Beekeeping 101: The Easiest Way to Stop a Swarm?

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Beekeeping is a challenge during swarm season. Trying to prevent or control a swarm is nearly impossible, but today I'll walk you through a hive that has a dozen swarm cells. They can swarm any minute.
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@richardmarkin5695 Жыл бұрын

I believe i witnessed the Grand Finale of one of my hives swarming. When i got to my Apiary, the sky was full of bees, and it was very loud. Within just a minute, they were moving into the woods. I tried to keep up to see where they went, but the roar of bees was soon in the distance. Of course, they went the opposite direction of my swarm trap. It was kind of a disheartening feeling but was expected.

@577bluegrass Жыл бұрын

Great video David , thank you!

@SherwoodWebb-rg5ev Жыл бұрын

I like the way you explain bee keeping!! I have learned a lot from your videos!! Keep up the great work!!

@galina_920 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much David for your lesson, I get better understanding of bees’ life 🐝👑

@michaelshelnutt3534 5 ай бұрын

Those are some calm bees!

@beek 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes 😊

@tonybivens1945 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are very informative and entertaining

@joetripp123 Жыл бұрын

Great video David, much appreciated. Thanks for all the great tips and especially how to hold a queen. 73's.

@massachusettsprepper Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I don't think I can count the number of times I've had to work bees in the rain. Sometimes you just gotta get it done. Thanks for sharing.

@ericscott3194 Жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome watching you find and then mark the queen! I'd be scared I'd rip her legs or wings off, scared ill squish her!! Two of my hives now have unmarked queens.

@kat2641 Жыл бұрын

❤ I got lucky Monday 😂😂 walked outside with my cup of coffee looked up at the sky AN? hanging in the eaves trough was a swarm of about 5~6 pounds of bees out of a big hive that should of been split.. grabbed a 6 frame trap( yes i built my traps for 6) gives me a little extra time to move them home. Anyhow 😅😅 was one of the easiest I ever had. No ladders no tree limbs 😂😂😂

@MrChristopherharmon Жыл бұрын

Great information! Unfortunately, my colonies were exposed to pesticides by farmers. From 6 to 1... I'm waiting to see if my last colony survives.

@azawakhcom Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@artmonk5907 Жыл бұрын

Another great video!

@charliegioe3158 Жыл бұрын

Great video David very interesting keep them coming Charlie PA

@lindafox4065 Жыл бұрын

The new bee yard looks nice😊

@redtaylor2281 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, very rewarding to watch, I lost a hive, very heavily on in fact, I had no clue, I had no education on this, I was just trying to do something, but two years ago I received a nuke, placed it in a hive, not a 10 but smaller, how did I know that the family grew at an alarming number? I had no clue. I noticed a long time later that the whole hive was covered with bees, and lots flying around like they were getting attached, man I'm still sick. So I try learning more and more, you have helped me unknown to you. Thank you again.

@samuelreynolds2451 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed today 😊 thank you.

@krissaann333 Жыл бұрын

Awesomeness!!! 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

@williamwardman549 6 ай бұрын

I use a 9 frame spacer on a 10 frame medium for the same reason Dave likes the setup. Also found harvesting honey easier when removing the caps.

@progers1971 Жыл бұрын

I love how calm your girls are.. mine always get pissy when I start looking around!

@beek Жыл бұрын

This hive has really changed over the years!

@CodyMcGuire-in3kj Жыл бұрын

I love the phrase SMACK DAB!!

@Candaceferdin21 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job getting it done in the rain! I love your videos and I took all your classes. You have made beekeeping even more of a joy! Thank you for everything you do for us viewers. ❤

@beek Жыл бұрын

Thank you Amanda, I appreciate it!!

@christinecontelmo9264 Жыл бұрын

I like how you referred to the bees age for building wax 11-17 days. I’m lacking in this area of knowledge regarding the age of a bee and it’s duties. It’s not referenced that often in videos I’ve viewed. 😊

@lmorris4228 Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff always great information. What I am trying to find out is what steps do I take for my colony after a swarm, I am torn from culling all queen cells or making sure they have a cell for a queen.

@Jimflawless927 Жыл бұрын

Hi David you have been doing bee keeping for a long time. I just started this is my second summer. I been trying to get the proper cell sizes how deep and how large is the opening. I know the breed and drone cell are different so you know the actual size in millimeters. Thank you in advance. Great videos and very good information. This has helped in so many ways. Hey why don’t they sell the face shield like the one you made with clear plastic. Great idea.

@wildpinto3291 Жыл бұрын

I just caught a swam Thursday and worked a hive today in the rain to stop it from swarming.

