Nicot Queen Rearing | KODIAK FARM BEES

[@TennesseeMountainBees]

Awesome video Lee! I'd never seen the nicot system explained so well! I really like the concept. That second swarm is looking great. Beautiful comb! Thank you for sharing!

[@DRIECUTHoney]

It’s always good to see new wax!

[@randyclinganfarms4806]

HOPE YOU HAVE GOOD LUCK HIVE LOOK GREAT.

[@SilverGorilla1776]

That hives looking great Lee. Very good video on the nicot system. Be looking foreword to part 2. Thanks.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Looking forward to seeing it.

[@jeremytillman500]

Nice video Lee! Keep up the good work👍

[@dcsblessedbees]

Thanks Lee, I was looking forward to this. Buddy, I really enjoy your videos and love the entro music, play🎸me 👍some more of that funky music.🎸 But sometimes, it looks like you need to take a breath and let it out slowly to relax some. It appears like, sometimes you have so much information to say, ya forget to 🌬breath, I know I do it when I'm talking about bees.😅 Keep up the great work Lee, I'm really looking forward to following this series and this system. 🤠 Lee, Ty you for your time, Blessed Days...

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Nice job man👍 smoke em if you got em, LoL thanks I'll be looking for part two. Good health and God bless

[@sarashappyhives1828]

Thank you for making something that seems complicated look easy to do! 😊

[@KajunHomestead]

Great video LEE

[@SoapsNSudsNSuch]

Awesome video!

[@daisyshoney6021]

I agreed with Tennessee Mountain Bees, "Nicot System explained so Well! " Spray a little sugar water would help speed up the bees on the Nicot frame.

[@HaselorHoney]

Thanks for sharing Lee, this is one system I need to try. Fingers crossed you get some great queens 🐝🐝🐝

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

I hope everything works out for this system. Stay tuned for part 2

[@HaselorHoney]

@@KodiakFarmBeesLee I’m looking forward to it 👍

[@ME_MeAndMyBees]

Tip : Use one of the 'Holders' so it is pushed down firmly onto of your x111 Cells, chosen from that Cup Cassette Frame Unit. Super easy way to lift up those Cups with an Egg / Larva in them ! No Rubber Tweezers are needed. And no trouble picking them up with your Fingers either. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@TexasBeekeeper]

Looking good Lee. Man for a 5 frame nuc recently upgraded to 10 frames, they're doing great! I have the cheap version of this nicot system, but havent used it yet. Look forward to seeing more.

[@MohamedUAE]

Thank you man for the video. Well explained. Your videos are well appreciated as we all know how much time it takes to editing these videos for us to watch...keep it up one day you'll have thousands of subscribers.

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

It does take time to make these video. It's worth all the work, to help others. Thank for watching

[@CastleHives]

Always been curious how the Nicot system works.

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

I hope I don't mess anything up. 😱

[@davidwatts4781]

Great Video Lee. I had been planning on trying to use the jzbz cups to graft. I have never really seen the nicot system explained. I may have to give that system a try since I have never done grafting. Let us know how well it does.

[@larrygandy8131]

Thanks, I have this system and was not successful about 5 years ago. I did not let them polish the cells. I will follow your instructions. Will you wait three days before you transfer them into the queenless starter hive ?

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

Yes, I'll wait 2-3 days after she lays. Then move them to the cell holder frame, into a queenless colony

[@melissaaudler8975]

If the queen is in the box/cage what will they do with the rest of the frame? Stores? Or is it she in there a short amount of time and can use it after she is taken out.

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

After she lay the cage full. I will remove the entire frame. Collect all of the egg cups and put them into a CELL holder frame. Then give the frame with the cage back to the bees to use the frame until next time I make more queens. I'm working on part 2 of the video. Thanks for watching.

[@olddave4833]

I'm assuming that the queen rearing didn't go over very well as I can't find part 2. I've tried this system two different time with two different hives and two different queens, both times I put the queens back in their hives after five days without either of them laying. both times I followed the directions right to the letter, I guess my queens didn't like to lay in plastic.

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

I've been so busy with work, I haven't finished the nicot system

[@hedgehugsrescueandrehabili6998]

How do you get your queen to lay in the cells of the cassette

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

After the cassette has been in the hive a couple day. You will open the small entrance at the top of it, insert your queen, then replace the cap. The queen has no other place to lay, except in the plastic cells. After about 2 days, you can release the queen back into the hive. You will then CAREFULLY remove the plastic cells and place them into a grafting frame. Put the frame into a queenless hive that is strongly populated. They will then start to build queen cells for you.

[@hedgehugsrescueandrehabili6998]

@@KodiakFarmBeesLee thank you. I will leave her another day and see what happens.

[@filmnet]

Far be it from me to dictate to someone in southern Louisiana how to pronounce French names. But Nicot is pronounced "Nee-co". He's from a town in the Jura mountains of France.

[@Beekeeping_Bro]

Lee I try this Never works for me. Grafting is Easy, much easier. Good luck

[@Faithbasedhomesteading]

Peppermints?

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

It seems to help keep "small hive beetles" run out of the hive. The beetles don't like the peppermint