Did that Swarm Decide to Stay and What to do with All These SWARM Cells?

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[@cjaracz2757]

So much work!!! But so satisfying. Hey, I have been missing your Mom in the videos. I hope all is well with she and your Dad.

[@JulieAnnScott]

BEEKEEPERS are a Breed apart from the rest of us!! Yall are brilliant, tough & innovative!! Way to go girlfriend!! Just LOVE your sweet channel...upbeat & sweet positive attitude and beautiful smile!! 😍 We appreciate all the hard work you do & then sharing it all with us. Many blessings on your awesome homestead and precious family!! ❤ simply love it!!

[@FreeRangeArtFarm]

Maybe we need to make an app for turkey dating. Call it Gobblr or something like that.

[@DragonflyenAmber]

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[@TheHoneystead]

Lol

[@a3skywarrior929]

Had sooo many farm house work and repairs... along with vehicle issues. Had no time to get back in my boxes and they swarmed three times. Caught two and lost one. Seems like they are swarming early this year...or I'm just not having the time to spend with the girls. The good thing is no money spent on a new queen/package 🐝

[@gelwood99]

Hey girlie, it has been a hot minute! So glad to see you and the girls doing so well! Love to you! Good catch to find all those cells before they swarmed and left. ❤I caught you talking about honey and gut health on Justin's vlog, I am going to seek my local honey supplier and add some honey to our new ketovore lifestyle. I lost 70 pounds in 18 months and the hubs has lost 120 pounds, off all prescription drugs after cleaning up our eating and going ketovore, heavy meat, and animal fats.

[@Minee127]

God's amazing creatures! They never cease to amaze me!❤

[@TheHoneystead]

Amen 🙌

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Dad would cut out the Queen cells n just add more supers. Harvest honey. I think beekeeping in southern states is different from northern states in lots of way that the hives Are managed.

[@watsonrk1]

I find supercedure cells in the middle of the frame and swarm cells on the bottom. That first box was ready to go!

[@andreahackett2757]

This is all so over my head but I’m Loving very slowlyyyyy learning about bees and maybe one day… have some of my own 😍

[@alliebennett555]

We’ve caught 6 swarms in the last two weeks. We’re full up on bees here!

[@SortOfaBeekeeper]

Always a pleasure to watch you working in apiary! What brand of bee suit do you have on and if you don't mind me asking what size is it? I am looking fir a better fitting ventilated suit. Im 5'2" and 120 lbs. The veil on your suit looks really nice too, not flopping in your face. Thank you for sharing! It's exciting to hear the queen pipping❤

[@herbhometales8255]

Loved this video! It was so neat to see her emerging! Thanks! He is splitting ours… despite the scarey weather our girls are thriving. 😊

[@selbar1]

I too have a tom turkey available for rent lol. Royal palm lost his mate over winter and literally follows us everywhere. Even to back of property and river

[@brimz1]

thank you !!!

[@GSDsforever]

Did you build those benches for your beehives, or buy them? I love those! I need something like that.

[@sunsetstella8917]

Thanks for sharing! I always learn so much from you

[@TheHoneystead]

You are so welcome!

[@joegregorc2581]

Do you have any layens hives?? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on layens vs langstroth. Love your bee videos. Just caught my very first swarms today actually. I’m in northeast ohio. Exciting stuff

[@NKYHoneyBees]

*I'ts a swarm season for sure. One of mine got away. Looks like they will stay, awesome. I love the roosters :)*

[@selbar1]

Would love to see a video of you doing a split as i think i need to do my first split soon

[@jameshill4005]

Awesome video 📹...WOW super fantastic 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@damiano8554]

Congratulations for the videos, one question, aren't the queens obtained from swarm cells more prone to swarming?

[@brianbennett4374]

Good luck with All those splits 😊

[@ongbees]

i love bees

[@heathboeddeker5401]

The Ladies sure do seem to be Happy Happy Mrs. Honeystead. Ya may need to expand again Mam 😅

[@TheHoneystead]

Lol my husband said he would start milling again haha

[@heathboeddeker5401]

@@TheHoneystead ya got a smart Husband for sure there Mam 😁 .

[@christinabradley4590]

We unfortunately have lost our bees the last 2xs we had them....they just don't wanna live with us😢...anyway yesterday my hubby hollered for me to look out the livingroom window....a swarm of bees were out there flying around....then they landed on our hillside on the ground...we decided to gear up n try to get them....of course being on the ground it was hard but we thought we got the queen...they were on the box shaking their little butts...kept checking on them....the beebox was really loud n there were none on the ground...little while later our beekeeper neighbor came over to check n we were standing down at the beebox talking it was super quiet....I said we'll I guess they are content....lol...so he checked n they left...guess since our beebox wasn't furnished they weren't sticking around....but I had a blast putting on my gear n doing it❤ neighbor took the box n when he split his we will try again

[@garyRt23Bees]

Just a note! Studies now are saying that placing the frames back into the hive exactly how they were placed is not as important as previously thought. Sometimes it helps to manipulate frames to get them to fill a box. I do generally keep brood in the middle and honey on the outside though.

[@TheHoneystead]

I will only do that to empty honey frames on the side!

[@iwalkintherain641]

That is a handsome lookin' Tom.

[@sammiesmith8455]

So pertty to me love ya looks

[@NjabuloDee]

❤❤❤🐝🐝🐝

[@brad0nja]

I wish you many, many bees! R u planing in future to use queen excluders?

[@birbahadurmagar6080]

Hi madam, when bee swarm, do they swarm with old queen or new queen ? Could you please enlighten me.

[@horsehugger2000]

Old queen

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Is a swarm cell the same as a Queen cell.

[@Siirkervan]

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[@user-zt1pq7hq6y]

It that a Wild Turkey or Commercial?

[@CultivationWithChristy]

So if you find the swarm cell and split it, that means they won't run off and swarm?

[@anthonyorr1000]

How long will you leave a swarm or a split in the pro nuc box?

[@terriwhite6273]

So when you create the split do you remove the swarm cells and have the bees make a new queen? Or do you leave them on there because she is already in process to emerge and hope she returns after the mating flight?

[@jessicamarvin2071]

When you make a split with queen cups on the bottom you leave them on there, let the queens emerge from their cells. Survival of the fittest. Then the surviving queen does a mating flight and returns to the new hive to start laying eggs. Just let nature take its course. Some people remove all but one queen cell… kinda risky tho.

[@WalMac1976]

is your mulch floor treated bagged mulch or un-treated ? does it matter with bees?

[@TheHoneystead]

It is untreated and I had it delivered from a tree copy the trimmed our trees!

[@terriwhite6273]

I buy playground mulch so it is untreated. Then I sprinkle under hives with diatomaceous earth to keep some of the crawling bugs out

[@WalMac1976]

@@TheHoneystead Thank ya for the info. appreciate the content, always good stuff

[@johnn1a2]

Great video love seeing the queens hatch, the hive adorns her. Do you ever do an artificial swarm with original queen if they haven’t swarmed yet. I find even splitting they sometimes will still swarm from mother hive. I find it great to cuz when you secure original queen it eliminates having to try and secure her when she is in a tree. Again great video thanks for sharing

[@CLepper61]

My favorite videos are the bees. But i don't understand how you spilt them if there 3 new queens on 1 fame.

[@jeffreyirwin1135]

Where is your mom?

[@marcusdaniel9669]

Are you concerned about the possibility of Africanization?

[@TheHoneystead]

Those genetics are not in our climate.

[@Texanfirst727]

Africanized hives are crazy mean. But, they make a lot of honey.