🔵How to make Queens (with a nuc) Pt 3. Using ripe cells and queen marking/catching

Marking, catching, caging a queen and placing a ripe queen cell.
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[@reou812]

I've been keeping bees for 5 years. I've probably watched almost every video on KZbin about bees and read many books. You Sir have just taught me a few new techniques that i will be trying! Great videos!

[@fatbackpeanut]

Hey Kamon- I always enjoy your videos. I have been a bee keeper for 6 years. I caught a swarm in the front yard 6 years ago and I have been a bee ever since. I live in Ashland City Tenn. I always enjoy raising lots of queens-it does not always go right. thanks for your videos. Ed

[@bogtv2477]

I like this process

[@Digger927]

I'm a big fan of Palmer as well. Another good vid man, thanks. You always deliver, always glad I subbed. Even as a very experienced beek, I still love watching others work their bees!

[@kamonreynolds]

Same here. I love watching others quality bee videos. There is never a reason to stop learning and perfecting

[@brianmahern6699]

Thanks for the video. We run 3 frame mating nucs - 10 frame box divided into 3 compartments. For the reasons you mention of allowing for room. When more mating nucs are needed those jester nuc boxes are nice to have around. Overwinter nucs just like Palmer. Transfer and build up 3 frame mating into four over four side by side double nuc. They actually startup faster in spring than a 10 frame hive.

[@massachusettsprepper]

Go to information, this is how I mark my Queen‘s as well. And excellent advice on when to insert a queen Cell into a queen-less nuc. Thanks for sharing.

[@livingstonsimmonds156]

I love the setup u use question in your experience how long can you hold that queen

[@billziegenhagen]

I am learning a lot from your videos. Keep doing it, great information!

[@ronblack2404]

I appreciate you taking time to explain the steps and you don’t assume we know the basics, I don’t !! When it comes to queen rearing. , If you miss some detail you stop and go back, Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge and experience in a way we all can gain something ..

[@larrypatterson326]

Mornin cam on this is Larry Patterson from the Pacific Northwest 6-year beekeeper after listening to your presentation on Queen rearing I believe that I have a decent handle on it mentally thank you very much with the way you present everything and your humor I believe next year I will be able to successfully raise Queen sustainably have yourself a great day and happy Father's Day

[@dianeburgess3899]

You explain everything so well I want to try some grafting this year you have inspired me ,thank you

[@zackmtz7966]

I'm trying my first graft. Hoping it goes well. Your vids make me feel like I can do it. Thanks

[@donbearden1953]

Kamon, you make it seem so easy that a cave could do it! RTR!

[@vmorganbogart]

Happy Father’s Day, Kamon, first of all! You are a great father to your children, as well as your bees, I am sure. I noticed you put that Queen in the cage in your pocket again. I hope you don’t catch another pocket swarm again. LOL. I thoroughly enjoy your videos. If I weren’t so old & arthritic, I would be so starting beekeeping. I am sure you have encouraged so many to start beekeeping & have helped so many existing beekeepers to be better. You are providing such valuable information to help maintain & enhance our planet for future generations. So many people do not realize the importance of bees to our sustainability. May God Bless you & your family, including your bees. I keep recommending your channel to others. Do you ever do educational talks at schools? I know you are very busy but that would be an awesome program to do to educate young children about bees & maybe influence them to become beekeepers. I had a great uncle that was a beekeeper & I used to love to watch him. I don’t ever remember him wearing any protective gear when working with his bees, which amazed me. I thought he must have been a bee whisperer. I think you are also. Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas.

[@annkrupa2349]

Love your videos on rearing. You explain everything very clearly. Thank you!

[@johnhawes1927]

Kamon I really like your video's. I am a second year bee keeper and have expanded my hives up to 9. I have done some simple splits, used mated queens and queen cells. Your video's about grafting make it seem so easy. Line you I am in the south ( north Alabama). So what you talk about I can relate to. Keep up the good work. Thank you

[@privatebubba8876]

I did a 4 deep 5 frame nuc tower this year using a nuc that survived our cool season here in S.Louisiana and it has produce 75 pounds of honey from the top 2 nucs. I am impressed with the way the girls worked it. I haven't pulled honey off my 10 frame hives yet for comparison we still have a flow going on.

[@beemanrunning977]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@janiceseigler6317]

Great video Kamon! Thank you so much!