@autumnpaul7575 Жыл бұрын

Hey David- thank you for showing your gentle handling of bees, the frames their on, etc. It really makes a difference to the bees- when I Zen out the bees stay calm. Over the past year as a new beekeeper I’ve learned this the hard way. Thank you for SHOWING us how to handle these guys while getting real work done😊.

@MarshaABranch Жыл бұрын

Yip. We say smack dab all the time here in Barbados. :o)

@joetripp123 Жыл бұрын

12:51 "smack dab" - yea I've use that term all the time. What I really want to know is "kiddie corner" vs "caddie corner". I use caddie but my wife uses kiddie. Maybe northern vs southern thing...

@johnn1a2 Жыл бұрын

Great video David. Think your video skipped. So you put 2 frames emerging brood, added food stores one side brood to the nuc plus 2 drawn comb. Two questions. If you had well developed queen cells even some capped ones. Would you element them from nuc. Also if you had multiple charged in queen cells in queenless deep. Is there a fear of multiple cast virgin swarms with multiple queen cells, or should you remove all q cells but one. Thank you great video thanks.

@CentralKyBees Жыл бұрын

Hey david, where do you get those gloves from? Im tired of dealing with the heavy beekeepi g gloves. They are a propolis magnet and hard to clean. I like nitrile but id like to try ones like you have. Link?

@patrickconnolly2899 Жыл бұрын

Hi nice work it was all there for those who can see you should be very happy with what you just gave us even your love interest made a call a pure moment in time and space.😎🍀🎬📽

@user-vk5ws3jl1l 3 ай бұрын

Your doing a great job David, thanks for sharing it with us. By the way is your Queen marked..? I saw ppl do that, would make finding them easier. Also i heard you say the new queen will emerge after 30days, but i tought it takes 16 days till a queen emerges after the egg was laid.

@jayglosser2014 Жыл бұрын

David, GREAT VIDEO, glad I split my hive yesterday because over night we received your weather - rain and windy. How soon should I check the hive again for more possible queen cups?

@jenniferbogle6809 10 ай бұрын

Yes we hear a bit of it.

@ginapicciolo3228 Жыл бұрын

Old school saying 😂I've definitely used that one!!!!

@ginapicciolo3228 Жыл бұрын

I use 9 In my supers too!! Easier to uncap and more HONEY!

@pirateprospecting707 Жыл бұрын

Great educational vid!! Go inside..get dry....and get some coffee ✅️

@coincollector315 4 ай бұрын

Can you show an example of the metal frame that you mentioned?

@slava790 Жыл бұрын

What are the advantages of using a double nuc instead of a single nuc, as you dd in this video?

@robertdelay7826 Жыл бұрын

I always run nine frames in my supers but, I find the metal spacers limit moving frames when I'm inspecting.

@kathrynjanes6977 Жыл бұрын

So can a 9 frame super be placed above a 10 frame brood box?

@winnepeterson6570 Жыл бұрын

I say “smack dab”. Lol!

@tighegilkerson6477 Жыл бұрын

Is it safe to put diatomaceous earth under hives on stands

@stephaniewarren9285 Жыл бұрын

Hey Dave, I have a two deep, Queen right hive. The Queen is in the top deep and there looks to be a Queen cell in the bottom deep. Both boxes are loaded with eggs, brood and bees. Should I do a walk away split? I don't see swarm cells just the one Queen cell. She's obviously doing her job so I'm a bit confused. It's been at least two weeks and they have not capped the Queen cell. I keep checking but nothing. And it has not hatched. It's beautify uniform on the bottom opening of the the cell. Any ideas? Thanks for all your content!

@ginapicciolo3228 Жыл бұрын

Hi David, can you please tell me what you do when they clean does get into the Super and lays brewed in some of the honey frames? How do you extract the honey without contaminating? Thank you for your help. Gina

