Watch this video before you add a queen to a "queenless" hive

Don't make this mistake if you think your hive is queenless

[@andrewbillington2337]

I loved this video! As a new beekeeper I appreciate the fact that you explained the reasons for doing things in a certain way. I found my hive to be queenless recently and I was all set to go get another queen. My mentor explained how we had time and resources we could get the bees to make another queen. Yes, it took a couple of weeks and a few manipulations but now this hive is thriving with a lovely placid colony and filling frames with honey so quickly that I will be harvesting my first honey this weekend! Thank you for this easy to understand presentation.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Im glad it worked out for you and I really appreciate the kind words!

[@smittysbees6860]

great advise. I have done it before. Put a queen in a "queenless" hive and come out later and she was on the ground barely alive. learn something everyday with the bees.

[@shannonpollmann7863]

I appreciate you sharing your experience and what you have found to work and the why behind it. Including the almost mishap of not realizing you had a virgin queen. There is ALWAYS something new to learn. I feel I am still a beginner - 4 years or possibly 5 in now. Thank you!

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you for watching! They are interesting creatures for sure. Just when We think we have them figured out, they throw another curve ball. LoL

[@muhammadjawadyousufi3059]

Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe

[@PawPawMountain]

Nice Queen! Great info. Thanks!

[@selina7150]

That is great advice. I’m a novice beekeeper and have dealt with three swarms in lockdown with no help. I caught them all but I’m struggling to see any queens. This really helps.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Have you seen any evidence of a queen yet?

[@selina7150]

@@ronniedaniels4587 think I see some brood 🙂

[@joshpepper902]

Very helpful for the new beekeeper!

[@ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney]

Good idea, I accidentally came up with the same idea this year, good to see someone else confirm it works.

[@johntesarik4133]

Informative, thanks for sharing. Kind regards from northern Australia.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Hey Ronnie! I just found your channel and subscribed!! Lucky they didn't kill her when she was balled. Thanks!

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

I enjoyed that, thanks so much. Best wishes from the UK, hope your bees do ok over the winter. Peter

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you for the kind words. Best of luck with your bees through winter as well!

[@wes3479]

super helpfull. thank you

[@riverbuilder2251]

Great mate! Easy to follow and no bulldust talk.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you!

[@rstlr01]

Great information and well done video!

[@birdofthemuses5297]

Thank you for this and thank you for not clipping the queens wings like some keepers do . Makes me really sad when they do that 🐝🌻🌼🌺🥀🌷

[@jonnygreenwood6512]

hmmm, but it does stop your neighbours getting annoyed with you if your bees end up stinging their kids when they swarm and the queen doesn't know she has been clipped, its a sensible precaution, not that I do it but I do see why....

[@terrir8525]

This was a great video for me. You must upload more often for your new subscriber! lol. She is a beautiful queen!!

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you for watching! And thank you for the push to make more videos!

[@muhammadjawadyousufi3059]

Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe

[@261tootlee]

Good idea to identify whether queenless.

[@muhammadjawadyousufi3059]

Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe

[@PHForagingUK]

Love it Would you consider make a video when to add a super. I am a new beekeeper. Thanks

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Life at Boathouse With Phongsri Moore I sure will! Thanks!

[@johndenuccio3102]

Get to the dam point already, who cares about your damm Door

[@jonnygreenwood6512]

Cheers Ronnie, very helpful. I have 2 hives that I am concerned about this year. Because of the poor weather we had in England right up until June the bees went crazy when the weather turned nice and one of my good hives generated 5 swarms! Besides your test which I will do, how long should you wait before being concerned, a month? and is there always a queen with them when they do swarm? cheers Jonny

[@selina7150]

I’m in Scotland with thee same problem! Good luck🍀🐝

[@Kyrmen676]

Keep it up sir 🔥 I support you n your channel

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you!

[@halleyevans1980]

Thnx for sharing :)

[@tonyjetton8352]

Good job.

[@kyrpanglinnonglang4773]

sir it means that bees can produce queen by himself,if the Queen died.

[@bigal7713]

have you ever see a nuke starting to build queen cells on your test frame? My (unfortunate) experience has been that it takes a very strong colony to build queen cells even on a notched frame with eggs and young larva.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Yes I have seen them do it. I believe they will do their best to make a queen if they dont have one and aren’t a laying worker hive. I usually try to help them with a pollen patty. You make a good point though. It really helps to have a strong nuc to make a queen. When I do splits and allow them to make a queen, I do my best to make the nuc strong. Shake extra bees in the new nuc, because the foragers will leave and go back to the original colony.

[@kimberwolvert3758]

Keep up the good educational videos🐝😀

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you, and thank you for watching.

[@muhammadjawadyousufi3059]

Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe

[@dougkidd4799]

Great video thanks

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thank you, and thank you for watching!

