Queen cells and emergence

[@MrWalnut4]

"She wasn't ready to go. She's half-baked" I don't know why I found that funny but it made me laugh

[@wendythomas9361]

Me too!

[@its_me_guddu4219]

@@wendythomas9361 me to

[@harleyHDz]

That last bee was some real shit, genuinely looked like that worker had put everything into that queen bee or something.

[@Froggysrock26]

thats exactly what I was thinking, I feel like he was who nourished her and cared for her and helped her emerge and he seemed so devastated that she died😭

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

Bees aren't that sentimental. She (workers are female) was dragging the queen away so there wasn't a dead body polluting the hive.

[@feerag.5336]

LOPLOL

[@7mean7bunny7]

Glad I am not the only one who thinks like this.

[@federicoboge]

7:30 Her one true loyal subject, next to her until the bitter end

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

Pretty sure she's just dragging her corpse away to prevent infection.

[@1-Xx-_-_--denied--_-_-xX-1]

lux is in the grocery store!

[@1-Xx-_-_--denied--_-_-xX-1]

FortWhenTeaThyme the the. the other side. the other side

[@TheDandyBrownie]

Lerh CCIE Must be some good crack you got there.

[@inkbold8511]

Lmao it's like what he say "not on my lawn"

[@katzen3314]

Bees are so strange. You don't see babies being born and instantly trying to kill all other babies in the hospital...

[@wolvenhale3846]

Probably because we don't have a completely hierarchic society. And we're not bees.

[@magical11]

Technically they aren't being "born". These are queens; the human equivalent is a princess being crowned queen and then axing off all her competitors.

[@katzen3314]

magical11 Well I guess they're not so different after all then.

[@AwkwardBeggar]

Ever witnessed a human queen being born?

[@katzen3314]

Mamoru Goldstedt No, that's just what I always imagined it to be like.

[@SenraaSpooky]

Okay, but he said that he was gonna cut the queens out before they hatched and put them each with bees away from each other so that the first queen wouldn't get out and kill the rest. Then he just let her get out and run around and sting everybody. Wth.

[@mosisusasu9205]

From the sounds of things the bee got out when he wasn't watching over the hive. Like he said, in the next few hours, so he probably wasn't watching it as it came out, and it killed the others.

[@richieestrada24]

Hahahahahaha

[@dancesincombatboots3076]

Yep, he said he'd watch them, and separate them so he'd end up with four queens. Then he totally effed up, neglects to separate them, one queen killed and the guy says, "Yeah she's half-baked." Caring and committed he sure ain't! Maybe it's him who's half-baked😒.

[@molliescreations4497]

Was wondering the same thing y he said he was going to remove 4 of them and then he didn’t. He could have cut all the Queen cells out but 1, with a utility knife and taken some of the bees from this hive to a a new box. Not sure wth he was thinking!

[@Knappa22]

@DancesInCombatBoots Oh quit moaning. A beekeeper can’t watch a hive 24/7. And what happened here was perfectly natural. This is what happens. The first queen to emerge will immediately set about eliminating her competition.

[@jocelynpaige8429]

Idk why beekeeping videos keep showing up on my recommendations out of the blue, but I’m not disappointed.

[@amaradavis7438]

why did this make me so sad? i'm like making up life stories for these little bees.

[@barbarianater]

Lmao i'd actually read ur stories about them

[@cassieandjoslyn]

I genuinely got upset about the dieing queen bee. why am I so soft?

[@Mr1337sheep]

How the fuck do you people seem to connect feminism with everything? You're like nazis blaming the jews for literally everything that happens.

[@cassieandjoslyn]

this is seriously just a comment about how I got sad about a bee dieing. Why tf are you guys talking about Feminism and gender roles. these have nothing to do with it.

