What happens to a beehive 7 days after placing a double screened dividing board between brood boxes. 

When you are ready for a break from the cold, come on down, we are going to hit 82 today. And look, don't worry about helping out in the yards, I just finished our splits yesterday so we can just enjoy some great food and talk about the honey that's going to be coming in. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoffI stopped by the abbey today to visit the gift shop and will be passing through again soon, what days are you usually there ?

I'm so lucky and blessed to be able to work in nature. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jennie. Mr. Ed

Why are you looking at those blackberries bloomers? God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Yes I have 30 acres of them everywhere.

Keep them Scottish bees warm, and they will get the honey for you. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Actually, I don't because all I can think about is how many hive beetles are going to be released from their corrals by my action. Thanks for watching. God's peace Steve. Mr. Ed

You will see him next Friday, hang tight. God's peace Don. Mr. Ed

I agree 100%. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and taking the time to follow along with our bee wrangling adventures, it is all GREATLY appreciated. Best wishes for your successes in the coming year. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

I sure do hope so, but it is looking good right now. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

It is only as complicated as you want to make it. Since I only go into my hives twice a year, to make splits and to harvest the honey, I find it very simple. Don't throw in the towel before you take your bath. God for it! Thanks for watching. God's peace Randy. Mr. Ed

I'm starting my hive in a few days. I've been watching so many videos and I know I just need to start. I plan on spending as little money as possible by using free material to design something that resembles what I've seen. So all I now need, is the starter wax for the frames and I've got my first ever hive. Sharing this to encourage you to just start and see what happens. 😃

Thank you so much for your very kind words and for taking the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures, it is greatly appreciated. If only you could convince your wife about putting a beehive or 2 by the garden. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

I have several more videos on making splits, but I highly recommend for beginners to check out the videos on using a double screened dividing board to make the split, very simple and usually successful. The first link below is a video on that subject and the second is how I built them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RzR2zzU5HBE.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JcAlBIDVJbk.html

Keeping bees is unique to the area one lives in, and in learning techniques, local knowledge is the secret to being successful at it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew. Mr. Ed

A great way to make queens and do splits for sure.Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Ashley. Mr. Ed

You are correct, we have all the fun down here....at least a little bit earlier than most. God's peace Brice. Mr. Ed

Our bees are really doing well this year, and I can hardly wait till the honey starts coming in. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

So happy for you and your bees, keep me posted. God's peace Nola. Mr. Ed

I have a feeling our honey crop will be a great one this year based on the number of bees in the hives this early on. Now, if only Mother Nature cooperates and allows the nectar flow to be abundant and long. I'm happy to be a part of your Friday's , thank you for allowing me that honor. Until the next one, God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thank you so much, very happy to hear you enjoyed watching. Until the next one, God's peace. Mr. Ed

You are very welcome, and thank you for taking the time to watch. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I'll probably stop using them as well, it just bothers me to have the field bees all ganged up on the back of the box. Those were the prettiest ones we saw all day. Julian would have kept them all....I did. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

A big AMEN on that! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I hope you have the same results as we did, 100%, 62 out of 62 had emergency cells in them. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

You are very welcome, and I hope you will continue to watch, learn, and enjoy. Remember, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed

And thank you for your blessings and for watching, it is greatly appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace James. Mr. Ed

This method is so easy even a caveman could do it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew. Mr. Ed

Congratulations on keeping your bees alive, it is a real challenge. Keep up your efforts and continue to learn. Thanks for watching. God's peace Tony. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff Thanks, I appreciate that! God's peace is a very valuable thing to have!

And I am very glad you discovered my channel as well. Thank you for taking the time to watch, and remember, I post a new video every Friday. Until the next one, God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

They are very easy to make, and are the simplest way to split hives for beginners or old timers like myself. I did 62 hives using the boards and had 62 hives produce emergency cell queens in them. You will not be disappointed with the results. Again, thank you for your gift and for watching. God's peace Jim. Mr. Ed

Glad you enjoyed the video, I hope you found it useful. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kevin. Mr. Ed

The method I use is very fail safe with almost a 100% chance of working. I finished 62 splits with all 62 hives producing queen cells. I still have 12 or 13 that have to be checked and that will be done next week. Good luck with your splits. God's peace Linda. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff thank you! God bless