[@kimlibera663]

I noticed today my bee population is way down. It is all on 1 frame-2 large circles on wax. Remaining frames empty. I don't see any dead bees. Is it possible they could have swarmed out with half the hide.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Yes, its possible. You probably need to check to see if you have a queen. A colony quickly starts dropping in population when there isnt a queen laying. Where are you located?

[@kimlibera663]

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[@muhammadjawadyousufi3059]

Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe

[@temijinkahn511]

How can you tell the queen is mated?

[@ronniedaniels4587]

There are a number of ways to tell. Usually her abdomen will be larger than a virgin queen. Virgin queens have skinny abdomens and can fly very well, where mated queens cant fly as well. But the easiest way I tell is just look for eggs and larvae. If i see eggs and larvae, I usually dont even look for the queen.

[@DennisKenneybees]

How long do you think it take for honey bees to know they are queenless?

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Based on my experience I would say within minutes. Definitely less than an hour.

[@DennisKenneybees]

My search says between 1/2 hour to 2 hours.

[@temijinkahn511]

You will know by the sound. The whole hive gets “very” loud. Once you hear it you will never forget the sound. Three to five times louder than normal.

[@rodanddeannaterwilliger1990]

I got new hive in May queen was doing great month later open hive with my own eyes they killed her after that they build queen cells because no queen one hatched week half later doing good then week later was gone queenless again but I'm stumped why they killed her there was no other queen

[@wadebarnes6720]

I noticed everybody shows their Queen it's like a caramel color all mine is black don't know what kind of queen but they are black some of them are smaller than the worker but they lay good and they don't give me no trouble

[@ronniedaniels4587]

I have had different colors as well, including black. The caramels are definitely easier to find. Thanks for watching!

[@dogalarclk1541]

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[@mr.msadventures427]

I might be queenless this late in the season, is there anything I can do?

[@ronniedaniels4587]

If you are in the US, its kinda late to fix, but not impossible. If you could buy a queen it might be possible. Otherwise, you can combine them with another hive.

[@mr.msadventures427]

@@ronniedaniels4587 I'm in Eastern Canada and only have one hive, its my first year beekeeping so I think I'm going to have to start over again in the spring which sucks

[@ronniedaniels4587]

@@mr.msadventures427 Why do you think you are queenless? If you are queenless, Try to store your wax frames somewhere safe to keeps insects out of it until next season

[@bethaniedaniels7590]

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[@davidpatrick1813]

I am worried about robbers with a hive that is either queenless or trying to make one. ...lots of bees but they don't seem to want to defend... so curious if I introduced a queen it they will defend or just be killed off by robbers...

[@ronniedaniels4587]

If you think they are being robbed, the first thing to do is reduce the entrance. Even if they dont currently have a queen they should still defend the hive.

[@davidpatrick1813]

@@ronniedaniels4587 Hi Ronnie, I have had it that way and even made it tiny , one bee at a time ...yesterday I accidentally didn't have the restricted all the way flat and more got in. I am nervous about opening and checking all frames.. but I have to get over that. I don't want to hurt it. Then I'll see what's there and decide, 1. re-introduce it back to the hive I split it from, 2. harvest all or most of the very heavy (was) honey. 3. try to make it go and get it through winder (or add a queen. I don't think they are defending it.

[@davidpatrick1813]

I am going out there in a few and check and then go to work (late) but 1st things 1st. Ignorance isn't good if something simple or complicated. :-)

[@ronniedaniels4587]

@@davidpatrick1813 Without seeing a video, its hard for me to give much advice. Usually when they are robbing, robber bees will be trying to get in everywhere-the top, cracks, etc. one thing I have noticed is when a hive is being robbed and you take the top an inner cover off, robber bees will come flying out. Also, look for wax cappings on the hive floor and landing board.

[@davidpatrick1813]

@@ronniedaniels4587 I wonder .. do you have a "website" that I can email etc. I sorta am shy about putting the email in this open... However, I came home (it's 4 now) and thought the front flying is active the whole bottom is open and I see no skirmishing or anything. I think maybe the opening was tiny and way more workers wanted to work than the restriction allowed. It looks great this afternoon. Also, maybe the extra air flight in front too maybe be for queen going and returning (if she isn't mated) ... but she might be. I saw her this am.. first time I have seen a queen live with my own peepers. Pics might show some larvey but not sure. I might not have been able to see inside the cells for eggs. I'll wait a week or two and see how it goes. I did see pollen barres the past few days.

[@emillaezpe4822]

Hi

[@guruchhetri9984]

Is it melifara or cerena

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Good eye! Mellifera.

[@filipfraneta5031]

You should buy a decent microphone with a wind shield

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thanks for the tip.