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Interesting that the water was able to permeate into the hive. I have not experienced this yet, but I have also not had the quantity of rain you experienced in the Cape this year.

I agree. Something I didn't mention in the video is at least with the wooden Langstroth, there is an abundance of spares, and everything is the same size. I have seen with these Bunka Hives that if you need a new lid or a super, they can be difficult to acquire at certain times.

Thanks Hannes, that lid and Super are about 30 kg empty. It is just impractical to do hive maintenance on many hives.

Yeah Mark, They recommended something of that sort on their site. Gonna have to make a plan. Thanks for watching.

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We struggled to restrict the bees to just one exit and so this took us a while, but once you have them only using the exit with the cone you must leave it for 28 days. Thanks for watching.

No we did not spot spot her.

Hi Hannes. This was just before winter, so I suspect it was a seasonal slowdown, but that was an assumption. We did not see the queen so it is possible she was no longer around as well. The frame of all stages of brood works well, I have used this in the past too, great recommendation. Thanks for watching.

In South Africa all the beekeepers seem to stick to the standards when it comes to hives. Hive beetles while very present tend not to be too much of a bother, the bees tend to take care of them. Thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed, you in particular know which hive this is. Thanks for watching.

Hey Tash. Welcome back to the channel!

Yeah, that was my thoughts too. This would mean the swarm that landed to a certain extent, depending on the gifts they are bearing, will be accepted into the established hive.

Thanks Mark, those are two tips I am going to use in a swarm lure experiment we are setting up. Thanks for watching.

In Johannesburg.

Would love to come and visit you

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Wow!

Wow. They must have been desperate for a new digs. Nice a warm here in Jozi this morning.

Nice and chilly bees

Thanks, Hannes, this is so informative and has led me to read up more on the use of resources gathered by bees. I found this article from Jamie Ellis at Florida University that goes into detail but is an easy read. edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN868 - Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

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Yeah, fishing bait.

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Thanks again Hannes, always great working with you, I learn something new every time. Looking forward to the next one.

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You are 100% right, the problem is with the design of the bee vacuum. The supers on each side of the brood create a large cavity where the bees cluster. We are redesigning this at the moment by reducing that space and can then do as you have suggested. Thanks for the comment and for watching.

Yeah the removal was a success but could not add another colony to my apiary. I find a good trap out can give a strong colony if all goes to plan. Thanks for watching.

I have done it that way quite a few times with great success. Most important is to make sure the cone is the only way in and out of the nest, it will work perfectly.

I found that Steel Wool works great to block entrance holes. It is bendable, and the bees can't chew through it. Good luck and thanks for the great videos.

I have used steel wool before it works well. In this video we used the fabufill we had from previos removal. It also works well and I have lots of it.

Yeah, it is pretty amazing they can do that. Great for the beekeeper as it makes it a lot easier to correct mistakes with hives.

Will the African honey bee not do this? Only the Cape honey bee?

The Apis Mellifera Capensis found in the Western Cape can make a queen from an egg laid by a worker, which is unusual for insects. The Apis Mellifera Scutellata, the African Honey Bee needs a fertilized egg from a queen to make a new queen.

Ive seen 2 tipes of capensis, one thats parasitic and will lay eggs in other capensis of scutelata hives. And ones that seem to not do it. Not sure

The research shows that not all workers of the Capensis can lay diploid, female eggs, which is required for a queen. Most workers of the Capensis can only lay haploid, male eggs. But some have what they call Thelytoky, controlled by a recessive gene, which is a type of parthenogenesis, the ability to grow an embryo directly from an egg without fertilisation, and is the absence of mating but still being able to produce female offspring. This can be found in other insects but is rare in animals. I find this fascinating as I am only aware of it in the Capensis and it makes me wonder why.

She would have been forced to stay in the box and naturally reverted back to laying as she would seen the hive was still thriving.

I add a queen guard on my swarm traps once a swarm has moved in and on boxes used during removals. It greatly helps preventing abscondence.

I used to do it all the time. But you do need to get back to the box to take it off at some point so I have stopped. I find it can get blocked with dead drones if left on too long.

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It's a 1:1 Sugar Syrup. Only use white sugar, because brown sugar gives them diarrhoea. Thanks for watching.

I think this one looks higher than it is, but it is till gonna hurt if we fall. Thanks for watching.

If you catch these early enough then they can sometimes come out easily, but this one had been there for some time and the bees had used every bit of space it had to offer. Thanks for watching.

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Thanks for watching. I'm located in Joburg, so a bit of a way from you unfortunately, but I am happy to answer any questions you have.

Yeah. Had a comment on a previous video asking me why we use so much smoke. Thanks for commenting. 👍

Cut in half for supers. I have been doing the wave cut for brood. But think a full sheet is still better.

Thanks for watching. These are old removals. So still need to use your practice of the vac box under the brood box.

As dangerous as they can be, still love working with them. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. This Apiary is about 1000m above sea level and only goes to a minimum of 4 degrees Celsius, so it is not extremely high or cold. It is interesting that you talk about the sun direction as I am sure it has an impact on maintaining the warmth of the colony, I do see my hives that have sun early in the morning are most active from early but tend to be less active in the late afternoon. With this hive the entrance faces East, and in the apiary, the hives face various directions we consider shade and sun for the seasons when placing them. Summers can be very hot. Thanks for commenting and your support I am very interested in beekeepers from around the world and their practices.

Thanks for watching. Our bees on this site in the lowveld in South Africa are pretty aggressive. We keep the smoker going to just keep the pheromones at bay and that way the bees are easier to work. The last short we posted shows how they can attack when not smoked sufficiently. Appreciate your comment. Thanks.

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I agree 100% with you, if humans mess with the natural world the natural world tends to bite back. There is one positive, we don't have to deal with varroa mites as the Scutellata Sub Species can manage these pests without the beekeeper having to intervene. Thanks for watching.

Thank you! Cheers!