Introducing a Nucleus Colony

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University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre

7 жыл бұрын

**EDIT: make sure to feed sugar syrup after introducing the nucleus colony**
Paul Kelly, research and apiary manager, shows how to install a nucleus colony.
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We would like to thank Québec beekeepers Marie-Hélène Majeau and Susan Kennerknecht for translating our videos into French. We are very grateful for their help with this project. (To view translation, click on settings then subtitles)
Nous aimerions remercier deux apicultrices du Québec, Marie-Hélène Majeau et Susan Kennerknecht pour la traduction de ces vidéos en français. Nous leur en sommes très reconnaissants. (Pour accéder à la traduction française, sélectionnez paramètres et ensuite sous-titres)

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@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you to everyone for watching and supporting our videos! If you have any questions about our videos, please check out our list of FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS on our website, which can be found at honeybee.uoguelph.ca/videos/frequently-asked-questions/

@tylerbauer7015 5 жыл бұрын

I am getting my first nuc colony next week. What are the top things I need to know to make it flourish and be successful?

@sixmagpies 4 жыл бұрын

Love the idea of giving the bees somewhere "just to hang out." What a great lecturer you are, sir.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 4 жыл бұрын

@williamerwin7248 4 жыл бұрын

I wish you were still making videos Mr Kelly. Yours are the best on youtube by far. Hope you, your bees and your students are doing well. - Will from Cornwall, UK.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Will. That's very kind of you to say so. We are trying to get back to making more videos but have had some other big projects the last couple years.

@embalmer89 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to learn under this mans guidance!

@petea677 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the videos. You give expert advice that can be relied on with confidence. The knowledge and sensibility is unmatched on the internet. It is valuable to have information on such a complex subject coming from a university's research center. I hope you make more videos. How about a Blog?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Pete! I'm happy to hear you find our videos useful. We do plan on producing more. I doubt we'll get into blogging though as bee research is our main focus and time is pretty tight. Thanks for your encouraging comments Pete.

@petezthegangsta4750 3 жыл бұрын

My bees are arriving tomorrow! Me and my dad are excited!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 3 жыл бұрын

Wohoo! Hope it all goes well.

@petezthegangsta4750 3 жыл бұрын

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre it did! They moved in fine

@kathrynwest1072 3 жыл бұрын

Love this!!! Very educational thank you :)

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks Kathryn.

@tomhill1713 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

@catherinesutthoff1889 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your informative video. Why do you not use feeders? I am a beginner, and receiving my first nucs this week. We were told we needed to provide 1:1 syrup until June when the bees have enough honey in the hive to support themselves.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Catherine We do use feeders. There was a note at the end of this video referring to that as we missed filming it. Please see our 'Comb building' video for information relevant to your situation. You are most welcome. Good luck!

@RRScott-uz1lg Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I took his course and Paul is a great teacher all around. A question: if Im installing a four frame nuc in mid June and there is plenty of clover, etc, around my yard, will feeding be as necessary or will the bees be able to produce food on their own from the start? Thank you!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice thoughts. If you are installing the nuc in a hive with drawn comb feeding wont be necessary in mid June. Our video 'Comb Building" shows installing a nuc in a new hive with no comb and deomonstrates ways to get comb built. .

@yanndebonne7541 7 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul. Wonderful video series, and extremely informative. If I may suggest, at some point, please do a video on how all of you work with bees half-naked! One sting in the bearding video? I don't get it! I'm calm, I don't mind getting stung anymore or less than you do, so what gives?! After about 15 minutes of working with my bees, as if someone hit a light switch, I'm attacked! Thanks so much, and keep up the great work. Best, Yann

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Yann We are able to work in comfortable clothes as we breed bees for gentle behaviour. Wear what you need with your bees for now and look for a breeder that selects for gentle behaviour. You could see our video Buckfast Queen Mating Station on Thorah Island. Glad you find the videos helpful.

@SuiGenerisBrewing 6 жыл бұрын

Now that the season is coming to an end I hope you're answering questions again...for a new beekeeper, without the benefit of another hive to grab a honey frames from, is it worth feeding with syrup after installing a nuc in the spring? I'm just an hour or so west of you (Grand Bend area) and will be getting my first hives in the spring of 2018 and are wondering if feeding it for the first few days will help establish the hives.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hey SGB Yes it is definitely beneficial to feed sugar syrup when you inststall a nuc in a new hive. Feed them until they draw out comb on all the new frames. Good luck next spring!

@SuiGenerisBrewing 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And thank you for all the videos - they are a huge help for those of us just starting out.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome SGB.

@petea677 7 жыл бұрын

I will be receiving 2 nucs. I do not believe the queen will be marked. When should I capture and mark her? When I install the nuc or wait a week or two?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

HI Pete You don't have to mark her. If you haven't marked a queen before practise on some drones first. If you are confident about marking her you may as well do it when you install the nuc as you should be looking for her then. This advice applies for a free running queen not a caged queen.

@TheOcean2002 7 жыл бұрын

Where do you store previously used brood frames or honey super frames that have been drawn out and all?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

Hi NIck In a cool place. We store them in an unheated shed in the winter so the freezing kills wax moth.

