Beekeeping: Dying Bee Hive, Beekeeper's Worst Nightmare

Beekeeping is never trouble free. Facing your worst nightmare and watching your hive can be very challenge. But, can we save it?
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[@wilsons_acres71]

I just did this with my hive. I'm glad my mentor had the experience and foresight. Thank you David for all your knowledge.

[@beek]

Glad to help!

[@BeeCoolHunnyBunny]

Great Idea David, I would have gone for a horizontal layout but I'm intrigued to see the results, best of luck!

[@cassidydeyoung]

I just did this almost two weeks ago. I’m going to wait a few more days before I go back in to see if I have a new queen. Hopefully they’re good to go! I’d love a follow up video on what to look for during the next inspection and all of that!

[@adamsoutdoors]

I would like to see how the queen in the nuc responds to loosing all of her brood. Follow up on how well she bounces back.

[@beek]

Will do

[@TheKeepersHive]

Decrease the size of the hive. Yes, the viral loads on that hive maybe so high that it is just doomed. Adding healthy capped brood may help, but it also needs a smaller hive for the size of the colony. My management consideration #1 is hive size to colony size. Or maybe put it in a double nuc instead of a 10 frame single. You will see small colonies bounce back quicker when put into smaller hives. Just a thought.

[@aaronparis4714]

That’s so not true I had a hive that had bad mite issues with 2 frames of bees coming out of winter I treated it and added work force and not its built back strong

[@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping]

He added 2 or 3 frames of capped brood, that will turn into 4 to 6 frames of bees in just a few days...

[@beek]

Everything depends on many factors. 😃

[@TheKeepersHive]

@@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping Yes. A frame of capped brood is 2-3 frames of bee coverage when emerged. Bees prefer to be wall to wall in a box for many reasons. I am not sure the value of any of the sick bees or brood from the original hive. A split is usually 2 frames of brood, 2 frames of food and a blank into a deep nuc box.

[@TheKeepersHive]

@@aaronparis4714 In general, bees prefer to be wall to wall in a box. Many ways to get there.

[@Ambees_Honey_Farm]

oh my goodness, this is so helpful! thank you so much! Throwing an idea out there, playlist for what can go wrong with a hive :) thanks again David and Pat!

[@beek]

Great idea

[@SIBEEMAN]

Great tips and good luck with the experiment! I think you should call the blooper segment “Burns Bloopers and Comb Comedy”

[@beek]

Good one!

[@margaretdenny3507]

Thank so much for the continuing education David!

[@beek]

Glad to help!

[@bligon11]

Loved the video! How to help weak hives is very helpful!

[@beek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@altaylor293]

Good change of pace video showing that things don't always go right. Kudos for sharing. (Check spelling on Bald Brood)

[@beek]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@wolfgangthaler8494]

But now your resource hive don't have enough workers to support the Queen to get going

[@patrickstevenson17]

Very educational video. Thanks David.

[@beek]

Thanks

[@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping]

I can't wait to see how the resource hive handles this situation! Great video1

[@beek]

Fingers crossed!

[@wpankey57]

Another great video. I always learn so much.

[@beek]

Awesome, thank you!

[@VidKatMA1]

That was Fascinating David! 🥰 Thank You for the Clip! Love your Apiary Cart. 💞 You have me Wondering if I need a Resource Nuc. 🤔 I have two Strong Colonies and want to keep it at two. 🥰 Thnx 4 your great experience with Bees. 🐝

[@beek]

Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.

[@ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney]

I have also added frames with no fighting from resource hives, but just to be sure I try and locate the incoming frame away from the queen by a few frames. That way if there is some fighting it is unlikely that you lose the queen.

[@beek]

That's a good approach.

[@jeffboothe2102]

Love the bloopers!

[@beek]

Thanks!

[@mtnpull]

can we have an update on that resorce hive in a weak or 2? thanks great video

[@beek]

Will do!

[@brianbennett4374]

Thanks for sharing 👍 as always I enjoy your videos 😊

[@beek]

Thanks, glad to hear!

[@whispershuman5742]

lol the blooper reel. That's ME in the bee yard :D

[@beek]

Thanks

[@pastormike1971]

Great video, Question-- do you keep your resource hive in that plastic nuc box in the summer? I was afraid they would get to hot or robbed out if I left it on the vent side. Curious what you do there!

[@beek]

I've got three in those plastic nuc boxes and they do fine IN THE SHADE

[@charliegioe3158]

😜😜😜😜😜👍👍👍Love the bloopers great job David

[@Haldir89]

I love this video!

[@jayglosser2014]

Nice video DAVID. The weather is beginning to change with tropical storm Burel on the way. Honey extraction tomorrow while it rains. HAVE A GREAT DAY 👍

[@beek]

Great time to extract when it's raining.

[@jayglosser2014]

👍

[@garyRt23Bees]

When dearth kicks in do bees stop leaving the hive to forage and just hang around? Just wondered if you could tell by watching the activity at the entrance.

[@raterus]

Good advice, I have a split that's been struggling and I think I'll try to "rob Peter to save Paul"

[@beek]

Good luck. Sharing frames can help.

