Queen Rearing in the Sustainable Apiary

[@BIBBA_UK]

We support Mike Palmer's vision for sustainable apiaries. Well done Mike!

[@mikealdridgeret.4427]

Mr Palmer you are a top bloke and I could listen to you all day. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. Inspirational! 🐝

[@beebob1279]

These presentations are the best I've found yet. Michael is a professional and explains his techniques clearly. Beware of the backyard beekeepers who think because they are new to the hobby or had a hive for a year are now experts. They are bumbling throughout their video because they aren't ready to do the presentations based on lack of experience. And the mistakes they make are embarrassing to watch. Watch from the professionals. I watch these videos about once every two weeks and pick up new points that I missed. There are others out there that are good too. I've begun developing nucleus colonies in my apiaries. I'm starting with eighteen this year and seeing how many survive. I'll make adjustments as I go. I'm hoping that fifteen survive and that I can build to sixty or seventy by the end of the nectars flows this spring. It's a process that will take a couple of years. I've been raising my own queens for years, but never looked at the techniques the way Michael does it. I love the concept of taking bees from the 'brood factories' to develop my queens. I've always taken bees from my production hives and went that route. I'm excited for this year to come along to see how it works out. And, Michael is right. Beekeeping and raising bees should be fun. Don't make it a chore or you'll be miserable. If you get bored with the same old every year then mix it up and try different things related to keeping bees. Queen rearing, nuc production, liquid honey, comb honey, etc. It's just so much fun keeping bees.

[@srichtsmeier]

I am new to Apiary is there anyway I can get that worksheet Mr Michael posted in his lecture? I think I’ve watched his video twice now. I plan to come back and watch it a few more times. He is just a wealth of information. Thank you.

[@wadekratzmann9105]

Hehehehehe

[@braddersf1]

@@srichtsmeier have you tried sending him an email?

[@MrCloscutz]

Thank you for the lesson! Michael beekeeper from Romania.

[@goransalamovski2738]

Mr Palme, Thank You very much for prezentation, and you gentlemen for uploading to us. Very useful and practical info, spiced with humor and fair presentesenal skills. To You Mr Palmer I wish halthy live long, really God Bless you. And to the rest of peiple too, let be honeylly. Regads to all good people and the reast ones, from North Macedonia, Europe. :)

[@acidrijames4144]

I feel I am part of the research which is very enriching , practical, and more earning. thank you very much for your dedication.

[@larrypeterson4945]

Mr. Palmer, Thank you for providing this comprehensive presentation. I have had to review this presentation at least 6 times and now I am getting the big picture. (I know I'm slow) I want to acknowledge the tremendous effort and the time you have put into this video. You are leaving a great legacy with "The Sustainable Apiary" and the detailed information that you have developed. Thanx, LP

[@josephmillwood1139]

I probably have watched it 10 times lol; Zig Ziglar said it takes 16 times on average to catch everything in a presentation or seminar.

[@decaturridgebees8761]

Working on my 3rd time through lol

[@decaturridgebees8761]

You aren’t slow. There are a lot of moving parts and precise timing involved. I think you almost have to do it to really get an appreciation

[@danschneider9219]

@@decaturridgebees8761 watching it again after I grafted on Sunday just to make sure I didn't forget something

[@namentatic4978]

I have to subscribe, and will watch this as many times as I need. This year I'm going to make my own queens. I appreciate for all information from this, great man.

[@rosevineman]

Thanks for the presentation Michael and sharing your wealth of experience! The beekeeping community is fortunate to have individuals like yourself.

[@chrisbgarrett]

Think you know it all,watch it again. You will learn something new. Great information

[@tjgordon4131]

I love this I have watched this religiously for two years thank you Micheal Palmer. I would love to come apprentice with you if that's at all possible.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I just wanted to say to Mike, that the queen who followed you around was a queen I would give my eye teeth for. This was a companion of man, like our loved dogs, they learn to care for us is we care for them. Bees are really not just insects but social creatures manifesting attributes we sometimes would be good to emulate.

[@bscjake]

He was saying a worker was following him while he was marking queens. Workers are attracted to the queen pheromone and gather. (This is how they make those bee beards). But yea his queens are amazing and why he can sell out 1500 at 100 bucks a pop every year

[@rchando]

Thanks for posting. Wealth of information.

[@cordovanbee]

this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for presenting Mike Palmer!! Thanks for posting this clip!

[@gregmccammon2330]

Amazing presentation! Thank you so much for your knowledge. I run a small 20-30 hive operation. Looking forward to making queens this summer with your techniques. Really like your other vids too.

[@badassbees3680]

I WISH he had a place showing Exactly how he makes his division board feeders , mainly just the entrances to each side and if feeder has a divider..

