Hi FBM I'm Bradford and from philippines, I'm just an 18 year old guy and a freshmen in this field, and i have 8 colonies and growing here..i already watched almost all of your videos here and I'm so thank full becaus I realy learend a lot from you aside from my mentors here.. thank you.
I very much enjoy your videos, Mr. Don. Thank you so much for your common-sense approach and for sharing your knowledge of beekeeping! What an excellent legacy! People will be learning from you for years to come. Thanks again.
Hello to TFBM just started watching your vids today. This is my first year keeping bees, I have lots to learn.Its good to see an old timer taking the time out to make informative videos and posting on the web for all of us newbees. You have answered a lot of questions that I had already just in the short time that I've spent watching.Thanks. Nelson
Don your great, after 45 years of beekeeping ,and 35 minutes watching you now i am learning something.Thanks for your common sense work on your videos,as for Darrin down bellow there are stingless bees just not here they have been breed over hundreds of years on a Island off Trinidad by the native people.
His name is Don Kuchenmeister ladies and gentlemen and he can teach you more in one day of hanging out with him than a stack of books. I picked up two, 3lb packages from Don in early April and they are doing wonderfully well.
Timeless Information.. done 3 Queen-less colonies Dons way and all three where a success... No beekeeping bullshit or messing about just good old honest as it is Bee Keeping.. Thanks Don
Thanks for posting the video Don, just finished listening to the podcasts you did with Craig also very interesting. Thanks for being you. See ya...Gary
I love this video. You are an great teacher. I have watched this 10 times and I learn something each time. Now I am raising some queens myself and hope some day I am as confident and knowledgeable as you are. I made a video about a trap out I just did and I'm going to use those bees to populate some mating nucs as a queenless hive.
Yes, I had a hive where the bees rejected the introduced queen. Probably due to my inability to leave the hive alone for a week. Anyway, I had a situation where one or two of the workers were laying eggs. That hive died out after about 3 months. The workers can lay eggs but they only lay drones. I knew it was laying workers when I opened the hive and saw drones everywhere. It was sad
My husband wears a suit each time he opens his hives and has been stung a few times already this season.... ( its spring in Sydney Australia at the moment)
FatBeeMan, Your videos are very informative!! I've learned a lot and appreciate you posts. Just curious, how often do you get stung? What kind(s) of bees do you keep? Thanks! Christy
Hello Fat Bee Man. I'm heard something about Black Walnut Smoke with varroa treatment. Will that actually work? Have you used this as a treatment? Great video.
Very informative! I wish I could spend a week with that guy. Do you know if he is taking frames out of a hive and putting them into a smaller hive to make them feel crowded so they will produce queen cells ?
Don, you said a split for each queen and that you're only limited by your equipment. aren't you also limited by the number of bees, pollen, honey etc? like I can't put a queen in a hive with very few nurse bees, right?
Hi Don, my husband and I love to watch your videos. They are so interesting and informative. I notice that you never wear a bee suit, do you get stung often??
you're not too old and I have horses so you couldn't possibly outdo them! lol ? Can feeding your bees make them lazy or teach them not to work?? Just curious- here in San Diego we still have flowers, lots of willow and other plants- I feed the bees anyhow- just sugar water- is that a bad thing?
Unless you are talking about Drones...there are really no such thing as Stingless Honeybee's. You can acquire less hostile or Gentler Bee's! Try Italian Bee's...they are usually well mannered. Often the Behaviour of a Hive depends on the Nature of the Queen. A hostile hive can often be settled by changing it's genetic's. Try re-queening with a Mild or Gentler Queen from a good Source!
Question. My aim is to split by queen cell transplant so i put a frame of bees in a nuke and after a week i left one queen cell ib that box. If i would want to make another hive if i put a queen cell together with a frame of brood and feed would that be sufficient. Temperatures are starting to warm up during the day here in malta
I would like to buy stingless bees here in the Buffalo NY area. Could you tell me where to buy nucs or queens for this spring? I would like to make a deposit for a spring delievery. Thank you.
No, you'd need a lot more bees, that queen will take several days to hatch and mate, then start laying, by then some of the 10 bees might already be diying from old age, plus they can't keep themselves warm at night, they have to be lots more, plus if ever she starts laying with only 10 bees looking after her (hardly likely) you'd need to provide built comb with honey and pollen and space for the eggs, the egs take 21 days to become a worker bee, (if there are enough nurses to feed them, to keep them warm, to close up the cell, by 21 days, you 10 worker bees are all dead of old age (probably). So, short answer is NO.
