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Ronnie Daniels
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 2013
Booth Road Bee Company
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Video 1 of 2 making split
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Camera cut off while filming. Make sure to watch video 2 of 2
April 2023 Beekeeping Update
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First video of 2023. I'm running behind! Just a little update on how things are going.
Did these lost swarm bees make a queen?
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I had a swarm on April 25 and a good number of the bees got lost from the primary swarm and had no queen. I put them in a nuc box and gave them a frame of eggs. Today is an inspection to see if they successfully made a queen.
Inspecting a Nuc from a March 4th split
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On March 4th I had a nuc from last year that was about to swarm. I made 2 more splits using the swarm cells, and this is one of the nucs we are inspecting.
Beekeeping; Getting ready for spring and summary of 2021
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I finally made another video. Just a few beekeeping tips and updates.
More New Beekeeping Tips
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Narrative tips for the new beekeeper based on my observations
Checking a Nucleus Colony. Do they have a Queen yet?
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Inspecting a small nuc to see if the queen cell has hatched
23 Queen Cells! A day late and a dollar short!
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A failed attempt at making a split. Queen cells had already hatched
Watch this video before you add a queen to a "queenless" hive
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Don't make this mistake if you think your hive is queenless
Inexpensive pollen feeder
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An easy and cheap way to make a pollen feeder for your bees!
New Beekeeper? How to tell when there is a nectar flow
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New Beekeeper? How to tell when there is a nectar flow
An introduction to my beekeeping story and two important tips for the new beekeeper.
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An introduction to my beekeeping story and two important tips for the new beekeeper.
Open feeding is NOT cool if anyone else has a hive within 3 mile radius; Keep your feeding inside your own hives
What you're seeing here are orientation flights. It really has nothing to do with a nectar flow. You can tell because they start out by climbing up the side of the hive, then they take off and do figure 8 flights in front of the hive.
Im gonna have to disagree with you. I know what orientation flights look like. Its hard to tell in the video, but bees are steadily coming in from out flying, and bees are shooting out of the hive to go forage.
@@ronniedaniels4587 You might be right, I know what you're trying to show, the video just didn't look like that 😋 If you made another video, that black trash bin actually helped contrast them, if the whole frame of the video had something dark like that, you'd really get the point across.
@@raterus I will try to make another video from the side if the camera will pick them up. Thanks for watching and I hope your bee keeping is going well!
why dont you do a video in that mountain lion thats over your shoulder???
LoL! He’s a sweetie!
Thnx for sharing :)
Great video thanks
Thank you, and thank you for watching!
Your cat is chill around the bees
LOL! Yes he is!
That was some amazing brood. You might want to get a few wind socks and put them in front of some of your hives. The hive as a whole gets used to the motion and then when a person comes around they're less likely to get popped.
Good idea! Thanks!
David Burns?
Yes, thats him. Thank you!
Good job.
How can you tell the queen is mated?
There are a number of ways to tell. Usually her abdomen will be larger than a virgin queen. Virgin queens have skinny abdomens and can fly very well, where mated queens cant fly as well. But the easiest way I tell is just look for eggs and larvae. If i see eggs and larvae, I usually dont even look for the queen.
Thanks Ronnie, I just usually look at the ones coming back if they have pollen on their legs. Lots of people rebuilding here after an extremely wet year and an outbreak of varroa mite many people lost their whole apiary the government department responsible euthanised many hives.
Thats sad news. I hope your bees are doing ok.
Is it melifara or cerena
Good eye! Mellifera.
I might be queenless this late in the season, is there anything I can do?
If you are in the US, its kinda late to fix, but not impossible. If you could buy a queen it might be possible. Otherwise, you can combine them with another hive.
@@ronniedaniels4587 I'm in Eastern Canada and only have one hive, its my first year beekeeping so I think I'm going to have to start over again in the spring which sucks
@@mr.msadventures427 Why do you think you are queenless? If you are queenless, Try to store your wax frames somewhere safe to keeps insects out of it until next season
I enjoyed that, thanks so much. Best wishes from the UK, hope your bees do ok over the winter. Peter
Thank you for the kind words. Best of luck with your bees through winter as well!
Thanks …..
this video was very helpful, thankyou. My black 🐈⬛️ gives my hives a wide berth.
