What A Mess 2.0!!! (YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!)
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2023
- In this video I, once again, re-home a colony that absconded from the hive only to later return UNDERNEATH the hive. I gently relocate and move these crazy girls back into their home.
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Sorry for the subpar audio, my mic failed to connect. 🙁
Your hives are so pretty. Im jealous. I saw a ball of bees on the ground, could be another queen. (Spoke too soon!) But you did an awesome job! Did not think you would find the Queen, good job! Exactly as I would hav done it. PS, I love solid bottom boards. No hate.
Thank you so much! 🙂@@Userxyz-z2d
As a beekeeper in South Africa I can give the following advice. First lightly smoke the entrances 1or 2 puffs. Give it a minute and then strong smoke 5 to 10 puffs directly into the entrances. Give it 3to 5 minutes pop the lid and heavy smoke under the lid, give it another minute. Now you can work with light smoke when they start getting agitated. When you get the smell of ripe banana ( attack pheromone) it is better to close up and leave. We work mostly late afternoon and early evening because the bees are slightly calmer. Our African bees are less prone to disease, control hive beatles better and is more likely to abscond.
Cheers! And thanks for watching and congrats on your World Cup win! 😊
Take a frame next time and place it under the ball. Let a bunch of them walk on the frame and dump. Always works good for me.
Josh, put a tarp under the bee hive so you can collect them easier ❤
Agreed! Or at least the outer cover or something. Lesson learned. Haha.
When using apiguard you should take out I’m board, remove entrance reducer and provide ventilation type inner cover, giving them more ventilation helps to prevent absconding
Yes I agree but this was not an abscond. And it also depends on the outside temps whether to leave the IPM board in or not. I’m dealing with this issue currently. 🙂 Thanks for watching!
It was really cute when they climbed the ladder at the end. I can't wait to show my family!
just putting the queen cage in the box and waiting is what was needed to be done.
That’s what I did. Thanks for watching!
You can’t make this stuff up!! Can’t believe how lucky you were to catch / spot the queen!! Thanks for sharing your experience
I know, right?! 🙂
next time use the top cover as a drip pan when scooping. and remove the entrance reducer until they all go in
Good tip! Thanks for watching!!
I have blocks and 4x4s in a similar setup with 2 hives instead 4. I was going to expand to 4 hives but I see that that working the 2 inside hives is a bit awkward. I'm trying to get a setup easy on the back. After watching this I think I'll stay with 2 hives between 2 block piles so I have 360° access. Never know what you might pick up in a bee UA-cam!! 👍
Absolutely! Pros and Cons for sure. Glad you found the video helpful!
What a great spot! Total game changer. Hope they stayed put.
🎉nice job that was fun😊
Get a small plank and block the entrance to the bottom board (nail it up) so the bees can't go under anymore.
You encourage me, thank you.for being honest and real.
A leaf blower would work well for getting the bees from under the hive, then put the board on.
Thanks
I like your videos, I am not a beekeeper, but I find beekeeping videos fascinating, and I sure do love honey. I have always wondered why some beekeepers place heavy bricks on the lids and at first, I thought to myself they must be to keep animals from lifting the lids off but that did not seem right, you finally explained the reason for them; and I like the way you clearly narrate your actions and the reasoning behind each decision. That medicine seems like it really repels them. Also, I thought the minimum number of boxes was two the smaller honey super on top of the brood box, but you appear to use only one box? Also, I like that bench like set up with the 4X4's and bricks. Thanks!
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and I do pride myself on providing logical explanations to my choice of beekeeping practices. As you know, there are many ways to successfully keep bees. I just offer one perspective. As for the single vs double deep philosophy, please check out my video here for a nice run down of the pros and cons. Thanks for watching!
Thoughts on Single Brood Management
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I mist swarms with a little sugar water. I get far less if any stings.
