Great video bob!!! Keep sharing your knowledge with all us, you are literally training up another generation of beekeepers with your videos the amount of knowledge that you are sharing.
Feel like I’m getting a little late to still be making nucs. Bob, it looks like we’ll have some basswood this year, I took a float trip yesterday and saw a lot of trees setting flower.
That's good news. I for one love Basswood. I'm trying to think of a worthy bee joke but haven't come up with one yet. Your contest should yield some good stuff.
I'm still making a few new queens to hold in Nuc boxes to support my hives. Like Bob, I'm putting a Nuc on top of a weak colony and pinching the weak or tired queens. One colony that failed to re-queen, I'm packing it with sealed brood from strong colonies (swarm prevention) to boost it up as a mated queen is introduced. I really need to pull some honey because all my equipment is filling up at alarming rates.. I'm working toward getting rid of the problem hives and making them as strong as possible moving forward.
I am very glad your bees and the season is going good for u I hope u make more honey then u thought u would. Thanks for all the videos u make they are great and I have learned just so much from u. Thank you God Bless you and your wonderful family.
I've just started keeping notes on lids probably at the end of last year. I tried a notebook, but it was just too convenient to have an excuse to not do it. But......I do want to keep a notebook eventually also. I just need to train myself to keep it with me, like I did with having a marker to write on the lids. As always, thanks for sharing!
Bob, thank you for sharing. You have extensive knowledge and I am grateful that you are willing to teach those of us who are learning. In the future, could you post a video showing your technique in requeening using a nuc? Thanks again
"It can be quite a task to make a large colony to accept a queen" This comment resonated deep deep into my soul. I requeen a couple of hundreds queens every year, either by cell, combining with nuc, caged etc. Small colonies is just a wonderful breeze to accept a queen, and most of the large colonies do not make a huge fuss. But those large colonies who has a stubborn streak in them, they are the absolute bane of my existence. The last few years I have moved more and more towards letting the big colonies handle the requeening process themselves and rejuvinate my yards with nucs, replacing/combining those who fail. Less of a headache, and frees up some time that I can dedicate to other parts of beekeeping (like preventing my bees packing their bags and take an extended leave) Though with your scale, a streamlined process is the key and thus letting the colonies do whatever they want is probably not efficient nor productive. I'll stick to my humble 500 colonies :) That's enough bees to nail my socks to my ankles for now. Thank you for sharing your deep trove of knowledge to us peasants! Have a lovely summer Bob!
Thanks for the comment. Many large beekeepers do exactly what you do. Oh by the way I wouldn't call 500 a humble amount. That's about all I could handle when I didn't have help and these days I'm sure I couldn't do it well.👍
Hello Bob. I don't requeen like I should, because of a number of reasons. The main reason is i don't know of any one. That raises queens seriously anywhere near by and I don't like shipping them. I don't raise my own queens because of my work schedule. Good luck with with the sourwood crop coming up.
You see Bob. I’m a caucasian guy. If you concluded that the caucasian queens are good you can imagine how a caucasian man would be working for you? I own 150 colonies here in N Texas. This year is exceptionally better than last 3 years. Tons of wildflowers everywhere and I love it. Hopefully you will get a good harvest soon. Thank you sir.
I love the information from your channel. I got a package of bees for myself and my wife. I’ve attempted a split with some queen cells I found. Next I guess grafting to try and make some splits. I’m looking forward to making queens and hives
Thanks again Bob, I fell funny with my 2.5 hives and see your yards. I will be putting my honey in a 5 gallon bucket and yours goes in 55 gallon drums , That's a lot of toast LOL. I am just now getting honey in my supers, Seems a little late to me but have heard the same thing from other folks around here. Thanks again for taking the time to put these vids out.
OMG how topical! Another great vid thanks Bob. Still trying to get the same genetics throughout my 60 colonies! So many different ways and times of year to try to re queen! I know Brother Adam of Buckfast close to where I am would equalise and re queen with over wintered queens as early in the spring as possible. I just carry on trying to find the most successful way for me! Happy memorial weekend! I’ll get back to knocking frames together👍
I've noticed a lot of commercial. Beekeepers don't use bearing boards..in in Washington..and I swear by them..got a bunch of equipment from an old Russian bee keeper..and best tool he gave me was bearding boards..
