Handling Queen Cells
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Paul Kelly, Research and Apiary Manager, explains the benefits of using queen cells and demonstrates methods for transporting cells to the apiary in an incubator.
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Hey could you add a second hot water bottle rubber thingy lol, or is one more then enough with the insulation of the chips?, also 1000!!!! ya this is super , and way better alternative haha thank you!!
Wow! You’ve really pumped out some great videos this year! Thanks for your effort on the videos and for the reliable beekeeping knowledge!
Hi Smiit
You are very welcome. Thanks for your enthusiastic support!
I am really happy that you guys started to do videos again. Do not stop! ;)
Hi Berd
Thank for your support! We fit the videos in when we can. Our big project now is building a new research and education centre so I think we'll do some videos this spring summer but not a large number.
@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Did you consider a crowdfunding option? I bet I am not the only one that would love to chip in a little bit. :)
Hi Bernd
Thanks for the good thought! I think we will do some sort of crowd funding campaign. You're right if a lot of people give a little it could really add up. Our alumni affairs are looking after the fundraising part so we'll talk more about this option. Cheers!
Little tip for Paul: when you fill the hot water bottle, fold the still open waterbottle until the water is right up to the brim, that way you expelled all the air, if you don't the air will expand with the heat and you get the water bottle you see in the video, streched out, ready to burst. Ta for your DIYincubtor, cheers from France
Good tip. Thanks Christophe. Hello in France!
Amazing amount of videos the last few weeks. thank you. Our bee season is finally upon us, girls are just flying now. Cold winter. keep recording great knowledge base you are giving us.
Thanks for your support John. We filmed 21 videos last summer and fall and will have them all released by the end of this month. We hope to start some new ones inn the spring. You must live somewhere with a climate similar to ours. We have had a few days of pollen foraging so the season has started.
@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre I live in MA USA. finally did an inspection and the queens are laying, did have some dead outs but that happens. Keep posting I enjoy your lessons.
:) thanks John
Exactly what i was looking for,Thank you!
Great! It's nice when you find what you are looking for. You are very welcome.
Bonjour vidéos toujours très intéressantes merci pour la traduction .
You make awesome videos, great information! Thanks!
Our pleasure! Thanks BB.
In today's video, you showed putting the queen cell in the incubator without a base. However, in your last video: 4-way mating nucs you mentioned putting the base of the queen cell bases below the tops of the frames in order to keep the bees in their designated sections. In all of your other videos I can remember only seeing queen cells with bases. How do I insert queen cells between the hive frames without a base or how do I attach my queen cells on bases before they are attached to the queen cell frame? ❤🌅🌵
Hi Suzi
It may not have shown well but the cells did have wooden bases on them. They make a good handle and a good way to hang from the top bars. Cheers!
If you don’t have a base you can press the top part of the cell into an area of empty comb on a frame.
Thank you very much for your video.
This is an excellent series of videos
Thanks Kim. We appreciate your support.
Great tip Paul. Will use that tip.thank you.
:) Danny
Great Video and have really enjoyed all of your videos. They are great!!!
Thanks Ronald. We appreciate your enthusiastic comments!
What a video! Thank you for sharing. Since this video is new and will be visited by beekeepers maybe one of the commenters can help me.. I made a reddit account but it won't let me post on /rbeekeeping yet. I just conducted my first hive inspection ever. Got a package 5 days ago. Langstroth with 1 brood box and one empty super. Had ultra bee in empty super but they’re not eating it, which is fine. They’re going through a lot of syrup which makes me happy. I put the queen cage on between two frames and was afraid they were gonna burr comb it. Being my first installation I was trying to get the bees in there in a timely manner and I’ve been thinking the spacing wasn’t right. That was one reason I did not wait a week. Other reason being it’s cloudy tomorrow and rain the next day so I wanted to be able to see the eggs with sunlight. Now this was my first inspection... bit nervous and first time handling bees on frames. As I feared it seems most of their time was spent on burr comb about the size of a cantaloupe. What’s worse is I did not find the queen and did not see eggs. A lot of clear liquid and pollen and nectar I guess. I removed the burr comb and put it in the empty super for them to harvest and removed the ultra bee. I didn’t wanna smoke my girls anymore and didn’t wanna keep them open for too long since they haven’t been here long. After I post this I’m gonna peak and see if they’re emptying the burr comb and then leave them alone. Soo my question is could I have just missed the queen and there’s not enough comb to lay yet? I remember I was also trying to install them somewhat quickly and the queen to my eyes wasn’t much different she seemed maybe small. But then again all of them are a little smaller than I thought. Should I wait a week and see what inspection #2 holds? I’m worried! Let the problem solving of beekeeping begin.. sure didn’t take long >.>. Thank you all.
Yikes! You need to watch a marathon of UoG Honey Bee Center's videos. Their first videos are more basic as I'm not sure why your bees have access to more than one box or how they have room for comb the size of a cantaloupe with 10 frames in the boxes. With love 💜from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵.
Haha Thanks for the suggestion Suzi. It will all become more clear over time geturphil. Watching a few more of our videos could help. I always suggest a real hans on bee course from credible teachers too.
