I left a comment and forgot to add, I sure enjoyed the video. The quality was really good. I could hear you plainly where I use to have to strain to hear you. Thanks Joe. Phillip
I'm trying to understand the interplay between the pheromone strip holding the bees and the bees needing time to realize they are queenless. Will they begin to draw cells you have to cut down with the strip in place? If they don't realize they are queenless until you remove the strip, then could you introduce the cells at the same time you make the cell starter? Is doing it on different days mostly to divide the labor and give the bees time to settle in so they aren't confused and get right to work on the cells? A second question I have is regarding the mating nucs. Can I assemble the nuc and then give them a cell at the same time? I set up an 8 frame with open brood and no queen on Saturday kind of a demaree style split. Today I replaced the bottom board I had between the boxes with a queen excluder over the bottom box. (Grandbaby came to visit yesterday when I was going to do this.) I had a dozen queen cells and I think I'll be able to make ten splits on Monday. Can I put the cells into splits freshly made or do they need time to realize they are queenless? I'd like to move my splits to another yard after I make them, but my queen cells are in the yard where they are.
In the mating boxes I leave the strip in all the time, it's no different than them making a super seeder cell the the queen in it. I think it is best to put a cell in a split with in an hour of making it. Bees know they are queen less with in 2 minutes of taking the queen out.
Joe, Can you leave the strip in the box or is it necessary to remove it after a day or two? Also would a 1/4 strip help hold a new swarm from deciding to leave? Thanx for your effort, work and time to provide such a wonderful service. LP
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay yes I know it is. I'm in Alabama so I've been grafting. I just have some friends I'm trying to show. Your videos are very educational I thank you for doing them.
Could you also put a caged queen in there instead of a pheromone strip and then take her out when you put the grafts in? You mentioned just putting a frame of eggs in. Am I correct that you really want that to be eggs on new comb, as bees don't like to pull queen cells on old dark comb?
Hey Joe, that first box 201 you were saying swarmed out, does that mean the queen you pulled out is a new mated queen and the old queen cleared off? You were saying the queen was laying up a storm, so I was trying to understand why they have swarmed, and who took off? With the Grafting hive, it is full of bees, what happens to all the brood and frames you shook the girls off and sent back to the other hives? Great Video as always, learning heaps.
Joe, so far most of the comments are asking about the strips. I have a strip question too. When you cut them into sections, how do you keep them fresh until you need them? And how long will they keep fresh? Can you reuse them? Well that was three questions, I hope you don’t mind. Did you ever get a chance to do some crappie fishing when you was tracing around here in Mississippi? 😊😁😁 Phillip Hall
The directions say they are good for three weeks in the hive. I used about 100 last year, they sat on my desk all winter in a zip lock bag and they are still working. They say you can freeze them and will say good for three years. I only leave them in the hive until I get a cell or queen in the box. No crappie fishing.
Excellent Joe , thank you .
This was an excellent how to video for sure. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Another great video Joe. I appreciate all your help.
I left a comment and forgot to add, I sure enjoyed the video. The quality was really good. I could hear you plainly where I use to have to strain to hear you. Thanks Joe.
Phillip
Trying to do better, after thing calm down and I have time to think should be some pretty good videos.
Your doing a good job joe! Keep up the good work..... and many thanks....... Phillip Hall
I'm trying to understand the interplay between the pheromone strip holding the bees and the bees needing time to realize they are queenless. Will they begin to draw cells you have to cut down with the strip in place? If they don't realize they are queenless until you remove the strip, then could you introduce the cells at the same time you make the cell starter? Is doing it on different days mostly to divide the labor and give the bees time to settle in so they aren't confused and get right to work on the cells?
A second question I have is regarding the mating nucs. Can I assemble the nuc and then give them a cell at the same time? I set up an 8 frame with open brood and no queen on Saturday kind of a demaree style split. Today I replaced the bottom board I had between the boxes with a queen excluder over the bottom box. (Grandbaby came to visit yesterday when I was going to do this.) I had a dozen queen cells and I think I'll be able to make ten splits on Monday. Can I put the cells into splits freshly made or do they need time to realize they are queenless? I'd like to move my splits to another yard after I make them, but my queen cells are in the yard where they are.
In the mating boxes I leave the strip in all the time, it's no different than them making a super seeder cell the the queen in it. I think it is best to put a cell in a split with in an hour of making it. Bees know they are queen less with in 2 minutes of taking the queen out.
Joe, Can you leave the strip in the box or is it necessary to remove it after a day or two? Also would a 1/4 strip help hold a new swarm from deciding to leave? Thanx for your effort, work and time to provide such a wonderful service. LP
I have never left it in on a starter hive but you can leave them in all the time on mating boxes. I would think it might hold a swarm.
Thanks for the video. Are you going to follow up with the grafting?
I made a video today on taking the grafts out of that starter. Grafting is hard to teach on video it''s a hands on thing.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay yes I know it is. I'm in Alabama so I've been grafting. I just have some friends I'm trying to show. Your videos are very educational I thank you for doing them.
I may do one on the mechanics of grating when I can catch my breath.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay I understand
Could you also put a caged queen in there instead of a pheromone strip and then take her out when you put the grafts in? You mentioned just putting a frame of eggs in. Am I correct that you really want that to be eggs on new comb, as bees don't like to pull queen cells on old dark comb?
should work fine but not a very good use of a mated queen.
What is the purpose of the comb on the bottom of your smoker?
I throw wax on top of the lids and sometimes set the smoker on it by accident .
Where do you get queen strips that hold them in box? The ones you cut into four?
Mann Lake they are called Temp Queen.
Thank you!
Hey Joe, that first box 201 you were saying swarmed out, does that mean the queen you pulled out is a new mated queen and the old queen cleared off? You were saying the queen was laying up a storm, so I was trying to understand why they have swarmed, and who took off? With the Grafting hive, it is full of bees, what happens to all the brood and frames you shook the girls off and sent back to the other hives? Great Video as always, learning heaps.
yes that was the new queen laying.
it had cell or virgins
Joe, so far most of the comments are asking about the strips. I have a strip question too. When you cut them into sections, how do you keep them fresh until you need them? And how long will they keep fresh? Can you reuse them? Well that was three questions, I hope you don’t mind. Did you ever get a chance to do some crappie fishing when you was tracing around here in Mississippi? 😊😁😁 Phillip Hall
The directions say they are good for three weeks in the hive. I used about 100 last year, they sat on my desk all winter in a zip lock bag and they are still working. They say you can freeze them and will say good for three years. I only leave them in the hive until I get a cell or queen in the box. No crappie fishing.
I just split a colony that made 15 really nice queen cells...no grafting, no hassles...6 new colonies in 15 minutes...
did you find the queen or had she already gone.
Well if she did swarm she left you a bunch of babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!