Hi Bob I love your videos!! I live in Pennsylvania, I’m into apiculture in Ghana, I’ll love to visit your farm to learn more from you 😅. Anyway we can make that happen? 🙏
Very instructive video once again Bob. Thanks for the info. When introducing a cell to requeen a full-size colony, do you worry about making it queenless for a period of time before adding the cell? I often hear “at least 24 hours”, but my guess is it would be impractical for your operation to have to make a return trip to an out yard. Furthermore, if the cell is in an orange cell protector, that would seem to protect it from being killed and torn down for the first day or so anyway, right?
We usually try to leave a colony or nuc queenless for at least a little while before installing a cell. Sometimes overnight and sometimes late on the same day we made the colony or nuc queenless. If we can't wait we definitely use a cell protector.
I just found a carolina buckthorn in bloom....loaded with bees 15yds from hives...looked it up and sounds like it makes good honey"taste like juicy fruit chewing gum" one guy said. What's your opinion on buckthorn? ,thanks again for keeping videos coming out, yall havebeen a true blessing here in taft,tn
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Bob. How are you merging the nucs with the full size colonies when they big ones don't have a mated queen? I can't see any news paper hanging out the sides, but do see that you have some boxes on top of lids and off on an angle... ?
The nucs at an angle is to leave an entrance in the boxes near the old one used with the double screen board. Newspaper can be helpful if fighting is a problem. In this case there was a bit of a nectar flow and we also disturbed some capped honey to keep every body busy. Sounds odd but it does help.
Can you do a piece on EFB. My bees are currently struggling with this disease and nobody wants to talk about it out of shame and the potential to damage their business.
I believe there is a storm brewing with EFB and I'm actually working towards a video on this with people that know a lot about it. It may take awhile though.
Thank you for your video Bob. I'm not sure if anybody asked already, but what kind of a markers are you using to write on the lids? Are they those markers for marking queens? if so, what brand are you using?
Bob if and when you are able to sell some caucasian genetics would like to purchase some thank you for all the information started using double screen boards like it alot got some queens from you last year thanks again
We have a few dates for queens coming up this summer. The only catch is that we don't ship them. If interested in picking some up you can call the store and ask for Molly. 706 782 6722. Thanks.
The majority of our colonies actually are on pallets. The yards on individual bottom boards as shown here are intended to be permanent and not moved and they are about 1/3 of our colonies.
Hi Bob, I’m curious if colonies that are hopelessly queenless call or emit pheromones for a queen. In my mating yard I’ve had colonies suddenly have a queen that never should have. One time I had 2 nucs that had laying workers, by the time I got around to shake them out (month or so later)there was a queen laying in there. Like u said though in a mating yard there are queens flying everywhere.
When you’re making splits or in my case a 5 frame split off your best colony, do you have to wait to add a queen cell or do you add one right away ( in a nectar flow). Have a great Memorial Weekend🇺🇸
Hi Bob. Is there a "sweet spot" after "de-queening" a colony when adding a mated queen? Immediately ok? 6/8 hours? (Know S. Tabor and Roberts could pluck a queen and replace immediately if the colony was balanced, but I can't say I could do this comfortably). How about cells? Are cells introduced in a protector? Looking to gain any advantage when introducing a new queen (I know you mentioned feeding will help). The clarity of your video was remarkable...new lens? Hope you are well Tim
Hi Tim. I'm guessing a bit here but I think the sweet spot is between 6 and 8 hours. We do use protectors but we use them as much for handling as anything else. Of course I think they help if the cell isn't going to hatch right away or the nuc hasn't already been queenless for a while. Same lens, maybe it was clean this time. I'm going to do an experiment with the Tabor thing someday.
Ha Bob good video, when u talk requeening with nucs do u use news paper to combine. I have some I want to requeen this way, your thought and thanks Have a blessed week
Wether we're adding a box on top with a nuc or putting one in an existing box we like to splash a bit of syrup around if we have it. This seems to keep the bees preoccupied long enough.
What brand of pen do you use for writing on the hives? I appreciate the info, I've never mark queens before so I don't know much about these markers but I would like to use some for writing on the colonies at least. Thank you so much Bob!
I use to cut down pallet size plastic baskets and load them with a forklift but now I use old supers with a 1/2 inch plywood bottom screwed on. They hold eleven jars.
Bob, how do you protect the queen cell in the hive when immediately replacing a laying queen with a cell, without giving them 24 hours of queenkess period to adjust.
@@bobbinnie9872 I have had my workers destroy them in protectors too, but it seems you don’t have that issue in you 5 framers. Maybe they are more malicious in a full hive. Thank you.
Hi Bob, do you always find the old queen for requeening ? What are your thoughts on just putting a queen cell in a protector in (and hoping new queen will kill the old one)? Would be much less labor intensive. Thank you.
