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Danny
Registrace 27. 09. 2010
Honey bees basics
Looking in my nuc box that was a swarm collection too find?? Must watch…
Beekeeping basics with Danny
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Merged 1 hive together with another after finding it completely queen less..part 2
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Beekeeping basics with Danny part 2 (sorry had to delete first video due to wrong editing)
Bee inspection time,look what I found …Part 1
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Beekeeping basics with Danny.
Checking my first nuc box and marking our new queen
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Beekeeping basics with Danny
Extracting my honey frames
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Beekeeping basics with Danny, my first ever honey pot🐝
Checking in hive 1 after a couple of weeks to see if I have a queen, to my surprise see what happens
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Checking in hive 1 after a couple of weeks to see if I have a queen, to my surprise see what happens
Checking for a queen in the nuc box from the swarm I collected
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Checking for a queen in the nuc box from the swarm I collected
In my hives but on inspection there was a couple of surprises
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In my hives but on inspection there was a couple of surprises
Collected a swarm today and moved it 4 miles away ready to bring back after a week to the Asprey 
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Collected a swarm today and moved it 4 miles away ready to bring back after a week to the Asprey 
Went into the hive with the queen in today.
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Went into the hive with the queen in today.
7th day inspection and found queen cells and had todo a split wit my hives
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7th day inspection and found queen cells and had todo a split wit my hives
What’s the difference between a nuclear box and a swarm box..?
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What’s the difference between a nuclear box and a swarm box..?
Went into the hive to check the super, to my surprise
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Went into the hive to check the super, to my surprise
After adding a super and checking the hive for swarm sells
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After adding a super and checking the hive for swarm sells
Beekeeping basics, how to help your bees from drowning in your sugar syrup feeder
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Beekeeping basics, how to help your bees from drowning in your sugar syrup feeder
Beekeeping basics adding the sugar syrup part 2
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Beekeeping basics adding the sugar syrup part 2
Beekeeping basics with Danny, taking frames out from nuc and putting into the hive
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Beekeeping basics with Danny, taking frames out from nuc and putting into the hive
Beekeeping basics with Danny, how too..
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Beekeeping basics with Danny, how too..
Nice size swarm
@@angelamitchell7531 was my own too lol
@@dcleal1 at least you got them and didn't lose them
Always good to see them going into a box. Don't go up ladders though to get them! Not pleasant falling off (I've done it!)😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 😂😂, hopefully I won’t have too
Watch David Burns master beekeeper. Need to add wax to your foundations they will draw it out faster. It did swarm. Save the queens and make a small resource hive incase you need a queen in one of your main hive
@@robertofkennedy yeah I do watch him at times he is good…They are already wax but yeah if I add more there build quicker.?
@dcleal1 I'm almost a newbie, haven't caught a swarm, yet. Built my boxes and frames 1 1/2 years ago, I have been studying ever since .
@@robertofkennedy swarms are pretty easy to catch, iv managed too catch 2 now, 1 mine own and the other not so sure where that came from lol.. Yes indeed there is so much to learn and one of the reasons iv done my journey for every one to see real life beekeeping and how dedicated you must be and what can happen over the summer period.. Ghanks for watching .🐝👍
That was a manic one lol, I think I now need a new suit to help you as it’s all getting a bit more tricky 😂❤ xxxxx
love those hives !
@@KidGarden100 thanks
Drop in a frame with eggs and see if they draw out emergency queen cells, it they don't you have a virgin to get mated. Don't buy a queen until you have confirmed they are definitely queenless or they will kill her and bang goes your money. If they do draw out queen cells just tear them down then again after 8 days and add a mated queen then.
She's a beauty. All my queens are daughters and grandaughters of one of Laurence's Buckfasts😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 she certainly is, can’t wait to see her perform ..👌🐝
Thanks for that. Good luck with the new queen😊
put a test frame in before you spend your money .if you do have queen in thare they will kill your new one .
