How Early Can You Safely Do Bee Hive Splits?

How Early Can You Safely Do Bee Hive Splits?
How Early Can You Safely Do Bee Hive Splits? Is a beekeeping youtube video explaining that you shouldn't get into a hurry trying to increase your number of bee hives to early in the spring. Night time cold temperatures can kill the brood, and you could end up killing the whole young split. Wait until night time temperatures are in the upper 40s or 50s to be safe. You have plenty of time to increase your production.
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2 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 5"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......
5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........
Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides. 3 1/2" x 20"
Ends. 3 1/2" x 12"......
All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...
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[@donstanley8514]

There is a lot to be said about this subject. If you make a split with a large amount of open brood the bees will be to spread out trying to keep all of it warm, and they will fail. Shake a large amount of nurse bees in with a small amount of open brood and they will cluster around that small amount and have no problem keeping it warm.. I have been keeping bees for 12 years, and they teach me something every year. We only get one spring a year, that’s a short learning period.

[@trevordesrosiers5122]

Putting a few extra nurse bees in the queen cage with the queen helps keep her warm during shipping to Northern states...

[@midastouchcustoms]

Dave, water your blueberries early spring to keep the soil colder longer. This will cause the bloom to be later and miss the early cold snaps. We do this on all our fruit trees and it works. We are north of you in northern Kansas.

[@davidhaught84]

Thank you. I'll try that next year.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

So cool.....will this work for magnolia trees? Ours always blooms early here in Ohio and then it snows or it's really cold and then we don't get to enjoy the blossoms.

[@midastouchcustoms]

@@mizzprettyhuston Not sure but it won't hurt to try. Water out as far as the drip line of the plant or tree. The drip line is the outside diameter of the foliage.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

@@midastouchcustoms thank you 😊 I wasn't able to try it this year it already snowed the day after my blossoms opened up.....ugh it's so disappointing I really love my magnolia trees, but can never enjoy them here in the crazy Ohio weather.

[@soupvis2616]

@@davidhaught84 It is time to put Farenheit in the toilet and use celsius .

[@jefferyclement1944]

It's not ambien Doug. It's ambient

[@jonathans1547]

For anybody wondering they have really good bee's! All my bee's are from them. I bought 4 and kept splitting. I have 14 now..

[@thehoneybeegarden3149]

I'd rather make half the splits early and heavy than wait until end of March or early April. After 3-4 weeks those splits will be ready to split again. As well as the ones you took brood from.

[@LucBeeHiveNB]

Gambling with the weather, but im sure with precaution you are pretty safe.

[@rstlr01]

We had temps of 10° overnight this week. I did mid April last year with a couple splits and about half the queens petered out from poor mating. Definitely better to wait till May in north Iowa.

[@jdeking2]

@@rstlr01 mid May is when I start in DeKalb, IL. . If I run into a problem early with my Russians I throw another brood box on top to give them room.

[@nickthaquick2338]

Just wanted you to know the package of bees I got yesterday. Was awesome! Will be ordering more in April.

[@jdeking2]

I won't even attempt to do splits until mid May up here in northern Illinois. So many new northern beehavers watch the southern beekeepers youtube videos and don't take into account that the south is at least a month to a month and a half ahead of the northern states. Love your videos and would like to say that you know what you are doing.

[@ArkansasWoodcutter]

My bees showed up in good shape. A couple of weaker starts due to shipping stress, two of them were in great shape. I’m hoping to get 2 strong hives headed into winter from the 4 packages I purchased. Starting from scratch...maybe this year I make combs to put packages into next season. Thank you for the bees.

[@VtPapa]

Hey Dave I watch your videos all the time. Watch yours more than anyone else. Question for you I see you make all those splits but do you move them to one of your other yards to mate? I just made 5 two frame nucs today and plan to finish them and paint Monday. Want to make some spilts this year and raise some queens to sell also. I’ve kept bees nearly fifty years but this will be a first for grafting queens. Your videos and a few others have got me going so here’s hoping. Thanks again for all your video support.

[@carlsledge3868]

I'm just below Macon and had a 4 frame nuc swarm 2/20 luckily I there and about to move em into 5 frame nuc, then 2/22 one of double deeps swarmed a 7 frame swarm just off my back deck got them in a 10 box then split the double, all are doing fine.