Hi FBM, did I notice you wearing something around your waste? Looks like you have something wrapped around? (Not making fun of the gut or anything like that)
Don keeps it simple and to the point. A really great teacher! Thanks Don!!
Hi FBM
I'm Bradford and from philippines, I'm just an 18 year old guy and a freshmen in this field, and i have 8 colonies and growing here..i already watched almost all of your videos here and I'm so thank full becaus I realy learend a lot from you aside from my mentors here.. thank you.
I very much enjoy your videos, Mr. Don. Thank you so much for your common-sense approach and for sharing your knowledge of beekeeping! What an excellent legacy! People will be learning from you for years to come. Thanks again.
'Just found this video, you are absolutely correct. Let mother nature thru the bees, make the best selection of cells to develop queens.
Hello to TFBM just started watching your vids today. This is my first year keeping bees,
I have lots to learn.Its good to see an old timer taking the time out to make informative videos and posting on the web for all of us newbees. You have answered a lot of questions that I had already just in the short time that I've spent watching.Thanks.
Nelson
Don your great, after 45 years of beekeeping ,and 35 minutes watching you now i am learning something.Thanks for your common sense work on your videos,as for Darrin down bellow there are stingless bees just not here they have been breed over hundreds of years on a Island off Trinidad by the native people.
His name is Don Kuchenmeister ladies and gentlemen and he can teach you more in one day of hanging out with him than a stack of books.
I picked up two, 3lb packages from Don in early April and they are doing wonderfully well.
I look forward to watching the rest of your videos. Thank you.
@HighPlainsHives glad you like them I am going to make more.
Don
@boris0402 glad you enjoyed it. will be doing learning videos soon.
Don
Timeless Information.. done 3 Queen-less colonies Dons way and all three where a success... No beekeeping bullshit or messing about just good old honest as it is Bee Keeping.. Thanks Don
Thanks for posting the video Don, just finished listening to the podcasts you did with Craig also very interesting. Thanks for being you.
See ya...Gary
@jannassary im going to do some more detailed vidieos in spring and will have them out in e books.
Don
I love this video. You are an great teacher. I have watched this 10 times and I learn something each time. Now I am raising some queens myself and hope some day I am as confident and knowledgeable as you are. I made a video about a trap out I just did and I'm going to use those bees to populate some mating nucs as a queenless hive.
@newby1627 no not really I have bred them that way.glad you like them.
Don
wonderfully explained...thanks fatbeeman!
@enchplant glad you enjoy the vid jump in don't worrie about making mistakes
Yes, I had a hive where the bees rejected the introduced queen. Probably due to my inability to leave the hive alone for a week. Anyway, I had a situation where one or two of the workers were laying eggs. That hive died out after about 3 months. The workers can lay eggs but they only lay drones. I knew it was laying workers when I opened the hive and saw drones everywhere. It was sad
You are so smart.
LOVE THIS GUY U NEED 2 UPLOAD SOME MORE VIDS ASAP. THANKS 4 THE UPLOADS
nice and meaningful video...Greetings from Rome!
My husband wears a suit each time he opens his hives and has been stung a few times already this season.... ( its spring in Sydney Australia at the moment)
Another great video thanks.
Thanks. Sir
Awesome Video! So Informative! Thank You!
Thank you for the reply and for the answers.
I cannot believe this dude is cuttin" without smoke and a suit!!! My bees freek me out!
very informative, thank you.
Thanks for the info.
This might be stupid but what do you do will the cell after you cut it off the comb? Do you just lay it in a queenless hive?
Just amazing ♫
woooow nice job you are my idol , ty on your video
@donlovvorn look for swarm cells then cut them to make as many splits you need
FatBeeMan,
Your videos are very informative!! I've learned a lot and appreciate you posts. Just curious, how often do you get stung? What kind(s) of bees do you keep?
Thanks!
Christy
Great camera work...
you can feed organic sugar but I use reg. sugar. no feeding wont make them lazy. I run lot of hives and some time it is nesasary to feed.
For some reason the audio is all messed up. Is it just my side or a problem with the video?
