Stopping a hive from swarming/Swarm control

[@rodkirt9273]

I am a “ new “ subscriber . I enjoy watching your videos ; thanks for editing and speeding up the sections that are “ kinda lengthy “ ; it makes the video much more interesting to watch .

[@lakeviewapiary]

Thank You! I appreciate the feedback and of course, the subscribe.

[@russellkoopman3004]

Good video. Looks like you took care of that hive well. Hope the new queen takes off.

[@lakeviewapiary]

Thank you. It's been a busy spring. I had to pull 14 nucs already. Swarm season seems to have hit early here.

[@jamestownsendjrtbees3226]

Thanks for the video. It's been a crazy weather spring here. I had one swarm the beginning of April that I rehived. I have had to do exactly what you are doing to 3 other colonies so far. I think I am finally ahead of it hopefully. I think by the end of this week I will be pushing the queens I have down below a queen excluder. The real flow shouldn't be far off? This next week looks warm and sunny and everything should pop. Good luck with your bees.

[@lakeviewapiary]

@@jamestownsendjrtbees3226 thank You. Yes, i gotta get QEs on mine too. Good job keeping them in the boxes and good luck.

[@WhatsTheBuzz]

Generally, if I am expecting to do a split, I bring an empty box, bottom, and cover. If I can't find the queen in a reasonable time, I split the hive and put the covers on both. I then do other work in the bee yard and come back in about 15 minutes and listen to both. The quiet one, of course, has the queen so I have halved the search. If I still have problems, I'll split the quiet one as well and put 5 frames in each box. Again, do some other work and come back in 15. At that point, the "quiet" one is only 5 frames and I can usually find her.

[@madelynparsons9013]

Thanks I learned a lot all the way from Wantage , England xx

[@lakeviewapiary]

That's great! I'm glad the video helped. Thanks for the feedback.

[@johniac7078]

excellent vid. subbed. best explanation yet

[@lakeviewapiary]

Thanks! More videos to come. Been really busy relocating and expanding the bees and starting a farm. Perhaps an update video soon. Thanks again, the positive feedback means a lot.

[@KajunHomestead]

I like to save all the excess wax on top bars to wax my foundation with, works good.

[@lakeviewapiary]

I used to save all that wax, but then I started rendering the wax from the cappings every season and get plenty that way.

[@rodkirt9273]

In my area of south central Texas , the “ tasty “ bits of wax would inundate the hive area with fire ants , skunks , opossums , raccoons , foxes and coyotes . It is a very good idea to not leave the wax-bits laying around ! 👍👍

[@lakeviewapiary]

@@rodkirt9273 I don't leave the wax on the ground. It gets picked up and discarded after my inspection.

[@ec9596]

Great video

[@lakeviewapiary]

@ec9596 Thank You! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@quick4645]

Thanks for sharing this video!

[@lakeviewapiary]

You're welcome and thank you for stopping by to check it out.

[@olddave4833]

great video, would like to add, I use the same plastic pallets under my hives, I just saw the pallets in half with the circler saw so i can get my feet closer to the rear of the hive. also put old shingles or tar paper under them to stop weeds and grass from growing up thru. and wondering why the fence is so high and so much space between the wires. I know from experience that if a couple playful cubs get running towards it and their head gets thru first before they get a shock, they will go right on thru and wreck the fence when they get trashing around, then it's game on for the mother when the cubs get bawling, everything will get torn down. I have 9 thousand volts every 6 inches from the ground to 4 and 1/2 ft. and they wrecked that one night. or is your fence just for cattle?.

[@lakeviewapiary]

Thanks! That's a great idea. When i stand on the pallet, it moves the hive i am working on. I will be cutting them in half now. Thanks again!

