How to install a Bee Package

Master beekeeper John Pledger shows you how to prepare your hive and install your new bee package. He will offer two ways to introduce your queen into the hive.
For more information or bee supplies, visit www.triadbeesupply.com.

[@cuorangeblood]

Back again for the umpteenth year in a row as I prepare to install another package of bees. I can't find a better video than this one to refresh my memory on these important steps! Happy beekeeping to all who partake.

[@bobbylong4443]

This is my first time with bee's and wow this will help because I don't have a suit 😅

[@DJ__LIAMB]

⁠@@bobbylong4443how did you get on? 😂

[@gemarkus7295]

Of all the bee package installation videos out there, this one is my favorite. It has all the information you need but it is short and to the point. Thank you!

[@Aelogix]

Guys, he deserves a lot of credit, he didn't even wear a suit

[@penhalopesdasilva9456]

Cco

[@crackawood]

i think he should've worn a tuxedo

[@on4acres]

Bees won’t mess with that big dick energy.

[@SpecOpsGear]

Power move right there

[@raterus]

Packages are like swarms and not too defensive until they establish their home.

[@Paul-ug8fy]

Really great video. And unlike most beekeeping videos the waffling is at a real minimum!! :) very clear. very informative. very helpful

[@tanno206]

Only video that actually explained everything in such a compelling simple way

[@Urban_Off-Grid]

You are a Bee Champ! No suit … I’m scared lol. Getting our bees this year in a couple of months!! Thank you for your knowledge 🐝

[@robertsmith9756]

Mr. Pledger you did an excellent job on this tutorial and I thank you. We have our first 3lb delivery coming in 2 days and this video really helped with it's clear no nonsense directions.

[@uncleb-rad193]

I free released my queen. They were protecting her and building comb on her cage. Didn't need to make her wait. They are all doing awesome!!

[@grams5025]

Appreciate your information! Very concise and well dialogued and filmed. Thank you!

[@kathyhathaway8823]

THANKS JOHN . It is great to watch a video that is full of correct info .looking forward to getting my bee’s in a few days ,

[@escapetheratrace4798]

Just installed my first three packages today thank you for this and keeping it simple!

[@TheRobertralph]

Really great video. Your presentation was great and informative. I'm getting ready to install packages in 5 hives and watched as a refresher!

[@goldensilver793]

watched this video 5or 6 times...put my new bees in using your method and it worked great...The first thing I want to get now is a new hive!.....

[@user-tp4ps6no1i]

Great video and everything was explained well. Thank you ❤

[@CNubel]

This answered a lot of questions for me. Thank you very much.

[@austinyonker3485]

Exactly the kind of video I was looking for. Thank you!

[@lauriebroome2895]

Perfect video; to the point, easy to view and understand. Thank you!

[@kylesites8371]

Excellent video! I've been looking for something simple and to the point. This is it. Thank you!

[@pat4738]

great video. Clear precise ...thank you from a new bee person

[@chrisbaggett2702]

thank you for this video, John.

[@terryspence9326]

Great video very simple to understand…… thank you…. You are a lot braver than me I would have been stung 100 times sitting there lol…. Thank you for the knowledge 1 yr bee keeper and got another one coming in 3-4 days to put in….. I’m ready!

[@christinak.522]

John you are a smooth operator😄

[@Baumeister40]

This guy is my hero! That was impressive on very many levels

[@roycedayton5364]

Excellent video!!😃

[@jaredboudreau1620]

Very easily to follow, this video allowed me to order my first bee 🐝 hive and Southern Carolina bees 🐝 & Queen 👸

[@clivetinashezhuwarara9326]

Great video, short and to the point.

[@capt.dannyray]

Excellent, easy to follow video. Thanks!

[@VicciWilliams]

Thank you! I am a newbie and was a little nervous about installing my bees into the hive. You took all the fear out of it! Thank you again!

[@libbywaz]

We are getting our bees at the beginning of May...I am hoping that it goes well!

[@wayradbrad139]

This video is gold! Thank you!

[@kennethhoward4904]

He really helped me out a lot the only trouble is I used a deep Hive body on top and left him in there all night and removed it the next day and they were chewing like all get-out to get the queen he was very helpful thanks for uploading this video Mike Howard Madrid Iowa

[@goldensilver793]

Thank you....this helps a lot....got some Ideas on how to combat CCD so my daughter got me a hive and a queen and forced me to try to see if it will work....we all need a little push sometimes...

[@sherco6921]

Best video I have seen hands down on bee introduction

[@brittni129]

This was so helpful thank you!

[@thestillroombotanicals2932]

Thank you! I just ordered my first bees and this helped me visualize what my next step will be. 🙏

[@kevinkevinleach5454]

Can you tell me where to get a bee pack

[@mathgasm8484]

@@kevinkevinleach5454 I got some from tractor supply and other ones texas bee supply.