[@miltongonzalez2703]

Excellent video thanks Mr.Palmer

[@hagensteele4447]

You got to give it up to these folks that are running hundreds, if not a thousand plus, hives per year. Thanks for the upload.

[@richardzimmer3468]

If a hive feels queen less when brood is placed above a queen excluder, why is it necessary to remove the queen and brood box prior setting up the Builder colony?

[@stradz9564]

I have 1 box . Just bought 2 weeks ago or 11 days ago. They are not building wax and there are eggs but not too much .it's my first ever hive What to do. I want to requeen it but I have only I hive and no bee keepers near by . No nearby association. Show I capture the queen . That they will make a new queen . Please answer

[@beemanrunning977]

Very informative. Thanks Michael!

[@charitablemiraclebeekeeper1200]

Thanks for all the wisdom brethren! Just subscribed

[@younginsong4355]

Q 01 ) in Cell Builder, D(deep) + M (Medium Super) + D configuration, where is the location of Queen Excluder? It has not been mentioned. Q 02.01 ) frames and combs are used to indicate the same things? At 16: 35, ... you have "combs" to add to the brood factory ... frames Vs. Combs It confuses people especially novice people like me. Is it supposed to be "you have new frame to add to the brood factory, after moving brood to cell builders?" Q 02.02) At 16:35, why one wants to add combs to brood factory? Brood factory means it produces broods to be used elsewhere like cell builders, is that right or wrong? Thanks in advance ~

[@IceBug1337]

1:04:03 is there another queen in the top right corner?

[@leandrozuniga5634]

Can you put pollen parties in the frame cells if you got not pollen?

[@draintheswamp1700]

Mike Palmer I just set up a finisher from two brood chambers plus added 10 I grafted 88 and when I took the frames out from being polished there was a cup of bees on each empty cup I am thinking 86 good cells because I remember two that were placed wrong sorry mike I will make up the next graft.

[@draintheswamp1700]

Update I got 74 good cells out of 88 thank you bee God Mike

[@kd7vxl]

Excellent lecture on Queen Rearing

[@melissacrowe6653]

Mark Davis hi

[@MrRufat321]

Also about fight bee when you take them from different hives. In my apiary I noticed if I take brood frame only from 2 hives I get fight them. But if I take from several (2 and more ) no problem.

[@beckieeldred5816]

You are good, very good,

[@baconneggs2406]

You can always make your own queen cups around fresh laid eggs in fresh drawn comb using a pencil eraser,i have had great luck with this method

[@charitablemiraclebeekeeper1200]

What?

[@bensteele566]

Thank you for this video. I wish i could work with you.

[@robhuns6476]

I wish there was a chart or infomatic around to chart the steps and timeline for this

[@josephmillwood1139]

I saw one at a bee supplier somewhere but really just watch the video several times and write it down.

[@agusmuhardiman]

From Indonesia , 🙋😄

[@BeeBeorn]

7th time watching. Says it all.

[@TheMosquitoAuthority]

Great stuff.

[@DanSebastianEcobici]

Foarte frumos ! Multumesc foarte mult !

[@greggpalmer8006]

Great to watch but hard to take in for the beginner and more suited to commercial beekeepers. How about something for little old me and the rest of us mere amateurs?

[@apiculturaatacames5235]

Tks. MR. Palmer Please in español latino. We need You experiencia y conocimientos

[@AhmadAbdi]

outstanding lecture and is for sure coming from true experience. thanks for sharing!

[@atlas4225]

Crazy question! Has anyone ever implanted a drone larva into a queen cell having otherwise treated it like a viable queen?

[@russelltrecek8805]

I think it was you who pointed out a queen naming system I want to use. I think you had two or so letters of written name (girls name or location of swarm etc.. ), 00 for first generation, 01, 02 etc. for successive generations, all followed by emergence or mating date. Is that accurate? Please help. I'd like to keep track of which breeder queen produced an offspring.

[@ApiaryManager]

Isn't the 11th June (6/11) frame in the wrong place at kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGjXmqGMftp1gJom32s? Surely, it should be against the queen excluder.

[@bensteele566]

I guess i misunderstood the last question. The man asked how you mix the bees without them killing each other. You said they don't fight. Were you talking about your bees personally? Because I've always heard you have to introduce them slowly or they will kill each other.

[@stephenanderle5422]

Depends on where the bees came from. If they came from the same yard they shouldn't fight.

[@philsstuff]

in the video he says he grafts larvae between 0 and 12 hours old. Everything else i read suggests using larvae 3 days after the egg is laid. So does he mean 0-12 hours after the larvae hatches from the egg? because I thought it took 3 days just for the larvae to hatch from the egg.

