Beekeeping Can Be More Fun Raising Queens

Beekeeping can be much more fun when you learn to raise your own queens. Today's live stream will start with more discussion on how to raise queens and we will also have Q&A.
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[@BigMountainHoneybees]

I missed your live stream last night. 😢 thank you for posting it so I can keep in the know! And my certificates arrived! Thank you for your words of encouragement!

[@Jane-L.S.]

Finally got here. Thank you for more details on grafting. It may take me a long time before I start because it takes time for me to be certain I know enough to feel comfortable with doing things. You are the best!

[@Jimhamby859]

My favorite intro. Very cool. Awesome!!!

[@VtPapa]

This video is the best I’ve watched and I’m going to watch it again and again.

[@beek]

Thanks!

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

David. That's the best footage EVER on a Close Up use of the Laravae transfer process, using the Chinese Grafting Tool. Just awesome. 👍 Only thing to remember, us Left Handed need that white reed Uppermost on the Other (Left side) of a Wax Cell. 😉 So many Videos show 'tools' us Lefties can't use ! As Tiip is Curved or Machined for RH use only !!! Doh. 👀 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Can't wait for Bee Season to come here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I did Walk Away Splits last year (2nd Year.) Successfully. 2023 my 3rd Beek Year, I want to try and do my own Graft Raised Queens (Rearing.) Have been "making" DIY Cell Bar Rails, Holders, even a multi Dowel "Wax Cup" Dipper Tool. Cell Bars to fit my various Hive types. Eg :for US Langstroth, UK Nationals, and EU Warre. So thanks again. 😎

[@markbee5787]

That was one of the best video on grafting that I’ve seen. Good job Dave.

[@GustavoSantino187]

Very clear explanation of all details. Wonderful

[@sonofthunder.]

very good ,great demonstration of placing grafts

[@hyrule_hobbit3988]

Hi David, I’m not a beekeeper but I am extremely interested in beekeeping and would love to do it if I ever have the available space. I really enjoy watching your videos! My comment isn’t about beekeeping. You mentioned you were having trouble leaving donations on other live streams so I wanted to suggest speaking to your credit card company and asking them if there is a way to authenticate charges that are done online by sending you a text message to confirm it’s you. They might be able to but they might not. Most credit card companies are more strict when it comes to unknown purchases online and they will block the charge due to potential fraud. Also, using a debit card instead of a credit card would be more likely to be approved.

[@beek]

Thanks for the tip

[@GaryManess]

Missed the live feed but caught up now. Great information thank you David

[@a3skywarrior929]

Work nights and missed your livestream. Going to try raising my own queens this year if I have time to prepare. Another great video

[@henryparrott2447]

Great show old man THANKS 😊

[@jillhumphrys9349]

Thats so cool! I saw UOf A on that book and got excited! I live 25miles from U Of A! My daughter went to college there. I need to access their bee education. WOOOO PIG! SOOOIE!!

[@WildwoodsBeekeeping]

Great Live David!

[@GaryManess]

Congratulations Grayson

[@WildwoodsBeekeeping]

@@GaryManess thanks Gary

[@johnnypowell1213]

Thank you again for the awesome Video and great info.

[@patty44441]

I’m not convinced they won’t fall out. 😂

[@alvinjoseph8724]

Always a pleasure watching your videos

[@jillhumphrys9349]

Thats the most fascinating thing ive ever watched!

[@beek]

Thanks

[@lindagray5857]

I’ve never seen that done so well. Thank you

[@beek]

Thanks Linda

[@jenniferbogle6809]

I AM IN THE CARIBBEAN.AND love your talks.and videos bee keeper.#start.

[@ernestomonell2341]

Love it. Ernesto, from d United States virgin Island, st. Croix.

[@dalesmith2077]

thanks so much for the live feed, will you be doing a live show in MI. this yr

[@nailladi1]

Sharing your blogs with my folks. Enjoy you both!

[@beek]

Thanks Carole

[@MrChristopherharmon]

I'm sorry that I missed this live, but thanks for the great information!

