Thank you for breaking it down for an old country boy can understand. This is what I want to do next spring and you explain it very well from start to finish! I'm more of a hands on learner and this video made it easy to understand the process better.
This is essentially how I went from 3 overwintered hives to 22 hives this year. It's a great method and you explain it well, Brad. My biggest struggle was getting them to keep growing during the dearth. Even though I was feeding them, they still wouldn't grow much for about a month. The earliest ones I made were double deeps by the end of the year and the late summer ones were able to grow into healthy 5 frame nucs before winter. I sure fed a lot though. Something like 450 pounds of sugar, but very worth it. Thanks for the great videos! I'm looking forward to what you share with us next season!
Good idea to multiply bees. I prefer walk away splits taking the old queen and then I split again the ones that have a capped queen cells. I don’t like having extra inventory to deal with it. I have 5,7 and 10 frames boxes and they serve me well. But the amount of work remains. Success.
question, I have access to a great location for an out yard, but it is only 1 mile from the home yard. If the splits were made to not be too dependant on forager bees would a 1 mile separation be enough distance to make queenless splits and not be so suspitable to be robbed out. I have tried to splits in my home yard and it was a disaster, robbing was brutal. I like your videos lots of data and no fluff, you are doing great.
1 mile will surely reduce your robbing considerably, but more importantly, when there is no nectar flow, have very small entrances and good a population in the split to defend it. Thank you for watching
Not any different than any other hive. They have no trouble regulating the heat. They will move out and beard pretty heavy sometimes but I've used them successfully all Summer
Not after the cold weather is gone, unless you use a solid frame of open larvae. A solid frame of open larvae takes a good amount of bees to cover the brood during the night. Better to use a frame of capped and open larvae
Can you do this with full sized boxes and just have frames of foundation and still do it? I don’t have any 2 frame boxes but I have some 5 frame boxes and a lot of 10 frame boxes.
You could but a small colony of bees does much better in a smaller cavity. If your going to use a 10F box it works much better to use a double screen board over a stronger colony
Bracken, if you didn't get a chance to try it this year, you could use those 5 frame nuc boxes and make a follower board to reduce their space. Then you can move the follower board and add frames as they grow.
Thank you for breaking it down for an old country boy can understand. This is what I want to do next spring and you explain it very well from start to finish!
I'm more of a hands on learner and this video made it easy to understand the process better.
Very good informational presentation. Thank you as your process validates what we are doing.
This is essentially how I went from 3 overwintered hives to 22 hives this year. It's a great method and you explain it well, Brad. My biggest struggle was getting them to keep growing during the dearth. Even though I was feeding them, they still wouldn't grow much for about a month. The earliest ones I made were double deeps by the end of the year and the late summer ones were able to grow into healthy 5 frame nucs before winter. I sure fed a lot though. Something like 450 pounds of sugar, but very worth it. Thanks for the great videos! I'm looking forward to what you share with us next season!
Thank you....well done. Your method of explaining is very calming, easy to follow and not feel intimidated
Thank you
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it and passing it on to the rest of us. Much appreciated…I have SUBSCRIBED.
Than you for watching and subscribing
Nice method and very encouraging video, thanks.
Thank you for watching
Awesome info. I really enjoy your videos and learn alot. Keep them coming!
Great video! Thanks!
Great stuff
Thank you for making this video.
Absolutely. Thank you for watching
Big fan of pint jars too.
I use these except I made a FD box into 4 x 2 frame nucs, with 4 entrances on the box. Works a treat,
Good idea
Good idea to multiply bees. I prefer walk away splits taking the old queen and then I split again the ones that have a capped queen cells. I don’t like having extra inventory to deal with it. I have 5,7 and 10 frames boxes and they serve me well. But the amount of work remains. Success.
That's a good idea also. Thank you for watching
What we need is drawn comb. Drawn comb is the key to all sorts of positive things in Beekeeping. The stuff is like gold dust.
It is certainly a valuable commodity
question, I have access to a great location for an out yard, but it is only 1 mile from the home yard. If the splits were made to not be too dependant on forager bees would a 1 mile separation be enough distance to make queenless splits and not be so suspitable to be robbed out. I have tried to splits in my home yard and it was a disaster, robbing was brutal. I like your videos lots of data and no fluff, you are doing great.
1 mile will surely reduce your robbing considerably, but more importantly, when there is no nectar flow, have very small entrances and good a population in the split to defend it. Thank you for watching
Great tips👍👍👍
Thank you for watching
Does the heat of the sun affect them if u have them in the sun??
Not any different than any other hive. They have no trouble regulating the heat. They will move out and beard pretty heavy sometimes but I've used them successfully all Summer
@@ChiltonBeeCompany ok thanks
@@ChiltonBeeCompany one more thing do you recommend shaking a frame a bees along with the frame of bees??
Not after the cold weather is gone, unless you use a solid frame of open larvae. A solid frame of open larvae takes a good amount of bees to cover the brood during the night. Better to use a frame of capped and open larvae
Thank you.
Thank you for watching
Can you do this with full sized boxes and just have frames of foundation and still do it? I don’t have any 2 frame boxes but I have some 5 frame boxes and a lot of 10 frame boxes.
You could but a small colony of bees does much better in a smaller cavity. If your going to use a 10F box it works much better to use a double screen board over a stronger colony
@@ChiltonBeeCompany awesome thank you for the tip!
Bracken, if you didn't get a chance to try it this year, you could use those 5 frame nuc boxes and make a follower board to reduce their space. Then you can move the follower board and add frames as they grow.
On the walk away split, after the 4 day wait and leaving the 1 queen cell, do you go back in to check for more later on or should that be it?
You won't need to check again
Thanks for your help LORD Bless
Thank you for watching. Lord Bless you
Good info. The Intro is a little overmuch.