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[@aremedyproject9569]

Not only are the bees great to watch, your relaxed and humorous personalities and educational videos have been excellent company during this covid19 social distancing. Thank you Kamon and Laurel for giving your generous time and hard work putting these videos together. May you stay well. Cheers! 🐝 🙏🏻😊🇨🇦

[@kamonreynolds]

Thank you! We hope that for a moment we can help get minds into the world of honeybees for a little R&R!

[@maryclementsclements2522]

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[@mimib6253]

Wow his bees are so chill! I was under the impression all the workers were male

[@mimib6253]

I like that you talk to them.they certainly respond to you.... is that why you are the only bee keeper on here that doesnt seem to wear gloves religously?

[@AndrewBrenner1]

@@mimib6253 I almost never wear gloves. They just seem to make it more difficult for me. You can check my channel for an extracting video that I just put out.

[@stevenallen2530]

After a disastrous first two years and loosing all bees and comb. I decided to get back into it on the cheep after a two year break. I caught two swarms in traps and they are doing great. I recommended your page to lots of people because of your knowledge and excellent videos that are very helpful. The day I moved the first capture to a 10 frame deep in another location I caught another swarm in the same spot with in 30 minutes. The best part is it was only 20 feet from my front door.

[@stufarnham]

Good video, Kamon. This is something I will use often. I don’t have a lot of room in my home yard and being able to increase vertically will be a big help, I have had an amazing year for increase between splits and especially from catching swarms. I’ve gone from only three survivor colonies to 18, which really has me hopping to keep up. I am out of bottom boards, lids, and slatted racks, so when I am not running between bee yards I am in the shop building. Today I used my last assembled frames and need 60 right now, so there will be some late nights in the shop. I am semi-retired and until now have always thought of myself as a software engineer or engineering manager. Now I refer to myself as a beekeeper who works on the side.. I have said it before - I am very fortunate to have you and a couple of other KZbin beekeepers (are you listening, Joe May?) whose experience is useful on a daily basis as I strive to keep up in skill with all of this growth. I captured a swarm this evening that comprised over two gallons of bees, had to downgrade a weaker colony to a nuc to have a place to put them. Stu

[@scottcohen3192]

Am having the same problem with keeping up with equipment. Two swarms today. Ohio Beekeeper

[@bjwhite99]

This was hugely helpful! As a first year beekeeper I'm going to be using this board to help prevent a swarm and split a hive at the same time. Thank you for your videos! They help more than you know.

[@ohiorenegades7999]

Great info. You explain things so we'll. Easy to understand!!! Go bucks!!!

[@meloneycrews]

I don’t care how many times I see it...new comb is so awesome looking! Thanks for sharing as always! 💕💞

[@ginomorris4873]

Extremely interesting we definitely have cool weather up north .. For added heat to hives its brilliant!!

[@catherinesutthoff1889]

Here's a shout out to Laurel: Gorgeous design job on the double screen. Well done.

[@lynsmith2698]

Great Video Kamon, look forward to seeing more on these screen boards. This is definitely something i would be interested in doing

[@brucesbees]

Great video Kamon. I will definitely have to try this.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

This was a REALLY helpful video!!!

[@newatthis50]

All of your videos are awesome.

[@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924]

I built a bee escape board, steel wool in the escape part and a screen on the top and bamm double screen board. I have a quick shot of it in bee keeping equipment 1 at about 9 min. i use it the same, as a bottom board when im short, or to make my cell builder. im just learning bee keeping, and learning a lot from you, so thanks again

[@chrisking1690]

Very interesting! Thank you.

[@greghill9958]

Well son another great video.Thank you.

[@beekeeper1889]

Great video, Kamon, thank you. Bob Binnie has a good video on the use of a screen board for splits and swarm control. We call them Snelgrove boards here in the UK, but they're probably not used as much as they could or should be used. 👍

[@joer5627]

I’ve grown my Apiary using double screened bottom boards. Simple and as you said can be used as a bottom board in a pinch. Time for me to mix up some syrup!

[@trichard5106]

Thanks !!

[@trevorchester4439]

9:23 shots fired! :P

[@jasonrasheed7670]

Great vid Kaymon. Keen to hear more about double screen boards & how they work.