Dont worry about the confused foragers, they will eventually go back into the nearest hive. Yoy must have used up a few calories! That queenless colony looked very healthy, another option would have been to put a test frame (with some eggs) in, then check in 5 days or so, if the colony is queenless, you should find queeen cells. If just normal worker brood, the colony may still have a queen of sorts. Just a thought, i know there are never right or wrong ways 😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 yeah I was thinking about going down that road but it’s been a good 20/25 days and there is absolutely nothing in the way of showing there any signs of a queen so it’s a prime time to add a A1 buckfast queen..😀.. she is turning up any time now so excited to introduce her, ( the right way of course) 🤞fingers crossed 🤞 all goes well..👍
@@dcleal1 your not helping yourself by not telling us its been 20/25..days .you will get conflickting advice..also why you buying a queen if your combining them .or have i missed something .as only 2 hives in vid..which you combine..hive 1 red queen ..poly nuc green queen .other hive no queen which you combine with poly nuc..why are you buying a queen ..
@@dcleal1 cheers Danny, hope you don't mind me commenting, as I am definitely not an expert. Good luck with mated Buckfast, do keep us updated. Videos are great and show reality of beekeeping.
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 no not at all I love all comments, this is what I won’t as I’m learning too and I’m also learning from what people say to do…Thank you so much for watch 👍
Love watching you and your mistakes and thinking process I am a very new keeper and I lost my second swarm both must have been queenless. Looking forward to the next video with the new queen. Have learned a great deal from you. Thanks
Great video… I feel your pain with some points of this video. They certainly do test us mate
@@DenbeeHoney 😂👍, got to love them for that.🐝🐝
dont mind if you take my comment down when you took the vid down .but whati said is right .
Where did you get those yellow gloves from please?
a..sda....good gloves but a bit tight.i got the large ones....they go up your rist as well .they do some good rubber gloves as well in boxs..of 20/40...
@@DenbeeHoney home bargains lol
🐝 If you have a queen she might lay more eggs for more workers 🐝🐝🐝
@@PrmotePlus hope so…🙏
Oh, and careful of your back!
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 yes I no, than boxes are so heavy lol…😂👍
Thats a really civilised colony of bees. With a bit of luck now the days are getting shorter the swarm instinct will diminish, its good that you have been giving them space, that can make all the difference. You must have good forage nearby. Ta for taking the time and effort to put the vids out, i know it takes a lot if effort, but its really appreciated.😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 ahh thank you so much, I’m a beginner and I was always hoping people like yourself would take there time to sit and watch my journey… It defo has had its ups and downs but I’m enjoying every part of beekeeping..
Handy tip for the supers, push the capped frames out and place uncapped in the middle, they will work them quicker. Great video
Thanks you.👍
Looking really good and healthy mate, fresh comb with fresh brood, looks almost edible 😂
@@chester6343 ahh thank you, iv been in the 2 hives today and had a big shock in one of them so stay posted too see what’s happened… Like I said from the beginning there will be ups and downs..🤦♂️..
@@dcleal1 dead queen?
@@chester6343 yep, don’t no how or why other then the day I marked her and I see her flying around she may ov never made it back in or on maybe a maiden flight some thing happened… hopelessly queenless …🥲.. I have a solution though.. be on it tomz..
@@dcleal1 that really sucks, I hope you can requeen sharpish. I'm going in my hive on Sat, I'm probably not too far from you location wise, the weather has been great, they're working and expanding very quickly, filling 2 supers no problem may put a third on but half expecting swarm cells, not sure if it's too late to demaree but that is the route I'm looking at right now, like you I am new to this :) good luck!
@@chester6343 yes iv got the 2 swarm nuc boxes full of bees so going to introduce 1 of them… The other hive is busting and doing great, hopefully get another 2 suppers of that soon.. Good luck with yours bud
Sir what kind of bee do you keep Apis serena bee or Apis mellifera bee please tell me🐝
@@opsydul0175 A1 buck fest queen bee
It’s not so fun when you clean the kitchen just to extract the honey but then have to clean it again cause everywhere was sticky 🤣🤣 in places we didn’t even touch 🤣🤦🏼♀️ was so enjoyable though I can’t wait to do the next lot now ❤ so proud of you xxxx
You have been our Friday night entertainment. When I asked Harvey what he thought of it, he firmly stated “I love that!”. Excellent work mate xx
@@hayleybee3289 ahh thanks guys. Xx
Thanks Danny. Always good when you can take off a crop, there is always a demand for honest produced local honey (do treat your good lady with at least some of the proceeds) 😊. Likewise with any surplus nucs in the spring, there will always be someone local who will be interested anf its nice to pass on your knowledge to them, but make sure you recover your costs, as equipment is not cheap. Cheers. Peter😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 yeah I could of sold this honey twice over lol, kept a lot of it for my wonderful wife that helped me out and the kids with hay fever.yes unless your a beekeeper you will never understand the amount of money spent to get to this point.. I’m shaw since I stayed in April I recon I’m on about 4k now 😂🐝🤷♂️
Where did you buy the de capping tray from please @danny
@@DenbeeHoney I bought the extractor and tray with buckets all together as one
@@dcleal1 where from
@@DenbeeHoney beekeeping.co.uk/products/extraction-starter-kit-bundle
Nice new jacket Dan - where did you get that from?
