What happens to a beehive 7 days after placing a double screened dividing board between brood boxes.
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And here are the results of placing a double screened dividing board into a beehive. With 62 of our hives split using this method, all 62 of them, that 100%, formed emergency cell queens proving the efficiency and easy of using this method. I hope you will try this out for yourself. Thanks for watching. God's peace to all.
Mr. Ed
Loved that video
I’m still stuck in a snow bank. Your colonies look terrific! Loved finding the queen cells
When you are ready for a break from the cold, come on down, we are going to hit 82 today. And look, don't worry about helping out in the yards, I just finished our splits yesterday so we can just enjoy some great food and talk about the honey that's going to be coming in. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoffI stopped by the abbey today to visit the gift shop and will be passing through again soon, what days are you usually there ?
One of your best videos. Great explinations of queen bees, nectar and honey comb.
Thank you Robert, and thank you for all the time you spend watching my bee wrangling adventures. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Part of why I luv watching and listening to your show are all the bird sounds.
I'm so lucky and blessed to be able to work in nature. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jennie.
Mr. Ed
I enjoy your bee shows so much. The joy you have in the whole bee experience is how many of us bee lovers feel. It's so much fun to share our joy.
Jeff and Charlie, we all hope you are taking care of yourselves. You are both a National Treasure and the bee community would suffer without your knowledge and GREAT sense of humor. As a Connecticut Beekeeper my hives died off this winter - have 3 packages coming on Sunday (hope it's not too cold/rainy). God bless and keep you both.
Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and taking the time to follow along with our bee wrangling adventures, it is all GREATLY appreciated. Best wishes for your successes in the coming year. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hi guys! Well done. I’m in MN. Sunny and 45 today. I’ll be looking at some sheltered nucs.
My brother in Indiana is a little warmer and he follows your style of beekeeping pretty closely.
Thank you for sharing the love of bees❤
Keeping bees is unique to the area one lives in, and in learning techniques, local knowledge is the secret to being successful at it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew.
Mr. Ed
Thanks Mr. Ed and crew!
You are very welcome, and thank you for taking the time to watch. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I love all your videos. I am a first year beekeeper and have grown my 5 frame nuc into two 8 frame brood boxes and think I need to add another.. they have almost filled 2 medium honey supers already not to mention loads of honey in the brood boxes. I may add another brood box to give them room and not swarm and this next spring I will split it up. Watching your videos has really helped me up my bee game! Thanks
You and your bees are smoking! Way to go! I'm delighted to hear that my videos have been a source of information for you, and I happy to share what I know with those who care to watch. Thank you so much for doing so, and until the next one, God's peace Chip.
Mr. Ed
It’s just so amazing to see how you and Charlie manage to do these stuff with the bees, what a wonderful sight to see.
I’m so glad I found you and your videos. As a 2nd year beekeeper I really enjoy your content. Thank you.
And I am very glad you discovered my channel as well. Thank you for taking the time to watch, and remember, I post a new video every Friday. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Mr Ed, I know it’s Friday when I start drinking my coffee and open TH-cam and there’s your video. I guess we’re going to have to say the 2 Amigos since Ralph rarely makes a showing.
You will see him next Friday, hang tight. God's peace Don.
Mr. Ed
Man it looks like it’s going to bee a beeutiful bee keeping season this year! It’s only March and these boxes are full. I can’t wait to see what the honey crop will bee. LOL. Good to see y’all this morning, I always look forward to your posts on Fridays. Have a great weekend guys and thanks for sharing part of your day with us :)
I have a feeling our honey crop will be a great one this year based on the number of bees in the hives this early on. Now, if only Mother Nature cooperates and allows the nectar flow to be abundant and long. I'm happy to be a part of your Friday's , thank you for allowing me that honor. Until the next one, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
good to see the turn over of Queen cells and a good split . Lucking forward to next week.
I am very happy to follow you, and may God bless your health and sustenance / white heart, pure soul
Wow that so great. The hive is so big and have a lot of honey.
