OTS Queen Rearing - Never Buy Bees Again

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5 жыл бұрын

Live OTS Queen rearing webinar by John Schwartz to an audience of beekeepers in Manitoba. Hosted by Brad Hogg at Faith Apiaries. Learn more about OTS at thebee.farm

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@fiveacrehaven 5 жыл бұрын

Great information! We started beekeeping 2 years ago, lost both hives, took last year off and found out about OTS but did not research as much as i should. Bought one package of bees this spring because thats all i could find and afford, will be doing 2 more splits this weekend and if all works, then we will go into winter with 5 colonies. Thanks for this video, this has helped even more!

@TheRigidRhino 4 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Its Mike from Stoney Hill Farm just checking this out per your advice on Facebook the other day!

@g2stevenson 4 жыл бұрын

Great informative video. Lots of info and coverage of the method.

@decaturridgebees8761 5 жыл бұрын

Great info John thanks!

@TheBeeFarm 5 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome. :)

@dougstucki8253 3 ай бұрын

I just did this yesterday, but didn't have any eggs or larvae in new comb. On most of the notches that I made, it pulled the cocoon down and ruined the cell above it. I hope that a few didn't have that so the bees have something to work with. I'll find out in 7 days, I guess.

@TheBeeFarm 3 ай бұрын

They will often choose their own locations to build cells. Notching primarily ups your odds of having cells on multiple frames for easy split creation.

@TheDnurk 4 ай бұрын

I know this is am older video (great one!) but hopefully you’ll see this question. No issues at all with using OA at that 25 day mark? No problem with that OA vapor disrupting what is presumably a brand new mated queen at that time?

@TheBeeFarm 3 ай бұрын

To date, no, I've not ever had any issues using OA at the 25 day mark, and Queens do just fine.

@howardperson6341 3 жыл бұрын

One of the benefits of OTS queen rearing is the mite control from the brood break. I am wondering about the artificial swarm nuc with the original queen. There is no brood break in that nuc. How do you manage mines in that colony?

@TheBeeFarm 2 жыл бұрын

There are two times during the season for this brood break. During the second instance around mid to end of June, I dispatch *all* queens, giving all colonies a brood break at least once per year.

@donaldlippert6374 3 жыл бұрын

Do you need to wait a few days after removing the queen before notching? Great video. Thanks.

@TheBeeFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Nope! Right away and thus, "on the spot" :)

@TiffinFamilyInvestmentInc. Жыл бұрын

I have a question I caught a swarm in the beginning of July like July 3 and I’m moving the hive out of the tree here soon. Would it be safe to despatch the queen if she is a old marked Queen. Our is it even necessary to dispatch her.

@TheBeeFarm Жыл бұрын

How many frames are the bees covering? How much brood has she laid?

@TiffinFamilyInvestmentInc. Жыл бұрын

Just moved them from the tree today. They are big. They have drawn out 8 out of the 10 frames already in less then 2 weeks. I’m not sure how many frames have brood. I did not get into the hive. I know after I moved them they were covering the hole top of the box.

@TheBeeFarm Жыл бұрын

@@TiffinFamilyInvestmentInc. I think I’d lean towards letting this one be?

@TiffinFamilyInvestmentInc. Жыл бұрын

Do you think I should add another box.

@TheBeeFarm Жыл бұрын

@@TiffinFamilyInvestmentInc. yes and with built out comb in center at least if you have it

@babybeeapiaries8667 3 жыл бұрын

I would think that the queens from notching would be more like emergency cells. Wouldn't it be interesting to graft queen cells and time them for placement in the hive that you have notched or not notched that they would make emergency cells from, smash all of their emergency cells and then put in your grafted queen cell. I know it would be more work, but would probably result in better queens.

@LoessHillsBees 6 ай бұрын

Actual research has shown little to no difference between emergency and grafted cells which makes sense because they’re both using the same mechanism queenless to produce cells. Swarm cells on the other hand Have Shown a slightly marked improvement over the other two of like 5%, which is still within the error of the study.

@howardperson6341 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen and heard comments about a potential down side to OTS that there is possible for bees to make queen cells from larva older than 1 or 2 days old that this could result in that cell emerge first, kill the younger cells resulting in getting an inferior queen. What is your perspective on this?

@TheBeeFarm 2 жыл бұрын

A good question. I've been doing this method since 2012 or so without said issue. I'm ruthless with quality of queen/colonies and see healthy and robust bees over time.

@howardperson6341 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’ll quit worrying about it.😀

@lialos 3 жыл бұрын

Hey John, could you turn the OTS FB group back on, and maybe give a couple of us admin privileges to keep it on topic? I'll shoot you a note on FB with the same request.

@TheBeeFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Back on :)

@lialos 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBeeFarm - yeah it is, and I post there regularly.