[@joecarrtn5137]

Intriguing idea about "double screen boards". I would be interested in a video that goes into greater detail about what hives, time of year and specifically what is the goal of the double screen board application. Thanks Kamon

[@scratchbuilder5952]

Appreciate you making informative videos

[@kenetyspfc23]

Hello, Iam Weslley and I''m from Brazil. I have Simeone box of bee, (I''m learn english lol). Also you Chanel it's awesome congratulation

[@jimclaire7996]

Great video. Thank you for sharing for sharing this information. We use top bar bee hives in The Philippines. We do not get a hot of honey from our type of bees but we do get enough honey for our table. We are able to split our hives and get additional hives. God bless America and God bless our beloved nation's first responders.

[@RichBlueWaterHunter]

Thank you Kamon

[@thepitpatrol]

Thank you sir!

[@russellkoopman3004]

Double screen boards are a great tool if your double deep hive swarms. Split the boxes, put the double screen board in between and you increase the odds of getting a mated queen back. If one doesn't come back you just combine and you still have your double deep and if both queens come back mated you've now got two colonies.

[@kamonreynolds]

Good point russell!

[@beebob1279]

Double screens are great. A good way to double queen for honey flows

[@Allan79789]

Thank you, I see these boards as a great way to requeen a hive after the honey flow with out the risk of qoing queenless. I am going to build a few.

[@kamonreynolds]

Yes they are!

[@12ArmyNavy12]

Thanks Kamon and Laurel for once again making a great educational video. Those two hives look really strong. I like your idea of the double screen boards. I made 3 last year and used one of them this year already. Sure wish Laurel wasn't so shy. We would love to meet her. Maybe you could have a special video to introduce her to the world. I would be willing to bet that you would get hundreds of thousands of viewers. Thanks for all you two do.

[@wandienlankhongwir8283]

Great video

[@royhendershot]

Nice pattern. Holy smokes.

[@ErinneKennedy]

I had a laugh when you showed the Roll Tide and I replied with hoddy toddy gosh almighty who in the hell are we...HEY!!! flim flam, bim bam Ole Miss by Damn hahahahahahaha

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Bob Binnie give a fascinating talk on Splitting Using a Double Screen Board Bob Binnie

[@FernvalleyFarm]

I could probaly do that with my inner covers i make my own with 3 holes in them

[@kneedferspeed]

Great video ! l am going to use this for our next split. One question though: What is the reason for the small entrance opening rather than using a method that would allow adjusting the entrance opening size? thanks

[@ohiorenegades7999]

Never seen queen cups drawn out that far and be empty,pretty cool.

[@catchemalive]

My question is, when do you decide to be concerned about them? I just found one in my hive today and it’s about half way up the frame not on bottom like a swarm cell. It was empty as well. I just don’t know when they are practicing verses getting ready to make a queen?

[@George-nx5lo]

catchemalive You should never be concerned, if they need a new queen let them make one

[@kentcostello8099]

You need to make a video on beekeepers suits & jackets

[@researcherAmateur]

Good mourning 👍. I use it for my 20 days short flow. Not a 60 days "short". With a diferent enthering for steling bees from the top queen. 4 box 2 qweens, one on top, board under, 3 box under thet... For ader stuff i take of one screen.. like brood breaks, so the bees don't start queen cells.. Ther is more, but it is on you to film it.. I cood write a very bad spelled book about it.. the double screen name is not good.

[@ShinkleGunDog]

Have you used the apimaye hives with the internal split?

[@kenthompson6539]

Almost same or similar the snelgrove board only not so complicated.!!!

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Kamon is that a fence plank bottom board? If so how are they working out for you? If so Little things like that are what makes up a great community of Beekeeping to help us all help the bee's. Thanks.. great chat last night 👍

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Houston they work but were a pain in the butt. They shrink alot after you get them and the wood thickness can vary way to much. Cheap, and they work, but they are a pain to work with at times

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

@@kamonreynolds Thanks 👍 great job for on the cheap 👍 most are just looking for cheaper ways to get the job done. Many thanks

[@jarredladuke]

So are those hives for splits and queen rearing only or do you move them at some point? When would you move them?

[@gregrae6685]

Should you remove frames to have a look in winter

[@johnyesu]

Both the box entry in the same direction or opposite please. What is the size of the brood box n the wood n the frame size to make etc in detail would be much better place. Your video's are very interesting to watch n to follow it

[@JohnVK5JAK]

You mention that if a queen doesn’t return from a mating flight you can ‘just pull the board’. Do you need to do the paper between the two boxes thing, or do they just calmly merge?

[@kameronwomble1254]

Do you not have opposing entries with the double screen between ?

[@DonaldRogersBaldEagle]

I have all my gear but have not been able to get bees. Can’t wait to get some. Is it possible to get bees this time of year?

