The Power of 6’s

a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog

[@mikeyd5969]

The million dollar question in bee keeping . When should I …….

[@angushudson2427]

Thanks for the video. Going to try this in South Africa on the Aloe flow in August

[@MKIV2JZGT]

Ian for your 6's how do you have the entrances? Are they all facing the same direction and wide open or do they have entrance reducers. Could not make it out in the video. Next can you show the set up?😊

[@matthewkoepka1074]

Stunning operation sir! I can’t even fathom how rewarding it must feel like to give such a crop to your bees.! Awesome!

[@ericwinslow1913]

This year in Alaska we’ve only had three days of sun in June ,July looks like the same. It’s amazing what weather can do for bee production.

[@iditarod4081]

Scientifically a 6 frame almost makes kind of sense since that constitutes 6 * 7000 or 42,000 potential brood cells. And if the brood cycle is 21 days and she lays 2,000 a day then that gives her two full generational cycles of new bees at all times. However once hatched they live longer than 21 days so the colony would be perpetually slightly overstuffed but that's why he has so many deep supers on top to contain the overflow

[@lagrangebees]

The nectar flow here started with a bang, my strongest hive drew and filled 2 mediums in 1 week, the other hives drew and filled 1 box or so. As for my queen rearing I had 24 cells, 21 came back mated 2 failed entirely and 1 was salvageable (I gave them some eggs). This year is looking so good far 😁

[@PhuongPhuong-pn4iv]

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[@robinkennedy9974]

Good to see you happy, Ian. Looks like your hard work has paid off.

[@iditarod4081]

The worker bees in 3*6 queen pallets become cooperative and never fight? Do you have any hunch or eyesight as to whether they spread the love evenly or do they stick with their queen. You'd think three separate queen mandibular pheromones would drive them crazy or make them selective.

[@brianschrombeck7313]

Lol Carniolin trait on the wonky comb. Hi Ian! Cannot wait to watch you pull honey!

[@breckdemers]

From my experience over the last 5-7 years with 6's, I have far better winter survival in 6's. I've hardly lost any 6's and been 5-15% loss in my 10's.

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

I winter best in 4 frame equipment outdoor in Michigan

[@paulgroth5414]

​@@hootervillehoneybees8664, seriously 4 framedeep divided colonies? In Michigan myself

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

Exceptional! Bravo!

[@toniahand6251]

Love it when you show us the fields surrounding the bees. BEAUTIFUL!

[@steliandone4078]

Hopefully Ian the weather doesn’t change so you can maximize the honey harvest. I am saying this because here in N Texas the vegetation becomes brown. No rain in this area for about one month or so. Success.

[@DoubleBee-lg6su]

that yellow in the backround is Beautiful

[@tonyfreeman8320]

So 3 queens in 6 frame boxes -Excluders on the deeps - they all co exist ??

[@DarkoPcelar]

Greetings from Serbian beekeeper. We are now finishing sunflower flow and closing the season. Gonna be watching you now :)

[@mikehill9888]

Thanks for the video 😊

[@larrytornetta9764]

Nice looking yard. Your elves are doing a good job.

[@donotcare330]

so do you have a link here to a video as to the method you are applying and how it is done. Since this seams like something interesting and a unique beekeeping technique that many here do not know about. :-)

[@brucesbees]

Great stuff Ian. Beautiful yards. Do you have any concern about the bees plugging out the brood box in those 6s or do they continue to push the nectar up throughout the flow? Also any issues with swarming in those boxes as they explode in population?

[@spicyflyhoneybees1478]

2 weeks and you’re going to be looking at wall to wall bees. I was skeptical about those packages but looks like they’re going to pay for themselves and more.

[@lindasullivan77]

How do you over winter your 6 frame nucs? I made my first 6 frame nucs this year and started them with queens I raised. The weather here has not been the best for the flow where I am in Missouri, but they have filled 2 supers and working on 2 more.

[@nszucs1]

Do you see a lot of pollen down in those 6's? I was thinking of how I could do this in Ohio. Our pollen flow in May is very strong and I often have to take solid palen frames out of my single brood boxes because more comes in than they can use

[@ThatBeeMan]

Glad you got a rest. Welcome back to the real world. Those stacks are looking good!

