🔵Grafting Queens for Beginners! Queen Rearing series | Part 2
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I am not a beekeeper and have no hives but I am seriously considering trying it. Your videos are great and thank you for them
Throw my name in the hat. Also, might think about a clip on macro lense for your phone for those close-ups.
Always love your videos, you spend so much effort in helping others, don't know where you find the time. Just show your passion, I would have said your love but she is always behind the camera!! Here in N.E. Texas Beetles play havock on our hives.
I am super excited to start my own grafting! My stuff arrives tomorrow. Thanks for this video!
As a new beekeeper, I love your content. I really like how you explain the methods and caveat that there are other ways to do it but this is what works best for you
A bad day of beekeeping is better than a good day of fishing. Great video as usual...if you got an eight framer please count me in.
haha very true
Every time I go to Dadant the staff is always talking good about. On the first receipt I got from buying a hive they made sure to write your name down so I could watch your UA-cam! Thank you so much for your videos, this is my first year beekeeping and this information has been helpful. I have already went back to Dadant 3 times, with an open wallet - couldn’t stop at buying one hive. Take care and hope you keep this channel going!
Thanks for posting about the rearing. I look forward to the results. Also put me in for the Beetle Buster Baby...
More info about the Beetle Buster can be found here! www.beetlebusterbeekeeping.com/
Here is the queen rearing video prior to this one! ua-cam.com/video/4YmOO3DuH7I/v-deo.html
Here is Part 3 ua-cam.com/video/tJHj-UaUNMs/v-deo.html
Great video Kamon.
Thank you for the information!
Thanks Kamon for another informative videos. Many of these videos like the Grafting for Queen''s video are worth watching several times.
Great video. I plan to raise some queens this year with the help of your videos. Thanks
I enjoy your videos, and would love to win .
Thanks for the great video. I am a beekeeper and do my own grafting but often watch what others do on UA-cam I mainly breed my queens using the Cloake board method
I’m planning on try my hand at grafting this year, this video came out just at the right time. Thanks for all that you and Laurel do to help us out.
Hey Kamon, another great video. I wanted to ask, ... I bought a "clone" German grafting tool from china about 6 months ago. It came, but it seems like the edges are sharp. Is this because it has to be really thin to get under the larvae or is it because it's cheap and needs to be sanded on the edges to remove the sharpness? Thanks for responding.
Might ought to smooth it out a bit it doesn't need to be sharp but it helps if they are thin
@@kamonreynolds Thanks Kamon! I'm working on it. This will be my first year trying to graft queens. Thank you for helping me on my way... and thank your camera lady for me. I'm sure with all of your hives and work and just living life, there aren't very many hours left for videos, so I admire your teamwork and help. Keep it up and I'll keep watching. I guess that makes us a team too... LOL ... but seriously, ... thanks!!!
Six days ago I did my first ever graft, checked them today after live streaming Church services to my folks, and I have 17 out of 30 cells. I praise the Lord for a first try and getting seven more that I hoped I would achieve. Keep teaching us your labors are paying off. Blessings!
God works in mysterious ways
Can you sent your contact in order to share a lot of beekeeping issues
Enjoy your videos and would like a chance to win the beetle buster. I’ve been using homemade oil trays over here in Northwest Tennessee.
Do you put the cups into a hive for a day or so to be “polished” first, before grafting?
I don't Paul and I find they work great straight out of the bag!
Awesome grafting video footage, HIGH 5 To the camera person ! Thank You will be grafting this year. Following you Queen rearing playlist.
I'm "fixin" to start queen rearing within the next two weeks!!
Thanks for putting out great info on beekeeping, I’d like to try one of those Australian beetle busters
I am a first year beekeeper from South Africa and want to thank you for all your great advise I love your videos and will soon try out grafting queens can’t wait. 🙂
Keep the queen rearing videos going... Love them and would also enjoy the Beetle Buster...
As a beginner in my 2nd. Year I truly do appreciate your videos, especially this one. For I was getting ready to try to raise my own queens. Thank you.
Love your way of beekeeping! learning alot! Big love from the Netherlands!