Our bees are really doing well this year, and I can hardly wait till the honey starts coming in. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
LOVE watching your videos! Mine are doing the exact same thing as yours, hope to get back in them this weekend and HOPEFULLY they look as good as yours! God BLESS!
Hey, we got a lot of nectar too over here! Queens are laying and the colonies are expanding, can’t wait to check them out tomorrow and see how they are doing, great video, love the informations
When the boxes are full of bees and the nectar is coming in, those are the perfect ingredients to make ANY beekeeper happy! Glad to hear you liked the video, thanks so much for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hi Mr Ed I get my Bees this week omg carnt wait between 24 and 27 th 2023 hi good time Charlie good bless guys
So happy for you and your bees, keep me posted. God's peace Nola.
Mr. Ed
So awesome! Going to be going into three more of mine today to split out. Did four yesterday that were so full that I ended up with 8 nucs from them. It’s my third year so I don’t have the equipment built up or I’d much rather do your method for splitting! Much easier and can do more hives that way. I’ll probably come away from today’s with 5 more nucs from the number of bees I know they have! Have a great weekend, keep on making more cause I’m keeping on watching lol. God Bless!
Great video Jeff. God bless
Look at all those blooming blackberries!
Why are you looking at those blackberries bloomers? God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Yes I have 30 acres of them everywhere.
Thank you for making these videos! I've learned so much from you all.
You are very welcome, and I hope you will continue to watch, learn, and enjoy. Remember, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Nice video. I might try to do some splits this year. Always easier to learn from others.
I have several more videos on making splits, but I highly recommend for beginners to check out the videos on using a double screened dividing board to make the split, very simple and usually successful. The first link below is a video on that subject and the second is how I built them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
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Explained that great 😊mr ed yourself good time Charlie stay busy that's alot of work bees sure need you they are happy God bless Mr ed good time Charlie 😊
Mr.Ed and Goodtime Charlie, U will BEE sweating and rainy season this weekend in next !! BEE careful and GBU 2!!🐝🐝🐝
I can't wait to get started, I'm about 3 or 4 weeks out from the time to put up swarm traps in my area.
Well done . Informative 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
Watching you work does that mean I don't have to, lol I am learning ty
This method is so easy even a caveman could do it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew.
Mr. Ed
I thought Charlie was gunna say “ and when I get home, I GOT A BIG BOX OF BEER!” Lol
Great video
Glad you enjoyed the video, I hope you found it useful. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kevin.
Mr. Ed
There you go I been making queens hives like this.
A great way to make queens and do splits for sure.Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Ashley.
Mr. Ed
Eagle eye Charlie!😂 I love it! Nice camera work too.
Another great video!! God bless!!
And thank you for your blessings and for watching, it is greatly appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace James.
Mr. Ed
Good stuff just another day with the bees 😊
And a great day it always is working with them. Thanks for watching. God's peace Thomas.
Mr. Ed
Figured Id say Howdy Charlie...😁 Nice lookin girls ya got there MR Ed...🐝
Love me some blackberry honey, that is the majority component to our local honey even if you don't try. Those boxes had a lot of bees in them, I bet they have supers on them now. Ty for another great video, Blessed Days my beekeeper brother in Christ.😁
loved this video!
So very glad to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Julianne.
Mr. Ed
Thank you Jeff
Olá Mr. Ed. e Charlie! Mais um Excelente video. Excelente trabalho e é bom quando tudo corre como o planeado. Saudações Apicolas de Portugal.
É um prazer saber que você está assistindo de Portugal, fico muito feliz em saber que apicultores de outras partes do mundo estão observando o jeito que eu prendo as abelhas. Muito obrigado por suas palavras gentis e apoio para o que estou fazendo, e estou ansioso para ouvir de você novamente em breve. A paz de Deus.
Sr. Ed
Thank you Jesus!
A big AMEN on that! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thanks!
