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Supersedure Queen Update
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Mini Nuc Transfer - Late August
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Transfer one of my mini mating nucs into a bigger box. This video was taken on the 24th of August. This hive is building up nicely. #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Almond Pollination 2024
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Almond pollination 2024 #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Mini Beehive Late Winter Inspection
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Inspecting the long mini Beehive in my backyard containing the old Supersedure Queen. #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Birdhouse BeeHive Cutout - Start to Finish
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Cutting bees out of a birdhouse #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Boosting Pollination Hives
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Adding bees to some of my weaker pollination hives. #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Winter Beehive Inspections - Preparing for Almond Pollination
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#australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Mini Hive Inspection - Winter Solstice Bushland Beesite
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Inspecting a couple of homemade mini Beehives. Winter solstice 2024 #beehivemanagement #beehive #australianbush #beehives #beekeeping #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Chainsaw Cutout Follow-up One Week Later
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Checking in on the chainsaw cutout hive one week after removing it from a log. #australianbush #beehive #beehivemanagement #beekeeping #bees #beevlog #beeswarm #beehives #honeybees #honey
Fondant Trial Update-Surprising Progress
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An update on the trial of new Australian bee fondant product from Waggle and Forage www.waggleandforage.com.au #beehive #beekeeping #australianbush #beehivemanagement #beehives #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Chainsaw Meets Beehive - Cutout
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Beehive Cutout from a tree. #beehive #australianbush #beekeeping #beehivemanagement #beehives #bees #beeswarm #beelife #
Australian Bee Magazine
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#beehive #beekeeping #australianbush #beehivemanagement #beehives #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
Some Hives Die
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Looking through a dead out beehive #beehive #beekeeping #australianbush #beehivemanagement #beehives #bees #beeswarm #beevlog #honey #honeybees
One Day in June
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Home Made Beehive Autumn Inspection - Queen Spotted
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Home Made Beehive Autumn Inspection - Queen Spotted
Awesome job 😁
Thanks 😆
Another great mini-nuc video!
Thanks
Wow!
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We're heading into fall of the year here in the southeastern US. Looking good! Thanks!
Cheers. All the best with your winter prep
Looks great 😁
Thanks
What brand is your smoker ? One of the smaller type ?
Beeco. Australian made. I wouldn’t say it’s that small, average size. I used to have a small Lega one. It was a nifty little smoker.
@@bennybeekeeperjust bought one of them, yet to light it. Design must have changed a bit , no heat shield on mine. Currently using a small Penders, the smaller ones seem hard to come by now days.
I liked the small lega I used to use. I would happily buy another one. I think ecrotek sell them.
That's looking good. Agree they need more space. Why is there honey or nectar on the floor of this mini nuc, seen from about 1:45?
There was a broken comb stored in this box over winter and some honey leaked out of it. I left it for the bees to clean up
Why are these mini nucs so entertaining to watch? Thanks for putting them together!
Thanks for the support
Nice video 👍👋 hi from southern New Zealand 👋😃 stone fruit trees will crank up about the second or third week of September for us, not many almonds, mostly cherry, apricot, nectarines and the only pip fruit growing here are apples
Thanks for stopping by
What is your over wintering success rate with the mini nucs?
I don’t know the exact number but I would estimate around 75%. Some of them dwindled away and got robbed out by the bigger colonies.
Those girls look like they're going great. So good you could save that lovely 'supercedure queen',.. she's a beauty. I've just returned to Canberra from being overseas & checked my mini nucs briefly this morning. Happy to report all four have made it through winter with good fresh queens and building up pre-spring brood. Huge endorsement for overwintering fresh late season queens. Thanks for your excellent videos & advice. 🎉💪😎
That’s great to hear. Glad to know your minis are doing well. Mine are too. They’re building up nicely. I’m very happy with how they’ve come through winter.
Oh man mine will be going to the almonds in a couple of months! I’m ready for it!
Good for you. How far is it from where you live? For me it’s about a 4 hour drive
@@bennybeekeeper mine is about a 13 hour drive
Will you send yours along with someone else’s hives?
@@bennybeekeeper yes myself and 2 of my mates will send some with me. We only send about 30 colonies or so not a whole bunch
Brings back memories 😊 they are looking good and off to a good start for the year. Looking forward to queen raising
The almonds certainly gets them going. Plenty of pollen nectar and warm weather. Unfortunately not much flowering here yet.
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Your videos are a tremendous help to me. I managed to have 2 of 6 Comfort Hives take despite not giving them a couple of days locked in and the next batch, with 3 nights locked in are doing great with a 100% success rate. Having said that, of the first batch, one failed and the other absconded (not a single dead bee in the hive). I am hoping this second batch will do better. If you did a set up from scratch series, that would be wonderful. Also, are the frame sides a must have or nice to have in your opinion? (I am thinking must as mine lie on tacked on 6mm (1/4") frame rests but they have not expanded that far yet).
