Learning HOW To Rear Queens with Grafting / Beekeeping 101

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

If you don’t open your hives, they will do more work and store more. The smoke can mess with them on efficiency.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I have always wondered that, plus I’ve wondered if smoking them momentarily makes them change what they are doing bc they think there is a fire

[@PancakeInvaders]

Hi, i juste wanted to add that you don't need to take the nurse bees and the ressources from the hive that you want the genetics from. You can take them from other hives, no need to weaken your good hive before winter if you don't want to. As long as the larva you graft come from the good hive they'll have the genetics you want, you can use weak hives to raise the queens

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I’m glad you mentioned this. I actually ended up taking a couple frames of brood from a different hive for the nuc. I thought about that as I was going through the hive I was grafting from but was taking a risk bc I wasn’t sure if the bees wouldn’t like that their queen wasn’t of their genetic line and if that made a difference

[@badassbees3680]

@@beefitbeekeeping it does from different races..don't let weak hives make your queens, that's WORST mistake you can make. You want well fed ,fully developed race horses,not weak pheromone can't lay wood to wood and run outta juice.My queens dropped 13 frames brood in fall and again in spring at one time in dbl deep, it's all about the royal jelly and good mating.Im no newbie,it's about bees that can have a 15 count mitewash and not have pinholes and brood problems, not zero mites..sorry to comment bomb but we gotta start helping people know the truth.

[@PhotoGuyOmaha]

It sounds like you will be putting queen cells or virgins directly into your production hives (that is, you are not putting them into a mating nuc for them to mature and mate first). Make sure that you do NOT pinch off (kill) the old queens, no mater how bad they are. You should be prepared to store them caged and in a queen bank (amongst some broood frames over an excluder). If your virgin queen does not successfully return from a mating flight or otherwise fail, you can re-introduce the original queen(s). It gets really tough to buy mated queens this time of year.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Thank you I will do that ♥️

[@researcherAmateur]

l really like your enthusiasm.. but in time you will find out that working With the bees, at the right time of year, when they would normally do it.. makes every beekeeping job a hundred times easier

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Yes indeed it does. I just seem to be learning how what method I want to take just a week or 2 too late so trying to make the best of this year to set me up good for next 🙂

[@paulbuiks1308]

Awesome, so exciting. Yes Genetics are key so interesting and obtaining breeder stock is another level. Appreciate the video

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I appreciate the view and comment thank you! ♥️☺️

[@christianshannon3943]

Yes Yes Yes , you are using freshly drawn comb to graft from . Have mercy I’m proud of ya . I also find it so much easier for me to use jewelers glasses with strong magnification to see the larvae easily.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I NEED to get me some of those glasses 😂😂♥️

[@heavymechanic2]

Glad to see you try grafting. 45 cups is OK for a double deep starter, way too many for a NUC, plan on 10 cups and getting 5-7 accepted. Once the bees start making the queen cell, you can move it above an excluder on a strong colony to finish, and start another round in your builder NUC. I read that Sakatraz cannot be grafted and its like a Buckfast, something to research for more info.. You may make another builder and just put young larvae in it and let the bees make the queens, cut the cells and place in your hive as another method of getting late season queens. *My first attempt was a fail, then I read several books and mastered the process. Just don't be disappointed, and black foundation makes the graft easier to see.. Sakatraz is a Russian hybrid, they keep cups all the time.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

My next time around that is how I’m going to do it. Lots of rookie mistakes 😅 that’s good to know about saskatraz keeping a lot of cups. Now I understand why I see them everywhere haha thank you ♥️

[@heavymechanic2]

@@beefitbeekeeping Hi, I did 3 frames in a NUC and grafted 6 cups, had 5 drawn out. Kept a little pollen patty and sugar on them.. Just try, once you get results you can have a queen factory.

[@westforkfarms4270]

@heavymechanic2 what books are you referring to on grafting?

[@heavymechanic2]

@@westforkfarms4270 Any book on queen rearing, the information is nearly the same but some are more scientific. I don't remember the title or author.

