Robbing Prevention

[@viscache1]

Great video. Concise. For those of us at the Bee-ginning of our journey need to be able to hear/see/do and move on to the next task. It seems like the seasonal changes each bring with them a whole new set of tasks and responsibilities. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@lendenbesten9611]

Thank you for your posts. I'm a beekeeper in The Netherlands. I really like your compact and informative posts. Most american youtube entries are not that compact. It's sometimes quite annoying when people repeat themselves several times.

[@xXZookeeper11]

This is a Canadian video

[@lendenbesten9611]

@@xXZookeeper11 Thanks for pointing that out. Explains the diffetence. 😀

[@w4447]

Great video. I have also moved to smaller entrances. I use a 1 inch hole saw with just a small board and a screw for a pivot to close a entrance or make it even smaller. No landing board at all. And I have noticed the bees don't care at all.I place the entrance higher up on the brood chamber and they fly in and out without a problem.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Wayne. That's another interesting way to help prevent robbing Thanks. I agree bees don't need landing boards. None of our hives have them.

[@w4447]

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Keep up the good work and videos.

[@martynspooner5822]

Thanks for your explanations and for posting these videos. I am not a bee keeper never the less i am so intrigued and interested . Thanks a lot for sharing your time and knowledge.

[@DruMcDoo]

Along with fellow bee keepers have a number of hives and nucs at my place. Some were only using bin liners to keep used honey frames and other bee equipment in. This resulted in bees gnawing through bags and gaining access to frames with a small amount of stores on them. Afterwards they started to rob the weaker hives. I wanted to stop this invasion happening, even after serious robbing had started having been told the only way to cure problem was to move hive so I designed anti-robbing devices. These don't involve reducing entrances so non robber bees can still fly in without pollen loss. Have now tested them on hives with no robbing present fitting them prior to dearths and also when a frenzy is taking place. The devices work instantly however robber bees stay around for around 3 days before clearing off. Interested to know what other successful gadgets work apart from reducing entrance to one ore two bees which can easily be overwhelmed?

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi There It sounds like you have found a good solution. If we see robbing we put an entrance reducer on the colony that is being robbed. It seems to work ok but maybe your device would be better.

[@DruMcDoo]

Yes, to date it has worked with 100% efficiency. The great thing is the entraance never needs to be reduced and there is zero risk of it blocking up. It can also be used on supers. If hive supers have entrances there has always been a risk of robbing if entrance remains open after flow. With this device it can be left on therefore not only eleminating the robbing risk but also keeping out bees who may be carrying Varroa or disease. Results are with all year round open entrances, bees remain stress free and produce more honey. The next stage is to work on solution for it to fend off Asian Hornets.Have a radical theory which may be a solution. Happy to share that with you if it helps you with your research.

[@davidshepard4067]

@@DruMcDoo please show a pic.of your device or explain what it is thanks

[@mark-wn5ek]

You've got a great mic....that background wind was very strong, yet the audio remained excellent.

[@zoeyross]

I used an audio bypass filter to cancel the wind 😀

[@TheCyclonusZaero]

So informative and helpful. Thank you

[@ronaldsykes6105]

I have one hive Russian hybrids. Everything seemed to be going ok until approximately 50 hives were placed less than a 1/4 mile away by a beekeeper that rented space at the farm nextdoor. They are Italian bees doing the robbing.🐝🐝🐝

[@dougstucki8253]

Good video as always. I would recommend you change the title of the video to Honey Bee (or Beehive) Robbing Prevention. I think that will yield better search results for people who are not familiar with your channel and do that kind of search.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Good suggestion! Glad you have enjoyed our videos.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Doug.

[@denpictor8992]

Good and precise video thanks from the UK

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Den!

[@mohameddoccali7872]

Thank you for the explanation

[@roycarter6235]

It would be interesting to see how you deal with a hive that is being robbed. Besides reducing the entrance, is there any other measures you adopt. I personally block off the hive entrance completely, wait until dark and then move the hive to a different location. I leave an empty box in the original location. I don't tend to lose foragers as they cling to the vented bottom board on the trip across the apiary. What do you think of that strategy. Thanks for an excellent video.

[@badassbees3680]

I lay a solid board or feeder rim screened in front against hive at a 45 degree angle, works wonderfully

[@JustBees]

Check out the video on my channel. For pennines and just 5 min, robbing and yellow jackets are never an issue again. Even fixes massive robbery in progress. Weakest hive can defend against 10 million bees without a single bee dying. Watch the video. It works.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Curious that you made no mention of robber screens. I had to go to extreme measures that even robber screens weren't adequate for to protect my bees from being robbed while I was rehabilitating them after being completely robbed out. They were starving to the point that they had a brood break.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

It would have been good to mention robber screens. I haven't used them but should try sometime. That sounds like a pretty desperate situation. Glad you could take action and save them.

[@debbyhaller1731]

Thank you. What's your opinion of placing various equipment in hive vacinity to let the bees clean up residual honey etc? How do you do this and not encourage further robbing behavior ?

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Debbie Letting bees clean up residual honey can cause the transmission of American Foulbrood disease. It does condition bees to rob more.

[@bobwebber8521]

Have been watching several bee videos from the States, but this was the first mention of foul brood. Here in New Zealand it is not such a big problem. Thanks for the interesting videos.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Bob Glad to hear you find our videos interesting. I visited beekeepers in New Zealand a long time back and they explained how your county manages to keep AFB levels low. Nice to hear it's still good there in NZ. Loved my time in NZ. Would have stayed there if it wasn't so far from home.

[@waleedahmad1258]

About 3 days ago one of my honeybee hive started robbing from the other hive and killed all the bees!

[@caven930]

I think this is my 3rd time watching this, I look for refreshers every year, lol. We witnessed some robbing behavior yesterday after I shook bees down out of supers. I obviously caused alot of confusion, but thats not something I've seen before when shaking bees down.

[@benoitcorbeil4423]

Good Day and thank you for your very informative vidéo as always. Was wondering on the number of days you are keeping the bee escape on. You are mentioning 3 days, I also heard one day per super to be removed. Also are you sometimes switching super from one hive to another if for instance you do not have enough bee escape. If yes is fighting between bees a concern. Thanks I always did 2 days and it seems alright. Again thanks for your videos

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Benoit. I appreciate your kind comments. I used to leave the honey supers above escapes for two nights and still do sometimes if the nights are cooler and I'm adding an empty super under the bee escape. I get consistently good results when using three nights so do this more now. In the fall, when all the supers come off, I find it is necessary to wait three nights before harvesting.

[@حسنيعلي-ع2ق]

You have very calm bees

[@mschroed99]

Where can I get a belt like the one you're sporting?

[@gcranch9913]

How is it that in every video he never has a veil or suit or gloves on!

[@elund408]

pro beekeepers have been stung so many times that unless they get stung a lot they aren't affected by the stings like someone who hasn't been stung. They are also hot and uncomfortable to work in so Pro beekeepers rarely wear one unless the bees are very aggressive.

[@vwbusguy]

Hive beetles must lay in honey comb during the 3 days of no bees in super with a bee escape

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

I haven't heard anyone says that but it could well be true. We don't have small hive beetle yet but expect to see some this summer as they are very close.

[@polmacbradaigh9506]

Great weather you are havinh

[@حسنيعلي-ع2ق]

Thank you from african

[@chekib9326]

Traduction in french please. Tank you

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Some volunteers in Quebec Canada translated all our earlier videos to French. I'll ask if they can help us with the new ones we are releasing this fall.

[@chekib9326]

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre The is not option in french since one year