[@pwnt39]

Joslyn Diaz because internet

[@Mr1337sheep]

any way man there's nothing wrong with feeling sad about a queen bee dying though it is a little odd

[@ramonaclass]

I know and he even said he helped open the cell, I'm like you murderer! D,:

[@Momonga-s7o]

Poor half baked queen lol

[@krismatthew6296]

lmao

[@melissaandersen1909]

VERY helpful video. Thank you for posting. I'm a new beekeeper and trying to learn how to prevent a swarm.

[@EmmaStroble]

I don't even own bees. Why am I watching this? How did I get here?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Emma Stroble Bee videos are magnetic.

[@bletanikut3794]

Emma you should keep bees is very rewarding :)

[@MrSigmund123]

Man, that is incredible footage! Thanks for showing. Very interesting to SEE what everybody else are talking about.

[@SpacekatTommy]

I'm alive!!! Wait a second.. i have sisters!!! YES!! TIME TO SLAY THEM!!!!!!

[@kimberlymcdevitt3154]

Excellent educational material for new and prospective bee keepers. I definitely have saved this for future education.

[@stansmith4054]

Awesome video. The best soap opera ever!

[@TheAlbHunter]

better than game of thrones tbh

[@2bearockandnottoroll]

Kristian Prela LOL

[@Rainbow_Butterfly]

Kristian Prela game of bees

[@dodobird340]

"game of combs"

[@tubehax]

So cool that they are smart enough to eliminate competition lol.

[@henryamaya7890]

so the queen bees are just like Roman emperors trying to kill each other to keep their supremacy

[@moonlightlady8623]

Wow!! this is the first time I sew something like this. I'm still amazed ! Thank you for sharing.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Glad to be of interest!

[@eols2190]

Dude you fix washing machines and keep bees too? Wow, my kinda guy! Love your channel pal. Keep up the great videos and commentarys.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

LOL I like to stay active :)

[@sydnobizno]

I feel like the bees are voting who they want by helping that specific queen come out first

[@charlottebrown270]

Awe the queen at 7:05 never got to live. What a mean sister she had....shedding a tear. By the way I love this video I subscribed as well.

[@endlessgalaxy2675]

His voice is so nice and calming 😊 I could listen to him for hours! Thanks for the video, it’s very entertaining and educational 🙂

[@chasedbyvvolves9256]

*casually blows on bees*

[@Big74Mike2012]

This is one of the most awesome things I've ever watched, no exaggeration!!

[@activenshib9447]

The only thing that I don't like is that I have trypohobia

[@JoyKillstar]

Timothy Pearson me too.. worth it to see the half baked Queen though

[@activenshib9447]

Moka Rosery true

[@mj4ever1332]

Timothy Pearson SAME

[@opticalspider7003]

Timothy Pearson if u actually did u physically wouldn’t be able to watch this

[@DracoHandsome]

Everyone has trypophobia. It isn't a phobia. It's a normal danger response to specific color or shape patterns.

[@PermacultureHomestead]

I cant believe you got all that on tape... great stuff thx for the share. im planning on doing a split with a few queen cells now I now what to expect.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Permaculture Prepper Glad you enjoyed!

[@nomesa7374]

why not, when all the queens are still inside the cells, just cut the whole comb into 5, each part having exactly 'one' queen cell with number of bees, and place them each in one separate hive with empty combs? Wouldnt be easier that way? It also reduces the possible queen casualties. Doesnt it?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

I didn't have enough bees at the time. I was also concerned about cutting close to the plastic comb and possibly cutting into the queen cell. But you can do exactly what you're saying.

[@haimmaik]

why cant he just isolate every egg area with some workers to help around until every queen hatches and then remove all the queens but 1 and all the isolation?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

You remove all the queen cells and put them in new hives with a lot of workers.