@GregamazingNinja 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, I was wondering what type of shoes Paul was wearing in this video, they look really nice and I'd like to buy a pair.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi There They are Blundstones. I wear the steel toed version for work. Not cheap but they last well, are easy on and off and are very comfortable. They are originally from Australia and are very popular here in Canada.

@josipp6797 6 жыл бұрын

Hello from Croatia, You made a greate videos about bees and beeskeeping...very nice... One question,what kind of material is this piece under the roof on the beehive???is't some kind of plastic or textile ??? Tnx and keep going...

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Josip Thanks for letting us know you have found the videos helpful. We get this question a lot so will do a video on the topic this summer. Why do we use canvas for the hive inner cover? A: We use canvas inner covers for a few reasons. They make it easy to take a quick peek in the hive, and are cheap and easy to make. They are light, the lids sit down well, less excess wax on the frame top bars, and we rarely need to scrape the inner cover. We use 18 oz (#8) canvas -otherwise known as duck. It's a bit hard to come by in Ontario, but it is available from online distributors (US: www.bigduckcanvas.com/number-8-18oz-cotton-duck-canvas.html, Canada www.jtsoutdoorfabrics.com/18oz-Cotton-Duck-Canvas-Untreated--Natural-60_p_15038.html). Bees chew through thin canvas so a heavy weight is better. We flip it over periodically when new so the bees thoroughly coat it with propolis. An alternative is a feedbag folded in half. Show less

@josipp6797 6 жыл бұрын

UoG Honey Bee Research Centre Tnx...Your answer is helpfull... Greetings from Croatia...

@danielboon5356 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, I'm in eastern ontario new bee keeper, Have a question on feeding 4 frame nucs that only have foundation frames. How much is too much and how long should they be fed . Experiencing a dry spell july 2018 . Been 2 weeks at first fed 500 ml over 3 days , gradually started consuming more , now are up to 1000ml in 24 hrs. But comb still not built up on all foundation frames, there are so many school of thought that i have seen doing my research . What would you suggest. Daniel

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel Keep feeding until you have the comb built. It's not been an easy year to build comb.

@danielboon5356 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, Just wondering if you could clear something up for me. Looking at the O.B.A (freq questions). and OMAFRA ( annual honey yield per colony 19 kg). and other web sites . All saying that the annual honey harvest per year is 70 to 90 lbs. per colony. This is confusing me because is see single or double brood chambers with 3 and 4 deep honey supers on top, and i thought that each deep super would yield 70 to 90 lbs . Are they basing on worst case . I realize there are many factor that come into play ( area, temp , rain fall, age of colony , etc etc). All this to say on an average year what would you yield from one colony. Thanks Daniel

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel You can extract about 38 lbs from a full medium depth super. I'm not too sure about deeps. You have to count in the hives that perform less well. We figure on about 100 lbs per colony average in our hives but last year and probably this year are lower.

@kjmonosr 4 жыл бұрын

are all queens marked in nucs as this one was and if not how would you tell the difference between the other bees and the queen?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith Not all beekeepers mark their queens so ask if they have when you buy a nuc. If the queen isn't marked you look for her larger abdomen. Please see our video on 'Finding Queens' for more tips.

@jeffreyhurd7161 2 жыл бұрын

If one was to do a first hive, where would they get "honey and pollen" fames?

@stevenscottoddballz 6 жыл бұрын

What are the differences in looks to Capped Brood, Pollen and Honey?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steven You'll see what these look like in our video 'colony inspection'.

@stevenscottoddballz 6 жыл бұрын

SPLENDID! Thank you!

@gerryrozema8338 6 жыл бұрын

Where so you source those nuc boxes, it appears to be a 4 frame plastic setup I've never seen before

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Gerry They are sold by the Wellington County Beekeepers Association in Ontario Canada. Profits go to bee research. I worked with Diane Krout of the WCBA and other beekeepers to design and test the boxes. They really work well. Dancing Bee also sells them. dancingbeeequipment.com/collections/queen-rearing

@gerryrozema8338 6 жыл бұрын

UoG Honey Bee Research Centre Thanks. Will keep an eye out at dancing bee for them

@badassbees3680 4 жыл бұрын

Uog I been watching you for years,I'm looking for your old video where you used 2frame Nucs, the video is either 4 or 5 yrs old, can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks my friend

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there Must have been someone else's video. We don't use two frame nucs. Thanks for watching our videos though. Cheers!

@badassbees3680 4 жыл бұрын

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre you did in 2016 because you are were I first seen it,then you did a video of stocking mini nucs later..but I'm sure of it

@trinityhanes7609 2 жыл бұрын

What is the purpose of laying the tarp in between the brood box and lid?

@raterus 3 ай бұрын

It's just an easier to remove barrier so the bees don't propolize (glue) the lid to the hive. You use some form of this on telescoping lids.

@beebob1279 7 жыл бұрын

Your inner cover is canvas?

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Bob Yes.It's 18 oz or #8 Canvas (Duck) It's hard for us to source locally but I see it's available online here www.bigduckcanvas.com/number-8-18oz-cotton-duck-canvas.html We flip the inner cover over periodically when it's new so the bees thoroughly coat it with propolis. Bees chew through thinner canvas. Another option is a feed bag folded in half. This is the #1 question from our video series so I'll do a video about it next year.