🔵Making a Summer Split

Splitting a colony successfully
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[@oneshoo]

Kaymon I bought a set of Hive Butler’s for my rooftop apiary when I started 3 years ago. For my situation they are invaluable. I empty all of my honey supers in them, and lower the Hive Butler Boxes through a hatch in the roof. They work great! I also use them as you did in transferring frames and such all season long. Great product! 👍

[@kamonreynolds]

Really? I was wondering how you got your honey off of that roof! Hope you are having a great season Mr. Howard

[@oneshoo]

@@kamonreynolds They are also great to store all of my medium honey frames in after the bees clean them up and I freeze them. After this years crop, I’m going to have to buy a couple more boxes. 👍

[@TheHiveButler]

Love to hear this! 🥰

[@robinfrazier9763]

Well ol bud. I will tell you this when you get 80 years you will not use those deep boxes for supers so you better enjoy now . Rob.

[@kamonreynolds]

We are switching more and more to mediums because I don't enjoy them that much at 32!

[@yasminnilima2366]

@@kamonreynolds 😆 I know what you mean, my man build stuff for me, but the hives I have to menage by myself...

[@SilverGorilla1776]

At 50 I agree. I swear my bees are somehow packing lead. 😂 Those boxes seem to get heavier every year.

[@davidryle1164]

I'm 60 now and everything is now medium's, why I didn't change over years ago is beyond me.

[@lpriddy2929]

When you’re 60 you won’t like to either!!! Layens hives solves that

[@zetectic7968]

Another relaxing, calm bee video to watch 😉That was almost a black queen. The bees look as if they are thriving this summer. Thanks for sharing 👍 Having the right tools makes a job a lot easier.

[@brucesbees]

Great video Kamon. Smooth and uneventful split. The best kind! Thanks for sharing my friend.

[@TheSoilandGreen]

6:56 that’s huge lol dark black too, very nice. I guess when I get good at queen rearing I’ll have a better idea what a big queen is. This queen is longer but not bigger round than my best queen so I can’t wait to see how big queens can get. Thanks guys

[@SilverGorilla1776]

Hey Kamon, wanted to let you know I bought a couple of those neck fans. Thanks for the tip. It does help keep my face drier. Sweat in the eyes is a real problem for me. I’ve used it once and did what I wanted. Again, thanks! 👍

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks for the feedback Silver. 👍

[@theresawheeler4566]

My husband and I went to the last conference and it was awesome! We are definitely going to the next one! Please let us know when you're selling the tickets because we don't want to miss out! Thank you for all you guys do!

[@kamonreynolds]

We certainly will!

[@theresawheeler4566]

@@kamonreynolds thank you! 💓

[@bradgoliphant]

I too have super calm bees on the frames. They are so still. I too got an amazing queen.

[@michelemcleod9963]

It took me a while to find a Canadian supplier for the hive butler but I found one in Quebec and I love love this box. I wasn’t able to pick up a full super full of honey so now I use that to lighten the load and M able to pick up half a medium with little upset. Are used to need my partner out there now I’m a one man one woman show!

[@BillyBobBrookTrout]

Hi, where in Quebec please?

[@danskisbees7348]

I didn't realize that the Hive Butler has those sleeves for the frames, pretty cool!👍

[@cbbees1468]

They also have enough room between frames to store wide honey frames and clearance for swarm cells at the bottom. They were really helpful with storage and doing a split this season. Got the one that comes with both styles of lids for storage and the other one with ventilation for work in the yard.

[@danskisbees7348]

@@cbbees1468 Thank you Chris! I think a Hive Butler is going to be my next beekeeping purchase. 😀

[@cbbees1468]

@@danskisbees7348 Nice! I think they are still offering the discount for mentioning Fred's name. The code didn't apply in the cart but when I emailed Tracy about it, she applied the 10% discount.

[@jedd.5407]

Here in central North Carolina we are starting to see the food sources drop. Especially after this past week of hurricane wind and rain. I started feeding heavy just for that reason! Thanks for the videos Kamon! Yours are the best.

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks Jed. Hope this rain helps the fall flow do very well for us all!

[@OklahomaBeekeeper]

And that's why I like you, keep those "Made in America " plugs goings-on. I can't wait for the next video on comb drawing. Plus my wife has me checking your personal Facebook page every day for the sign up for this second conference

[@truthhurts2149]

I just did a walk away split. First one. The double deep hive was so overcrowded I couldn't believe it. I waited way too long to go into hive. Multiple queen cells. I absolutely could not find that queen. About to inspect today and see which one has eggs. Hopefully the one that I didn't put the queen cell in.