I had the same thing happen last year I put them in the hive the next day. They was on the outside agand I put them back in the next day they was back out and while I was sitting there looking at them they took off and I just watched them leave. And said good luck to all of you
Haha, yes, bees certainly have a way of confounding and humbling us at times, eh? 😁 Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely incredible! Gratz boss
You should make your own bottom screen boards using 14 x 18 winco serving tray. Cut sides and cross pieces from 2 x 4s. You have to fill corners in due to the radius corners on the tray. I keep diatomaceous earth in the trays to kill small hive beetles.
Interesting!
It was easier to put your roof under, use brush and shake bees in it. But, you had luck! 👍
Watch JP the bee man he moves hives all the time. Great technique for moving and framing comb. You will learn a lot watching JP
Ok, thank you.
Try adding a frame of brood from another hive.
Good job and good video. Hope it all works out
May need to find a way to feed
It did! Thank you!
Currently dealing with my own "what a mess!!" 😂
Oh no!!! 🤣🤦🏼♂️
Haha! Never a dull moment with bees
16 days for queen to emerge
cut the api in half its to strong and clean it off the bottom board i have done the same thing. if they were queenless they already had a brood break that will help with mites. i love my bees mist with 50 50 sugar water to help they clean off each other queens stop or slow brood when treeted.
If you "snow plow" the inner cover from the back, you don't squish any bees, you plow them to the front of the hive with the inner cover
I use hopguard 3. When there's brood I use 1 treatment every 2 weeks 3 times. Bees don't seem to mind. I use oa vape in spring and fall. My first year I lost my only hive to apiguard. They absconded. Now I have top bar hives so use the hopguard and oa. I'm hoping it keeps working well. Happy you caught them. I had double deep and it was 70s in Wisconsin. I used whole 50 gram dose. Wish I used 25.
I use OA in the early spring and fall/winter also. Stay tuned for a future video. Thanks for watching!!
Can you please do a followup so we can see if it worked out or not?
Hi there. Sorry for not posting a follow up but it did all work out fine. Both hives are healthy and doing well in the apiary. Thanks for watching!
A brood break by chance. Now OA treatment x3.
When you say cups in this split did you mean cells?
Yes, my apologies.
I appreciate the way you teach us. No worries. I just have unfilled queen cups right now in Central Florida with a really crowded hive, but I can't find the queen and I'm not certain of eggs (think I see a few) yet. I only have one hive so I want to make this works. Lost some to swarms last year. Trying to not make the same mistake. It's a great hive.
I would take the bottom board off and just sit the frames and the box on top to see if they would go up into it
Interesting strategy although until you get the queen inside I suspect the bees would remain on the stand with her. With her inside the inner cover hole, it's possible they all would have moved up to her over time. I just wouldn't want to leave the bottom of the hive open for extended periods due to animals that would prey on them or pests. Thanks for watching!
Well looks to me you need to add a box they ran out of room
Nah. Plenty of room in the deep for this size colony. They’re currently in there and doing well. 🙂 Thanks for watching!
They were sending out signals.
Please explain.
O No not again !!
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new beekeeper here ,,my plan was to treat with a vaporizer and oxalic ?
That’s a good option for this time of year but you’ll need to likely do multiple treatments back to back to ensure a full brood cycle passes.
Give them a frame of brood from another hive
Thanks for the suggestion.
What type of smoker are you using?
Hi, I am using Betterbee's Premium Smoker found here. Thanks for watching! www.betterbee.com/beekeepers-tools-and-smokers/smokebb.asp
u could leave top open.
I don’t believe so.
Are you doing half dose because it's hot? If so ,half dose for a single deep is 12 5 grams while it's hot out. Can you take a frame of honey? Frame of brood and frame of eggs and put it in there. They have no reason to stay in hive. Use 5 gallons bucket to feed 2 to 1 for a bit and try apivar so you don't run them out again. Should work good since you really have no brood.
Yes, in hindsight, I should have used 12.5g since it was going to reach 90 I think.