[@westforkfarms4270]

@@heavymechanic2 thanks

[@NaturesImageFarmGregBurns]

Keep up the good work! Controlling and expanding your genetics are super important. Food for thought, terrible queens in a healthy hive will outperform a stellar queen in an unhealthy hive. Many performance issues are the results of viral loads in a colony. Looking forward to seeing how your grafts did!

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I agree with you on that. Genetics play a big part but so does health of the hive. I’ve been listening to lectures by Michael bush. I had no idea that there were thousands of beneficial mites and bacteria in a healthy colony. The more I learn about bees the more I see that we are so similar in so many ways! Thanks for watching and the support Greg ☺️♥️

[@thehiveandthehoneybee9547]

you are too late to be doin this not a good idea imo i hope pple dont do it now but i love your ambition!!!!!

[@beefitbeekeeping]

No worries I won’t be requeening my production hives. Realized it’s too late in that. I’m doing something different with the queens instead

[@christianshannon3943]

Something I learnt this year is to give the best colonies two frames of 100% beeswax foundation. Taking two frames of capped brood to bolster other hives . I do this a week before splitting the big colonies. A freshly drawn frame of clean comb with lots of eggs seem to make the healthiest queens and greatly increases mating chances . Those queens became eggs laying machines .

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Ya know now that you say something I have noticed queens made from new comb, the cells are always larger than from old comb. Good thinking!

[@TexasBeekeeper]

Great job Emily! I look forward to seeing how they do. I love it when the bees pounce on a small hive beetle. LOL. For seeing the larvae, I'm sure you already know, but the black plastic foundation (or full frames) work great for that. Also, since even with the black foundation, it can still be pretty hard to see, I got some magnifying glasses from the dot coms. They come in a case that has multiple lenses and they have a built in LED light. They're YOCTOSUN brand and I have to say, I don't think I could do it without them. Not near as well anyway. You can actually see the grafting tool scoop up the larvae. I look like a dork wearing them, but I look like a dork without them too, so no harm there. 🤓 Thanks for sharing your journey and good luck with those grafts!

[@beefitbeekeeping]

😂 love that. I am definitely going to get myself something to see better. I thought my eye sight was good but that tiny and up close was hard 😅 I’m sure it would have been easier on a black frame. I have a mixture of wax foundation, black frames, yellow frames all through my hives. Been trying out every kind to see which is my favorite ☺️ I will check out those glasses thanks!

[@Beetek0903]

I use the Jenter Queen Rearing unit - been using it for over 30 years very very simple to use, no grafting is required, the eggs can be transferred a couple of hours after they have hatched - the younger the egg the better the Queen

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I will look it up thank you ☺️♥️

[@Joseph-Colin-EXP]

Do you like the Saskatraz? Compared to my Italians, i really prefer my Saskatraz. I've heard Fredrick Dunn speak highly of the BeeWeavers, likely will requeen with on of those, or the Saskatraz next spring. Thanks

[@marijnsanders375]

Yes, wrong time to graft, but still might get succes and if you continue next year you will have more experience to start with. Its never a wrong time to learn. Just make sure you don´t forget to take care off youre other stock, you wilk need te bees next year. I dare a queen breeder with good stock to donate this amazing lady, 1 breeder queen in spring she can breed queens off so she can have plenty off quality drones in the air the spring after. Time will tell if its a good investment. She has tons to learn but i believe in her. 🥰

[@beefitbeekeeping]

♥️☺️ thank you so so much. Tons to learn indeed! Taking a lot of risks but that’s also the only way to learn 🥴🤣

[@marijnsanders375]

@@beefitbeekeeping gues need to learn to spread risks to, like they say always have a backup plan. 😍 first have bees to provide healthy strong drones, with good qualities. The import genes (a breeder queen) with qualities that match the drones you already have. When a good queen mates drones from shitty queens, youre workerbees still be shitty maybe little less shitty. Youre drones whould still be good if the shitty workerbees take good care of them because drones don´t have a father.