[@haimmaik]

Doug Brown ya but as i saw in the vid the first queen that hatched just killed the rest :(

[@DougBrownVancouver]

I wasn't fast enough

[@ysammo214]

dammit doug

[@BCHSchrista]

Doug Brown you had one job doug

[@SaltyDog76]

Queen Bee: *born* AH fresh air *sees other queen bees fighting to the death* I WANT IN ON SOME OF THIS HOT ACTION

[@phillipafoster]

Doug, great video and commentary - really helpful for novice beekeepers like me - just subscribed

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Great to hear! No new bee videos this year but there are lots of other ones. Check out Fat Bee Man videos too

[@Tarik360]

Game of Honey-combs

[@vmorris7639]

Tarik360 that's awesome lol

[@angelzamora4768]

I couldn't help but think why this guy wasn't taking out the first queen to come out and move her before she gets the chance to kill the other ones while he's distracted looking at other ones the first is just going around killing like wtf

[@DougBrownVancouver]

This guy didn't have another hive to put a 2nd queen into

[@thingsofsuch]

For Varroa Mite control, have you (beekeeper) seen a solution called a Varroa Gate? This simple plastic strip is placed at the nest entrance, has holes for bee entry/exit, and is impregnated with a varroacide. It also harms neither her or honey the produce. Might be a solution for larger beekeepers using their colonies to pollinate orchards, but, they might be a mite solution.

[@TheLegend-dc7pj]

You got balls of steel fucking with this... I respect that -.-

[@83birdhunter]

The honey bee needs our help the national population is declining at a very alarming rate!!! Everyone should start beekeeping small or large it doesn't matter, every little bit helps...

[@1-Xx-_-_--denied--_-_-xX-1]

Brian Dickson ?

[@Fironnathedarkelf]

I wish i could but family is allergic soooo

[@vire559]

Fironnathedarkelf Stingless bee will be a good choice for those with allergic

[@djastram]

What a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Thanks for the kind words David. I'm glad people find them interesting.

[@Ellie-ei9cj]

@ 6:35 When your new blowup doll arrives in the mail and you're just so excited to try it out.

[@wendythomas9361]

Great video! I think I learned quite a bit just from that short clip. Bees are fascinating!

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Endlessly!

[@AllyaComfreak]

is there a reason why the workers created the peanuts on the edges?

[@ricksiegfried2455]

What a great video, I am a beginner and learned so much from that video, thank you so much

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Good for you, beekeeping is awesome!

[@myusername0wns]

damn nature you scary

[@Kris-kl7ok]

myusername0wns Jackseptieye?

[@1-Xx-_-_--denied--_-_-xX-1]

PiakGem 9l, and honeydew the the,

[@silent8ch977]

Ask 32,935 beekeepers for their opinion and get and get 164,675 different answers. I used a push cage for 24 hours in my LW hive and they are in great shape now going into the fall flow. Not sure if it’s right for you but it worked for me.

[@lululock]

Just fell on some bees videos. I don't really like bees but I can't stop watching bee videos !

[@jimkovac915]

Fantastic vid. I get excited every tome I see a big "peanut". I nuc the frame immediately.

[@MohammedAslamtit-bitsoflife]

DB thank you very much for bringing out such a informative video. Thank you...

[@garyshaffer68]

Thanks for sharing. I have 2 frames with 5 caped queen cells. Going to do some splits. Into nucs . Hope thay still have time to build up before winter.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

That's what I'm hoping for. I think if you feed them and add some pollen patties you'll get a nice booming hive for the winter. The queen will lay beyond the normal season if she's still seeing food coming in.

[@dallasedmonds2847]

this gave me anxiety, i feel like i got stung by a bee? What could be worse?

[@lisarankin4823]

Doug. Thanks no room for a back Yards here, have 2 balconies though. Could It work having City bees.

[@mobspeak]

1:20 You say you want to cut them out so the 1st queen doesn't kill the others, and then you just leave them in there? WTF

[@DougBrownVancouver]

I needed to be prepared with other hives to receive the new queens and I had time.

[@danameable]

If you can cut out cells out of the frame go for it. I do it all the time in the spring, for this reason I prefer foundation-less frames. I would recommend you put 2 cells per nucs. Just in case one is a dud. Not more then 2 for several reasons...