I like it when people down south say "Fix'n"
We like it too. Especially when we use it in regards to momma or Grandmama or Laurel is making dinner with all the fixin's
We say that or “bout to”
👍👍. Just installed 4 packages of bees this week. Back into business. Yeah
Kamon, I’m taking this all in but an old nervous, almost blind man like me would probably stick the grafting tool though my other hand or go after one larvae and get one from a capped cell. Thanks for the video!
Perhaps we can get the next series going soon on graftless queen rearing and hopefully that works well. Going to take a second to get it setup but it would be fun and educational!
Yeah, emergency queen response works great. Throw a frame of brood and young larvae into a 5 frame nuc with nurse bees and in less than 24 hours they have already started new queen cells. Really simple if you need to queenright only one or two hives. They'll make easily 5-10 queen cells on one frame.
You can also cut those queens out from that hive of 5-10 queen cells before one hatches and kills all the other queens, and put that peanut onto another queenless hive's frame and there you have it. Good luck.
Don, check out the Nicot system in that case . Follow the included directions to a “T” and you should have good luck. Actually that goes for the complete process - a string of simple but each very important steps which must follow a strict time schedule. Kit is a bit pricey but you can find knockoffs on Amazon. If you go that route and the system works for you, invest in the Nicot.
Hi Kamon,
How would I know if I had a strong enough Drone Area to proper mate a queen if I raised my own?
as long as you have drones flying there should have enough drones in your area to get a handful of queens mated. unless you are in a desert!
Most Queen Breeders brush the bees off the grafting frame so you don't hurt or roll the larva.Hey what ever works.Thanks for sharing.
I have always wanted to raise my own queens. Your information is very helpful. Hopefully this is my year to raise a few. Thanks
Great, clear photography! This video makes everything I've read and listened to on queen grafting make sense! Thank you! (I now think I can give this a try!)
Not entering for a draw. I am lucky that I have never seen any small hive beetles in my hives (SF bay area).
Thanks a lot for sharing your expertises, as always, Kamon. I only have two hives. So a dozen of queens are still way too many for me. lol. I make queens using the dumbest method: Walk away split. It doesn't always work. But I think my success rate is > 80%.
Love watching your UA-cam videos! It’s been a really big help to build my confidence in bee keeping. Very knowledgeable Kamon thank you
Hi Kamon, thanks for this series on rearing queens. One question. It seems that the primary requirement for successful rearing is LOTS of bees. What if you are a backyard beekeeper with, say, half a dozen hives. How many bees do you need to rear queens? Do you need hives that are packed to the point of swarming to get your nurse bees from? I don’t want to deprive my existing hives to the point that they struggle in order to start making queens. Does my question make sense? BTW, please do not consider this comment for the beetle buster. We don’t have a hive beetle problem where I am located and the beetle buster should go to someone who needs it. Thanks, Stu
I do understand what your saying. I find my biggest colonies must be pulled back to prevent them from swarming so this starter/finisher was born of pulling from the big boys. Perhaps after your honey flow has started and towards the end of it would be best.Keep in mind once you done raising your cells you can break this nuc back down and give it back to some colonies or just leave a cell in it and have a new massive nuc. I am hoping to work on a better system for hobby beekeepers but this is the best I have at this point. I think I have something promising I am testing out right now.
Thanks for the video and learning experience. Please toss my name in hat for the Beetle Buster Baseboard. Keep up the good work!
Just came across your videos! Possibly the best there is on UA-cam for all you need to know about Beekeeper!
I usually dilute the royal jelly with some distilled water. Definitely makes easier to get the larva off tool.
You have the best video,, you should start a school!! We are excited to get started!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO
Love the videos they have helped me out tremendously. So thank you mr. And mrs. Reynolds. We appreciate everything you two do.
Thank You- Thank You - Thank You- for this video, Kaman!
As always, great video.
Great stuff as always! I’ve learned so much from watching these videos. My fiancée accuses me of having a man-crush on Kamon because it’s all I’m ever watching! Thanks Kamon and Laurel for all of the great videos!
