How to Requeen a Beehive

Requeening is a common task when it comes to beekeeping. In this video ISU Extension Entomologist Randall Cass and Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ashley St. Clair show you how to properly requeen a hive.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Reasons to requeen
01:52 Requeening process
02:04 Buying a queen
03:01 Allowing the hive to requeen itself
03:30 When to requeen

[@noahriding5780]

Nice and very detailed video. Thanks. I'm curious if you guys have a reccomendation for how you determine at what point in the year, you should have a cut off for when you would no longer be expanding new colonies/splits? And how you would suggest fixing such a cut off date.

[@sau_rav.sharma]

wonderful

[@MOcreekgeek]

Do you have to remove the attendant bees before you put the queen cage in the hive?

[@99arkam]

Where did you get your queen

[@jeanetteevans-kt1gp]

I need help but finding a local person is not been a opinion ? I have a thriving hive and another empty apiary I would love to split but don’t know how ? The thriving hive I captured as a new swarm last year and they wintered well and they are thriving beautifully! How do I split or find a local person to help me ? Thank you for any help , I’m in Ohio