[@mikeries8549]

The double screen has a name. Its called a Cloake board. I have one or two and the time I used it to try and run a cell starter above a queen right colony. ..hive beetle mess. Bad timing.

[@natserog]

how long could you leave a frame of brood/eggs in a box with lid (in shade) on a 80F day? hour ...two??

[@xshanghu]

How does supersede work? What is it ?

[@mike-md]

Great Video Kamon (Laurel)! Nice to see your regular upbeat humor and whit after all the bad weather earlier this year in TN. That first Queen looked like she was going to fall off the bottom of the frame as you were about to put it back in the box (follow her as she crosses the kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIuXgWiLd6mMZ9E ). Roll Tide!!

[@sophialarson1578]

After two years - I STILL can't find a Queen !

[@charliesheads6497]

What are the plastic strips for?

[@CS-xg2xh]

Watching old videos as a newbie. The biggest problem we've had is overwintering hives. Can we just combine two hives with the double screen board between to share heat? Is there a downside?

[@HornadySetiawan]

Hi Kamon, how do you tell a *new queen* if she has mated properly with lots of drones vs a poor queen mated with only 1-2 drones?

[@kamonreynolds]

All in the pattern. If the colony is small or has few nurse bees this and other things can throw that off without it being her fault. Ultimately, her pattern should be good

[@FloryJohann]

I checked into that double screen system for over one year now. I do not see to much of an advantage except early spring when it is still cooler.

[@NG-ow4ii]

H how do you get honey from the bottom Queen

[@gregrae6685]

What is the plastic strip on some frames used for Greg. Great video

[@kamonreynolds]

varroa mite eradication! Thanks Greg

[@stanbuttjr1530]

Where can I get those DS boards?

[@debbierodda2203]

If you decide to re-introduce the bottom or top hive due to queen failure do you still need to use newspaper or do the bees readily accept being mixed with the other box? and if you had two queens for awhile and one dies and you re-introduce....same question. I assume as they have both have different queen pheromones' that they would need newspaper.

[@richkrol1290]

Why not a hive top feeder vice a frame?

[@donmadison5641]

Would you be able to do a double screen board on top of a 10 frame deep brood box with 2 four frame nuc boxes to grow 2 queens? I'm assuming yes as long as you have 2 double screen holes, one under the center of each 4 frame nuc box.

[@kamonreynolds]

you totally can do that so long as you provide another entrance and divide them

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

Hello ya'll, I just found your channel and ya'll definitely earned my sub immediately. I'vc built a TopBar Hive and I want to start beekeeping/having bees this season (May 2021). Am I too late already? Or do I still have time to get started? I finished my hive with Tung Oil because I read that it's safe for the bees. Any suggestions or advice ya'll have or any of your subscribers have would be great! Thanks and I look forward to learning more about beekeeping.

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Sgt charlie you do have time but the sooner the better. Beekeeping is easiest when started in the spring and early summer. The first year plan is to feed them and help them make comb, Learn about varroa mites, and enjoy observing your bees

[@familyhearingandbalancecen9777]

Great video on double screened boards. Can you make one out of an inner cover by putting screen on both sides?

[@kamonreynolds]

As long as it is thick enough the bees can't touch each other it should work fine. Mine are 3/4in you might be able to get away with it at 1/2 an inch but that would be pushing it

[@familyhearingandbalancecen9777]

Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees thank you Kaymon!

[@bradgoliphant]

Hey Kamon, how are you? I have a question for you about package. Say I ordered a package of bees WITHOUT A QUEEN, and when they arrived, shake them into my hive with a very small tab of lemongrass oil. Would they stay in the box without a queen for a couple days? I ask this because I'm planning on getting my queen from a company that does not sell packages? So I want to save money on a package and then introduce the queen. I know this is an awkward scenario, but was wondering if it would work? Thank you for your feedback.

[@beebob1279]

Since there is such a long exposure period of the mites why not use Oxalic acid and knock them down instead of using the apivar product?

[@kamonreynolds]

You can as long as the queen is not a virgin when you use the acid. That can cause her to be axed

[@JasonEmery9]

Hello Kamon, thanks for the great videos. Somewhat offtopic question. I noticed in one or more recent videos you have hung apivar strips in your hive(s). Does this mean you are done harvesting honey for the year, from those specific hives? I'm in southeastern Michigan, so I'm a month and a half behind you, spring arrival wise, so I haven't harvested any honey yet. For any given hive, should I take what I'm going to take, from that specific hive, before treating with apivar strips?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Jason, Yes these hives are done with honey production here and so they have the strips. So yes, take what you plan to before adding these strips if you go that route.

