What the heck this shaker tub is 06/23/2019

[@brianmarshall3931]

I saw you using this shaker box - or maybe you did a video on making one a year or two ago? Went and got a tub, cut the bottom out, built the frame and used screws from the inside to attach the parts together. Maybe someone can find that video and post it onto this one? Works great - and I only have 6 hives. Been using 8 frame boxes, but even those are getting to heavy for me at 67. Slowly switching over to nucs and going to 4 levels. Much easier on me these days. Dunno if I will get around to making a new shaker box for them? Or if there is some kinda tub with similar measurements? If I find one, I will post it here. You've probably saved thousands and thousands of hives from being mismanaged, diseased or accidentally killed off! This is by far the BEST practical bee channel for Canada and North America! Maybe the world! Thanks again for all you do and the videos you put up for us "hobbyists" to learn from.

[@natserog]

did you ever find the video on making the shaker box Brian??

[@brianmarshall3931]

@@natserog Nope, but it's right here on this channel - over a year ago, almost 2?

[@natserog]

@@brianmarshall3931 oh ok...i looked didnt see it...ill look again

[@brianmarshall3931]

@@natserog Guess we gotta ask the "master" - he's the one who made the video... Maybe he'll see this and have mercy upon you?

[@natserog]

@@brianmarshall3931 i dont need mercy.

[@electricengineer624]

You’re planned for everything and do everything according to the plans thats why you’re successful, amazing job Boss 🤙🤙

[@johnh8615]

So 21 days allow all the occupied cells to be vacated, and then filled with honey. So efficient. Thank you for sharing that.

[@josephbeatty4421]

Do you own all the land your bees are on? Or do you place them on others farms?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Both

[@johnkese8953]

What do you mean by “put one thirds and than 1/4??? Ps great video… the “shaker tub” is GENIUS “…. Walmart tub, cut bottom, add an inner cover with cut out and PESTO …a shaker tub! Wow that easy, but the idea …priceless!!! Thank you!

[@PEGuyMadison]

So your process is to build up a 2 super hive fill it with larvae / comb (if not there) then right before honey flow you put a queen excluder on it... I guess it makes sense as I did this by accident with one of my hives this year and its producing more honey than the others as it has more bees. I will try that next year, I plan on building out my hive count to 20 if I find a place to put them.

[@moosibou]

How do the drones get out after they emerge? You don't have top entrances and you have excluders on.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Moosibou That’s a problem with the hives sealed tight

[@zongshunliang9928]

Ian honey flow how long ?a year how many honey flow ? a month ? What is the control of honey production? And quality？

[@tsbroke]

Two questions. Do some of your tubs have an excluder attached or do you simply stack? Do you usually use a wireless or Bluetooth mic?

[@yukonjeffimagery]

Saw my first bloomed fireweed flower in my bee yard yesterday. The summer flow is almost here now.

[@jcs6347]

What is attached to the bottom of the tubs?

[@johngrant8046]

Ian just curious if your flow is a few weeks behind. up here in ny we are behind schedule

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

right on the money!

[@KnollNomad]

No glee or glitter, just straight forward. Thank you

[@18Bees]

Do you know that your "Home" page is blank when you click on it?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

18 Bees Not sure what to do about it?

[@18Bees]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I believe you 1. go to customize channel 2. page down to Add a Section 3. Under Content select "Uploads" and also "Popular Uploads" Hope that helps.

[@scottmaschino1927]

If you look around on KZbin, it won't take long to find vids saying that a good way to get a hive to pull queen cells out for a split is to have young latch or eggs above a queen excluder. I've tried it myself and have has no success. Putting your excluders in like you do, do you ever find that that is the case?

[@ludgermerkens]

Depends on your bees, I rarely see this spontanously. But you can graft one or two cells into a box with one or two frames of brood above a queen excluder. One or two of theese cells are often accepted (rarely more) and you can then take those broodframes as a split with a nice queen cell. Added bonus - such a split (because the queen below the queen excluder can no longer lay eggs into the frames) will be broodless for a few days, before the young queen starts laying eggs, thus you can treat against (varroa) mites with oxalic acid (or even lactic acid spray) with high efficiency.

[@decaturridgebees8761]

I’ve read a lot of books on rearing queens. So, no experience myself with this BUT I think what you are talking about is something that works more in the spring NOT when the main flows start. Hope that makes sense

[@ludgermerkens]

@@decaturridgebees8761 Correct, this method can be used pretty early in the spring. Even before most other queen rearing methods can be used, but I see no reason, why it should stop working later in the season. The start of the main flow might be a problem, because the bees tend to build too much wax around the cells then, but if the flow is not too heavy, it should work.

[@decaturridgebees8761]

Ludger Merkens i think it has to do with the spring tendency to swarm. That makes sense to me but doesn’t mean I’m right. I do know of a queen rearer that does it regularly in the spring. They look for a colony that’s just started making swarm cups. Then they configure the boxes a certain way and graft. I think they only do 10 or 15 cells per colony in that config though.

[@decaturridgebees8761]

Ludger Merkens my 2nd graft this year i had a problem with excess wax. I have more cells being finished now and i put a blank foundation in there for them to build wax. Looks like they are doing that along with building on top of my grafting frame. The cells look good though

[@natserog]

doesnt an empty deep serve the same purpose as a shaker tub?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

natserog Yep, but this is lighter weight, bigger and taller uptop and narrows into the center of the brood box managing the pile of bees at the edge

[@natserog]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog good deal....so you just made a frame and screwed in to the plastic tub? smart

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

It works alright

[@rabeerabee4577]

Is it safe way not to kill the queen?!!!

[@crazyate9830]

You don't like chasing her with smoke?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

gidster hofer Doesn’t get them all

[@crazyate9830]

We just take queen excluder out and smoke down the queen. Are we crazy?

[@SerhIIH27]

yes, you are. In fact, you poison your bees using a lot of smoke ( you poison brood in cells), after that bees need several days to maintain good quality air condition needed for their existence. Don`t do that again, bees will thank you

[@crazyate9830]

Ok but show me where u got that information.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Many do it with just smoke

[@polyplanter]

interesting