Caring for hatching queens in the incubator. 

Nicot and an incubator were game changers for me. Lots of great queens! Brings back memories. Merci!

i'm so glad i just found this, i birthed a couple of queens today out of swarm cells and have them banked ontop of a hive. i never thought to put honey on the inside of the roller cage. the bees dont seem to interested in them, so i'm hoping if they are still alive in the morning i can give them a feed like that!

I don’t raise queens but I can see why it’s easier for you to mark them when they’re newly emerged. I always wait until they’re mated just so I don’t waste time marking ones that never come back. I definitely wasn’t afraid a drone would reject them. If I had them all locked up already I would mark all of them too. I practiced grabbing queens with drones. If you accidentally squish them no big deal lol

so glad I found this video tonight! I've got cells hatching and really needed this information. Thanks for all the valuable knowledge provide.

Thank you !! I really enjoyed watching and learning.

To mark I use a bamboo barbecue scwer , not the pointed end but the blunt end, which I just touch the brush and then touch the thorax with it and it puts a nice round mark.

Richard, thanks for the great video. I also working with the queens at the moment. I but the honey and water in at the bottom when we put the cages over queen cells. This results that the queens have directly feed and water. Keep up the good work. I really like you videos

Indeed, there is no difference in marking before mating flights. I mostly mark them right out of the incubator too, easy and they are still slow and don't try to fly off.....usually😊

Great video Richard. Having just started raising my own queens with limited success but getting better each time, this was extremely informative. This is the 1st of its kind I have seen. Thank you. I am in South Carolina and what you do in Brittany does work here.

Great videos Richard, cool to be able to learn some great techniques while waiting for spring to start here in NZ, thanks for taking the time

Thank’s for teaching once again 😊!

Great information. Really like your setup. Thanks so much.

I was so happy when I heard your explanation of queens going back into the cells. I have lost a few by them going back up. Thank you for your videos!

Thank you for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍

I found, for whatever reason that my emerging virgins do not last long in the incubator, even if being fed a bit of honey/water....they last longer to bank them in a finisher...the nurse bees will feed them above the queen excluder..... One time I lost every queen in one bank when I put small amount of honey in the bottom of the roller cage and they all got stuck at the bottom when they fell upside down and stuck wings on the bottom. was an odd sight to find them all stuck.....live and learn.....now, if I'm banking them in the finisher, I don't put any food in the roller cage.

Awesome demo!

So pinching the abdomen on unmated virgins doesn't seem to affect performance? Without water they can consume honey undiluted ? Why not dilute honey with water and add a pinch of pollen to the mix to ensure development when banked for more than a few hours? We turn what you call top lid and place on bottom with the previously described mix. Thanks for sharing an unpopular technique amongst the superstitious. Marking virgins makes no difference in mating or acceptance rates. As usual excellent vid concise and informative. Hive on bro.

Brilliant more like this please

Great video. I'm always worried that I will squeeze the queen too hard and damage her, so I use one of those teloscopic devices with sponge in. There a bit fiddly though and I reckon easy to damage the queen when closing it. Will try my fingers next time though after seeing this.

Bravo

GREAT VIDEO

Hi Richard As usual I am enjoying your videos!!!! For some reason I'm not looking at them all in order. Just finished Looking at the way You put the paint on the back of the Queens I gave up the posca pens , ( I just keep it to write down on the roof of the hive) And use the same type of paint that I find and most been keeping supply stores. Next year with my Bee Buddy We are going to start to make our own queens from A F 0 That we will get in the beginning of the season. We are so excited with this new project. Are your queens buckfast Queens ?? They are so yellow they almost look like Italian queens. Don't Queen's sting When I see you holding them bare handed I am kind of worried.. I've always used what they call cage de marquage And the job is good so I never thought about getting stung by a Queen.😂😂 Thank you for sharing all your experience And experiences ...Just looked at your last video about the ivy, yes this year is totally incredible I agree !!!! Bonne continuation !!!😁😁 Peter. 28 , Eure et loir

Brilliant video, thank you 😊

Awesome queens 😍😍😍

Fantastic video many thanks

Howdy from the Central Texas Richard. I am searching for the Lincu Avitec 24 egg incubator you are using in video. Can not find it yet. Do you have a trusted link? Thanks EggMan.

How long can u store the queens in the incubator

😅❤❤❤ Thank you

Wouldn't you say the Qs are going back into the cell because if they were emerging in a bank the workers may be feeding them. But in the incubator you are the worker that must feed them , until then they crawl back in to the cell looking for nourishment. Though, even in a bank they crawl into the cells sometimes.

Incubator for Eggs 🐣🦆🐤 is 37C aka Body Temp.... I have several that are Manual Operated (don't auto turn) ... Might try to raise some Queens next Year ! At least I won't get lots of Cockerels🐓 or Drake's 🦆 in adding Queen Cups into the Incu.... 😆 Happy Beekeeping 2021. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Thanks for sharing

Why not place the honey in the brown disposable portion of the cell cup after removing the old cell, certan to simplify cleaning hair rollers

Thank you for the helpful video. What are the trays with the holes in them that hold the roller cages in the incubator and where to get them. They look much better than wooden blocks that I use.

nice,thanks sir

Good stuff. Thanks

fantastic - AGAIN!

Great stuff thankyou

Amazing i would like this video

Very good informative video Richard is the marker paint water based ?

How long can you leave the newly hatched & fed queens in the incubator before installing them into your nucs?

How long with that small amount of honey hold them?

Why not put the honey in before you put the cell in?

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What is the cup/cage/frame system you use?

I thought they said, queen bee only eat royal Jell-O

Well y question is why have all those pennys on top of incubator . Rob.

Nise

Can I have a link for your incubator please.?

On a commercial scale, how often are you requeening your hives?

It is now 3rd of October and I have three Queens not laying yet, in minie nukes in lreland.

You don't use queen candy (powdered sugar and honey) for feed? Why don't you put honey in the bottom with the royal jelly? Bob Binnie did a 8 part class in Florida but he has hives and works in Georgia.

sorry sir,would u like to write that youtub channel you rekomend?

Well ol buddy I for one realy enjoyed your ex on marking them . Rob.p

You always emerge in incubator?

I have a question what is the percentage of the humidity for the queens to hatch thanks.

On a commercial scale, how often are you requeening your hives?