This is the beekeeping im all about. trying things differently.
Thanks for that thought GLH!
Thanks for the information.
When adding a queen cell to a new colony, how much time that hive should be queenless?
1 day is ideal but even a few hours is enough.
You guys are awesome
Great video and thank you for what you all do with bees.
Thanks Mark! You are very welcome.
Great teaching. Could you please put in your agenda a future video on how to use colonies for drone production to flood a queen mating area with the right drones. In December in the UK I use Oxalic axid 3 times, one week apart. In May by the time the drones are ready to mate, the VARROA numbers are excessive. I don't have access to an isolated area. Thank you
Hi Carlos
That would be a good idea. I'd suggest you work on finding ways to keep your mite levels lower. High numbers in the spring is a real issue. Maybe try a thymol product if you are trying to stick to naturally based materials.
This was good Thankyou
:) Hi Frances
Great video, I like the idea I would like to next year be doing this for spots ahead of time. I would rather drop a queen cell in rather than wait for an emergency one.
Thanks James! I appreciate your comments.
Good stuff, thanks!
our pleasure!
Thanks for the information, are you going to show us how you rear your queens?
Hi Najib
Have a look at some of our other videos. Wev'e done 6 or so on queen rearing methods.
Man your videos amazing and very informative
Thanks bro excellent
Well thanks EE. We appreciate your feedback.
Very informative as usual, Thanks, Love the new background music.....besides bees, dobros are also a passion of mine,
Hi John
You are very welcome.Thanks for the note about our music. I was really happy when Alex found this tune for us. I love the sound of dobro too.
That’s a good idea 👍
Hi Paul, I love how you demonstrate with a grafting frame with 45 accepted cells. Over time I have seen lots of references to removing the cells on day 10 or day 15. It took a long time for me to realize that there is a vulnerable period when the developing queens are extremely easy to damage. Can you elaborate on that sometime please?
Hi fshrgy99
It's pretty much standard practise to remove cells 10 days after grafting. If you handle them earlier the wing buds can be damaged resulting in deformed wings. I should lookup the vulnerable time frame but don't know it offhand.
This video series is absolutely excellent! Thanks so much for putting this information out there.
I was hoping to get your opinion on queen rearing and annual timeline/flowering calendar. There are some restrictions on what species I can plant where I am so I'm hoping to better understand what part of the season is most important for queen raising in particular. Do the hives need to be massively built up early in spring? Larger variety of forage in summer? Strong autumn food for overwintering strength? Any thoughts you have would be much appreciated!
Hi Seeweeds
Thanks for your generous comment!
Queen rearing is best done when swarm season is happening in your region as you are emulating nature. It's hard to say too much about the flowers that help your bees our as that is so different from place to place. Think about what's blooming in the surrounding 7,000 acres your bees will foraging on. Planting helps for sure but bees go to where there are rich resources and masses of flowers so that may not be close to home.
Excellent. Any suggestion as to find all the cells in the cedar? Unfortunately, I just switched to yellow JZBZ cups. Last time I was using a zip lock bag with water with bubble wrap between them in a Styrofoam cooler. I ended up with several of my cells bad and suspect it is due to poor handling. I will try this method.
What is the name of brand name for commercial brooding equipment? It would be really appreciated.
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Good Idea! I went and bought myself one of those little 12 volt windshield defrosters and a 50 watt ceramic element along with a 12 volt digital thermostat. If my idea works I should end up with a 12 volt heated transfer case and a incubator gotta figure out what' I'll use (Like a bar fridge) or just build the incubatorout of wood. I Can use anything compact with a handle for the carry box, but, in the end. If it works??? it'll be around 100 dollars for both. I'm confident it'll work, however, I don't get too cocky. Important part is it should be as good as the sell and more importantly I'll save about 2 grand.
Sounds like a good plan. There are some pretty cheap chicken egg incubators available too. Friends say they work well.
Hello again Paul,
Just starting to race queens this year. The first couple of times I used it (33°C - 34°C) and put them in, The Queens never emerged. An experienced beekeeper told me I HAD TO “Thin” The tip of the queen cell. To allow the queen to emerge. Do you “Thin” the tip of the queen cell, or do you just let the queen work her self out?
Thanks again,
👋 Mike from California
Hi Mtw Wallance
I'm not sure what happened in your situation. I've never heard of thinning the caps. Bees do that just fine. Cheers Mike!
Super!!! I like video tank you!
Thank you Moldovan!
Super sir🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Never seen you without your hat on!
Haha. That hat's pretty well screwed to my head in the summer.
An Instapot on YOGURT setting won’t work? Concerning the wood shavings.. could one heat the wood shavings first and get rid of the water bottle?
Have a question i hope you can help with.
when bees make a queen cell/swarm cell {not a supercedure cell.} Does the queen lay in it or do the bees transfer an egg or larvae
to the cell?
Enjoy your vids very comprehensive thankyou.
Good question. I don't know for sure in which situations eggs are moved by workers but I have noted situations where this has happened.