We currently do find the queen before requeening but using a cell in a protector can work if done right. If you put a cell in a protector in the top honey super on a tall colony without an excluder it will work part of the time.
@@bobbinnie9872 That is exactly what I do usually around 15-20th of July in middle of Sourwood flow. I'm located in western mountains NC. I find I get about 70 - 75 percent.
I have really had a problem keeping my frames together even though I glue they're not staying together very good. The staple is just a straight staple and that's the problem I think. I wish you would do a video on frames. Of how you do and if they're working good for you?
Hi Don. We really don't do anything special but we do use A LOT of glue. I tell the person assembling that if glue isn't ozzing out you are not using enough.
@Bob Binnie That's what I used to I'll try to use plenty of glue. Thanks for all you do it's not everyday. A small fry like me gets to talk to a big time like you Thanks again.
That works for me if the original hive is pretty weak. But if there is a ton of workers still there I use newspaper between the nuc and the 10 frame. So yah it would be nice to hear how Bob does it cuz I always wonder if I am wasting time with the newspaper!
I could have added this to the video but it's basically more vigor for better and more consistent production, better overwintering and better colonies in the spring and beyond.
Bob, i notice that you and crew dont use much smoke, couple of puffs and done. Ever have the honey taste smoked? Think that open cell honey is more susceptible to picking-up a smoked flavor over capped honey?
It's true that heavy smoking can influence the taste of the honey and yes uncapped is more susceptible. Removing bees from honey supers with a smoker for instance can definitely have an affect.
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There are a couple YT beekeeps that make me appreciate and realize 'we are standing on shoulders of giants'...Bob is a giant...thank you so much....
Great video bob!!! Keep sharing your knowledge with all us, you are literally training up another generation of beekeepers with your videos the amount of knowledge that you are sharing.
Always great to hear from a living legend. Thanks for all the videos Mr.Binnie.
I could listen to you talk bees for days thanks bob happy Memorial Day weekend. Get some rest
Feel like I’m getting a little late to still be making nucs. Bob, it looks like we’ll have some basswood this year, I took a float trip yesterday and saw a lot of trees setting flower.
That's good news. I for one love Basswood. I'm trying to think of a worthy bee joke but haven't come up with one yet. Your contest should yield some good stuff.
@@bobbinnie9872 I’ve heard you tell some good ones opening up a talk!
I'm still making a few new queens to hold in Nuc boxes to support my hives. Like Bob, I'm putting a Nuc on top of a weak colony and pinching the weak or tired queens. One colony that failed to re-queen, I'm packing it with sealed brood from strong colonies (swarm prevention) to boost it up as a mated queen is introduced. I really need to pull some honey because all my equipment is filling up at alarming rates.. I'm working toward getting rid of the problem hives and making them as strong as possible moving forward.
Thank You, we are definitely changing our requeening strategy for 2024!
Thanks for sharing good content wnd Happy Memorial Day Bob 👍🇺🇲
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I am very glad your bees and the season is going good for u I hope u make more honey then u thought u would. Thanks for all the videos u make they are great and I have learned just so much from u. Thank you God Bless you and your wonderful family.
I've just started keeping notes on lids probably at the end of last year. I tried a notebook, but it was just too convenient to have an excuse to not do it. But......I do want to keep a notebook eventually also. I just need to train myself to keep it with me, like I did with having a marker to write on the lids. As always, thanks for sharing!
I was so happy I got to meet you last week at your shop Bob. Thank you for great information.
Bob, thank you for sharing. You have extensive knowledge and I am grateful that you are willing to teach those of us who are learning. In the future, could you post a video showing your technique in requeening using a nuc? Thanks again
Requeening every hive every year is the only way to operate. Work. Yes. worth it. Even more so.
"It can be quite a task to make a large colony to accept a queen" This comment resonated deep deep into my soul. I requeen a couple of hundreds queens every year, either by cell, combining with nuc, caged etc. Small colonies is just a wonderful breeze to accept a queen, and most of the large colonies do not make a huge fuss. But those large colonies who has a stubborn streak in them, they are the absolute bane of my existence.
The last few years I have moved more and more towards letting the big colonies handle the requeening process themselves and rejuvinate my yards with nucs, replacing/combining those who fail. Less of a headache, and frees up some time that I can dedicate to other parts of beekeeping (like preventing my bees packing their bags and take an extended leave)
Though with your scale, a streamlined process is the key and thus letting the colonies do whatever they want is probably not efficient nor productive. I'll stick to my humble 500 colonies :) That's enough bees to nail my socks to my ankles for now.
