I just did this with my hive. I'm glad my mentor had the experience and foresight. Thank you David for all your knowledge.

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

Great Idea David, I would have gone for a horizontal layout but I'm intrigued to see the results, best of luck!

I just did this almost two weeks ago. I’m going to wait a few more days before I go back in to see if I have a new queen. Hopefully they’re good to go! I’d love a follow up video on what to look for during the next inspection and all of that!

Thank so much for the continuing education David!

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

oh my goodness, this is so helpful! thank you so much! Throwing an idea out there, playlist for what can go wrong with a hive :) thanks again David and Pat!

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Great idea

Loved the video! How to help weak hives is very helpful!

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I would like to see how the queen in the nuc responds to loosing all of her brood. Follow up on how well she bounces back.

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Will do

Decrease the size of the hive. Yes, the viral loads on that hive maybe so high that it is just doomed. Adding healthy capped brood may help, but it also needs a smaller hive for the size of the colony. My management consideration #1 is hive size to colony size. Or maybe put it in a double nuc instead of a 10 frame single. You will see small colonies bounce back quicker when put into smaller hives. Just a thought.

@aaronparis4714

25 күн бұрын

That’s so not true I had a hive that had bad mite issues with 2 frames of bees coming out of winter I treated it and added work force and not its built back strong

@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping

24 күн бұрын

He added 2 or 3 frames of capped brood, that will turn into 4 to 6 frames of bees in just a few days...

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Everything depends on many factors. 😃

@TheKeepersHive

24 күн бұрын

@@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping Yes. A frame of capped brood is 2-3 frames of bee coverage when emerged. Bees prefer to be wall to wall in a box for many reasons. I am not sure the value of any of the sick bees or brood from the original hive. A split is usually 2 frames of brood, 2 frames of food and a blank into a deep nuc box.

@TheKeepersHive

24 күн бұрын

@@aaronparis4714 In general, bees prefer to be wall to wall in a box. Many ways to get there.

Very educational video. Thanks David.

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Thanks

Good change of pace video showing that things don't always go right. Kudos for sharing. (Check spelling on Bald Brood)

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Great tips and good luck with the experiment! I think you should call the blooper segment “Burns Bloopers and Comb Comedy”

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Good one!

Love the bloopers!

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Another great video. I always learn so much.

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I can't wait to see how the resource hive handles this situation! Great video1

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Fingers crossed!

lol the blooper reel. That's ME in the bee yard :D

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Thanks

Thanks for sharing 👍 as always I enjoy your videos 😊

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Thanks, glad to hear!

I love this video!

That was Fascinating David! 🥰 Thank You for the Clip! Love your Apiary Cart. 💞 You have me Wondering if I need a Resource Nuc. 🤔 I have two Strong Colonies and want to keep it at two. 🥰 Thnx 4 your great experience with Bees. 🐝

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.

I have also added frames with no fighting from resource hives, but just to be sure I try and locate the incoming frame away from the queen by a few frames. That way if there is some fighting it is unlikely that you lose the queen.

@beek

25 күн бұрын

That's a good approach.

😜😜😜😜😜👍👍👍Love the bloopers great job David

But now your resource hive don't have enough workers to support the Queen to get going

Nice video DAVID. The weather is beginning to change with tropical storm Burel on the way. Honey extraction tomorrow while it rains. HAVE A GREAT DAY 👍

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Great time to extract when it's raining.

@jayglosser2014

25 күн бұрын

👍

so important thanks for the tip

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Glad to help

can we have an update on that resorce hive in a weak or 2? thanks great video

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Will do!

Exactly what i needed to see today I have a weak hive with a newly introduced queen She is laying but there is a low quantity of bees in that hive

@beek

25 күн бұрын

It is tough and I have found it is a snowball effect, meaning the rebound is terribly slow as a new generation of bees take 21 days to join the work force.

@honeybees1970

24 күн бұрын

Agreed, i think on my next inspection like you i will introduce a frame of brood from one of my other hives, im one of them that worry they will fight… you say they don’t eh ?

Good advice, I have a split that's been struggling and I think I'll try to "rob Peter to save Paul"

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Good luck. Sharing frames can help.

Great video, Question-- do you keep your resource hive in that plastic nuc box in the summer? I was afraid they would get to hot or robbed out if I left it on the vent side. Curious what you do there!