[@erossi490]

Great videos, question I’m looking to also get into grafting for next year but can’t really find any good books or KZbins on the subject any recommendations

[@beefitbeekeeping]

For grafting I watched a lot of Kamond Reynolds videos. And just hearing other lectures from Mike Palmer where he briefly talked about needing a very strong starter colony. Adding brood to keep it in a swarm state so you can get hundreds of grafted queens out of it. Next time around I will be going about it differently. The nuc was a good way to learn and being that it is late in the year. But next time I will do it in a very very strong colony that I will put into a swarm state. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXmVeHeljJ2Cj9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKchWSjeNRoopY kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH2vh51to72Af9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5y5hamjpL2VqLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqGnlJyIbpKCjM0 Here are some of the videos I had watched. Watch a bunch and take a little bit from here and a little bit from there to make what method works best for you. ☺️

[@dustinpotter8312]

Since you have taken the bull by the horns and you have a small armada of nuc hives you should look at Mel Disselkoen's approach to breaking the mites breeding cycle and his queen replacement methodology. With one caveat to his approach I have found using a small flat bladed screw driver with a blade no larger than a 1/4 inch I can pick a single worker cell with a fresh laid egg up to a two day old larvae to cause the bees to alter their behavior and turn that cell into a queen. If you are not using plasticell foundation you can cut the altered cell from the frame it is on and move it into a queenless nuc one day before hatching. You can still continue with your queen rearing program but you can rear dozens of more queens for a lot less activity on your behalf. If you go the route of small mating hives you can you can supply a number of them without disturbing your set queen supply chain or having to build a queen stack or buy a big queen cell incubator. You can stage your nucs to mature out when you want them to. Using Mr Disselkoen's "method" you wold use the hive tool to alter (bending the bottom of the cell downward being careful not to damage the egg or larvae) you would use the 1/4" flat bladed screw driver to do the same thing but only for one cell. Some times Mel would get more than one cell. A well populated nuc would be able tend one or two queen cells with ample food. Perhaps not as well as Michael Palmer demonstrates can be done but certainly well enough to to raise a queen. If you are not going to sell queens (though you sound like it is your goal) Mel's approach would be a quick way to supply your apiary's needs and to grow your apiary into multiple yards. Supplying a nuc with a cell is one thing but you can supply a nuc with a mated queen and have hatching workers days before a cell pop's and get mated and started laying. As soon as drones are getting capped you can beat their hatching with a selected/altered worker cell and have a queen ready for them to mate with.

[@dustinpotter8312]

Mel Disselkoen's link: kzbin.info?search_query=Mel+diessel+koen.

[@christianshannon3943]

Haha , those robbers will get ya . I think they make a mosquito type tent one can use to graft outside . Or ya may actually have to sit inside the vehicle to graft . Yes , you need to get the tiniest larvae . You’re doing great so far . Even if you get ten queen cells then that’s an accomplishment. They may be the queens you need for sure .

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Thank you ☺️ definitely will be going about things differently next time but that’s how you learn!

[@robson1381]

Muito bom o vídeo 👏

[@maxpower1337]

❤🐝👍

[@donaltland7957]

I read somewhere that you need 225 nurse bees per cell grafted. Your 5 frame nuc might be a little light on nurse bee numbers for the number of grafts that you did.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I can believe that! This is my first time grafting. Will be doing it differently next time but that’s how ya learn 😊 Was following Raymond Reynolds method. I originally had more bees in there but as always half of them left the nuc after. I made sure I had a lot of about to emerge brood in there tho

[@rodrigogabrecht7945]

👏👍💖

[@Faithbasedhomesteading]

Any more videos, how did it go?

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Yes! I show how it went in this video ☺️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5K4nX-hmLV6qK8si=nyUGaCi9hgkrc7CD

[@waynewatson-cedarbranchhiv8491]

I'd wait till spring, it's way to late this yr ! It won't work !

[@azurebapiaries6730]

Swarm cells and full box splits in spring will be your best way to increase a yard strong and catch local swarms in bait hives? Grafting is a high maintenance route that's more geared towards production IMHO. Btw suggest you get use to bee venom asap,it's an amazing medicinal right there at your disposal:) Happy beekeeping!

