Bee Swarm Collected, Queen Left Behind, @
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Using the Everything Bee Vac, I collected a swarm that turned out to be missing one key honey bee, The Queen. in this video, we collect the queen from a tree branch and then restore the swarm to her as we hive them up in a Lyson 6-Frame Nucleus Hive.
03:50 picking the Queen UP.
This video includes the follow up and removal of the Queen Isolation Cage.
Queen release at 19:02
Items used are linked below, none of the links are affiliate links, I am not compensated for sharing about these tools - please tell them that Frederick Dunn sent you, ya never know when there may be some benefit in that :)
Hive Butler Tote:
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Queen Isolation Cage:
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Lyson 6-frame nucleus hive with hive top feeder for late-season swarms:
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1:1 Sugar Syrup was used to feed the nucleus colony as well as to feed the swarm while it was still in the Everything Bee Vac. No additives, no essential oils.
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Hello Dear Mister Frederik 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This video and the 2-part that preceded it have me so intrigued for some "experiments" I want to try next year! Thanks for always being willing to test out new ideas and sharing them with your followers!
Thank you so much, and I'm glad to have had a part in getting your creative wheels rolling :)
I loved his answer to your question, Do you feel strong enough to pick it up and bring it over here?
Grandson: I'll try!
We all could use a helper with that attitude. ❤️
I agree, David, finding young willing helpers is a rare thing these days. I have a nephew who has a dollar amount assigned to anything you ask him to do (';')...
Some great information. I always enjoy your videos. Take care and have a great week.
Thanks, you too!
Great video Fred! Very timely also, like I have said before, your videos are worthy of teaching status for sure, high level teaching! I hope to be around to see your 7 year old grandsons progress turn from teaching to Tutoring! He is ahead of the curve, and it seems you are a big reason for that, your mission is being accomplished. Bringing smart young men into the world is an important thing!
There is an old saying "give me the boy until he is seven, and I'll give you the man" :) He's a wonderful little man.
@@FrederickDunn He sure is and I hope it's just the beginning of his journey into becoming more.
This was another great video! I’m growing my business but you are way ahead of me. I only have 32 hives but started with 2 from last year. I’m thinking I may be close to 100 next year and think this system will work for me. I’ve never used the in hive feeder yet just top hive feeders and buckets. I’m still not sure which way I’m going to stick with. Feeding is probably the most tedious thing I have to do so far. Thanks again, Clay
So nice to see you working with your grandson ❤ I was impressed that he could lift the bee vac while it was full of bees... love his confidence. I am very interested in purchasing one of those vacs for myself. I am always looking for quality lightweight options. Thank you for this surprise Sunday video!
It’s great to see your grandson soaking up all that knowledge. I always involve my grandkids in the garden just like I was raised. Every time they come over they always ask if Papa has checked the garden yet.♥️👍🏼🙏 God bless.
I was fortunate enough to have wonderful adult mentors when I was growing up, and it's great to have someone so interested in the bees :)
G’day Fred… Yep! Another wonderful video and very interesting at about 18:30 into video that there was a significant change in bee posture. Workers fanning Nazonov glan pheromones to get others into new home! 😊
Absolutely, an abrupt change in fanning and activity once they settled on that hive.
hey Fred, im thinking you must be a really proud grandfather, hes a great kid. I love the ill try, when you asked him if he could pick up the vac. Also im thinking your probably good to go to just sit back and let him do the bee work now..lol. great vid. Thks for sharing
Thanks, he's reading your comment and says thanks :)
Great video
Thanks!
The march is on. Very impressive working with the boy. Priceless moments for both of you. 👍 Thanks for sharing.
Very nice, helpful video Fred, thank you. I'm wondering what new discoveries will have been made by the time your grandson is say 20?
That's anyone's guess :)
The bees looked great but the camera work made the show. Thanks for letting us view your work.
Thank you :)
Strong helper do you have! All the best!
I love kids at young age that are confident.
The first loud buzz sounded like it was in the room with me and I jumped!!! 🫣😆
Great idea to put the feeder jar on top of the vacuum screen! I need to also get one of the queen frame cages. Another great video!Love seeing your grandson learning from you. He has a great mentor and grandfather.
Thanks so much!
Hey hey! How are you doing? Yay another video!!
Very nice Fred, wonderful to pass the torch. Interesting to see a 6 frame nucleolus hive. Especially that there is room to add more. Have a super week.
Thanks, Bill! I'm glad you liked it. :)
So interesting to see how these things are accomplished, thanks for sharing and for the work done to bring it to all of us. A true marvel...
Thanks for watching!
The march is so fascinating to me, I just love to watch it. I could spend a lot of coffee time watching bees.
