Thanks again Bob for a great video! With shaking the bees from the 2nd deep and undersupering with an undrawn box, you're not concerned about them being inclined to making a 2nd queen out of the brood above the excluder with the brood being broken up like that, Bob?
I know there are beekeepers that do this on purpose to re-queen. The greater the distance of separation the more likely that it will happen. You'll notice that the double deep colonies that got top supered got two but the ones that were under supered with the deep above only got one which makes it less likely. The short answer to your question is I am not concerned it. If it were to happen we will handle it.
@@bobbinnie9872, Nice! Thanks Bob! I did something similar last year because I was a little desperate and in a time pinch as I had to go out of town when flow was starting and some hives getting ready to swarm. I put a new deep between the 2 bottom ones with one drawn frame in middle, which seemed to effectively accomplish multiple things, swarm reduction, lots of wax drawing, requeening and honey production! Bob, what do you think is the % probability with your undersupering method for them making a second queen?
I couldnt keep watching this without doing something I bought a 3 story wintered last years swarm . It needs to stay 3 high as its full of bees . I sat and watched them haul in pollen for about 2 hrs it was a beautifull 18°C day today . Thanks for enabling me On 7 may 2023
My end up having that box/ nuck over the double screen almost all year. We use round entrances and corks on most of our boxes for all those different configurations. I just wish one more spring month.. so l can be relaxed like you and slow down. Looks good so far, no real drought..let's hope this is a good year. Love these real work videos
put medium boxes with foundation in the middle of my hives about a week ago. With the same thoughts glad to see I'm doing something right I always look forward to your videos thanks a lot Bob.
I'm getting ready for winter here in Australia and watching you guys happy and excited for Spring makes me happy!!! thank you Bob, I learn a lot from your videos!
@@gavinfry7176 the bees here in the Northern Rivers NSW are still in full swing: I have 6 frames of brood in each box which is good because we're having waves of Paper Bark
Looking good Bob! Those are going to be some great looking nics. I have 4 queens coming from Seth the first week of May. Seth is such a hard working young man. Great to see all the help you provide him. Also what a great over all crew, they work so good together. Going to see how these queens like Illinois weather.
Bob.miro todos tus videos siempre aprendo algo a pesar que llevo 20 años de Apicultor, aquí estamos en Otoño preparando para la invernada ,un abrazo desde Argentina !
I am always excited to see your videos very informative very smooth explaining I love watching you have a wonderful great season stay healthy be happy peace
Yeah we experienced alot of different things this year. We split earlier and honey flow starting earlier. No swarms yet either thanks to your methods Bob! Another good Sunday morning video from my favorite group.
Great video. Lots of new tricks that are so good to learn. You have asuch a wonderful team. Love the interaction between you guys. Thank you so much! And I noticed you had a new bee suit with no vented sleeves. It made me feel safer even I am not the one wearing it 😄
Thanks. The overalls I used to purchase are no longer available. The closed sleeves definitely have their advantages but I know I'll miss the old style when it gets hot. 👍
So, Bob, I live in Washington State near Canadian Border. And we still have days 30-40 F. The trees have just started getting green buds but no flowers on them. It's amazing that you are already in honey flow season. I wish we could have Georgia weather. Love the videos, about the only thing keeping me going while I wait for the season to start NW.
Interesting video, always learn something from you , I heard you say when putting a queen excluder on that "drones" will not pass through in all the books I have read never been mentioned , one for the book Peter 🇦🇺
Getting ten of your queens next week. Was going to stop by today with questions because I figured you would be at Blue Ridge Honey Company because of the rain. But, had to chase down some windshield wipers instead! I'm back up to 35 hives again this year so, I'm pretty excited. Love your video. Gave me some more options. And, yes, I did get a big swarm with an unmarked queen last week. All my queens are marked so, I expect I might have got one of your swarms! Or, maybe some other nieghbor's swarm.
glad you are getting good weather back there. spring is supposed to show up here in Oregon on tuesday. it was 42 and raining 2 days ago calling for 80 on Friday. the bees are having a hard time even CA didnt help them this year. 3 weeks behind making nucs.
