Queen excluders is a hotly debated topic amongst beeks. Haha. They certainly have their pros and cons. ALL hives want to swarm. Every single one. That’s what God programmed them to do. We can certainly have an impact on swarming behavior as beeks, but ultimately the bees will do what bees do. 🙂 Thanks for watching!
The easiest way to separate the lower brood box with a queen separator.. then put 2 or 3 honey boxes, then put another queen separator.. then a clean box for the underside bees in the top brood box... if there is no queen in the bottom brood box you will know in 5 or five days.. If it turns out that you have 2 queens you now have a double queen box .. If you have either 1 or 2 queens you still need to pluck the queen cells .. either rehive them or destroy them to avoid swarming..
It seems like a windy day could knock these boxes right over , is that so? Also have you ever been robbed by Bears wanting the honey? Thank you for sharing !
Nah, those cinder blocks I place on top are very heavy. And I have a natural wind break with the woods behind the hives. But of course anything is possible. A strong enough wind could blow them over but we’ve had very windy days here and they’ve never budged an inch. And we do not have bears in this part of Kentucky. Thanks for watching!
Well it looks like you are going to get to Lay down on the job on this one . A queen when she get back from her mating flight it usually takes a while before she starts to lay eggs . You need look in that colony to see if you have any queen cells or any torn down queen cells. It sounds like she swarmed she was the primary swarm an yes if those other cell hatch out you you could have more swarms to go out .
Well done! It's those catastrophes in beekeeping that are ror where where I learn. Thanks for sharing yours. What is what you close your hive with on top of the inner cover but before the telescoper in the corner is it a lift of some sort for aeration?
Hello! It was just a marker I used to use to keep a number tab on the hives. I don't use them anymore. And I agree, we all learn from these catastrophes! lol Thanks for watching!
I ended up framing half of the comb as shown in the video. Unfortunately some of the comb was damaged upon removal. On the bright side the colony is doing well in their new location and the queen has them back on track.
I suppose they could have but come winter time they would be completely exposed to the cold, snow, and other elements. Not ideal and they likely would freeze to death without the ability to maintain needed heat levels.
@@beesintheweeds Thank you that makes perfect sense. I love your bee's. Have seen a few of your video's since this one. Its nice to see people loving such tiny creatures.
Hi Aran. I picked mine up from the Tractor Supply store. They are BPA free and food grade. You could also look online at Dadant or Mann Lake or Rossman’s. Thanks for watching!
Queens do make multiple flights, hang your comb the exact way it came off the bottom board cells have a slight angle to them, Leave the cells if you can't find the queen, she was probably the one on the bottom board. Best of luck 👍
Fascinating!!
Thank you so much!
I learn so much when someone like you shares confusing questions with us.
Thank you.
I LOVE bee's.
Wow, thank you!!!
If you want to easily find the queen split your boxes and just listen. The box with out the queen will go very loud, The box that stays quite is the one with the Queen in. Hope this helps in future, you only have to wait a few minutes for the reaction to start.
To stop that happening just have some empty brood boxes around with just starter strips Hide them in the bushes all around your yard in random places and you will never loose a swarm either. . What happens is if bees want to stop in your area and cant find any where, they will build what we call temporary comb until they find some where else. Queens will mate multiple times far more then what is written about them in the outdated books that beed revising. Seen it so many times over the last 23 years or so.
Good tips. And I’m aware of the queenless roar but what happens when there are queens in both? 😁 I believe that is what happened here. Good idea on the empty brood boxes also! Swarms love old comb and hive bodies!
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Do your Rubber Bands Corner to Corner, rather than all around Frame : that way you can add that Comb onto a CrissCross of X Bands. Then apply more CrissCrossed Bands on top of said Comb. Simples. 😎
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CrissCross Rubber Bands How do you Do That ? . . . You say ?🤔
Go from over one lower Corner (hook Band) then stretch it to the top End Frame Rest (hook Band over it.) Do same with other x Corner to other Top End.
Each Frame will have
"x4" Rubber Bands 'X' with x2 per Side.
So much easier to lay Comb Down, then over Secure it too, than feed soft melting Wax and drippy Honey (through) a tangle of all around Taught (snapping) Bands ! 😂
Thanks for the tip!
