Very nice, girls are building fast. I have a single brood chamber which I just put a honey super on, it was a NUC a few weeks ago. I checked it yesterday and they have 5 or 6 partial drawn queen cells and 5 capped cells. I looked at all the frames but a quick was is I just tip the box up smoke the bottom and that’s how I find the obvious ones right away. They cant tuck them anywhere, well thanks for sharing and as always great video!
Thank you for watching. If you were looking for honey production that sucks but if you wanted splits that's awesome. I fell that I can't rush through the inspection when running single brood boxes. Good luck.
yes it is but if I can't get them down to one single then I will leave them a super also. They just don't use all the honey stored and I think they will be better off with less space like my 5 over 5 nucs that winter well.
Great video, I haven't really seen too many bee keepers do a single brood box but that's what I wanted to try out for my first year. This gives me confidence!
Thank you for watching and good luck with your girls this summer. For me singles is the best and easiest way to go as long as you get in them every 7 to 10 days. Keep up with space in the supers and make a split or two and they well be fine.
I always under super because I think it makes the bees think more that they are empty of stores so they make more an more honey the more they think they are low on stores . Also I like fat honey combs because you are not lost anything if you cut caps with knife then you get wax if you plan to make things with wax but that is up to you oh also I only pull full supers boxes that way I know the honey is dry . Maybe this will help. Thanks good video .
I tired this same thing this year (Houston, TX) and learned a valuable lesson. If you are going to run single broods you need to make sure you are putting drawn comb on at least for the first box otherwise they will swarm on you because undrawn frames do not mean more space to the bees. Just lessons learned :)
Thank you for watching and the advice. I do have drawn comb and each hive will get 2 boxes of drawn comb but after that they have to start building more for me. How many supers did you have on your hive last year? I think by pulling f finished frames and giving it right back to them I can get away with four mediums. Thank you again
MR T’s Bees great question. So I moved 2 hives of mine to single brood. One swarmed because I didn’t use drawn comb. The other has 7 supers on it right now with 5 completely full. 2 of those 7 had drawn comb and the others they had to draw this year. So far no signs of swarming. The key with putting it right back on is making sure the flow is still going. Your hive will leave you (queen and all) if you give them to much empty space. Had that happen a few years back. Many lessons learned throughout the years and many many more to come...unfortunately. Haha
@Zach So we are about in the same situation. I have 2 supers of drawn comb but after that they need to start working fast. For me the early thoughts are to top super and let them fill what is closest to them then move up. How do you add boxes under or top? Thank you
I decided to go with single brood changers this year. I have plenty of swarm cups, but nothing in them. I check the hives every 3-4 days, and once I notice something in the cups I will do something. Actually, I am hoping to split most of them in a few weeks, so hopefully, that gets rid of any swarming instinct the bees have.
Thank you for watching and the help. This weekend went great I only had one hive with eggs in some of the swarm cells. Looks like the second super helped with the space. I am thinking of waiting until mid June and make a 3 frame split. It should be just enough to carry them through the swarm season and keep them out of the trees.
You might try using some canvass cloth to cover the part of hive that you have already inspected. Just keep pulling it over until you finish it keeps the girls calm. There are 4500 cells on each side of deep plastic foundation. Starting from dead empty it would take 6 days to fill both sides with eggs if she were laying at max capacity. It would be interesting to know how the queen chooses her path through the hive. Are there pheromones that guide her to open cells? Bees never cease to amaze me.
Thank you for the info. I thought that a deep had 7,000 cells per frame but still they can't fill them all I hope?????? Haha it is very interesting to see her work from one end to the other in a week. It seams that now there is no full pollen frames and that they are just pockets every where and when she comes by she just fills where she can. I haven't seen eggs or brood on all 10 frames yet. Let's hope she is just getting started.
Under supering is what I do. I only do singles anymore and cured honey towards the top works best for me. They will produce you 100+lb if you are in a good area.
Thank you for watching and the advice. We are right in the middle of swarm season so I have to check every frame for swarm cells. For me I like to cut down any cups they make just so they have to start all over again.
I don't think that works for me because they have been building cells on the corners of some of the frames that are not fully drawn out. I would miss some and what about the ones they build on the side of the frames? Just too much to risk for me. Have you had good success with just looking from the bottom?
They way I see it, now that this super is 75-80% completed, NOW is the time to add another one. I see beekeepers make the mistake of putting two empty supers on a once, and it invites pest into the hive. Not that it can't be done, but I would not do it. I always just adding new boxes by how strong the hive is and how full its getting.
Make sure you have a queen before tearing those cells down because sometimes your queen might be missing and they create those cells and if you destroy them them you can end up queenless.