@mmb_MeAndMyBees Жыл бұрын

Gina. Sure David will answer. You spelt words oddly... If I understand correctly. Queen : If she is in a Hive with Supers on but no Queen Excluder in place, then Yes, she will lay up there in empty Cells in and about the Honey ! In Nature Bees have plenty of room to lay Brood and make a thing called a 'Honey Bridge'. If you see your Super Frame with Brood in the lower third and middle area, you will notice an 'Arc' (Bridge) of Honey in the Top Left Corner, along the Middle, and over to that Right Corner. This Bridge in theory is like a Curved Wall of Hey Lady : This is a "No Go Area for Babies" : because its filled up with Honey : > So go elsewhere to lay your Eggs !!! Eg empty Brood Cells, or where Bees have already moved Honey out of,, then, YES ! She can lay properly. 🥳 That's part 1 answered. Your second query : Was Brood in the Super spoiling / contaminating your Honey Crop !? Solution : If you get the Bees to move that Honey elsewhere. AND let that Brood hatch into Adult Bees. You have solved the problem. 1) : Honey moved to somewhere else : has no babies in it. 😉 2) : When Brood hatches, the Cells become useable again ! In a Super : that means they will store Nectar instead. 😉 How to do this. Get yourself another Super : with Drawn Comb and or Foundation At above your Brood Box add that Super. (If you know your Queen is definitely in that Deep then add a Queen Excluder !) If not. . . She may still be laying in that Super with Brood in it. Add that original Super to the very top of your Hive. Bees will use it more for Honey : and tell the Queen to go down back nearer existing Brood or to that Deep. As the Queen and Brood hatches : all Bees will migrate down to that Deep Box. And Honey will once more be added into those ex Baby Cells. These will be cleaned up nicely by the Bees to store more new Honey Problem Solved. 👍 By adding that extra Super above the Deep Brood Box : this will have that Honey Bridge across its' upper Frames. As these are filled up with Nectar, the Queen can't lay in them. So it's a kind of barrier to stop more Babies being placed in that top Super. Does this make sense.🤞 This is how Beekeepers keep Brood out of their Honey Crop. The more Supers of Honey, the further away the Queen will be from the Honey Stores.. Bees usually have Brood near the Door and Honey in the Attic (safely) tucked away from Bears 🐻 ! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Only add that Queen Excluder if you can say the Queen isn't in that Super with Babies in it. If she is up there. And you add a QE : she could get trapped up there and die of eg neglect ! Bees who look after a Queen can get through a QE, but not the Queen herself. . . 😢 If you use Supers only, then she will move down eventually. When you see no more Brood in the Supers : then add that QE ! 😎

@pirateprospecting707 Жыл бұрын

Install a queen excluder under you honey super after you have confirmed the queen is not in that box. Then let the brood hatch. They'll be gone ! Feel free to extract✅️

@ginapicciolo3228 Жыл бұрын

I meant to say what do you do if your queen goes and lays in your honey frames, thank you

@Aliveinloma Жыл бұрын

David, unrelated question... I need to move a hive across my yard but have nowhere to take them 3 miles away first, can I move hive 3 feet a day for 42 days? New and didn't realize I couldn't move them when I got them home.

@SMButler Жыл бұрын

I would wait for dark. Then screen off the entrance so they can't get out but still have ventilation. In the early morning move them to the final location. Find something to act like an obstacle course to put in front of the entrance and remove the screen. That should make the foragers take orientation flights as if they were 3 miles away. Some may still go back to the old location. If you want, put an empty box there and bring them every night over to the new location to dump out on the entrance.

@BucksBeesS.C. Жыл бұрын

What do you do if you have brood frames packed with pollen. I have alot in the freezer? Some of my deadouts and robbed hives had way to much pollen in brood frames but had supers she could lay in. Think swarm queen had trouble mating

@BucksBeesS.C. Жыл бұрын

Im in Darlington S.C.

@gregf9989 Жыл бұрын

Do you sell hives boxes?

@adam-bonticoubees Жыл бұрын

Do you find that the permanent frame spacer makes it hard to remove frames because you can’t budge frames side to side to break loose?

@beek Жыл бұрын

I find that it so much easier to lift them out, because sliding doesn't always go well after a hive is well established anyway due to the excess propolis. With the spacer it's easy to lift them out with my jhook. I have a technique that I park the frame on top of the highest point of the frame spacer so I am essentially sliding it.

@freereinfarms 2 ай бұрын

Yup! Smack dab.....

@sentimenbapongen973 5 ай бұрын

Which is the easiest method to split a hive .

@teezbeez 4 ай бұрын

what if u just get rid of the queen cells during inspection

@keithsmith5375 Жыл бұрын

I noticed you don’t use an innner cover with those vented top covers. Is there a reason you don’t ?

@beek Жыл бұрын

Yes, search my channel because I made a video on wither inner covers are worth it or not.

@UltFrizz Жыл бұрын

Sorry the rain was making me a little sleepy

@georgesherrier8899 Жыл бұрын

Why not use a queen excluder to keep her out of the super?

@beek Жыл бұрын

I've made several videos why I do not use a queen excluder. I discuss this in a recent video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isudqciX25OZZ4U.html

@dalevalentine2264 3 ай бұрын

Why can't you put the boxes back in order ?

@randysmith7040 4 ай бұрын

Smack-dab. I do

@thomasho9690 Жыл бұрын

Why don't you clip the Queen ? I béguin this year ton do it ans hope it will be very easy to keep black thé swarm if unfortunely swarm !....

@sherryday2062 Жыл бұрын

Why black pants..I was told bees don't like black because they resemble bears and other critters