Another excellent and informative video, thank you, looking forward to your next video.
@buttsbeesllc4063Ай бұрын
Thank you so much ! 🥰
@zipperhead1014 ай бұрын
I'm looking to get my first hive, very soon. I am amazed at how you were able to talk and continue filming while you were getting "bit"!!!
@buttsbeesllc40634 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🫰🐝🐝✌️
@diyoregonnowtexas9202 Жыл бұрын
I just did this two days ago. I wasn't expecting to find 12 queen cells. I quickly had to make up 8 splits.
@properfamily28166 ай бұрын
yur bees are probly not happy with their enviroment
@timlewis9873Ай бұрын
Thanks Sue, i enjoy cutting cells more than making honey.
@buttsbeesllc406329 күн бұрын
Actually, so do I !! ⚘️✌️
@lindagray58573 жыл бұрын
So interesting. Bees are so amazing, aren't they? Good job.
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
Everyday I am amazed by them💛💛
@GolfingCarpenterАй бұрын
Thank you!
@buttsbeesllc4063Ай бұрын
✌️❤️
@rodneymiddleton96243 жыл бұрын
First!! Very skilled hand Susan! Thanks!
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
As always...thanks my friend!
@dannycrain34853 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks. I like your feeder.
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you noticed it, think I'll make a vid about them😁
@goeddia2234 ай бұрын
thank you for this educational video! I tried this exact maneuver two weeks ago and the queen cells never matured :/. I think it may have gotten too cold.
@KajunHomestead2 жыл бұрын
great video thanks for sharing
@buttsbeesllc40632 жыл бұрын
😁 thanks for watching
@downunderfulla60013 жыл бұрын
Awesome Susan thanks 🍺🍺
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@jimrupp75493 жыл бұрын
Interesting mating nuc I never thought of using dowels
@scotthenderson4376 Жыл бұрын
Good info I tried this few months ago and lost a bunch of cells as the temperature was so hot the wax was very soft and the cells opened. I also didn't have a shape knife
@buttsbeesllc4063 Жыл бұрын
Every time is a learning experience.
@lifeunfiltered48223 жыл бұрын
I have a new hive I got this spring and they were very docile and easy to work with at first but now they've so aggressive that I'm thinking about setting them on fire and giving up on beekeeping. I've been trying to ask for help figuring out what's going on and how to deal with them from my local beekeeping association but they're not able to help so far. I'm desperate, they're stinging me repeatedly even through the suit if I even get near them, and I can't even open the hive to mess with them at all.
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
Sorry you are having trouble! Each hive is different but you have to try to decide whats wrong. Were you feeding? Could they need feed, you said they are a new hive. How old is the hive , could they have requeened ? Are you in hive beetle territory, could the pest load be high and they need help? Can you calm them with smoke? Could there be a chemical or bug spray going on near the hive? Hard to say with little info. Some hives being a bit aggressive are better defenders from pests, bees all sting even through suits at times. Don't give up just try to figure out why. Good luck 🍀🐝🐝
@a-k-jun-1 Жыл бұрын
I'll second Mrs Susan's comment with emphasis on being queenless or stressed from pests ie wax moths or hive beetles.
@noahriding57803 жыл бұрын
How long are you giving the new queens to start laying? I installed 2 mated queens I bought from someone about 8 days ago. Neither have started laying yet. I wanted to be sure how much time to give them before they should have started laying. Thanks for this video.
@buttsbeesllc40633 жыл бұрын
My virgins will lay in about 10 - 14 days. Your mated Q may have been under stress so you could give them 2 weeks ( I have read some give 18 days!)to begin laying again. Be sure they are still in there but do not check too often.Your Qs may have been banked(caged) and not allowed to lay for a while until they came to you. 🍀
@runutsz Жыл бұрын
If you have multiple frames with multiple queen cells on each, why not just take the whole frame with the queens cells, bees and resources to your new nuc. If you take a mated queen and/or a virgin queen on one of the frames, it shouldn't matter should it? In this case you will have one hive with a queen (virgin or mated) and one without. The one with the queen will take care of any emerging queen cells. The other will continue on with developing a new queen.
@buttsbeesllc4063 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Exactly, you have the choice depending on your apiary management
@patrickbodenham6879 Жыл бұрын
the bee at 4.45 😂😂
@buttsbeesllc4063 Жыл бұрын
🐝🌻🤣
@timbervalleyhomestead Жыл бұрын
What does a bee bite feel like?
@buttsbeesllc4063 Жыл бұрын
🤣 like a pinch but you know it is a bite!
@SylantBill Жыл бұрын
Why not take all the cells or crush them. Aren't you leaving the swarm conditions still there with the other 4 cells left behind?
@olddave48332 жыл бұрын
aren't you drowning the queens when you turn them upside down?
@buttsbeesllc40632 жыл бұрын
no, at this point they are full form not larvae
@gordonspond3 ай бұрын
It's June, so I am not clicking on anything that has "queen" in the title...
@buttsbeesllc40633 ай бұрын
🤣🤣
@cluelessbeekeeping13229 ай бұрын
My main method of making splits are with peanuts (cells)