Thank you brother, you are so very kind and generous. God's peace Larry.
Mr. Ed
Thank you for doing this follow up video. Because of your last video, I made a double screen board and split a hive on Friday. The queen was on the bottom in mine. Is there any reason to move her to the top? I plan to look for queen cells next week. Pretty exciting to learn a new method. I hope it works out.
I also made a traditional split, pulling 3 frames of brood and a lot of bees from a hive that was huge and the queen and a bunch of bees from a hive that was making swarm cells. Made for a really big split, a deep plus a medium nuc, but that's good, because they will fill up quickly, and will probably go into full sized boxes within 2 weeks. A good start to the season! Thanks again for your great videos and your help.
The reason I like her in the top is because I will move her from the original location to help reduce the chances of her swarming later in the season. If she is moved, it steals all her field bees as they go back to the original location. God's peace Tony.
Mr. Ed
I always learn from and enjoy your vidoes! Twith the abundance of bees and a lot of brood into the top box with the old queen and fewer bees and brood? hank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! I am wondering why you don’t put some bees and a frame of brood from the the bottom box? God bless you and your bees!
Because there were so many bees in both the top and bottom box, I want the field bees from the top box to return to the original hive after I move the top box away. This helps reduce the chance of the old queen swarming by stealing her workers and helps the bottom box hive bring in nectar. My main concern about keeping bees is honey production. Thanks for watching. God's peace Mary.
Mr. Ed
Great video Jeff. Even my wife likes them imagine that. Scary
Great, it should bee a family affair. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
thanks for sharing, keep making , God bless till the next one. Charlie's new name will be " lazy boy " LOL
Tôi thích những chú ong và những người nuôi ong như bạn
Tôi là người nuôi ong từ năm 1978 và luôn tìm thấy điều gì đó mới mẻ và thú vị mỗi khi vào tổ. Người nuôi ong là tốt nhất! Chúa luôn bình an.
Ông Ed
Blackberrys in March!! here in the UK we have to wait until August.
We do have the cultivated ones that are ready in late August as well. Actually, as these are significantly larger, I prefer them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff seen them all Jeff,great job, and I learn quite a lot from watching thank you.
Incredible how smoking a hive turns the Bees into a relative liquid just flowing away from the top!
Still, smoke stresses bees and I use as little as necessary. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Very true. Just amazed to see critters moving like water.
Nice one Mr. Ed, thanks for another great video.
Eagle-eye Charlie, I think he must have been taking private queen-spotting lessons from the Rooster?
Just wondering if you were to face the dividing board entrance to the front you wouldn't need to put the stick between the boxes?
Have a great day!
Charlie has been giving the Rooster lessons on queen spotting....and it still has not helped him. The entrance is placed in the rear of the hive to prevent confusion and create separation between the hives. Thanks for watching. God's peace Alan.
Mr. Ed
Good morning Mr Ed, will you take some of those extra queen cells to use or requeen, or just leave them? Especially the 6 on one frame. WOW! That absolutely deserves a Thank You Jesus! Gods blessings Mr Ed, I thank you for your videos and should be getting my 1st bees (5 frame Nuc) at the end of April. 😊
I leave all the cells in the box and let the bees work it out amongst themselves. After all, there can only be one queen per hive. God's peace Brian.
Mr. Ed
Hey Mr. Ed! I've learned so much by watching your videos. We installed a double screen board and was pleasantly surprised one week later with multiple emerging queen cell capped. That was 4/1. Checked today to see if those splits have mated queens, eggs, or larvae and there was nothing. How long should I wait for the mated queen to show eggs or larvae? Also, after said time, should I combine the split back to the original hive? We're in a nectar flow now and I only saw one drone today. When we did the split.....there were many. Thanks so much for all that you do. God Bless you Mr. Ed!
One thing the bee have taught me, patience. I give the bees 4 weeks after I find the emergency cell, by that time you should see brand new larva in the cells. If at that point I see no new larva, and out of 80 some odd splits this year there were none, thank you Jesus, I will add another frame of brood from one of my old queens to let them try again. Then the whole process starts again. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Carolyn.