@@privatebubba8876 also your bees could be doing supercedure cells because queen might bee running out of sperm. I bough a nuc last year from a guy that the queen ran out of sperm and started laying drones so i had to use a queen cell from my other hive to requeen. If they arebsuperceeding, its best to let bees do what they want to do.
Thank you for watching and the advice. In my past experiences when the queen is dead then they make more that 2 or 3 cells. They seam to make 6 or more on one frame but your are right I don't want to set them back any further than they are if they are queen less.
Thank you for watching. I will be adding a box a week but I keep expanding and only have 2 supers of drawn comb for now. It's a good problem to have a booming hive.
I stack em up and it's hard watching them slowly cap off all them frames-o-nectar. Single deep with 4 or 5 supers over a metal queen excluder works for me. It's beautiful when you cash in the honey and buy a new extractor.
I think you should run two 10 in boxes on the bottom before your excluder. This is only my opinion but remember you want at least 50k bees in each hive at a minimum, they need to keep space and resources, if you get nothing then you get nothing
Thank you for watching and the advice. For me a single deep is all she needs and will not run out of space. It's a lot quicker to inspect the hive if you only have to look in one box for swarm cells and you get a better idea of how the queen is doing when she is in one box.
Do you ever have a problem coming out of winter using single brood chambers that are still packed with winter honey? What would you do? Do the bees move it or consume it to give the queen room to lay. Just curious because my hives are still super heavy and it's almost March. Thanks for the videos, I watch them all.
Thank you for watching. I am not sure what they are getting right now. Dandy lions are finishing up and the farm is starting to take off. Squash strawberries and cukes are flowering so I am not sure.
Thank you for watching. I will be adding a box a week but that was the last of drawn comb. The only problem with adding to many boxes is that they are not working the extra and that could open the door for wax moths and with a second entrance they could get robbed. i pull frames as they are finished so I don't want them to spread out the nectar and take longer to finish frames.
Thank you for watching. If they are filling a super in two weeks it's going to be a great summer. Our weather just broke and they finally got some good warm days. Looks like I will be adding a box a week.
I'm a second year bee keeper and doing singles this year. How are your hives doing this year? When do you decide to add a super? I don't have any drawn come on supers, will that be a problem?
Thank you for watching. The girls are doing great but cooler weather has them on hold for now. I add a super when they have drawn out 70% of the box. Considering you don't have drawn comb let them draw out at least one medium before you add the excluder. Once they are working through the excluder they will be fine and will draw out comb. Good luck with your girls this summer.
Thank you for watching. During the swarm season I would say every 7 to 10 days. A queen will emerge after 16 days so you want to get in your hive before she does and either make a split or cut them out and give them space so they don't want to swarm. Also if you have other issues the longer you are not checking on them the longer they will be going backwards. My single brood hives I go in closer to 7 days so I can stay on top of them. I hope this helps.
Sorry Iphone 10xr and the go pro is a 4. I don't really use the go pro because it won't make a video longer than 15 minutes and is a pain to put it together.
MR T’s Bees Your GoPro won’t? I’ve had good luck with mine then. The editing part is getting easier than in the beginning. Looks like I might have to upgrade my phone one of these days.
Very nice, girls are building fast. I have a single brood chamber which I just put a honey super on, it was a NUC a few weeks ago. I checked it yesterday and they have 5 or 6 partial drawn queen cells and 5 capped cells. I looked at all the frames but a quick was is I just tip the box up smoke the bottom and that’s how I find the obvious ones right away. They cant tuck them anywhere, well thanks for sharing and as always great video!
Thank you for watching. If you were looking for honey production that sucks but if you wanted splits that's awesome. I fell that I can't rush through the inspection when running single brood boxes. Good luck.
No for sure can't rush through, only need to miss one. So is the goal to run one all season and take a single through winter?
yes it is but if I can't get them down to one single then I will leave them a super also. They just don't use all the honey stored and I think they will be better off with less space like my 5 over 5 nucs that winter well.
Great video, I haven't really seen too many bee keepers do a single brood box but that's what I wanted to try out for my first year. This gives me confidence!
Thank you for watching and good luck with your girls this summer. For me singles is the best and easiest way to go as long as you get in them every 7 to 10 days. Keep up with space in the supers and make a split or two and they well be fine.
I always under super because I think it makes the bees think more that they are empty of stores so they make more an more honey the more they think they are low on stores . Also I like fat honey combs because you are not lost anything if you cut caps with knife then you get wax if you plan to make things with wax but that is up to you oh also I only pull full supers boxes that way I know the honey is dry . Maybe this will help. Thanks good video .