Tell her she should be proud to be engaged to a real Man who watches beekeeping instead of keeping up with the Kardashians!
Tried grafting for the first time last week. 2 of 8 were successful. I think my box setup was a bit inadequate. With your help the next ones will do better. Thanks for the great videos.
I watch alot of beekeeping channels but I got too say your one of the best
Best pictures of grafting I've ever seen. Awesome camera person!!!
Please enter for Australian beetle buster.
I want to know why you chose this setup for making queens and not any of the various other brands of equipment? Are you selling bred queens if that's all we need for re-queening and not a whole Nuc?
Came across your videos watching a tree that fell, nice videos. Subbed! Keep puitting out more fun videos :)
My wife wants to try her hand at grafting next year. Thanks for the videos. I'd like to enter in the drawing please.
great video i watched all youre vidoes . i studied for 1 year and took a bee course now i have bees .i live in n.e ohio im a bee haver im 62 started a little late in life but it is a good thing in my life always liked bees started with mason bees last year got 25 cocoons now have 83 lol but i got a nuc last week they can out 6 days latter o my it was soo kool yes in hooked now tanks for the imfo and im 5.5 keep up the good imfo ty mike
Great vidio an explanation on all details, you guys are awasome !! 👍
Thanks for the video. I feel like I am ready to start raising my own queens.
It's 2021 when I found this video, this year I am going to graft some so I can get some of my own queens. I first had Bees back in the mid-80s & never wanted to graft until now. So thank you for giving me some great ideas on getting started. I have made several Mini Nucs & a friend who has had Bees for many many years gave me his styrofoam Mini Nucs. I also so several Queen Castels ready to go, hello Spring.
I am learning so much by watching your videos. Please enter me in the drawing for the Beatle buster. Thank you.
Just started this year, I can't wait until I can split hives and make queens.
Love watching y'alls videos. Pick up my bees this afternoon..yay!
I get my girls this Wednesday I'm really nervous but excited !!! I've started looking for a local mentor.. I don't want to risk losing a hive ..To me there not just insects they are so precious .. I hope I can be a good responsible bee keeper with all these beautiful little important lives depending on me for the right care . .
Good video. I enjoy your practical approach. Would love to try that Beetle buster!
Thanks
Thank you for a great video explaining this dark art 😂. Loads of little tips and tricks...
If that's an 8 frame Beetle Buster, please count me in the drawing !! Thank you Kamon !! Great video, going to try queen rearing this year myself !!
Kamon, Thanks for the inspiration! not just this video but most all of them. I will be attempting my first grafts next week.
Great video Kamon!!! Haven’t tried grafting yet. But it does look fun!
Cool beetle buster!
Take care. Keep doing what you do! 🐝😎
Kamen I feel like I might be fixin to have a beetle problem! I would like to have that Australian beetle buster.
Thats something ive never tried, Not sure I ever will. Very interesting though, I Have never seen this done. Thanks!
Interested in Beatle blaster! Thank you for videos! Very informational
Seems to be fun & exciting to make own queens, have to wait until I managed to catch my first swarm of bees so I have a community to start my beekeeping with! have in any case soon produced my first 188 frames from waste wood, soon it is time to build the first hives
Kamon (&Laurel), thanks for the videos!!! I’d like to enter the drawing 😃
I just bought a hive and going to do it together with my twins girls 8 years old and they love honey and really wanted to study it and see how they make it so thought it was a really good idea
We have a big veggie garden and all off them are involved also have grapes and rasberries
And lots off blackberries around so we should be ok
Thank you for all the work you do and all the very good information we are from British Columbia Canada
Would love to win that beetle trap👍🏻
Thanks for this info! Maybe I'll give it a shot next year. I would live to try the Beetle buster also!
Thank you Kamon for these videos i have been a bee keeper for many years but i have never tried to graft my own queens, i have always just pulled a frame of eggs and larvae from one hive and put it in the queen less hive as needed. I am wanting to split several of my hives and need queens so i really appreciate you going into detail on how to do it.
Great videos! I watch them all. Would love a chance at trying the Austrailain beetle buster!
Thanks for showing how to actually graft and not just talking about how to do it. Also beetle buster!
