Darren, You have great content! I have a lot a video to watch on on your site to figure out what to expect next with my new hive that I get on Friday. I will keep you posted on my progress and challenges. Cheers.
Thanks Robert - you might check out the playlists in case there's a specific subject you are looking for. Appreciate you watching and commenting and welcome to the Channel!
Electronic records... keep a pad to take hive notes and then transfer to electronic for safekeeping and searchability. Before inspections review notes on hives, make up action plans before heading out... works for me. Have two green queens still going strong.
Hi Nancy. I like that Idea. Problem is it depends on me to get them out down electronically. lol. I do look through my notebook and have a plan beforehand. Sometimes I write my action plan and results in a little hand sized note pad and then write down the results in the notebook later. Have a great week.
I had a hive that went queenless after three weeks post swarm and leaving it with five good capped queencells. Today I had to do my first newspaper combine as there was no brood, dwindling numbers and no way for them to cover frames of capped brood, and a frame of open brood/eggs. This is so pivotable a technique to learn and implement and although the work of combining the hives is the easy part, the not so easy part is recognizing the condition of the hive in decline and being able to project where it will be in a week or two. Good note keeping helps in these situations as does video records, but being able to push through the urge to save a dwindling hive because of the number of hives matters more than the survival of the bees often throws off beginning beekeepers and results in their first dead-out without a real cause like varroa or poor healt through the winter. The importance like you show with OTS queen rearing can make a big difference in a total apiary health because a weak hive can be susceptible to disease can get passed onto strong hives during robbing of that weakened hive. Always so much behind the scenes of these videos in the why we do things that often doesn't get explained. Darren, thanks for putting your trials and tribulations out there for all of us to learn from!
Hey Squatch. Thanks for the insightful comment. My biggest mistake I’ve made in new splits and combines is not having enough bees in the hive and succumb to pests. Usually hive beetles. I even had this happen just last week. Strong population is key. Have a great week.
Yeah man it’s been a terrible year. All we need now is a drought. lol. Never seen such crazy weather in my life. Lots of beeks lost all their hives. Good luck to you.
Those darn laying workers. I dismantled my 5 frame nuc today. I found a frame with eggs and 1 day old larva from another colony. I carried the nuc 60 yards and shook all the bees in the grass. Pulled out the 2 frames they were filling with drones and froze them. Put back the nuc with just the new egg frame and 2 resource frames with 2 foundation frames. The workers were waiting for me when I got back with the hive. I am crossing my fingers. If that fails they get shook out and hive removed. I hope everything works out for your bees. Thanks for the videos.
Isn't it amazing how these bugs keep you on your toes!! Sometimes you just want to kick over all the boxes and turn them loose. But that would make even more work.🙄 But really....they are an incredible species...no matter how frustrating they are.
The donor hive you picked was a good one. Long lived queen and gentle bees. What more can you want. Fred Dunn has been talking about a app that you can download on your phone and record and keep track of your hives. You can upload picture in it also. It can alert you if you forgot to check a hive. There is a cost to it but I'm sure more techy guys like you would like it. 1.8 inches of more rain? Please send it up here to MN. 102 F yesterday and the next 10 days are all forecasted to be in the mid 90's. YUK I like 70-80's. LOL
Hey Russ. Yeah I never seen a 3 year old queen perform like that. I’ve tried an app before and I like the techie side of it, but using the phone in the field was a pain. That’s why I prefer the old school notes. That sunset was from the night before this video when I did the laying worker combine on #1 after the storms passed. I was lucky I captured it. Usually I’m running around doing other stuff when the sun is setting. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
Thanks Russ. That sunset was the night of the storm when I did the laying worker combine on hive #1. It was one of the best ones I’ve captured. Thanks for stopping in and have a great week.
Hey Van604. They actually turned out ok. A little wrinkley and no lines on the paper any more, but they are readable. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Paul. Yeah, that beaver shot was after a big rain. There’s a big pond down stream a ways from there. That may have been the day I got stung in the eye. lol. You better listen to your wife now. Take care.
@@JeromeBeeFarm lol, she says yes you’re right. I don’t remember seeing you get stung in the eye on any of your videos, must of hit the editing floor. The face stings hurt,
It was our first sunny day and I was shooting some B roll of the bees flying and one flew butt first right to my eye. lol. It swole up pretty good. Usually I don’t swell up like that.
