Appreciate your willingness to show mistakes.

@tonywestsbees6042

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Show both the good and the bad. That how we all learn and maybe others will not make the same mistakes.

Nice informative video. Wished I’d seen how you managed the frame-less flimsy honey. ..great job. I am a new beekeeper in Alvin Tx.

@tonywestsbees6042

Ай бұрын

Thanks. It's a learning curve. I try to shaw all aspects of my apiary.

I want that queen. She has good genetics

@tonywestsbees6042

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

great video of exactly what not to do on so many levels

@tonywestsbees6042

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely and that's exactly why I showed it. We all make mistakes. Hopefully this will prevent others from making these.

Thanks Sir

@tonywestsbees6042

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

Your the first person I have seen with rubber gloves besides me. Wax and propolis is a mess! I’m starting my 3rd year and researching queens for spring.

@tonywestsbees6042

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, cleaning propolis off my hands after going thru 15-20 colonies can be a challenge. Disposable nitrile gloves work great for this. I have a couple videos on raising Queens. We raise quite a few each year and our honey production colonies all get a young Queen each fall. Thanks for watching.

awesome

@tonywestsbees6042

6 ай бұрын

It's funny to watch, lots of Oops but that's how we learn.

It happens to the best of us. It's been a stressful time with all of the garbage going on, that makes it really easy to forget things. That was definitely perfect timing, they were packed! 😀 Last year I used my BY bees hives for brood, but I have to stick with the cordovan Italians if I want to raise queens. They didn't cross well with my local genetics, that was my hot hive. I just have one of those queens left.

@tonywestsbees6042

4 жыл бұрын

I thought this would be a good visual of what and what NOT to do for beginners! Making decisions on the fly.

Love making bees, much more than honey.

@tonywestsbees6042

Ай бұрын

Raising Queens is very satisfying.

When you relocate a hive do you obscure the entrance to make the bees do an orientation flight? This would help to prevent them from returning to their old location.

@tonywestsbees6042

5 ай бұрын

Yes, that along with the new surroundings they learn real fast. House bees that have never flown will orient to this location with no problem. You might have some drift at first and can exchange box locations to help this.

Your not alone when you don’t get back to your hives in a while , I lost an entire hive, the bees obsconded on me, ants got into the hive then the wax moth finished off the hive , my bad so yeah make notes and check at least weekly .

@tonywestsbees6042

6 ай бұрын

😉

What is the characteristics criteria that you use for choosing genetics that you want to graft from?

@tonywestsbees6042

4 жыл бұрын

Gentle bees that are calm on the comb. Queens that ignore the fact a frame is out of the hive as she goes about her business. Queen's genetics that show good hygienic traits. Good brood pattern. House bees that properly move nectar up and away from the brood chamber instead of plugging it. Foragers that fly in cool spring and fall weather. Over wintering clusters that are conservative on their food stores. As I go thru the Apiary, there are always a couple Queens and colonies that stand out. I also keep a few Queens just for their brood frames as I mention in the video.

screens up? how they going to feed those queens?

@tonywestsbees6042

2 жыл бұрын

Screens either up or down but not against the wax.