[@BamBam001]

It's nice to have spare splits nucs to overwinter just in case one of your hives die during the cold winters. Last year I didn't treat for mites and had 2 hives next to each other, the parent colony had mites and died, the offspring colony didn't had any they are a bit meaner but survived and are doing beautiful.

[@BeensBees]

I’m using a double screen board for my first split here in Iowa. If you find them prepping for a swarm you make a split even if it’s early. But at least a double screen board allows the split to share heat with the parent colony.

[@reneebrown2968]

As far as bees buy local is a must for their survival and success.

[@KidGarden100]

great video !

[@BamBam001]

Sat. 03-09-22 made a mini split in W.V.,,,, for sure be patient,,,, I'll be using a few cheap 10hr hand warmer heat packs for a couple nights.

[@garyRt23Bees]

You can save your blueberries! If you get a frost, got out in early morning BEFORE sun hits them and spray them with a garden hose. If you get rid of the frost before the sun hits it, they will make it. The frost cooks the buds when the sun hits them. The frost causes a greenhouse effect and cooks them.

[@geraldharper5281]

I’m in south ga and caught a swarm Tuesday along with a small hive beetle

[@Larry.Luciano]

Yes, people don’t know what ambient means….. Cmon

[@pirateprospecting707]

Watching and falling asleep. 🏴‍☠️

[@thevikingwolfpack836]

How often do you gotta clean the honey out ?

[@calbritt785]

Are those ventolls in the top of your covers?

[@willdelito8561]

3.5" SEEMS WIDE FOR YOUR 2 FRAME NUCS AS LEAVES ALMOST AN INCH OF EXTRA ROOM.

[@user-kl6ej9zh2i]

I'm in Ellijay Ga. My bees keep leaving. Would you happen to have ANY idea why? Someone said that they were dying but there's no little bodies. We need help. I'm talking about the entire hive.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

I just ordered a few things from Barnyard bees online.....I can't believe I was able to get two frame feeders for the price I paid for one here in Ohio......thank you so much for the sales.....we are able to afford more for our hives because your website offered things cheaper. Also, David do you think that small hives like you have will live here in Southern Ohio during the winter? Do you feed them all winter? Also, do you have hives that make honey that you sell?

[@mer-oneralphjr.bolinto6515]

can i do a queen rearing during honey flow?

[@reneemoorefrost4871]

I'm finding my swarms are fairing much better than my splits. I have the luxury of letting my hives swarm

[@mickeymallette2663]

What about splits right now. My local flow is slowing way down (north Mississippi). Is it still ok to split?

[@davidhaught84]

Oh yes, just feed 1 to 1 sugar water.

[@route-249]

Thank you for sharing the temp ranges. So many just say "this time of the year" and with me being in northern Ohio, "this time of the year" doesn't tell me anything when you're in Georgia, so i really appreciate you taking the time to teach!

[@thuffman44]

I do splits in December and then again in March/April and then again after July. LOL. Good luck with your Bees!!! 🐝🐝🐝✌️

[@silveravnt]

Bee patient.

[@aaronparis4714]

He is on repeat

[@davidmyers7048]

was this a bee video or a gardening one?

[@jeffthomas7549]

Hey David on your blueberry bushes if you have a water hose close by you can spray them with water and put a layer of ice on the bloom. It will save them. I use to work at Ison's Nursery in Brooks,GA. and we would turn the sprinklers on to do the same. Or if you have a sprinkler you could do that way also.

[@davidtmp]

I believe they do that with strawberries as well. I covered mine on that 17 degree morning and they seem to be fine. Whew!

[@jeffthomas7549]

@@davidtmp yes they do strawberries also. We had 3 acres that had overhead sprinkler systems. We froze the bloom several times that I can remember.

[@TexasBeekeeper]

I've got several that are just BOOMING! I'm just building them up to split later. Great advice!

[@thehiveandthehoneybee9547]

kamon reynolds says chilld brood is myth and you can open anytime. and hes huge.in beekeepng

[@MY-lc8zf]

Hey David, I got my package of bees today that you shipped to me and everything was good. The queen and attendants were alive and well when I installed them. I'm glad I wore my bee jacket because the weather here in Alabama was cold and overcast and I got my thumb stung lifting out the feeder can. So then I had my wife get my gloves after I removed the stinger. But all in all I was finally initiated into beekeeping. I'll check on the Queen in a few days weather permitting. A lot of rain coming my way.

