A Day in the Bee Yard with Fat Bee Man

A Day in the Bee Yard with Fat Bee Man at a students Bee Yard.
Don (Fat Bee Man) teaches Hive Inspection, Making a Split, answers students questions and more.
Recorded March 2017

[@mrsseasea]

boy i wish a bee keeper like this man lived close to me!

[@fineshooter]

you can get in my live bee chats

[@JaiKisanHP]

Very nice video 🙏

[@NewEnglandgardening]

When you do a split with a nuc and a queen cell does the queen go on a mating flight and then return to the nuc? So a queenless hive knows not to swarm or is there a chance that the new queen takes the nuc bees somewhere else?

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

I came away confused.

[@plaza5pro]

The camera person was not focused on shooting through the camera. They were busy looking over the camera and that's why so much of the video was on his face instead of what he was showing everyone.

[@beebob1279]

I'm surprised to see so many queen cells in such a small colony. This would be a concern to the quality of the queen in that hive.

[@fineshooter]

why ? ==it don't take many bees to make a good queen we run a mini with a cup of bees for 50 years

[@beebob1279]

Don't you place queen cells in the mini nucs that were raised in large queen production colonies? I've been taught and watched a lot of professional queen rearers that a large colony is needed to produce quality queen cells. Then they are place in mini nucs to emerge and mature into a queen. Apparently, a small colony doesn't have the resources to develop a quality queen. Your answer makes me rethink what I've been taught.

[@jmichaelsbees8857]

Very cool... just like you were in the class with him!

[@toysearcher]

It's important to educate young people about the necessity for bees to survive in this world for future generations

[@markschoenhals4816]

Very interesting. Wish I didn’t live so far away. Can learn a lot.

[@2001pontiacta]

What if you have a frame with a queen but, on the same frame you have 1 or 2 or even 3 new queen cells. You can make a split? So, if you don’t cut out the other queen cells what happens when all 2 or 3 queens hatch. Will the queens fight to kill each other? Will the old queen that you left in the other frame die? The bees are gonna follow the queen? Also how do you get the honey of frames with the plastic? Thanks

[@dzbeezhoneyfarm7252]

Looks like your at an apartment,was this inside the city. My question is how do you get by the mosquito spraying program or is this not an issue. My city sprays.

[@rhondawright2558]

Such great information. I wish the camera would have been more on the bees instead of the people and ground...:(

[@fineshooter]

its hard to teach and video same time you can come video for me

[@johntripp2028]

Never pull a frame on the bubbuhbu bub. What did he say.

[@drawingwithlight2397]

Never pull a frame from the middle, start from the side.

[@duanem3658]

I would love to. I could see and help your audience. Where are you NE?

[@6909turtle]

when should I feel my bee's for winter and when is to late for a honey super ?

[@sunnysky449]

Enjoyed the webinar yesterday! Every time I learn something new. What are your thoughts about using 8 frame spacers?

[@fineshooter]

its not a good thing the bee space is too wide

[@sunnysky449]

First hive this year, will be running 8 frame hive bodies. Seems to be a lot of empty space after the frames are in.

[@sunnysky449]

Trying to post a picture but not having any luck.

[@duanem3658]

Who is your cameraman? I could see a thing.

[@fineshooter]

who ever is here shot it you can come shot some for free too

[@MrHoneybeeScratcher]

Don, where can the corks be purchased for queen cages?

[@fineshooter]

we cut our own corks I got a video on it too

[@davemaloneyvideos]

At 4:50 aren't those black specks wax moth poop and not wax moth eggs?

[@fineshooter]

yes that is wax moth eggs

[@beeman1350]

Great video give me more LOL!!!

[@fineshooter]

we will be doing lot more on splitting

[@beeman1350]

Sounds good

[@beeman1350]

Why did you dump the bees on the outside instead of the inside of the hive? Never heard the answer.

[@fineshooter]

I only want nurse bees to go in hive

[@beeman1350]

O ok . Man I can't believe ur up answering emails this early. U really do get going early. Keepem coming. Thanks

[@nickdnero3905]

Man I hate bees but I love your vids keep it up

[@beekeeperhanna]

From [e-mail] one of your better video's Fat Bee Man Congratz !

[@OlJarhead]

Camera work is terrible