The goal of this channel is to promote Beekeeping in a positive light, and to provide quality content of our success and failures, in our Sideline Beekeeping operation. Craig has been keeping bees for over 25 Years and upon his retirement from Law Enforcement decided to start focusing on expanding our operation. We currently run around 100 production colonies and produce Nucs and Honey. We enjoy learning new ideas and keeping up to date with the Beekeeping industry. Thanks for stopping by.
Quick questions: will a new queen reverse, kill or otherwise stop a laying worker? And is there any difference between the drones of a laying worker and the drones of the queen?
I am in Virginia, it hit 71 today just wonderful I am checking hives and equaling next 3 day are going to be wonderful as well I enjoyed your video Thnks for doing them Have a blessed week
I needed this help when I was a young beekeeper. But didn’t have anyone to show me the way, so I read and did a lot of failing before I figured it out. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
Wow! The 2024 season is here already. We are excited to begin rearing some queens to make some early splits. There is nothing like the energy in the spring APIARY. Let us know if we confused any of you, lol sometimes we confuse ourselves when we begin. Hope you all are well and have an amazing 2024 season! God Bless and Happy Beekeeping!
Hello Hello Craig it is good to see you back in the bee yard an I know you are glad to be back in there also . You looking at the drones we are having drones by the truck load already here so maybe yours are just around the corner. For some reason my home yard last season went into winter was a lot smaller than I like for them to be but everything in both yards came out of winter doing great but this yard was still smaller but in the last two weeks they have gone wide open an I have added a super to all but one box just to give room mainly. I hope you have a great season an looking forward to see what you have going on. I always like to see what bee keepers around me are doing that way it kind of tells me just what I should be planning for my operation. One thing I have dandelions going wide open an I have not saw that many in years an year. Thanks
Wish mine were that nice in cloudy and cool days. Ate me up!! Good to see you again my friend. I like to texted you the other day to check on you 😂😂. Just pulled my first cells today from my builder.
Hey Mike! I’m playing catch up with RU-vid, but I really like your swarm trapping video. Can you believe I’ve never caught a swarm in an intentionally set swarm trap. I try every year lol. We catch some in old equipment. Going to build a box like yours. I hope you all are well. Prayers for you my friend and a great season.
Thanks for tuning in. I started going when I was about 13 and went for several years. Then life happened and I quit attending and just stayed a member of the state. I really should come back. It was always a great association.
cant wait for mine to get back from Almonds. my plans are to make lots of queens this year. last year was a rough year for queens for me. the queens I bought failed, and all I made just replaced them, no growth in colonies at all.
I hope the bees come back from the almonds in great shape ready to split. Those kind of years happen when you just play catch up. Prayers for a great season.
The first inspection of the cell builder colonies is always fun. Its always nice to see they are doing well. We noticed a few drones, so we will be rearing queens before long. We are planning on continuing the stop buying bees series since we didn't get to complete it. These colonies are well on their way to producing some good queens for us. Let us know what you think? or if you have any questions, be sure to comment below. Hope everyone is well and Happy Beekeeping!
Hello Hello Hello I thought you must have got a call. I use the same container to do my bricks an I get around 6 to 61/2 bricks out of 10 Lbs. I also put mine in the oven at 170 because that is as low as ours will go for about a hour an s half also a paint mixer on a drill with sugar in a five gallon bucket does great to mix an it keeps it off your hands . So good to see you back an looking forward to your updates . Thanks
Yes it does make sense to use the mixer and bucket, especially when making a lot. The sugar really tears up your hands after a bit. Thanks 🙏 for watching.