Thank you👌 Bee yard begins learning student.😎
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about that, when do you guys retrieve cells cuz i read in the books the bees build the cells with a mixture of wax and pollen so that the larva can breath and then recoat it with clear wax on day 11 and beyond so when is the right time to retrieve them and cage them or put em in incubators ?
HI Abdel
We harvest the queen cells on day 10 from grafting so thats' day 14 from the egg being laid.
Excellent
Good
:) thanks SM.
If you have a queenless colony that was taken from a house and there aren't any drones, can you still introduce a queen cell?
Yes.... Queen will hatch, mature for a few days, then go out on her Mating Flight... and mates in a Drone Congregation Area (Aerial Meeting/Mating Area ! Usually within 4 Miles or so. Drones flood that area, only x10 Boy Bees do the 'Deed' then die ! The Queen returns to her own Hive. 😎
A Virgin Queen will never mate with her own Drones (as she has made and laid these 'boys' so they have the same Genetics !) She will go out and find as much varied Genetics as possible, so have several Hives in your Apiary, where Queens are not related, and or Mated elsewhere. Eg Swarms, buying Nucs, Breeder Queens etc.
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Happy Beekeeping 2022.
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It's this.... typo error...
Virgin Queen comes from an "Egg" that shares the same Genetics with the Hives Drones... from the Queen who laid those fertilised (Queen/Worker Bees) and unfertilised (Drone Bees/or Worker becomes a Drone layer, Workers only lay unfertislised eggs, so Drones only, if Queen fails, or has died.)
Educate us on the intricacies of depending on the bee industry for queens. Please.
Here in Illinois I don't get mortality until after its too late to order queens.
How it works. First nice day in February they all come out to cleanse. In March the colonies that were alive...some die. Sometimes a lot. So I get online to find queens to order for May in March and it's already over. Sold out until late June.
March madness. What do you do?
I tried to order queens for May 2020 from my preference of suppliers. They all sort of ignored me. I can't wait to do splits in late- June at the end of the honey flow.
So again...how can you depend upon the bee industry?
Order before you need?
HI Mike
I'd order queens as early as necessary. If you don't use them for splits you can use them for requeening. Consider queen cells too. You can get them earlier. see our video ' Handling queen cells'.
@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre funny. I just tried ordering for May 2020. They're sold out until late june. ;)
Hmmm. Not sure what would work best for you then. Here later queens can work well. We super the colonies and take splits after the parent colonies have produced a good bit of honey from the main flows. That way we are making up for next years losses this year.
Where did you guys go??? Did RUclips ban you from the US??
Still here Stan! We plan to put out a few videos this winter.
I'm having problems with my queen cells. out of 25 queen cells, only 6 hatch. I'm using the incubator but I'm not doing something wrong. any ideas?
Hard to say Keith. Overheating cells is a common problem so make sure your cells don't get over 32C.
@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre thank you
Some time later Re Question :
Maybe check the Humidity too.
And/Or get yourself a xAA or xAAA Battery Humidity / Temp Reader. Often in Pet, Reptile, Seed Mat areas of Online/Shops.
They often have a Neat Display, Up/Down Buttons, a Thermal Cable, with a Tiny Metal 'Tip.'
Drill a Hole thru eg Box, (insert a Drinking Straw to hold pushed thru Temp Cable.) Maybe add a Q Tip, or similar, at this Hole : to stop vent Cold leaking in.
Just an idea. . . Or buy a Cheap (reliable :Temp Held) Incubator from above. Hen ones here are about £50 / ($60) or so. These work a treat. [If a Turning option is given : Choose "Still Model" or unclip Turning Cable/ Connection. Queens stay still ! Not turned like Birds in pre hatch days up to chirping or quacking into the World (!)
* Also remember the First Queen to Hatch will KILL (Sting dead) any rival Sisters. So add into a Hive pre-day x14, or place each Queen Cell in a Roller Cage, or DIY Mesh type.
Hope this helps. 😎
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Happy Beekeeping 2023.
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I add some Wood :soaked in Water (Small thick Block) to give a bit of Humidity. Not the Inner Water Cavity ! : That's for Super high Humidity for Birds to peck thru their Egg Shells, in the Hatching Lockdown process ! 😉
How do you hang that cell in your colony?... insert it in a comb/frame
Hi Niki
We hang the cell from the top bars of the frame using the wooden base. We put it in between two frames containing brood.
Is it ever too late to use a queen cell in a queenless hive?
Once the workers start to lay eggs the colony is pretty much doomed. A colony needs to be very populous to a make it through the winter so I start to think about that in June.
Would they be ok with no oxigen for acouple hours?
There is enough oxygen inside the cooler.
Show us how you make your cells.
Hi Steve
Have you seen our 'grafting' and 'queen cell builder' videos? They show the process.
@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Thank You.
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For those interested in making of Paul's Hive Stool, here's a Sketchup file bit.ly/2VuYdEw.
How to make a Queen bee that reproducses properly and corretly
Hi Apet
We have a number of queen rearing videos on our RUclips channel. I hope you enjoy watching them.