Beekeeping SWARM CONTROL & How To Save Queen Cells

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@Amerc04 Ай бұрын

I love your "this is fun stuff Woo! " thats how i feel everytime i open a hive😂😂🎉..also thanks to you i caught a queen walking thru a swarm and picked her right up..it was an amazing moment. Ty for all you do!🐝✨️

@richard_wenner 8 күн бұрын

This is impressive. Thanks for publishing (although I think that it will lead to ME being stung, at some future point).

@annabattise-fox5478 6 күн бұрын

I had forgotten how big the Queen's are ❤ The bee's are Soo Beautiful ❣️❣️

@lisagorhaumann5373 28 күн бұрын

Love this video ! Please continue what you do next with the harvested queen cups. Thanks again for all your knowledge. :)

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate your kind comments. Helps balance the criticisms.

@platypusrex2287 25 күн бұрын

I think its a treat to see a queen hatch in person..

@mattkissmyasstyrants8676 Ай бұрын

4:20 ive had that exact situation happen and its no fun.. since then I've taken to using a charcoal briquette in my smoker.. it really helps to keep the fire going.. i torch the briquette and put it in first, burlap and some hickory chainsaw shavings on top, just give the smoker a little shake and then some puffs and away you go.

@lindagray5857 Ай бұрын

You are such a great teacher, David. Great video.

@user-om2jj3gs8c 12 күн бұрын

thank you so much David! I learned a lot from you

@beek 12 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

@ruthisaac2390 Ай бұрын

Hello David and Sheri. I see your using the White Marker for marking queens this year. The chart I follow says Green. Have they changed colors? Thank you both for all your hard work to make raising bees easier on us. I especially love the coffee time.

@beek Ай бұрын

Sorry, I glanced too quickly at the chart. It's green!

@echthroi9 25 күн бұрын

I'm glad you asked, I was so confused when I got to that part of the video!

@hlyautey 12 күн бұрын

Will You Raise Good Bees? white yellow red green blue 1-5 6-0

@jayglosser2014 Ай бұрын

SUPER DUPER PLUS VIDEO, David, your videos just keep getting better and educational! I'm doing my hive tomorrow hopefully I will have at least another hive when inspection is done. That will make two hives for the season which will make a lot of honey.

@ModupeOnabiyi 29 күн бұрын

I appreciate your vedios very educative.

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. I appreciate your encouragement.

@kylefrench7985 Ай бұрын

Thank you David this video definitely was inspired. You could not have had more perfect timing for me. I'm spitting my two very full winterd hives tomorrow the 5th of May . I have two days of warm weather than right back to cold rainy weather. Keep it up ( we) I appreciate all your help.

@saimirsubashi1142 Ай бұрын

They also make a sound which sounds almost like a new born kitten. It's amazing!

@BarnardFamily1 Ай бұрын

David, just wanted you to know we find you awesome and have thoroughly enjoyed your online courses and encouragement in these videos. We need to get you down for our Bee club in West Monroe, LA.

@wstepnout7215 Ай бұрын

Great video David. a picture, in this case a video is worth a thousands words. You can read about this but this video is a great tool.

@SIBEEMAN Ай бұрын

Hi David, I just cut some swarm cells out myself and marked a few queens too! Great video!

@rose2525bud 10 күн бұрын

Thank you 🐝🍯🐝

@jessedean945 Ай бұрын

Nice video and I’m learning so much from you, been reading and watching KZfaq videos on bee keeping for 3 years and joined Hive for Heroes to have a mentor and will be getting my first nuc later this month

@kimberleybowman9212 Ай бұрын

Great video! Very informative thank you. Good luck to those queens. Looking forward to finding out how they do.

@patrickstevenson17 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that video. Very educational.

@schammond8993 26 күн бұрын

Very good video. 👍

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thank you 👍 I appreciate your comment so much.

