8:28 les larves que tu as greffé sont vielles elles ont la forme de "C" . Il faut bien chercher des larves de moins de 24 heures elles sont plus fines et un peu droites pour avoir des reines de bonne qualité
That was a great video, having tried to do some myself, i know it's not easy to film,talk and and concentrate on the bees at the same time, so ta for posting this and your others. Never tried grafting myself, i think because only have a few colonies, but this is inspiring! Do let us know how they progress.
It’s tricky I definitely agree, cut out most of it. Could do with someone filming and coming in at different angles so people can see better but hopefully the close ups of the larvae shows how small they are.
Looking to try grafting for my first time this year using a 5 frame nuc with a feeder but thinking once loaded with emerging brood and nurse bees moving it so the foragers are bled off. Not expecting great success and will find out if loosing the foragers is a goid or bad thing. A tip from my association is to pick cells and break the cell wells down to make it easier to lift the larvae
@NeuravnoveRS the way I see it is they will have lots of emerging brood , stores and nurse bees so not reliant on foragers that will be replaced as the nuc responds to its daily needs
It is hard to graft. I took 30 grafts today and hoping to get about 20 out of it. You said you are taking grafts out of the F1 Buckfast queen but wouldn’t that make F2 queens with only 25 percent of the original breeder queen. Having said that I have some brilliant F2 queens. Great video. New subscriber here
Thank you so much, I did say I was grafting from an F1 but it was my breeder buckfast that I was grafting from just got my words muddled, you will see that is a trend of mine 😃 but yes 🙌🏻 have some fantastic F2’s, maybe a video coming on that soon
I'm going to leave the queen rearing to everyone else, if I was to start trying my wife would probably hurt me. I have just got a Caucasian queen with another one arriving next week. This is purely due to the irregular weather we are getting and apparently they are good for heather. I probably won't put my Caucasian hives on Pateley Moor this year just to give them a chance to build up.
@@pureyorkshirehoney I'm giving them a try based on where they are from, they are used to wet weather all year round and brutal winters, although they won't have to worry about bears. Apparently they brood late but then build up quick. I've just released her from the box after five days, the current bees have built loads of fresh comb around her. I will let you know how it progresses, and if she does OK then I'll very likely swap over, the current honey crop is OK but I want more and I think having the longest proboscis should help on heather and clover.
hey hi this is pradeep from srilanka just finish to watch your video i really like it waiting for next part of it so i can get some idea to split my hive in fut...💖
In the UK we can split hives as early as the end of April if it’s a big colony, most splits happen in May though. It’s all depends on weather and how big the colony is.
@@pureyorkshirehoney yes it's big colony but in my place now raining so i need to wait few weeks i think if i'm not wrong anyway thanks for your time buddy 🤝
Great video Andy You made that look so easy, I couldn't see a thing though, even with my glasses on. I think I'll give queen rearing a miss on that note 😂👍👍👍
8:28 les larves que tu as greffé sont vielles elles ont la forme de "C" . Il faut bien chercher des larves de moins de 24 heures elles sont plus fines et un peu droites pour avoir des reines de bonne qualité
They will be fine, it's all a learning curve. I don't think they are too big. You must have amazing eye sight to graft under 24 hour larva
Really nice and well put together video. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!!!
You could use the nicot system then won't have to graft as you just pop the cup into the cell builder frame
Looking forward to seeing more videos about queen rearing with Apidea
That was a great video, having tried to do some myself, i know it's not easy to film,talk and and concentrate on the bees at the same time, so ta for posting this and your others. Never tried grafting myself, i think because only have a few colonies, but this is inspiring! Do let us know how they progress.
What's the best time in the season to do this?
Good job, I just tried to film some queen grafting, and it almost impossible, you've done well👍
It’s tricky I definitely agree, cut out most of it. Could do with someone filming and coming in at different angles so people can see better but hopefully the close ups of the larvae shows how small they are.
Looking to try grafting for my first time this year using a 5 frame nuc with a feeder but thinking once loaded with emerging brood and nurse bees moving it so the foragers are bled off. Not expecting great success and will find out if loosing the foragers is a goid or bad thing.
A tip from my association is to pick cells and break the cell wells down to make it easier to lift the larvae
Bad idea, division of labor in a honeybee colony is not rigid.
@NeuravnoveRS the way I see it is they will have lots of emerging brood , stores and nurse bees so not reliant on foragers that will be replaced as the nuc responds to its daily needs
It is hard to graft. I took 30 grafts today and hoping to get about 20 out of it. You said you are taking grafts out of the F1 Buckfast queen but wouldn’t that make F2 queens with only 25 percent of the original breeder queen. Having said that I have some brilliant F2 queens. Great video. New subscriber here
Thank you so much, I did say I was grafting from an F1 but it was my breeder buckfast that I was grafting from just got my words muddled, you will see that is a trend of mine 😃 but yes 🙌🏻 have some fantastic F2’s, maybe a video coming on that soon
All we can do is try! Love that comment! Good video mate thanks for sharing!!
Thank you, glad you liked it
I'm going to leave the queen rearing to everyone else, if I was to start trying my wife would probably hurt me. I have just got a Caucasian queen with another one arriving next week. This is purely due to the irregular weather we are getting and apparently they are good for heather. I probably won't put my Caucasian hives on Pateley Moor this year just to give them a chance to build up.
I would like to try the Caucasian queens I think they use them quite a bit in the US.
@@pureyorkshirehoney I'm giving them a try based on where they are from, they are used to wet weather all year round and brutal winters, although they won't have to worry about bears. Apparently they brood late but then build up quick. I've just released her from the box after five days, the current bees have built loads of fresh comb around her. I will let you know how it progresses, and if she does OK then I'll very likely swap over, the current honey crop is OK but I want more and I think having the longest proboscis should help on heather and clover.
hey hi this is pradeep from srilanka just finish to watch your video i really like it waiting for next part of it so i can get some idea to split my hive in fut...💖
In the UK we can split hives as early as the end of April if it’s a big colony, most splits happen in May though. It’s all depends on weather and how big the colony is.
@@pureyorkshirehoney yes it's big colony but in my place now raining so i need to wait few weeks i think if i'm not wrong anyway thanks for your time buddy 🤝
Great video Andy
You made that look so easy, I couldn't see a thing though, even with my glasses on.
I think I'll give queen rearing a miss on that note 😂👍👍👍
Great video. Looking forward to seeing the results. You're inspiring me to have a go next season
Definitely give it a go. So rewarding