June swarms take them or leave them, a chance to observe and learn.
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Why collect a swarm in a net?
Dump them in the hive, or let them walk in on their own?
Is the queen inside the new hive, or not?
Five Clusters on the same tree, which one has the queen?
Let's take a look.
Update, FOLLOW UP VIDEO: czcams.com/video/2vllQlO-qPw/video.htmlsi=a1F61wb-vVcorItw
Watched this morning and my 6 year old daughter watched with me. She has a new suit and will come with me to the bee yard. This video inspired her to get out one of the bee books. Thank you for producing great videos that are interesting and fun for kids 6-60😊
I'm so glad that someone so young is inspired. My grandson would spend every single day in the bee yard if I let him. They are the future! Thanks for sharing :)
Yes, I found it enjoyable, educational, and relaxing. Come to think of it that's true of all your videos.
Wow, thank you :) that's why I make them :)
This is the best bee video I've seen Thanks for this lovely relaxing visit to bees!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
Love your videos Fred, you were a huge inspiration for me to start beekeeping. Thanks!
That's fantastic, thank you so much :)
You’re a bloody beauty Fred!
Thanks for posting my friend.
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Hey! It's been a while since I've seen a comment from you. I hope all is well! :)
Thanks for replying. I've been watchin' mate 😉 😂, still haven't got any hives yet. Almost, but the introduction of varroa destructor over here made me shy away 😟
Fred, another great video by you as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thx for sharing Fred. The swarm on different branches was interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow. Your the man. I enjoy watching you and your channel 😊
Thank you so much, Brian :)
Fascinating video!
Fascinating ❤ Thanks for another great video explaining the bees behavior!!
You are very welcome :) I'm so glad to see your comment!
Great video Fred. I love the channel growth.
Thanks, Robert! I appreciate all the years that you've been watching and commenting :)
June and July are both great months for saving bees. I just got a call to remove bees from a log on a logging site by Mayville, NY. That is my weekend plans..
Nothing but fun when it comes to swarm gathering :)
Thank you for sharing 🐝🏴
Thanks for watching!
That was awesome!!! Thanks Fred!
Glad you liked it! You're welcome, Rodney :)
Fred taught me you dont have to aggressively shake them,...just like this video place them in contact close to a nice smelling hive,they do the rest😊
It's more time consuming, but this is a great way to start a new colony with near-zero stress on the bees.
very cool video. Fred hope u have a wonderful week
Thanks, you too!
Lovely, relaxing video, I just came home worried mine might have swarmed but luckily they haven’t. 🇬🇧
That's great news. :)
So fascinating. Sat watching with my morning Tea and 'Cake' ☺
Great video to watch 😀
Thanks, Darren! :)
Outstanding as usual! 👍👍
Thank you. :)
What a cool video Fred. I'm going to get a butterfly net too. lol
You can never have too many butterfly nets around :)
🤨Fred there are bees in your tree🤔you should call a beekeeper.😏Blessed Days Fred...
Always interesting Always well done, thank you again for slowing down and showing these little marvels of mother nature's engineering.
I'm glad you liked it :)
Loved this video Fred.
Thank you from Durham uk 🌻
I'm so glad, you're very welcome :)
Thanks Fred, Very enjoyable and educational. I love just sitting watching my hives through my Bino's. Instead of seeing a mass of activity the bino's allow me to see/learn what individual bees are actually doing. Seeing under clear magnification is such a great learning tool.
Such a cool video, so enjoy learning about these bees.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome episode 👌 Thanks Sir. Will tune in tomorrow for the update🙏
So glad you liked it :)
Was just watching a small swarm from my nuke taking off. Bit after a while they went back to the nuke. Will open later and check for the queen and maybe take some brood out and supplement other hives
Another amazing video!
Thank you so much :)
I have heard all the stuff about em but if you have drawn comb they will make it good
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Hello Mr. Frederick 🥰
Hello Enrico!
@@FrederickDunn Hello too 🤩
I’m glade you saved it
It’s crazy I see all over USA wild bees but your lucky to find them in Canada I have found one in my life that was in a old house chimney but I would say it was there one winter it was really infested with mites I took it to a area away from my yards to treat but it died that winter it seem to be if they swarm and you don’t catch them chances are they won’t make it threw the winter in Canada
So cool to see their translucent swollen abdomens,full of honey/nectar
Ready to build that comb :)
I came home to a swarm in early June. I knew nothing about bees other than milking them for honey. I’ve been learning everything thing I can on CZcams. Any tips on how to keep them from leaving?
Is your question regarding how to keep a newly hived swarm from leaving its new box, or how to keep them from swarming in the first place?
@@FrederickDunn they have stayed for a month. The bees have filled a deep box with new bees. I just added a second deep. I’d like to keep them from swarming in general. Where do I go from here?
How does that one small opening provide enough ventilation for the whole hive?
Suprisingly well bees fan controlling air currents together regulating humidity,and temperature ,even a smaller entrance,without any other vents,...like a tree
Honey bees are HVAC experts... they move air efficiently through their spaces, and even concentrate air flow exactly where they need it. Smaller entrances also give them more control over that interior climate than large openings do. It's a very complicated dynamic.
So will there Queen think there is a Queen in the hive already ?
No, the real queen's pheromone will override the Swarm Commander qmp imitation.
I'm in NE Ohio, made a split with 3 solid frames of mostly capped & emerging brood & lots of bees , 1 frame had two ready to emerge queen cells that came from the same hive i took the split from... was a very strong split in a jester box ..frames had outer perimeter of honey & I added a frame of pollen +a frame of foundation ,also i added a pint of 1:1 jar feeder...the next morning (June 26) they were being robbed out of the capped honey..my question is do queenless splits get robbed out easily ( this time of year)? I don't think we are in a dearth ,unless it just started? I would like to make more splits asap but now it's got me thinking twice
This is a great question! I'm going to add it to my Friday Q&A... short answer is yes, queenless colonies particularly new ones are prone to being robbed. There is more to it, but that's the quick response.
@@FrederickDunn ok thank u!!
@@FrederickDunn if u see this part in time before u release the new video , I'm also wondering if temp queen would hold down the type of split without robbing (in my previous question) until the new queen emerges?
@@illumi-Nate That would be worth testing. It wouldn't hurt and may inspire them to defend the hive and resources.
@@FrederickDunn I ordered some temp queen early this morning, I was kicking around that idea, because I'd like to split my large hives directly in half after I pull a Lil honey this week..I live in the country with a huge nature preserve right next to me, with fields of milkweed, sumac, & all kinds of current things etc, I set out a open feeder 4 days ago to see what would happen, no bees visited it at all, but today it's smothered in bees & it's even more diluted from sitting thru a big rain other day..its crazy everything just seems to be coming to an abrupt hault, i'm not far from you so be prepared lol
Great video Fred. I love the channel growth.