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Hi there, I don’t think I did. 🐝

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Normally they’re not very good queens as having not being fed royal jelly at an earlier stage for better development. 🐝

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Hi there, yes lots of things could be different in any situation with bees. I filmed the situation as it unfolded and the equipment I brought with me. All went well and a very successful outcome with the cells chosen. 😎

I just chose the best out of the capped on that situation and film, you can as you say go for an uncapped so you know you have a larvae but I stuck with my guns on this demonstration in using Queen cells. If I cover everything in one video it would be 3 days long and nothing else to film after the fact. Everyone has different techniques and ideas. Plus when you have multiple hives you can play. Thanks for watching 🐝😊

Hi Robert, sounds a lot of effort but if that works for you great stuff! Wet supers bees take no time to clean so no problems there as you know, but the difference is the weather here in miserable England. It’s very wet and damp and where we are it’s not cold enough to be confident in keeping those supers in good dry condition. Hence the plastic tubs, they work really well for us and stack in a secure dry area. You will be surprised how many frames fit in each box ‘not 40 though lol.’ Thanks for comment. 🐝😊

Not necessarily, this happens with natural wax foundation also. This method works for us every time no matter the type of frame. 🐝🐝

Hi there, I use the device for a couple of hives then stopped to let it cool down and refill the caps. I think just be sensible with things like this not having a temp gage. The tube does work but as you say can get blocked a little, I just use a stick to clear. Nice bit of kit though, for the money. 🐝

Hi and thank you for your nice comment. Scrapping the wax of the top bars and crown boards just helps with fitting and that you don’t squish more bees. They will more than likely make more brace comb, it’s just helping to clean it up for your ease. 🐝

@@berintanbees Awesome, thanks for this! I'll be looking through your other vids, I really like how gentle you are and how you show/explain all the little yet important things.

That’s really nice of you to say, we love our bees. 🐝😊

Lovely aren’t they 🐝

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Yeah, bees drawn quite easily unfortunately so using floatable things and shallow water just helps them out. 🐝

Hi, there are lots of ways to get them to draw comb. I find this to be the fastest way for me 🐝

Amazing bees 🐝

Incredible isn’t it! 🐝

Amazing creatures 🐝

They’re great at that! 🐝🐝

Merging a Queenless hive with a fully working one 🐝

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Love making these 🐝

Nice seeing so much honey 🐝

There is loads

They are amazing

Hi there, thank you. Beekeeping on a rooftop, that’s fantastic! Yes it’s the waiting and hoping they sort themselves out. Hope all goes well for you. 🐝

Hi, it’s an amazing thing every time when a queen is successful. I like to keep to single brood boxes. I’ve also used brood and a half but not really keen on it. 🐝

Thank you very much 🐝

Thanks, yes they are really good 🐝

Yes they’re sneaky little whatsits sometimes, always best to double check. 🐝

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There great to use especially when you have a good choice 🐝

Hi, yes I use both and I do prefer the traditional frames a little more. But these are easy when they work and have a lot going for them in different elements. With bee bread situation you can just scrape to the plastic frame. 🐝

Hi, I don’t see a problem with using a queen as long as she is introduced properly “I have videos on this. ” But reading that your hive has been queenless for a long time is troubling, as they can develop laying workers. The hive will then not accept a queen so easily, I would strongly recommend putting a frame of eggs in that hive asap. This will tell you what the situation is and all being well they will draw cells. 🐝

@@berintanbees what if there was no larvae at all?

The problem is how long it’s been queenless, with no brood. This is when they develop a laying worker. They will lay multiple eggs in cells dotted around (drone). I would still recommend using a frame of eggs just to be on the safe side. You could also buy a queen, but that could be an expense if failed. But they are your hives so it’s your decision. Hope this helps. 🐝

@@berintanbees great advice thank you!

When bees invert sucrose to dextrose and fructose a byproduct is hydrogen peroxide, which is anti bacterial and anti fungal. If you need a better explanation watch the Bob binnie video on feeding bees.

Thanks for the comments, great advice but for this hive the Queen had been failing and was mostly the course of the issue. 🐝

Thanks for reply, I do believe I got them all. There is always a slight risk. I’ll do a follow up anyway with all this. 🐝

Oh what one was that? 🧐

We still have drones here and many still capped. Hopefully all will be well, just a shame we’ve lost one of our best Queens. Hope you resolve your situation 🐝

It’s a good idea especially for new colonies 🐝

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Why thank you 😊

There are quite a few ways to encourage the bees to build but I do find this is one of the fastest ways for them to kick in a gear. And yes Absolutely depends on the nectar flow and elements 🐝😊

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Hi from Texas.

Hi from England 🐝

Lots of things can trigger a hive to turn, sometimes it sort’s itself out. I find when a hive has no queen they can be more on edge. Once the new hive settles down with a new queen see how they are with the new generation. The weather can affect them also, look for robbing going on there are so many variables. If your hive posits being nasty you may want to re Queen. Give them a little time 🐝

Oh interesting, would that not get destroyed being paper? There’s so much rain and wind here, paper wouldn’t last a minute! We don’t just use them for varroa, we put them in the hives when there are wind storms also. 🐝

@@berintanbees We only leave it in for 48hrs after ox, then count, having said that we make all our own kit so we have slightly deeper bases. I think it's a type of sketching paper (quite a hard surface). Great vids by the way.

Sounds like a nice idea for a short time like you say. And thank you very much 🐝

Will monitor and see but they have kicked into gear now, I like to give them a chance as the weather has been abysmal this spring. 🐝

Hi, the reason I didn’t is we are now in the honey flow and the weather has gotten better so they are able to bring in the goods. If using new undrawn frames you could use syrup, I just like the bees to try to sort themselves a little. 🐝

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@@berintanbeesI just messaged you on Instagram 👍

Just seen and replied 🐝

That’s honey, you normally tell by the capping, and weight. Honey bees are female and drones are male. 🐝

Indeed but it’s really nice to see they have been strong over the winter months as our weather has been horrendous. 🐝

@@berintanbees oh I agree!