Walk Away Splits & How I Do Them

Walk Away Splits & How I Do Them is a beekeeping video explaining my technique on walk away splits. For a beginner that hasn't started grafting yet, a walk Away Split is a great way of making you some queens.
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Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......
5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........
Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides. 3 1/2" x 20"
Ends. 3 1/2" x 12"......
All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...
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2 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 5"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......
5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........
Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides. 3 1/2" x 20"
Ends. 3 1/2" x 12"......
All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...
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[@MrSnapper1d]

I have worked bees for 40 years and I had an expert beekeeper with just a very few years of experience and a few backyard hives try to tell me that foragers will not revert back to taking care of brood and doing nursing.Well to prove a point take your queen and cage her so she cant fly off.Remove your box and put another one in it place with a comb of honey and empty brood frames.Let all the foragers return and the next day release your queen.Check back in 4 days and see who is taking care of the brood and eggs she laid in those 4 days.Foragers will be reverted back and caring for them!!! You are definitely right Dave!!!!

[@researcherAmateur]

I have that seme problem with beekeepers thet think thet evre generation is needed. I'm working with a sistem thet makes brood brekes and always end with OLD bees takeing care of a queen cell and the brood after. Those bees are more then a manth old takeing care of jung brood. No problem

[@vwbusguy]

@@researcherAmateur spell check

[@researcherAmateur]

@@vwbusguy Maybe you try to learn sam ader language.

[@jamescaleb9676]

not true. some foragers will revert but very few. most of the brood die. foragers also only partially revert. basically a reverted nurse is a really crappy nurse. recent studies have proven this. just because your colony survives doesn't mean they did well.

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Here in Central Florida i make up 5 frame nuc's (walk a way)using 1 frame pollen and honey - 2 frames of sealed brood with bees.One of them frames i have very few eggs.I then drop in 2 plain frames.I do this on my last splits of the year in September 15 + or - on the new moon.If the bloom has not started good yet i feed them for the first 10 days.I run 80% making good Queens.September 15 +or - is when our Brazilian pepper crop starts and it can make you 100lb per hive if a storm does not blow you off the map.Good luck with yer bees!

[@chrisrauscher4277]

Put them on the coast and you will make 300 pounds

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

@@chrisrauscher4277 Soooo True Bro!😁

[@brianw.520]

Do you leave the old queen on the original box? Will this prevent her from swarming?

[@mikeygeneral3676]

These two frame nuc never get old Love every video where you talk about them. They're the best !!.

[@enjoynaturehoney]

Mikey General am here as well 🙂

[@mikeygeneral3676]

@@enjoynaturehoney Only the best beekeepers kw where to find each other the BarnYard Class is the place to Bee 🐝 . You also have some EXCELLENT video on your Channel too your videos are very educational. Keep the Good work. 👍

[@soundgroundermusic]

A fascinating insight every time. Best wishes from the North West Coast of England.

[@rustyaalberg6956]

Thanks David, that answered several questions I had about splits.

[@beescheeseandwineplease889]

Great advice. I had a very poor

[@BlanchardsBees]

Great video! I did my first split last month and it's booming.

[@skorrchafer]

Dave I'm late to comment. Thank you for this updated video. It answered my questions that I had asked Jennifer the week prior to this video. For sure she passed my message on to you. Based on the comments below more than a few had similar questions pertaining to walk-away-splits. Can't wait for spring to give it a try, again. Thanks. Robert

[@kentcostello8099]

I'm going to try this next spring on my hives . So I can get more bees

[@JakeBeesos]

Good information. Thanks for sharing

[@dedomv11]

Thank you for the tip. I will be following your method. I was wondering how this is done. Thanks again.

[@ponolovefarms3926]

Just did a split today out here in southern Oregon, will probably grab a queen off Craigslist though. The bees are bringing in the star thistle nectar right now and there’s a bunch of it.

[@66otnt]

Thank you very much David!

[@julieenslow5915]

Always a pleasure to watch you David. Hope you are getting some rain - you had a dry summer - if i remember correctly? OK now I am not sure!! LOL - your time will come!

[@davidhaught84]

Thanks Julie, its always good to hear from you.

[@bolapromatoqueejogodecampe9353]

Thank you. Excellent!

[@georgegarcia5052]

Thanks for the excellent comment on forgers reverting to nurse bees … knowing that helps deal with hot hives … move the hot hive and put something in its place, like you did … gentler genetics.