Mr. Ed
Great to see your vids and I’m excited about your Layens hive.
Time index 22:18 Jeff was that a piping virgin queen sound?
Sorry, but I did not hear a thing. But I would have to say it was not due to the fact I split this hive even before there were queen cells in it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Timothy.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff maybe just a couple of seconds before 22:18 right after the queen was spotted
good video, so this is your way to expand, cant remember i have seen videos about gueen grafting, havent seen mutch about feeding in your videos. Dont feed mutch?
I do not graft or feed our bees. I will feed swarms or cut out to get them started, but once they get settled in, they are on their own. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bub.
Mr. Ed
Do the lizards eat the bees? If not could adding a lizard to the top of the box help control small hive Beatles?
They do eat the bees, but just the slow ones. But what is awesome about them is they do eat beetles as well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Larry.
Mr. Ed
You're making me hungry for ....split-pea soup❗😁❤
The honey harvest is just 8 weeks away....stay hungry! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Marianne.
Mr. Ed
Outstanding Video Jeff! I was just wondering that after all of your manipulations how many of your colonies actually swarm??👍👍
You have to ask that question in about 6 weeks. It's at that point my old queens are most likely to swarm as their hives have swollen in numbers. As long as I keep ahead of them by giving them room, by adding another super, they will not swarm. I track all my old queens so I know which hives they are in. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hi! I’m over in Pass Christian- I noticed this video was shot just before the freeze. How is this affecting your bees? All of my blackberries froze, the privet is back sporadically, and the popcorn trees are getting new leaves.
I went to Biloxi yesterday and was looking at all the blooms along I-10. Lots of privet, and your tallow has tassels all over them. Here, it's about the same. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jodi.
Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed here! LOL!
I have been opening my videos that way since the beginning, over 11 years now. In fact, on a few of my older videos I have several folks saying for me. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I know you said in a previous video that you are not treating your bees. I'm curious if over the years, you have less dead-outs, as you are splitting from better genetics? Thanks for the video!
I really believe mites are not a serious issue here in the South compared to other parts of the country, and I do also think the feral bees that are in our bee yards can handle the mite load at present. Say hello to my jacket for me. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thanks for the info! Interesting about the mites, for some reasons I assume it was the opposite for very hot weather, like hive beetles! Thanks for the reply. Your jacket is still looking amazing, in it's display case !
Great video❤🙏🏻🙏🏻
Good Evening Mr. ED,
May I please ask were the Abby is at.
I would like to see how I can support the Abby .
I love watching you working with your Abby 🐝
I live in Fond Du Lac ,WI.
May God Bless and Keep You All There,
Judi Sheppard Shaw
Hello Judi, and thank you so much for wanting to support the monks and their works, for the blessings you gave, and for taking the time to watch this video. St. Joseph Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, is located about 50 miles north of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is home to about 34 monks ranging from the age of 27 to 84. They do have a web page, and the address is:
saintjosephabbey.com
if you'd like to find out more about it. Also, it is the largest seminary college in the United States. Of course they happily accept all donations as this is their primary source for sustaining their lifestyle, but they also have several cottage industries that contribute to their well being as well, and these you will discover if you look at the web page. Any contribution goes into a general fund, however if you specify "Abbee Honey" on the donation, the funds will be directed to that department, and this help me tremendously to continue the work I do as a volunteer for the monks. Again, thank you so much for your support and your blessing. Also, I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Was that piping at 22:13? Your hives are looking great!
No it was not. At that time there was only 1 queen in the hive and no new ones had emerged yet. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
52 degrees chilly, looking outside at 20's.
I do hate the cold, stay warm brother. God's peace Brett.
Mr. Ed
Have you ever taken the box with the emergency cells and split that into 2 separate nucs?