Hi Kamon like your videos as a first year bee keeper your videos help Thank you I would like to enter for the beetle buster Thanks
this is my first year of beekeeping and when it is spring time or when it is warmer and not in the winter I will be grafting one of my hives that have me 2 full boxes full of honey and they still had a lot of honey for the winter. I would not graft at all with out this video I really like it :)
I'm fix'n to make my entry for the Beetle Buster!
My colony swarmed on me I need all the help I can get!
Love your videos. Learning how to expand my colonies.
Awesome! I'm getting my first bees in a few weeks and I'm already thinking about rearing queens :)
Great queen video. Fix'in to start grafting when the weather breaks. The weather was cold and rainy last week in Kentucky but looks like the weather is going to warm up this week.
Thanks for your videos. New to bee keeping, and could use all the help I can get!
I like to hear what you have to say thank you for your time.and I would like to enter your drawing. Ron
Kamon, will you bee my mentor, I live right around the corner in Maine! Seriously tho I thoroughly enjoy your videos and get a lot from them. I am just expecting my 1st pkg on may 1st with an Apimaye double deep hive. I will start them in one box and let them do their thing. Keep them coming, we need them out here.Thanks
Thanks for doing another one of these series.
Thanks for sharing Virginia is still having temp down high 30's.. Will try this next month
Love your videos. Really looking forward to learning more and start a batch.
Great video
Would be awesome to win the bottom board first year trying bees thanks for the chance to win!
Hey Kamon, I'm in Florida, of course I need a beetle buster! Nice quick vid on the grafting too.
Good video! I would like to enter the drawing for the Beetle Buster.
Good info Kamon! I sure would like to sample that Beetle Buster
5+ STARS VIDEO!!!!!
This is my second time buying bees-I wasn't educated about mites and killing them. Man you videos are FANTASTIC you teach very well and are easy to follow along. Wish I could have seen your videos last year I could have been taught about mites! Maybe even saved them! Lost my bees but so now we found your very important and educational videos. I had a stroke and now I'm desire to learn and train myself a new hobby as well as to enjoy SWEET HONEY! I am hunting down videos your all the time!! Even 60 year-old docs like me can learn from the younger generation!! Thank you for your time and effort!!
Time for me to raise some queens and watch for ores!
Thank you!
Kamon thanks for this info. About to do it for the first time this year but waiting for warmer weather.
I have everything I need to try this when it warms up. Thanks for getting the close up of "scooping" the larvae up. Very helpful!
Hi Kamon, new beekeeper here. I was wondering how you keep newly emerging queens from killing the other queens before (or after) their mating flight?
10 days after the day you graft the larvae the queen cells are removed and placed into individual colonies for mating.
Still no idea how "grafting" translates to Hungarian but nevertheless this video was super interesting and I'm glad I found your channel!
Thanks for hopping on! Feel free to ask questions if you have any
very cool video...I had a ton of beetles last year...would love to win the board!
A suggestion is to practice on drone larvae and then work down to worker larvae.
Already grafted and raised some queens. Placed 7 of them this past week. Thanks for your videos!
Clever tip, to take the comb away!
Thank you! 👍
I had zero acceptance using hand-dipped wax cups - they were always cleaned out after grafting. Switching to plastic cups made all the difference.
Weird how that works but it truly upped my percentages also!
Thanks Kamon. What timeframe do you typically graft queens? Are you mostly concerned with the overnight temps for your first grafting of the year? How late in the year will you continue grafting?
I start the 3rd week of March and can go to early September
NICE video on grafting Kamon & Laurel! Great camera expertise on Laurel's part. 👍 The recent 2 days of frosts at night did NOT help.
yeah darn frosts! I blame Ian!
I just bought a German grafting tool.I was glad to see you use it,because needed this demonstration.
I will see which one I like better. Just wondering do you sometimes flip the larva upside down or do they slide off pretty easy?
Sometimes I mess it up just like in the video. This happens to us all. if it gets flipped or hard chuck the larvae and go after a new one.
Thanks for the video!WDE!
Thank you! and RTR!