Firstly apologies for the poor position of the camera in the first 5 minutes.However i like to think its all about content. Hope it passes on some info on how i do my introduction.
Wow! Very nice editing! Loving the drone shots 👍 As you have said if you know your bees and can read their intentions it makes things a lot easier, I've been running virgins into mating Nucs myself and mated queens into full hives once I have decided whether she's accepted by leaving the queen in the cage on top for a few minutes, I'll go through a neighbouring hive then go back, it's pretty easy to see if they want her or not. though I'm currently re queening some full sized hives with 'special' queens I've been waiting months for, no chances being taken so they are in push in cages for a while 😉 Your videos are really great, real information from your own experiences rather than made up tosh or rambling on about something just to pad out the film. Good stuff!!!! 🙂👌
BRILLIANT INFORMATION.ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT,VERY GOOD MONITORING AND BEING IN TUNE.I NEVER KNEW THE INTRODUCTORY/ROBBING SCENARIO"makes perfect sense ,I watch so many people it is SO nice to hear vital information ,that's my boy Richard man u getting sharp I seeing u progress same as I am very good u kicking ass !!
Every video of yours that I watch, you tell us what you doing and then you always go into dept of why you doing it. You don't just show us u explain it in a way that just about anyone should be able to use those technic. I only have 2 hives and this is my first year, but even I could use that info. Now granite I don't need a lot of queens but because of ur explanations I could do the same thing just scaled back a lot. Ty
Richard thanks again for a GREAT VIDEO. The topics you are covering are the important little things that make the difference between success and failure and I am not finding these applications covered in books or other videos. What a GREAT SERVICE you are providing to us, the typical Apiarist. THANK YOU from Washington State USA. Luv the rolling!
Hi new F.B. friend, I like your queen rearing videos, I will try making queens this year. I have transferred queen cells from swarming colonies but have not grafted. Thanks for the information. Good luck with your new honey building!!!!
Richard, thank for putting out such great videos. I have a bunch of virgins hatching out today in my incubator and am going to introduce them later today Into mating nucs following your protocol. Normally I place cells but wanted to try running in virgins. I will let you know how it goes...
Just an update: I made a bunch of small colonies and mating nucs queenless yesterday. Today I introduced virgins that hatched in my incubator this morning. All went well! Thank you for the tips in the video.
I use the hair roller cages too. There are days when I walk into a gold mine. A hive either is about to swarm or swarmed. Once I see a virgin I isolate her and go to work. I go thru the hive looking for queen cells in "about to emerge" condition. That's easy. They look like the ends are peeled off. I take a razor knife and cut the end. A head pops out and I quickly put the roller cage on and the virgin emerges into cage untouched. There are times when I can find 8 or more. To introduce I get a bucket of nurse bees by shaking hives. I put two cups of bees into each mini mating nuc... I spray virgins with syrup and drop one into each nuc. It's not perfect but about half the time or better it works. It's fun and those queens are goners if I don't rescue them. Every single one of you that read this needs to try it once. It's like having 8 pregnant wives. 😂
your method is good but its not always easy to find a colony in the state where the virgins are hatching out, but occasionally i find this too. i generally dont keep many of these virgins as their F2's. good method and as i always say, if it works for you, thats great! good beekeeping. your understanding it and using it to suit your needs. Thanks for your comments!
Steve's Outdoor World hi Steve, I treat all year around but mostly after summer harvest. Try and carry out a 4 treatment regime with 6 days between each treatment.
Very good video, u got a good name to. I am going to try the nicot system and c what I can do, just don’t know if I can mark her, not much feeling in my thumbs again good job
I like how you explain the things you're doing. Had to subscribe. I'm thinking strongly about raising bees. I just need the dimensions of boxes and frames because I'm a cabinet builder. And those are expensive.
Wedge Lewis hi, have a look a must video on Mini-Plus mating nucs I released before Xmas, that should give you most of the dimensions. The boxes themselves are 30 x30 cms. Regards Richard.