Thank you for sharing your deep trove of knowledge to us peasants! Have a lovely summer Bob!
Thanks for the comment. Many large beekeepers do exactly what you do. Oh by the way I wouldn't call 500 a humble amount. That's about all I could handle when I didn't have help and these days I'm sure I couldn't do it well.👍
Hello Bob. I don't requeen like I should, because of a number of reasons. The main reason is i don't know of any one. That raises queens seriously anywhere near by and I don't like shipping them. I don't raise my own queens because of my work schedule. Good luck with with the sourwood crop coming up.
You see Bob. I’m a caucasian guy. If you concluded that the caucasian queens are good you can imagine how a caucasian man would be working for you? I own 150 colonies here in N Texas. This year is exceptionally better than last 3 years. Tons of wildflowers everywhere and I love it. Hopefully you will get a good harvest soon. Thank you sir.
I love the information from your channel. I got a package of bees for myself and my wife. I’ve attempted a split with some queen cells I found. Next I guess grafting to try and make some splits. I’m looking forward to making queens and hives
Thanks again Bob, I fell funny with my 2.5 hives and see your yards. I will be putting my honey in a 5 gallon bucket and yours goes in 55 gallon drums , That's a lot of toast LOL.
I am just now getting honey in my supers, Seems a little late to me but have heard the same thing from other folks around here. Thanks again for taking the time to put these vids out.
I agree with you Bob on the colony benefits from swarming and are healthier. Thanks.
Been asking for a little while, thank you so much.
I like your videos Bob the content always beneficial.Thanks
Excellent Bob. Always looking forward to Sundays and BBU’s latest lecture.
Bob, you appear to be working ALL the time! Another excellent Sunday morning video..........
Hi Tom. You know I'm getting too old to work ALL the time. 😎
Totally enjoy the Knowledge and Willingness to share your thoughts and experiences, Many Thanks! Great Channel!!!
OMG how topical! Another great vid thanks Bob. Still trying to get the same genetics throughout my 60 colonies! So many different ways and times of year to try to re queen! I know Brother Adam of Buckfast close to where I am would equalise and re queen with over wintered queens as early in the spring as possible. I just carry on trying to find the most successful way for me! Happy memorial weekend! I’ll get back to knocking frames together👍
Well thought out and planned thank you Bob
Good job! Great work! It's very important for the future!
Parabéns em prol da apicultura 👏👏👏👏
Have a wonderful memorial weekend thanks for sharing
Thank you and same to you.
Im hoping to get mine requeened this summer. I plan to use nucs as well and paper combine them.
Hope you have a Blessed happy birthday Mr. Binnie.
Hi Mike. Thanks but it's early. I turn 70 in November.
Thanks Bob! Love to see it! Mine are still working the Tulip Poplar here in Ohio.
Love Tulip Poplar.👍
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I've noticed a lot of commercial. Beekeepers don't use bearing boards..in in Washington..and I swear by them..got a bunch of equipment from an old Russian bee keeper..and best tool he gave me was bearding boards..
Is a bearding board also know as a slatted rack?
@@bobbinnie9872 yes
Hope you capture the sour wood flow . Thank you
The good thing about only having 12 hives, re-queening is easy. The bad thing about only 12 hives is I ONLY have 12 hives! (for now 🤣)
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Hi Bob I love your videos!! I live in Pennsylvania, I’m into apiculture in Ghana, I’ll love to visit your farm to learn more from you 😅. Anyway we can make that happen? 🙏
Thanks Bob. I would be interested to see how you requeen with a nuc.
I'll try to do this soon, thanks.
Good video Bob! Also just emailed you :)
Very instructive video once again Bob. Thanks for the info.
When introducing a cell to requeen a full-size colony, do you worry about making it queenless for a period of time before adding the cell? I often hear “at least 24 hours”, but my guess is it would be impractical for your operation to have to make a return trip to an out yard. Furthermore, if the cell is in an orange cell protector, that would seem to protect it from being killed and torn down for the first day or so anyway, right?
We usually try to leave a colony or nuc queenless for at least a little while before installing a cell. Sometimes overnight and sometimes late on the same day we made the colony or nuc queenless. If we can't wait we definitely use a cell protector.
