Went to the first of 10 beekeeping 101 class last night with 200 attending and Fat Bee Man was the only KZfaq guy worthy of following. All the rest take with a grain of salt and sort though it all carefully. I have never heard so many grown men rolling on the floor and laughing anytime the term "flow hive" was used. Yeah they sure did look easy though didn’t they?

I have done this for years, but what I do is instead of mashing the strip into place I cut the strip into pieces and glue the pieces immediately with hot wax. I looks good and produces a lot more queen cells.

One note, I used a hot melt glue gun instead of messing with the melted wax and it worked and great.

Watch the FBM's videos on splitting hives. I watched each of them a few times before i tried it and it really works. not hard at all. i've only got one year under my belt as a beekeeper and have used Don's method with great secuess. hats off to Don. this man is a blessing to beekeeping.

I seen this video several years ago. When I was in my early twenties I had a man that I was buying my queens from. And I loved it. 5 dollars apiece. I had to give it up because it complicated my life not understanding bees take your money and time when you start. As does everything. Well I’m back and it’s still challenging but I’m more stubborn now than then. I’ve always remember one man up front above everyone else. The queen man. I didn’t understand what he was teaching me would still be with me today. We now call them mentors and a friend. I’m back in and this year I’m starting getting into raising my own queens. But I’m still not able to be as free as I’d like to be but I’m trying to be. Thanks for doing your video i didn’t realize it was you that made it. No telling how many times I thought of it. Lord bless and keep thanks.

I just love how you keep things simple. No expensive tools, no expensive supplies, just use what you have. Keep up the good work!

well by pressing the wax on the bar about a inch apart helps hold it to bar and spaces it for good cells to be made.if you attach any other way the bees wont make queen cells or if they do the waxed together and makes it hard to separate them. Don

I've just did exactly the same thing last summer and I'm very satisfied about my queens. Very good quality.

I used this method, but I only put 1 egg cell in the new hive, and it worked great. Thank you FatBeeMan!!

Great Video Don! I am gradually replacing my plastic foundation in the brood chamber with wax so that I will be able to use this technique on my favorite hives down the road.

This is actually really really smart. I just grafted for the first time 3 days ago and i think its going good but this is so much easier. Thanks mr don

Thanks for posting this video. I'm not a bee keeper, but really enjoy learning about the process.

Love your humility Sir! You have eye problems & you are making it so clear that Anyone can help make Queens! Thank You very much!

I am using your method of using fishing line in X shape to handle the foundation sheet and it turning out just nice and convenient. Thanks.

Thanks for the information on how to start with comb and make queens.

@ArtaniAM some time its the simple things that work and are free. any donations are appreciated and helps me do more learning videos. Don

Thank you for the tip. I am going to make a new bee farm in Sri Lanka. I have previews experience in this field. but now I am planing to do in big scale.

Don this is another of you great videos...really helps all the new bee keepers. Tom

That is very simple and clever. Thank you I will give it a try. Greetings from the Blue Mountains outside Sydney Australia.

Too easy. Well done FatBeeMan. Thanks for the upload, and best of luck to you.

It worked and it was easy! I've got about 20 cells in 2 different hives. I even used a hive that had a queen and it worked anyway. Xlnt!

Just want to express my gratitude to you Sr and like I always appreciate your help with all this information that is important and simple for us;may God bless your life and family

Thanks Don, I know the hard work that goes into video production but its worth it for the bees sake. Nice Intro.

Wow so simple. Thanks fat bee man. I will try this when I get more experience with my bees.

i like this methode , i am a beginner and learning this all on youtube .. there is no bee keeper near me .. i am gone try this out .

Great stuff Don....thanks for posting ...an ancient Aussie amateur beek

Thanks Don! Great method for us small beeks!

you put it in a queenless hive Don

Another great idea thanks.

It is a good idea to reinspect the frame after 4 days in the hive so that any sealed queen cells can be removed as they were raised from too old larvae to make good queens ie. they must have been 4 days old already when the queen cell was started.It is also worthwhile protecting selected unsealed cells with hair curler cages so that the first virgin to hatch does not kill the rest.When the virgins hatch each will need its own mating nucleus.

Has first order for 10 capped QC. "I garentee you'll get 10 queen cells!" You're on Bee Man!

Wow don I've never seen something so easy.

boy, that takes the scariness right out of queen rearing!!

I am surely gonna try this trick Sir!!! If I get it right then u r getting some donation from me, don't know when but u can count on that Mr. Fat Bee Man!!! Cheers to ur idea Sir!!!

This is my favorite Fatbeeman video!

fatbeeman thanks for this beautiful video.

@Brian01331 yes get a frame of brood don't even worry about ages they will do the youngest ones after you get several god takes you can look for 3 day old larva

awesome useful video,Thank you very much Sir.I learnt alot

Make a split, its easier and you wont make mistakes. I suggest a walk away split. Basically you split your hive in two and the bees which are quenless will rise a new queen.

first time seeing anything like this.new to bees.seems really easy.

thank you this is awesome, my hubby and I sooo appreciate it.

@Majorme2 as soon as weather warms up we will do a series on queen rearing but will be in form a downloadable e=book Don

I like your attitude!