I was about to give the same tip, makes framing comb a lot easier.
Yeah that makes sense, thanks for that tip M M B.
@M M B . Well said.
@Bees in the weeds; Good job on finding the queen.
One key thing to remember is always make your work/jobs as easy and efficient as possible.
Before you lifted the screened bottom board you should have realized that the comb would tear away and had the Lid under it to catch falling bees/comb.
Knowing you were going to try and frame comb - have 2 -3 frames with rubber bands in place before you start, sitting on top the frames of the new hive. Any bees that drop off as you are framing comb are right where you want them..
When you were cutting the comb out from between the 4x4's, One piece at a time and frame as you go. This way you could have saved most of the brood and gave them a good starting point. Rather than knock the strangler bees onto the ground - place a piece of framed comb on the Lid and knock them onto it. Something for them to grab on to that is easy for you to place in the hive.
Glad that you popped up on my play list while watching Jeff Horchoff Bees' channel. Been watching him for years now. He's a wealth of knowledge if you haven't watched him yet I highly suggest him to you to learn from. Definitely need to invest in a bee vac to make life easier for you! You are off to a good start, but it could all work smoother as you learn from others and your own experiences. New sub here, as I look forward to you growing in knowledge and support. Are you going to attend the beekeeper's conference coming up? I hope you can make it and meet and hear Jeff (Mr. Ed), talk and get to meet others in the beekeeping community. Never stop and keep on learning!
Yes, a bee vac is on the list of future investments and would have definitely helped. 🙂 I’ve not watched much of Jeff’s channel but I have heard from him. I will be sure to check him out. I’m just getting started with the hobby and will be going into my fourth winter coming up. I’m glad you are here and thanks for watching!
I observed some of the cells with more than 1 eggs in them. That is a sure sign of a laying worker bee. You don't want that, apparently the Queen left so a worker starts to lay since there is no queen fermions to prevent it. It could be that your queen has swarmed and are living beneath your box right there
Thanks for watching!
Hi. I would Vacuum them up into a DIY Bee Vac.
Easily made using a Nuc, a Hose into the Entrance to suck up the Bees. And another Hose into the Nuc Roof and back to the Vac Unit. . . That way Bees dont get 'bashed to much in that Suction Hose. 👍
Also have x3 Frames of Comb 'nailed' still (drill holes in Frame Ends and Drop a Nail thru to a Smaller Hole on Frame Rest.) That way Bees on Frames eg in Transit don't Roll all about in that Vac Box. Come Temporary Nuc. You grow it on into a x5, x5 Double Deep Nuc over Nuc, then into a Hive Deep x10 with a Super etc.
Hope this helps. 😎
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Here in Scotland 🏴 I did this recently. Nice and easy Bee Transfer. And a Nuc is easily converted into a Bee Vac when its a Screened Nuc Roof with an added Dummy Roof with Blocker Board in that Screened area. That way you have the Hose in without stuffing up your regular Nuc Roof. Best of both world's ! 🙃
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Any Comb left in situ, get a sharp Knife and cut that Comb off carefully.
You can then store it in a lidded Tote. On arrival to Home, Bee Yard etc, you can add this Comb with Rubber Bands around Bee Frames back to the Bees to fully draw it out (and repair those gappy areas of smaller comb parts.)
That way you will aid the Queen to lay Brood and the Bees to store incoming Pollen and Nectar. 😉
Just an observation or two. When you were scraping the 4 x 4’s with the bees on there, you should’ve left them alone. They will clean up any spills of honey left behind and bring the bag to the hive and store it for you. There’s no need to try and clean up honey. They will make a piece of water dry if you leave them alone and let them do their work. It may take an hour and a half or two, but it will all be gone when you come back. With the behind is the wax they don’t want which you can scrape and then heat up with a low flame torch and wipe away clean.
What other thing. Using a rubber bands to keep the comb in place is good. There’s no need to come back and mess with them again. The next time you see those rubber bands will be in front of the hive at the opening where they drag it out and put it in the garbage can. if you let them do all the work in the finite if you take care of the big stuff. It’s a great relationship when you learn with the can actually do for you.
Jason Get the rubber band boards ready. Help out.
Haha
Mee too it would been much more simple to put box in front and smoke them in .