I much prefer the combs with sidebars for a number of reasons. The comb is a lot easier to handle, you can safely hold it at any angle, and also put it down and lean it against the wall while inspecting other combs. The comb is a lot stronger with the sidebars. I’ve had a number of combs break about half an inch below the skewer through the honey band which is a shame and an inconvenience. Also I’ve realised the hive can be worked a lot quicker when the combs have sidebars which is a factor the more of these hives you have. If you only run a small number time is not a factor but to work a hive like this on a larger scale then the sidebars become essential
Are they Italian or Buckfast bees that you keep ?
Italian
Waiting to see percentage that made it. Had a bad summer here, thought it was going to be great as we had lots of rain in the spring and hot summer, but the bees struggled to make a honey crop. Bee Inspector coming by Monday so may shed some light possibly.
Most of mine have made it through to this point. Winter isn’t over yet but there’s plenty of flowers around and starting to get some good foraging weather. Lack of rain is the main concern for me here
Glad to see she is still alive and fertile
Yes she’s still at it. I was glad to see her too!
Where are you located ? Somewhere in South Australia I believe ?
Yes SouthEast SA. Yourself?
@@bennybeekeeper copper coast Yorke peninsula, doing some first inspections for the season tomorrow. I’d say we are about 5-6 weeks later here than last year.
We usually have canola flowering here by now, not this year due to late sowing. It’s pretty dry here so I really hope we get spring rain
@@bennybeekeeper we had canola flowering here mid July last year, I’d say still 2-3 weeks due to late start.
wow nice video did you have to feed them to get them through the winter?
Yes I did feed them sugar water in the autumn to build up their stores but they really haven’t eaten through much
@@bennybeekeeper thanks
This is very good video. 😀😃😄
Thank you! 😃
I used what we call here in USA Winter Patty. Basically a fondant/pollen patty mix. little pollen and mostly Carbs for the bees. It worked great for me in small 6fr over 6fr nucs
That’s a pretty neat little tool at the end for pressing some comb!
Does it snow down there? And how long is your winter time? And what’s the coldest it gets?
I doesn’t snow here. It’s between 10 and 15 degrees C during the day at the moment in the middle of winter. Frost in the morning every other day. Pretty mild winter really. Most hives have been raising some brood all the way through. And I usually get at least one day per weekend that is nice enough to do bee work.
Have the same honey press ,great idea the bag. Would be better with a larger T head handle though
Were you concerned about the orientation of the cells when placing the comb in your frames? I’ve started to do some cut outs and thought the orientation should be the same as it was? Cheers Marc
It should be kept the same. It was just too convenient for me to put it in the frame like I did. They won’t abandon that comb because it already has their brood in it. Bees are very versatile and adaptive. They will make it work. I have seen before a tree fall over with a hive in it. The comb orientation gets all messed up but the bees just roll with it and keep using it.
fantastic video ! thank you
Glad you liked it!
That last queen didn't want to be found 😂 Will you put those saved queens back into fresh minis at home?
I requeened some of the other hives at this site that I wasn’t happy with. Cheers
Careful, Mums watching!
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Thanks for the vid
Thanks for stopping by
Good video, thanks. How many hives will you be sending to almond pollination? Will they all be 8f boxes?
I’m taking 55 hives. The poly boxes are 9 frames. I’ve also got 8 frame doubles out at my main bee site. They don’t really want single but if you’ve got some strong doubles it evens out the load
Great cluster size on the bees 😊
Thanks
Good to see you back doing videos, nice boost for the pollinator hives. How soon will almonds start blooming?
Thanks. About 2 or 3 weeks I’ll be taking the bees into the almond orchard. Thanks for asking that, it made me look at the calendar 😳
Never done a queen rearing before but you've inspired me to give it a try to graft in a mini nuc with those little yellow plastic frames without messing with the beehives i have, Just not sure which cups to use, What do you suggest?
I would just buy a little packet of the plastic ones off eBay and try those. They all the same
3:24 beautiful queen!
Love the video! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
Nice little winter inspection. I heard you say at 0:20 that 'a few of them dwindled away & didn’t make it'. Can you elaborate on what happened to those pls? Thanks for posting.
Well I went into winter with about 20 of these 6 framers. I’m down to about 15. Of the 5 that have died I think 2 simply got robbed out. The other 3 just dwindled in numbers to a point where they just aren’t a viable size anymore. I suppose they need a certain number of bees to cluster and function normally. I put it down to a poor quality queen or going into winter with too few bees. These little hives really require a certain type of management. I’m learning a lot from them. I honestly haven’t paid them enough attention in the later part of the season. I’m sure they can make it through winter but I’ve definitely dropped the ball with some of them. But with a new season approaching there’s an opportunity to start again and rebuild.
