Loved that video I’m still stuck in a snow bank. Your colonies look terrific! Loved finding the queen cells

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@CryptidCajun

Жыл бұрын

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

Part of why I luv watching and listening to your show are all the bird sounds.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

I thought Charlie was gunna say “ and when I get home, I GOT A BIG BOX OF BEER!” Lol

Look at all those blooming blackberries!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@richardway3761

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have 30 acres of them everywhere.

Hey Mr. Ed and GTC. . . 52f is Summer 🤭 for us here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Chilly. . . My Bees must be hard as Nails, doing orientation flights at 48F Loving this Double Screen Board Series (Part 2) Yep it's Spring, and it's due to Snow on 1st April or so. . Right !?! Splits will have to wait a few weeks, so the Beek can wear a Beesuit, and not Hat and Mittens . 🙃 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

I enjoy your bee shows so much. The joy you have in the whole bee experience is how many of us bee lovers feel. It's so much fun to share our joy.

Whooo gotta love hearing that cold propolis crack when you pop those frames loose.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Mr Ed, I know it’s Friday when I start drinking my coffee and open KZread and there’s your video. I guess we’re going to have to say the 2 Amigos since Ralph rarely makes a showing.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Charlie is amazing spotting those queens. He's incredible.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Jeff and Charlie, we all hope you are taking care of yourselves. You are both a National Treasure and the bee community would suffer without your knowledge and GREAT sense of humor. As a Connecticut Beekeeper my hives died off this winter - have 3 packages coming on Sunday (hope it's not too cold/rainy). God bless and keep you both.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Good morning gentleman. Hope all is well. Glad to see Charlie. Haven't seen wreck it Ralph in awhile. Hope he is well. Sorry about the cold weather. Move to Indiana, it's always cold here it seems like. Take care fellas

Your hives are doing good! Lots of honey to be harvested eventually.🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Enjoy seeing you all work. Considered bee keeping but the more I watch the more complicated it seems.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@xeroranger

Жыл бұрын

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. 😃

Mr. Ed, every time I see your smile, it never fails to make me grin! I know beekeeping is super complex in practice, but seeing how simple you make it seem and with such passion, really inspires me. I recently started gardening in the past year, and I approach it the same way you do with beekeeping. It truly allows you to enjoy life to the fullest when you do something you love! Thank you for the wonderful content and keep on smiling! Maybe one day I can start beekeeping myself (if the wife will ever allow a hive in our backyard)!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Nice video. I might try to do some splits this year. Always easier to learn from others.

@JeffHorchoff

5 ай бұрын

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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/hK6GlNyzhZiucqg.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJd1zqSCdLmwks4.html

Hi guys! Well done. I’m in MN. Sunny and 45 today. I’ll be looking at some sheltered nucs. My brother in Indiana is a little warmer and he follows your style of beekeeping pretty closely. Thank you for sharing the love of bees❤

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Mr.Ed and Goodtime Charlie, U will BEE sweating and rainy season this weekend in next !! BEE careful and GBU 2!!🐝🐝🐝

There you go I been making queens hives like this.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Mug up from central NH where it is 38F with winds are blowing at 10-15 mph with gust to 25 at 9am. Typical spring wind. If it was 50 and windy the snow would be gone within a week, but that ain't going to happen. Long range forecast temps are not to break 50 F until 4/11. No pollen yet. You guys get all the early fun! Thanks for posting. Have a great day, Brice

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Wow that so great. The hive is so big and have a lot of honey.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hi Mr Ed I get my Bees this week omg carnt wait between 24 and 27 th 2023 hi good time Charlie good bless guys

@JeffHorchoff

10 ай бұрын

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

Man it looks like it’s going to bee a beeutiful bee keeping season this year! It’s only March and these boxes are full. I can’t wait to see what the honey crop will bee. LOL. Good to see y’all this morning, I always look forward to your posts on Fridays. Have a great weekend guys and thanks for sharing part of your day with us :)

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Greetings from SW Oklahoma Jeff! Yet another great upload!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Thanks Mr. Ed and crew!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Making splits like a BOSS!! I stopped using the stick on my verticals….awesome video!! Beautiful cells at the end!!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Well done . Informative 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦

This was great really enjoyed it Have a blessed day

Great video Jeff. God bless

Thank you Jesus!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Figured Id say Howdy Charlie...😁 Nice lookin girls ya got there MR Ed...🐝

It’s just so amazing to see how you and Charlie manage to do these stuff with the bees, what a wonderful sight to see.

I can't wait to get started, I'm about 3 or 4 weeks out from the time to put up swarm traps in my area.

Hi Jeff. Thanks for posting! I'll be checking my splits this weekend.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Thank you for making these videos! I've learned so much from you all.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

I am very happy to follow you, and may God bless your health and sustenance / white heart, pure soul

LOVE watching your videos! Mine are doing the exact same thing as yours, hope to get back in them this weekend and HOPEFULLY they look as good as yours! God BLESS!

good to see the turn over of Queen cells and a good split . Lucking forward to next week.

