Beekeeping - How To Inspect A Bee Hive and Mark A Queen
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Hi, I'm certified master beekeeper David Burns from Long Lane Honey Bee Farms. Join me today as I inspect a couple of hives for queens and I'll even show you how to mark a queen. Check out our complete online beekeeping website at www.honeybeesonline.com or call us at: 217-427-2678 Our beekeeping business is located in central Illinois.
New beekeeper here. This is the first year. Of all the beekeeping videos I have watched yours are the best and most informative. Performed my first split. Thought I killed the bees until I watched your series. Checked my split today. Saw an emergency cell that looks like it has a larva. Feel so much better. Feeling like an expectant mom. Lol.
Awesome!
Hey Sunny can you please give an update?
My husband has recently taken on beekeeping and I have become so interested in all of it! You have recently become a teacher for us! Thank you!
Thanks
Great video, thanks for showing the patience it takes to do things right!
Another fantastic video and another learning experience for sure. I definitely like your product and currently have two of your hives. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Cool vídeo. Thanks.
Awesome!
Love the video David. Thank you for sharing :)
Your best video. Great lesson in handling and marking queens.
Thanks. I thought it would be good to show how stuff happens when you least expect it and what to do about it, than always showing perfect scenarios.
best example of catching and marking a queen I have seen, after watching many hours of beekeepers on you tube
you missed the queen at min 12:08 in the middle of the frame. Love your videos.
hello David. been watching your videos for a while now and we haven't seen a video in a while. hope all is well with you and your family and hope to see more from you soon
Thank you for your response. Where do you get those? I have been a beekeeper for many years and never marked my queens, but my sixteen year old son has started working with me and I thought it best to help him out with a marked queen. I have enjoyed your videos and I am already changing some of my practices because of your influence. It is good to have a variety of ideas from everybody to see what one works the best for you.
Great video David, it would be great to see the swarm being captured
I'll do it soon. I do have a video on it. Search in CZcams David Burns Swarm. Choose the one with big yellow words, "Catch A Swarm"
Thanks for all you video's David they are very helpful--at 12.07 i spotted the Queen smack in the middle of the frame,you must have heard me shouting as you found her shortly after.
Nice!
Great video
doing a great job thanks
another great video. i know your frustration with this Illinois weather (im a bit northwest of you), i too was forced to split and am still a bit worried on my new queen's status. maybe this weekend i will be able to tell lol. weather permitting.
Should be fine, just slower than normal.
Hi there. Can you please share the reason for placing the hive entrance facing your house/wall? Cheers
David, have you ever seen drones mate a queen? I believe I captured it on video!
It would have to be 20-80 feet in the air. If you captured that, you are awesome. It has been captured by many people by placing the queen on a motorized arm and releasing drones. I think I saw one from 1958. But I have entertained the idea.
Hey David. I'm trying to find an affordable bee veil and will protect both the front and back side of neck. Where did you get the one your wearing?
jacob and i put a super frame in a deep box also and we know what you mean about the 3 inches of added wax
Do you checkerboard in empty frames in between the drawn out brood comb to get the bees to draw out more comb.
Not so much. It breaks up the brood nest too much for my comfort zone. But sometimes I do.
did you guys see the waggle dance at 6:30
hi from maine
Hello Terry From Maine!
David, I've noticed a certain pattern in the flight of your bees at the beginning of the video and right away I suspected you had a queen. Haha .. I've noticed with my bees every time I do splits they seem to have a very particular flight and pattern when they have a queen vs queen-less... Am I crazy? LOL Question... I noticed you don't seem to use inner covers... Any reason why?
I have yet to observe a flight pattern indicating the presence or absence of the queen. The bees inside the hive are certainly more calm with a queen. Inner covers are most useful in the winter, but I use my winter-bee-kind invention instead of the inner cover for winter.
BeeTeam6 by observing my hives numerous times it is my belief that there is a different type of activity in the front of the hive. I also notice less defense going on when there's no queen.
David, exactly what kind of marker are you using?
it is the commercially designated queen marking been. I've tried everything else and nothing else works. Don't waste your time.
Suggestion. The flow is on in Champaign County. How about shaking a frame of nectar for the camera. Did one yesterday and wow.
Sorry, I cringe when I see people shake out the nectar from a frame. All that hard work having to be repeated. My viewers would protest! :)
If the queen died or I killed her because she is weak, do I have to bring a new queen or the bees will produce a new one?
What if? , and how much time the hive will live without a queen? thank you.
Thank you very much, this was very helpful.
Do you have a youtube channel or a FB page that I can learn from or ask questions in the futuer?
God bless you.
Thank you, will do.
David, how many queens have you rolled, killed, by pulling frames from the middle like that ? Very bad for beginners to see.
What would you recommend?
hello David. been watching your videos for a while now and we haven't seen a video in a while. hope all is well with you and your family and hope to see more from you soon
hello David. been watching your videos for a while now and we haven't seen a video in a while. hope all is well with you and your family and hope to see more from you soon