[@kodybond959]

Hey david been watching your videos for a while now. Taught me a lot of tricks to look for in these kind of situations. I actually had a problem with one of my hive splits this spring they went queenless for too long and i had laying workers develop. I thankfully got to them in time. I shook all of the bees out of the hive about 100yrds away reduced them to a single deep and added 2 frames of capped brood and one with just eggs. Just checked on them monday and found a virgin queen running around. Wonder if you have any videos about those situations. Thanks for the vids and best of wishes.

[@beek]

One note, your method of getting rid of a laying worker is actually passed down and is incorrect. Studies have show that laying workers are foragers, and if you shake them out 100 yards away they just fly back to the hive.

[@kodybond959]

@@beek Well i guess i got lucky then, but i made sure the brood pheromone helped suppress the laying workers. If i didn't see a queen in this last inspection i was going to combine them with another strong hive. Luckily i found one, thanks for the response.

[@honeybees1970]

Exactly what i needed to see today I have a weak hive with a newly introduced queen She is laying but there is a low quantity of bees in that hive

[@beek]

It is tough and I have found it is a snowball effect, meaning the rebound is terribly slow as a new generation of bees take 21 days to join the work force.

[@honeybees1970]

Agreed, i think on my next inspection like you i will introduce a frame of brood from one of my other hives, im one of them that worry they will fight… you say they don’t eh ?

[@aaronparis4714]

I think this also I get a couple queens that are slim but they are great layers

[@beek]

This one sure is a great layer.

[@aaronparis4714]

@@beek i don’t think it really matter the size I think that’s all genetics nothing to do with matting

[@riobarudo]

Thank you mister ❤🐝 From Indonesian apis cerana🙏🤝

[@jenwagner5913]

so important thanks for the tip

[@beek]

Glad to help

[@harvestmaid5669]

Have you heard of powder sugar method of getting rid of mites???? Very cleaver

[@beek]

Yes, been teaching this method for a couple of decades. In fact that was the very first video I made in 2008 here on youtube!

[@thomasfrederick7068]

What happened with this resource transfer? Did the hive thrive or die?

[@beek]

Just made the transfer on 7-8-24 so in a week or so I'll do a follow up of both hives.

[@Billy.t.94]

I'm new to bee keeping and cought 3 swarms this spring and I was wondering if I need to replace the queen

[@apveening]

If/when the queen of a swarm needs replacing, the bees will take care of it.

[@brianw.520]

Wouldn't it be too hot for formic pro? Also periodically I'll see bees that are patchy and bald on spots. Is that from hygienic behavior?

[@Brandor667]

My first and only have has been afflicted with chalkbrood. I'm doing what I can within my experience level. Do you have a video about chalkbrood?

[@beek]

That would be a great question to ask on my livestream tomorrow so that everyone could benefit from the answer. Here's the link: kzbin.infouCfVf1pDv5Q

[@shegocrazy]

okay I'll ask. What's the snappy box stand you are using on the sickly hive?

[@beek]

I do not recall, I'll have to take a look.

[@erossi490]

Dave I have a question I recently recovered a seams I placed them into a Warre. I use Langston hives I noticed today that the Warre hive is doing well any suggestions.

[@beek]

Not sure I understand. Does "a seams" mean swarm? and If they are doing well, then what sort of suggestions do you need.

[@rodkirt9273]

But how is the colony that you took the frames away from , any better than the hive was because it had a low population problem ? Isn’t the donor hive , now in a worse population situation ? I don’t understand .

[@beek]

Yes, but I'm experimenting to see IF I can retain the original queen and her colony by adding additional bees and brood from the resource hive.

[@thomasfrederick7068]

What if the queen is dead? I have a collapsing hive and added a frameof valued brood from a health one, but I don't see the queen. Maybe she died and that is the cause. I have had treated for mites several times? Can I just buy a queen and pop her in this late in the season? Can it bounce back off the hive only has 1000 bees or so left?

[@beek]

Great question for our livestream tomorrow night. Here's the link: kzbin.infouCfVf1pDv5Q

[@filipvernica258]

We have 103 in our area for 5 more days? Formic pro? I think it’s too hot?

[@beek]

Way too hot!

[@anthonypeterson3112]

Mine are drowning from sugar water. For some reason the jar loses vacuum and dumps all the feed out in a few hours. I've replaced lids, same result, replaced the jar, same result. It's turning into a nightmare

[@beek]

Strange since the jars and lids are different. Could the jar have a hairline crack somewhere?

[@anthonypeterson3112]

@beek they're all jars that have been through the canning process a few years. have to toss em and buy new to be sure.

[@jerrystouffer2262]

Maybe holes in lid to big?

[@ryots1970]

Is there a possibility by adding the bees from the resource to the weak hive that they may attack the queen?

[@beek]

We will check in a week.

[@wolfiemom7648]

Can you put the frames in a another hive without compromising the new hive

[@beek]

Possibly but need to isolate the issue of why the colony is failing first.

[@jscfb]

Is that a plastic anel hive the bees are in

[@beek]

Yes it is.

[@jscfb]

How are they thinking of switching from wooden an poly to them for here in West Scotland loch lomand where its very wet and damp most of the year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@aaronparis4714]

lol things do like to go bad don’t they 😅

[@beek]

Absolutely

[@apveening]

Murphy is also active in beekeeping.