QUEEN CASTLE PART 2

[@sgttrier]

50 years of bee keeping does not make one stupid. Thank you for all of your advice your videos are amazing. I have started pointing bee people I know to them because they are so informative and even bee keepers who have been doing this for many years are learning tricks from you Don Thanks again

[@NealOhagan]

Don, You have been a life saver learned so much from your time and talent online. Makes my hobby successful. Thanks again.

[@354133]

This has been a standard for many years, As an old beekeeper. I resent young pups shooting there mouths off. Like they know something. Thanks Don another nice video I always enjoy them.

[@trvipertote]

Your never boring... Thanks for all your time on making all those fine informative videos.

[@chan108dra]

It is crazy to see people complainning about your great effort in helping small bees like us.thank you so much.

[@chrisforthy]

Don, great design. Not confused about the holes at all. Never bored watching these either. Keep up the good work.

[@TomBrueggen]

Don, these videos are great. I try to always make videos of my bee work as a way of giving back to the KZbin community, as I have learned so much here. Not only are opinions like A-holes, but it's usually A-holes that have the most obnoxious opinions :) Thanks for the detailed videos. I am getting ready to build some queen castles myself!

[@chan108dra]

thank you so much,you said some guys post bad comment shame on them,I have alwats appreciated your vast effort in helping small bees like us - God Bless you .Thank you sir.

[@johncasey9632]

Thanks FBM and congrats on your 100th video. Well done and keep the videos coming. I really enjoy watching them all.

[@zebra61]

These are great Don! You put a lot of thought and purpose into your construction. Thanks for sharing and please please please keep on posting your videos!

[@fineshooter]

thank you for watching and good wishes. Don

[@PJSoltesz]

Don, this is an awesome idea! Beats building 4 separate boxes!

[@beebob1279]

I made these a few years ago. I wanted to get the queens going, but I ran into super shortages due to swarm pick ups. So, I did what you say in the video. Take the dividers out and now use them as supers. Great video, as always.

[@djastram]

Thanks for mentoring the internet Don! I appreciate it.

[@lawtonmurrey8601]

Don I really enjoy your vids and appreciate the time you take to make them and as a beekeeper in the past and now getting back into it, I haven't seen anything 'stupid or dumb' that you have said. people don't realize that 50 yrs of experience teaches more than any school or book can ! You just keep up. If that's what they believe who cares , right !

[@ajabjohnston]

Hi Don these are a good idea. I am definitely going to give a Queen Castle a go. I would be grateful if you could follow up with a Queen Castle in use, so that I and other followers can see your creation as designed being used. Great keep up the good work

[@BoukhariMounir]

Hi, as usual i appreciated the video, your tips are quite useful and not stupid at all, thank you very much.

[@chriskisling9083]

Thanks again Don. Just another good idea for us small bee keepers. RCL

[@jclark0369]

Nevermind. I got answers from the comments in part 1. Thanks for doing these vids!

[@MrTrainlonggone]

Not all beekeepers are carpenters. Yes, there is a little mishap with the placement of the holes but we all get the point. Thanks for great videos and greetings from the other side of the rock!

[@fineshooter]

thanks for watching. Don

[@firemedic136]

As always this is great stuff, tha.nks for the videos

[@ncbeeguy]

I use several queen castles to start nucs. After finding and isolating the queen from the hive i will split I take a frame of eggs and one of mature brood. each section will raise its own queen. While inefficient it does make possible a quick way to make queen right increases.

[@kenstockdale3535]

Great.. good ideas Cheers Ken

[@Megahs2010]

Will try your 4-way queen tower this Spring. Everyone in my club uses "Apidea mating hive" - thanks to you Don I'm going to be the odd one out !!

[@wtalex378]

I just might do this. Thank you FBM!!!

[@fineshooter]

the box will hold 4 queens. I use a few here in late march when its still cold. the heat from the box helps all 4 sides. Don

[@jclark0369]

How long can you keep queens in one of these? And for the second frame...will you add an empty frame or one that has brood and what not in it? Your videos are great!! Thank you!!