Jason is a butcher,handling is rough . I may be wrong but not good .
Thanks for watching.
He’s come a long way since this video. 😁
Learning what I have, why didn't you shake them in a box while searching then grab the comb without bees on it and see if bees would then navigate to box if queen is in there.
There was no good way to shake them. They were wedged inbetween the 4 x 4’s.
@@beesintheweedsNo I meant off the comb you were scraping to save. Just wondering. ❤
Just looks like another day of ‘saving the beees’
❤great job that was quite a chore . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!! 😊
Next time out a to cover under that cluster to catch what falls
Agree
I actually just saw a video yesterday from David Burns, and he stated that sometimes a mated queen will go on a 2nd mating flight.
Maybe it was handier if you already knew that you were going to put comb on a frame ..... put the rubberbands on firts before the comb that's way easier.
Perhaps. Thanks for watching!
*Beekeeping is NEVER BORING*
The bees will remove the rubber band and remove it from the box
That could have been a good use for a bee vac, and maybe a white sheet to put on the ground under the lower hive mess in case they fall off so you can find the queen easier vs in the dirt. definitely an exciting and extra part of your day. :)
sometimes you just need to take a breath and the time to assess a situation. The bees weren't going anywhere. Good job but could have gone a whole lot better. No reason you couldn't have framed up the brood comb. Also put the honey comb on the blocks next to the new hive so they could have it close by to retrieve. Nice set up!! Seems you were not very excited about a ready made hive with a mated queen, though. I'm gonna watch you because I think you are going to make great strides in the next year or two, but, dude, only if you remain calm.
Thanks for watching.
Maybe some bees know we want to take care of them. Maybe they were like, let’s just go outside, he’ll make us a box.
Nice tidy beehives and beekeeper. No way does my suit look that clean ever 🤣🤣
🤣🤣 Well I do wash the suit a few times a season. I swear by OxiClean. Just let the suit soak for awhile. If anything, it takes care of the awful smell from all that summer time sweating. 😂 Thanks for watching!
No matter how messy that was, the bees will clean everything up and settle down in a day or two.
After I removed the colony under the hive, yes, I agree.
I had the same thing this year. Virgin queen went to the bee bar in the sky to get mated. Guess she had too much to drink and when she came home she couldn’t find the entrance and ended up on the bottom. They can out and built comb on the bottom.
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Looks like you made a few Nucs. Never seen that before either Also never seen such glowing bee suits before not to mention the pristine hives. Well done
New bee suits normally don’t arrive with dirt and grime all over them. 🤷🏼♂️ And pristine hives is a matter of time and effort. Glad you like them.
With the rubberbands, top to bottom (vertical), just make them an X pattern, in other words not exactly vertical. They can cris cross each other too, if you want. The bees should chew thru the bands & remove them, otherwise let them bee 😂
Answer to your question. YES, a newly mating queen will make multiple flights. Including laying up to 50 eggs and going out to mate again. I have seen it a number of times in mating nucs which I track diligently. Once there is a palm sized patch of eggs, then no she does not go out anymore … until she is spurred to swarm.
Thanks!!
Agree but not just newly mated queens I have filmed a queen the other day who emerged on the 8th April Mating flights on 17th April to 23rd April 2023 she was laying all through May and well into this month but just the other day went out on another mating flight, There are still people who try to tell me its anatomically impossible even when I show them the evidence. So from the 17th April to June 15th is a long time 3 full frames of eggs brood and capped brood. then another mating flight. Bees do not follow rules in books they just do what bees do.
@@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE maybe some Queens are just nymphomaniacs. Lol
@@Oldmanwithagoldpan You are probably on the money there haha
@@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVEIn order to fly again, each time, she would have to be starved and slimmed down each time and the workers would have to cooperate, if she already started laying, which means she is mature, what triggers her to another mating flight, and each time once again she has to be slimmed down and loses a week or two each time. You have her on camera leaving each time?
Not likely that a queen will return to the air to get remated after she is laying. Anything is possible, I suppose but never have I heard of such. A very weird situation you are in, my friend. Why not make this hive a double queen colony. If you have a decent flow you will see something awesome with honey storage.