Thanks for watching! Your cat is smart!
I noticed today my bee population is way down. It is all on 1 frame-2 large circles on wax. Remaining frames empty. I don't see any dead bees. Is it possible they could have swarmed out with half the hide.
Yes, its possible. You probably need to check to see if you have a queen. A colony quickly starts dropping in population when there isnt a queen laying. Where are you located?
@@ronniedaniels4587 CT
Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe
sir it means that bees can produce queen by himself,if the Queen died.
I loved this video! As a new beekeeper I appreciate the fact that you explained the reasons for doing things in a certain way. I found my hive to be queenless recently and I was all set to go get another queen. My mentor explained how we had time and resources we could get the bees to make another queen. Yes, it took a couple of weeks and a few manipulations but now this hive is thriving with a lovely placid colony and filling frames with honey so quickly that I will be harvesting my first honey this weekend! Thank you for this easy to understand presentation.
Im glad it worked out for you and I really appreciate the kind words!
How long do you think it take for honey bees to know they are queenless?
Based on my experience I would say within minutes. Definitely less than an hour.
My search says between 1/2 hour to 2 hours.
You will know by the sound. The whole hive gets “very” loud. Once you hear it you will never forget the sound. Three to five times louder than normal.
I got new hive in May queen was doing great month later open hive with my own eyes they killed her after that they build queen cells because no queen one hatched week half later doing good then week later was gone queenless again but I'm stumped why they killed her there was no other queen
Ronny great video! I don't if you knew Mr. Caraway that was a bee keeper here in Prattville, when I was in High School I worked for him. He had queen boxes, make his queens and we would load 188 wheelers with packaged bee and sent to Canada. I had about 4 hives back then, loved that job. Thanks for the video
Thank you for watching! Getting your steps in?😀
Great video, Ronnie!!! Love it!
Thank you!
Thanks Ronnie! Great job. It is all so fascinating to me.
Thank you!
Awesome job partner!!!!! Thanks!
Good to see you Ronnie!! I had one that I suspected was queenless so I just put a laying queen in a cage to see how they acted and that will tell you if they want a queen.
North Idaho, we are still waiting for spring, most plants are just starting to bud and we should have flowers soon. Bees are active on the warmer days and finding pollen somewhere, there is good entrance activity
Thanks for sharing Richard!
Good evening from the UK you seem to be a few weeks infront of my season so I will subscribe as a pretty new beekeeper 2nd year everyday is a school day so I will get my information from various channels daily, thanks for the video I enjoyed it
Thank you for watching and good to hear from you!
Great job man thanks 👍 good health and God bless
Thank you for watching and your nice comments.
Great video, I’m a first year bee keeper, how far apart do you like to keep your hives?
Hey Adam! Im not in a tight for space so I leave plenty of room so I can work the hive from either side and have the sun to my back when inspecting for better viewing. I also have at least one place in the spacing big enough to get my riding mower through. When I cut behind the hives I come in between 2 hives and zoom on behind them and then get out of there before they get testy.
@@ronniedaniels4587 makes sense thanks
I'm in SW Virginia (zone 6b) and just started rearing queens. The roller coaster weather from summer to winter is about over. Yesterday dropped ripe cells into small splits; not wanting to disturb the virgin queens. Building an apairy from scratch, its a work in progress.
Sounds like you are on top of it!
Greetings from Grain Valley, Missouri, U.S.A.
Good to hear from you! Are your bees active yet?
great video Ronnie. I'm in SE Texas and it has been a great spring for the bees here. everyone is getn the goods!
Good to hear! And thank you for commenting!
Great work. Greetings from down under.
Greetings! Hope your bees are doing well mate!
I am in tennessee and the bees are busting at the seams. Done made some splits. Fixing to have to make some more. Your bees are looking good.
Awesome! I hope you follow Kaymen Reynolds on youtube. He’s up your way.
@@ronniedaniels4587 yeah and so is duckriver honey.
I’m in Texas we’re are you located at and I like how you take time to go through the hive slowly Very good I think thanks keep up the good work
Thanks Sammy! Im in Montgomery, AL
Looking good Ronnie! I've caught 6 swarms already this season. Thanks!
Wow! Thats awesome!
Keep it up sir 🔥 I support you n your channel
Thank you!
