Micro colonies Part 1 🐝

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Tips on starting new colonies of stingless bees. Starting out with minimal structure and bees you will slowly learn to make your own with ease.
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@pokosyanggandurchannel8889 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Sir 4 your video....it really help me who wants to know more about austro plebeia because We have same species ,i am in merauke papua .. And i try to take care austro plebeia now

@kelulutjohor9672 5 жыл бұрын

Hye there, thank you for your video, it really give me inspiration for stinglessbee breeding. May i ask something, at min 9:00, u did mention, ' i use 6 colonies' ,can you elaborate more on this? Thanks.

@odinmatanguihan5086 Жыл бұрын

Hi nick, I just have one question. How did you produce stingless bee wax? I mean is it just dried propolis or is there a way to separate the gum/resin from the wax?

@KRISHNA9999 3 жыл бұрын

Wow great! What size is your hives?

@farmbags 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your share 👍👍 good job

@sepradikmadubangka9857 4 жыл бұрын

greetings from Indonesia🙏🙏

@jacobwilliams751 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Great video! Question, How far apart do you place your hives? You mention that you put the new micro colony in the original place. But what do you do with the existing hive? Does it get shifted a large distance away +5kms or do you keep it close and the re position is enough for the bees to now only come back to the mother hive? Thanks

@australiannativebee3662 6 жыл бұрын

Very close indeed in this instance the mother hive was moved 1.5 meters to the right. Currently they colony is going great but bee numbers where dropping. So naturally I swapped the hive positions again and re-boosted the micro colony. Hope this helps you and thank you for leaving a great question. 👍🏻

@jacobwilliams751 6 жыл бұрын

Australiannativebee WOW, so they won’t ditch one hive and just all return to either the mother hive or the micro colony with the hives being so close together? They will stick to there own designated hive separately.

@australiannativebee3662 6 жыл бұрын

At 300mm they will find their way to the mother hive and only Bees on brood will remain in micro hive. At 600mm about 1/3rd will remain going to micro colony. The rest will go to the mother. At 1.2 meters most will stay with the micro. At 2.2 meters you can safely assume the bees won’t find their way back and a new flight path is formed for the mother colony. The 5km thing is to erase a flight path by establishing a new one. But here the original flight path is maintained and in my case only temporarily used to establish the micro colony. I hope this helps and doesn’t make things more confusing for you.

@Madukalimantan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video 👍

@ONEwithNature 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing. Share more videos :|)

@BegHN25 3 жыл бұрын

今天是世界蜜蜂日。20-5-2021. World bees day.大家要愛護蜜蜂。

@Proffzyx 4 жыл бұрын

Hey nick does the bees inside the micro colony will goes back to the main colony.. is it possible?? how bees recognize the path again

@jakoj2098 4 жыл бұрын

interesting so is this in replacement of a split so you can effectively make a new colony from a hive 2-3 times a year instead of 12 month splits or will the two original halves still be added to empty sides? so you can add pollen but not honey to Carb hives?

@australiannativebee3662 4 жыл бұрын

jako j yes that’s correct. But bee warned that these take a lot of care. Maybe some failure too before you get it right. Tiny bit of pollen smaller is better.

@antonythomas8291 5 жыл бұрын

I have a few questions sir. 1. What is the UMF value in honey from that area? 2. What is the annual out put of extracted honey from this colony you have designed?

@Budidaya_Kelulut 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@beauspinks2200 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, how long until the mother hive will be able to replace the removed brood?

@australiannativebee3662 5 жыл бұрын

Beau Spinks less than a month if it’s strong

@strlngybarkjulian8650 6 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, why would one choose to limit the amount of space provided in a hive, under what is currently advised. Obviously in the wild bees can inhabit extremely small spaces, however this is dictated by the availability of hollows and not necessarily a choice made by the bees. Is this not the equivalent of "keeping a horse in the closet"? I'm all for experimenting arround the limitations of natives, but surely this exercise was one born out of self-interest rather than tge interests of said colony?

@australiannativebee3662 6 жыл бұрын

Great question Julian! When native Bees first start their colonies in the wild a wax sheet is laid underneath where the queen is to lay. When she arrives (usually day 3) while colonization is happening the Bees work first to create a cup or cradle of involucrum to cover the brood. This is to help them control the humidity of the brood. They minimize the brood area. In water meters you can see large wax sheets constructed that look like a flat sheet of paper to make the area smaller. Later they remove these when they need more area. In the past I have tried much larger hives and seen the brood deteriorate because it gets to cold or hot. This hive will later have a top box added to it (once full) and after that a honey super. The smallest hive I have see carbonaria placed in 1litre which I felt was to small for them. When catching swarms Dean has told me that they won’t move into a 3L hive so one might presume they measure the space like Apis before moving in? Who knows. If anyone watching has had experience with making small colonies I’d love to hear from you in the comments. I hope this answer helps Julian. Kind regards Nick

@strlngybarkjulian8650 6 жыл бұрын

Australiannativebee Yes, very interesting mate. I've just posted online a link to your page and microcolonies. I see them as being a kin to an ant farm for bees. May give one a go myself.