Thanks Brad. I always appreciate the weekly update . My Saturday morning ritual, coffee with Brad and off to the bee yard . Combined with the occasional happenstance visit at the supplier makes for fantastic networking. Awesome drone footage on that intro. I’m most excited that you are promoting queen rearing for everyone to try. It is my opinion, the only way to run a truly sustainable apiary no matter what size . If had to downsize to 2 to 8 hives I would never buy a queen again . It’s also the most fulfilling part of beekeeping for me to select and develop my own stock. When I finally realized it’s a lot more about timing than physical effort, the bees will always do the work and we just create the circumstances for it ,it became enjoyable. And it can be as simple or as complicated as we want it to be . Thanks again Sir
I'm glad you're enjoying queen rearing. I always encourage others to try it for themselves. I agree, it was very nice to meet up at the bee supply store! I usually only see you in person once a year hahaha. Sorry today's video is late, I scheduled it incorrectly. Thanks for watching!
12 days before my graft I will take 10 frames of fully capped brood from resource hives and put them on top of a very strong colony. On grafting day your have a very strong cell starter with a ton of nurse bees!
I have a good source for shavings so it's what I use. The little seat is nice, it was for my wife for gardening but we gave up gardening a long time ago so I thought I'd try it out.
Old apiary site is still a mud hole? Throw ya some wild flower seed down there put the soft wet soil to work. My opinion is there is no "best" all methods have merit and are subject to circumstances and personal styles. I got to experience my first swam call,🥳I WAS SO COOL.🥳A little apple tree close to the ground :) took me about 2 hours between working the bees and people asking question and wanting to take pictures and then there were 5.🤠
That's the plan except it's so rough. When it's dry enough, I'll work it up and harrow it smooth, then plant vegetation. I expect to be in the new apiary for a couple of years at least, while the old ariary heals up. Congratulations on the swarm, I hope it's a productive colony for you. IMO, requeen it asap as it's likely an old queen anyway and has a diminished chance of wintering successfully.
@@ThatBeeMan I am looking at ordering me a caucasian queen for my B-day coming up 🙂gift to self lol. Was gona do a split to put that caucasian in but you say drop the new queen in the swam? should I make a small 2 frame split off my big colony and put the swarm queen in that? finish using her up she was free after all lol in fact the guy made me take a $100's too.
@@dcsblessedbees $100 and free bees, sweet gig! I'd use the swarm to make their own queen. Sure, nuc that one for resources through the season. You have options, you get to choose.
Excellent drone footage for the intro!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Brad. I always appreciate the weekly update . My Saturday morning ritual, coffee with Brad and off to the bee yard . Combined with the occasional happenstance visit at the supplier makes for fantastic networking.
Awesome drone footage on that intro.
I’m most excited that you are promoting queen rearing for everyone to try. It is my opinion, the only way to run a truly sustainable apiary no matter what size . If had to downsize to 2 to 8 hives I would never buy a queen again . It’s also the most fulfilling part of beekeeping for me to select and develop my own stock.
When I finally realized it’s a lot more about timing than physical effort, the bees will always do the work and we just create the circumstances for it ,it became enjoyable. And it can be as simple or as complicated as we want it to be . Thanks again Sir
I'm glad you're enjoying queen rearing. I always encourage others to try it for themselves. I agree, it was very nice to meet up at the bee supply store! I usually only see you in person once a year hahaha. Sorry today's video is late, I scheduled it incorrectly. Thanks for watching!
Love that intro bro! Queen earring is always exciting
Thanks, man! I agree, queen rearing is the best part of beekeeping IMO.
12 days before my graft I will take 10 frames of fully capped brood from resource hives and put them on top of a very strong colony. On grafting day your have a very strong cell starter with a ton of nurse bees!
That's a great way to construct a strong builder.
Ahhh, so you use wood shavings for the smoker! I always wondered what you put in those. Love the seat wagon, is that a new tool addition?!
I have a good source for shavings so it's what I use. The little seat is nice, it was for my wife for gardening but we gave up gardening a long time ago so I thought I'd try it out.
Old apiary site is still a mud hole? Throw ya some wild flower seed down there put the soft wet soil to work. My opinion is there is no "best" all methods have merit and are subject to circumstances and personal styles. I got to experience my first swam call,🥳I WAS SO COOL.🥳A little apple tree close to the ground :) took me about 2 hours between working the bees and people asking question and wanting to take pictures and then there were 5.🤠
That's the plan except it's so rough. When it's dry enough, I'll work it up and harrow it smooth, then plant vegetation. I expect to be in the new apiary for a couple of years at least, while the old ariary heals up.
Congratulations on the swarm, I hope it's a productive colony for you. IMO, requeen it asap as it's likely an old queen anyway and has a diminished chance of wintering successfully.
@@ThatBeeMan I am looking at ordering me a caucasian queen for my B-day coming up 🙂gift to self lol. Was gona do a split to put that caucasian in but you say drop the new queen in the swam? should I make a small 2 frame split off my big colony and put the swarm queen in that? finish using her up she was free after all lol in fact the guy made me take a $100's too.
@@ThatBeeMan To bad you don't have a handy source of fill to raise the area a couple of feet in elevation. Prime areas are so valuable.
@@dcsblessedbees $100 and free bees, sweet gig! I'd use the swarm to make their own queen. Sure, nuc that one for resources through the season. You have options, you get to choose.