1 of 2 ways I to Deal with a Laying Worker Hive!

[@tomdowser]

Good stuff....as always

[@strutt01]

It seems the faster you can shake out those frames, the more frames you save from turning into moon craters.

[@3Beehivesto300]

The satisfying crunch of a hive beetle smashing under your finger...

[@privatebubba8876]

I've got a double deep nuc with laying workers to take care of tomorrow.

[@frankspataro9714]

If she has 7 frames of brood you should really consider another box on top if they where mine with seven frames of brood and all those extra bees they would swarm asap lol good luck

[@WoolieBsApiary]

i had to go back home and get another deep box because the hive i did away with was deeps but 5 frame nuc boxes. this hive is a beast as of 3 days ago 3 deeps and 2 medium supers. the influx of foragers put her into mass building with all those new nurse bees that hatched. thanks for watching

[@luelee7603]

good infor.. thanks

[@virgilcrites8906]

Great info thanks

[@davemaloneyvideos]

You first said the bees on the ground were laying workers. And then towards the end of the video you said that those on the ground were nurse fees. Which do you think they were?

[@WoolieBsApiary]

both nurse bees have not bee outside of the hive so they have no idea where to fly back to. the laying workers are the same they have never left the hive and have no idea where to fly back to. i went into the hive that was left in 7 days and that queen had really turned on laying now that she had a full field force.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

​@@WoolieBsApiaryBy the time it takes to become a laying worker in a hive all the nurse bees would have had more than enough time to graduate past nurse bee rank. The bees on the ground were laying workers. A nurse bee doesn't stay a nurse bee but 3 to 12 days max. So don't worry no nurse bees were lost on the ground once those bees were queenless long enough to be laying workers.

[@WoolieBsApiary]

@inharmonywithearth9982 then where pray tell do the ones hatching go to straight to foragers? With capped brood still hatching they have to go somewhere right?

[@jayweddle7993]

Good job of explaining your reasons for chosing this method, it must be hot for you to be sick of hives, as the fun season ends the work begins.

[@WoolieBsApiary]

not really ive sold 2x the nucs as last year i quit counting at 33 swarms trapped and im out of equipment and i still have 10 swarms in the trees im tired 10 hours working bees and 4 in the shop building frames or hives this one man show is about to go on strike lol and the upper 90s and the 100s are not hear yet