Don, I am going to try your queen rearing ideas. Please do a video to show us what to do with the queens when they are hatched. I have seen your queen castle video but you have not said how many worker bees to put in or how to care for the queens while they are in the queen castle waiting to go into a nuc.

For the beginner this video creates ambiguity in our minds as we would consider the video incomplete and not know that we need to put this new frame that we created into a queenless hive and we would not know why the vertical cones would be considered queen cells by the worker bees in the queenless hive> and we would not know that the worker bees would then fill the newly created vertical cells containing eggs and young larva with royal jelly to make a new queen since the hive would be queenless . But creating ambiguity in our minds is the best way to learn something as the human mind hates ambiguity and will work like hell to find the answers and thus remember what it learned much more deeply and longer. Just keep reading the comments and all your questions will eventually be answered if not you probally need to get a mentor or maybe need to enroll in a beginners beekeeping class.

Good job

Excellent! Thanks.

I can't wait to try that!!

Hey young man; Did I see a lrg container of Planters peanuts in the bee hut? Love the dry roasted ones. We also get a great size empty container! Thanks for all you do. I built and have 2 hives at this point in time. Best; Tom

I salute you brother. Thanks for the good video :) greetings from UAE

I hope all them will be your favorite ones Don

Great stuff thanks for posting....an ancient Aussie beek

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU SIR & YOUR FOLKS...FABULOUS TAVTIC FOR QUEEN CELLS...WILL FOLLOW THRU WITH THIS.THANK YOU..FROM ATHENS GREECE..

thank you FBM.

Blessings from Charitable Miracle Beekeepers

Great tip - please more videos on queen rearing

if you try it it works in a queenless hive or 5 frame nuc. Don

Hi Don, This is Jason, all the way from the UK. I absolutely love your videos, i think they are informative and a great alternative to some of the methods we are taught here in England. I also don't like top bar hives as a personal preference, however I was a bit disappointed to see this comment, especially when someone has sought your advice. I don't mean this nastily,but when one beekeeper seeks advice from another shouldn't you help regardless, out of respect for the bees?.

Thks to your vedio sir,am from pilipines,thks

Don, Can you put the frame that you cut, back in the hive? also could I put the cell after they make a Queen cell, in a baby nuc?. Love all of your videos. Keep up the great work for us newbees

as long as weather is above 65* and pollen is coming in. Don

once you cut cells return the frame to the parent hive. Don

You are awesome love your videos Thanks

thank you for sharing. thumbs up!

I believe you should take on bar and wax it up like Fat Man did. I built my top bars with just a saw blade width center cut. If your top bars are constructed with the wedge curf inserted just make a new bar with the saw blade cut. Best; Tom

I always love fat bee mans tips. 👍

So if I split a hive and sacrifice part of a frame to make these vertical cells my queen-less bees will make more queen cells and faster than just giving them the same frame without hacking it up? I need to try this! Thanks FBM...

Really Great knowledge.............Thanks.

Well done! we is missing is just the result :) please keep it up

+5100👍🏻🐝🇧🇷 Gostei. Simples, prático e barato. Realmente, não há desculpas pra não produzir rainhas.

Yes, I Know it works, but grafting is much easier and I get no fused cells.

Thanks!

Interesting video.

nice tip FBM...

I like this man I love it

Thanks Fat Bee Man!

Good idea!!

Brutal but probably effective.

JUST LOVE UR VIDS MAN KEEP IT COMING - NOTE IN OUR RELIGION IF YOU TEACH SOMEONE A GOOD THING AND THAT PERSON TEACH THAT WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT TO ANOTHER YOU GET THE SAME REWARD THESE VIDEOS ARE GOLD IF YOU ASK ME THANK YOU DON NICE GUY YOU ARE (^_-)

wow ive got to try this.thanks.

just put queen cells in the split. Don

it might be hard to expand rubber bands without disturbing cells. Don

So, can you explain where the frame with the pinched cells go? And at least do an update video of the results?

Thanks

I now think I can do this !

Thank you mastet

Right on Fat! I will contribute to the cause You the man thanks...

What a great idea!

Thats a great tip!!!!

I thought so... just sounded like in the video you said crushed ones... I know they lay different kind of eggs... does it matter which you use? DO you have a video showing how you place them... I really want to try to do this. I am in Japan and about to get my 1st bees and want to try to raise queens... or is this insane for a newb keeper.

Don can you show a follow up video with them?

Gotta love it!

im gonna have to try this

I currently have two hives. I want to start a third and fourth. Obviously I will need two more queens. so I take this video and create some verticle cells, place them in the current hives? Do I have to keep the queen away from it? How long do I put it in there? When do I put it in the new hive? How do I get bees to accept the new queen and how do I get some of my current bees to move into the new hive? Thanks Don.

Thanks. Sir

Nyce idea

Sorry to keep asking. I think you mean that I make this device and then put it into the parent hive and then I can harvest queen cells in just a few days that I can put into my splits. Right?

Why do you mash the comb down every couple of inches? Would it be okay just to attach the comb to the top bar without mashing it?

Do you have results/video from this way of Queen roaring. Sorry for my english I am dutch. regards Ferry

very good