I had a swarm this size the first week of October, the queen already has brood emerging from the first week of October, she has since laid a massive beautiful brood pattern and the first week of November in Maryland the nuc is filling up with brood and resources and I have no doubt they will do good this winter ! 😊
good info,,,family came up to Ohio from Flowery Branch and N. Carolina an we can all handle bees like you do,no suits,pickin up handfulls from outside feeder an grandkids watchin them fly out of hand,,they said it is the coolest thing they ever seen,,,C_YA
Well they do indeed have a chance, though I like your mating nucs with 2 deep frames in them for the modularity /ease of transplanting frames from one colony to another when needed. I am thinking they don't have a full deep frames worth of cells in all three of the frames in this mini nuc. Might name that a tiny house! But I do understand - people see how it is done by some folks and they feel comfortable with those tiny homes. Fair enough, you should sell them. Great video David.
Hi David Can you do a follow up video on how the bees coped over winter, this is so interesting I’ve had small swarms before and never survive Aussie winter Cheers
I hope to start my first hive next year. I will never grow tired of seeing someone scoop a pile of bees with their bare hand! Thank you for your videos, and thank you for sharing your knowledge. Mike
I could’ve use something like that the other day. Noticed the box was not much activity looked inside there’s only two frames of bees I put a frame of brewed and honey and a follower board. I’m really hoping they get through the winter. Cool video.
Y have a fall swarm to last week , but y don't have uncapping larve , to attract bees and he's going away in forest , y protect one night the swarm , anyway in Romania it's very cold in winter (-15 -20 ) and y am shores he don't surviver to the spring , now we have -1 , +5°C night and 10 , 15 °C at day
Caught 3 late swarms the first of October i put them in a poly nuc box with better comb and feeding them .i didn't think they would ever make it on their own in the wild so I'm going to try to get them through the winter. The queen's are laying and doing great 👍
did they ever survive? someone gave me a swarm that also got caught beginning of October, I have them in a big box but i made it smaller with insulation foam boards on both sides and one opening through a reducer ...feeding currently sugar water
What will you do with the colony that was left behind after the swarm? Do you think the replacement queen will have time to hatch, mate, get established, and get the remaining bees ready for the winter?
Not likely, i have to start a search, and look to see where this swarmed from. Then combine with another hive with queen. But will cage that queen. Or move this to another Colony. Ill just have to see what the situation is.
im cursed with late summer and fall swarms had 3 this year they all superceded then there were not enough drones flying so they just dwindled and i had to combine them all with other hives :(
I noticed as you were putting them in the box and they started fanning, a bunch on the brick started fanning too. Is that because they are so close to the little box? cool video as usual. I always enjoy how you always have new little things you try.
In Ireland they are the smallest of the commercially available queen mating nucs. They are just too small to take a colony through our winters here but in North Georgia ?
I know you might hate paper wasps but there is a use for them. Put their nests far enough where they won't hurt the bees, preferably close to yellowjacket or hornet hives, and the yellowjackets/hornets will attack the paper wasps or the paper wasps will try and attack them, distracting all 3 from the bees. To put it simply, you can protect beehives with wasp nests.
Not on topic but I recently purchased beetle barns and wondered if they should always be positioned below the frames or on top of the frames? Also, should you leave them in the hive over winter? I’m baited them with a honey, boric, Crisco mix and didn’t know how that would last over winter.
You said that bees don’t like the heat from your fingers, why do you scrape the bees off that brick with your fingers vs putting the brick ontop of the home!
I’m Completely new. I love watching your videos. I want to start apiculture and not sure where to start so watching all your videos. I’m Brazilian and I have a a big land where I want to start taking care of the bees and produce Mel 🍯 of good quality
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I love to see them fanning. Especially when you can smell it. Mmmm!
I agree, it's fun to experiment!
Put then in a 2 frame deep with a frame of capped brood and feed and they will make it through winter.
Yes, they are alot of different things that can be done. I love experimenting. So i might move this to an indoor place.
Watching you scoop those things bare handed is terrifying!
Thank you for adding this. I recently lost my mentor, and am having to learn everything I missed until I can find a new mentor.
I had a swarm this size the first week of October, the queen already has brood emerging from the first week of October, she has since laid a massive beautiful brood pattern and the first week of November in Maryland the nuc is filling up with brood and resources and I have no doubt they will do good this winter ! 😊
good info,,,family came up to Ohio from Flowery Branch and N. Carolina an we can all handle bees like you do,no suits,pickin up handfulls from outside feeder an grandkids watchin them fly out of hand,,they said it is the coolest thing they ever seen,,,C_YA
I love to experiment too. I would do the same! Got to try to learn.