[@vidameliponario]

It's ever amazin see your work.

[@baldeagleApiaries]

Oh, and what does the canola honey taste like?

[@lenturtle7954]

Its clean white honey but it granulates

[@iditarod4081]

Like corn oil

[@ThatBeeMan]

4:17 They want drones and that's the easiest way to make them. They are stripping wax off that foundation, it's not white wax.

[@kathyhathaway8823]

It sure is nice to see your yards has turned around an wide open. On your nuc yards stacked out with regular supers is it your thought that you get more protection or more honey from them . I have heard other people talking about that and I took it that we could get more honey from the three nucs connect as a group like you are doing or am I wrong on this. What is your thoughts on that. THANKS

[@joaorodrigues5463]

As abelhas estão preparadas para uma boa coleta de mel ..bélo trabalho .

[@bluewingfarms2208]

I can't figure out how they don't swarm with only 6 frames?! My bees are gearing up to swarm with 4 boxes no queen excuder , i have been making them draw though but they aren't totally backfilling. Definitely constant management!!! Glad to see the improvement in your bees!

[@carriemartindale-wetherup5243]

First year queens shouldnt have swarming in their minds, next year however they will get transfered into a full box in an attempt to stop them from swarming.

[@toddknecht2106]

How do you keep queens in 6’s from swarming? I struggle with 10’s lol

[@iditarod4081]

He's probably either out there everyday crunching swarm cells or he just lets them swarm away and puts in grafts.

[@carlospantoja7097]

😮 Where can I find more information about the 6 rack, 3 brood chamber method?

[@baldeagleApiaries]

Where do you get those yellow removable caps on top of your migratory cover?

[@lenturtle7954]

Bee maid They are used as pipe thread protectors as well 2"

[@paulmoore8520]

How do you cut the grass around the hives

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Is that crop Canola?

[@lenturtle7954]

Very interesting Does that centre nuc end up being all brood and the outside 2 have honey near the outside walls Do they end up acting like a large single brood chamber ??

[@devonolsen1331]

Ill have to do some reading on this but my question is, are you using the top 4 as strictly honey boxes or do you ever allow the queen to work say the middle two boxes? Never even heard of 6's before but interested in the idea for sure

[@devonolsen1331]

Where can I learn more about this? My search terms are yielding nothing useful about this or others experiences

[@iditarod4081]

I think he denies them access and if they swarm they swarm. He probably has grafting Queens ready at all time. Besides if he were to let them access the middle two boxes then the Queen's could cross over and kill each other

[@HAMDIAspo]

Erhan usta. Saydığın tüm olasılıklar olabilir. Isveç ten selamlar

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Compared to your other stock. Wonder how much more of your profits the Italians will eat?

[@markridgemr]

I'm going to try this with nine 6 frame nucs this Spring. Once you set them back a peg before swarm season, do you have to keep checking back in during the flow and eliminate swarm cells? And it looks like the middle box is facing the opposite direction, right?

[@kat2641]

Man it is looking really good 👍 But I would rather mine have more space mentally speaking so they don’t get into their minds of swarming… would be great if had 100,000 boxes 😂 could just pull an store an replace and do a one time honey extract 🤷🏻‍♂️ lol yep I am living in a dream world 😂😂😂😂

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Just like us humans... smaller space easier to keep tidy. :)

[@lynnelindsey3124]

Would your sixes work as a good cell builder?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Yes

[@matthewkoepka1074]

The white frame at 2:50-3 min mark by his thumb had a black spot with the girls surrounding it in a fashion that I don’t recognize. Can anyone tell me what I am seeing?😊

[@serkanparmaksz3753]

severek izlediğim takıp ettiğim usta arıcısın kolay gelsin selamlar

[@user-jb5jy1ps2g]

Hello Ian, Do you and your family use coated canola seeds or natural ? I am a hobby beekeeper and ask myself whether I should visit canola with my bees or not. Here in the Netherlands, they use a lot of coated canola seeds. I have been told that the neonics can do the bees a lot of harm. Do you have any experience in these matters? Thanks for your continuing insights in beekeeping on a large scale. Greetings, Marcel

[@jimbonevideo6941]

Im curious about your timing with adding an excluder. Do you notice any increased swarming if you add tbe excluder too late in the season? My thought is that if they have started backfilling the nest adding an excluder could trigger a sense of no laying room and therefore swarming.