[@crazycritterlady8788]

So did you get them all into the same box? Did you transfer them to the empty hive? Is there a follow up vid? Much love from So.Cal.💟

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey C.C.L., We took the boxes on top of the double screen board and moved them to a new beeyard. The ones below we left as they were and now we have increased 2 colonies! This month we have done that dozens of times and this is how we are sustainable.

[@richardpraeger6357]

Roll Tide!

[@jiimdevedal1971]

Can we put two or more queen cells in a single queenless hive or mating nuc to make sure atleast one is returning?

[@romoshka1]

Clemson Tigers

[@nexhipmuraj6674]

Hi!This method is very beneficial.Since many years I practice this method but I use a queen excluder instead the mesh.Greetings from Albania!

[@allglad]

Forget if you have done a video on apimaye yet...up to 4 queens in their Queen defender.

[@reneebrown2968]

My bees are still pulling in nectar and loads of pollen but no brood and no queen cells. 😥

[@dksullivan09]

How do you run those frame feeders without having lots of drown bees? I used one my first year and it was always full of dead bees.

[@zadok88]

Put something like a flyscreen in it. one mesh which warps and reaches from left to Right and bottom to top.

[@simmonsjn8]

is that different than a queen excluder ?

[@kamonreynolds]

Yes

[@ivannazarenko2999]

I think so it is better to have two single screens instead of double .... Feeder must be as far as possible from entrance to avoid the robbing...

[@daviddowen3887]

Great video Kamon! Does the size of the screened area make any difference?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey David not at all. Some guys make theirs 75% screened with a wood frame.

[@daviddowen3887]

@@kamonreynolds Thanks Kamon! Shouldn't you be out working bees right now? LOL

[@MrCloscutz]

@@kamonreynolds how thick it must be the board( Snellgrove board)? Thank you!

[@herbertherbomoore415]

What is that orange putty you keep moving towards the back? 🤔🤓

[@doctortcbkk2027]

Did you test for mites or are you treating prophylactically? Go Dawgs!

[@kamonreynolds]

I didn't test these hives. I know they are there and when you break the brood cycle up it is too golden of an opportunity to miss out on! Roll Tide!

[@cherimolina2121]

Is it possible...adviseable, to do a walk away split using the dbl screened board, provided they've built a queen cell and have an egg in it?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hi Cheri. Yes these can be used for walkaway splits.

[@russellkoopman3004]

And if the split doesn't work get out the newspaper and recombine.

[@researcherAmateur]

It works for brood breaks too. In summer. I put capt brood down and open on top, and work around thet.. in 3 manth with no flow i can do inaf with just 15% lactic acid and a spray botle. Varroa realy loves me..😂. So i don't use the smoker. The spray botle is my smoker in the summer. When varroa is out on the bees, no capt brood, ther is no need for chemical tretmants. If you have just 10 hives and all you need is honey for the family... We have hives thet are in the 5th year just OAV in novenber and a summer brood breke with lactic acid in a spray used as a smoker.. 1 thing is a problem. It's not inaf if your bothom bord is fool wood. Varroa needs to drop out ...

[@oliviasanders1420]

Hey how many times can you reuse your apivar strips

[@kamonreynolds]

They only last for 1 use.

[@KajunHomestead]

GO TIGERS !!!! LSU!!!!

[@RobertBrown-tx8xk]

Am I understanding correctly that you are moving the existing Queen to the bottom box? And putting a queen cell in the top box or requeening? Or in other words using the top box for a mating Nuc?

[@mikeries8549]

There is a name for it. I forget right now but there's a method where you use the double sceen to manipulate a colony into duplicating itself. I tried it once in July...big mistake. The hive beetles had their way. Careful.

[@kamonreynolds]

On the second hive I removed the poor queen in the bottom and placed a cell below and above. If the queen is good leave her below the board. I will have a video on how to set them up shortly

[@researcherAmateur]

Here the name is 2 qween honey hive. But the board can be used in many ways. Greate tool..i'm shore you will love it

[@RobertBrown-tx8xk]

@@kamonreynolds thanks for the good tip and responding to my question, I am looking forward to your video.

