No Risk No Reward - Splitting the Honey Bee Brood Nest in April in Michigan

In this video I pay a visit to one of my outyards that I call a quarantine yard. This yard is where I bring swarms and stock of unknown origin to spend a year being tested before integrating into established yards. Watch as I dig in and pull off a risky move that I hope pays dividends.
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[@KajunHomestead]

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[@beefitbeekeeping]

Great video James!! Looking forward to seeing more 😊

[@JamesLeesBees]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sawmillcharliesbeefarm]

I would have did a Demaree, on this last hive and shaken all the bees, down into the 2 medium brood boxes pulled all the capped brood frames out and replaced them with empty frames, put a queen excluder on then 2 honey supers and the brood box that had all the capped brood frames put it on top of the hive stack. Now the hive has space a place to put nectar and it will not swarm.

[@lambbrookfarm4528]

Good morning James. Thanks for posting. Did you winter those 8 framers wrapped?

[@JamesLeesBees]

Yes I did. Foam on the tops, squeezed together to share heat, and foam on the ends of the stack.

[@lambbrookfarm4528]

@@JamesLeesBees Thanks

[@JamesLeesBees]

​@@lambbrookfarm4528 these ones probably would have been fine without it honestly

[@sawmillcharliesbeefarm]

no queen excluders?

[@JamesLeesBees]

No. Our flow hasn't begun and we literally just unwrapped for winter here in Michigan.