@beesintheweeds been hot here too in Wisconsin. Weather is supposed to break tomorrow. Can't wait.
missed the food or adding in a frame of food and a frame of open brood.
Sorry, not following what you mean.
@@beesintheweeds The pink food box was gone and there was no food. The hive is still in question in a super poisition and by grounding it with eggs and brood well there be a probality when not locating a mating queen.
@@tomahawkmissile241 Sorry again, I think the translator to English is not working well. I do not understand what you are saying. My apologies.
@@beesintheweeds have you watched your video on removing the food. Than keep watching to the end of your video forggeting on adding the food back on. One fanstastic way of knowing when a queen is in process by adding a frame of eggs and larvae will clear up any hobbist confusion to translation. Was great watching a disregard on a state of a hive to employing sticks on a ladder system.
Why not lift your hives up another block high , it would make it easier to get a box underneath
That’s a thought. Of course it would take more cinder blocks. Certainly an option.
I think you need to remove the centre 4x4.
It’s certainly an option I have considered but it does provide additional support when the hives are extremely heavy with honey. Thanks for the suggestion!
Maybe use two deeps instead of one
Yep, that’s an option. 🙂
I’m 1 month past your video but maybe the Dirt Rooster or Mr Ed might give you some advice in the way they’re acting by absconding.
Thanks. I’ve been watching their channels as well. 👍🏼
you need to put the camera closer then we will be able to see and hear you better as you walk away or get a mobile mike ?
Hello! Yes, I have started using a mic. Please check out my recent videos which are hopefully better. Thanks for watching! 😊
@@beesintheweeds sorry I have just come across your channel, but you still need to have the camera closer , had the same problem with my hive,had a swarm under my hive ,didn’t see it,took two hours to sort out. Gary, Near Stonehenge.
@@garyhenstridge6232Thanks Gary. I do try. I’m a one man crew the vast majority of the time so it’s difficult to manage the bees and film at the same time. I only have so many hands. 😊
@@beesintheweeds i under stand josh , Gary ..
Put them in new box and frames
Thanks for the suggestion.
I am thinking out of the box here. I am not a beekeeper but regularly watch beekeeping videos. I am hunching that fresh paint smell on bottom board and boxes and vibrant colours are bothering them. Please note that these are bees who belong in the wild and wilderness is not that colourful as your apiary. My suggestion is that, remove the colours from the bottom box and brood boxes and supers and bring out the natural wood with its original colour.This trick may help bees to stay in your apiary.
I don’t believe that is what happened or the reason why. The different paint colors is to increase the chances of a mated queen returning successfully to the correct hive as bees can see all colors but red. Having hives this close together or not ideal and can cause issues with successful queen mating and return, along with drifting which can promote varroa issues and disease. But when you only have so much space to manage bees, placing colonies closer together is a must and we deal with it. Thanks for watching!
@@beesintheweeds sounds good. As I mentioned in my comment , I am not a beekeeper it was just a hunch. Cheers
No honey in there. 🤔
Nope. It was an abscond.
Please bring the camera closer to the box. I can't see what you are doing
I’m a one man camera crew. It’s a catch 22. Use my hands and leave the camera further away, or hold the camera in one hand and not be able to do what’s needed. Maybe if enough people enjoy the content I will invest in a GoPro I can strap to my head. 🙂 I do appreciate you watching. Sorry for the poor camera angles.
Or the bottom board is not made right,,,, look on line how the bottom board is made with the screen
It’s a standard screen bottom board. The same one sold at many online dealers such as Mann Lake, Dadant, BetterBee, Rossman, etc.
Ding dong. They were just bearding. They were just hot.
That is incorrect. This was a swarm. There was nothing in the deep. No brood, no food, just open comb.
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Sorry, I don’t understand your question.
The entrance is too way small
It’s not. Very normal to have entrances reduced this time of year to prevent robbing. Thanks for watching.
Dude dude you put the screen in the back not in the front,,, you take the screen out from the back.
I’m not following you. The screen is not removable. It is built within the bottom board.