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Good idea. I'm exclusively foundationless on all my new stuff for that very reason too.

[@juliedurlak]

Amazing filming thx for sharing much appreciated

[@lisarankin4823]

I am Living in a unit in a city south of Sydney, after raising my child and looking after all her weird and wonderful pets, i think i want bees. Is this possible and do i need a licence?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Beekeeping is a huge hobby in Australia. You need a back lawn for sure and that's about it. If your unit is an apartment you can possibly arrange with the building manager to keep hives on the roof. I don't know about licensing in Sydney--Just look up your municipal by-laws and/or call city hall. Hope this helps.

[@donanderson47]

Great film work! Thanks for sharing.

[@aoutsky]

Little bees work so hard. How long and how many does it take to make the spoonful of honey I ate this morning. I wonder.

[@Thuglife1000]

Great video. Very informative!

[@fritzjagr5121]

Damn I've been watching a lot of these bee videos lately. This is like some game of thrones shit, lol.

[@rosespastaa7152]

6:13 *literarily me when my siblings try to get me out of bed*

[@Darrenholmes]

When you transfer the queen to another hive, will you just release her straight in or will you have to cage her up for a few days? Cheers

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Darrenholmes If the other hive has been queenless for a couple of days they'll accept the queen right away. To be safe I'd put her in a cage for a couple of days. A couple times I've pulled a frame of new bees and put the queen on it to see how the bees behave. They're usually fine and I put the frame back into the hive.

[@thefinder8087]

How does the older queen kill the others without her stinger being stuck and causing her death?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Queens and workers are all female bees that are genetically identical when they are eggs. All female eggs contain two sets of genes, one worker set and one queen set. If the workers need a queen (died, old, departed) the workers begin feeding high-protein royal jelly to several eggs for around two weeks, and this action triggers the queen gene set to take over, and the egg gets queen characteristics. All eggs that didn't get royal jelly for two weeks become workers. The queen genes produce a queen that has very different characteristics: Large, working ovaries, no desire to fly, desire to lay eggs, and to answer your question, a smooth stinger with no barb. Her stringer doesn't get caught when the queen pulls it out of her sister.

[@thefinder8087]

That's crazy that just a bit of jelly makes a completely different kind of bee, nicely equipped for killing its rivals. Thanks for the reply!

[@lisarankin4823]

Doug Thanks, No room 4 a back Yard here. I have two balconies though, can i work with that?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Honestly, I would not do that. It would get extremely messy.

[@wanhawahoney1996]

Wowwwwww...so great about honey and bees... I love honey and bees so much...

[@MrPlaystation3system]

It's a vary cruel world you know

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Indeed

[@eddielloyd13]

arent they just amazing how they work. i think they are great, nature at it's best

[@valdrinbeta9835]

Hi Doug Brown thank you very much and God bless you for the sharing. I have a question can we move away the first queen who came out the first and made for example 5 colony of bees with each queen bee and every bees putting in other Hive

[@DougBrownVancouver]

valdrin beta Yes, if you want more colonies then you should move the queen cells into separate hives. Just make sure that the new hive doesn't have a queen and only has 2-3 frames of bees and brood. Make sure you have brood because those new bees will feed the queen.

[@ninaisme99x]

i'm so touched with how the worker bees still continued to take care of the dead queen bee although she's dead . Im curious tho , what happens to the dead queen bee?

[@adirtyhippy]

all the queens relatives are gathered for a eulogy, then they have a funeral where the worker beens lower her into a grave while play taps and a 21 gun salute. lol jk they toss her ass out of the hive.

[@odainewilliams8698]

so is it necessary to remove the remaining queen cell

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Not if you want a new queen!

[@dbluehorsedeboe5567]

i can take a frame out from another brood box and put that frame in empty brood box and put a queen cell on it and it will produce another hive?