[@gardnson]

I'm going to take one of my dads old 10 frame boxes and go to town on it with this idea

[@TheEcofarmer]

Fat bee man your are the best. Thank you for putting out the video. I have a quetion about the castle how many adult queens will it hold. When you are operating how many of the castles would you have during prime time? Thanks Tom

[@BackyardPhenomena]

I built one but adjusted the plans. In stead of four sections of two I have three sections of three. I filled it with brood, honey, and a capped queen cell in each. I am suppose to check back in a month to see if a queen is present and laying?

[@kenthompson6539]

Thanks that's fantastic, from Ireland!!!!

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Hi Don. Like Chrissv, I wonder if you should also be drilling holes for an escape from the two center compartments? Perhaps the holes on the short edges of compartments 1 and 4 were supposed to be for 2 and 3?

[@lintonmacnamara1469]

Smart thinking. Thanks for posting

[@Beehappy2day]

i like this idea : ) it's like the double nuc idea that mike palmer uses, i built one of those and have 2 5 frame nucs in double deeps they keep each other warm and I also have an open honey super on the top of them and they don't fight at all , they share the honey .

[@troypierce3967]

Ben Little do you have a link to that palmer double nuc

[@Megahs2010]

What kind of wood do you use to make your brood boxes and roofs? Would you recommend plywood? Great videos

[@electricengineer624]

beautiful idea,awesome video,thanks sir

[@kennapop3]

Just added bees to my to do list. I may never advance to queen rearing but , I sure like your lessons.

[@BackyardPhenomena]

If I understand correctly, you stick the capped queen cells into each compartment with two frames of pollen, honey, and nurse bees?

[@dansewall3509]

Thank you for taking the time to make your videos. We're yankees and we love practicality! We have learned a lot from your videos.Keep up the good work.How do we send a donation?We would like to keep our exchange in. Dan

[@harerabbit]

good job Don, i one day would like to raise my on queens

[@ncbeeguy]

With a queen castle the outer sections are open to the wide sides the 2 inner sections are open one to each end this allows each section to have its own entrance.

[@nhbeekeeper5867]

I agree, the holes for 2 and 3 are lined up for 1 and 4 giving 1 and 4 two entrances and leaving 2 and three without them. At least it appears that way on the video.

[@426superbee4]

I always enjoy your video's, and i just now looking for ways to grow, rite now 32 hive keeps me busy, i wont more hehehe YOUR NOT STUPID Your very smart man!

[@johnjones9387]

How are you feeding all compartments if a person dosen't have a frame of honey to put in all compartments? Do you have any advice on that?

[@fineshooter]

these are meant to have a frame with queen cells and a frame of honey its a way to just make a split with out cutting out a cell

[@Megahs2010]

Looking forward to more videos

[@glenncraiger6536]

One is a brood frame with queen cell, what is to be frame 2, empty comb, honey/pollen, brood?

[@davidedwards2120]

when making you are trying to make queens what all do you want to do to ensure they are growing queens?

[@imbud]

The way the holes are drilled, bee's can't get to cell 2 or 3. I think the holes drilled on the ends of the box should be moved over to allow entrance to the center cells (2 & 3).

[@sharonriley948]

Don, I love your videos!!! Let any who feel your ideas are not worth their time, go to another channel. OR if they are such experts get a channel of their own and see how many subscribers they can get signed up and they can have their own following!!! Rick

[@glenncraiger6536]

FBM I am a bit confused. In QC Part 1 you did a 3/4 rabbit to ensure bee clearance over the topbars. In QC Part2 it appears the 4 section covers were laying on top of the topbars, is that OK? What is the make-up of the two frames to use in each section? One will be a brood frame with queen cell, #2 is ? empty comb, honey/pollen, brood? Procedure started once nectar flow is on I assume?