[@robertramsey-turner7530]

Kamon, thanks for the doco. I noted sometime ago, you showed the use of a Oxalic Acid fumer, but I also note you now using strips for the varoa mites. Are you either not happy with the OA treatment or using a combo? thanks Robert in NZ

[@kamonreynolds]

hi robert i am a big fan of combos. not using both at the same time, but switching it up to prevent resistance

[@framcesmoore]

Ha thanks for a great video, do u move the mite strips around or just leave them where they are that what I got for mites this time I usually use mite away quick strips but sometimes it kills my queen one more question on the strips if u have 2 deeps brood in both boxes should I move all brood in 1 bow to treat or use 4 strips . Thanks

[@carolinepower5234]

Does ‘fixing to’ mean getting ready to, or really excited to?

[@carrollrhodes4050]

Fixing to means, "preparing to do something" and K does a good job. He should not call himself an idiot." He's a pretty smart dude!

[@johnbelding1426]

ROLL TIDE!!!! Somewhere along the way I missed the purpose of the white plastic strip. I assume it serves a purpose or you wouldn't use it.

[@cherimolina2121]

I believe apivar..for mites.

[@johnbelding1426]

@@cherimolina2121 Thanks. I found a Kamon video that explains the strip/process.

[@ojibwemamastevens768]

So I split my hive and two days later my new Hive made for Queen cells was that because they weren't happy with the queen and the hive and what do I do now because I do not want to split again. This is my first year and I only really planned on having one Hive for pollination wasn't doing it for anything else my hive is very healthy actually both hives are very healthy plenty of bees so I'm not sure what I should really do I also have plenty of honey but I don't want to harvest any this year because I live in Michigan I want to make sure they're going to have enough for winter.

[@donbearden1953]

Kamon & Laurel, great video and you put the icing in the middle of the cake! Laurel did a wonderful job painting up the board! On the Apivar strips, I thought I read not to use them if the weather is over 85 degrees. I’m I wrong with that or is it not getting over 85 there yet or are you fudging just a little?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Don thanks! Apivar can be used at nearly any temp. Apiguard and formic are likely the 2 you are remembering

[@donbearden1953]

Kamon, Apivar is the only thing that I’ve ever used and it’s always worked for me.

[@joestocker660]

@@donbearden1953 Thanks for this Don / Kamon. I was going to ask the same question as I have new strips but I've never used them. Not pulling honey this year and have a mite or two on nurse bee pics.

[@Bama_Bee_Man]

Roll Tide from Montgomery!

[@cipriangherghe1743]

You mean Snelgrove

[@gwtill]

Wow! Got to try a double screen board. Thanks for the great video. I noticed that you were using Apivar strips and I did not see ant dead bees. I hav been told by several bee keepers that they lost a lot of bees when they tried them. Do you do something different?

[@kamonreynolds]

Apivar is very gentle on bees and brood. Perhaps they were talking about another treatment. If they were talking about apivar they don't know what they are talking about

[@gwtill]

Thanks for the reply. I have been reading the comments and maybe it was Apigard. Keep the great videos coming!

[@CELOCKSAFE]

I sent you some pictures of my honey pull on messenger. I see no other way to put it on you Facebook page.

[@ECP]

It was my understanding using Apivar Strips for 42 days that it kills the Mites because of the duration on the hive and broods and hatch up to 99% kill rate... this being said it very well likely helps having a brood break... but, it is not required.... is this correct? This is in the instructions for use and discussions of this product...

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey ECP it is not required to have a brood break BUT it does help it get a higher kill quicker.

[@ralphwilloughby915]

I liked you until the roll on over tide thing.

[@Heather22056]

Sure enjoyed the video good looking operation.

[@norfolkhoneybee273]

When people say 3km the bees travel. Does it mean radius or diameter?

[@trevor311264]

Radius from the hive.

[@norfolkhoneybee273]

@@trevor311264 cheers trevor

[@jasonrasheed7670]

Norfolk honeybee, so to calculate their foraging area you can use the formula for the area of a circle, which is: A = 3.1416 (mathmatical pie) x (radius)². Where the radius is 3kms, that gives a foraging area of over 28 square kms. Pretty amazing huh!

[@stevec8861]

War Eagle

[@joyceobeys6818]

Is that a chemical mite killer? You can use organic powdered sugar or organic coconut oil with tinsy tiny thyme oil mix.

[@jpthedelawarebeeman6239]

Hi Kamon I have tried getting a similar veil but nobody has any idea of who you are and what veil you use. Do you have any kind of item or SKU # ? The only show elastic or tied veils.

[@kamonreynolds]

Yeah Jesinda knows and Jennifer knows. they have taken it down from their website. It was there a few months ago. I'll see if I can find out

[@toddosterbuhr9909]

I have been wandering too but have had no luck locating it.