🍯 So Much Honey! - We Stopped them from Swarming!

[@kamonreynolds]

See how we dealt with this hive trying to swarm a few weeks earlier! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ27YYeVnMRoa7c Brood Chamber inspection starts at 8:00! Our favorite Hive Tool, beekeeping books, beekeeping tools, equipment, etc. that we like and use from Amazon can be found here: www.amazon.com/shop/tennessees-bees

[@brad0nja]

6:32 looks like swarm cell that is elongated and not empty... maybe you should check it if that super was available to queen at some point...

[@caven930]

I learned this year that equalizing pre flow season is a very helpful tool. I wish I had done more. Only had 1 swarm so far this year. Much better than the 12 we had last year by this time 😅 I also came to the same conclusion to leave the honey in the second deep, mainly to help with feeding. Sugar prices have gone up so much that we're starting to have a more conservative additude in respects to feeding.

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks for the comment some good thinking going on.

[@StonewallJackson-n8w]

Good advice, just don't steel all of the honey, leaving the bees some .

[@jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees]

It's videos like this one that make me wish smellovision was a real thing. 🐝🍯😁👍 Those ladies are working hard for you Kamon. Thanks for sharing.

[@kamonreynolds]

LOL that would be awesome! The privet nectar rolling in is soooo strong smelling right now! Happy Beekeeping!

[@NKYHoneyBees]

*It's a good year for honey so far. Bees are looking great and it's good to see you back in action :)*

[@framcesmoore]

Ha Kamon I said this before but want to say it again it is so good to have you and Laurell back the videos are great Thanks Hope you and your family have a blessed week

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Thank you both for all you do . Thanks

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks Kathy! Good to hear from you!

[@apveening]

At 6:49, are those two queen celss/cups or just funky comb?

[@coachsean9982]

I saw a couple of cups that he missed. Get back in there Kamon! ;)

[@apveening]

@@coachsean9982 And show us the video ;)

[@heatherwilliams1394]

I thought the thing?? Did he answer?

[@kh7794]

I hope you don't get destructive storms....it's just makes life even harder!

[@joshuacantrell7833]

Glad to see you making videos again!

[@heatherwilliams1394]

We just had a REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD bee day. We only got through 3 of 6 to inspect, lots of crazy comb on the top/bottom bars with larvae we ended up having to scrape off, which kills me. Checked the larvae in that burr bucket for mite 100% zero found which is the only good thing about scraping off larvae burr comb, but SO SO SO SO many queen cups, we didn't know you could it should remove the swarm cells, so we squished them, but 8 in one box and we found 1 supercedure so we left that one?? Right? Wrong? It was upper 1/3rd the frame, the rest at the bottom? We then came home sweaty, hot, overheated, sunburned and heat exhausted to find OURS in our yard (we maintain a couple off site) that swarmed. A cluster probably 100' up, tallest ladder plus a pole/bucket system was still too short and they're already gone. 😩 Your videos give me hope as a newb to keep going. Even our bee vac couldn't get em. Thank you for these videos.

[@russellkoopman3004]

Kamon, it is a good idea to have a regular medium super above the QE then put on the comb honey box. This reduces the amount of pollen in the comb which is unsightly. Just a tip for the MAN. Looks like you will have a bumper crop.

[@kamonreynolds]

Excellent tip makes perfect sense! Thanks Russell!

[@russellaymond312]

Thank you both for the video. Enjoyed.

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks for saying so! The encouragement keeps us buzzin!

[@christianshannon3943]

Hey Kamon , when will you harvest your honey . I have been helping a fellow with bees I sold him . He has five hives now . We pull four supers off and left two supers on the hives . They hadn’t capped the honey in those supers . So hopefully in a couple more weeks they will capped that honey . He has approximately 14 gallons so far .