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I just found a carolina buckthorn in bloom....loaded with bees 15yds from hives...looked it up and sounds like it makes good honey"taste like juicy fruit chewing gum" one guy said. What's your opinion on buckthorn? ,thanks again for keeping videos coming out, yall havebeen a true blessing here in taft,tn
I don't have any experience with buckthorn so I couldn't say. Sounds like something good.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Bob. How are you merging the nucs with the full size colonies when they big ones don't have a mated queen? I can't see any news paper hanging out the sides, but do see that you have some boxes on top of lids and off on an angle... ?
The nucs at an angle is to leave an entrance in the boxes near the old one used with the double screen board. Newspaper can be helpful if fighting is a problem. In this case there was a bit of a nectar flow and we also disturbed some capped honey to keep every body busy. Sounds odd but it does help.
Can you do a piece on EFB. My bees are currently struggling with this disease and nobody wants to talk about it out of shame and the potential to damage their business.
I believe there is a storm brewing with EFB and I'm actually working towards a video on this with people that know a lot about it. It may take awhile though.
Thank you for your video Bob. I'm not sure if anybody asked already, but what kind of a markers are you using to write on the lids? Are they those markers for marking queens? if so, what brand are you using?
Bob if and when you are able to sell some caucasian genetics would like to purchase some thank you for all the information started using double screen boards like it alot got some queens from you last year thanks again
We have a few dates for queens coming up this summer. The only catch is that we don't ship them. If interested in picking some up you can call the store and ask for Molly. 706 782 6722. Thanks.
Bob
What is the max time you would wait to see a swarmed hive create their own queen before you would need to introduce one?
How come you don't use 4way clip pallets? Nice looking bees!
The majority of our colonies actually are on pallets. The yards on individual bottom boards as shown here are intended to be permanent and not moved and they are about 1/3 of our colonies.
If you have time or if anyone knows. I’d love to see your portable incubator that you keep your cells in or what brand it is.
It is shown in our video "How We Produce Queens" at 28:41. th-cam.com/video/c28O916sy48/w-d-xo.html
@@bobbinnie9872 awesome thanks!
Hi Bob, I’m curious if colonies that are hopelessly queenless call or emit pheromones for a queen. In my mating yard I’ve had colonies suddenly have a queen that never should have. One time I had 2 nucs that had laying workers, by the time I got around to shake them out (month or so later)there was a queen laying in there. Like u said though in a mating yard there are queens flying everywhere.
I sure would like to be around to grab some of your last year's queens . . .
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Same I wish he’d sell them
Hey Bob, do you have a video on how you requeen with the nucs?
No, but I need to do one. Thanks.
When you’re making splits or in my case a 5 frame split off your best colony, do you have to wait to add a queen cell or do you add one right away ( in a nectar flow). Have a great Memorial Weekend🇺🇸
Thanks. Ideally we like to wait 8 to 12 hours. If we need to add them right away we put them in cell protectors.
Hi Bob. Is there a "sweet spot" after "de-queening" a colony when adding a mated queen? Immediately ok? 6/8 hours? (Know S. Tabor and Roberts could pluck a queen and replace immediately if the colony was balanced, but I can't say I could do this comfortably). How about cells? Are cells introduced in a protector? Looking to gain any advantage when introducing a new queen (I know you mentioned feeding will help).
The clarity of your video was remarkable...new lens?
Hope you are well
Tim
Hi Tim. I'm guessing a bit here but I think the sweet spot is between 6 and 8 hours. We do use protectors but we use them as much for handling as anything else. Of course I think they help if the cell isn't going to hatch right away or the nuc hasn't already been queenless for a while. Same lens, maybe it was clean this time. I'm going to do an experiment with the Tabor thing someday.
Ha Bob good video, when u talk requeening with nucs do u use news paper to combine. I have some I want to requeen this way, your thought and thanks Have a blessed week
Wether we're adding a box on top with a nuc or putting one in an existing box we like to splash a bit of syrup around if we have it. This seems to keep the bees preoccupied long enough.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks
What brand of pen do you use for writing on the hives? I appreciate the info, I've never mark queens before so I don't know much about these markers but I would like to use some for writing on the colonies at least. Thank you so much Bob!
www.markingpendepot.com/paint-pens-low-cost.aspx. We carry them in our store if you would like to order one from us. 706 782 6722.
@@bobbinnie9872 I got these pens and use them to write on the metal lids. Says permanent marker but after 1 rain I can't read what I wrote.
@@bobbinnie9872 I will definitely order them from your store, thank you so much!
I wondered where you purchase feed buckets, and do they come with feed plugs and lids?
We purchase standard buckets and lids from Pipeline Packaging in Kennesaw Georgia and cut the holes and install the plugs ourselves.