[@donnahummel5765]

Bee's r beautiful. Amazing Skillful. Thank u for showing that to us

[@veronicac660]

Sorry I missed the live, but I do like the intro

[@timbervalleyhomestead]

I’m rewatching again. You got my question answered perfectly. You talk about raising queens for your apiary. We’ll say I have 10 queens but don’t necessarily need but 3. If I didn’t sell any I’d have to put them somewhere. So 5 frame nuc? 2frame nuc? So if I have them in a mini colony until needed where do the bees I have with her go if I put her into another hive. You said you could let them raise their own queen or dump them into another colony. Thank you.

[@jenniferbogle6809]

#start .I wish to raise queens so this was great video.

[@debbieperfect1616]

brilliant#START

[@wolfgangthaler8494]

Great show, I really enjoyed it

[@beek]

Awesome to know

[@timmyhuskey6870]

Love to win the course.

[@handsburyhoneybees893]

Good afternoon . I had a old JZBZ in one of my hives. I found a egg in the cell .

[@christinecontelmo9264]

Great video. I was able to try grafting up at the Dyce Lab during the EAS Conference last August. Like you mentioned when you get older it's harder to see and the shakiness doesn't help. I felt discouraged, but I will take your advice and work on that with better lighting, glasses and bracing my hand. Where can I acquire the poster behind you?

[@thomasblack9463]

Sorry I missed the live stream, But I love your videos

[@slava790]

Dave, you mentioned that one can sell the queens for profit. My insurance agent told me that my homeowner's policy would not cover any liability resulting from selling queens or nucs and that I would have to get a business policy which would cost at least $500 a year.

[@beek]

Insurance for business/homeowner is tricky. We have a business policy. Many homeowner policies are not too happy when they find out you have bees, and most homeowner policies do not cover business the way it should be covered. Consult with your agent for the right insurance. Get MUCH MORE than you need.

[@foleydave26]

Well done buddy

[@beek]

Thanks 👍

[@robertzanon2006]

David when do you start to queen reer, I live in northern Michigan

[@slava790]

Thanks you for your video. I am having trouble understanding what, and how many, equipement I would need to rear 10 queens or which I will use 3 to re-queen hives and sell the rest. For example, how many nucs , deeps, etc. would I need? It would be very helpful if you provided a list of what is needed to rear queens.

[@reneallen6405]

Do you put the frame back in the hive after you have taken the larva out for grafting?

[@debbieperfect1616]

Great content today #ULTA

[@harrybryan7530]

Hi David, I am not a beekeeper yet so these may sound like a stupid questions.......If you have a healthy colony could you not just put some of the frames of brood and bees into a new hive that is queenless? Wouldn't the bees in this new hive just raise a new queen of their own? Or could you take a swarm or queencup from the healthy hive and attach it somehow to one of the frames in the new hive? Also, regarding drones, is it the nurse bees that determine the sex of the developing larva by feeding or caring for those eggs or larva differently? I'm sure these are very basic questions to you, but I've never seen or understood these concepts. Thanks, Harry

[@beek]

Hi Harry, you could move frames over and yes they would raise a queen IF there were eggs on that frame. Yes, you can carefully move queen cups too. Nurse bees have no influence over the sex of bees. Only the queen. She either lays fertilized eggs (female workers) or unfertilized eggs (Male Drones)

[@user-dl2me6ew5z]

I learn a lot and i waant to do this can i get the book please

[@alvinjoseph8724]

I bought a bottle of methyl salicylate at the pharmacy after asking for winter green oil that's what I was given just wanted to find out can I use in my hive ? I have the lemongrass, tea tree and final what I just bought

[@danielcollins9628]

Has anyone ever tried isolating a laying queen in a bunch of your queen cells and getting her to lay in your queen cells instead of grafting ??

[@ctrclegg1]

Hey David, thank you so much for your videos. I live in Utah. March is in the 50s and April in the 60s in temperature. What month do I start raising queens?

