Such great content! My girlfriend is sitting here listening to this in the background as I watch, and she says this guy sounds like the original Winnie the poo. Lol Poo is a beekeeper! Of course lol.
Another reason to winter 8 pushed together as a 2 groups of 4 2 east 2 west in each group.. FED And insulated you will always have extra . Makes keeping 4 for honey production easy .
So just get the queen wet and add bees right on top of her....? Are these newly hatched queen cells in queen cell cages from the same hive as the nurse bees? Thanks for making this video 😊
Starting at 50:08 there is question as to why the nectar is darker in the middle of the frame. I have seen my bees store different nectar sources in different locations on the frame and certain sources they use up as quick as they put it in the cells. They isolate/segregate the nectar by source. I see this every year. In my area of Northern Minnesota USA the bees will store some early nectar sources but the dandelion and fruit tree nectar is used up immediately for brood rearing. They will not store the dandelion and fruit tree nectar. Only thing I can figure is they see the dandelion and fruit tree nectar as ideal sources for rearing brood due to the higher levels of minerals in the nectar. One year I had bees brought in a nectar that was a blue/purple color and they placed it in one corner and then used it almost immediately after putting it in the cells. I have no idea what that nectar was from but the color was amazing.
Thanks for a brilliant talk. It's surprising a queen can fill a frame in two days. What happens if the extra frames happen to be on foundation, can the bees make the combs as quickly?
Pankaj, I am talking about a British Standard brood frame, that is smaller than many other sizes. Don't forget that a normal brood frame will probably have drone cells as well as nectar, honey and pollen in it, so the queen won't have the whole comb to lay in. Bees will only draw out foundation if they have a need for the comb and incoming nectar (or feed) with which to produce the wax.
@@rogerpatterson3167 Hi, thanks for that info, yes, at present time pollen and nectar levels will be very low so the bees will be using what is in store and may need help also in winter. I was assuming a bigger hive. They will make based on needs which is a nice point, thank you.
You are legend for me. . I'm using CO2 to two frame nuck forage force bees stay in nuck. Carbon dioxide knocks out the bees. Fainting bees lose their location memory. They cannot return to their old hive. Don't need to put nucks 3 miles away. I hate transport nucks......Love from Turkey.
Hi Murat. I was wondering if CO2 might be a tool to get vero dropped from the adults. I know it's used for testing. Do you find you get that when you treat whole nuc? Thanks Mark
@@FloatingIdeasonanarrowboat varroa respiratory system becomes ineffective when oxalic acid is used. every year İ divede 100 hives in same beeyard. Erasing the bees' location memories using carbon dioxide is useful when splitting a hive. Forage force equal divided. yes co2 usefull varroa shake test. Small carbon dioxide cylinders are sold in shops that sell aquarium supplies. not very expensive.
Roger I'm buying all of your books. Next year will be all about queen's.
Thanks for videos so much valuable info ( here in Sydney Australia)
Such great content! My girlfriend is sitting here listening to this in the background as I watch, and she says this guy sounds like the original Winnie the poo. Lol Poo is a beekeeper! Of course lol.
Another reason to winter 8 pushed together as a 2 groups of 4 2 east 2 west in each group..
FED And insulated you will always have extra .
Makes keeping 4 for honey production easy .
So just get the queen wet and add bees right on top of her....? Are these newly hatched queen cells in queen cell cages from the same hive as the nurse bees? Thanks for making this video 😊
Cheers, thank you
Starting at 50:08 there is question as to why the nectar is darker in the middle of the frame.
I have seen my bees store different nectar sources in different locations on the frame and certain sources they use up as quick as they put it in the cells.
They isolate/segregate the nectar by source.
I see this every year.
In my area of Northern Minnesota USA the bees will store some early nectar sources but the dandelion and fruit tree nectar is used up immediately for brood rearing.
They will not store the dandelion and fruit tree nectar.
Only thing I can figure is they see the dandelion and fruit tree nectar as ideal sources for rearing brood due to the higher levels of minerals in the nectar.
One year I had bees brought in a nectar that was a blue/purple color and they placed it in one corner and then used it almost immediately after putting it in the cells.
I have no idea what that nectar was from but the color was amazing.
Thanks for a brilliant talk. It's surprising a queen can fill a frame in two days. What happens if the extra frames happen to be on foundation, can the bees make the combs as quickly?
Pankaj, I am talking about a British Standard brood frame, that is smaller than many other sizes. Don't forget that a normal brood frame will probably have drone cells as well as nectar, honey and pollen in it, so the queen won't have the whole comb to lay in. Bees will only draw out foundation if they have a need for the comb and incoming nectar (or feed) with which to produce the wax.
@@rogerpatterson3167 Hi, thanks for that info, yes, at present time pollen and nectar levels will be very low so the bees will be using what is in store and may need help also in winter. I was assuming a bigger hive.
They will make based on needs which is a nice point, thank you.
Has he done the video he mentioned about queen cells on small scale.
Sat 3rd Apr 7.30pm: Roger Patterson - “Queen cells. Their recognition and uses” zoom.us/j/98054208951
@@BIBBA_UK i am in the USA. Central time zone so when will it be for me? I am enjoying this series.
On a separate but related topic. Where can I get the record book for tracking queen proformence?
1:30 PM (13:30) CST? ...I think
bibba.com/natbip-guide/
Section 4.1
does this work for a bee keeper in Africa?
HOST SAYS THE most SAVAGE thing at 56:56 OMG
Yes, Karl and Roger have a very good relationship. It's all good fun and in jest. 😂
Ha Ha
Is this the Christmas edition... lol
You are legend for me. . I'm using CO2 to two frame nuck forage force bees stay in nuck. Carbon dioxide knocks out the bees. Fainting bees lose their location memory. They cannot return to their old hive. Don't need to put nucks 3 miles away. I hate transport nucks......Love from Turkey.
Hi Murat. I was wondering if CO2 might be a tool to get vero dropped from the adults. I know it's used for testing. Do you find you get that when you treat whole nuc?
Thanks
Mark
@@FloatingIdeasonanarrowboat 7 years I 'm using oxalic acid vap. 4 season 365 day. CO2 not useful for varroa.
@@murat5103 thanks. I just thought as it is used for shake tests it might work. But you would have to shake the bees as some way.
@@FloatingIdeasonanarrowboat varroa respiratory system becomes ineffective when oxalic acid is used. every year İ divede 100 hives in same beeyard. Erasing the bees' location memories using carbon dioxide is useful when splitting a hive. Forage force equal divided. yes co2 usefull varroa shake test. Small carbon dioxide cylinders are sold in shops that sell aquarium supplies. not very expensive.