[@robbphillip6663]

is it getting colder Kamon? your in a bee coat ....Thanks for ALL the great Help your videos give,,,,We know its All in the Camera worker...lol..Roll Tide!!!!! from Seattle

[@marlinpruett8343]

I think you are the best, you make it seem so easy , I'm trying my first graft I hope it works out, you make it look so easy . I have some Russian bee's and so far the Russian have been very gentle even more than my Italian bee's , I guess time will tell on the Russian bees, I have only had the Russian 6 mouth

[@baddestbees3347]

I've had this happen.. I put empty foundation beside frame feeder for a place for them to use some of the wax,they don't ALWAYS draw it ,but sometimes they do, Richard Noel builds his Grafting Frame skinnier than normal and says it helps this not happen anymore (he was having same problem I guess) but I haven't had a chance to cut one down and try it, although I did use his "Banking" frame and it is sooo handy.. keep em coming

[@chrisbgarrett]

Good stuff,thanks

[@joetripp123]

Continuing note taking here. Take the graphed cells out after they've been in the nuc from day 6 to day 10 (later is better as the cell is more reinforced). Don't turn the queen cells upside down. Set up the new nuc without a queen and move it to a new location. Add a new queen cell to the new nuc or colony after they've been queenless for at least half day to allow older bees to fly back to origin hive. Once you put the queen cell into the new nuc leave it alone for 14 days.

[@Mackabees]

Thanks. Very informative.

[@greghill9958]

Love your videos

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Using Ian method of adding a box of blanks under the cell starter reduces them building comb on the cells .. i over winter nucs here in Michigan no problem.. push them all together so they share a wall... i had small baseball size cluster in a nuc box live thru polar vortex-40 thought forsure they froze to death .. strain play major roll it seems .. i can over winter Italian strain just fine but they use way more stores .. less mite resistance and they dont range out like northern strain or forage in colder temps .. wonder why the south doesn't get the major flows like the north. Wonder if its the extreme heat and humidity..

[@moebees3060]

Breeding for queen longevity.👍

[@moebees3060]

@@andysugiyama841 "...it is important to keep a strong queen that knows and is bred for the problems of this area.". And yet she needs to be replaced once or twice a year. Brilliant! Bee breeders often list a whole long list of traits they select for because they think it makes them look smart to the public but in fact if they know anything about breeding they would understand that as you increase the number of traits you decrease the selection pressure on any single trait. Increasing the number of traits selected for also increases the work required to monitor and measure all those traits and the number of hives required to carry out meaningful selection. Frankly I don't believe most beekeepers that say they are selecting for 6 to 12 traits in any kind of quantitative way. But queen longevity is a single trait that is clearly defined, relatively easily measured and incorporates most of the traits commonly listed as things bee breeders select for. I don't know if you sell queens but if you do I won't be purchasing any.

[@alexeyosmolin9775]

When i grafted i got 30% success. Still happy but timing is keener than you would think

[@trichard5106]

Thanks !

[@billybobjones4317]

Where I live we get almost a continuous flow year around, our Winter is what some places have as spring or Summer :) It's 17th June nearly Winter Solstice and I just did a Honey harvest :). I prefer our Spring/Summer and Autumn Honey over the Winter collection purely on taste as the Honey is thicker and has a slightly bitter after taste, not sure what flowers they get it from as not all the frames have that same flavour. I have Flow Frames so can isolate the different flavours, it's still way better than bought Honey, just we get spoilt with our usual Honey :)

[@nashvlbees]

Did I hear you say one time that before you do your grafting you take you frame with empty queen cups and place it in the starter hive to left them clean them up, and if so, how long do you leave it in there? Love your videos! Going to set up my starter hive tomorrow! Also, once the starter hive is set up, can you wait a week or so before you do your grafting?

[@barry9055]

Enjoyed the video's. My question relates to raising queens and how to avoid africanization (I understand that wild bees in So Cal are frequently africanized). Do you just check new queens to see how aggressive the new colony is or are there tricks to avoid africanization - raise drone nuc's or similar? Thanks for any input. Barry

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Good camera works too

[@HONEYBEEHIGHWAY]

Nice video Kamon

[@davidmartin6312]

hey Kam i was wondering if the queen cups were initally spaced a little further apart ,will that keep this from happening ?

[@user-uy2kg2xk4x]

Good iob

[@jabojr5171]

I saw the queen, I was trying to tell you. lol

[@OklahomaBeekeeper]

I don't know what part of Tennessee you are from. The weather is so different in Chattanooga than the Cookeville area than Nashville in winter temps. I overwinter nucs here in Tulsa, Oklahoma with only a few days of single digits, with great success. When I retire and move to the Cookeville area hope to be overwintering nucs there again,

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

That was fun Kamon and really good info. Why is it the queens don't try and sting you? Thanks for sharing.

