This video is a couple years old. It’s hard to say, but I assume the queen thrived in one box and the workers used a fresh egg and made a new queen in the second box. We have more splitting videos if you’re interested ruclips.net/p/PLShE0-vHXKQFNWq_0DBL0A2j3teCJpohm&feature=shared
Good video. I am for this method couse I cannot find the queen, I have hard time, my eyesight isn’t that great, for a senior citizen. So I stick with this method. Get more videos bro thanks again.
I have been told that too. But the more I read about it, the more I believe that's a myth. A queen will lay an egg and the egg will be attached to the side of the cell wall. The fat part of the egg is down, which is the part that turns into the head. Looking down into the cell the thin diameter is the only part visible which is only 0.4 of a millimeter wide
You’re correct. They are supersedure cells, which are found in the middle of the frames which are often not used unless they’re needed, but when you do a walk away split, you will find that they will often make one or two supersedure cells next to the original, as well as several at the bottom of the frame too. They’re simply picking all the good eggs and making as many queen cells as they possibly can, which is beneficial because now we can make lots of splits.
Thumbs up for keeping your presentation succinct. You give plenty of information without overloading the viewer. Too many videos tend to give too much information, or they ramble on and on and on. Either way, they lose the viewer to boredom or confusion. Thumbs up and subscribed
Great stuff. I’ve been keeping bees several years. You have great videos. Some of the best I’ve seen. I bet your subscribers and comments really start increasing. Please keep them coming.
My thoughts on the walkaway split is that (provided you have fresh eggs) the bees know which eggs will be best to make a queen with. When we select eggs to make Queen's with, we're just grabbing what looks good; but we don't know (for certain) that there is nothing wrong with the eggs we select. We may be selecting eggs that are not the best choice. Or to put it another way... the bees know what they are doing... so let them.
@@tarnishedknight730 you could be right but when your rearing queen commercially it's the only way right now and that means we run the risk of watering down a breed by missing something the bees wouldn't have missed in brood selection for queen rearing. Probably someone who rear queen can say what are the numbers for bad queen reared commercially vs. Naturally.
Thank you I will try it this year, I have lost all my hives last winter so how to improve on this by splitting myself and growing my hive and queens.
best of luck with your splits!
You put together some really great content. Really enjoyed this video, i just did this very thing for the first time.
Love this time of year in the Bee yard. Thanks for watching!
What happened to the queen, in which hive did it stay
This video is a couple years old. It’s hard to say, but I assume the queen thrived in one box and the workers used a fresh egg and made a new queen in the second box. We have more splitting videos if you’re interested ruclips.net/p/PLShE0-vHXKQFNWq_0DBL0A2j3teCJpohm&feature=shared
Good information as always thank you
Thanks Barry!
Good video.
I am for this method couse I cannot find the queen, I have hard time, my eyesight isn’t that great, for a senior citizen.
So I stick with this method. Get more videos bro thanks again.
I heard that your not supposed to turn the queen cell upside down, as it will kill the queen.
I have been told that too. But the more I read about it, the more I believe that's a myth. A queen will lay an egg and the egg will be attached to the side of the cell wall. The fat part of the egg is down, which is the part that turns into the head. Looking down into the cell the thin diameter is the only part visible which is only 0.4 of a millimeter wide
Those look like supercedure cells because they are in the middle of the frame.
You’re correct. They are supersedure cells, which are found in the middle of the frames which are often not used unless they’re needed,
but when you do a walk away split, you will find that they will often make one or two supersedure cells next to the original, as well as several at the bottom of the frame too. They’re simply picking all the good eggs and making as many queen cells as they possibly can, which is beneficial because now we can make lots of splits.
once u make a split how far away should u put the two new colonies from each other?
About a foot
I would definitely like to see the bee keeping gadgets video! Your videos are really inspiring... thinking about expanding into starting an apiary!
I’ll get started working on it thanks for commenting
Thumbs up for keeping your presentation succinct.
You give plenty of information without overloading the viewer.
Too many videos tend to give too much information, or they ramble on and on and on. Either way, they lose the viewer to boredom or confusion.
Thumbs up and subscribed
Thanks that means a lot!
Glad to support.
Great stuff. I’ve been keeping bees several years. You have great videos. Some of the best I’ve seen. I bet your subscribers and comments really start increasing. Please keep them coming.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I’ll be sure to do that
Excellent video! Very informative!
I’m so glad you liked it!
Thanks for commenting!
what is best time of yr to make walk away splits?
Springtime when the overnights are above 45F at night
excellent teaching skills. to the point and informative. thank you
Thanks so much for commenting! I appreciate that!
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Your very welcome!
you’re very welcome!
My thoughts on the walkaway split is that (provided you have fresh eggs) the bees know which eggs will be best to make a queen with.
When we select eggs to make Queen's with, we're just grabbing what looks good; but we don't know (for certain) that there is nothing wrong with the eggs we select. We may be selecting eggs that are not the best choice.
Or to put it another way... the bees know what they are doing... so let them.
Thanks for taking the time to write your comment!
@@tarnishedknight730 you could be right but when your rearing queen commercially it's the only way right now and that means we run the risk of watering down a breed by missing something the bees wouldn't have missed in brood selection for queen rearing. Probably someone who rear queen can say what are the numbers for bad queen reared commercially vs. Naturally.
Hey! I followed you for rabbits didn’t know you do bees too. I was looking up walk away splits and there you are. Thanks for the demonstration!
Thanks for watching The Rabbitry Center and welcome to our beekeeping channel Bobby's Beez. More information on our website bobbysbeez.com
when is the best time to split the hives?
May Spring - early summer June
this gives them time to build up
Great video!
I'm so glad you liked it!
That was no a swarm cell that was an emergency cell.
Your right! Not swarming. These are walk away splits that needed a queen
Nice video. Thanks.
Thank you so much for watching!