[@beebob1279]

+Phil Brienesse Using larvae three days after the egg is laid is a 0-12 hour old larva. So, you've been told correctly and Michael reinforces this in the video. The younger the larva the better the queen. Three days as an egg, five and a half to six days as a larva. Get the larva as young as possible.

[@sebast007]

03:00 Because it helps sustain a good gene pool in your hives. No?

[@crunchy_dad]

Yeah that's the thing I think he covers on his other NHS video is using the nonviable hives to support this but I'm sure he takes the grafts from his best stock.

[@MrRufat321]

Thanks it was very informative.

[@thecolburnfarm7613]

does Mr. palmer sell packages of bees, if I buy bees in the spring I would rather buy northern bees, most people that sell packages of bees in NH get bees from the south

[@jonsimmons5041]

if bees hate duct tape and they do.do ants hate duct tape too ?

[@PhillipHall01]

This is an awesome educational experience!! I have a question just so I will know. The difference of a twelve hour larvae being better than a 21/2 day larvae, making a better queen. The question, is this a theory or has this been documented? Thanks, Phillip Hall.

[@stephenanderle5422]

This is known. Has been researched thoroughly. And even tested for the gene activation etc.

[@radohand3097]

Amazing video & info in it! I will try this queen rearing at some stage. At 30min : 45sec on the image; on the ground there is Gotu Kola herb growing. A really powerful medicinal herb, longevity stuff.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

I wish i understood this lingo.. its driving me crazy. Ive been to seminars, and joind FB groups.. talked to people, made lure boxes.. bought some brood boxes.. and i still dont understand this stuff.

[@gordslater]

www.cpe.rutgers.edu/brochures/pdfs/beekeeping-glossary-of-terms.pdf www.honeybeesuite.com/glossary/ www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary www.betterbee.com/glossary/ might help - oh and a "NUC" or "nook" means a nucleus hive or box - took me months to figure that one out

[@beckieeldred5816]

In Iowa how

[@MrROTD]

Interesting , I don't raise bees

[@hasanyilmaz960]

i loved it

[@bigbrickwall]

3 minutes in and I'm bored to tears.

[@leandrozuniga5634]

Why did you come to watch something that you don't like, or don't need.

[@bigbrickwall]

​@@leandrozuniga5634 I didn't know I didn't need it or like it until I watched it, and it was worth commenting to prevent others from befalling the same fate.

[@wahoo056]

Thanks

[@TheMilo1069]

good video thanks

[@socialrecorder]

Very good content, but nowadays the high amount of interruptions through commercials makes it impossible to focus on the very important content.That wasn't like that 6 years ago! I had to stop watching it!!!

[@younginsong4355]

I'm confused when he uses comb? Is he telling frames?

[@younginsong4355]

@Poison Ivy Q 02.01 ) frames and combs are used to indicate the same things? At 16: 35, ... you have "combs" to add to the brood factory ... frames Vs. Combs ::: It confuses people especially novice like me. Is it supposed to be "you have a new frame to add to the brood factory, after adding brood in the brood factory to cell builders?" Q 02.02) At 16:35, why one wants to add combs to brood factory? Brood factory means it produces broods to be used elsewhere like cell builders, is that right or wrong?

[@romanwhite007777777]

I'm lost. I do not know what a "Queen-Right" section is, how to "rotate through 180 degrees", or what "asa da" means? Anyone willing to fill me in?

[@ApiaryManager]

"Queen right" means the section of the hive that has the queen in. By placing a queen excluder ontop of the brood area then placing brood from other colonies ontop of that, you have created an area where the queen can't access. As the speaker explained, the bees respond to this by starting queen cells on any larvae they can find even if they are unsuitable. "Rotate through 180 degrees" simply means turn the hive around so that the hive faces the back. The foragers will emerge from the hive and return to the queenless section (which you have now placed on a floor facing the same way as the hive originally did). This makes the queenless section over-crowded with bees and they readily accept any larvae they are given as potential queens

[@wadekratzmann9105]

He may aswell speak Chinese

[@rafaelcerverabodi5614]

Awsome

[@beckieeldred5816]

I have two beehives

[@viccormier5000]

Queen bees on the ground

[@christynelong5357]

Anyone else get even more confused?

[@ehsanpartovi]

Great lecture but terrible camera work. Why wouldn't you show the slides. Looks like he is going through so many pictures but the camera is on his face the whole time. WHAT A WASTE OF A GOODS PRESENTATION

[@beebob1279]

ehsanpartovi You should be able to figure out what he is saying if you're experienced. I would suggest you continue keeping bees and read, read, read. Then watch this video again. Keep watching, you'll get it.

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