[@garyRt23Bees]

Once I get a full super I like to leave it above the brood to keep the queen down below. No excluder needed. Then as I add supers I can bottom super them above the one I leave as an excluder. Second super would go on top of the first one. Then when I need the third, I remove the top one and place a new one in the middle and the old one on the top and so on. I have never seen a queen go past a full super of honey to lay in a box above it.

[@kamonreynolds]

Should have the progress on the foundation filmed Sunday mid day and released that evening or Monday morning! Happy Beekeeping!

[@matteden3604]

This is a great idea!

[@geraltofrivia8529]

I dont think i've ever seen you in a full suit before. You must be getting old and grumpy ;) Thanks Kamon and Laurel.

[@kamonreynolds]

Lol maybe so! We had eight inches of rain in a 24 hour period around this video so the bees were pretty ticked

[@michaelwalker2091]

8” of rain, so far, up here in Livingston area.

[@kamonreynolds]

Way too much! Hopefully we won't get rain for a couple of weeks!

[@CentralKyBees]

I think I should try some carnies. These Italians I have just get so swarmy. I had so many production hives that I equalized twice, and then split way down and still swarmed middle of the flow. Granted I may have missed a cell in a couple hives but shouldn't have been this bad.

[@kamonreynolds]

Sorry to hear that! Keep at it and you will still throw swarms just fewer!

[@davidscherrer6681]

Thanks Kamon, I have watched you an B Binnie. I like to pick up tidpits that you guys don't necessarily focus on. One of you mentioned getting in the hives once a week to make sure there are no cells. I have been doing just that for a few years now and instead of splitting I get rid of cells. I've had 1 swarm in 3 years and my honey production has gone through the roof. Over 700 lbs with 5 hives multiple years. I'm a backyard guy and it makes beekeeping so much more fun when your in your hives and know what's happening. Plus its nice to know your not sending bees to nest in your neighbor house. Missed your videos while you were gone glad to see you back. I also have appreciated your product suggestions, I've listened on a few and haven't been disapointed.

[@ZoysiaRUs]

Do bees move honey from the brood chamber to supers to clear out space for the queen to lay? I’m mainly asking because new packages seem to store a lot of feed in the brood chamber initially and I wonder if some of it ends up in the honey supers?

[@StonewallJackson-n8w]

Yes, normally.

[@kamonreynolds]

Yes it can happen! If the queen needs more room and they can afford the time they will move honey or syrup around.

[@btt8111]

-How can your frames in the brood box be so clean and free from propolis? My bees always heavily coat the frame side- and end bars, the groove of the box, etc...

[@kamonreynolds]

I clean everything up each spring and fall. Takes alot of time but we like it clean and easy to move around

[@markwelsch940]

Do you do anything special when you have pollen in a honey frame, when it's time to extract the honey in that frame? Will it spin out with the honey and be filtered out before it's bottled? If not, what will the bees do with it next year? Clean it out? Cap over it?

[@StonewallJackson-n8w]

A great deal of demand for pressed honey with pollen in it, you just can't filter it to much.

[@markwelsch940]

@@StonewallJackson-n8w I found one website that describes "Pressed honey". It sounds like what I call "Raw, Creamed Honey". It's extracted honey, not heated, filtered just enough to remove "big" things, not the pollen, and then seeded with small crystals and stirred over several days or weeks until it is all crystalized to a smooth, creamy consistency. Is that what you are talking about?

[@heatherwilliams1394]

Do you personally ALWAYS go two brood deep? Or can you keep strong colonies with single brood boxes and just adding supers?

[@dandybounddandybound1064]

Missed a 1 cup bottom off 4th frame

[@VideoEngineering]

Great video. I've just caught one of our swarms 5 days ago. I've checked today and they are bringing lots of honey, the queen is there, but she is not laying eggs. Does that mean they've swarmed with a virgin queen? Thanks

[@apveening]

Depends, how long is her abdomen? And remember, laying queens don't fly, but also flying queens don't lay. It takes them some time to switch.

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks V.E.! I would give her another week and then see what you have. She may be a layer already and just needs to get the old engines fired up.