I can easily do that, but because I am interested in honey production instead of bee production, I only split them once.Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Anh bạn rất vui tính
Tôi tận hưởng cuộc sống và cười là một phần rất quan trọng của cuộc sống! Cảm ơn bạn đã theo dõi, và tôi hy vọng bạn sẽ xem thêm những cuộc phiêu lưu giải cứu ong/quần ong của tôi và cho tôi biết suy nghĩ của bạn về chúng. Nhân tiện, tôi đăng một video mới vào mỗi sáng thứ Sáu và tôi mong sớm nhận được phản hồi từ bạn. Chúa bình an.
Ông Ed
March 13. That’s my bday!🎉
Happy belated Birthday! I hope you had a great one. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Tommy.
Mr. Ed
And I have 8 framed boxes I recon I should have another frame in there because to much room and the bees are showing me so and there’s so many bees Charley come over I need to see my queen god bless boysmr Ed can I wash the head peice of the bee suit
Just make sure your box has the correct number of frames in it so the bees won't draw wacky comb. Also, you don't really need to "see" your queen. As long as you find new brood, you have a queen in the box. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Nola.
Mr. Ed
Hey Jeff thanks for the show. Did you have any die outs this winter?
We had somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 hives die out over the winter and fall. Still, our overall losses were less than 35% and I'm very happy with that number. Thanks for watching. God's peace Fred.
Mr. Ed
Wouldn't it be easier if you marked the queen? It seems to me the hunt is stressful on the bees.
I don't mark queens because in my opinion it only encourages the beekeeper to go into the hive looking for her, and the best thing for bees is to be left undisturbed so they can go about their business. Thanks for watching. God's peace Gawonii.
Mr. Ed
I never chopped off her head, but I have rolled them unintentionally. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Have you tried hive beetle traps placed on top of the frames? I have noticed that many beekeepers use them and say they are effective.
I do use them in areas that the SHB is really bad. Other than that, I let the bees manage them. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Ok question when u do the splits with the queen cells how do the queens mate to become fertile after they crawl out of the cell?? Because that means they r virgin queens right? Trying to make sure i understand whats up lol Just curious. I cant get enough of ur channel been binging ur channel for few days now lol.
I'm grateful for your binging of my channel, and I sincerely hope you continue to watch. Also, I post a brand new video every Friday morning. Now about a queen getting mated. When a new queen emerges from a cell, and becomes the new queen of the hive, she may have to kill off any contender queens that were placed in the hive when her cell was placed in it, she generally waits a few days and then flies out of the hive for a mating flight. She may do this 4 or 5 times over the next few days, but after she is fully inseminated, she never leaves the hive again. Thanks for watching. Until the next one, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thank you. I have my notification bell on for sure!! Lol. Thank you for taking the time to reply it means everything to subs for a reply and know we r part of your journey. Yes its taking me a while to get caught up but it's so interesting. I'll be watching every single video. Ur vibe is Amazing by the way.
Dont u just smush many bees what where in that left corner 11:59 when u put that box ontop of them???
Very often bees are killed during a hive opening, or closing, but I do try to take as much care not to do it. I do hate killing any bee. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Do you use inner covers on all your boxs??
Yes I do. God's peace Michael.
Mr. Ed
Does the first queen selfmanage the multiple other emergency cells in the hive ? No risk for swarming when you give them an 2th (top) box ?
Yes she does, she will kill them. Bees can swarm at any time, even after adding an additional super, but it is very unlikely to happen if you keep ahead of them by giving them space. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Bart.
Mr. Ed
At 9:40 you said you were going to be adding a super to the box with the emergency cell. Did you mean a brood box (to make a double brood box) or did you actually mean a super? The 'super' you put on looked like a deep.
It would be the second brood box. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bruce.
Mr. Ed
Hi Mr a
What is the difference between swarm cells and queen cells?
A swarm cell IS a queen cell. There are 3 different types of queen cells. A swarm cell, made when a hive is preparing to swarm. A superseding cell, made when the hive wants to replace the existing queen. And an emergency cell, made when the queen dies unexpectedly, and the colony needs a new queen right away. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Hope.