[@benparker384]

This guy definitely fucks with the lights on

[@nobertl]

Thanks for information about queen bee

[@tomlove5509]

Thank you for your knowledge

[@SDPBALLCOACH]

This guy's my NEW BEST FRIEND!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!

[@deborahmason4459]

Great video. Thank you!

[@helpwithfoodstorage5943]

Great Video !!

[@Tribal1389]

The best video! Thank you sir.

[@happygoto]

Hey you guys are right down the road from me. Thomasville here.

[@borjalanusse4296]

Great video!

[@so_cal_mom]

Very informative thank you!

[@karenmoreau4589]

Thank you so much, very helpful.

[@KH-ul5gx]

Thank you. I used this video to help me install my bees!!

[@Kingkee777]

How’s that going now

[@vxrtuality]

@@Kingkee777 yeah

[@EvilFleesBeforeMe]

awesome video thank you!

[@meeshafike3430]

I cannot wait until I get a piece of property so I can get some bee boxes set up!

[@deanabossio3091]

Great info. thank you,

[@LedgemereHeritageFarm]

Very nicely done. Informative, concise and easily understood. Can you fasten the Queen cage to another frame with a large elastic? Thank You

[@b8hovenusa]

What about feeding them?

[@jennifermcdougal6962]

Thank you a thousand times over for this. I can’t wait to start my own hive in May!!! Also…..should the hive be treated with apivar prophylactically?

[@TennesseeMountainBees]

Awesome! Thank you

[@Thatguy82719]

That looks intense.

[@MrWolf50500]

Helped install my new hive Thanks! Was not as baller as you, I wore my suit haha

[@mikebadilla6970]

Thanks very good.learning

[@bradscott487]

Thank you very much😁

[@friendeleven5123]

Nice bee suit.....

[@bradgoliphant]

Great video. Where did you buy your 2" shim?

[@richdaly9861]

thank you

[@cathywilson5190]

Awesome! Q1 Could you please tell me what would be a good recommended bee suit and veil please? I know, no bee suit wil be 100 % protective of course. But what would be an ideal one you could recommend please that is of the safest kind! Or even a recommended website perhaps to help. There are different veils on them too. So which head gear is preferred? Q2 Also if you are just a hobbyist and you only want to keep a couple of hives. How would you stop having more more hives? As the queen bee is always laying eggs, so the hive would be continuously growing, or you would need to split them, or they will swarm wont they if it gets to big.

[@angiegustafson481]

when spraying the bees should you use the sugar syrup from the can?

[@vxrtuality]

I love his voice lol

[@elilondon7073]

When to switch the entrance reducer to larger opening?

[@dannyhardman6124]

Thats one of the best videos ive seen.

[@parkypeteattarzalihoney6536]

Has anyone got a diagram to make the bee package box

[@-Never-bored]

I am new to beekeeping. I’m just reading about spring clean outs . Please clarify. 1. Each spring transfer frames to new box. 2. Clean/ sanitize/blow torch old box of winter crud for reuse. So one always needs an extra box.

[@jayrobertson1689]

should you add dry pollen as a food source along with the sugar syrup to a new package ?or just sugar syrup

[@jackdaniels7913]

You have some of the best information on how to easily add a package to a new hive I have found and was my go to for my first solo installation just today thank you so much for all of your help and inspiration!

[@jayrobertson1689]

Also shouldn't I place the top feeder on at the initial package introduction ?

[@rickdavidsavor4962]

Definitely! Plus a high protein pollen patty if in Northern climates.

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

@@rickdavidsavor4962 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWmlcoKQZrGAjas here is what my wife and I did

[@tomchristensen2914]

So we lost our bees over the winter and I am about to install my package bees we'd evening. I have cleaned out almost all the bees but there are still a few in some of the cells throught the hive. Plenty of honey in hive for new bees. My question is do I need to worry about those dead bees or will the bees clean out the dead ones

[@tonyfrench9131]

How long do you keep the entrance reducer on the hive after installation?

[@bobbylong4443]

❤❤ cool 😊

[@alhassanmichael306]

Please how did you trap the queen into the hive?

[@guitarfend]

Thanks John. What is the ratio of sugar to water in the reduced sugar spray?

[@cohfsyrup2315]

It’s usually 1:1

[@titusinkitchen158]

I am from New York Can I keep bees Is it survive in winter

[@noahriding5780]

If you somehow missed and didn't see a queen in a colony, but mistakenly thought it was queenless, what is the estimated chances that they'd try to ball/kill a new queen cage going in? Can watching for balling on a new queen cage be reliable in determining if you already have a queen, if you have bad eyes?

[@TexasRanchu]

Hiw many acreage of land needed for a bee hive?

[@IJustPlayedOfficial]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is the sugar spray you use just a quick mix of water and sugar from home? or is there a specific brand you'd recomend?