[@VideoEngineering]

@@apveening that makes sense. Thanks

[@PeabodysApiary]

So happy you’re making videos again man!

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks! I am very happy to be back also!

[@IFarmBugs]

What is the difference in behavior of the colony when a queen emerges from a supersedure cell compared with a swarm cell? I feel this concept was never really clarified in my mind.

[@mentorbajrami2323]

hello! Can you make a video on how to prepare honeybees for making honey? And when is the best time to for preparation, how should the colony looks like Thank you in advance You videos are very interesting

[@Tyler-B91-i8e]

That hives packed Kamon . Should get 120 pounds off of it ! Stay dry

[@kamonreynolds]

That's the plan! Thanks Tyler!

[@SylantBill]

My hives are filling boxes quick should I remove capped boxes now and replace or just put more supers on. I am in Alabama north if Bruce and my boxes have 3 supers now.

[@StonewallJackson-n8w]

Take what you can get, if you let them swarm they will take the honey with them .

[@SylantBill]

@@StonewallJackson-n8w I agree I'm pulling boxes that are capped tomorrow

[@garthmcgibbon4285]

Do you ever get pretty pure privet honey?

[@kamonreynolds]

Not sure but we definitely are getting a lot this year it seems

[@timmorris7022]

When do u think your gonna extract?Im in Ky and we are usually 2 weeks behind .Thanks always for posting!

[@kamonreynolds]

I pull most of mine off in the first or second week of June. Do a follow up in the 3rd week if necessary

[@Richiemouse]

Was there any advantage in swapping your 'bait' comb back to it's original box? Having watched your video where you discussed doing this I'm doing it when I add a box of foundation now 🙂

[@stephenlocker9883]

In my experience, removing the “bait” frame prevents the bees from fattening that bait frame into the space the undrawn foundation frame next door should occupy. If you don’t, the new foundation frame will be prevented from being fully drawn out.

[@Richiemouse]

@@stephenlocker9883 thank you, that makes sense 😁

[@kamonreynolds]

Stephen answered perfectly. Happy Beekeeping fellas!

[@Jim_]

Mornin sir

[@ramadanabualhamd9583]

شكرا ايه المعلم ❤

[@davidsoloninka7742]

Do u have any videos regarding the Demaree Method?… if so plz attach the link. Thx

[@plainsimple442]

look up Keith Jardine in PA

[@kamonreynolds]

I don't. It is an interesting technique but one I haven't used since I haven't needed to. I hear good things about it.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

OK thx

[@davidsoloninka7742]

OK thx

[@cherimolina2121]

I finally found my Queen today. I'm still worried as SO MANY DRONES and drone cells. I've cut them out twice. Thought had lost queen. Still.. WHY SO MANY DRONES?

[@cherimolina2121]

It dawned on me perhaps because mites prefer drone larva? But I already treated for mites. Anyone have an explanation?

[@apveening]

@@cherimolina2121 Do you also have worker brood and cells? If you have more worker brood and cells than for drones, I wouldn't worry too much. If you don't have worker brood and cells but you do have a queen, you've got a drone laying queen, so either badly/not mated or so old she ran out of sperm. The recommendation is to replace a drone laying queen as that won't get better.

[@cherimolina2121]

@@apveening yes there are worker brood but it's like a 70/30 ratio. I've cut out a lot of the drone brood/cells. This is a swarm I caught last year. Made it through winter. The queen didn't look very big though. And of course on the very last frame, so being disabled that was about all I could manage today. I probably should order a new queen. I put a at of syrup on them last week. Weather here has sucked.. rain cold hot windy. I put a super on 3 weeks ago, but they had nothing in it!

[@apveening]

@@cherimolina2121 As you still have worker brood, you can (probably) still replace that queen yourself by just dispatching the old one, which you will have to do anyway when introducing a new queen. The hive can and will make a new queen if they have fertilized eggs or young enough worker brood (less than three days out of the egg).