[@AlexaAXAG]

I really enjoyed this beedio

[@emailnolongerinuse3157]

the bees are all screaming FREE HER and choosing the one they each like best to free. I wonder if they bet honey on it ;) hahhahaha

[@txholeyrocks]

That was cool! I have seen worker bees emerge, but not queen cells.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

+Zak White If you're patient you can see firsthand. If you look closely you can see the bottom of the cell thinned out by the workers and you get a good feel for timing.

[@nobikage]

Fascinating! TY bee guy.

[@LovingAtlanta]

👍😃If I could just figure out a way to stop itching while watching these videos. 🐝😩

[@nhuale]

I learned SO much from this vid idk why

[@dreamingoflouis330]

I'm supposed to be studying but this is what i'm watching...

[@Peacebestill27]

this is just amazing and wow. see the way the worker bees stick around to help the queen out. unfortunately she dint make it. i guess its still that irony of life that its d survival of the fitest. bees are just always busy

[@josefinvestlund8852]

I usually hate bees, but I love them when I see them work like this. Althought, the Queens are being real assholes :o

[@renatoardenajr1237]

This is so game thrones bees edition! Queens are killing each other.

[@shunuuu]

honestly, bees are scary but still pretty interesting. Where was that one bee trying to drag her to? and how are the bees sure that the queen is ready to go out? or do the cocoons crack by themselves?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

When the queen is ready to come out she begins chewing from the inside and making noises the workers hear. Then they help out. The workers are dragging the queen anywhere off the frame to throw her off.

[@shunuuu]

Doug Brown oh OK thanks!

[@jeffbecker8716]

Two questions: 1) Why were you using plastic foundation instead of beeswax? ( I just finished watching a UTube video of how that is made), 2) Where does the royal jelly come from, i.e., which bees make it? Thanks for your excellent video. I am learning a lot here.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Plastic is readily available whereas wax is not. Bees secrete royal jelly from a gland on their abdomen.

[@bbraswe2]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@Chrispy1990ful]

So out of curiosity why did you not just cut the brood comb into pieces and transplant each piece to a new hive? You could have gotten pretty much all of the queens and a small work force for each queen without having to watch them constantly and having any regicide issues. At a small expense to a few of the worker brood

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Chris pease I had plastic foundation on that frame.

[@Chrispy1990ful]

Okay that is a damn good reason. Thank you.

[@FIONA21ful]

Awww I fely so bad for the poor second Queen who wasnt ready...couldn't you have broken off the other 'peanuts' carefully and hatched them to fly off even if you don't have other colonies? or would they die witout a colony to feed them straight away? I've always heard of Queen Bumble bees flying off looking for new colonies ..or is that a myth?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

+fiona cahill Yes, you can definitely do that, but you need to have a box of bees ready for each new queen and if you're starting with just a single hive then you probably only have enough bees to split your hive in two. The new hive needs a lot of eggs, larvae, new and old bees because bees do different jobs as they age each week, and it's the newly emerged bees that feed the queen. When they reach just a few weeks of age they stop feeding the queen and begin gathering nectar so you need to have eggs and larvae that will grow into these nurse bees when the current nurse bees evolve to flying bees. Bumble bees behave completely differently than honey bees. Bumble bee queens are solitary and can unilaterally set up a new hive, but honey bees are social and only move about in groups. In fact, most queens never fly again once they're established in a good hive and only leave if the beekeeper doesn't provide enough excess space for her to lay more and more eggs.

[@FIONA21ful]

+Doug Brown Thankyou that was really helpful to my curiosity , and very kind of you to to bother explaining. I find Bees so interesting. ..I knew Bumble Bees were different from the Honey Bee as I have seen many of the lone Bumble Queens on their spring scouts. I actually saved on last summer from dying of dehydration , I took her into the shade and placed water on a leaf and this Big Bee actually drank from the leaf. It was exhausted as some nasty kids had been msking its life miserable before I stopped them..but it revived very quickly and was much perkier aftter about 10mins rest. I would love to have a hive and when I move home to Ireland eventually I plan on starting one. Thankyou for your wonderful ...but sad! video ;-).