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I’m afraid I should probably get an epi pen first though. My last reaction to a sting scared me granted it was on my neck but my throat was very tight and purple. My grandpa was a beekeeper and became allergic after years of beekeeping. Just hoping the same doesn’t happen to me bc my body hasn’t been reacting well to the stings. 🤞🏼 time will tell. Hoping to catch some swarms in the spring!

[@azurebapiaries6730]

@@beefitbeekeeping if your well hydrated and relax calmly afterwards you'll be just fine! look into all the fantastic benefits of BVT then you may even begin to welcome the occasional hits? Enjoy your bees first n foremost though!

[@Jimflawless927]

What you need also is a set of op divisors the same ones that jewelers use that way to magnify just what you’re doing and you won’t have any more mistakes

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Ooooo that would be perfect. I’ll look into getting something to help me see better ☺️

[@joshtibbs6377]

Curious to know what your drone outlook is. Have you been running the desired genetics with other colonies generating drones with from queens with the desired trait. Successful vsh/pol-line breeders run thousands of colonies for this trait. Hence why I haven’t tried grafting and raising queens other than the splits I’ve done. I get back excellent queens in my area but ultimately these queens are mating with all kinds of different drones getting a mix of genetics instead of a targeted trait.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I haven’t yet but I will be. I am working my way there but can only expand as quickly as finances allow me too. Planning to bring in an inseminated VSH/pol-line breeder Queen in the spring to start setting that plan in motion. Once I distribute the daughters I raise off of her across my entire apiary I will be flooding the area with better drones

[@joshtibbs6377]

@@beefitbeekeeping oh I understand completely. I’ve went from 1 hive to 20+ in three years. I was fortunate to be able to acquire stuff cheap. Check out “The B Farm” In Louisiana. Their queen breeding program is impressive. That’s the direction I’m going

[@Jimflawless927]

Good luck I hope everyone takes. But what do you do with all the extra queens

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Ahhhh 😉 now that is coming soon been working hard to quickly build some “things” 🤫

[@denb7181]

Wrong time of year to be doing this

[@stevenkawano9746]

Holy🐄that was Super interesting I never even heard of grafting bees before but it totally makes sense and that grafting frame is Pretty, it reminds me of an abacus board we used to have when I was a kid😊Nosy bees I cracked up at that, they really do need to mind their own beesewax!😉😂🐝So what r the other bees robbing from ur hives by the way? That's crazy they even do that but it sounds like ur bees Definitely have a Good defense system so Yay for that at least!🏰Well fingers arms legs and eyes crossed this works can't wait till the next one! Hope u are having a Great weekend and I'll see U in the next one my Favorite Keeper☺️#emilyisthebeesknees💛 #graftingday🤞 #idreamofbees💤 #suckyqueen👑 #beefithoney🍯 #myfavoriteyoutuber📺 #staycool🥵😎

[@beefitbeekeeping]

The bees will rob each other of their food/resources bees are like teenage boys at a buffet, no matter how much they already have stored they can’t get enough. So in the fall time when the nectar flow slows they will begin robbing out other colonies. They will do it in the summer too but the fall is when it gets really bad. The screen help so they have a smaller hole that they need to defend ☺️

[@stevenkawano9746]

@@beefitbeekeeping Oh Wow! And having been a teenage boy at a buffet I can vouch that that is an accurate description!😉😂Fascinating ur little friends are and as Always I'm So Thankful that they have U as their Keeper, Best Keeper in Michigan if u ask me☺️👑🐝👏Happy Sunday Funday, Emily Hope ur having a Great one so far!😊#sundayfunday🌞 #beefithoney🍯

[@tedjackson5272]

I bought 10 queens from The B farm in Louisiana. They are there own genetics and are VSH. Very good honey producers too.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

The B farm. I’ll look them up! Happy to hear more people are doing that!

[@TennesseeTim38451]

I have literally got out of the bed and pulled all the covers off because I just had my smoker in my hands!! Waking up dreaming of working the bees!! 😂 I literally laughed myself back to sleep after realizing I didn’t set the bed on fire!!🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻😂😂😂❤️🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@beefitbeekeeping]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s hilarious 😆 glad I’m not the only one dreaming about them 😅

[@carolannjacques268]

What brand is the suit that you wear?