Great video! I'm starting my 3rd year with bees in SE Texas and new subscriber. I learned the hard way abt wax moths getting into stored frames. Thanks and looking forward to you next video
Thank you for watching! I think we are all getting excited that spring is just around the corner. Hope you and your bees are doing well!
Wax moth are the cleanup crew. If there is any sort of sickness in the comb due to eggs or larvae left behind or some other cause the wax moth move in and clean that up. This is why you don't see them in every frame of comb. I only ever recall seeing them in brood comb from dead outs and comb that has come from someone else in a nuc, which tells me there was something unhealthy in those frames of foundation.
So true! And they are destructive little pests!
Still weeks away in my region
Thanks Ronnie!!!!
Thank you Rodney!
What kind of camera and do recommend yours?
I dont know much about cameras, but its a Canon Power Shot SX50 HS. I bought it used on ebay and yes, I would recommend it. Seems to work fine for a beginner, like me. :-)
I see what looked like queen cells on the middle frame… what do you do when you see that… make another split?
I am worried about robbers with a hive that is either queenless or trying to make one. ...lots of bees but they don't seem to want to defend... so curious if I introduced a queen it they will defend or just be killed off by robbers...
If you think they are being robbed, the first thing to do is reduce the entrance. Even if they dont currently have a queen they should still defend the hive.
@@ronniedaniels4587 Hi Ronnie, I have had it that way and even made it tiny , one bee at a time ...yesterday I accidentally didn't have the restricted all the way flat and more got in. I am nervous about opening and checking all frames.. but I have to get over that. I don't want to hurt it. Then I'll see what's there and decide, 1. re-introduce it back to the hive I split it from, 2. harvest all or most of the very heavy (was) honey. 3. try to make it go and get it through winder (or add a queen. I don't think they are defending it.
I am going out there in a few and check and then go to work (late) but 1st things 1st. Ignorance isn't good if something simple or complicated. :-)
@@davidpatrick1813 Without seeing a video, its hard for me to give much advice. Usually when they are robbing, robber bees will be trying to get in everywhere-the top, cracks, etc. one thing I have noticed is when a hive is being robbed and you take the top an inner cover off, robber bees will come flying out. Also, look for wax cappings on the hive floor and landing board.
@@ronniedaniels4587 I wonder .. do you have a "website" that I can email etc. I sorta am shy about putting the email in this open... However, I came home (it's 4 now) and thought the front flying is active the whole bottom is open and I see no skirmishing or anything. I think maybe the opening was tiny and way more workers wanted to work than the restriction allowed. It looks great this afternoon. Also, maybe the extra air flight in front too maybe be for queen going and returning (if she isn't mated) ... but she might be. I saw her this am.. first time I have seen a queen live with my own peepers. Pics might show some larvey but not sure. I might not have been able to see inside the cells for eggs. I'll wait a week or two and see how it goes. I did see pollen barres the past few days.
Cheers Ronnie, very helpful. I have 2 hives that I am concerned about this year. Because of the poor weather we had in England right up until June the bees went crazy when the weather turned nice and one of my good hives generated 5 swarms! Besides your test which I will do, how long should you wait before being concerned, a month? and is there always a queen with them when they do swarm? cheers Jonny
I’m in Scotland with thee same problem! Good luck🍀🐝
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Informative, thanks for sharing. Kind regards from northern Australia.
Keep up the good educational videos🐝😀
Thank you, and thank you for watching.
Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe
This was a great video for me. You must upload more often for your new subscriber! lol. She is a beautiful queen!!
Thank you for watching! And thank you for the push to make more videos!
Recent Science Research says that every work is done by female bee for making Honey, it is exactly that which is told by God of whole universe 1450 years ago in Holy Book. Book Name: Holy Quran Chapter Name: Bee Chapter Number: 16 Verse No: 68 & 69 Verse 68: And your Lord inspired the female bee; that makes home in the mountains, and in the trees and in the rooftops. Verse 69: Then eat from all kinds of fruits and walk the ways of your Lord which are soft and easy for you. From their bellies comes a drink of various colours in which is healing for the people; indeed, in this is a sign to those who ponder. Please read out this book which is for whole humanity, Please don’t ignore it, this book have main three subjects i.e. 1 Creator 2 Human 3 Universe
That cat is the boss😊 fi real.