Thought about using the snelgrove but ultimately landed on splitting. They both turned out awesome and each colony is doing very well. 😎👍🏼
Best thing to do is slow down a little and move the new hive really close to the bees are, put the queen in the new box, and the worker bees will follow the queen’s scent into the box, then you can lift stubborn ones by hand.
I would have caged her for 3 days incase she absconds. And a frame of brood from another hive helps.
Saying what a mess repeatedly seems counterintuitive to being a bee keeper. It's all a part of it. Investing the time and most importantly ❤❤❤ for the bees and the miracle of honey.
Fair enough, lol. But wait until you see the next video I will post soon on this very thing happening again. :-) And yes, I still refer to it as a mess but you are right, it's all part of our choice to keep and raise bees. I'm not fooling anyone because I absolutely love and enjoy it, haha. Cheers!
I hear piping. Im thinking underneath is a mated queen left with swarm. Didnt go far. I agree new box for the bees underneath. Leave those inside alone.
Get a bed sheet under this mess, set a box of combs next to and behind the hive, start grabbing bees to put in the comb box. Don't worry about any wax hanging under the hive bottom board. This will take a bit of effort to sort. Put the comb of wax into another super and move the whole thing 4 or 5 miles away for a bit of time, then return. Use this colony as is or to suppliment other colonies. You may have a young queen.
Lots of options to deal with this mess. Thanks for watching.
This was great to watch...I learned loads. Jason is a perfect comedy sidekick 🤣😂 Love your set up!
Wow! Thank you kindly! 🙂
Indded, I would not hire him as a videographer.
I don’t get why did he not sit the new hive box on the ground in front the hanging hive and once he found the queen the bees would have just marched right in. I don’t get !
They would not have left the brood on all that comb. There was open brood and capped brood all over that comb. The bees would not have left that even if the queen was gone. Plus, finding the queen in that huge ball of bees on your back, upside down would be next to impossible. The only way was to relocate/remove the comb. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, that would have worked great for a brand new swarm. It's a little different once they've set up house and are raising brood. Extraction, as in a hive removal, was the only option. You did exactly what needed to be done.
@@Pegasus209 Precisely
@@beesintheweeds exactly
That would of been to easy and he couldn’t of nagged about the big mess the whole video.. what a hot mess.. 😂
I found another 2 cents. You have done a great job on this hive. I see 2 fixes that could be done. 1st the hive is soon to swarm again. Setup a new bottom board on your stand off to side move the deep body with Q cells to that location, make splits then add the supers. Next the hanging swarm. This maybe hard for you but poke a hole threw the screen so the bees can pass. Add a deep body with a frame of open brood with 2 drawn empty frames on either side. These should be be over the hole. That should get you started. Ps the hole can be patched at a later date if the bees don't do it them selves.
Good tip. Thanks for watching!
Those were not queen cups but actually capped queen cells.
Correct. I misspoke. 😁
I've had this problem many times when I use to use screened bottom boards. The hive tries to swarm and pushes the queen out and she ends up under the hive and the swarm surrounds her and sets up shop. I don't use screened bottoms anymore!
Yes, I do believe that is one down side to screen bottom boards but it only happens to this one hive. I have 20 others that this has never happened to! 🤷🏼♂️
I don’t know how long you have been working with bees, but if you had put that box with the queen in it next to all those external bees, they would eventually just walk into that hive because they could smell her from that short distance and you had all the bees in the box by morning
Normally I would agree with you but that is a screen bottom board and many of those bees were smelling the queen through the screen. Appreciate the comments!
Newbee here. When you placed the inner cover on the Super you placed a small object in the corner of it and then put your top cover on. What was the small object?
Great observation! I used to place markers in my hives to keep track of which number they are. I no longer do this. It was just a little, round plastic chip with a number on it.
Really good vid, definitely an unusual situation. Curious about what that coin like object was you put onto the top cover board @37:51 and 44:38 ?
Those are markers. I use them to number my hives so I can keep track of what is going on with each. I use an app that keeps all my notes. Some beeks write notes directly on the outer covers. amzn.to/42LPorZ
@@beesintheweeds ahh cool, great idea. Thanks man.
Your friend is giving me so much anxiety.
Lol. He’s new and means well. It’s nice to have a helping hand.