[@hopesadler4000]

I really enjoy your videos and get a lot of good I information. What are your thought on the Nicot queen rearing system?

[@blacksheen1]

Hi From Oxford, England thanks for the great videos, just one question when you say ten days is that from the day you graft or from when the egg is laid? Regards Adam

[@13Dare13]

Why didn’t you add attendant bees to take care of the queen in the cage? Thanks for sharing!

[@AhmadAbdi]

adding a frame with a new foundation or half a foundation in the cell-finisher would help avoid excessive wax build over and between cells..nice video

[@robertwilkey8178]

Hi Kamon. I am just getting into beekeeping this spring and I'm interested in grafting new queens. What brand incubator do you use or how does that work if you do. I know your very busy but I honestly wish I was in your area bc I'd offer you some help in exchange for some intern experience. Thanks, Bobby

[@ryancarosello8226]

Been in bees for about 2 years now. Getting a ton if info for my upcoming project with Queens. In your opinion, can I just put the capped cells directly in a hive where I removed the Queen?

[@xshanghu]

Great !

[@mindyourownbeeswax9954]

As always, Great video. Just posted my third one, but nowhere near the quality. If you don't mind me asking what kind of audio system are you using. And "Happy Fathers Day" by the way.

[@JamaicaSound]

06:19 Dancing bee in the center of the frame

[@muhdiarto4856]

good job

[@billmitchell7731]

They say a queen won't sting you. Have you ever been stung by one. And do they loose there stinger if they do?

[@scottpierson7495]

Kamon I have a question about plastic queen excluders. Seems to me the bees really struggle getting through. Have you noticed that? Thank you.

[@billmitchell7731]

Another question. What will you do with the mated queen you took out?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Bill we are going to make a new colony with it. Split a big one down the middle.

[@MohamedUAE]

Quick Q. What camera are you using? I used grafting last 20 days and it was my first time grafting, i was so happy about it. Thanks for the vid

[@kamonreynolds]

Your welcome. My wife uses her Motorola Droid turbo 2 and the standard camera app for our videos

[@MohamedUAE]

@@kamonreynolds Thanks a lot. Much appreciated. wish ya all the best

[@christianshannon3943]

I have yet to see if anyone reuses the JZ BZ queen cups with part of the old wax queen cups attached. Can it be done with success? Even if one cuts half of the wax off to aid in placing a grafted larvae in place .

[@jasonmcbride9995]

How many DHC you running? What’s the distance you set them up?

[@randywashburn377]

If you give them some blank foundation to work on helps with this problem

[@tomkingsley4398]

Great video, you and your wife do great presentations. My question is how do you prevent those mating nucs from making queen cells between the time you remove the queen and when the cell hatches, gets mated and starts laying?

[@privatebubba8876]

They don't have eggs and young larva to make a queen with.

[@tomkingsley4398]

@@privatebubba8876 Kamon removed a mated queen from the mating Nuc how can there not be eggs and larva in that box??

[@privatebubba8876]

@@tomkingsley4398 he remove the frames along with the queen so he wouldn't have them in his starter.

[@tomkingsley4398]

@privatebubba i will have to go back and watch the video again. I must have missed that part.

[@alexeyosmolin9775]

Hi kam! I grafted a bunch of queens this spring according to your suggestion! Now is the question, if bees build comb and stack nectar over the cells wtf?? What that means?

[@kamonreynolds]

means that have an abundance of syrup or nectar to make wax from. Removing a frame of honey and replacing with an empty comb or a foundation can help with this

[@billcase1084]

First timer, my wax comb collapsed ,and 2 of them are stuck together, what do I do,

[@ayoubelbaioui8094]

I have tried to raise my own queens.. but when I added the frame of 2 days eggs to this queenless hive. The workers took the eggs away from the frame and started raising the queens on other built frames. Why did they do that? Learning a lot from your videos by the way 🙂

[@kamonreynolds]

You grafted eggs?

[@ayoubelbaioui8094]

Yes 2 days eggs.

[@kamonreynolds]

I have never heard of anyone having success grafting eggs. For whatever reason bees will not accept them. The accept larvae well though.

[@TheGregpetree]

Can anyone tell me why i wouldn't use a mini mating nuc? Kamon, i don't have enough drawn comb or brood frames to make up my 20 mating nucs.i know it can be done with mini mating nucs; is there a reason i shouldn't?

[@trinitybees133]

I was watching some of your videos about grafting and came to this one. In this video you caught the queen and I was wondering does the queens ever sting you when your catching her.? I know this is an older video and I hope you see this and answer.

