Pt1 USING SWARM CELLS to make a two frame split 

There great to use especially when you have a good choice 🐝

Very welcome and thank you, yes looking forward to the new season. Sorry to hear you have lost colonies but it does happen unfortunately. 🐝

Hi Temijin, thanks for comment, yes you are right. I have cut cells and used them but for this vid it was not really needed. 😊🐝

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Hi, if it’s in the same apiary it’s no problem. I moved the new nuc 2 meters from the main hive. If you are to move the nuc further to a new location, close it up with sticks and grass, once placed in new location pull a little bit of the grass out so the bees are occupied trying to clear the hive entrance. They will start orientation flights, learning their new hive location. 🐝

Hi Julian, true but not always the case in some hives. If you can still see fresh eggs you most likely have time. But for the purpose of the video, the swarm cells were left a little to use. 🐝

I am thinking the queen leaving when there are capped queen cell is mythology. I have seen capped queen cells and the queen in hives. I do move the capped cells with a frame of bees to nuc boxes to create more colonies.

Lots of things can trigger a hive to turn, sometimes it sort’s itself out. I find when a hive has no queen they can be more on edge. Once the new hive settles down with a new queen see how they are with the new generation. The weather can affect them also, look for robbing going on there are so many variables. If your hive posits being nasty you may want to re Queen. Give them a little time 🐝

Hi Andrew, we use masonry paint, I believe it was ‘sandtex’ 🐝

Yes this hive was left a little longer for established queen cells. But yes that is a good practice to keep in mind. 🐝

Hi Clinton, yes they are polystyrene hives 🐝

Hi Adam, it’s a Honey paw

Hi Yvonne, it really depends on the bees, I try not to over smoke them. So just enough to move them out the way and calm them if needed. 😊🐝

Brood is to describe all the stages in the cells 🐝

Hi Gray, no in fact she is going strong. As long as you know what you are doing in a situation like this, not all Queens will leave. 🐝

Hi Leandro, I was in the hive quite a long time and the bees as nice as they are were starting to all come back from foraging. With nowhere to go they had to bee moved from the frames and calmed a little. 🐝😊

Yes audio via mic would be better, early days still. But then, if you are in an open beehive you are going to hear bees. 🙂

Thanks for Reply : good point. Bees make Buzzy noise when opening up a Hive.... 😏 But as a Learning Tool Video Part 1 and Part 2 should be supported by on screen Text and or Points to what's been 'shown'. We can always see Visuals but if you don't understand what your watching as a Newbie Beek : it isn't much of a learning aid. Another Beek with great screen graphics is David Burns a USA YT Beek. 👀

I will say they were overly noisy that day, you have some good points. Thanks for comment 🙂

@@mmb_MeAndMyBees Make your own videos then Einstein; this was easy to follow for anyone with half a brain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏼

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