Splitting With Swarm Cells

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2 жыл бұрын

A demonstration on dealing with a colony that is about to swarm. Making some useful splits, and saving the old queen just in case.
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@BaldEaglesofCenterport 3 ай бұрын

I've been a beek for over 15 years, your tone, they way you convey to everyone is awesome - I wish you would vlog more often. Awesome videos!

@DysonApiaries 2 ай бұрын

More to come!

@BrianBebb-fk5sq 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video, Justin.

@DysonApiaries 21 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@bb503 3 ай бұрын

Great info - thanks. Just went to split and found queen cells in my hive. Wish I’d seen this before. But going back to do some remedial work tomorrow. Thank you!

@DysonApiaries 21 күн бұрын

Good luck!

@rosepence7115 Жыл бұрын

Great video!! So much information and expertise here. Well done, nice videography; the captions add a lot as well. Thank you!

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback!

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

By the way, my videographer is a tripod. I have to get a little creative with premier pro…😀

@amosshiner6398 Жыл бұрын

Hello I've been raising bees for about 3 years now and have been watching alot of utube videos to learn how and they helped me alott BUT MAN I WISH I COULD HAVE GOT THE CHANCE TO WATCH YOUR VIDEOS FIRST THREE YEARS AGO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TELLING US THE NUMBER OF FRAMES YOU PUT IN YOUR BOXES AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE BROOD AND HOW MANY ARE HONEY AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THEM TO PEAK YOU ARE VARY GOOD AT TEACHING BEES TO BEGINNERS AND I CAN WATCH YOUR VIDEOS WITH MY CHILDREN WITH NO CONCERNS OF YOU SWEARING . GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR GREAT CONTENT THAT IS TOP NOTCH AND HOLSOME PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. You won’t hear any language in my videos. Glad they are helpful. Always looking for content ideas as well. Sometimes I take things I do for granted and don’t realize that one’s learning may not know. It’s definitely a lot to learn. I’ve been doing this my whole life and lessons are learned everyday.

@jorlenepfannmuller9065 10 ай бұрын

Wish I saw this 3 weeks ago. I had a hive just like this one and did not know how to respond. Thank you for educating us new-bees. Lol This video has a lot of very good information explained well. :) I've subscribed and will follow.

@DysonApiaries 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Good luck.

@esthervickers5259 3 ай бұрын

So helpful, thank you. I am a backyard beekeeper in central florida so the flow seems on going sometimes. I seem to have good genetics and want to keep it. Good to have this great information.

@DysonApiaries 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

@lynettestone3795 Жыл бұрын

Those are the most gentle bees! Wow!

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

We are pretty proud of their docility.

@mattjohnston4479 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I'm a huge fan of using swarm cells to re queen. Even with successful grafting its very tough in my opinion to get the quality of a swarm cell queen. Thanks for posting!

@DysonApiaries 2 жыл бұрын

They are natures perfect cells for sure.

@pastorbarnett3049 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’m going to try your method this year.

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

Good luck! It makes for good quality queens and a bail out plan if needed. Thanks for watching.

@janepipkin8139 2 ай бұрын

Where did you put the nuke with the original old queen after you finished rearranging?

@DysonApiaries 21 күн бұрын

Easy method is to move them a mile or two away. If not, the one that is relocated in the same apiary needs too many bees because several will go back “home”.

@HoneyBeeMade 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin - good video. I'm curious, I'm still new at alot of this. How do you know if a queen cell is a swarm queen vs. supersedure queen cell?

@DysonApiaries 2 жыл бұрын

It comes down to numbers. Swarm cells are numerous…supercedure cells are few. In a supercedure situation, there may only be a couple cells. Emergency cells are different all together.

@SparkieDog1 Жыл бұрын

Swarm cells are always located on the bottom 1/3 of the frame and supercedure cells are always located on the top 1/3 of the frame.

@sangalli69 4 ай бұрын

If you watch this video carefully you can already notice that this is not true. At 7:55 you see two cells in the top 1/2, around 10:07 Justin squishes two cells at the top bar. Always this and that is never the case with bees anyway

@thatguytx Жыл бұрын

I need bees genetics like those bees. Mine make a ton of honey but they are fairly aggressive. No way I can work them without gloves or a veil....

@DysonApiaries Жыл бұрын

I hear that. I have a few hot ones but one of our heavy selection criteria is docility. I sell queens to a lot of newer beekeepers and those genetics pay off in that environment. Ours still make a good amount of honey though.