Should put the hive on the ground behind her that way you would have got all your Bees change board bees coming back well go to the smell on it. She might go back to it .
Thanks for the tip.
Thank for sharing your new experience… I’m not a 🐝 pro., but a few things I may would done. 1) both hive already have 2Queens feromonds through the screen bottom., make a hive with 2 Queens. They did it naturally why mess it up. That way you keep everything in one place. That would save the “B & 4” that u😢… about the 3 Q-cells.. I’ll make a 10Fr Deep a hotel by splitting it 3 equal frames, let them hatch 🐣 there. May be 3 new hive or if the bottom one don’t have a Qn you have 2 extra in case something goes wrong? On those 4x4 you left a bunch of nurse bees 🐝… brush them off and uses as you like but don’t leave them there.. By the way that may be an old Queens that may swarm on you and came back, she have more bee out that it was in the hive. Thanks for the video keep the good work.
Why do you place the camera so far away from what your doing. It would be nice if it were closer so we could see better what your doing.
I’m a one man crew. I don’t have a cameraman or camerawoman. I either hold the camera myself and lose the ability to use my hands, or I place the camera in a tripod to show the entire shot but the camera stays far away. Not sure what I could do better. 🤷🏼♂️
you put one piece of comb upside down on the left side of that frame of brood your putting together
Yes I realized that afterwards. Oops! 😬
Look I am new to beekeeping, let me ask a question . Could the cluster on the bottom of the hive be the OLD QUEEN getting ready to leave?
Unlikely, especially since my old queen was marked yellow. This queen looked new, young, and vibrant (not old tattered wings etc.) The brood pattern on the comb they drew also suggested a newer queen. There’s no way of knowing 100% but that is my best guess. Thanks for watching!
@@beesintheweeds Thanks appreciated.
First question, do you have a hole in your screen to bottom board? That would be the most logical
Nope. There was no hole.
Move the new hive to the comb.......not the comb to the new hive.........lol............Watch the Texas Bee girl for how to do it...........Z
This doesn’t make sense.
Why do you guys insist on putting this QE flush to the edges of the deep box. Pull it back about an inch or place it 90 degrees to leave a gap on both the front and back. This allows drones a way to move around in the hive without clogging the QE gaps, restricting the bees and honey being stored above. The queen will seldom discover that the excluder is offset. Trust me, I did this for many years with no problem
Interesting technique. Thanks for sharing.
Why are u putting a super on top when you have a new brood box they gotta fill those bottom frames 1st.
Because we were in the middle of a heavy flow. Bees can fill frames and supers with nectar in nothing flat when there is a flow going on. Plus that super already had some food in it so the bees could use it if needed.
Dude, Jason is a terrible camera guy!!! 🤢 Couldn’t finish the video.
You’re not wrong. 🤣🤣😁🤦🏼♂️
Stay tuned for another “huge bee mess”. I just bought an Everything Vac and will be using it soon to clean a giant “mess” up. 👍🏼
I recommend you to throw the playlists on your UA-cam channel.
I’ve thought about it but not really sure how to group which videos together so it would work well. 🤷🏼♂️
well to help you out.. before you put comb in frames you put rubber bands on frames first. and you make sure comb is installed right way not just put it on frames. you need to know what is up and what is down. Also after you found queen a few frames should be missing in box so you can take and shake bees into box either from comb or screen board even handfuls. set queen inside on frame and oh yea they will go in like water down a drain. and it is imperative you zip your PPE shut before getting into bees.
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Where did your mate get his yellow bee jacket? I'm looking for something like that.
I’ll ask him and let you know!
He got it from Hill Co.
I had something similar happen last April, this year. I was installing multiple packages, two of them at one apiary and one at another 1/2 mile away. I installed the first package in a 10 frame deep, with the queen in a queen cage. Everything seemed to go well. A few minutes later I installed the second package about 10 feet away, in another 10 frame deep, screened bottom board.
I went to the store for about 45 minutes. When I got back, all but about ten worker bees from the first hive were hanging under the screened bottom board of second hive.
At this point I had a hive with six pounds of bees and an extra mated queen.