[@SummitForWellness]

The hive butler looks like an awesome tool for catching swarms as well! I've got hives on 2 different lots about 30 minutes away and sometimes I have to transport splits from one property to the other, that would be perfect to do it with.

[@randallcarter-carterhillho2277]

Another great video!! Thank you.

[@jeckyll]

Just bought the Hive Butler after seeing it in use in this video. Thanks.

[@weshawkins7165]

I just inspected my hives yesterday in a 100 degree weather and when I got to the outside frame where I wasn’t expecting to see her there she was on the outside of the outside frame. I see you introduce a new Queen right away into a spit. I was told to let the hive go queenless for 48 hrs to let them know their queenless and accept a new queen better.

[@timjones6637]

That is what I was told too but, not on a split hives.

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Wes. This is one of my queens and she had some good magic when I pulled her out of the mating nuc so that helps on intro. Also I fed them, and there was nothing but young bees. She is laying away!

[@researcherAmateur]

@@kamonreynolds in this situation you could direct relise.. if she just moveing from hive to hive and doesn't stop laying. I make them like that with feed and direct relise the queens that seme mourning. It doesn't take long for them to realise they need a queen.. and they have no problem with a big laying one. If she shrinks in a cage for 12-24h than they don't like her. I'm not telling you to do it.. it works for me..

[@pmac5621]

Hi Kamon, I made my first big sale of queens/nucs on Friday and Im excited to be on my way to becoming a commercial beekeeper! I do have questions about the proper way to store comb though and wondered what you do? Also, how can I sign up for the conference? Cant wait to see everyone again!

[@kamonreynolds]

Almost have registration up P Mac. Congrats on your first big sell hopefully the first of many! I store my comb dry in the open air. I will do my best to do a video on that this summer

[@SilverGorilla1776]

Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees Doing a video on how to store drawn comb would be very helpful to many here I’m sure. Thanks for all you do!

[@SilverGorilla1776]

Congrats P Mac! That’s awesome. The first of many I hope.

[@pmac5621]

@@SilverGorilla1776 I'm really thankful for the KZbin beekeeping community as the information really helps new beekeepers succeed!. :)

[@douglasrush5060]

Bee POWER!

[@bradgoliphant]

Well, I'm finally putting my Flow Super on my hive tomorrow. And I'm taking your suggestion to leave the queen excluder off for about 21 days. I may just leave it off, because I have double deep frames and on every side of each frame there is over 7" of capped honey. I doubt the queen will cross it. But will certainly keep a check on everything. Thanks Kamon.

[@mikesbeesllc]

Good morning Kamon. Thank you for another great video.

[@staffordmike4174]

Will enjoy a comb-building video!

[@michaelclancy3644]

Remind us again how you store your frames until needed.

[@robertward5595]

Thank you for this video. I've been making splits and I'm new at doing this. I just learned what my mistakes have been. I have not been putting bee bread over in my splits. Thank you.

[@bradsmith3303]

Awesome! I missed your conference last year. Lord willing I'm planning to make it this year.

[@yoopermann7942]

that was a cool beautiful sight this morning,, you made it look easy

[@beesandtractors]

Great video! That's my kind of split!!

[@kimbergrowsagreenthumb]

Can’t wait for that comb video! I’m a newbee and would love to have some extra!

[@carrollrhodes4050]

Enjoyed your video, K and L. Carroll

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks Carroll 😊

[@Keith-xc9wf]

So a silly question-why do you put the excluder in between the 2 brood boxes? So is one a brood box and one is a honey super?

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Sounds like the conference is on. Is there a registration link yet? Thank you so much for adding that fan to your store. I ended up getting one of your listed vented jacket suits instead. And I love the hooked hive tool we bought earlier!

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Michael just talking about it registration will begin very soon. Goal is by the end of the month.

[@seanweddington5960]

Thanks for the informative video, Kaymon. Question: why would you need to feed the hive with the “old” queen in it as you left them plenty of resources in the top box?

[@adammcintyremusic4727]

Right on time; I’m doing this for the first time on Thursday.

