I own a small apiary in Winnsboro, Louisiana and we just installed a package from Barnyard Bees 2 weeks ago. THEY ARE DOING AMAZING! Almost filling out a 5 frame NUC already. Thanks so much. -LDV Bee Co. 🐝🐝
David, I just wanted to come in and say something nice about the quality of the bees you sold me last year, and this video is really the perfect place to do it because I wanted to talk about what a great package you sent me. I was a newbie and I couldn't have had a better introduction to beekeeping. About the middle of May 2021, I bought a package from you and installed them into my very first hive. It was late in the season; I'm in northern Louisiana, and the spring honey flow was almost halfway over with. They made it through the dearth because I fed them consistently, and we had a good goldenrod crop in August-October. So they had enough food going into the winter, and I kept feeding them to supplement. They overwintered successfully. Even during the dearth, they've been very mild-tempered. They're wonderfully gentle bees, just as you advertised. This spring (2022), I had a double-deep brood nest by the beginning of March because the queen from this package was an egg-laying machine. Out of 20 frames, I'd say 17 were covered with bees, and on the 15th I performed a walk away split in hopes of forestalling a swarm. The split is doing fine--in fact, the queenright half of this walk away split was doing better than fine. Even after a split and adding a medium super on top of their deep box, they built up so fast that they swarmed on April 2nd. Fortunately for me, I went out for an inspection that day and found them, so I was able to recover the swarm. But I was floored. The swarm was easily enough to fill a 5-frame nuc, the mother hive has a full ten deep frames still heavily covered with bees, and the walkaway split has about 3-5 frames of bees clustered on the brood, with a virgin queen due to hatch out any day now. I'm tremendously impressed with this original queen that you sent me. She's been a real champion for me.
Awesome story! A lot of that credit goes to you because you obviously did your homework before getting bees (well, I guess I don't know that, you could have crammed in all of the information the moment you got your bees, but either way you got it done).
I agree, Pine needles work great for smoker fuel! I had a pine tree that supplied me with my needles, but it died in the Snowpocalypse of 2021. I need to get it replaced (plus a few more). Thanks for sharing!
Great video! Jimmy told me about this, after I had no clue how to install my first packages. Loved the bees so much that I've got two more packages coming this week. Thanks! P.S. One thing I have learned with the queen cage is to take a small nail and poke a "tunnel" right through the candy. And then placing the cage in the bottom of a frame, tilting it slightly (candy) upward in case the queen was delivered through UPS (NOT from Barnyard Bees) and there are dead attendants in the queen cage!
Thank you for last year's super package. Had to split them last month. Your queens build up Barnyard Bees strong. Good Lord is all I could say after opening hive March 6. Packed a double deep with a super. Tooooo!! Strong for me.
In Minnesota, we sometimes have to load our bees during snowstorms. I've had to do that four times over the years. It's not fun and the bees are *very* cranky at that time of the year. Thanks for the video David.
I was getting ready to call you today to order a package but a swarm just moved into the hive i set up today. I still may set up a second hive this spring. thank you for your videos. Be well and at peace.
Great video learning something everyday. I like to spray my packages with sugar water to keep them from being so flighty. I’ll try smoking them next time.
That is a toss-up. I prefer sugar water with a few drops of Honey Bee Healthy. Smoking causes bees to react differently and sometimes in a negative way. Sometimes heavy smoking can cause a queen to quit laying temporarily. I've seen sprayed bees pause and lap up the sugar syrup. It is wholly a personal choice. Incidentally; smoking has almost no effect on Africanized "Killer" bees.
One tip I would recommend is when you take the wood top off of the package to take your hive tool or something and bang the staples down flat. That way when you put it back over the package after removing the queen and syrup you don't risk damage to your hand. Just takes a second and nothing more annoying than getting cut on a staple.
After having a can go to the bottom when I bumped it down, I now tilt the package sideways and grssp the can before bumping it down. You said this year's color was green but the queen actually had a yellow mark which is correct for this year. Neat idea dumping them on the ground and watching them march in. I am going to give that a try. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! One of your packages should be arriving at my door in a couple of weeks. I can’t wait! Thank you for all your great information. Enjoy your Sunday!
💨🐝🐝🐝I placed a 3 lb package in a hive and treated with OAV before releasing my new bees last year. Should have seen all the dead varroa that fell off in the package.🐝🐝👍
Can’t hear ya very well bud, maybe time to invest in microphone that mounts to your head? Idk…but I just love the channel, I’ve been thinking about starting beekeeping any tips or tricks for beginners? Thanks for the content!! Can I buy a queen and some bees directly from you? Let me know…I’m very interested in this hobby and what tools and beginner things do I need? Thanks in advance David!!
Yes sir I'm stalling a package of bees I lost one of my hives last year will they try to supersede that Queen when I install it this year 2022. Thank you and look forward to hearing back from you
I own a small apiary in Winnsboro, Louisiana and we just installed a package from Barnyard Bees 2 weeks ago. THEY ARE DOING AMAZING! Almost filling out a 5 frame NUC already. Thanks so much. -LDV Bee Co. 🐝🐝
David, I just wanted to come in and say something nice about the quality of the bees you sold me last year, and this video is really the perfect place to do it because I wanted to talk about what a great package you sent me. I was a newbie and I couldn't have had a better introduction to beekeeping. About the middle of May 2021, I bought a package from you and installed them into my very first hive. It was late in the season; I'm in northern Louisiana, and the spring honey flow was almost halfway over with. They made it through the dearth because I fed them consistently, and we had a good goldenrod crop in August-October. So they had enough food going into the winter, and I kept feeding them to supplement. They overwintered successfully. Even during the dearth, they've been very mild-tempered. They're wonderfully gentle bees, just as you advertised.