@beek

25 күн бұрын

I've got three in those plastic nuc boxes and they do fine IN THE SHADE

Hey david been watching your videos for a while now. Taught me a lot of tricks to look for in these kind of situations. I actually had a problem with one of my hive splits this spring they went queenless for too long and i had laying workers develop. I thankfully got to them in time. I shook all of the bees out of the hive about 100yrds away reduced them to a single deep and added 2 frames of capped brood and one with just eggs. Just checked on them monday and found a virgin queen running around. Wonder if you have any videos about those situations. Thanks for the vids and best of wishes.

@beek

25 күн бұрын

One note, your method of getting rid of a laying worker is actually passed down and is incorrect. Studies have show that laying workers are foragers, and if you shake them out 100 yards away they just fly back to the hive.

@kodybond959

24 күн бұрын

@@beek Well i guess i got lucky then, but i made sure the brood pheromone helped suppress the laying workers. If i didn't see a queen in this last inspection i was going to combine them with another strong hive. Luckily i found one, thanks for the response.

I think this also I get a couple queens that are slim but they are great layers

@beek

25 күн бұрын

This one sure is a great layer.

@aaronparis4714

24 күн бұрын

@@beek i don’t think it really matter the size I think that’s all genetics nothing to do with matting

Thank you mister ❤🐝 From Indonesian apis cerana🙏🤝

When dearth kicks in do bees stop leaving the hive to forage and just hang around? Just wondered if you could tell by watching the activity at the entrance.

I'm new to bee keeping and cought 3 swarms this spring and I was wondering if I need to replace the queen

@apveening

22 күн бұрын

If/when the queen of a swarm needs replacing, the bees will take care of it.

Have you heard of powder sugar method of getting rid of mites???? Very cleaver

@beek

17 күн бұрын

Yes, been teaching this method for a couple of decades. In fact that was the very first video I made in 2008 here on youtube!

okay I'll ask. What's the snappy box stand you are using on the sickly hive?

@beek

25 күн бұрын

I do not recall, I'll have to take a look.

My first and only have has been afflicted with chalkbrood. I'm doing what I can within my experience level. Do you have a video about chalkbrood?

@beek

24 күн бұрын

That would be a great question to ask on my livestream tomorrow so that everyone could benefit from the answer. Here's the link: kzread.infouCfVf1pDv5Q

What happened with this resource transfer? Did the hive thrive or die?

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Just made the transfer on 7-8-24 so in a week or so I'll do a follow up of both hives.

Mine are drowning from sugar water. For some reason the jar loses vacuum and dumps all the feed out in a few hours. I've replaced lids, same result, replaced the jar, same result. It's turning into a nightmare

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Strange since the jars and lids are different. Could the jar have a hairline crack somewhere?

@anthonypeterson3112

25 күн бұрын

@beek they're all jars that have been through the canning process a few years. have to toss em and buy new to be sure.

@jerrystouffer2262

24 күн бұрын

Maybe holes in lid to big?

Dave I have a question I recently recovered a seams I placed them into a Warre. I use Langston hives I noticed today that the Warre hive is doing well any suggestions.

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Not sure I understand. Does "a seams" mean swarm? and If they are doing well, then what sort of suggestions do you need.

Is there a possibility by adding the bees from the resource to the weak hive that they may attack the queen?

@beek

25 күн бұрын

We will check in a week.

Wouldn't it be too hot for formic pro? Also periodically I'll see bees that are patchy and bald on spots. Is that from hygienic behavior?

What if the queen is dead? I have a collapsing hive and added a frameof valued brood from a health one, but I don't see the queen. Maybe she died and that is the cause. I have had treated for mites several times? Can I just buy a queen and pop her in this late in the season? Can it bounce back off the hive only has 1000 bees or so left?

@beek

24 күн бұрын

Great question for our livestream tomorrow night. Here's the link: kzread.infouCfVf1pDv5Q

But how is the colony that you took the frames away from , any better than the hive was because it had a low population problem ? Isn’t the donor hive , now in a worse population situation ? I don’t understand .

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Yes, but I'm experimenting to see IF I can retain the original queen and her colony by adding additional bees and brood from the resource hive.

Can you put the frames in a another hive without compromising the new hive

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Possibly but need to isolate the issue of why the colony is failing first.

We have 103 in our area for 5 more days? Formic pro? I think it’s too hot?

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Way too hot!

Is that a plastic anel hive the bees are in

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Yes it is.

@jscfb

25 күн бұрын

How are they thinking of switching from wooden an poly to them for here in West Scotland loch lomand where its very wet and damp most of the year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

lol things do like to go bad don’t they 😅

@beek

25 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@apveening

22 күн бұрын

Murphy is also active in beekeeping.

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