[@hansfreundwich8331]

Love your videos. And Laurel does such a great job with the camera! Question on excluders: If the queen is confined to just one deep, how does she not want to swarm when all her cells are filled with eggs or larvae? Mine always want to venture to the next box up.

[@jerryjohnson9356]

Hey Kamon (and Laurel!), I also just bought a hive butler from seeing the use in the video. I seem to remember that last year, you mentioned that you were trying to switch to CARNI's. So, being an experimenter also, I decided to go Carni in all my hives (5). I notice calmer genetics within them, but, they don't seem to be the prolific honey producers as the Italians. I also have many frames with capped honey in the top halves and quite a bit of nectar stored in the remainder. It seems to be taking longer for the bees to cap/dry down these frames. It is going to be the norm from now on? Thanks for your excellent guidance over the years. Jerry

[@kathyhathaway8823]

What do you think the chances are the bees swarming in say mid Summer to the fall time . I know spring is a big chance . Thanks again for all your video’s

[@tedjackson5272]

Morning Kamon!

[@samkuhl]

Thank you for the video getting ready to try the same thing

[@BlanchardsBees]

🐝I switched to using a bright pink marking pen this year because the white is really hard for me to see.

[@hopesadler4000]

Kanon. Thanks for the video. This time of year, I was wondering how successful it would be to use your 3 way mating box for splits with frames with eggs/young larvae and not a queen cell with a shake of nurse bees, pollen patty and sugar solution? Also, are you feeding pollen subsitute and sugar solution now in the dearth? Lastly, with supers off, will you be treating with oxalic vapor now? Thank you.

[@paulhaney7734]

How soon do you treat a summer split and do you treat it with OA or would you prefer a Thymol treatment for a new split?

[@thatguy3456]

Weird I live in Maine out flow starts at the beginning of September. I wonder why our fall flows are almost at the same time even though we live in such different climates.

[@lindalowery7575]

We have a hive butler, I like it for frames of bees but it does not work for collecting honey frames. It bows out, frames fall around and it was a sticky mess

[@TheHiveButler]

Hi Linda! Send us an email [e-mail]. I have an adaptor I can send you!

[@solivaguswayfarer]

Nice video Kamon! Any chance you can share how you store your extra combs?

[@mikeknop6067]

USA

[@Springhillshoney]

Have you guys ever made a split and put a queen directly from a mating nuc into the split with no introduction period?

[@CastleHives]

January conference, that is great news. .

[@thatguy3456]

I understand why bees swarm because of being to crowded, I know how qmp works. Why does backfilling the brood nest cause bees to swarm? I don’t know what pheromones make bees swarm because of them being honeybound.

[@PapaBee165]

Kamon, how long can you bank a caged queen in a queen right hive?

[@kamonreynolds]

I don't know papa bee. I have never banked over a week and I hated to do that but the queens seemed fine

[@burleybeeyard]

Do you use the foamies this time of year in your mating Nucs?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey burley I do on the 3 way nucs. It keep the compartments separate.

[@Xray.71]

Kamon, I’ve got a odd smell coming from 1 of my hives. If it’s fermenting honey…. What do I do with those frames if that’s the case?

[@photodave01]

Kaymon, what is your normal camera you use to film your videos?

[@duynguyen8784]

Kay on, do you ship bees and queen to California?

[@talmonkelley4948]

can you tell me the cost of starting a small bee hive for a beginner here in tn.

[@kamonreynolds]

Buy equipment from the Amish in Franklin KY or Lawrence burg TN and you can save some money. But with bees, boxes, frames, beesuits, smoker and feed we are talking 500 bucks min.

[@talmonkelley4948]

@@kamonreynolds thank you maybe a while before I get started can't afford that I will just keep watching and dreaming for now

[@williamkellogg6693]

What should I do for an aggressive hive

[@amylarson3958]

I have heard that it's not such a good idea to make splits in late summer because there are fewer drones.

[@originalwoolydragon8387]

The queen he added to the split had already mated and was laying eggs.

[@trentneumann5788]

Are there any suppliers in Australia? I would like to buy a few thanks

[@TheHiveButler]

We have lots and lots of beekeepers in Australia that want Hive Butlers! We have yet to find a bee retailer ‘down under’. Have your local bee equipment supplier reach out to us, we’d love to start getting Hive Butlers down to you!

[@yasminnilima2366]

Where do I sign up for the conference? Just so I do not miss out!