Another great video!! God bless!!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Watching you work does that mean I don't have to, lol I am learning ty

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Eagle eye Charlie!😂 I love it! Nice camera work too.

Thank you Jeff

I have a small bee yard, with only 6 hives currently. My goal this year is to have zero swarms escape by splitting them as needed, and if they make swarm cells, to bank some queens in nucs. I'm still pretty new, so I have a lot to learn, but at least I've learned to keep them alive. Mites are bad up here in VA if you don't treat, so I have an OAV gun and it works well. Guys around me trying to go treatment free lose most or all of their hives every year. I've lost none in 3 years, which is pretty cool! I think the screen method will work out, based on this follow up video. Thanks for all your helpful videos! I've been binge watching.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@thilltony3362

Жыл бұрын

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

I’m so glad I found you and your videos. As a 2nd year beekeeper I really enjoy your content. Thank you.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Man you’ve got the bees. Beautiful cells. You and Charlie are working hard. Everything looks great. Really enjoyed the video. Take care and God bless.

I love my lazy boy recliner and it swivels too. What a great video. I have got to make me one of those double screen boards this weekend and see how it works for my setup.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Great video

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Explained that great 😊mr ed yourself good time Charlie stay busy that's alot of work bees sure need you they are happy God bless Mr ed good time Charlie 😊

I love your videos. I'm going to try doing my own queens this year.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@lindasullivan77

Жыл бұрын

@@JeffHorchoff thank you! God bless

loved this video!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hey, we got a lot of nectar too over here! Queens are laying and the colonies are expanding, can’t wait to check them out tomorrow and see how they are doing, great video, love the informations

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

So awesome! Going to be going into three more of mine today to split out. Did four yesterday that were so full that I ended up with 8 nucs from them. It’s my third year so I don’t have the equipment built up or I’d much rather do your method for splitting! Much easier and can do more hives that way. I’ll probably come away from today’s with 5 more nucs from the number of bees I know they have! Have a great weekend, keep on making more cause I’m keeping on watching lol. God Bless!

Good stuff just another day with the bees 😊

@JeffHorchoff

3 ай бұрын

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

Olá Mr. Ed. e Charlie! Mais um Excelente video. Excelente trabalho e é bom quando tudo corre como o planeado. Saudações Apicolas de Portugal.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

wow....I bet that honey is so good with the blackberry nectar...love it!!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

thanks for sharing, keep making , God bless till the next one. Charlie's new name will be " lazy boy " LOL

Made my morning ❤

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHyMyqmgqpvFeto.html

Great video❤🙏🏻🙏🏻

I learned on your about page you're in Louisiana after watching this video. I like your techniques & see the value of learning from you. However, being in a residential area of SW Michigan the relevance of your region is limited. Thank you for publishing nevertheless~

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@calvincheney7405

Жыл бұрын

@@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~

Thanks!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Love me some blackberry honey, that is the majority component to our local honey even if you don't try. Those boxes had a lot of bees in them, I bet they have supers on them now. Ty for another great video, Blessed Days my beekeeper brother in Christ.😁

Thanks guys

Great video Jeff. Even my wife likes them imagine that. Scary

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Mr. Ed here! LOL!

@JeffHorchoff

6 ай бұрын

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

You're making me hungry for ....split-pea soup❗😁❤

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Awesome

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHyMyqmgqpvFeto.html

Mr. Ed. Enjoy your Breakfast Coffee. Thank for such a quick reply ! While I watch your Video. Its Midday here. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 [Then Clocks move on Sun] Know folk in US did it a while back. The rest of us are on GMT (guess Bush never moved it back to GMT, to keep Candy Comps happy in the Fall !?!) Oh well, Bees, do know their timing just fine. . . 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Have Folk in KW in Fla. Must ask if those dots of land have Feral Bees, other than all those ex pet (wild) Ignuanas ! 😵‍💫 Back to a Tea and Video. . .

Incredible how smoking a hive turns the Bees into a relative liquid just flowing away from the top!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@trapjohnson

Жыл бұрын

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

I always learn from and enjoy your vidoes! Twith the abundance of bees and a lot of brood into the top box with the old queen and fewer bees and brood? hank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! I am wondering why you don’t put some bees and a frame of brood from the the bottom box? God bless you and your bees!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Blackberrys in March!! here in the UK we have to wait until August.