Mr. Ed
If the queen was in the bottom shouldn’t there be cells in the top? Why would you have to reverse the boxes and come back in a week?
Yes there would be emergency cells in the top box if the queen was in the bottom box. However, because I want to move the old queen from the original hive location to reduce her work force to slow her down so she won't swarm again, I reverse the boxes, steal all the field bees from her as they will now go into the other box, and a week later move the old queen to a new spot stealing her workers once again. Because she is already laying eggs, she will quickly make up for the loss in field bees and actually produce a surplus of honey which I will then harvest from her in the summer.In all of my 40 plus years of keeping bees, I have never treated a colony. do I have hives that die? All the time, yet my annual losses are almost ALWAYS smaller than the national loss, 35% this year. I also don't go into my hives and inspect them, I set the bees up, give them space, split them, and then collect my honey. I go into my hives only about twice a year, other than that, they are on their own. I figure they know a lot more about being a bee than I do so I give them a lot of latitude. However, I still collect my rent every summer...and if I'm lucky, a fall harvest as well. I will say this about these bees, they have some great genetics, and come splitting time, the split is going back to the abbey with me. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace David.
Mr. Ed
Why have to be front and back entrance on those two boxes? Why can be both boxes have same front entrance? My hive facing south entrance, I read somewhere saying is not good the entrance facing north.
The opposite entrances is only for a 2 week period. Once the top box is removed the rear entrance is taken away. Thanks for watching. God's peace Cindi.
Mr. Ed
Jess, do you mark your bee's????
No I do not. Since I never go into my hives looking, there is no point to it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jocephus.
Mr. Ed
So the queens are in the top box that often? Never thought about it before but that makes. Thanks.
Bless you!
They really are....go figure. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Is there a prior video showing what tondo please
The video link for the video prior to this one is below, it shows me using the double screened dividing board and how to use it. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
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Thanks inwill and I have been watching you for years from Cornwall uk
Swarm cell at the bottom of frame, uncapped. Leave or smash?
If it's a swarm cell I scratch it if I place a screened board in the box. If it is capped, I will use it to make the split. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed, every time I see your smile, it never fails to make me grin!
I know beekeeping is super complex in practice, but seeing how simple you make it seem and with such passion, really inspires me. I recently started gardening in the past year, and I approach it the same way you do with beekeeping. It truly allows you to enjoy life to the fullest when you do something you love!
Thank you for the wonderful content and keep on smiling! Maybe one day I can start beekeeping myself (if the wife will ever allow a hive in our backyard)!
Thank you so much for your very kind words and for taking the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures, it is greatly appreciated. If only you could convince your wife about putting a beehive or 2 by the garden. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, thank you for your videos, Question, I have a brood box that is now Queenless, not sure why. the bees made 2 emergency cells , sealed and both were nice formed cells of good size. ... I inspected the 2 cells 15 days later, I found both cells were opened on the side /middle of the cell, and after several inspections over a week no queen found
Why would the bees build nice sealed cells then open the cell from the side middle and destroy a queen when they need a queen.? Any thoughts
I think you have a queen in your box and you just have not seen her. Typically, it is the queen who chews a hole in the cell to kill the other queen that is in there. I would look for new brood, either eggs or uncapped larva, in another week or so if the queen can't be found. That is the simplest way of knowing you have a queen without spotting her yourself. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
What is an emergency cell vs Queen cell??
An emergency cell IS a queen cell. There are 3 types of queen cells, swarm cells, superseding cells, and emergency cells.Thanks for watching and asking. Until the next one, God's peace Dawn.