Well they do indeed have a chance, though I like your mating nucs with 2 deep frames in them for the modularity /ease of transplanting frames from one colony to another when needed. I am thinking they don't have a full deep frames worth of cells in all three of the frames in this mini nuc. Might name that a tiny house! But I do understand - people see how it is done by some folks and they feel comfortable with those tiny homes. Fair enough, you should sell them. Great video David.
Very interesting David. Thanks. Hope they make it. 👍
Thanks Nena.
Hi David
Can you do a follow up video on how the bees coped over winter, this is so interesting I’ve had small swarms before and never survive Aussie winter
Cheers
Good advice! Thanks !
I hope to start my first hive next year. I will never grow tired of seeing someone scoop a pile of bees with their bare hand! Thank you for your videos, and thank you for sharing your knowledge. Mike
I've been doing it almost 2 months, am loving it!
put a few vids up too
I could’ve use something like that the other day. Noticed the box was not much activity looked inside there’s only two frames of bees I put a frame of brewed and honey and a follower board. I’m really hoping they get through the winter. Cool video.
I noticed the queen at 1:18 while you were talking.
Y have a fall swarm to last week , but y don't have uncapping larve , to attract bees and he's going away in forest , y protect one night the swarm , anyway in Romania it's very cold in winter (-15 -20 ) and y am shores he don't surviver to the spring , now we have -1 , +5°C night and 10 , 15 °C at day
Caught 3 late swarms the first of October i put them in a poly nuc box with better comb and feeding them .i didn't think they would ever make it on their own in the wild so I'm going to try to get them through the winter. The queen's are laying and doing great 👍
did they ever survive? someone gave me a swarm that also got caught beginning of October, I have them in a big box but i made it smaller with insulation foam boards on both sides and one opening through a reducer ...feeding currently sugar water
@@yousefhamed yes they made it just fine.
@@michaelfike7542 thanks i hope mine make it 4 frames and im feeding
@@yousefhamed oh yeah just pour on the food and keep them tight and you will have a booming box this spring.
I keep 6 frame apimaye nucs which I can put a divider board which makes 2 3-frame nucs.
Hi David, I didn't have luck with those mini foam nucs they got too weak and were robbed and died out. I couldn't keep enough bees in them :(
Good information. Thank you so much,
What will you do with the colony that was left behind after the swarm? Do you think the replacement queen will have time to hatch, mate, get established, and get the remaining bees ready for the winter?
Not likely, i have to start a search, and look to see where this swarmed from. Then combine with another hive with queen. But will cage that queen. Or move this to another Colony. Ill just have to see what the situation is.
Thanks for the video.
im cursed with late summer and fall swarms had 3 this year they all superceded then there were not enough drones flying so they just dwindled and i had to combine them all with other hives :(
I noticed as you were putting them in the box and they started fanning, a bunch on the brick started fanning too. Is that because they are so close to the little box? cool video as usual. I always enjoy how you always have new little things you try.
Yes, they was so close, they could sence the queen, and remander Colony.
I'm a 🐝 keeper
In Ireland they are the smallest of the commercially available queen mating nucs. They are just too small to take a colony through our winters here but in
North Georgia ?
I know you might hate paper wasps but there is a use for them. Put their nests far enough where they won't hurt the bees, preferably close to yellowjacket or hornet hives, and the yellowjackets/hornets will attack the paper wasps or the paper wasps will try and attack them, distracting all 3 from the bees. To put it simply, you can protect beehives with wasp nests.
What’s up David.
Sooo the question we all have is - how many times did you get stung during the filming of this video ?
Honestly not the first time.
so the queen is in there and the rest are just fanning her?
Queen at 1:11
Not on topic but I recently purchased beetle barns and wondered if they should always be positioned below the frames or on top of the frames? Also, should you leave them in the hive over winter? I’m baited them with a honey, boric, Crisco mix and didn’t know how that would last over winter.
You said that bees don’t like the heat from your fingers, why do you scrape the bees off that brick with your fingers vs putting the brick ontop of the home!
I got some bees I’d like to see you grab with your hands. Lol 😂
So what happens to the hive they came from?
Im in search of it. Lol
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I'm not a beekeeper myself, but picking up a swarm of any size 🐝🐝 by hand = 😬😳
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Guess what I made friends with a wasp and took it wit me to school lol
Put it back in it's hive
I think half of beekeeping is experimenting to see what works for you.
I’m
Completely new. I love watching your videos. I want to start apiculture and not sure where to start so watching all your videos.
I’m Brazilian and I have a a big land where I want to start taking care of the bees and produce Mel 🍯 of good quality