Look at the A** on That Queen, Golden West Queen Checks

a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog

[@kthp2343]

Never seen that coloring on a queen before. She's so pretty! And easy to see too.

[@musamusin2525]

Southern blood lines usually show weeker ability to get over winter time - sitting inside the box for over six months is tough and they discharge their stomach inside a hive and get sick. So they require special attention in terms of type and quality of honey they're outwinter on. I have a white envy for your mechanisation and access to the beekeeping equipment, as well as for your sophisticated winter shed. Good luck in your work. God bless.

[@researcherAmateur]

Yap. Even in Italy they have darker bees in the mountains and winter brood breaks. The blondes are close to the sea all over Mediterranean and they can fly all year round. A little bit simplified.. there are subspecies all yellow too

[@lenturtle7954]

We used to buy packages fr all over the world We never had much trouble wintering in Saskatchewan where its seriously cold . Its more about setting them up to succeed than genetics . People want bees that are easier on winter honey stores it seems . Huge hives are what we are after as we have 3 months to build up befor our money making honey flow so hige winter colonies are best for us . Now with mites its a bit different where genetics will make a difference and disease control has always been a concern .there are good methods coming lately for helping control disease . I see Ians huge spring hives and his work with the ones that are failing and know he will succeed,because he does the work required to be a beekeeper .

[@researcherAmateur]

It's all hybridized anyway. I watch people over there on KZbin every day seeing a dark queen and say these are carnies or some other northern subspecies. Than l look at her bees and see every color there is. It's not about the queen's color it's her bees that are important.

[@novascotiabeekeeper848]

Golden West is the name of Randy Olivers Business I believe

[@donotcare330]

We know anything done by Randy Oliver is going to be top tier! Great guy!

[@plainsimple442]

Hope that you have a great year Ian!

[@raymondwidell8701]

Carrie, proving once again that she is the "Queen of Queens"

[@time2fly2124]

carrie with the "hitchikers guide" reference, i approve!

[@3GBees]

Right?!

[@nemanjafilipovic6422]

Great video as always! Can you tell us a bit more about your requeening technique. Greetings from Serbia!

[@researcherAmateur]

We had those when my father started.. being on an island. But over time we switched to our country original bees. The gray carnies. But who can say what's in those queens. It can be just their color. It's the offspring that's important. Good luck with the adventure

[@dcsblessedbees]

Must be Spring time on the farm.👍

[@lenturtle7954]

We ran italians in the 80s in Central Sask with great success 2 high deeps wintered out doors . I now see at least 7 visible differences in my queens offspring and years ago about 4 fr yellow queens however i never looked as closely then as i do now

[@boboften9952]

I owe , I owe It's off to work I go With a shovel of shit And a face of grit I owe , I owe

[@gregm312]

nice

[@tjjastrem127]

Wow they are beautiful. Hope they work well for you

[@jeremynitz3682]

Giving the golden west a try myself.

[@aaronparis4714]

Go Carie

[@aaronparis4714]

I have a Italian hive and she is a bright calafonia Italian but they are not a strong winter colony

[@lenturtle7954]

Maybe cordovan Itallian they have a more bronze colored thorax Shes an active beauty no less

[@aaronparis4714]

She is pretty

[@teresalett4493]

Can’t miss her

[@bienenwerker]

Hi Jan, I am very curious if they will perform as well as the true italian queens you have got last

[@sergepajcin1255]

Local queens works not adapted issue in winter

[@jasonseaward8506]

I got the 1st like and comment. Yaaaayyyyyy lmao. Keep up the awesome work you do. Thank you for all that you share

[@GG-cd6pr]

Bella regina. Arancione. Le producente voi

[@researcherAmateur]

​@@GG-cd6pr no, comprate. Vuole vedere come pasano nell suo clima in baraca. Non scrivo bene il Italiano

[@mikedean1558]

G’day, just wondering, how long do you wait to introduce a new Queen after you pinch off the old one. Thanks 😊

[@Peter_Gunn]

How do you put the holes in your foam that's in your incubator?

[@dvjohn133]

Are you see drone brood or drones in the hives yet ?

[@marklaszlodobos348]

Buckfast?

[@jeffreyking1745]

Comment

[@Ktish74]

I see you changed the queen rearing system a little. Have you started using six frames nucs as a finisher? Or as starters? Are they queenless or with a queen? Could you tell us a little about what has changed and what’s new?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Yes I can Exactly the same set up except in a 6 to stove pipe the bees a bit more onto the graft frames

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Queenless, with rotated brood frames. 6 lbs of bees instead of 10 lbs in a single

[@Beekeepeng.]

Бакфаст? Или итальянка?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

I believe Italian type

[@Beekeepeng.]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogа как они зимуют в ваших условиях? Мне кажется что эти пчёлы для тёплых штатов

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

These queens are bred for different reasons and purposes so ya, the mix will be interesting to observe

[@zarkobojanic2141]

Italijanska i carnica su poreklom sa alpa.carnica je sa severo -zapadne strane a Italijanka sa južne.

[@zongshunliang9928]

American make