[@beefitbeekeeping]

The HumbleBee 420 Aero ☺️ it’s great. They will definitely be getting a returning customer from me

[@CastleHives]

I like your log book that you keep. I really should try to keep better records like that. I’m thinking next year might be the year I graft, we’ll see. I’m going to try using the Chinese grafting with bamboo when I graft.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

There’s a bamboo one? Sounds interesting! I ended up liking the German tool for putting the larva on the tool but then I could get it off. They need to have a German + Chinese tool combined. That would be the perfect tool

[@CastleHives]

@@beefitbeekeeping if you graft a lot, Pierce has a metal tool, it is pricey but really nice..

[@sarashappyhives1828]

Good luck 🍀 I am waiting for next year to try grafting again. I stopped splitting here in Indiana just letting them build up for winter now. I had a dream that I was keeping bees in an old hi fi stereo but spiders moved in on them 😬😂

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Spiders?! Oh man that ruins a good dream 🤣

[@vancetilley7942]

Fun videos! I use to fly cargo in and out of Willow Run Airport; now I live in New Zealand. Your videos reminded me of the area around Ypsilanti. Tip: if one hive is doing unusually better than the other hives in a yard…it may be robbing from the other hives. 👍🐝

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I’m a couple hours away from Ypsilanti ☺️ and yes I was thinking about that too. I put up robbing screens and that seems to be helping

[@rickabrams3422]

good for you. i'm also in my third year. i'm in the same boat with grafting. 2mos ago i had my first hand of grafting. #TotalFail but a great experience. 14:45 i know exactly how you feel there. the people that know what they are doing make it look so easy.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

They do 🤣 but we all start somewhere! Practice practice practice

[@rickabrams3422]

@@beefitbeekeeping you go it and thanks so much for bee-ing better than i in terms of being transparent and actually documenting this publicly. can't wait to see the results.

[@dcsblessedbees]

I was looking forward to this when ya mentioned you were gona give it a try. Genetic and good balanced diet.👍Be sure to do good research your queen suppliers. I want to see about getting me some Bee Weavers and Sol stock from Old Sol Apiaries here in Oregon. They also run Caucasian stock and I am real interested in them for excess propolis production this next season for my spring splits. I agree we can do a lot to help our bees through great genetics every little + helps our bees be healthier and that makes us happier beekeepers. Great note keeping btw, I need to do better in that department. Is that #7 the grumpy ones, I have heard Sascatraz(sure I spelt it wrong) can be a bit more aggressive similar to some Weavers. Ty very much for sharing your time, Blessed Days...

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I would say #7 is mild but that could just be because of time of year the bees in this apiary are nothing compared to my Italians in my other location. My Italians are mean little bees. But very productive which is why I’ve kept them. Definitely going to do more research into any genetics I bring in. Rookie mistake bringing in bees from Oliverez. At least personally I have not had the best of luck with the queens I bought from them. Mountain sweet honey is where my Italians were from when I got them 3 years ago. Since then they’ve been breeding with the locals and the 3 hives I had from that stock have gotten more and more aggressive each time they requeeen. I’m interested in bee weaver I’m just worried about bringing a Texan bee to Michigan. Not sure if they would be able to handle our winters. Might try one out and see tho. Genetics definitely are key 🔑

[@dcsblessedbees]

@@beefitbeekeeping That's were I'm at atm trying out different genetic strains to see what I like best for my area. Ya you get some nasty weather off the lakes out there. I have a brother what live in Michigan somewhere lol. Have a great Day.

[@michaelshelnutt3534]

Kaymon Reynolds says “Good genetics, good nutrition, low mites”

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Those are definitely the key to sustainable beekeeping!