@@nigeltimms3582 thank you, Amazon buddy, happy to send you the link only £45 too
A really nice colony, they will overwinter well in the poly, ta for posting.😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 yes that’s what I’m hoping,I’ve got another supper coming although it’s only 6 frames more it may just cover me for more room until the end of August when queen starts to not lay so much
Just finished your honey extraction vid and saw this one was up and lovely videos
@@nimmimankame8727 thank you so much for watching, plenty more too come as my journey is far from over lol..🐝
@@dcleal1 will be definetly keeping up with your beekeeping journey
@@nimmimankame8727 thank you so much,like I say plenty more to come and always feel free to comment on what I’m doing or questions you need answering as I’m always happy to help:
Great video just found your channel have watched a few videos until now great stuff keep the videos coming ❤ Hope you enjoy the honey
@@nimmimankame8727 ahh thank you so much, just trying to keep it real for people to see how it really is. Meany more videos to come. Please enjoy watch and once again thank you. Always welcome to advice and more,always happy to be picked up on what I’ve done wrong so I can myself put right..🐝🐝
The red thing is your uncapping fork. Our first year we decided to do the extraction in the shed only my son then cut his hand resulting in me making a mad dash with him to the medical centre for stitches and guess what, in our mad rush we forgot to close up the shed and id say every bee in the neighbourhood was in there robbing the honey 😂 Didn't make same mistake again
@@angelamitchell7531 oh no what a nightmare, gutted for you…
You should shake the bees off the frames, or you will have a load of drones stuck above the QE
@@mikebush2138 ahh yeah good point 🤦♂️
Looking forward to watching the rest of this tomorrow Danny. I'm only a few minutes in. Just a tip, I was advised to cut from the bottom going up rather than from top to bottom. Hope that makes sense? I bet the dogs loved them smell! 😂
@@stewillo86 ahh thanks, yes dogs loved it, they were desperate for some lol… I’ll try bottom up next time then, give it ago.👍
@@dcleal1 Each to their own Danny, I'm led to believe it's supposed to be a bit cleaner doing it that way that's all. Do what suits you. 👍🏻
@@stewillo86 thanks, I will try it though ay no harm..👍
Looking Good Dan, watch out for Grizzly Bears in the garden.
@@user-mk5sg6bh1z lol, thank you.
Hey enjoyed your video Maybe move the camera back a bit, your bee suit gets in the way and the hive and frame go out of focus for a second or two
@@TheTUPIC thank you so much, yeah working on that..😂👍🐝
hey Danny
Beautiful
@@angelamitchell7531 thank you
You should have taken some frames out of the bigger hive to extract. The queen hasn't got enough room, I didn't recall seeing any eggs or brood on any of the frames. Extract half of the frames and return them, create a brood and a half for the queen. No reason why you couldn't remove the top super for extraction and replace it with a new super......
@@stewillo86 yes you iv been contemplating doing that, good advice thanks, when I next go in there I think that’s what I’ll do.👍
@@dcleal1Do it sooner rather than later because they'll swarm due to lack of space for the queen to lay. (Enjoy your first honey crop!) I've enjoyed your channel. You've been really honest and could have edited the mistakes etc out but have been really genuine with your journey. Well done. NOW GO AND GIVE THAT QUEEN SOME BLOODY SPACE! 😂
@@stewillo86 hahaha, thank you very much.. Yes I’m going to do it now.( today) .. thanks once again 👍
Don’t forget to sterilise them 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
In case you haven't seen it, there a few keepers who have a screen that is bent over on all sides so that all they have to do it put it over the queen and push it into the comb a little and mark her from there. Some lift it slightly and let her walk around as the mark dries so they don't clean it off her, some catch her in a clip and let her dry. Haven't done it but the safest, easiest and least risky option seems to be to just lift the mesh cage a bit. No moving her, chances of squishing or just altogether losing her. It takes something like 10 to 30 seconds for her to dry, lift the mesh off as she just Carrie's on her merry way.
