A good way to tell if there is a queen bee doing her job, is by the aggressiveness of the hive. The bees are not aggressive toward you. There is a queen. I could tell as soon as you opened the hive. You did not even need to get frames. If they are aggravated, this is a fair sign, not necessarily though.
You seem a bit quick to split hives. Hives should be super crowded. A queen isn't going to lay a lot of eggs if there aren't a lot of bees to take care of them and there isn't enough honey to feed them. If you're worried about them swarming. Keep an eye on the entrance for bearding. If it becomes very large, consider splitting if the Supers seem crowded. If there isn't a lot of honey in a hive, it likely will not swarm, as bees typically gorge themselves on honey prior to swarming.
Next time you add a super with foundation frames only do a swap; move two brood frames up and two foundation frames down. Nurse bees will stay with the brood so you get some traffic moving up. If you are having troubles with 10 frames not building fast enough then make some 6 frames nucs, they work much better than the 10 frames. Also get rid of those horizontal hives, they are good for nothing. Bees wants to build up and not horizontally. Even professional beekeepers cannot make then go. Langstroth hives have been around for over 160 years and all commercial beekeeper use them. When things go wrong with your colony it is not because of the Langstroth hive. With Langstroth hive you can make a 10 second inspection; just flip the hive and look underneath, you can see how many frames of bees you have and most important, are there any swarm cells. If you see a capped swarm cell you have to make a split, move your queen and two frames of brood to a new box because if you don't you are going to have a swarm. I usually follow Bob Binnie as a beekeeping guide, he is a very good teacher.
Can’t wait to BEE a part of part 2. Thanks Momma Kirbs for braving the heat to record for us!!
I was just lamenting the lack of Daddy Kirbs bee vids...great timing! Now I'm anticipating part 2.
So nice to see you both and the bees, too!
With that first hive, bring a frame of brood into the top box, that will bring the bees up.
Hi Mr.! Have a wonderful Sunday!
Entrance reducers and what are you feeding your bees?
Loved seeing the wife recording for you. Missed your videos.
How's the long hives doing sorry thought you were talking about the 3 vertical colonies lol
Can't wait for part two I'd like to know if you got them or not
Hi, glad to see you again on TH-cam.
They may have gone back to that branch if they could still smell pheramones from the queen
A good way to tell if there is a queen bee doing her job, is by the aggressiveness of the hive. The bees are not aggressive toward you. There is a queen. I could tell as soon as you opened the hive. You did not even need to get frames. If they are aggravated, this is a fair sign, not necessarily though.
Great video ☀️🐝☀️🐝☀️
You seem a bit quick to split hives. Hives should be super crowded. A queen isn't going to lay a lot of eggs if there aren't a lot of bees to take care of them and there isn't enough honey to feed them. If you're worried about them swarming. Keep an eye on the entrance for bearding. If it becomes very large, consider splitting if the Supers seem crowded. If there isn't a lot of honey in a hive, it likely will not swarm, as bees typically gorge themselves on honey prior to swarming.
Next time you add a super with foundation frames only do a swap; move two brood frames up and two foundation frames down. Nurse bees will stay with the brood so you get some traffic moving up.
If you are having troubles with 10 frames not building fast enough then make some 6 frames nucs, they work much better than the 10 frames.
Also get rid of those horizontal hives, they are good for nothing. Bees wants to build up and not horizontally. Even professional beekeepers cannot make then go.
Langstroth hives have been around for over 160 years and all commercial beekeeper use them.
When things go wrong with your colony it is not because of the Langstroth hive.
With Langstroth hive you can make a 10 second inspection; just flip the hive and look underneath, you can see how many frames of bees you have and most important, are there any swarm cells. If you see a capped swarm cell you have to make a split, move your queen and two frames of brood to a new box because if you don't you are going to have a swarm.
I usually follow Bob Binnie as a beekeeping guide, he is a very good teacher.