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Yeah. Had a comment on a previous video asking me why we use so much smoke. Thanks for commenting. 👍

Cut in half for supers. I have been doing the wave cut for brood. But think a full sheet is still better.

Thanks for watching. These are old removals. So still need to use your practice of the vac box under the brood box.

As dangerous as they can be, still love working with them. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. This Apiary is about 1000m above sea level and only goes to a minimum of 4 degrees Celsius, so it is not extremely high or cold. It is interesting that you talk about the sun direction as I am sure it has an impact on maintaining the warmth of the colony, I do see my hives that have sun early in the morning are most active from early but tend to be less active in the late afternoon. With this hive the entrance faces East, and in the apiary, the hives face various directions we consider shade and sun for the seasons when placing them. Summers can be very hot. Thanks for commenting and your support I am very interested in beekeepers from around the world and their practices.

Thanks for watching. Our bees on this site in the lowveld in South Africa are pretty aggressive. We keep the smoker going to just keep the pheromones at bay and that way the bees are easier to work. The last short we posted shows how they can attack when not smoked sufficiently. Appreciate your comment. Thanks.

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I agree 100% with you, if humans mess with the natural world the natural world tends to bite back. There is one positive, we don't have to deal with varroa mites as the Scutellata Sub Species can manage these pests without the beekeeper having to intervene. Thanks for watching.

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Thanks for watching. People often ask why we work our bees at night and this is the reason.

I would love to work with bees without having to wear gloves. But unfortunately, our bees would not allow that. Thanks for watching

Did this one a while ago. Got a similar video coming soon of one we did just as winter was starting. It’s amazing to see how we have progressed with our removals. Thanks for watching and commenting.

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The scouts would have lead the swarm to your box, but there must have been somethings they were not happy with or the scouts returned with messages of a better location and they were still prepared to swarm.

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Thanks for watching, I think there were some videos after that one where we did hive maintenance. If I were to move these hives again from one location to another I would do it differently. First I would remove the honey supers and take them for harvesting, leaving them on during transport runs the risk of them breaking and also the honey already crystalizing because of the time it has spent in the nest. Then if the brood is a lot, I would use the opportunity of the move to create splits. As long as you have sufficient new eggs in each of the splits they will create new queens. This is what I would do now with what I have learnt in the last few years. Hope you find this helpful.

Glad we could keep you on the edge... Thanks for watching!

If you wear the correct protective Equipment you will be fine. If you are working with aggressive bees then rather work at night.

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You are correct, so to fix the problem we boosted the bees in the hive by combining a weaker colony and also taking brood frames from a stronger colony. Thanks for watching.

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Hey Melissa, thanks for visiting us when you were in South Africa. Hope you had a great trip.

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Thanks for watching. For those to learn from, how small amount of lemon grass should you use. I dabbed the end of a Q-Tip and it seemed to repel the bees.

@@BeeSanctuary sir I wonder if you've got a much stronger lemongrass oil than we have here. I put one drop on the back of an internal frame, (towards the rear). When I drop on my finger and just rub around the forward entrance hole. A tip I got from a master swarm catcher, be sure to put your storm trap on the crest of the hill if at all possible. That way the scent travels. Enjoyed your channel!

Thanks for sharing. Some great tips there for everyone.

The bees we are working with are not always but can be very aggressive and we take the necessary precautions to ensure the people and pets in the area are not in any danger. By working in the dark we are able to control the bees with lights and smoke. Thanks for watching.

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Thank you for watching and thanks for the question. So it is pretty difficult to tell the difference between the African bee and the other bee species. These are some of the differences I am aware of. African honeybees are generally a little smaller than European bees. They tend to be more aggressive and will chase threats long distances. African bees swarm more frequently than European bees. They also develop slightly quicker than European bees, particularly in the worker and queen castes. This faster development can contribute to their more aggressive swarming behaviour and rapid colony growth. Hope this is valuable info for you.

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Thank you for sharing. This was so interesting to read, I love hearing about the differences around the world. We have differing opinions here in South Africa too, they say to ask 100 beekeepers a question and you will get 100 different answers. At the end of the day, we can all learn from each other and I particularly like trying new things. Thank you for your support.

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Welcome! I see you are almost at your 1000 subs, well done!

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We refer to frames that are filled with nectar, honey and pollen as resource frames. Generally it is frames that contain food the bees will be using to survive. Thanks for watching.

@@BeeSanctuary thank you ever so much for replying and please keep your videos coming as they are informative and educational as ever!

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Glad you enjoyed it

Bees go through the same lifecycle as butterflies. First as an egg, then larvae, the cell is capped when the larvae are big enough and can pupate into a bee. The period where they go from a larvae to a bee is what we call brood. Here is an interesting video on this subject. th-cam.com/video/N7Nd4Ll1rYs/w-d-xo.html

@@BeeSanctuary interesting… thanks!

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Thanks for watching. I don’t think tat was her. We did see her a few minutes later on the right. But the camera was not on her.

I have only once had a trap out where the queen did not come out. It was a chimney and we struggled to close all the holes and we left the box up on the chimney for way too long. If you have correctly set up the trap it will work 100% of the time.

Thanks for the reply. I will check it out in a week or two and see how things are progressing inside my nuc here on the Isle of Wight.

@@guymattinson2513 Give it 28 days and you should be good. Best of luck.

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It works if the comb is soft enough. But most of the time the comb is quite tough or brittle. Cutting allows us to get it exactly in the center of the frame which is the important part. Thanks for watching.

Wonderful! We have been using ours for 5 years now and only had to replace the rubber seals a few times.

Thanks for watching. Your recommendation does work, but you have to regularly treat otherwise time passes and you have bees again. However, these are good recommendations for cavities that are practically difficult to fill.

We built this one ourselves, you can see how in this video th-cam.com/video/9D8pu553Ebs/w-d-xo.html

Yeah, we struggled with the small swarms we placed in the bunker hives. Based on this experience place a nuc on top of the bunker hive with the small swarm and then later when they are stronger you can move the frames into the bunker hive.