I’m curious how you transport all the glass w/o them breaking
I use to cut down pallet size plastic baskets and load them with a forklift but now I use old supers with a 1/2 inch plywood bottom screwed on. They hold eleven jars.
When do you start mite treatment? How long after queen introduction? Thanks!
Our typical mite treatment will start in early August, well after most of our requeening.
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Bob, how do you protect the queen cell in the hive when immediately replacing a laying queen with a cell, without giving them 24 hours of queenkess period to adjust.
We use queen cell protectors which we purchase from Mann Lake. www.mannlakeltd.com/jzs-bzs-top-bar-cell-protectors/
@@bobbinnie9872 I have had my workers destroy them in protectors too, but it seems you don’t have that issue in you 5 framers. Maybe they are more malicious in a full hive. Thank you.
Sir when you pinch the old queen, do you introduce the cell immediately or you wait a certain time before putting the cell?
If we can we like to wait 6 to 8 hours.
Hi Bob, do you always find the old queen for requeening ? What are your thoughts on just putting a queen cell in a protector in (and hoping new queen will kill the old one)? Would be much less labor intensive. Thank you.
We currently do find the queen before requeening but using a cell in a protector can work if done right. If you put a cell in a protector in the top honey super on a tall colony without an excluder it will work part of the time.
@@bobbinnie9872 That is exactly what I do usually around 15-20th of July in middle of Sourwood flow. I'm located in western mountains NC. I find I get about 70 - 75 percent.
@@davidellis4236 Steve Tabor did some work with this and reported the same percentages as you.
Bob when add a nuc to a hives with no qeen. Whats your method
I'm going to do a video on that soon.
I have really had a problem keeping my frames together even though I glue they're not staying together very good. The staple is just a straight staple and that's the problem I think. I wish you would do a video on frames. Of how you do and if they're working good for you?
Hi Don. We really don't do anything special but we do use A LOT of glue. I tell the person assembling that if glue isn't ozzing out you are not using enough.
@@bobbinnie9872 I thought they must be some kind of staple with some ridges or something.
@@dontannery1805 No. We use two 1-1/2 inch, 1/4 inch crown staples in the top and one on the bottom and have pretty good luck.
@Bob Binnie That's what I used to I'll try to use plenty of glue. Thanks for all you do it's not everyday. A small fry like me gets to talk to a big time like you Thanks again.
When u requeen with a mated nuc, do u just drop five frames right in the center of the queenless colony?
I was hoping he would show us how he did that. Bob is so good.
That works for me if the original hive is pretty weak. But if there is a ton of workers still there I use newspaper between the nuc and the 10 frame. So yah it would be nice to hear how Bob does it cuz I always wonder if I am wasting time with the newspaper!
Hey Bob-do you requeen every year just for vigor? Also, how much time prior to requeen if would one remove an old queen? Grateful.
I could have added this to the video but it's basically more vigor for better and more consistent production, better overwintering and better colonies in the spring and beyond.
@@bobbinnie9872 great. How about the timeline of removing an old queen prior to adding a new one? 30mins? 2 hours?
@@bradgoliphant Ideally about 6 to 8 hours.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you so much!
How do you prevent the sugar syrip from furmenting?
In warm weather we put one teaspoon of bleach per gallon which gives you a little extra time. We also only make it up as we need it.
When you say requeen with a nuc, how do you preform that process?
A good question that I get asked to which I haven't shown in a video yet. There are several ways. I will make sure and show that soon.
Bob, i notice that you and crew dont use much smoke, couple of puffs and done. Ever have the honey taste smoked? Think that open cell honey is more susceptible to picking-up a smoked flavor over capped honey?
It's true that heavy smoking can influence the taste of the honey and yes uncapped is more susceptible. Removing bees from honey supers with a smoker for instance can definitely have an affect.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you
Hi beekeepers, what do you think can a queen stay alone in the cage for one week in the hive without following bees inside the cage?
Ive caged queens for 3 weeks without any issue.
Yes, they actually do fine without attendants in the cage.
Thank you 😊 Mr. BOB for explaining really appreciate 🙏
@@maynard3legs thanks a lot 😊
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Can you explain why the nuns are at an angle atop the deep?
Could you please rephrase your question.
Bob what do you do with your old queens
We give the good ones to friends.
Bob I can get a2023 queen for free right now she is in a box that had efb would she be safe to use in a split ty
If she was part of a colony that had EFB I would say no but if she was simply in a box that had EFB in the past I'm not sure.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you