When we split hives do we need drones for mating?

How about dribble?

How do they hold up to a hot knife when extracting honey? I am looking at purchasing a large quantity of frames and was curious of your experience with extracting honey from the plastic frames.

Any suggestions on how far the split needs to be separated from the original?

My first year harvest was 1- 5 gal bucket of honey

HAY EVERYTHING OK UP NORTH,, ARE STILL PART OF THE BEE WORLD,,, let us know how all is doing,,,

This is a good video! Going into my 2nd year of beekeeping. Someone told me that in order to split my hives, I would need to take them at least 2 miles from the original hive. I knew there was a way 😊

I know this is an older video but still relevant for any bee keeper wanting to change the way they work or new bee keepers and old , I have a 2 frame extractor and it’s done me very nicely but a lot of honey at one time is a lot of work on one person so I’ll be doing this I think from now on lol my couple of hives have back filled and no where for the queen to lay so I had to get it off quick , 2 hives gave me 4 10L buckets of honey and I never took all the honey as some was not ready but the hives can continue on as normal again now , awesome video thanks for this tip on pulling the honey regularly.👍

Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of your channel before. I see you hadn’t uploaded in a while. Hope all is well. I just subscribed for what that is worth.

Hey man, I realy hope you are OK. Please let us know. Praying for you and yours.

Excellent video - my only wish is that it had been around when my beekeeping journey began, as underestimating the risk of varroa mites cost me greatly that first year too (100% colony losses). I considered giving the hobby up altogether due to the financial constraint the initial losses created, but opted to give it one final shot, and hit the ground running in season 2 with Apivar strips immediately after the spring flow, followed by an ApiGuard treatment in late Summer before the fall buildup. Have had zero issues in either of the seasons since making these IPM changes, and given how much I’ve grown to love the peace and tranquility beekeeping offers, it’s so hard to believe varroa almost destructed this beekeeper that first season! In any event, thank you for the content - great advice for those of us somewhat new to the hobby.

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I am new to your channel but wow! I'm so glad I found it! This was an incredible video. I don't have bees yet, but plan on doing so! I want to learn as much as I can before getting a hive so I can make sure they thrive and are healthy and taken care of! Thank you so much and God bless you and your bees!

Top notch out of thousands complex videos!😂

Awesome 👏 thank you 🙏

So helpful for the beginner I am!

this is my first year and my mentor told me i cant get honey the first year and just to feed as soon as i got them and build them up, then they became honey bound....eye roll. i really wish i would have let them build up some natural honey and attempted to harvest some. Live and learn. I have been speaking with a new mentor and he wants me to try to get another nuc in early spring, let them build up and introduce them to a second box then shake them down add the queen excluder and let them go after the honey super, then once i extract the honey put it back on without an excluder then let them build up for winter......that seem correct?

Why are my bees not building in my supers? No excluders.

So my area, Northeast Texas, could probably do splits with mated queens into August…that would still give me 2-4 months of bee activity before our “cold” weather hits.

No gatekeeping just knowledge. Thanks!

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Amazing video!

Dang. If only we had clear audio I could hear all that good info.

great vid, subscribed

Thanks for your videos. I very much enjoy them. I didn't rob the first year and very little the 2nd but caught 3 swarms off of it. I had also purchased another and this year caught 4 more swarms so I'm up to 9 now and plan on robbing this week. Hopefully 🤞 will do better this year. Where I live this year we have went from an early summer with rain every few days to burning up. Every Beekeeper I know says not much honey this year. Anyway just wanted to comment and say your videos are to the point and you don't get off track. I appreciate that.

How far apart do the original hive and new split, need to be from each other?

How far away should you move the split?

Another way of storing them, especially if you don't live where it stays consistently cold during the winter is with a product called Xentari BTa (Bacillus Thuringiensis aizawai) No need for freezers or moth crystals - just one easy ORGANIC application per year.

Man youre doing what you love,thank you gor making ne feel it too,im in love

If i dont wear my bee suit, men, my girls would be all over me no matter how soft i move or gentle i am they are angry all the time lol

What part of the UP? I’m from Indiana and we go to the UP every other year for hiking, off roading, and fishing. We hang out in Ontonagon county. I saw a nice bee yard up there with around 16-20 colonies while out in my SxS last August.

It’s been 3 years since this video. Any news on the labeling? As far as I know it’s not been changed yet. I have some Apibioxal that I want to use this year. I’m in my 2nd year of beekeeping and my first hive from last year didn’t survive. My mite count skyrocketed in August when my supers were on and I waited until after harvest to treat.

Hey man I’m a first time beekeeper from New Brunswick Canada we have some really harsh winters.. I just picked up 2 nucs last Friday and brought them to there new home, for boxes I have deep supers and plan on double stacking once they’re used to each of there single boxs and fill about 80% of the slides I’ll give them more room but I was wondering if I would be able to take a slide or 2 from each of my colonies and replenish with syrup around fall when it’s not too cold yet? Also what would you recommend for a ratio 2-3 or 3-3 cause I don’t wanna give them 1-1 and there be humidity/condensation and then go into winter like that.. thanks in advance

Thanks for the awesome info! This will be my first year getting to harvest honey. I should have around 6 supers to extract next week and then hopefully catch the sourwood flow. I know on my property alone I have 30+ sourwood trees. If I put my supers on when the bloom starts and take them off and harvest when the nectar flow is over can I label that honey as sourwood honey? From what I’ve researched it takes skeins 4-6 months to get test done to find out for sure if it’s sourwood. Any advice is much appreciated

Best video

What about Canada

Brilliant video, can I ask how far away did you move your hive to. Your method would be perfect for me. Thanks!

Great video. Thanks a bunch. Question: do nurse bees go through the queen excluder and into the honey super to cap the honey? I sometimes shake and brush bees away from the hive. If some of the bees are nurse bees, I wonder If they can successfully find their way back to the hive. Thanks.

They like sugar water better over winter then honey

Laying workers is one of the worst things to deal with.

As a side note, if you decide to move a hive at nite, use a red headlight / flashlight or red tail lights of a vehicle! The bees can't see the red light and fly to it like white light.👍👍💪💪🙂 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Hey, Bud, whatever happened to you. You should send out something letting us know

Great video. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤

In early spring last year, I lost a hive due to lg black ants. Bee cluster was small

Yes!!!!!! That’s how we do it too. The affirmation was great to see. Thank you!!!

Hey I haven’t saw a video from you in a long time. You ok?

Why is it not important to find the queen?

Queen excluder between hives with new foundation without comb? I have heard it say that to make it easier for bees to draw out brand new comb, if you don't use a queen excluder and if your brood box is full that it helps keep from swarming while also allowing the bees quicker access since they don't have to get through the excluder. What are your thoughts with a full 9 to 10 full frame deep drawn out? First year beekeeper question.

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