So very glad to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Julianne. Mr. Ed

When the boxes are full of bees and the nectar is coming in, those are the perfect ingredients to make ANY beekeeper happy! Glad to hear you liked the video, thanks so much for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

And a great day it always is working with them. Thanks for watching. God's peace Thomas. Mr. Ed

É um prazer saber que você está assistindo de Portugal, fico muito feliz em saber que apicultores de outras partes do mundo estão observando o jeito que eu prendo as abelhas. Muito obrigado por suas palavras gentis e apoio para o que estou fazendo, e estou ansioso para ouvir de você novamente em breve. A paz de Deus. Sr. Ed

Personally, I have never sampled it....yet, but hopefully one day I will. Thanks for watching. God's peace Gail. Mr. Ed

So very happy to hear that, and in case you missed last weeks post on installing the boards and splitting a hive using swarm cells, the link is below. Also, if you didn't know, I post a new video each Friday, and I look forward to hearing from you on those as well. Until the next time, God's peace. Mr. Ed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VHXhGgz8_Jw.html

Though the particulars of keeping bees varies from place to place, many of the techniques practiced hold true everywhere. Double screened dividing boards work anywhere, you just have to get the timing adjusted. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Calvin. Mr. ed

@@JeffHorchoff Yes Sir, but it's not snowing this week in Louisiana & you clearly don't have issues with lack of nectar. God bless you, I enjoyed your trip to this yard~

Thank you brother, you are so very kind and generous. God's peace Larry. Mr. Ed

Great, it should bee a family affair. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

I have been opening my videos that way since the beginning, over 11 years now. In fact, on a few of my older videos I have several folks saying for me. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed

The honey harvest is just 8 weeks away....stay hungry! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Marianne. Mr. Ed

Happy to hear you enjoyed the video. The link below is from last week showing how the double screened board is placed and the criteria I base the assessment on using it....plus using swarm cell. Check it out and let me know what you think of it. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VHXhGgz8_Jw.html

Still, smoke stresses bees and I use as little as necessary. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff Very true. Just amazed to see critters moving like water.

Because there were so many bees in both the top and bottom box, I want the field bees from the top box to return to the original hive after I move the top box away. This helps reduce the chance of the old queen swarming by stealing her workers and helps the bottom box hive bring in nectar. My main concern about keeping bees is honey production. Thanks for watching. God's peace Mary. Mr. Ed

We do have the cultivated ones that are ready in late August as well. Actually, as these are significantly larger, I prefer them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff seen them all Jeff,great job, and I learn quite a lot from watching thank you.

Charlie has been giving the Rooster lessons on queen spotting....and it still has not helped him. The entrance is placed in the rear of the hive to prevent confusion and create separation between the hives. Thanks for watching. God's peace Alan. Mr. Ed

Sorry, but I did not hear a thing. But I would have to say it was not due to the fact I split this hive even before there were queen cells in it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Timothy. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff maybe just a couple of seconds before 22:18 right after the queen was spotted

The reason I like her in the top is because I will move her from the original location to help reduce the chances of her swarming later in the season. If she is moved, it steals all her field bees as they go back to the original location. God's peace Tony. Mr. Ed

Thanks for the tip and for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jason. Mr. Ed

I leave all the cells in the box and let the bees work it out amongst themselves. After all, there can only be one queen per hive. God's peace Brian. Mr. Ed

You guys have it so hard. Give me the heat any day over the cold. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Hello Judi, and thank you so much for wanting to support the monks and their works, for the blessings you gave, and for taking the time to watch this video. St. Joseph Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, is located about 50 miles north of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is home to about 34 monks ranging from the age of 27 to 84. They do have a web page, and the address is: saintjosephabbey.com if you'd like to find out more about it. Also, it is the largest seminary college in the United States. Of course they happily accept all donations as this is their primary source for sustaining their lifestyle, but they also have several cottage industries that contribute to their well being as well, and these you will discover if you look at the web page. Any contribution goes into a general fund, however if you specify "Abbee Honey" on the donation, the funds will be directed to that department, and this help me tremendously to continue the work I do as a volunteer for the monks. Again, thank you so much for your support and your blessing. Also, I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I do not graft or feed our bees. I will feed swarms or cut out to get them started, but once they get settled in, they are on their own. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bub. Mr. Ed