[@markepping2307]

The 2 frame mateing nucs I make one frame with eggs and larvae and shake another frame of nurse bees 75% success in Wisconsin made last round in mid to late June

[@shuiqlazam]

Mark - Sconny here too - your taking two frames through winter in wisconsin? I have two of them i built - wondering if thats viable vs a 5 frame nuc? I have two queens coming from Dave - my current bees are sooooo agressive - going to requeen and try a fall split into a 2, 5 or 8 frame? thoughts? i could feed them a ton before it gets real cold and can monitor as they are in my barnyard Golden Rod flow is just starting to slow.

[@markepping2307]

@@shuiqlazam I moved them into 5 frames nucs once queen is laying good might try next year to get a 2 framer though winter

[@thepitpatrol]

Thanks David.

[@MadebyaBEAutifulqueenBea]

you are AWESOME. 🥰 I have always loved the bees. They may be small, but mighty. Great video 💙🐝💙

[@barrybell100]

Last spring I had a full box, they always swarm so I didn’t look. I just split in 3 boxes. Didn’t look for queen I guess I got lucky. It worked

[@joeforsyth7528]

I sure would like to see a video of your grafting

[@PhillipHall01]

Thanks David, What do you do to insure you have plenty of late season drones?

[@jaykayscarrental3496]

I love barnyard bees

[@cwharris3553]

When you place in new frames with foundation, in general assuming bees have what they need, how long does it take to build out comb? How late in the season will they continue to build out comb? Thanks from Alabama

[@spitrock33]

thanks for your videos, question. do you or can you use small nucs as cell builders

[@davidhaught84]

No, I wouldn't recommend that because for that many cells there needs to be lots of nurse bees. A packed out 5 frame nuc is good.

[@66otnt]

So David, you recommend doing walkaway splits in the three spring months, correct?

[@DirkWingrove]

if there's a flow, do you need still need to feed the newly created 2 frame nuc?

[@willyshelton6855]

How warm are we talking, when you say spring? I live in Alaska, just north of Anchorage. Temperature averages would help a lot! I get my bees in the last week of April. We don't usually have many drones till mid June. We harvest honey the second week of August. I have 5-8 hives so I know there's lots of drones by mid June but I'm not sure if that's too late to split. Thoughts? Thanks!

[@davidhaught84]

Night time temperatures need to be at least in the 40s, but you will have to do stronger splits so you Don't get chil brood.

[@willyshelton6855]

BARNYARD BEES Thank you! Appreciate it!

[@Russ92]

Is it a good idea to take a frame with a capped queen cell and do a split that way?

[@erinaberden7597]

Wow, I got in early

[@trebor042]

I have an opportunity to buy 2 deep supers with a honey super I live in Missouri is it too late?I know I won’t get any honey this year.

[@rjward1775]

How far within the bee yard do you move the original hive?

[@ryanfoothills6059]

I did this split, but didn't realize that I needed to feed the original colony after moving them. They ended up starving. :( Lesson learned.

[@jamescaleb9676]

they starved because all their foragers left and tey didn't have enough food.

[@vwbusguy]

Gday from oz

[@66otnt]

What time of the season are you making this video David?

[@Larry.Luciano]

What about Florida in June?

[@waughsathletics]

Is there certain tme frame to do a split im in ohio and its kinda dry at the moment

[@christiancastellanos5884]

Hi David, I was wondering how many days after making a split do you introduce a VIRGIN queen . Thank and best wishes from Ecuador

[@scotth5261]

They make their own queen. Watch the video again.

[@christiancastellanos5884]

@@scotth5261 I know, but when you buy a virgin queen or when you graft them.

[@americanhottopics7373]

Do you sell mini NUCS?

[@raymondrobinson5251]

Basic knowledge of wildlife life cycles.

[@scotth5261]

WTF are you talking about?

[@raymondrobinson5251]

@@scotth5261 The life cycle of the dragon fly for example, has a nymph cycle that starts off as an aquatic bug. Bees are not aquatic. Whereas even fish can be food for a dragon fly nymph. Basic wildlife knowledge.

[@Wanenbok]

I wish I had the gut to split my hive...

[@quivalla]

I did a walkaway split with my girlfriend, but she took it all......

[@MrSnapper1d]

My ex wife did the same thing!!!! i did get a television and the dog but I had a neighbor who then stole the tv.The dog however was worth it.She was a real sweetie and lived another 18 years until she passed.