My solution was to take the third hive to the other apiary, and dump half of the bees in one hive and half in another, each getting a mated queen in a cage. Both are strong hives. The hive with six pounds of bees had all sorts of problems and eventually absconded. But before it did, it swarmed, and I caught the swarm passively in a swarm trap with swarm commander. So I came out even, lol.
I had one with a cut wing and she moved under the box they made a swarm sale and I didn't see it
Hope you do a follow up to tell us how it went with these hives ;>)
To my knowledge A mated Queen Could only leave again if the hive had rejected her, it was feeding her otherwise should be too heavy to fly
They have a mind of their own. I had a mess like that once. I got a huge hive from it but it was an awful mess. I had a Queen, brood and honey.
What's bee bread?
Bee bread is a yellowish, brownish food combination consisting of honey and pollen that worker bees use to feed larvae.
Everything I have seen about putting comb in frames, they go in the same way up as it was when you cut it out. You fave some sideways, some upside down, some upright!
You are correct. I was in a hurry and didn’t pay as much attention to the orientation as I should have. The bees will fix it however and in fact they had when I checked the hive again a few weeks later. Thanks for watching!
When a queen mates and then starts laying eggs, she doesn't leave again on another mating flight. Next time she leaves is to swarm@beesintheweeds
Great bee removal video. Other than running out of room during removal, you really can ask for a better find. Great access, great room to work and very calm bees. Heck they practically had thier own top bar hive already going for you. I've only ever done swarms for fear of having to get into some major cut outs and dealing with fun home owners.
Thank you very much! It was chaotic but a fun rescue! 😎
Perhaps a case for not using sbb? I'm guessing the new queen could smell her home hive through the screen and became confused on her return flight. I'm gradually replacing all of my sbb with solids as are most beeks I know. Disadvantages far outweigh advantages. I've become a believer in the condensing hive theory.
There's certainly an argument to be made in this case. However, I have seen better mite control in SBB's than Solids (mites fall out of the hive with grooming activity in SBB's but can crawl back up in solids). Plus in the hotter months, my colonies rarely if ever beard while my solid beek friends hives do. This puts added stress on the colonies to properly thermoregulate the hive. As with almost everything in beekeeping, there are pros and cons to every method. I am happy to hear solids are working well for you. I will be using my first solid this coming spring as I now own one thanks to MayBee Hives. You can find that video here ua-cam.com/video/QJ9aXC1MJJc/v-deo.html. Thanks for watching!
Although I'm _NOT_ any kind of bee expert (just a staunch advocate!), I _HAVE_ WATCHED MANY HOURS of Bee Keeper's videos. One particular facet that's always intrigued me was _JUST_ HOW EXTREMELY CAREFUL BEE KEEPERS ARE when _TRANSFERRING COMB_ from one location to another.
ALL of the Bee Keepers I've watched before YOU have been METICULOUS to RETAIN THE ORIGINAL "SPATIAL ORIENTATION" of the comb: That PORTION OF C9MB which began *"at the TOP"* was _CAREFULLY MAINTAINED_ with that _EXACT_ SAME SECTION *_STILL_** "AT THE TOP" -- NO ROTATING* OF PIECES OF COMB: *NEVER, **_EVER,_** EVER!!!* [It was my understanding that *ROTATING THE COMB CHUNKS (ESPECIALLY COMB WITH LARVAE), DECREASED LARVAL SURVIVAL RATES!]*
*SO . . . **_WHY DO_** YOU ROTATE CHUNKS OF COMB ALL OVER THE PLACE --- .A.L.L. **_.W.I.L.L.Y._** - .N.I.L.L.Y.?* (🤪, maybe?)
Hi there. Yes, maintaining the orientation of the comb is for the best as it has a slight angle to it in an upwards direction, especially comb honey which keeps it from running out. The primary reason I preserved this brood was to ensure the colony stayed. I wasn’t certain the brood would survive the removal so I wasn’t as careful with the orientation. In hindsight, I could have done better. Thanks for watching!
Hi, just a beginner but did notice pairs of eggs in cells at 13:10 into the video. From what I've read, this could most likely be a laying worker which might explain the lack of a queen in the brood box. Still, qreat video, picked up on your unzipped hood 5mins before you mentioned it so was very engaging.
Haha, awesome. Thanks for watching!
Do the colored boxes represent something?