[@backyardbeeandgarden3875]

Good advice! We hit 70 here in CT and the bees where out and about! Love it! 70 degrees is good advice at night time temps!

[@billding8620]

Thanks for the information. Patiently waiting here in northwest Ohio.

[@SOLtoo]

I'm going to try a walk-away split this weekend. I'm in NC about the same latitude as Barnyard Bees,

[@altaylor293]

Do you have drones to mate with the queen?

[@LawsonsCreekApiary]

I got a 2 frame mating nuc, anxiously awaiting to do a walk away split with it. This is my only hive, and it is a queen and 2 packages I purchased from you last April. They have been awesome, as gentle as advertised. I am in central Oklahoma and still having nights in the mid to low 30's. So, I'll keep waiting.

[@SteveDratwa]

thats great info cuz i wanted do a spring split,,,now i know to watch the temp and that tells the size of split...COOOOL MAN

[@ilexxx54]

I have learned so much from your videos. First year beekeeper. I am really enjoying learning and these videos have really helped me.

[@davidhaught84]

Thank you so much!!!

[@nenaelliott8058]

Great video David. I'll be happy to share this great information. 👍

[@friedrice9535]

Five or six years ago, we had a hard freeze on May 5th. Mid New Mexico. Did our gardens bad.

[@southeasthomestead6093]

23 that night here in Bulloch county. I believe I lost all my Blue Berries as well. They where bloomed out for about 2 weeks

[@heavymechanic2]

You are right about the funky weather, ground temperature and freezing plants. Frost blankets help about 5 degrees, anything more and they are done.. My hives are all single boxes and I had to wrap them with moving blankets to prevent damage from the wind knowing there was a load of brood, it got down to 12 degrees and the wind chill around zero. Not interested in doing any splits until there is something blooming as the start of a nectar flow.

[@DooleyBFR]

Ambient! The average temp.! God Bless!!!

[@scotthenderson4376]

I'm getting a nuc soon and was thinking of getting an extra queen and splitting them rather than putting the nuc in a 10 frame right away and adding a feeder to each. Thoughts please.

[@beskidzywieckipasieka9652]

👍👍

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Waiting game. Good information Dave. good health and God bless 👍

[@lrdishman8692]

I have a question. I had one hive to go through the winter in very good shape with two brood boxes. There were so many bees in the hive I thought I had better Add a super to give them more room. They have swarmed anyway and I don’t know what to do from here. Should I wait and get a new queen with the few remaining bees, just start over, or what? This is the only hive I have. Enjoy your informational educational videos. thanks for your reply in advance.

[@tboproductionsify1]

I'm in Spring Hill TN

[@mikearterburn2168]

Great video. I was just going to ask this.

[@justforfun4623]

Last year here in pa, I took a small split April 1st. We get hard frost into may. Had a laying queen by May 1st. I actually took 3 small splits on March 14th, was in them today and they was still doing good temps been going crazy, one night would be upper 30s lower 40s, and then another night be low 30s high 20s. It can be done, I always go by drones, but then again we are not used to mostly warm weather up here.

[@MY-lc8zf]

Well I've been setting around my bees for 30 Minutes a day just getting used to my bees flying around me. And this is the first day after I installed my package and I am starting to feel more comfortable around my bees without a bee suit on. I even fed them without a suit or fear. Just letting your bees fly around you works wonders.

[@tboproductionsify1]

Good evening David, I stopped by today and picked up three mated barnyard queens to do three two frame nucs. I am wondering if the nurse bees will release the queen or if I should direct release her what are your thoughts Thanks

[@enstreetbees9968]

Man you knew I was going to as for this video lol thank you

[@MrFishone777]

Excuse me for being a beginner but why couldn’t you use a clone mat on a thermostat?

[@user-db7uq7hj4q]

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[@tycreps6407]

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[@changwillneverdie9378]

global warming?

[@garyhaley3072]

So much for Gobal Warming. Lol

[@davidhaught84]

Yeah no doubt lol

[@alexl9959]

Hello Sir, do you have Buckfast MATED AND MARKED QUEEN BEE ?