@homercampbelljr5489 Ай бұрын

Amazing footage & information Thanks David

@patrickkeating2860 18 күн бұрын

Amazing video. Maybe your best ever!

@hlyautey 12 күн бұрын

The queen's coming out pretty soon.

@jerrygreen7850 Ай бұрын

Awesome video David!

@court2379 3 күн бұрын

My sister called me over last weekend to capture a swarm in her tree and I couldn't figure out what happened. Maybe you can share your experience. She obtained a 5 frame nuc in late April. She has been feeding them weekly sugar water. She apparently never checked the hive for a queen or eggs when she moved them to a full box. I attempted to capture the swarm by shaking them off the branch they were on and got 95% of them into a new box with fully drawn frames. Then we waited for the rest to follow and move over. Only they didn't. Bees were fanning both in the box and in the branch. In twenty minutes most moved back to the branch. So I transferred them back again and brushed the branch clean. 10% just refused to leave and stayed in the air to land back on the branch seconds later. Each time I transferred them I inspected the branch and saw no sign of a queen. So if there was one I presume she was in the middle of the swarm and ended up in the box. I had to leave, but later my sister had to transfer them back to the box again, and this time she put a pollen patty in and closed the entrance for the night. I also inspected the presumed source hive from her nuc. What I found I don't understand though. The bees have been in there a month. She has been feeding them. But they had hardly drawn out more frames beyond the initial 5 from the nuc. She had 14 empty frames on this hive (shouldn't have added another super yet). In the drawn frames I couldn't find a queen or a single egg/larva. Several supercede cells a couple open. Very much like this video. Though a bit more drone cells mixed with them. I am confused by this situation. Why did they swarm in the first place? Too cold? The extra space, wind and she had the entrance fully open except the entrance feeder. If the queen had failed, then the supercedure cells would have been emergency ones and on the frame sides. Does a queen stop laying once the supercedure cells are made? I haven't observed this. The frames not being more drawn out is confusing, particularly with all the extra feeding. I would guess 2-3 lbs of bees were in the tree, and 2 were still in the hive. Where did all those bees come from if there were no eggs and little drawn out frames? Any thoughts that might shed light on this situation?

@davidmartin6312 28 күн бұрын

really informative video dave .

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thanks

@artmonk5907 Ай бұрын

Great video!

@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 Ай бұрын

That was brilliant. Thanks

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thanks

@guttormg1208 25 күн бұрын

Why will you not use a queen excluder if you have undrawn frames in the super? Wont the workerbees draw out the frames?

@tonyc44 Ай бұрын

Great video David

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thanks

@user-xy1ll5mq4s 18 күн бұрын

Wow,thanks totally connect with your video and 😅love it trying to get all the information on bee keeping about to start soon like a virgin queen bee 😂❤lol

@sanpoilstudio Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@beek Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much!!

@ThaGodprintNation2024 Ай бұрын

Excellent content

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Much appreciated

@joannejerina9964 Ай бұрын

Hi David, I am a customer and took a couple of your classes. I watched your video about using a Snelgrove board for swarm control but cannot find the follow-up video you said you were going to make.I have checked your videos for days with no luck. Not sure how to proceed after your initial instructions.. Thanks for your help, really appreciate all the knowledge you share. God Bless! JoAnne Jerina

@user-bb6iz2br7c 24 күн бұрын

Hi David, I have a really bad tempered Hive and i am going to get rid of the Queen. my question is if when i get rid of the queen, can i introduce a frame with a not fully capped queen cell at the same time? I will be greatful for any advice. Regards

@brianbennett4374 Ай бұрын

Great video David alot to take in 😊 you make it look so easy 👍 Are you going to sell any of them queens 😊 I know a guy in NJ oh me that would take one lol. Thanks for the video I really enjoyed this one 😊

@WildwoodsBeekeeping Ай бұрын

Hey David! Good stuff :)

@LoriDobberstein 10 күн бұрын

Hi. I love your videos. How long can the queen cells be out of the hive once you cut them out. Do they have to stay a certain temp while your working the hive?