Hello Fat Bee Man. I'm heard something about Black Walnut Smoke with varroa treatment. Will that actually work? Have you used this as a treatment? Great video.
@KiwimanaBuzz craig has more videos to post send him a e mail. glad you liked the video. we have new channel the new fatbeeman.
Don
Great video
Very informative! I wish I could spend a week with that guy. Do you know if he is taking frames out of a hive and putting them into a smaller hive to make them feel crowded so they will produce queen cells ?
So,how did you make them make queen cells?
@boris0402 just split them with queens or use your own cell.
Don, you said a split for each queen and that you're only limited by your equipment. aren't you also limited by the number of bees, pollen, honey etc? like I can't put a queen in a hive with very few nurse bees, right?
Hi Don, my husband and I love to watch your videos. They are so interesting and informative. I notice that you never wear a bee suit, do you get stung often??
Very Nice Videos
Munesh Kumar Rajput b
@newby1627 there just very gentle bees.
Don
I guess I should have asked "how do you install it?" you have a video on that?
@oomblikkies thanks
you're not too old and I have horses so you couldn't possibly outdo them! lol
? Can feeding your bees make them lazy or teach them not to work?? Just curious- here in San Diego we still have flowers, lots of willow and other plants- I feed the bees anyhow- just sugar water- is that a bad thing?
Do you use banana mix with pollen too make pollen pollen
he is the cutest thing- i want to adopt him!
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Don, If you have a laying worker hive do you try to save it or just let it go?
@1877sandycreek
you install it into a queenless nuc
Unless you are talking about Drones...there are really no such thing as Stingless Honeybee's. You can acquire less hostile or Gentler Bee's! Try Italian Bee's...they are usually well mannered. Often the Behaviour of a Hive depends on the Nature of the Queen. A hostile hive can often be settled by changing it's genetic's. Try re-queening with a Mild or Gentler Queen from a good Source!
That was "Bee Humor"....
Question. My aim is to split by queen cell transplant so i put a frame of bees in a nuke and after a week i left one queen cell ib that box. If i would want to make another hive if i put a queen cell together with a frame of brood and feed would that be sufficient. Temperatures are starting to warm up during the day here in malta
HI!! MAY I ASK YOU A Q. WHAT IS THE BEST BEE SPACE TO USE 12MM OR 9MM IT DEPENDS ON THE KEEPER SOME SAY BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY AND USE THANK YOU!!!
MATING CELLS CAN YOU GIVE ME A BIT MORE INFO HOW IT WORKS I HAVE JUST STARED BEE KEEPING AND NEED MORE BEES PLZ . THANKS
I would like to buy stingless bees here in the Buffalo NY area. Could you tell me where to buy nucs or queens for this spring? I would like to make a deposit for a spring delievery. Thank you.
so what if someone gave me a unhatched queen and like 10 bees would they be able to make a hive? im misunderstanding something i think.
No, you'd need a lot more bees, that queen will take several days to hatch and mate, then start laying, by then some of the 10 bees might already be diying from old age, plus they can't keep themselves warm at night, they have to be lots more, plus if ever she starts laying with only 10 bees looking after her (hardly likely) you'd need to provide built comb with honey and pollen and space for the eggs, the egs take 21 days to become a worker bee, (if there are enough nurses to feed them, to keep them warm, to close up the cell, by 21 days, you 10 worker bees are all dead of old age (probably). So, short answer is NO.
I love the fat bee man :)
how can you tell if the queen has mated ?
Hi FBM,
did I notice you wearing something around your waste? Looks like you have something wrapped around? (Not making fun of the gut or anything like that)
Looks like a regular back brace to me.
Tnx, it is not popular around here, so I wondered what it might bee
yes there is, do a bit of research and you'll find out
good video don have you ever tried buckfast bee's
lol singless bees. Good one don
too old to adopt and I eat too much
Do you really have stingless bees?
@boysselle I make t all
What's a 'Split??'
lots of questions but no answers and he keeps talking queen less hives but give no explanation where he got them
Can bees make queen cells without a queen?
ewww white sticky stuff comeing out at 3:25
@fineshooter foarte blande deoarece sunt putine si lesinate
@fineshooter I have 15 hives. and I love bees. I want to have 200 hives.
Then your killing bee's? D:
dude get a suit bro
I know right because it's dangerous
Billy Lzer Why?