@@kh7794 I should had open the cadge bottom down the same way I court her instead of leaving it on its side..🤦♂️
Don’t put yourself down, well explained 👍👍
@@malcolmleith5204 thank you
What it only has two handles 😂 you would have thought it would come with four candles 😂😂
@@malcolmleith5204 😂😂
Nice 👌🏻
@@DenbeeHoney thanks
Thanks Danny. Good luck with the extraction, but dont mess up your kitchen as you dont want to upset your good lady! Its easily done.😅
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 😂😂, yes will try not too.. thank you for watching 🐝
Nice, credit to the camera person tho! They done a fabulous job 😂❤ xxxxx
Nice bit of kit, can you please put the link where you bought it from 👍
@@JamesSkellon-Rowlands beekeeping.co.uk/products/extraction-starter-kit-bundle
Once again Danny you have nailed your video diary - your journey is almost a mirror image of mine - I'm guessing you live near a hospital too - nice lot of honey in supers I haven't had that success yet but I think I'm 5 weeks behind you - Very satisfying when you manage to catch a queen and mark her.
@@nigeltimms3582 ahh thank you so much for watching, It’s is very up and down and this is why I done a journey for you and so meany to see how it actually is in reality.. Everything and everyone is different obviously but it’s how you go about things and the advice give.. I’m hoping a lot of different people like myself learn from this and take on board what can happen and what you can do about it.. yes right next door to a hospital lol.. Was so happy for how it turned out in the end with hive 1 and the queen cells I left as I never now where it was actually going to go as like I always say I’m new to this too… Lessons learnt for next year for sure and I will continue with this journey for as long as I keep bees so stay tuned.. Don’t forget there was the June gap so be patient it will come.. Now that hive 1 as swarmed I’m now down by half so it’s a long road to maybe getting a supper filled like that again but up side we are still only in the beginning on July.. Best of luck buddy keep me posted on how you’re getting on.👍
That was another great professional video, thanks for posting. Glad you got the new queen marked, she may take a while to start laying. My eyesught is not brill but do you th😮ink it might have been capped stores in the brood box 47.30 rather than capped brood? Perhaps the colony didnt actually swarm, but just a supersedure? Good idea with the nucs, they will overwinter well. Look forward to your updates😊
@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 thank you so much glad you enjoyed it. Yes that possible could be capped stores and I was so lucky with the queen lol. Times like then is when I’m glad I recorded it so I could go back and follow her to make sure she went back into the hive
Well done on 2nd swarm
Thank you
Very interesting video thanks.
Thank you for watching.👍🐝
Just started bee keeping and found you videos. Very good info. Thanks. 1 thing for me the music is very off putting. Very repetitive. But have still subscribed. Thanks. And best of luck with your bees.
Ahh thank you… 👍
Actually yeah fair point iv only just noticed that on this video lol.. it’s the only one that plays like that through the video, all the rest is just a little in the very beginning…. Not only new to beekeeping but new to filming lol, the editing is a hole lot better now..
Hi Danny yet another great video diary - I tried that type of the queen bee catcher but didn't get on with it as it difficult to see what happening under the chamber, instead I got hold of push in ring type with a plastic mesh and it was really successful
Ahh thank you glad you enjoyed it.. yes they are a bit fiddly arnt they lol, I do have another I may try and also got a crown 👍
Have you a stand to put the nuc onto to keep the airflow through mesh floor
Yes it’s no a stand
@@dcleal1very interesting to see the varoa treatment, I don't think we have that one in Ireland, is it an oxalic acid? Beautiful calm bees
@@angelamitchell7531 yes I think it is, has to be used on swarms, no eggs, capped brood ect … thank you they are very carm ant they