No. They are painted different colors in an effort to help virgin queens successfully return to the correct hive from their mating flights. Same reason for the stickers. If a queen returns to the wrong hive, she is killed.
A happy life is learning how to positively reframe your perspective. This "work" doesn't have to be a chore let alone a tragedy. Look at it as an adventure! It's a chance to be with your bees and learn, and do what you love. Peace.
Yeah. I get excited when I get to do “work” for my bees
You are too experienced in keeping bees. I should learn more from you in the future.
You could have a laying worker... You need to check your frames to see if there is only drone brood. If this is the case its a laying worker.
It turned out to be two mated queens. Both colonies are doing well. 😊 Be sure to check out my recent laying worker video. Thanks for watching!
Bei uns wird die Königin gezeichnet dann findet man sie gleich
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This is why you should have a bee vac
Agreed! 😁 I have my eye on the Everything Bee Vac.
I don't know how long you been bee keeping by buy what you were doing it seem not very long I would of put the empty brood box down at front of that hive that was hanging down after you found the queen and they all go in to there mama.
And the other thing way in the world you put 4x4"x3 of two is more then enough.
What are you p k anting to put on that stand?
My stand are made out of metal 2x1inch and I have 4hives on it with 2supets on top, on each hive.
I have stand with 5 hives on same stand but longer it holds. I know that queen goes out for remating just don't know how many times.
This is first time I seen something like that.
As I stated in another comment, trying to find the queen in there on your back upside down, would have been next to impossible. Even if I miraculously found her, placing in a box would work for a SWARM. This was not a swarm, this was an established colony. Lots of open and closed brood in the comb. The bees would NOT have abandoned that comb even without a queen. The proof is the foragers that came back days later and started drawing new comb. I had to clean it again. The hive design is what it is. There are many, many, many designs out there. And two 4 x 4's might be enough but I'm an engineer and like to be certain on things, including a robust design and stand. I prefer NOT to have my hives blow over in a strong wind or collapse under weight when there's hundred of pounds of honey on the hives. One of the wonderful things about beekeeping is there are MANY paths to success. You can do it the way you like and I can do it the way I like. And neither is right or wrong. Both are fine. I am merely offering one perspective to my audience and trying to help people that may not know much about the hobby. Cheers to you and all the best. Thanks for watching!
A bee vac would probably help
Agree! I need to get one!
I did have this happen to me. Not good
When you inspected the first hive I noticed 3 eggs in a cell.
This video was very frustrating to watch.
Your hives are beautiful.
I’m sorry you found the video frustrating. All the best to you and your bees.
Just a quick question. When you are putting the comb into the frame, the part that was attached to the screen that would be considered the top?. That part should be at the top of the frame? My understanding is that the cells on the comb are angled slightly and that if they are the wrong way round the bees will not use those comb?
You are correct on the orientation, especially as it pertains to honey storage so the nectar doesn’t just run out. It’s less important for brood. This comb was all brood and zero food (nectar, honey, pollen, etc). The orientation didn’t matter as much. And honestly I only placed the brood in the hive as a means to keep the bees inside. They naturally won’t want to abandon the brood. They will fix and adjust whatever comb is necessary. Thanks for watching!
I’m thinking the bees 🐝 swarmed because you’re using a queen excluder. Maybe you should try one Hive without a queen excluder in it and see what happens.
Oh I have. Queen excluders is a hotly debated topic amongst beeks. Haha. They certainly have their pros and cons. ALL hives want to swarm. Every single one. That’s what God programmed them to do. We can certainly have an impact on swarming behavior as beeks, but ultimately the bees will do what bees do. 🙂 Thanks for watching!
The easiest way to separate the lower brood box with a queen separator.. then put 2 or 3 honey boxes, then put another queen separator.. then a clean box for the underside bees in the top brood box... if there is no queen in the bottom brood box you will know in 5 or five days..
If it turns out that you have 2 queens you now have a double queen box ..
If you have either 1 or 2 queens you still need to pluck the queen cells .. either rehive them or destroy them to avoid swarming..
There was no need to separate. There was no colony in the box (they had absconded). Single deep. Swarm located under the deep.
It seems like a windy day could knock these boxes right over , is that so? Also have you ever been robbed by Bears wanting the honey? Thank you for sharing !