Thank you for making this ol'ladies day Mr. Dunn.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. He was disappointed that he had to go home before they were all in. I think it also teaches patience :)
@@FrederickDunnWhile watching, I was thinking the same thing; that the learning of patience is vital, especially in today's world of instant gratification.
Again, I thank you for the videos. I know that I and many others truly enjoy them.
Fred, thank you for sharing. Love your grandson "I will try...". In a previous interview video the person mentioned a lighter syrup might be more conducive for wax building, have you tried that concentration out?
I did a follow up on that claim that 1.3 to one was more conducive to wax building but didn't find any firm information. But I think that the thin syrup is more readily used by the bees based on consumption rates. There haven't been any published studies, I even reached out to Bob Binnie and he was very responsive.
So wonderful to see this video of you and your grandson. Very special.
Thank you so much!
That always fascinates me, watching bees marching into a hive. Great video
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Will the queens lay in the Better Comb? Mine only ever placed resources there
The use it for honey storage first, then they move on to brood rearing. If they have nothing else available, they will put eggs in after the workers have worked it up a little.
He'll be ready to join the youth group at the NAHBE soon!
Great as always! What was the actual amount of time combining the two and was your grandson take a bee therapy Power Nap?
He brougth down a chair and watched them finding their way into the hive for a couple of hours. The movement from the everything vac to the hive took quite a while... mid afternoon to early evening. It's not a fast method at all :)
Great video Fred! Your grandson does a wonderful job of supervising. Do you feed 2:1 sugar syrup to all of your hives in the fall or just the hives that seem light on winter stores?
I only feed the hives that are in trouble... usually late season swarms. The rest just get a fondant pack at the end of October along with the honey they have stored.
Will this nuc overwinter as a single deep? 😊
It "could" but I'm hoping to get at least one more 6-frame super on that one before things get cold for good. We'll see.
Very enjoyable watch , but between 16.50- 16.59 towards the right of the landing board a golden colour bee caught my eye as her abdomen seems a little longer than the rest compared to her wings or it’s just me lol
It's just you, Darren :)
Thank you for sharing the usage of our cage again, so glad you find new ways to use it (we learn with you too :-)) ! Supervisor - great job :-) !
Absolutely my pleasure :) Thanks for stopping by to comment.
How did you pick her up without hurting or damaging her please??? Thank you. Nigel Moore.
I only grab the thorax and wings, never the abdomen and I avoid the legs as well.
@@FrederickDunn Thank you!!! Nigel Moore.
liking your lyson nuc n feeder
It came with that nucleus hive and I have to say that it works nicely :)
Thanks Fred!!!
You're welcome, Rodney :)
OMG he's a heart melter. By the way, I love using the Lyson stryo nucs but they have a peculiarity. Somehow the bees get into the feeder tray. We think they are getting in through the black vents in the lid but we are still testing that hypothesis as we have never seen them use the vents. We are placing the plugs in now. These nucs really help get smaller clusters through the wny winter and build in the spring. I have been using them now 4 winters. Need to paint the Lyson though..... BTW when I tried the isolation cage this summer, both queens escaped their respective cages. I do not know why.
I've closed off all venting, and also have the bottom plugs in place.
@@FrederickDunn Tht reminds me that we discovered that the plastic bottom vent allows bees to escape also. Not convenient when trying to transport. Wire mesh is necessary.
Always a pleasure. You’re so great with bees-they deserve that.
Off topic-have you ever heard of using copper tape applied to the entrance to help fight varroa? I overheard a few beekeepers talking about it last week. Grateful.
I can't think of any reason that having a copper surface at a hive entrance would have any impact on varroa good or bad. I'd really need to see the science on that.
@@FrederickDunn me neither. I just was curious.
I have 6 of those nuc poly boxes. love them and the top feeder never kills any bees. if you use three of them side by side, you can use two ten frame supers on top of the three 6 frame nucs. smiles. BUT dont use the side pf the box to push frames around with your hive tool .. smiles. i have enough extra boxes fro them to stack them 3 high. or 18 frames. then transfer them to a double deep ten frames and have a couple emptys to place anywhere there needed or drop a frame feeder into the ten double deep . its very versitable.
Thank you for sharing, so you have concerns regarding the sidewalls being able to take the stress from the hive tool? I'll be sure to watch for that, thanks again.
well they are just styrafoam. just change the habit to use hive tool on frames, or frames to frame to pry them apart. you have to think before you act. And not let habit or muscile memory govern your actions. smiles. @@FrederickDunn
So, if it was a swarm from one of your observation hive, will you just combine whats left in the obs hive with another since it is so late in the season?
The observation hives have all produced their own replacement queens and are looking fine. We still have several weeks for them to recover. It's just part of the observation hive cycle that they send out swarms every year. We'll see, and I'll share about that later on.
@@FrederickDunn That’s so fascinating!