[@jeffbecker8716]

When you say the queen never flies again, I thought she had to fly for mating. Saw a video on that several years ago where there was a popping sound recorded at the moment of coitus where the male's organ gets ripped off and he dies. How many times does one queen typically mate/lay eggs?

[@sydnobizno]

Jeff Becker queen bee can’t fly. Ovaries make it too heavy I think.

[@america6545]

Colony's motto: Bee Brutal!!!

[@Sarafina27]

This was very educational. I never knew of the Queen having sister and the assassination that takes place O_O

[@AS-yo2xz]

It thought the title said queen bee calls emergency (911)

[@RacookiTV]

Some bees have stronger "brown-ish" rings on their backs. Does that represent something or are they just simple markings?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Just slightly different strain. All the same basically.

[@RacookiTV]

Doug Brown oh ok, thanks!

[@davidcassity6593]

How do you cut the cells off the plastic. That's why I use wax

[@DougBrownVancouver]

I just carefully cut along the plastic. My hives now are mostly foundationless too, same reason. I just did a split yesterday so hopefully the girls build up a queen on one of the foundationless frames.

[@stalkingpedrochannel]

i feel identified with the half baked queen

[@Pandoratheamazing]

It looked more like the bee was trying to save the queen.

[@MrJSlimify]

Which species of bees are they?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Honey bees, Italians. Apis milifera ligustica

[@bmrjma2144]

I thought honeybees died if they stung? Do the stingers of queens not get stuck like the others?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

The queen stinger is smooth so she can kill her sisters. It's the single deadly purpose.

[@1wildwackywoman]

Awesome video!

[@paganpoetprophet6441]

so cut away each queen cell transfer to new hive do i move frame bees with her to new box

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Absolutely. You need at least a frame of food (honey and pollen), a frame of capped/emerging brood to care for the queen before they start foraging, and at least a few frames packed with bees. You'll be setting up a new hive so remember that if you simply move a few frames with bees, some or many of these will fly back to the original hive, leaving the non-foraging bees. So make sure you keep adding bees in the days following. Ideally I would split a 2-box hive that are full of bees and you're assured of having enough of everything.

[@andeed6974]

I thought you were going to break up the queen bees cells into their own sections. Did ypu remove the hatched queen bee so the others don't get stung?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

You can remove the queen or remove the cells to another hive.

[@MLBoykin]

Doug, is it not a coincidence that the five queen eggs were selected from eggs on the edges?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

When the workers expand the cell they try to avoid cells with eggs or larvae so that they don't kill a worker. The cells on the perimeter all have empty cells underneath. Thanks for the question, and well spotted.

[@MLBoykin]

Thanks for your reply! I've now started down a rabbit hole of watching bee keeping videos. With all this rain, I don't think I'll stop any time soon.

[@DougBrownVancouver]

Check out the Fat Bee Man, Don Kutchenmeister

[@DougBrownVancouver]

kzbin.infovideos

[@13linkinparkluver13]

Great video, but I have a question. When the worker bees noticed the 3rd queen was dying/not going to survive, why did they keep dragging her body around? Were they trying to save her somehow or trying to toss her out of the hive?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

13linkinparkluver13 They were taking out the garbage essentially.

[@brazenturtle]

Doug Brown do they not eat her ultimately?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

No, bees only eat honey and pollen. Wasps eat insects.

[@leelaturanga8079]

Why couldn't you just cut the combs with the queen cells free before they were ready and placed some workers in with her to start the new hives?

[@DougBrownVancouver]

That's what I was trying to do.

[@fluffylover1231]

😭😭😭😭 Queen Bee 😭😭😭 RIP I love bees, their hierarchy is so fascinating ❤️❤️

[@natserog]

great video Doug....thanks!