I made my first walk away split this year. Completely different to yours but it worked. I moved three frames of bees/brood and 4 frames of honey to a new base about 3 metres from the original. And now, about 10 weeks later the queen has been laying. So now I consider myself a more experienced beekeeper! Me and my 3 hives lol
I always look forward to your videos! Even though I have the notification bell on, I still keep looking...eagerly awaiting your next joyful masterpiece! Thanks for the entertainment and life lessons.
Queen takes 16 days from egg to emergence add a few days to get mated depending on weather, your looking at nearer 3 or 4 weeks before I'd go back and check
What a great box of Bee’s . As full as it was I think you could have added two supers to the bottom an two to the new top colony . That would sure be a great colony to graft queen’s from . Keep your video’s coming when possible. Thanks
Another great video! That hive is looking awesome. As my girls are all set for winter here the US I enjoy seeing folks working their bees. Seeing you work your bees makes the wait to March more bearable. :-)
5:05 Crikey MBBM hot smoker onto of the box is a bit rough on the chicks!! I have never seen a split done like that before, If that was my hive I would have split it 4 way or three given how many chicks and brood you had! Cheers for sharing the video, look forward to seeing the follow up, Stay safe!
Guess the only thing that maybe could have thrown a fork in your plans, did you shake out the every top cover of its bees or you confirmed the queen was not in that. I think you said you were going to take a look but not sure if you shook them down. Great videos we enjoy them all
Wish i could find eggs. Took two years to find my first queen . Been keeping 10 years flashlight sun etc. But as long as I find brood and milky larva Im happy. Maybe soon.i will get the art.
G'day from the whitsundays just done my first split and dont want it to be shit .im a little worried my mother colony got too much taken because she doesnt have many foragers after 2 days .how long before she replenishes foragers cheers
Gon'a find myself a Frame or Two... Amongst the biggest Beard of Bees I've ever seen ! So many 🐝's you cannot even see the Brood Box !?! Hidden out of sight. Struth Mate, Far Out, they have almost gone Tropo on you... Luckily you got there before they did ! Aka Swarm on you... Enough to make a guy cry into warm beer (UK) or over a Cold one (Oz.) Hope my 'Girrls' are that good come Spring, here, Up Over in Scotland UK. I really miss the Aussie Banter...Down at the Magpie over a Stubbie and a P'late 🤗
Gday BBM this s probably a bit advanced for me at the moment but i did get a shock the other day ,heard the bees making a fair bit of noise when i was in my shed so went had a look , my god there swarming , nope there on there orientation flight i had bees everywhere had a read about it and thats what it was, anyway looked again yesterday and there at it again more bees flying around hundreds of em hope the neighbours dont see this after about an hour all calm was restored .
I made my first walk away split this year. Completely different to yours but it worked. I moved three frames of bees/brood and 4 frames of honey to a new base about 3 metres from the original. And now, about 10 weeks later the queen has been laying. So now I consider myself a more experienced beekeeper! Me and my 3 hives lol
It's definitely fun doing your first split. So long as both halves have eggs and pollen/nectar stores it works. Helps to shake in some nurse bees too.
watching from Jamaica enjoy your video hoping to become a good bees farmer
I enjoy your style ...plenty of humour and makes beekeeping more fun!
Always a great informative video especially for novice beekeepers. I recommend you to all novices who are seeking advice
Looks like they are on a good flow . So much nectar on the cloth when you shake them.
Onya John and Mark, a great help for this hobby keeper over in W.A.!
I always look forward to your videos! Even though I have the notification bell on, I still keep looking...eagerly awaiting your next joyful masterpiece! Thanks for the entertainment and life lessons.
Queen takes 16 days from egg to emergence add a few days to get mated depending on weather, your looking at nearer 3 or 4 weeks before I'd go back and check
What a great box of Bee’s . As full as it was I think you could have added two supers to the bottom an two to the new top colony . That would sure be a great colony to graft queen’s from . Keep your video’s coming when possible. Thanks
😂 Hahahahahaha.. 16:10 "Confuse the shit outta everybody" 😅
Another great video! That hive is looking awesome. As my girls are all set for winter here the US I enjoy seeing folks working their bees. Seeing you work your bees makes the wait to March more bearable. :-)
5:05 Crikey MBBM hot smoker onto of the box is a bit rough on the chicks!! I have never seen a split done like that before, If that was my hive I would have split it 4 way or three given how many chicks and brood you had! Cheers for sharing the video, look forward to seeing the follow up, Stay safe!
Guess the only thing that maybe could have thrown a fork in your plans, did you shake out the every top cover of its bees or you confirmed the queen was not in that. I think you said you were going to take a look but not sure if you shook them down.
Great videos we enjoy them all
Wish i could find eggs. Took two years to find my first queen . Been keeping 10 years flashlight sun etc. But as long as I find brood and milky larva Im happy. Maybe soon.i will get the art.
Thanks mate. Terrific video. I can never find the queen so I don't feel like such a dud now...
Wriggle room for bees? How about “waggle room” instead? 😂😂😂
Cheers guys
Great video, I still would have added an extra box to the original hive as well
G'day from the whitsundays just done my first split and dont want it to be shit .im a little worried my mother colony got too much taken because she doesnt have many foragers after 2 days .how long before she replenishes foragers cheers
Great video.
Maybe a stupid question, but why not just put another box on top?
Gon'a find myself a Frame or Two... Amongst the biggest Beard of Bees I've ever seen ! So many 🐝's you cannot even see the Brood Box !?! Hidden out of sight. Struth Mate, Far Out, they have almost gone Tropo on you... Luckily you got there before they did ! Aka Swarm on you... Enough to make a guy cry into warm beer (UK) or over a Cold one (Oz.)
Hope my 'Girrls' are that good come Spring, here,
Up Over in Scotland UK.
I really miss the Aussie Banter...Down at the Magpie over a Stubbie and a P'late 🤗
get this person to 40k
Any chance the queen was in the top cover so therefore she may be in the top box?
Gday BBM this s probably a bit advanced for me at the moment but i did get a shock the other day ,heard the bees making a fair bit of noise when i was in my shed so went had a look , my god there swarming , nope there on there orientation flight i had bees everywhere had a read about it and thats what it was, anyway looked again yesterday and there at it again more bees flying around hundreds of em hope the neighbours dont see this after about an hour all calm was restored .
Great work guys.
I was told if you did not find the queen shake them across a queen excluder in the queen should be on top that she cannot fit
Once again a cool episode! I didn't know you could have multiple swarms in one stack, neato!
Winnie reds those were the days
I don’t think I’ve seen a video of you actually finding the queen 😂
Love your videos
Another great vid. Thanks for posting
hey mark howz it going? love your videos
Come to you from northern Alberta (Canada) where do you get the plastic boxs from?
Do all the bees not make there way back to the box with the queen
Why not just add a third box?
The blood line is no good unless they make more honey than brood
Please explain
@@Dougarrowhead i have bees that spend their time just breeding and not making honey despite the hive already being well populated.
OMG
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