This spring (2022), I had a double-deep brood nest by the beginning of March because the queen from this package was an egg-laying machine. Out of 20 frames, I'd say 17 were covered with bees, and on the 15th I performed a walk away split in hopes of forestalling a swarm. The split is doing fine--in fact, the queenright half of this walk away split was doing better than fine. Even after a split and adding a medium super on top of their deep box, they built up so fast that they swarmed on April 2nd. Fortunately for me, I went out for an inspection that day and found them, so I was able to recover the swarm. But I was floored.
The swarm was easily enough to fill a 5-frame nuc, the mother hive has a full ten deep frames still heavily covered with bees, and the walkaway split has about 3-5 frames of bees clustered on the brood, with a virgin queen due to hatch out any day now. I'm tremendously impressed with this original queen that you sent me. She's been a real champion for me.
Awesome story! A lot of that credit goes to you because you obviously did your homework before getting bees (well, I guess I don't know that, you could have crammed in all of the information the moment you got your bees, but either way you got it done).
I agree, Pine needles work great for smoker fuel! I had a pine tree that supplied me with my needles, but it died in the Snowpocalypse of 2021.
I need to get it replaced (plus a few more). Thanks for sharing!
First time I seen mr Banyard Bee in a veil lol.
The march never gets old.
This was great! A big thank you from a new beekeeper. Perfect timing as well since we’ll be getting our packages from you in the next few days.
Great video! Jimmy told me about this, after I had no clue how to install my first packages.
Loved the bees so much that I've got two more packages coming this week. Thanks!
P.S. One thing I have learned with the queen cage is to take a small nail and poke a "tunnel" right through the candy. And then placing the cage in the bottom of a frame, tilting it slightly (candy) upward in case the queen was delivered through UPS (NOT from Barnyard Bees) and there are dead attendants in the queen cage!
Thank you for last year's super package. Had to split them last month. Your queens build up Barnyard Bees strong. Good Lord is all I could say after opening hive March 6. Packed a double deep with a super. Tooooo!! Strong for me.
In Minnesota, we sometimes have to load our bees during snowstorms. I've had to do that four times over the years. It's not fun and the bees are *very* cranky at that time of the year.
Thanks for the video David.
I was getting ready to call you today to order a package but a swarm just moved into the hive i set up today. I still may set up a second hive this spring. thank you for your videos. Be well and at peace.
Really informative video David. I never get tired of watching and learning.
Great video learning something everyday. I like to spray my packages with sugar water to keep them from being so flighty. I’ll try smoking them next time.
That is a toss-up. I prefer sugar water with a few drops of Honey Bee Healthy. Smoking causes bees to react differently and sometimes in a negative way. Sometimes heavy smoking can cause a queen to quit laying temporarily. I've seen sprayed bees pause and lap up the sugar syrup.
It is wholly a personal choice. Incidentally; smoking has almost no effect on Africanized "Killer" bees.
I place my queen between brood frames and set the bee package upside down on top of the inner cover so they only have one direction to go.
One tip I would recommend is when you take the wood top off of the package to take your hive tool or something and bang the staples down flat. That way when you put it back over the package after removing the queen and syrup you don't risk damage to your hand. Just takes a second and nothing more annoying than getting cut on a staple.
After having a can go to the bottom when I bumped it down, I now tilt the package sideways and grssp the can before bumping it down. You said this year's color was green but the queen actually had a yellow mark which is correct for this year. Neat idea dumping them on the ground and watching them march in. I am going to give that a try. Thanks for sharing.
Learn the mnemonic- Will You Raise Good Bees. This year is yellow. Video was obviously made three years ago
Great video! One of your packages should be arriving at my door in a couple of weeks. I can’t wait! Thank you for all your great information. Enjoy your Sunday!
💨🐝🐝🐝I placed a 3 lb package in a hive and treated with OAV before releasing my new bees last year. Should have seen all the dead varroa that fell off in the package.🐝🐝👍
You would think that would be a great time to do it
@@Bourbonsouth47 seemed to work well for me.🐝👍Happy Bees
Good info. Thanks for your efforts
I like dumping in the front of the hive ! The March is awesome. Why would you miss that?
Can’t hear ya very well bud, maybe time to invest in microphone that mounts to your head? Idk…but I just love the channel, I’ve been thinking about starting beekeeping any tips or tricks for beginners? Thanks for the content!! Can I buy a queen and some bees directly from you? Let me know…I’m very interested in this hobby and what tools and beginner things do I need? Thanks in advance David!!
Thank you! Can’t wait till by bees arrive from you next week.
Question! What type of paint do you use on your hive boxes?
Doesn't matter
Thought this year's queen color is yellow?
I just marked my new queen yellow last week here in north Florida
It is yellow this year
It's yellow
Hello David
David do you reuse the little boxes the bees arrive in? If not why don't you cut the screen to release them?
Yes sir I'm stalling a package of bees I lost one of my hives last year will they try to supersede that Queen when I install it this year 2022. Thank you and look forward to hearing back from you
David do you sell the hat and face screen you're wearing? If not can you tell me where to get one?
Sorry for the dumb question..how long do they stay in the nuc box? I apologize if that's a dumb question
Why do the bees march in? I thought package bees weren't quite used to the new-to-them queen's pheromones.
Yea... poor weather and bees don't mix well >.< The bee funnel is rather ingenious, simple and effective :D
Couldn't watch. Sound was so bad.