[@SanWati-kz2rn]

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[@SanWati-kz2rn]

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[@SanWati-kz2rn]

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[@iditarod4081]

You need the excluder at all times from the get-go otherwise the Queen's will cross over and kill each other

[@jimbonevideo6941]

@iditarod4081 I know that but my comment wasn't specific to his 6 frames.

[@drxyz710]

5:11 what is the flower you have used on this field and how many acres it is please let me know

[@lavenderlilacproductions]

Canola. A local version of rapeseed

[@heehaw8401]

Question from someone who isn’t a beekeeper. What are 6’s?

[@carriemartindale-wetherup5243]

6 frame nucleus colonys (small hives). Each nuc has a queen and all three work togeather to fill the supers above.

[@heehaw8401]

@@carriemartindale-wetherup5243 ah. Thank you.

[@iditarod4081]

@@carriemartindale-wetherup5243 work together I suppose but if it's a extremely cold winter they might be fighting

[@carriemartindale-wetherup5243]

@@iditarod4081 during the winter they are closed off to each other. We winter in single boxes.

[@glynburnett7364]

If your working 3 queen's one in each nuc, will they not fight up top etc?

[@lavenderlilacproductions]

Queen excluder above brood nest. They can't reach each other

[@glynburnett7364]

@@lavenderlilacproductions Sorry I meant the worker bees, if I put a hand full of bees into a hive from a different colony they would fight etc. Different smell??

[@iditarod4081]

I guess somehow they start sharing instead of fighting. They say hey since you can't kill my queen and I can't you kill yours let's just work together.

[@Rabidavid]

I'm not sure I understand your meaning of "the power of sixes". I can see what looks like 3 brood boxes below the QE, and 4 honey deeps. Are these 3 hives side by side, or one hive packed horizontal ly and vertically?

[@muffy2379]

Those brood boxes are nucs they hold 6 brood frames each , I believe that’s where the power of 6 reference is from

[@RobertStrahl]

How are the nz bees doing?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Very well, one week shook ahead of the Italians, one week ahead in performance

[@mahmutgunay8053]

Slm tum kolonide bir ana ari mi var alt kat 3kovan ust kat 2 kovan var

[@markmcdowell6878]

Please remember last years Canola It turned Hard ! You Have New bees ! ORGANIC is the way to Go ! For the bees and for the People who eat from the Fields !!!

[@konohamarusarutobi8vohokag233]

Am from dominican republic and l am beekeeper can l work whit you pls

[@user-oc1kb3xn5p]

النحل تمتع اريد خبره كفيه هل في معهد تدريب

[@kawantindaon8851]

Mantap pak .tolong ajari saya ya . Dari negara .indonesia

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Agonizing over the calendar!

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

As I try to ignore the calendar, my business demands it !

[@ismailpolat1557]

​@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogI guess the bee is not good this year

[@lucaslucasedomel2116]

Bom dia sou brasileiro e trabalho com apis aqui

[@FourSeasonFarming]

Working hard It is not asn easy job

[@graemediesel2936]

I’m surprised your bees are devouring their patties like that. Mine seemed to lose interest in patties after they started bringing in the real stuff.

[@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po]

We’re I live in north eastern Nevada my bees are devouring patties too but it’s still been cold… there’s a lot of blossoms in the fields but there still struggling

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Rocket fuel

[@graemediesel2936]

I guess that rocket fuel must taste good

[@lippardr]

May I ask "what verity of rape seed are you planting"? The rape seed we have in N. Carolina USA doesn't seem to produce the amount of Nectar that you are getting.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Canola, we grow from many companies, one being Pioneer

[@lucaslucasedomel2116]

Bom dia sou brasileiro e trabalho com apis aqui.

[@lucaslucasedomel2116]

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