@@richardnoel3141 Thanks, if there's any woodworking tips you need, I'll help you. Crazy stuff like how to cut a perfect circle on a table saw. Or how to measure drawers for cabinets. Always remember that plywood is not exactly. It is a 32th off in inches. Add a 16th to the one in between the sides to get the perfect size " [ ---- ] " .the dotted line is the middle and you can see the sides. 😁
Nice job Question. Do you put cells in incubator as soon as capped or wait as you would for cell placement in mating nuc? I guess you have a 5 (safely) day window from day nine from egg to day 14 from egg. I cant ever say how old they until they are capped. Then I know I have 6 days. Have you seen anything deficient in incubated queens? I'm with you in that virgins are easier to install than people think and it gives a chance to filter the scrubs. Cheers mate Tom
Hi Tom, ive seen no difference in queens moved to the incubator as soon as they are capped over, but i would say, where possible, if you have a finisher, leave them in there when you can. it rules out the possibilities of problems due to cold or sudden change in temperatures especially as soon as they are just capped over, their vulnerable to problems if disturbed by knocking them etc.. I cant prove how much better it is really but i find it gives me a little more time too, as our weather seems to be so changeable from 1 day to the next.
Richard Noel well to me it saves a step as you dont have to worry about cell not hatching etc. Hey really great vids covering the whole process. Thanks dont know how you find the time.😎
Minute 4, can you please explain what kind of queen is she ? a Buckfast or what cause I have one exactly like her but i cant tell. Thank you so much for the video, and I would really appreciate if you would spare some time to reply, that would help me a lot
Hello Endrit, nice to be in contact. All virgins I introduce are are BUCKFAST F1s, (all daughters or pedigree queens.) the colours can vary interestingly, but mostly look alike.
@@richardnoel3141 In my beekeeping yard, I have all queens Carniolan and I have another question since I watch your videos and you are an experienced beekeeper. My question is : Is there any problems for Buckfast virgins to mate with Carniolan drones, is there any disadvantage ? Thank you so much for your reply, god bless you.
You don't have small hive Beatles there? I tried a push in cage with a new mated queen but when I went back in to release the cage was littered with shb larva, luckily the queen survived and is laying great. Have very few shb in the hive but just a word of warning for those that do to keep an eye on it if you use a cage.
Martin Hill oh dear, luckily we don’t have small hive beetle here, yet!!! But it’s just over the alps so it probably won’t be long! Thanks for your comment!!
rimsa80 you can but I am not sure you would need to. If your mixing bees they never fight, only unless there is more than one queen in the colony. So if your harvesting a queen and not leaving any to fight there’s never an issue.,.
it dosent really matter how much capped brood, as long as its about to emerge and as long as the queen has some access to nectar. but best to have a cage of about 15 x 20 cms, (the one in the pic is small i find but still works just great) but bigger gives the queen more room to lay protected. those nurse bees get well established feeding the queen and mingling, then turn passing the message on through pheromones that the queen is laying. the queen in turn then sayers to lay up under the cage etc etc. a small area or emerging brood is all that necessary really. if its too big you can end up with a mass of nurse bees under the cage and overcrowding. have a look at the other video i did called "Requeening in Vermont" hope this helps you.
I have 5 hives, started in 2015, just finished a course on queen rearing. I am in total awe of how well you have done. Congratulations and many thanks for the instructive videos. Best regards, Diego.
Asmir M yes this is a common problem, just make sure you make your nucs at least a week before you put in your queens. The day before, day 5 or 6, go in and cut out emergency cels. The they have nothing to make a new queen frimas the remaining larvae are too old! They will accept your new queen.,but, leave her in the cage for a day before you break the tabs,, giving them access to the candy plug. This helps the bees get used to the bees and vice versa! Best of luck
@@richardnoel3141I wasn't clear enough. I pull out mated queens and couple of hours a give them virgins. I think I'll have to give them cells for better acceptance.
I'm a new bee keeper. Do you think the new Virgin Queen is in defense mode because she was around other virgins, so she actually thought she had to defend herself?
At 15:35 you're talking about a queen that has laid up the Mini-Plus overnight. Then you say you'll put her in another nuc and make the hopelessly queenless. That doesn't make much sense with all those eggs she's just laid! LOL
Paul Walton , you don’t know bees by the sound of it, there are reasons a bee keeper might do this, or maybe you misunderstood what he ment, splits can be manipulated and original hives as well , swarming season and a bunch of other decisions on why so don’t judge unless you know about bees and also each beekeeper has there own way on how they deal with there hives, these guys have been doing bees for years , maybe you need to learn a few things.
@@fishmut That was very rude. Do you know what "hopelessly queenless" means? It isn't possible for a colony with brood in all stages to be "hopeless". By definition, they have the ability to create a new queen.
ok i see your point.i suppose you talking about the fact I am not centre picture when talking. i am sorry about this, but its the content in my mind thats more important.