@JeffHorchoff

7 ай бұрын

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

@Tj-ot4jp

7 ай бұрын

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

Nice one Mr. Ed, thanks for another great video. Eagle-eye Charlie, I think he must have been taking private queen-spotting lessons from the Rooster? Just wondering if you were to face the dividing board entrance to the front you wouldn't need to put the stick between the boxes? Have a great day!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Great to see your vids and I’m excited about your Layens hive. Time index 22:18 Jeff was that a piping virgin queen sound?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@timothymitchell8310

Жыл бұрын

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

Thank you for doing this follow up video. Because of your last video, I made a double screen board and split a hive on Friday. The queen was on the bottom in mine. Is there any reason to move her to the top? I plan to look for queen cells next week. Pretty exciting to learn a new method. I hope it works out. I also made a traditional split, pulling 3 frames of brood and a lot of bees from a hive that was huge and the queen and a bunch of bees from a hive that was making swarm cells. Made for a really big split, a deep plus a medium nuc, but that's good, because they will fill up quickly, and will probably go into full sized boxes within 2 weeks. A good start to the season! Thanks again for your great videos and your help.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

My guy crushed so many bees at 11:59 😢 they make bee brushes for a reason also you can set the super on one corner and slowly slide it into place. That’s how I do mine I minimize the little bee deaths as much as possible.

@JeffHorchoff

2 ай бұрын

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

Good morning Mr Ed, will you take some of those extra queen cells to use or requeen, or just leave them? Especially the 6 on one frame. WOW! That absolutely deserves a Thank You Jesus! Gods blessings Mr Ed, I thank you for your videos and should be getting my 1st bees (5 frame Nuc) at the end of April. 😊

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hi Mr a

You guys in sweatshirts? That's shorts and T shirt weather. Hello from Wisconsin

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Good Evening Mr. ED, May I please ask were the Abby is at. I would like to see how I can support the Abby . I love watching you working with your Abby 🐝 I live in Fond Du Lac ,WI. May God Bless and Keep You All There, Judi Sheppard Shaw

@JeffHorchoff

11 ай бұрын

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

good video, so this is your way to expand, cant remember i have seen videos about gueen grafting, havent seen mutch about feeding in your videos. Dont feed mutch?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hey Mr. Ed! I've learned so much by watching your videos. We installed a double screen board and was pleasantly surprised one week later with multiple emerging queen cell capped. That was 4/1. Checked today to see if those splits have mated queens, eggs, or larvae and there was nothing. How long should I wait for the mated queen to show eggs or larvae? Also, after said time, should I combine the split back to the original hive? We're in a nectar flow now and I only saw one drone today. When we did the split.....there were many. Thanks so much for all that you do. God Bless you Mr. Ed!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

52 degrees chilly, looking outside at 20's.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hey Jeff thanks for the show. Did you have any die outs this winter?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Anh bạn rất vui tính

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Outstanding Video Jeff! I was just wondering that after all of your manipulations how many of your colonies actually swarm??👍👍

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Cold! Here just outside Chicago we’re under a Winter Storm Watch. 5-8” of snow! I’ll trade you.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

And I have 8 framed boxes I recon I should have another frame in there because to much room and the bees are showing me so and there’s so many bees Charley come over I need to see my queen god bless boysmr Ed can I wash the head peice of the bee suit

@JeffHorchoff

3 ай бұрын

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

Was that piping at 22:13? Your hives are looking great!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Now then we need to know how the new lazy boy worked out! 😂

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@Jackflash219

Жыл бұрын

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)

@Jackflash219

Жыл бұрын

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

March 13. That’s my bday!🎉

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Jeff , Can you take one of the frames with a Queen cell with the nurse bees and put them into a box with maybe half the other frames leaving the rest of the unhatched Queens in the other box and do a split that way ?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Jeff, thank you for your videos, Question, I have a brood box that is now Queenless, not sure why. the bees made 2 emergency cells , sealed and both were nice formed cells of good size. ... I inspected the 2 cells 15 days later, I found both cells were opened on the side /middle of the cell, and after several inspections over a week no queen found Why would the bees build nice sealed cells then open the cell from the side middle and destroy a queen when they need a queen.? Any thoughts

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

So the queens are in the top box that often? Never thought about it before but that makes. Thanks. Bless you!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

You call that calm? Those things seemed pissed

@JeffHorchoff

7 күн бұрын

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 know you said in a previous video that you are not treating your bees. I'm curious if over the years, you have less dead-outs, as you are splitting from better genetics? Thanks for the video!

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

@WPAOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@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 !

Have you tried hive beetle traps placed on top of the frames? I have noticed that many beekeepers use them and say they are effective.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Jeff, I'm located north of Baton Rouge.The late freeze has burned the tallow. Will it recover and flower?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Jeff, please explain. You put a super on top of the brood box but you didn’t put a Queen excluder between the two. Won’t your Queen lay in the super without the excluder in place?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Do the lizards eat the bees? If not could adding a lizard to the top of the box help control small hive Beatles?

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Will lemongrass oil in a big plastic jar with holes attract bees so please let me know thank you.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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

Hi! I’m over in Pass Christian- I noticed this video was shot just before the freeze. How is this affecting your bees? All of my blackberries froze, the privet is back sporadically, and the popcorn trees are getting new leaves.

@JeffHorchoff

Жыл бұрын

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