[@olddave4833]

@@lakeviewapiary I also use a half of a wooden pallet on to p of the plastic one for more height and run an all weather screw on each side thru the wooden into the plastic to keep them from moving.. plastic is for ever but slippery.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

How do u feed a newly made Nuc? Thx

[@lakeviewapiary]

I thought I responded to this question. I am really sorry. I remember the question (a very good one). Are you still seeking my input on this? Again, sorry for missing this.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

@@lakeviewapiary yes, plz answer

[@lakeviewapiary]

I do it a few ways. 1- just take frames of honey from other hives if available (preferred method) 2- put a shim on the hive and use a ziplok bag. The biggest that will fit. Only fill it no more than 1/2 to 3/4. With a very sharp knife, make a few slits ontop of the bag as it sits in the nuc (on its side). Also, make sure to use the really good bags made for freezer storage 3- if it is strong enough a nuc, just put it in a regular 10 frame deep. I hope this info is still useful to you and again, I am so sorry for not responding.

[@lou8891]

Your electric fence. Wich parts did u use when connecting your gate

[@lakeviewapiary]

Plastic gate handles with spring loaded clips. Then on the gate post, you use the medal connecter. Tractor supply has everything you need.

[@lou8891]

@@lakeviewapiary ok thanks i got gate handles just need the spring loaded clips. Got everything at tractor supply except those. Need them to setup the gate

[@lakeviewapiary]

@@lou8891 the spring loaded clips are already on the handle. Now you need the double ihooks to make the gate connections

[@lou8891]

Thanks for your help. My first year bee keeping. Very excited started my 1sy split last about 10 days ago. My 1st hive is doing great

[@lou8891]

Nice to chat with another local ... very local bee keeper grew up on the othersode of town

[@jemligg4788]

Did you keep the nuc in that spot in the same apiary?

[@lakeviewapiary]

No, I move them to a different spot in same yard. Just for the sake of ease. It's easier to move the nuc then the double deeps. Just keep an eye on the population. If a noticeable amount of bees go back to the original loc: -Boost it with frames of capped brood and honey from another hive OR -swap its position with any other strong hive. They will equalize. But remember. When building the nuc, most of the bees will be nurse bees that were attached to the brood frames, not foragers.

[@MyALevelMathsTutor]

other bee keepers use a queen excluder and shake off the frames and come bqck in a couple of hours and leave the top box in situ and remove the bottom box i which the queen is

[@lakeviewapiary]

Yes, they do. However, I'm not sure how practical it is to come back a few hours later. Take me for instance. 4 yards and 30-40 hives. I find just learning to find the queen (which will happen naturally over time) is actually easier and less disruptive or risky.

[@brianm7348]

Great video coming from someone that has no clue but loves honey

[@lakeviewapiary]

Lol. Thanks brian!

[@wadebarnes6720]

I had one swarm so much I had to put them in it two days later I found the swarm that come out of it so what I did the biggest one I put in a box . the 4 smaller one I put them in a double nuke two in one and two another Queens come back got three out of four get them the frame of hatching bees put into each one and then I started pulling the cap brood back into the mother house and that made a monster a lot of honey that year 3 .5 gallon buckets

[@lakeviewapiary]

Sounds like the hive had a bunch of after swarms. Glad you were able to get all of them back. Thanks for watching!

[@wadebarnes6720]

@@lakeviewapiary I got a funny for you . I tried to make some Queens I made three cells bars but I couldn't find but two didn't figure out where the third one went until I tore down deeper into that colony and I found it and I see why it did what it did the sale bar had 8 that hatched out. The other two never made a queen

[@davidsoloninka7742]

What state r u in? Thx

[@lakeviewapiary]

I was in NJ and now moving my operation to Northern Virginia.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

Are u saying that the colony will swarm with a virgin queen?

[@lakeviewapiary]

Yes. For every queen cell, there is a potential for after swarms with the virgin queen.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

Is there a strategy to prevent an "after swarm with a virgin" queen? Thx

[@lakeviewapiary]

@davidsoloninka7742 yes. Killing all but 2 swarm cells in the hive. BUT then you need to go back a week later and kill any additional emergency cells. Remember, even though you removed the queen, there are still eggs and young larva available to make emergency cells. When I first remove the queen and kill all but 2 qcs, I like to put those qcs in the bottom box as not to destroy them the next week (they may fuse the cells to the frame bars below). There's no chance of that in bottom box since there is plenty of room from bottom board to the lower frames.

[@dogalarclk1541]

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