This is definitely a very strong hive. I am wanting to experiment with some single brewed boxes myself this year. Thanks for sharing my friend.
There is a lot of benefits to a single brood box. Look at the bottom deep and what they are using for space come the middle of summer.
I am definitely going to give it a shot and see how it goes with a few hives.
Thank you so much for the video! Looking forward to more on this hive! Exactly what I'm looking for.
Thank you for watching. i hope you enjoy it.
I tired this same thing this year (Houston, TX) and learned a valuable lesson. If you are going to run single broods you need to make sure you are putting drawn comb on at least for the first box otherwise they will swarm on you because undrawn frames do not mean more space to the bees. Just lessons learned :)
Thank you for watching and the advice. I do have drawn comb and each hive will get 2 boxes of drawn comb but after that they have to start building more for me. How many supers did you have on your hive last year? I think by pulling f finished frames and giving it right back to them I can get away with four mediums. Thank you again
MR T’s Bees great question. So I moved 2 hives of mine to single brood. One swarmed because I didn’t use drawn comb. The other has 7 supers on it right now with 5 completely full. 2 of those 7 had drawn comb and the others they had to draw this year. So far no signs of swarming. The key with putting it right back on is making sure the flow is still going. Your hive will leave you (queen and all) if you give them to much empty space. Had that happen a few years back. Many lessons learned throughout the years and many many more to come...unfortunately. Haha
@@mrtsbees4454 New to bee Keeping first year. Right now I just add my first super.
@ Destination making honey and raising queens is my favorite part of beekeeping.
@Zach So we are about in the same situation. I have 2 supers of drawn comb but after that they need to start working fast. For me the early thoughts are to top super and let them fill what is closest to them then move up. How do you add boxes under or top? Thank you
I decided to go with single brood changers this year. I have plenty of swarm cups, but nothing in them. I check the hives every 3-4 days, and once I notice something in the cups I will do something. Actually, I am hoping to split most of them in a few weeks, so hopefully, that gets rid of any swarming instinct the bees have.
Thank you for watching and the help. This weekend went great I only had one hive with eggs in some of the swarm cells. Looks like the second super helped with the space. I am thinking of waiting until mid June and make a 3 frame split. It should be just enough to carry them through the swarm season and keep them out of the trees.
You might try using some canvass cloth to cover the part of hive that you have already inspected. Just keep pulling it over until you finish it keeps the girls calm. There are 4500 cells on each side of deep plastic foundation. Starting from dead empty it would take 6 days to fill both sides with eggs if she were laying at max capacity. It would be interesting to know how the queen chooses her path through the hive. Are there pheromones that guide her to open cells? Bees never cease to amaze me.
Thank you for the info. I thought that a deep had 7,000 cells per frame but still they can't fill them all I hope?????? Haha it is very interesting to see her work from one end to the other in a week. It seams that now there is no full pollen frames and that they are just pockets every where and when she comes by she just fills where she can. I haven't seen eggs or brood on all 10 frames yet. Let's hope she is just getting started.
Under supering is what I do. I only do singles anymore and cured honey towards the top works best for me. They will produce you 100+lb if you are in a good area.
Nice video, I would just go till i find eggs, then cover it back up. Also dont sweat them cups.
Thank you for watching and the advice. We are right in the middle of swarm season so I have to check every frame for swarm cells. For me I like to cut down any cups they make just so they have to start all over again.
@@mrtsbees4454 I gotcha, I'm in wi, but them are just practice cups, they make them all the time.
@@mrtsbees4454 You can tip the box up and look at the bottom of the frames rather than going through each frame.
I don't think that works for me because they have been building cells on the corners of some of the frames that are not fully drawn out. I would miss some and what about the ones they build on the side of the frames? Just too much to risk for me. Have you had good success with just looking from the bottom?
I will have to try that later on in the season.
They way I see it, now that this super is 75-80% completed, NOW is the time to add another one. I see beekeepers make the mistake of putting two empty supers on a once, and it invites pest into the hive. Not that it can't be done, but I would not do it. I always just adding new boxes by how strong the hive is and how full its getting.
Your hive boxes are beautiful. Did you treat them with anything? Are they wax dipped?
Presently we run all mediums.. I am trying to convince the wife that single deep on the Bottom with mediums for supers is the way to go.
I hope I answered your question on FB the other day. If not let me know how I can help.
@@mrtsbees4454 yes you did thank you!!
The queen cup on your second and third frames you pulled out totally blows the claim that the bees don't put nectar or pollen in the queen cups.