Mr. Ed
What breed of bees? They look nice and dark
All of our bees are from feral bees, bee rescues. Because of that, I do not know the exact species. All I do know is they certainly know how to survive which is why I love them so much. By the way, I do not treat any of our hives.Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Jeff I would like some information. How much per hive would it cost to have a nameplate put on a box ? And where would I send the check ? I would love to have a memorial to mu daughter who passed away 2 years ago
My sincere condolences for your loss. Robert, would you please reach out to me at oscelata@gmail.com I'd really like to speak with you. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Jeff , Can you take one of the frames with a Queen cell with the nurse bees and put them into a box with maybe half the other frames leaving the rest of the unhatched Queens in the other box and do a split that way ?
Sure can, but you have to give them some food frames as well since there would be no field bees with them. Thanks for watching. God's peace Keith.
Mr. Ed
Why if the queen is in the bottom do you put her box on top and wait another week? Ive watched the video a few times and i think i keep missing the reason.
Because I don't want to keep the queen in the same location. I want to move her off the original hive location so I can steal all her field bees reducing the workforce in her hive and slowing down the rate the hive grows. this will also reduce the chances of her swarming in a month or so. Thanks for watching. God's peace Melissa.
Mr. Ed
@Jeff Horchoff Bees what is the best result if you didn't have drawn comb to give the old queen? Do right before a flow?
Forgot to open the back of swarm cell box?
Since the cells had not emerged yet I stopped. However, next week when I go out there I will take a look. Thanks for watching. God's peace John.
Mr. Ed
Cold! Here just outside Chicago we’re under a Winter Storm Watch. 5-8” of snow! I’ll trade you.
We hit 82 today, I love it. God's peace Bill.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, I'm located north of Baton Rouge.The late freeze has burned the tallow. Will it recover and flower?
It burned ours as well, but since those trees are so hardy, I'm very confident we will get a good nectar flow from them. Come visit me at the abbey one day. God's peace Thomas.
Mr. Ed
Do you need to protect from wild pigs? We are in New York State and have trouble with black bears.
Fortunately for me, I've never had issues with pigs or bears. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jon.
Mr. Ed
I was at fort polk 1971 we were on night maneuvers and we had a group of pigs came through our camp.
Do I understand that it takes a queen to create another queen cell ??
It takes a queen bee to lay a fertilized egg. Basically, a queen will lay an egg in a cell that was prepared to generate another queen, either a swarm queen or a superseding queen. However, an emergence cell, like the ones pictured in the thumbnail were eggs that had a queen cell built around them. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joseph.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Ok thanks for the reply, but what happens to the emerging queen,if she is not needed, I also understand that the potential new queen cell is pampered and fed with a special nourishment during incubation, having your ear I would just like to let you know that your videos are much appreciated.
God Bless you and the Monastery. Joe
You mean 40 days from the day the divider board was put in, right?
For my eyes, it's 40 days after the cell was discovered. Regardless of the days before new bees emerge from the new queen, it's still a lot of time that passes and the hive is not growing in numbers. Hopefully however, because that hive had all the field bees in it, it was able to bring in a ton of nectar. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Now then we need to know how the new lazy boy worked out! 😂
It must bee working great, I have not heard from Charlie in 3 days. ARe we still doing the removal when I head your way? God's peace Jeremy.
Mr. Ed
It's working real well I would assume! Always up for a removal. Just started another yard in field store this week, so I split down some bees pretty good to get about half the hives the land owner needs (AG Exempt rules)
I sent you a email as well, can put more in them things.
Do you ever get small virgin queen swarms with leaving multiple queen cells in the bottom box?
With emergency cells, the first queen out will kill all the others. So no, you do not. Thanks for watching. God's peace James.
Mr. Ed
good video. Can't think of witty comment.
Great, because I'm tho tired to think of a witty response....the perfect comment! God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Why don't the bees in he box without a queen just fly round the other side and get back to her?
The reason they do not leave the box and fly around is because most of them would not know how to get there...even though it's directly behind their old entrance. The reason for this is bees are very sensitive to the entrance to their hive, their internal GPS are set on those coordinates, and that is the ONLY spot they know to get into the hive. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed