Punching out cells to make Queen Bees

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
  • In this episode I punch out cells to make Queen Bees. I try an extremely cheap cost effective method. Did it work?

Komentáře • 9

  • @freemanstump9765
    @freemanstump9765 Před 19 dny +1

    Learn from your f**k ups man loving the videos keep it up

    • @DraigwenHoney
      @DraigwenHoney  Před 19 dny +1

      Nice one man. I’m slowly getting better at production

  • @eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801

    Great video. Thanks for posting. Have found that cutting a small section of comb with eggs then carefully putting into a similar sized hole in a queenless nuc will definitely result in emergency cells, of course a bit of a gamble with mating flight etc and no guarantee if good genetics, but worth a try! Good luck and keep us updated.😊

    • @DraigwenHoney
      @DraigwenHoney  Před 11 dny +1

      Thanks butty. I didn’t work this time but the principle is sound I think. I’ll try it again with harder wax next year maybe.

  • @won2winit
    @won2winit Před 19 dny

    The idea is good but from the plugs I have seen you can buy you have to leave the wax/larvae in it and attach the plug to a top bar so it hangs down, and you have to go from the reverse side.
    Trying grafting for first time soon and going to video my attempts now I have a tripod, so if It goes well and I have excess zI could be looking to pass these on.

    • @won2winit
      @won2winit Před 19 dny

      This method looks cost effective and more likely to work czcams.com/video/vLRbCQ3LYgY/video.htmlsi=CvLFOcdH7bYTDzaE

    • @DraigwenHoney
      @DraigwenHoney  Před 19 dny +1

      It didn’t work this time but I think if the wax was harder I may have had more success. It was only a try out to see what would happen. Hopefully you have better results than I did. Are you grafting your carni B or a different queen?

    • @DraigwenHoney
      @DraigwenHoney  Před 19 dny +1

      That looks much better and just as cheap

    • @won2winit
      @won2winit Před 19 dny

      @@DraigwenHoney Carni B was not laying last week but might try half from her and half from a queen I raised last year as her laying pattern, colony temperament etc are looking to be my best option