Make sure you have a queen before tearing those cells down because sometimes your queen might be missing and they create those cells and if you destroy them them you can end up queenless.
Just make sure there is no larvae in the cup and you'll be OK. If the queen is gone then there is no one left to lay in the empty cups anyway.
@@privatebubba8876 also your bees could be doing supercedure cells because queen might bee running out of sperm. I bough a nuc last year from a guy that the queen ran out of sperm and started laying drones so i had to use a queen cell from my other hive to requeen. If they arebsuperceeding, its best to let bees do what they want to do.
@@bigrig9702 sounds like you got a poorly mated queen. The queen in this hive is banging.
Thank you for watching and the advice. In my past experiences when the queen is dead then they make more that 2 or 3 cells. They seam to make 6 or more on one frame but your are right I don't want to set them back any further than they are if they are queen less.
I'd pile those supers high, especially if they're drawn. There are going to be a LOT more bees in there shortly.
Thank you for watching. I will be adding a box a week but I keep expanding and only have 2 supers of drawn comb for now. It's a good problem to have a booming hive.
I stack em up and it's hard watching them slowly cap off all them frames-o-nectar.
Single deep with 4 or 5 supers over a metal queen excluder works for me. It's beautiful when you cash in the honey and buy a new extractor.
I think you should run two 10 in boxes on the bottom before your excluder. This is only my opinion but remember you want at least 50k bees in each hive at a minimum, they need to keep space and resources, if you get nothing then you get nothing
Thank you for watching and the advice. For me a single deep is all she needs and will not run out of space. It's a lot quicker to inspect the hive if you only have to look in one box for swarm cells and you get a better idea of how the queen is doing when she is in one box.
Awesome
Thank you
Do you ever have a problem coming out of winter using single brood chambers that are still packed with winter honey? What would you do? Do the bees move it or consume it to give the queen room to lay. Just curious because my hives are still super heavy and it's almost March. Thanks for the videos, I watch them all.
What's blooming in your area now? It would be good to know because I could judge my timing against you. It seems like the cape is a week behind us.
Thank you for watching. I am not sure what they are getting right now. Dandy lions are finishing up and the farm is starting to take off. Squash strawberries and cukes are flowering so I am not sure.
Could you add two empty supers right now?
Is there something wrong with adding too much space.
Thank you for watching. I will be adding a box a week but that was the last of drawn comb. The only problem with adding to many boxes is that they are not working the extra and that could open the door for wax moths and with a second entrance they could get robbed. i pull frames as they are finished so I don't want them to spread out the nectar and take longer to finish frames.
Some folks think it's bad to add until you have 8 below. I dont know what the reason is.
Could you create some play list possibly to make it easier to find videos that are in a series? Thank you
Thank you for watching and I will start working on that this week.
Looks honey bound
Thank you for watching. If they are filling a super in two weeks it's going to be a great summer. Our weather just broke and they finally got some good warm days. Looks like I will be adding a box a week.
I'm a second year bee keeper and doing singles this year. How are your hives doing this year? When do you decide to add a super? I don't have any drawn come on supers, will that be a problem?
Thank you for watching. The girls are doing great but cooler weather has them on hold for now. I add a super when they have drawn out 70% of the box. Considering you don't have drawn comb let them draw out at least one medium before you add the excluder. Once they are working through the excluder they will be fine and will draw out comb. Good luck with your girls this summer.
Normally in how many days one should check the hive on must be checked basis
Thank you for watching. During the swarm season I would say every 7 to 10 days. A queen will emerge after 16 days so you want to get in your hive before she does and either make a split or cut them out and give them space so they don't want to swarm. Also if you have other issues the longer you are not checking on them the longer they will be going backwards. My single brood hives I go in closer to 7 days so I can stay on top of them. I hope this helps.
Do you find that single brood chambers yield more honey?
Are those medium or shallow supers?
Nice video quality! What did you use to record with?
Thank you for watching. I us my Iphone for most of my videos. Some older ones are a go pro.
MR T’s Bees Which Iphone and GoPro? Mine are both a bit dated, 6S and 3+ Black. I might upgrade one of these days.
Sorry Iphone 10xr and the go pro is a 4. I don't really use the go pro because it won't make a video longer than 15 minutes and is a pain to put it together.
MR T’s Bees Your GoPro won’t? I’ve had good luck with mine then. The editing part is getting easier than in the beginning. Looks like I might have to upgrade my phone one of these days.
I am not the best at this tech thing but using my phone is so easy and convenient.
What state are you in?
Thank you for watching. Massachusetts.
Your moving way to slow
Thank you for watching. Slow and steady wins the race. Besides you always have a fast forward button you can hit. Haha