The FatBeeMan discusses Queen cells, how to make them and what to do with them
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@paulrowland204412 жыл бұрын
Don keeps it simple and to the point. A really great teacher! Thanks Don!!
@BradfordQuino10 жыл бұрын
Hi FBM I'm Bradford and from philippines, I'm just an 18 year old guy and a freshmen in this field, and i have 8 colonies and growing here..i already watched almost all of your videos here and I'm so thank full becaus I realy learend a lot from you aside from my mentors here.. thank you.
@Radwoem11 жыл бұрын
I very much enjoy your videos, Mr. Don. Thank you so much for your common-sense approach and for sharing your knowledge of beekeeping! What an excellent legacy! People will be learning from you for years to come. Thanks again.
@crdorado1195 Жыл бұрын
'Just found this video, you are absolutely correct. Let mother nature thru the bees, make the best selection of cells to develop queens.
@alternetenergy11 жыл бұрын
Hello to TFBM just started watching your vids today. This is my first year keeping bees, I have lots to learn.Its good to see an old timer taking the time out to make informative videos and posting on the web for all of us newbees. You have answered a lot of questions that I had already just in the short time that I've spent watching.Thanks. Nelson
@tylerlewis672311 жыл бұрын
Don your great, after 45 years of beekeeping ,and 35 minutes watching you now i am learning something.Thanks for your common sense work on your videos,as for Darrin down bellow there are stingless bees just not here they have been breed over hundreds of years on a Island off Trinidad by the native people.
@Lovebeing54310 жыл бұрын
I look forward to watching the rest of your videos. Thank you.
@poprocz15 жыл бұрын
His name is Don Kuchenmeister ladies and gentlemen and he can teach you more in one day of hanging out with him than a stack of books. I picked up two, 3lb packages from Don in early April and they are doing wonderfully well.
@ianwilkinson41966 жыл бұрын
Timeless Information.. done 3 Queen-less colonies Dons way and all three where a success... No beekeeping bullshit or messing about just good old honest as it is Bee Keeping.. Thanks Don
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@HighPlainsHives glad you like them I am going to make more. Don
@fineshooter13 жыл бұрын
@boris0402 glad you enjoyed it. will be doing learning videos soon. Don
@SunlightSheds14 жыл бұрын
wonderfully explained...thanks fatbeeman!
@KiwimanaBuzz13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting the video Don, just finished listening to the podcasts you did with Craig also very interesting. Thanks for being you. See ya...Gary
@enchplant13 жыл бұрын
I love this video. You are an great teacher. I have watched this 10 times and I learn something each time. Now I am raising some queens myself and hope some day I am as confident and knowledgeable as you are. I made a video about a trap out I just did and I'm going to use those bees to populate some mating nucs as a queenless hive.
@1877sandycreek14 жыл бұрын
You are so smart.
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@jannassary im going to do some more detailed vidieos in spring and will have them out in e books. Don
@yunk915 жыл бұрын
Another great video thanks.
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@newby1627 no not really I have bred them that way.glad you like them. Don
@Emi87MofS11 жыл бұрын
nice and meaningful video...Greetings from Rome!
@boris040213 жыл бұрын
woooow nice job you are my idol , ty on your video
@flatpicker123412 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video! So Informative! Thank You!
@howardmcadams38523 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Sir
@fineshooter13 жыл бұрын
@enchplant glad you enjoy the vid jump in don't worrie about making mistakes
@littlepiaf12 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe this dude is cuttin" without smoke and a suit!!! My bees freek me out!
@dfishman7611 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reply and for the answers.
@jannassary12 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS GUY U NEED 2 UPLOAD SOME MORE VIDS ASAP. THANKS 4 THE UPLOADS
@honeybeesinjapan12 жыл бұрын
Yes, I had a hive where the bees rejected the introduced queen. Probably due to my inability to leave the hive alone for a week. Anyway, I had a situation where one or two of the workers were laying eggs. That hive died out after about 3 months. The workers can lay eggs but they only lay drones. I knew it was laying workers when I opened the hive and saw drones everywhere. It was sad
@coyoxx6 жыл бұрын
very informative, thank you.
@Jaybird28914 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@daeonekyd12 жыл бұрын
My husband wears a suit each time he opens his hives and has been stung a few times already this season.... ( its spring in Sydney Australia at the moment)
@miserableoldman8 жыл бұрын
Just amazing ♫
@patrapper73676 жыл бұрын
Great camera work...
@Megahs201012 жыл бұрын
Great video
@bradgoliphant3 жыл бұрын
Hello Fat Bee Man. I'm heard something about Black Walnut Smoke with varroa treatment. Will that actually work? Have you used this as a treatment? Great video.
@fineshooter14 жыл бұрын
@donlovvorn look for swarm cells then cut them to make as many splits you need
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@KiwimanaBuzz craig has more videos to post send him a e mail. glad you liked the video. we have new channel the new fatbeeman. Don
@christysteffke5810 жыл бұрын
FatBeeMan, Your videos are very informative!! I've learned a lot and appreciate you posts. Just curious, how often do you get stung? What kind(s) of bees do you keep? Thanks! Christy
@fineshooter15 жыл бұрын
you can feed organic sugar but I use reg. sugar. no feeding wont make them lazy. I run lot of hives and some time it is nesasary to feed.
@JiyaMultiVideos11 жыл бұрын
Very Nice Videos
@homerecker555 жыл бұрын
Munesh Kumar Rajput b
@jett88815 жыл бұрын
he is the cutest thing- i want to adopt him! :~}
@flatpicker123412 жыл бұрын
Very informative! I wish I could spend a week with that guy. Do you know if he is taking frames out of a hive and putting them into a smaller hive to make them feel crowded so they will produce queen cells ?
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@newby1627 there just very gentle bees. Don
@fineshooter12 жыл бұрын
@boris0402 just split them with queens or use your own cell.
@mohsinjessa89519 жыл бұрын
For some reason the audio is all messed up. Is it just my side or a problem with the video?
@Jknudsen05238 жыл бұрын
Don, you said a split for each queen and that you're only limited by your equipment. aren't you also limited by the number of bees, pollen, honey etc? like I can't put a queen in a hive with very few nurse bees, right?
@christopherdavis90124 жыл бұрын
Do you use banana mix with pollen too make pollen pollen
@fineshooter13 жыл бұрын
@oomblikkies thanks
@fineshooter14 жыл бұрын
@1877sandycreek you install it into a queenless nuc
@1877sandycreek14 жыл бұрын
I guess I should have asked "how do you install it?" you have a video on that?
@1877sandycreek14 жыл бұрын
This might be stupid but what do you do will the cell after you cut it off the comb? Do you just lay it in a queenless hive?
@daeonekyd12 жыл бұрын
Hi Don, my husband and I love to watch your videos. They are so interesting and informative. I notice that you never wear a bee suit, do you get stung often??
@garyshaffer688 жыл бұрын
lol singless bees. Good one don
@jannassary13 жыл бұрын
MATING CELLS CAN YOU GIVE ME A BIT MORE INFO HOW IT WORKS I HAVE JUST STARED BEE KEEPING AND NEED MORE BEES PLZ . THANKS
@billburr505111 жыл бұрын
I love the fat bee man :)
@jett88815 жыл бұрын
you're not too old and I have horses so you couldn't possibly outdo them! lol ? Can feeding your bees make them lazy or teach them not to work?? Just curious- here in San Diego we still have flowers, lots of willow and other plants- I feed the bees anyhow- just sugar water- is that a bad thing?
@darring.916111 жыл бұрын
Unless you are talking about Drones...there are really no such thing as Stingless Honeybee's. You can acquire less hostile or Gentler Bee's! Try Italian Bee's...they are usually well mannered. Often the Behaviour of a Hive depends on the Nature of the Queen. A hostile hive can often be settled by changing it's genetic's. Try re-queening with a Mild or Gentler Queen from a good Source!
@jmichaelsbees88575 жыл бұрын
That was "Bee Humor"....
@ganni02510 жыл бұрын
Question. My aim is to split by queen cell transplant so i put a frame of bees in a nuke and after a week i left one queen cell ib that box. If i would want to make another hive if i put a queen cell together with a frame of brood and feed would that be sufficient. Temperatures are starting to warm up during the day here in malta
@honeybeesinjapan12 жыл бұрын
Don, If you have a laying worker hive do you try to save it or just let it go?
@jannassary12 жыл бұрын
HI!! MAY I ASK YOU A Q. WHAT IS THE BEST BEE SPACE TO USE 12MM OR 9MM IT DEPENDS ON THE KEEPER SOME SAY BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY AND USE THANK YOU!!!
@dfishman7611 жыл бұрын
So,how did you make them make queen cells?
@ericreese266010 жыл бұрын
good video don have you ever tried buckfast bee's
@poohbear164711 жыл бұрын
I would like to buy stingless bees here in the Buffalo NY area. Could you tell me where to buy nucs or queens for this spring? I would like to make a deposit for a spring delievery. Thank you.
@fineshooter13 жыл бұрын
@boysselle I make t all
@jasonmichaellearner286811 жыл бұрын
yes there is, do a bit of research and you'll find out
@ZootedInc8 жыл бұрын
so what if someone gave me a unhatched queen and like 10 bees would they be able to make a hive? im misunderstanding something i think.
@christophe59547 жыл бұрын
No, you'd need a lot more bees, that queen will take several days to hatch and mate, then start laying, by then some of the 10 bees might already be diying from old age, plus they can't keep themselves warm at night, they have to be lots more, plus if ever she starts laying with only 10 bees looking after her (hardly likely) you'd need to provide built comb with honey and pollen and space for the eggs, the egs take 21 days to become a worker bee, (if there are enough nurses to feed them, to keep them warm, to close up the cell, by 21 days, you 10 worker bees are all dead of old age (probably). So, short answer is NO.
@unitedstatesdale11 жыл бұрын
how can you tell if the queen has mated ?
@maxmagnus77710 жыл бұрын
Hi FBM, did I notice you wearing something around your waste? Looks like you have something wrapped around? (Not making fun of the gut or anything like that)
@hjsmith0084310 жыл бұрын
Looks like a regular back brace to me.
@maxmagnus77710 жыл бұрын
Tnx, it is not popular around here, so I wondered what it might bee
@fineshooter15 жыл бұрын
too old to adopt and I eat too much
@rferguson70998 жыл бұрын
What's a 'Split??'
@newby162713 жыл бұрын
Do you really have stingless bees?
@boris040213 жыл бұрын
@fineshooter I have 15 hives. and I love bees. I want to have 200 hives.
@mrperople13 жыл бұрын
ewww white sticky stuff comeing out at 3:25
@olddave48335 жыл бұрын
lots of questions but no answers and he keeps talking queen less hives but give no explanation where he got them
@UnDaoDu11 жыл бұрын
Can bees make queen cells without a queen?
@ApiGiovanni12 жыл бұрын
@fineshooter foarte blande deoarece sunt putine si lesinate