@bennybeekeeper at least it sounds like you're aware of the circumstances that determined the success or failure of those 5 minis that didn't make it. I'm a bit the opposite because I added a frame or two of bees across three of my four minis, plus added a heavy sugar syrup in all four feeders. It's a bit fun checking in on them every few weeks, but my main objective is to bring these fresh 2024 queens through winter & use them to replace older queens in my main hives. Your videos are incredibly helpful. Thanks so much.
I think it’s a good test for the queen to see if she can get through the winter in one of these. Thanks for the support
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Do you put anything in your sugar syrup.
Generally not. The syrup I used in this video actually had Mineral Bee added, it’s the very first time Ive used it so I can’t comment on it yet. I have used hivealive a bit in the past but I find the bees drown in the syrup more readily with hivealive added. It makes the syrup kind of oily so the bees get covered in it and drown. Really I think no additives is probably best.
@@bennybeekeeper just ordered mineral bee today for a try cheaper than hivealive but they seam to do well on hivealive in cap and ladder feeders.
Your little boxes and stuff are sweet!
Cheers mate
Thanks for explaining the “half mat”. I’m curious about the excluder - is it just so it’s easy to know where the queen is? We are taught here in Texas to never leave an excluder on in the winter - because the cluster will move up and leave the queen behind. Your hives look great. “Looking for her car keys!” 😂 Great video - and thanks for the laugh!
Yes I have got one foot in each camp when it comes to the excluders. I understand the theory that the queen can get left behind as the cluster moves up, but I’ve just never seen it as a problem here. The bees are still active, flying, raising a bit of brood. I just can’t see it happening. They’re not a more typical winter cluster you would see in a colder climate. The reason to leave the excluder there is I know where the queen is. If I want to take the second box off I don’t have a brood nest split between two boxes. It can only be down the bottom so I can take the top box away easily. For example I will reduce some of these hives down to singles to take to almonds simply because it’s less weight to transport around
Thank you for that explanation. I’m also in a climate that doesn’t get cold for very long and I’m going to try it this coming winter. It’s good to challenge common practices and see what happens. Like you, I can check on my hives practically all through winter.
That’s the other I can check on them regularly. It’s not like they are wrapped up and covered in snow
We had our summer solstice. It’s been miserably hot here. Thanks?
Very cold mornings, frosts. Fairly mild afternoons. We haven’t had much of what I would call winter weather
Are you thinking of using the poly hive HiveIQ?
I have some HiveIQ gear already and some other brand polystyrene hives. I really like how the bees do in poly hives. So I am going in that direction. I’m not entirely happy with the hiveIQ gear and it’s pretty expensive so I can’t afford much at the moment. So I’m not buying any of their gear at the moment but I definitely will be buying more poly hives. How about yourself?
@@bennybeekeeper I bought one so far, happy with how it all connects, only issue I have found is if you want to feed your bees, there is no space for fondant. I emailed them and they told me a feeder will be out in July. I agree with you they are expensive, but well made. If you could let me know which brand of poly hive you use, that would great. Thanks again for posting your videos, great viewing.
I have some Paradise Bee Box gear but they’re not much cheaper. I’ve also got some boxes from iWooHoo. The 9 frame gear from all 3 brands is interchangeable.
Thanks for the feedback Ben! Looks like the fondant was able to sustain them with a direct food source whilst they got busy on turning the nectar into honey. Best wishes to you and your bees for the coming spring and almond pollination. Jo 🐝
Hi Jo. Yes that’s my impression. They basically used the fondant as a fuel source to get out foraging over the last two weeks. They definitely look good and are on an upward trajectory. Cheers
Winter is bringing some necture in, yesterday, I noticed some Hakea's flowering, and they were covered in bees.
Yep. There is quite often nectar available during winter, it’s just a question of whether the bees can get out and get it. We’ve been having a couple of hours foraging weather each afternoon recently.
Glad to see the minies are looking good
I think they are going to make it through at this stage. Still a bit of winter to go
Thanks for the nice vid. I'd like to make one like this. What are the pros and cons of keeping such small colony in big or normal 8 frame box??
Bees can’t live in a mini hive such as this long term. They will most likely abscond and find somewhere bigger to live. The purpose of these mini hives is solely as a queen mating nuc.
Nice to know you managed to get the queen.
Yes I am pleased I got her
Looks more like a spring hive than winter, fondant doing the job, well played
Yes they are doing well. Going to hit spring at a canter at this rate.
Nice check-in. Great to see fully capped honey still and active brood, plus a solid queen at 2:37. Thanks. 😊
Thanks for watching!