Nah, those cinder blocks I place on top are very heavy. And I have a natural wind break with the woods behind the hives. But of course anything is possible. A strong enough wind could blow them over but we’ve had very windy days here and they’ve never budged an inch. And we do not have bears in this part of Kentucky. Thanks for watching!
Well it looks like you are going to get to
Lay down on the job on this one . A queen when she get back from her mating flight it usually takes a while before she starts to lay eggs . You need look in that colony to see if you have any queen cells or any torn down queen cells. It sounds like she swarmed she was the primary swarm an yes if those other cell hatch out you you could have more swarms to go out .
Hi Kathy, I posted an update video so you can see how it all worked out. Thanks for watching. 🙂
Be a nice time to have a bee vacuum.
You got that right! 😆
Well done! It's those catastrophes in beekeeping that are ror where where I learn. Thanks for sharing yours. What is what you close your hive with on top of the inner cover but before the telescoper in the corner is it a lift of some sort for aeration?
Hello! It was just a marker I used to use to keep a number tab on the hives. I don't use them anymore. And I agree, we all learn from these catastrophes! lol Thanks for watching!
You could (and in my opinion should) have framed that comb attached to the original location, you already had an empty frame and rubber bands,
I ended up framing half of the comb as shown in the video. Unfortunately some of the comb was damaged upon removal. On the bright side the colony is doing well in their new location and the queen has them back on track.
Put brood comb beside swarm ,climb onto ,put in nuc box
Why couldn't they have stayed where they were?
I suppose they could have but come winter time they would be completely exposed to the cold, snow, and other elements. Not ideal and they likely would freeze to death without the ability to maintain needed heat levels.
Because they are girls and they do what they want when they want to!
@@beesintheweeds Thank you that makes perfect sense. I love your bee's. Have seen a few of your video's since this one. Its nice to see people loving such tiny creatures.
@@ebonypegasus9864Thank you so much! ❤️
You should of put a tarp underneath the Bee's before removing them, instead now you have to try and get them off the ground
I agree. Lesson learned.
Helps to put the rubber bands on the end of the frame B4 you try to put comb in...............Z
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Use a bee vac to remove them like how Yappy Beeman does. Then relocate them.
Yes, I should probably invest in one.
If you are going to make videos, you should know the difference between a queen cup and a sealed queen cell.
Duly noted. 🙄👍🏼 If that’s all you got from this video you should probably watch elsewhere. Cheers ✌🏼
Great I saw nothing but dirt. Who cares about the shaky footage? Didn’t see anything
Sorry you weren’t able to see much. Please check out my other videos which I think you will find more steady. Thanks for watching!
This is wild. Do you know of a good place to order a honey storage bucket? Like the 5gal ones?
Hi Aran. I picked mine up from the Tractor Supply store. They are BPA free and food grade. You could also look online at Dadant or Mann Lake or Rossman’s. Thanks for watching!
Did you paint the pictures on your hive boxes or are they decals you glued on?
They are decals.
Irritating that during the interesting parts the camera is pointed at dirt because Jason has to help. We wanna see!
I don’t think Jason was too worried about the filming. 😁 I certainly appreciated his help though.
Yep! Had that same thing happen to me last week!
Jason needs to work on his camera skills......😉
Yes, lol. I don’t think he cared about recording the event as much as I did. Haha 😁
Who makes that work stand you are using with the boxes on it?
Me! 😊
Queens do make multiple flights, hang your comb the exact way it came off the bottom board cells have a slight angle to them,
Leave the cells if you can't find the queen, she was probably the one on the bottom board.
Best of luck 👍
Hair dryer would get the wax off the screen...........Z
Good tip.
No Queen but there is eggs is because you have a worker bee laying eggs .
That is incorrect.
Great video but I would definitely edit out some parts, us viewers like videos that are up to 20 minutes long. Just a thought
Thanks for the feedback and I honestly thought about it. The vast majority of my videos are around that time length. Appreciate you watching.
With a good video the length isn't a problem.
@@apveening Thanks! 🙂
Als Danke bekommen die anderen Bienen Ein Glas mit Zuckerwasser hingestellt das sie sich beruhigen
Thanks