Making a Double Queen Colony “Over/Under” - Phase 1

[@benjamintmehaffey]

Hey Matt! What happened with this experiment? Was thinking of doing this and searched you tube and youve tried it! Im in Jax. Fl. Funny

[@BeeLife]

Anything odd with the second queen? Check out the update to see what happened to her.

[@bamo2495]

Hi,Bahi apiculteur Algérie

[@fredfable5655]

There is not any advantage in a plastic excluder ... you are a rookie. Still very rookie.

[@BeeLife]

I respect your opinion; however, I’d love to see your hive’s Mr. Fred Fable and see what a non-rookie like you keeps. Beekeepers may disagree and some may even claim to have decades more experience than another beekeeper but when it comes down to it, the proof is in the quality of their hives… and I don’t mean the fancy paint jobs on the outside - I mean the bees in them. I’ve got several apiaries full of healthy colonies brimming with bees right now. I keep my colony numbers under 100 because I also keep a full time job. If I just focused on bees, I’d simply produce in more abundance because I can. I don’t refer to books or watch videos like you just did about beekeeping. I post my experiences. I do read scientific journals about any new developments as well as old journals from before Varroa as there is great knowledge there. I listen to my mentor Eugene Killion. But in the end, I work with my bees. That’s what I do. I’d also post more well thought out videos instead of random ones like I’ve done with this channel if I just had the time. I’m definitely a rookie video guy. Maybe one day that’ll get better. And for the record, there are A FEW (if you think I’m implying they are the greatest thing ever you are wrong) advantages to plastic excluders aside from being cheap- one big one is WEIGHT savings. I’ve got a hundred metal excluders sitting in the shed right now and can’t pick them all up at once with out breaking a sweat and those are just for 8 frame boxes. I could easily pick up 100 plastic excluders. You can debate me all you want with your implied infinite beekeeping experience on that one but in the end physics will side with me. It’s the same reason why I can easily carry 20 plastic nucs stacked inside of each other vs maybe two or three 5 frame wooden nuc boxes in one go around. Assuming that you have bees, I wish you the best of luck with them. I just logged into the channel after being gone over a year and you reeled me in on that one 🎣

[@johnstockburn6396]

@@BeeLife AND !!!!! You forgot to mention ,he does not have to watch your channel as I am sure there are plenty of others to watch ,....if you cannot say anything nice ,..don't say anything at all ....