In central Cal, when I see red honey like that, it’s usually when my bees zero in on hummingbird feeders. Usually they do that in a dearth though. They will cap it, but never eat it.
I know you have colonies in nc at least part of the year. Tulip poplar is blooming as far up as Wilkesboro, NC that I've seen. So maybe? I'm in the mountains of NC and I'm seeing tons of light honey right now in my honey production colonies. I've got to get busy on my nucs... good luck this year with the bees.
Red honey may be silver maple, as per a previous video of yours with a 79 year old beekeeper who used exclusively medium boxes. I love your content, and I'm using your approach of 3x each year till I'm swimming in bees. I have learned a lot and aim to stay the course.
@@jaredmatthewsmith7121 my apologies... I believe that may have been a video by Bob Binnie. I sample content from as many sources as possible. I enjoy your channel and look forward to your next upload. Have you ever considered the idea number of colonies per apiary? I know mites are a significant issue but this seems to be exacerbated by colony count. Comparable to a communicable disease situation with people and living in an urban area as compared to suburban or rural areas. I acknowledge the burden of logistics apply to the beekeeper. Ty, hope all is well
I'm in Central New York. It's too early for a honey flow here. Dandelions are just starting to pop. I've had nectar coming in for several weeks now. Maples popped about 10 days ago. So I'm not sure of where the nectar is coming from.
Greatly appreciate the bee saving info, thanks to God's faithfulness, yall and kaymon, I've turned 4 hives into 12 in past 6wks. One question, how do the hives with box slid over for ventilation not get flooded in heavy rains?
Hi Bob, thanks for the video! I’m curious about propping the lids open. What are your observations with how rain affects this? I’m also wondering if you think it’s strictly extra ventilation that curbs the swarming impulse or if it is that the cracks you leave are big enough to serve as a second entrance. I know some people put entrances in some of their honey supers to cut down on the congestion in the brood nest. Thanks!
Great post from BBU…as always. Hey Bob, any suggestions how to get bees to move nectar/honey out of a second broodbox into the supers? Cheers…keep them videos coming. Much enjoyed.
Thank you for these informative videos, such good stuff,its awesome to see an experienced bee keeper as yourself not know something! Lol did you ever figure out what nectar was coming in?
Looking at this I wander around the idea of how you manage to have those strong hives this early in the year. I’m located in N Tx. Is Georgia ahead of Tx in terms of weather? I know that the vegetation is abounded there. With regards to the manipulation of bees and techniques of yours I can not comprehend. I applied simple techniques/methods that work but I am not fully satisfied with the results. God bless you Bob and your family including your hard working team.
Thank you. I don't know if in the southern Appalachians we are ahead of north Texas or not. I wouldn't think there would be too much difference. I would also suggest what works for us may not be the best for everyone.
Had a monster of a hive swarm 2 days ago, heifer swarmed and left queen cups behind with larvae so small it couldn't even be called a "C" yet. I'd just checked it last week no cells , they switched gears quick.
Great to see Bob from a dowly wet UK. Question on your observation hive do you leave it open to the light all of the time? And if so do the girls not propylise the glass/perspex
Hey Bob, I've seen you demonstrate how to use the double screen boards to make a two queen system and also mention requeening using a similar method. I'm curious as to why you might prefer to requeen as opposed to running a two queen system? Is there a disadvantage to a two queen system that I'm missing?
Bob - Here in NE TN over thee last couple weeks have been Blueberry, wild American Plum, Crab Apple/Apple, Autumn Olive, Honeysuckle Bush (not Vine) and Black Haw (Hackberry/Sugarberry may be close. - lots of nectar coming in. Locust and Tulip Popular has not started blooming; red bud is on the way out this past week - if that gives you better reference of timing here versus your location.
Hi Bob, got some questions regarding adding additional entrances. For how long do you leave the extra entrance open? What about rainy weather, with the extra entrances. Thanks
Bob, with the first example you showed, why did you leave the gap between the two supers? Why not rotate the double screen board and shift it and the nuc deep forward to create the entrance gap between the double screen board and the upper super?