One thing the bee have taught me, patience. I give the bees 4 weeks after I find the emergency cell, by that time you should see brand new larva in the cells. If at that point I see no new larva, and out of 80 some odd splits this year there were none, thank you Jesus, I will add another frame of brood from one of my old queens to let them try again. Then the whole process starts again. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Carolyn. Mr. Ed

I do hate the cold, stay warm brother. God's peace Brett. Mr. Ed

We had somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 hives die out over the winter and fall. Still, our overall losses were less than 35% and I'm very happy with that number. Thanks for watching. God's peace Fred. Mr. Ed

Tôi tận hưởng cuộc sống và cười là một phần rất quan trọng của cuộc sống! Cảm ơn bạn đã theo dõi, và tôi hy vọng bạn sẽ xem thêm những cuộc phiêu lưu giải cứu ong/quần ong của tôi và cho tôi biết suy nghĩ của bạn về chúng. Nhân tiện, tôi đăng một video mới vào mỗi sáng thứ Sáu và tôi mong sớm nhận được phản hồi từ bạn. Chúa bình an. Ông Ed

You have to ask that question in about 6 weeks. It's at that point my old queens are most likely to swarm as their hives have swollen in numbers. As long as I keep ahead of them by giving them room, by adding another super, they will not swarm. I track all my old queens so I know which hives they are in. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

We hit 82 today, I love it. God's peace Bill. Mr. Ed

Just make sure your box has the correct number of frames in it so the bees won't draw wacky comb. Also, you don't really need to "see" your queen. As long as you find new brood, you have a queen in the box. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Nola. Mr. Ed

No it was not. At that time there was only 1 queen in the hive and no new ones had emerged yet. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

It must bee working great, I have not heard from Charlie in 3 days. ARe we still doing the removal when I head your way? God's peace Jeremy. Mr. Ed

It's working real well I would assume! Always up for a removal. Just started another yard in field store this week, so I split down some bees pretty good to get about half the hives the land owner needs (AG Exempt rules)

I sent you a email as well, can put more in them things.

Happy belated Birthday! I hope you had a great one. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Tommy. Mr. Ed

Sure can, but you have to give them some food frames as well since there would be no field bees with them. Thanks for watching. God's peace Keith. Mr. Ed

I think you have a queen in your box and you just have not seen her. Typically, it is the queen who chews a hole in the cell to kill the other queen that is in there. I would look for new brood, either eggs or uncapped larva, in another week or so if the queen can't be found. That is the simplest way of knowing you have a queen without spotting her yourself. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

They really are....go figure. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Because it's rare for me to go into a hive, and we have over 200 of them, I kind of expect the behavior. In my opinion, they really are not that bad, and if I add a bit of smoke, they calm right down. God's peace Kevin. Mr. Ed

I really believe mites are not a serious issue here in the South compared to other parts of the country, and I do also think the feral bees that are in our bee yards can handle the mite load at present. Say hello to my jacket for me. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff Thanks for the info! Interesting about the mites, for some reasons I assume it was the opposite for very hot weather, like hive beetles! Thanks for the reply. Your jacket is still looking amazing, in it's display case !

I do use them in areas that the SHB is really bad. Other than that, I let the bees manage them. God's peace. Mr. Ed

It burned ours as well, but since those trees are so hardy, I'm very confident we will get a good nectar flow from them. Come visit me at the abbey one day. God's peace Thomas. Mr. Ed

I don't use excluders. It matters not to me if the queen gets into the honey super and lays. Because I run all deeps in our hives, if the queen does go up there and lay, I simply transfer a frame of honey from the box below for a frame of brood that was in the honey super. It's just my way of doing it. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Snowie. Mr. Ed

They do eat the bees, but just the slow ones. But what is awesome about them is they do eat beetles as well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Larry. Mr. Ed

It is possible to have to much of a good thing which is why I use a Q tip and dip it into the lemongrass oil. Then, 2 weeks later go back and refresh the trap with a new Q tip.Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Helaine. Mr. Ed

I went to Biloxi yesterday and was looking at all the blooms along I-10. Lots of privet, and your tallow has tassels all over them. Here, it's about the same. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jodi. Mr. Ed