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

quick mix from home. Don't need to buy it. Just make sure the spray bottle didn't have any chemicals in it prior to use and clean thoroughly.

[@robojokes2274]

Cleveland is in da house.

[@iowasenator]

I would've also fed these bees. Still, it's an excellent video.

[@CarChrisMC]

I have now since 2018, around 150 fruittrees growing on my property and will start beekeeping this year! Only question, I never find the answer to: How do you get a queen bee? Do you put honey in the beehive and they just come to it and "make" a queen? Buying a queen is not an option, since I live on a remote island in the subtropics... Possibly a stupid question, but really don't find an answer anywhere!

[@amandaciesielski9731]

This is exactly how you would do it. Try to attract a swarm. I the spring the bees will swarm looking for a new home. You'll see them randomly grouped on a branch or sometimes on a park bench. You can try to put your box next to them with lemon grass or honey or something inside to hopefully attract them there. Good luck

[@nidalshehahadeh7485]

Can I start a new bee colony using granulated sugar ?

[@vxrtuality]

When he’s shaking them there like water

[@kevinkevinleach5454]

Can somebody please contact me about ordering a hive setup I already have the hive I just need to bees

[@Keith-xc9wf]

I do take the cork out and put a marshmallow in the hole... but you say don't do that? but you did not say what's wrong with that procedure? works for me.

[@ThEcLoUdBuStEr]

You should always keep candy and entrance down. The strap was on a right side. You did it wrong! In some cases candy can even kill a queen - melting down.

[@Danielle33384]

Backyard Bees NC correct

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

you either should have the candy up or to the side. Never down. Unless you want to trap the queen in the cage when an attendant dies. I follow backyard bees on here too. Check them out.

[@ThEcLoUdBuStEr]

​@@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork bees from outside will clean way out for a queen - that's basic beekeeping. Also dead bee can stuck to the candy when you place it up or down - doesn't matter. Temperature in the hive is higher and candy can easy melt down. Candy always down! I'm a queen breeder but do whatever you want and lose your queens.

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

ThEcLoUdBuStEr higher chance of the dead bee causing a issue when it’s down n

[@ThEcLoUdBuStEr]

@@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork opposite! But when you buy my queens it doesn't matter cuz I know how to make good candy - no melting in high temps. Bees will chew full comb when it is necessary for releasing a queen. Dead bee is no problem for them. Maybe you all do it in a wrong way in USA/Canada - I'm from Europe and we know how to handle bees - no CCD here. 99% - 100% overwintering with harsh mountain climate is what to expect. 95% is worst case scenario what I can accept. Good luck!

[@XT69xt69XT69]

What is the little item smoking in the background during your presentatio?

[@TheeInjun]

That's actually called a smoker. It is used by most beekeepers in hive inspections and management. It serves to calm the bees by disrupting their scent-based communication. In an established hive, they load up on honey, making it difficult to sting; in a package installation, should a sting occur, it may be used to help mask the alarm pheromone at the sting site.

[@stephen26448]

Should I add a pale feeder with syrup on top of the top cover inside an empty deep with the lid installed my bees are being shipped tomorrow and I am not sure what to do for feeding them

[@rickdavidsavor4962]

Yes! I hope you did and a pollen patty if none in nature available. Good luck!

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWmlcoKQZrGAjas here is what my wife and i did

[@stevehappe8583]

Very very nice. You made this look so easy. Thanks.

[@elilondon7073]

If I installed the candy end down should I go switch it or will she be fine? @John Pledger

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

if she has attendants you need to switch it. If one of them dies and plugs the hole where the candy is she may not escape. I'll be covering things like that in the future on my channel. So you should turn it sideways and make sure the cage part of the queen cage is to where the bees can get to it to feed the queen through the mesh.

[@dkeck2174]

When finished do you feed them for awhile?

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWmlcoKQZrGAjas here is what my wife and i did. I was taught that you feed them a quart at a time of 1:1 and do that until they get their frames drawn. Every 3-4 days for a quart when feeding them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5CkYpWYpt6eZ80 here is the 1:1 set up and use of quart jars.

[@nikmills]

I see the smoker smoking. At what point in this process was the smoker used, if at all?

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

Normally you don't use the smoker when installing a package of bees

[@RichBlueWaterHunter]

Thank you

[@vision2x278]

can you make more videos 🥺

[@u.s.militia7682]

I’m retired now and wanna try this. I can see a lot more research is in my future. 🇺🇸

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

That sounds like a great hobby, have you already tried it?

[@elcasanova2853]

He is missing a nail...OG

[@faststrike79]

How in the world is he not getting lit up by those bees?

[@ricdenali4213]

Well made video . 👍

[@a.c.6361]

Thank you for a very informative video. I plan to set-up a bee hive for mason or solitary bees since I don't have a lot of land. But I want to attract pollinators to my garden. Where should I install it or hang it?