@ericshipplett3517 29 күн бұрын

That was so cool

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Thanks

@bligon11 17 күн бұрын

I say "fixin" all the time!

@beek 14 күн бұрын

Me too 😜

@theshadowoftruth7561 Ай бұрын

White? is there 2 different color codes? The one I found online says 2024 should be Green. White is for years ending in a 1 or a 6. But the 2 queens I got in my packages this year were dotted white also.

@beek Ай бұрын

Dr. Zawislak included the international color code for queens in our book that we wrote several years ago. I got mixed up. 2024 should be green. Years ending in 1 or 6- White, 2 or 7 Yellow, 3 or 8 red, 4 or 9 Green, 5 or 0 Blue. An easy way to remember this is: Won't You Raise Good Bees. The letter of each word in that sentence is the color starting with 1. I taught this a few months ago in Nevada when I spoke at their state convention. I just goofed in the video.

@theshadowoftruth7561 Ай бұрын

@@beek Great Video I saved it under favorites!

@robertrichardson7667 Ай бұрын

Hi Dave, I have been dealing with swarms and doing splits the last few days. I actually caught a virgin queen emerging yesterday and still have cells to inspect today. Many of them have been killed I assume, because the cells were open at the side and the hole es were huge. I agree that virgin queens do look a bit smaller. Question for you. I can't seem to find the existing queen but I know she's there because there is young larvae. How can I go about doing more splits wit these new virgin queens if I still can't find the queen? The reason I ask is I've tried one already and accidentally shook the queen into the split but did replace her back to her colony only to catch her in a swarm three days later. Hahahaha

@beek 26 күн бұрын

I appreciate your question. You should ask this question on my livestream this Thursday, 7pm CT. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live

@chrismolander9084 27 күн бұрын

David, Thank you for another great video, a picture is worth a thousand words. Curious however about the white paint for marking the queens. If white is for 2024 I have been using the wrong color?

@beek 27 күн бұрын

Watch my newest video

@OldManPotato78 Ай бұрын

Another great video :) I have one question though. Are you marking the queens white because they are virgins? When I look up the queen colors by year the information says years ending in 4 are green. I'm about to mark my own queens soon and want to check if I'm looking at the wrong information. Thanks

@beek Ай бұрын

Yup, I got mixed up...It's green. I'll have to repaint her.

@charliegioe3158 10 күн бұрын

David if you did not need any of those queens what would you do with them but you just put them in a separate box altogether thank you Charlie PA

@beek 10 күн бұрын

Yes the virgin queens would need to be placed in mating boxes.

@charliegioe3158 10 күн бұрын

@@beek thank you great video. Amazing how she just comes out like that just great.

@tanyakoslowski 18 күн бұрын

What's the difference between swarm cells and queen cells?

@user-oe1yu6et6j Ай бұрын

David, I thought this year was green not white?

@LuisCR-bd1fi 29 күн бұрын

With what type or brand of markers do you brand your queens ?

@martindesomma9623 28 күн бұрын

If you look at the video you can make out part of the label on the pen David is using. Looks like the brand is POSCA . This is the brand that I also use.

@beek 26 күн бұрын

Not sure. What every brand Better Bee, Dadant or Mann Lake sells

@user-xy1ll5mq4s 18 күн бұрын

Am totally new to this been thinking about that also am planning to start I was thinking highliters 😂😂❤

@nwokochandubuisi7338 24 күн бұрын

Wow

@joshspencer6240 26 күн бұрын

I live in an urban area and I only have space for a single hive. Can allowing a swarm to proceed be a good thing in some cases so the hive doesn't get too crowded? How long will it take for a hive to recover after a swarm?

@beek 26 күн бұрын

This is a great question for our livestream this Thursday. It would help everyone. Thursday, 7pm CT. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live

@spudgn Ай бұрын

I need to learn about beekeeping in the tropics. Help a guy out. Wear do I look?