[@kamonreynolds]

I will let you know Yasmin 😊

[@yasminnilima2366]

@@kamonreynolds 🥰 I really hope to come! It will be soo fun! I bet my eyes will be wide open and my mouth hanging at all too see and meet😁

[@saeed4ish]

Hi dear yesterday I saw your video a bout the pen marker I can’t find it in Amazon the yelow color Let me know thanks

[@rylanpina9798]

I not sure but i hope someone can help me here. Me and brother own two bee hives one is a split from the first (the white hive) and the first (the blue hive) when we took our first split from the blue hive and put it into the white hive unknowingly we moved the queen in the split, which was not a problem for us. Once we realized we moved the queen we kept checking the white hive for queen cells and queens it has been about a month and a half maybe more since the split we had seen many queen cells but no sign of a queen and they should have all been hatched by now. So we gave them a new frame of eggs also when we gave them the egg we saw a large of of drones but no eggs. Today I went to check the blue hive to see if they had a queen cell. I took of the medium and the top deep. Once I removed the very end frame just to check for eggs they became very aggressive and I saw mostly drones. So the questions I have are, does anyone know why the has so many drones and what should I do about the queen situation?

[@ericgauthier8695]

FANTASTIC VIDOES as usual my brother!!! Is there an email where I can contact you ? I have something that I would like to send in to you to show you my support 😊🇺🇸

[@samkuhl]

I love the storage box how much are they

[@michaelclancy3644]

Hive Butler - look them up - they have their own web site.

[@raymondhunter2401]

Where can you buy bee bread?

[@daverowden-RowdyBeeFarms]

Has the Hive Life conference been posted so we can sign up? BTW Thanks for the videos

[@kamonreynolds]

Not yet but soon. the Plan is end of month

[@scottfortune9016]

Kamon, how do you store extra comb?

[@davidpatrick1813]

I just tried by first split last week and I blew it. I think. I did a walk away and only set the second deep top super on a new bottom board about 15 feet away. ... I took bad advice I guess. I am afraid to open and inspect a hive (only one trying to make second) worried I'll hurt them with my ignorance. Well, second hive the next day with small opening on restrictor most all bees went "drifted back" to the first ... I can hear bees inside the second one ... I've not seen one bee fly out and come back ... never seen any come in. ... they have pushed out some nearly full sized bees ... like no landing pad activity ... zero if not less than 5 bees ... but can hear them buzzing... The box has one feeder and I think all the rest is honey. I've never taken honey before. The box was so heavy ... I is like lifting a 50 or more pound bag of grain. So toiling over what to do. First hive active as can beee and I put a short super with foundation on that .. likely drawing now.

[@kingragnar423]

Bro. You have so jumped the shark. But all good. Keep at it bro

[@kamonreynolds]

Thanks for the feedback but you're dead wrong. I am just busy pulling drums of honey, setting up a new extraction line, dropping cells, making splits, feeding bees, treating for mites, paperwork & investing, working on half a dozen videos, a conference, and networking with most of the major and minor companies in this country and more. I haven't even begun yet. The videos level out when I am fixing to take it up 4 levels from my 90 hour work weeks. You might not be feeling it on your end but I do on the flip side bro

[@greenhornbeekeeping]

Wow African queen

[@carrollrhodes4050]

Raymond, I was worried about someone calling Kamon's queen, "African" so I read all the comments. On a superficial basis, appearance, behavior on the comb, wing perimeter, and her offspring I doubt that she is African. My best guess is that she is a wonderful Caucasian. Carroll

[@altaylor293]

@@carrollrhodes4050 Likely a carniolan queen.

[@carrollrhodes4050]

@@altaylor293 Doubtful.

[@timjones6637]

I thought I supposed replace deep comb for every three year??

[@kamonreynolds]

That is a myth but you can if you want to

[@timjones6637]

@@kamonreynolds Good to know. Thank you! 👍🏻

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Wow why sooooo much bee space in that plastic hive? Looks like you will have burr comb mania! YES - No?

[@davidpatrick1813]

I NEED SOME HELP .. MAYBE A QUEEN ... HOW TO I GET IN TOUCH AND TALK ABOUT IT.?

[@Jared-Brubaker]

Are conference tickets for sale yet?

[@kamonreynolds]

Hey Jared not quite but getting real close. I will have a video or two on it so no one misses

[@loganv0410]

Conference in Jan??!?