[@peterbolt76]

GLAD I SAW THIS - I LIKE IT

[@chrissv]

Don, I like the queen castle. But I am confused about the entrance holes. It looks like you don't have any entrance holes for the center two sections - the holes on the "end" of the queen castle hit the outer sections, which are duplicated by the holes on the "sides." Am I wrong?

[@fineshooter]

thanks,I enjoy your comments. on

[@fineshooter]

that's the plan. or just put a frame of queen cells if you find one in a hive to start new ones. Don

[@JeffStoops]

Don your thoughts on Neonicotinoid insecticides and killing the Bees ?

[@426superbee4]

Long Boxes is the way to go, I wish i seen them earlier! So many things can do in them, and it uses standard frames. Can do it all in one, Like Rearing, Queen castles, Swarms ect Got 4 ~ 4 footers built for next yr and will try 8 footers too Yes they got SHB OIL TRAPS This should give me back things to grow more. CHEERS

[@fineshooter]

yes we do have a few know it all's with a bad mouth,if they say nasty remarks I just block them from posting. I am trying to keep a clean channel Don

[@fineshooter]

I always make a 3/4 rabbit,the top bars are 3/8 plus the panneling Don

[@chrissv]

If you look at 0:25, it sure looks like that hole hits the same compartment as the hole on the "side". Same for 0:36 - it looks too close to the outer edge. It needs to be moved over more toward the center to hit compartment "2." I know he explains it correctly; the design he built looks to be incorrect, though.

[@Megahs2010]

You've revolutionised beekeeping

[@fineshooter]

busy now but will try to do some more. Don

[@fineshooter]

hello soon as spring gets here I will do many more until I bore every one. Don

[@fineshooter]

there just for mateing queens move them in full size hive 2-3 weeks after queen gets mated. Don

[@keithcampbell7820]

A lot of basic carpentry, great. Why four holes and why their location?

[@fineshooter]

this is about the easiest way to raise queens. Don

[@rubygray994]

This is great Don, but I hope nobody tried to put bees into all 4 compartments of a queen castle like this without adjusting the holes. There are 2 on each end section, and none in the middle sections.

[@oliverhorsfall4501]

Will you be selling these?

[@fineshooter]

there is 1 hole on each side it is for that section hole is 3/4in dia. Don

[@nohanaslouby6092]

thank you for sharing

[@qwertasdfg9980]

If people are saying you are stupid, they are wrong. 50 or so years of experience is better than any collage course on the planet! I may be stupid though, as I am just getting started into beekeeping, I imagine you will move the two frames to an empty hive and start a new colony. However, how do you ensure that the queen goes with the frames?

[@fineshooter]

glad your enjoying them. Don

[@fineshooter]

there are holes in center. Don

[@fineshooter]

there would be little if any bees on the top of the frames. Don

[@fineshooter]

I hope I am not to stupid but the donations I get keep the videos running for free. Don

[@fineshooter]

some time new things worth trying. Don

[@fineshooter]

its just another way to make queens. Don

[@fineshooter]

I hope to make another 100 videos. Don

[@fineshooter]

1 hole on each side its 3/4 inch in dia. Don

[@fineshooter]

I hope people just pick up one new thing from them. Don

[@Megahs2010]

I'm not sure about your crown board placed on top of the frames. The bees will get squashed

[@fineshooter]

many ways to do this,I don't use a second box. Don

[@fineshooter]

best to add a frame of honey.

[@fineshooter]

if you have a queen cell all you need is 1 frame but you could add 1 empty frame. Don

[@fineshooter]

there is a hole on all 4 sides Don

[@fineshooter]

they can't rob there is only a 1/2 inch hole as entrance. Don

[@fineshooter]

well said=lol Don

[@fineshooter]

your welcome=just put in good word for me at RFD=tv Don

[@fineshooter]

yeah but stupid people are always broke. Don

[@lirg123]

stupid can be a good thing.

[@fineshooter]

thanks for watching. Don