@user-bb6iz2br7c 24 күн бұрын

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to carry a swarm cell from one apiary to another ie getting it from another beekeeper within 3 miles of the apiary. Should it be accompanied by a frame of bees or it can survive without, lets say for an hour without the nurse bees. thank you

@beek 24 күн бұрын

Only move it by itself after day 13 from the egg. Otherwise, only on a frame with bees.

@user-bb6iz2br7c 24 күн бұрын

Thank you David for the reply, and kind regards

@Jaxiska1 Ай бұрын

Ive always understood that, if they have capped swarm cells, the hive has probably already swarmed. And yet, you have several emerged queens, and capped cells, but the hive hasn't swarmed. How is that?

@beek Ай бұрын

You are correct, but this is the second time I have caught the queen inside while the new queens are about to or have just emerged. I often think it's the weather. They cannot get the swarm out due to weather.

@jackiekeller9715 Ай бұрын

Thanks! That makes sense. The weather has been crazy!

@anthonymauceri8919 Ай бұрын

Was it a mark queen or was it a queen that you took by mistake?

@anthonymauceri8919 Ай бұрын

That was a virgin you pick up

@terryhansen5928 12 күн бұрын

What do you mean by swarm cells?

@beek 12 күн бұрын

When a hive reproduces and makes another hives, they raise a queen that will take over because the older queen leaves with half the colony to start a new hive somewhere else. Those new queens they raise are called swarm cells. Though there are multiple swarm cells, queens will fight it out until only one is left.

@WildlifeAdventuresWithVincent Ай бұрын

Hello

@NielsenValleyFarms Ай бұрын

I thought this years color was green?

@bligon11 17 күн бұрын

Isn't this year's color green?

@beek 14 күн бұрын

Yes, and I made a new video where I correct that and explain the queen color system: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNN4fdVht9nee58.htmlsi=sI67vOdFWjk9P5nQ

@margaretdecker2776 4 күн бұрын

No green frames. Do you just teach us to use them? Why?

@beek 4 күн бұрын

I don’t always use them on colonies that show low mite counts and on colonies where I’m testing mites on a breeder queens performance to see how they might control mites completely on their own.

@anthonypeterson3112 Ай бұрын

Why did you use white?

@beek Ай бұрын

Yup, I got mixed up...It's green. I'll have to repaint her.

@anthonypeterson3112 Ай бұрын

@beek was about to mark ours green and thought we got it wrong

@anthonypeterson3112 Ай бұрын

@beek grabbing the hatching Virgin Queen was awesome

@carolelivingston1794 29 күн бұрын

I'm confused, thought this year's queens were marked green? This video is fantastic!!!!

@beek 29 күн бұрын

Dr. Zawislak included the international color code for queens in our book that we wrote several years ago. I got mixed up. 2024 should be green. Years ending in 1 or 6- White, 2 or 7 Yellow, 3 or 8 red, 4 or 9 Green, 5 or 0 Blue. An easy way to remember this is: Will You Raise Good Bees. The letter of each word in that sentence is the color starting with 1. I taught this a few months ago in Nevada when I spoke at their state convention.

@carolelivingston1794 28 күн бұрын

Never heard that before and love that trick. Thanks for sharing ☺️

@bligon11 17 күн бұрын

Why are the bees so docile?

@beek 14 күн бұрын

They like me 😃

@jasonseaward8506 27 күн бұрын

Sometimes u just can't catch that queen

@beek 27 күн бұрын

Virgin queens are difficult to catch.

@randyjones2204 29 күн бұрын

As I was watching this video I noticed that you was using a plastic bottom board, and wondering how you close the entrance down to keep hive beetles from entering and the bees can enter. I have several plastic bottom boards and have started using the guardian entrance?

@beek 26 күн бұрын

If bees can get in, beetles can get in.