[@beek]

The best time is when bees naturally swarm

[@mamakat4308]

@13:30 what method do you use to put said bend/curve to the tip of the tool?

[@beek]

To place a curve on the grafting tool tip, I just use my fingers.

[@user-bn6pc4zj5p]

What is the biggest/most common issue when raising queens?

[@cairnparadigm]

I can't get my bees to take any of the artificial bee substitute at all. I am using MegaBee Dry Pollen Supplement. I did make some pollen patties that they did take and use last fall at least I think , the patties were gone.

[@ernestomonell2341]

Can you course be added towards a degree in bk.

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

Is it ok to sand the tip of your grafting tool to make it easier for it to bend?

[@beek]

Should be

[@beejules9302]

Hi David! Should I relocate a hive with drones 1.5 miles out for mating? I only have 5 hives.

[@beek]

There's a lot more to it than that. That might help if you like the stock of those colonies, especially mite resistance. You might see first how it goes without going to the trouble of moving hives.

[@desmondtomlin]

What is the term using an egg.

[@leandrozuniga5634]

Hi David, what would be the price for a master beekeeping course?

[@beek]

easternapiculture.org/programs/master-beekeepers/

[@user-lj4fy5ux9r]

Do you sell the queen banking frames you made?

[@beek]

Sorry we do not but they are so easy to build.

[@jillhumphrys9349]

Hey David! Question...i researched beekeeping for years and years before taking the plunge. I had 2 bad experiences a few years ago, and am giving it a go again. I see that you have many many videos, and i cant decide where to look first. Can you plz point me to a good beginning video of yours to watch today, then recommend where to go from there? I understand about management and why its important. But im getting overwhelmed by the same o'l same ol'. I like your vids and teaching style and would like to pare it down to managable bites for right now. Im asking this bc Im getting an over-wintered local hive this Saturday. If youre interested in my 2 bad experiences, then i can tell you that in short, the first one was going swimmingly and i didnt manage the hive properly and SHB sent my bees packing. The second one absconded in 5 days. The second one may have had an unmated Queen. So im hopeful with this over-wintered hive, and plan to be on top of everything this time. So that being said, plz help give me some good places to start for re-education. I want to be successful. I live on 2 acres of an 80 acre family farm in NWArkansas, have a big garden, lots of perennial flowering herbs bees like and 6 fruit trees and TONS of dead nettle in bloom right now. May and June will be buttercups. When i go out for the last 4 weeks, the place just buzzes with bee activity. I have to watch where I i walk bc theres so many. I love it and often sit down with them and just watch and listen. They're still put foraging today. I wish they would stay....

[@beek]

If you are brand new I'd recommend this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKq3maqdpcmefNk

[@jillhumphrys9349]

@@beek Thank you! I'll be in touch if I have questions.

[@RhondaKane-wp1ld]

How do you find the royal jelly sale in your frame?

[@beek]

I appreciate your question. You should ask this question on my livestream this Thursday, 7pm CT. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live

[@jnscowles]

If I graft 30 queens but don't have 30 mating nucs how do they get mated?

[@beek]

Great question to ask on my livestream tonight (April 20th, 2023) at 7pm central time. Here's the link: kzbin.infobznQVxYar8c

[@marcelloudil1929]

I see last video you dont have hive reducer, why?

[@GustavoSantino187]

How to participate in draw

[@reneallen6405]

Whats a DCA?

[@dougphillips4946]

Drone Congregation Area

[@beek]

Thanks Doug, yes Drone Congregation Area, where thousands of drones hang out hoping that a virgin queen will enter.

[@tjones2ful]

If you connect through a VPN, it may block you.

[@reneallen6405]

Why do you take the queen cells out after 24 hours

[@bobyoung803]

Can I feed. My honey. To my bee.

[@beek]

Bob, I've been answering your question for a week. YES as long as the honey isn't contaminated with a disease harmful to bees.

[@IRipna]

David are you a Christian?