[@chuckcampbell3927]

🛫📖🛬 Emily, Did you try Kona Queens in Hawaii. They are very genetically sound and beautiful Queens. They sell Italian and carniolan. The Italians are beautiful in color and very calm. GOD Bless 📖🛐✈️🐆

[@beefitbeekeeping]

No I have not! I’ll look into them tho ☺️

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

Seems hard buy I wouldn't try it

[@beefitbeekeeping]

The only way to learn is to try 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

@@beefitbeekeeping Yelp I would one day it just looks little hard. I delta with some hives the other day that's bee setting for ten years so pretty hard to inspect some dead and some alive

[@benjaminmeadows1380]

😊 and have good day

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

This time of year, I’m doing ultra bee pollen. The bees love those patties and they are not over priced. No high fructose corn syrup. Most have it. Be careful

[@beefitbeekeeping]

I’ve been looking for some good Patties to try. Not a fan that most companies don’t list their ingredients for that exact reason. Thanks for the rec!!

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

@@beefitbeekeeping ultra bee is used by many. It’s on Amazon next day most of the time.

[@theterriblebeekeeper7435]

As A Michigan Beekeeper I tried exactly what you tried at this Exact time last year, I learned a lot of lesson on timing, best of luck, grafting is my out right passion, I just pulled a grafting frame that was 40 out 45 that took, they are in the incubator now, grafting was important for a three gen package requeen experiment I did this year. I'll give you 10 virgins free I needed 5 I got 40 (overwinter queen of 2 winters)

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Yes I am seeing that timing IS everything. Where are you located? I am looking for more queens. I am in the middle of building 20 double story nucs that I plan to make up to over winter in. I’m a little behind in timing, seems I’m learning everything about what plan I want to take with my beekeeping 1 week too late 😅 next year will be better now that I know. Just trying to make the most out of what’s left of the season to set me up good next year.

[@theterriblebeekeeper7435]

@@beefitbeekeeping Hillsdale area but if you give them a good home I'll get them to you anywhere in the State, when you close your eyes and instead of black, you see ur queens, you know the bee addiction has hit it's final stage 😂 you are living my 2nd year beekeeping as we speak, I tried to stock 20 5x5 brood factories this time last year, because I was learning to graft and had 20 queens extra at the time. This year I ran an experiment to turn two packages into 14 hives 28 queens 2 packaged queens 14 first gen daughters and 14 - 2nd gen daughters for overwintering, my last grafts are from my over winter genetic line I did as a for fun graft, she gave me my first purple queen.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

@@theterriblebeekeeper7435 a purple queen?! Wow I didn’t even know that was possible. Yes I will happily give them a new home. Do you have a Facebook or somewhere for me to contact you? I would just give ya my # but I don’t want to post my phone number here publicly 🤣

[@theterriblebeekeeper7435]

@@beefitbeekeeping idk youtube seems not to be posting my reply on how to get ahold of me, if it is but not updating on my end my bad for more than one reply I just don't talk alot on KZbin so idk much bout posting on it

[@beefitbeekeeping]

@@theterriblebeekeeper7435 nope you didn’t post twice. Didn’t post for some reason. Here’s my email. Shoot me an email and we can figure it out how to communicate that way ☺️ [e-mail]

[@caseyolson0369]

Watch the videos Bob Binnie does about grafting. Should help you a lot.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Haven’t checked him out yet, I will thank you!

[@geanitsucuneli4791]

Good luck with mating !Usual this part of the year you will get 35-40% of your Queens mate!! Too late for making Queens .Mating them now naturally is very hard.That is why ,you need to learn how to make them in the lab.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Hmmm good to know thanks for the heads up

[@michaelbarnes1747]

A magnifying glass hat works great

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Yes I definitely NEED to get one!

[@michaelbarnes1747]

It's actually a visor with magnifying lenses and a magnifying glass folds down also has a battery operated light you can get one at harbor freight tools very reasonable price works great for me.

[@randyclinganfarms4806]

It is probably late to raise Queens and get them mated and laying to build up before winter Good Luck

[@masnurbertak]

Semua ada catatannya ni kawan..

[@beefitbeekeeping]

♥️ thanks for watching friend 🙏🏼

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

Funny how one hive will do so well and others do nothing.

[@beefitbeekeeping]

Right?!