[@kamonreynolds]

I have caught thousands of queens and never had one even attempt to sting me. This is normal. Pretty much just use it for other queens.

[@scottreese5492]

Why does queen not sting you? I was told they can sting continously, they dont have barbed stinger

[@kamonreynolds]

Queens don't really intentionally sting after they become a laying queen. Primarily they only sting when they are virgins and there is another queen to eliminate. They are not programmed to sting humans or any other creature

[@scottreese5492]

Awesome, I might try your method then, I've learned to trust your word as good as gold. I even got in my boxes today with gloves off, and surprisingly no stings. Been hit 5 times lately so I was losing trust:(

[@kamonreynolds]

Well I busted thru a full yard today and I wore gloves half of the time. They definitely have their place. I love wearing gloves when I am pulling honey, feeding syrup, or feeding pollen patties. Queen work, slow inspections I like to go glove less. Wearing gloves is a tool like anything else so don't be afraid to use them when you need them

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Do you find cell protectors a waste of time?

[@bc2578]

Nice little horse mint plants in front of your work table....when does yours typically bloom?

[@kamonreynolds]

Early September I believe.

[@khawk7365]

Do you ever work with 8 frame hives? If so what is your thoughts? I currently have 10 frme it can get a bit heavy.

[@kamonreynolds]

I have K hawk. Other than the weight there to me was no differences in colony health. Healthy colonies did great in 8s and 10's. Whichever you prefer will work for the bees just fine!

[@khawk7365]

@@kamonreynolds thank you

[@RRinTN]

What part of TN are you in? I am 30 miles north of Nashville in farm country.

[@kamonreynolds]

North of Cookeville

[@kamonreynolds]

Nice last name!

[@RRinTN]

@@kamonreynolds You're only about 2 hours away .. I'll have to keep that in mind when I need Queens or a Nuk or something. We've only got two hives right now... 2nd year into it. Learning a lot from you and Barn Yard Bees as well as many others here on KZbin. Please keep the videos coming.

[@scottpierson7495]

Kamon, how do you feel about OTS splits?

[@davidbailey5025]

have you ever used a fogger with mineral oil and whats the effect on the bees?

[@kamonreynolds]

I haven't but seriously doubt its effectiveness. Even the standard mite treatments aren't near perfect and they are designed to work against mites

[@researcherAmateur]

Tell you a little secret. If you make thet freme 17mm fin they will not bild on the qwens

[@jpthedelawarebeeman6239]

Hi Kamon, I was reading somewhere on facebook today that someone was using eggs to graft have you ever heard of that?

[@kamonreynolds]

I am not familiar with a technique of transferring eggs successfully.

[@researcherAmateur]

@@kamonreynolds little secret. If you make a graftin freme 17mm fin they will not bild on it

[@catchemalive]

If I’m only wanting one single new queen for an extra colony, can I not just make up 6-8 queen cups and leave them in there the whole time and whichever one makes it to the end will be my queen for that colony???

[@kamonreynolds]

that would work but it would be better to try to get 2 separate mating nucs so that you pretty much guarantee a returned mated queen.

[@catchemalive]

Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees Never thought of that! Thanks again for replying and all the wonderful info for us greenhorns.

[@NielsenValleyFarms]

Any tips on getting the bees to move into a brand new super quicker?

[@woodchucktinman9893]

Put in a frame that has been started from another colony if you have some. Or try spraying a couple frames with sugar water to get their attention into that box. If their is no nectar flow, there is nothing you can do except feed them sugar water to stimulate them, but that will be sugar and not honey. But you could get them to draw out frames, extract them and have empty comb ready.

[@FloryJohann]

Just move a couple of brood frames with nurse bees into the supers and place some frames into the brood box. The nurse bees as well other bees will start to work the supers within days. When the brood emerges, the bees will fill the brood cells with honey.

[@gregrae6685]

Do the queen lava come. From the brude cells Greg In Au

[@hughyhughes8058]

First comment!

[@ellenl.5581]

Displaying articulate, intelligent, quick witted, magical but wordy grammer.

[@michaellumetta7700]

What jacket is that.

[@billybobjones4317]

Just curious but do you use Gender neutral colours for marking these days ;) Wouldn't want to upset anyone :)

[@remodelassets6523]

Plastic foundation SUCKS! I always use WAX foundation. Never a problem with them drawing out comb.

[@francisstepanek4129]

Greeting, Good informative guidance on making nucs going properly. Any advice on cut swarm with queen not laying eggs longer than 30 days? Thanks,Francis