Good luck! Too bad about your notes. I adopted your system last year, it works well. I did get a notebook that zips closed, and it’s plastic on the outside. Just in case I forget to bring it in. 😏🐝
he hee July 1st is my birthday Think of taking a trip to the Gulf ~ Get away from here. Only a 3 hour drive. I need to go to Denver Co. but that to far, I need to see my cousin in Oklahoma City ! that a 5 hour drive ! These Texas speed limits of 80 mph are no fun to drive on! Got trucks doing 60 mph, and cars flying at 100 + mph its like a race track ! 70 mph is the PERFECT SPEED LIMITS 70 mph is flying speed to get off the ground, WANT TO FLY? TAKE A PLANE ! Cause i got a fast car! My Super Bee! don't mean i have to drive 180 + mph 😆 But give me a quarter mile to run? I WILL RUN IT ~ HEAR ME CORVETTS
This weekend the storms took a toil on me. Lots of lightening and heavy rains. The lightening hit some thing and blew out the power, and telephones lines both. It blew out my router, and messed up 1 of my computers. So i had to wait until Monday drive down to the offices to report the outage. I got every thing back on but the other computer is messed up ~ Down to my last computer
@@JeromeBeeFarm question for you since I'm new again after 30 of not having bees ,their was no Varroa mite issues that far back I think ,I have Apavar strips that I just bought got my nukes May 23rd ,is this a good time to put the Apavar strips in now
A nuc has probably had a brood break in its development which is a natural varroa control. If it were me, I’d wait til October, or when the queen slows laying going into winter in your area.
@@JeromeBeeFarm thanks for the advice, Jerome, always appreciate it ,been out of beekeeping so long that it feels like I just received a new baby lol and need a bit of new confidence in raising it lol ,always enjoyed bees but my job and life got in the way but now that I am retired I thought I would try it again to have something to do to take up my time ,I built 2 horizontal hives so it would be easier on the back ,I hope it works ,and they survive through the winter, we live in Northern British Columbia Canada and have had many winters minus 20 ,thanks for your help,Marten.
How long after the queen cell hatches should you wait to see if the queen is laying? By the way I have never seen the notching before, I will try that next time. Like always thank you for the Videos... I love them
I don’t disagree. This is just the way I do it and it works. The bees will pull down some of these as well as some of their own. The best queens come from youngest eggs. If you are grafting, that’s a different process and want the wet cells (which I have not attempted to graft). Go to my play lists and check out OTS queen rearing and look at the two videos I did last year that shows the notching and also I identify exactly which cells the the bees chose. If I remember correctly, there was some young just hatched larvae next to an egg notched and the bees chose to pull down the egg. I should post an update to this soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Darren, You have great content! I have a lot a video to watch on on your site to figure out what to expect next with my new hive that I get on Friday. I will keep you posted on my progress and challenges. Cheers.
Thanks Robert - you might check out the playlists in case there's a specific subject you are looking for. Appreciate you watching and commenting and welcome to the Channel!
Love this one Jerome 👍blessings
Thanks Davel 👍👍🐝🐝
Fingers crossed 🤞 thanks for sharing 🐝🐝
Yeah. Now the waiting game. Thanks for stopping in.
Tack! det var precis vad jag behövde se för att kunna ordna några bikupor här hemma i SWEDEN ;)
Thanks Jerome!!!!!
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Electronic records... keep a pad to take hive notes and then transfer to electronic for safekeeping and searchability. Before inspections review notes on hives, make up action plans before heading out... works for me. Have two green queens still going strong.
Hi Nancy. I like that Idea. Problem is it depends on me to get them out down electronically. lol. I do look through my notebook and have a plan beforehand. Sometimes I write my action plan and results in a little hand sized note pad and then write down the results in the notebook later. Have a great week.
I've got my fingers crossed for you my friend God bless
Thanks Gary. Have a great week.
I had a hive that went queenless after three weeks post swarm and leaving it with five good capped queencells. Today I had to do my first newspaper combine as there was no brood, dwindling numbers and no way for them to cover frames of capped brood, and a frame of open brood/eggs. This is so pivotable a technique to learn and implement and although the work of combining the hives is the easy part, the not so easy part is recognizing the condition of the hive in decline and being able to project where it will be in a week or two. Good note keeping helps in these situations as does video records, but being able to push through the urge to save a dwindling hive because of the number of hives matters more than the survival of the bees often throws off beginning beekeepers and results in their first dead-out without a real cause like varroa or poor healt through the winter. The importance like you show with OTS queen rearing can make a big difference in a total apiary health because a weak hive can be susceptible to disease can get passed onto strong hives during robbing of that weakened hive. Always so much behind the scenes of these videos in the why we do things that often doesn't get explained. Darren, thanks for putting your trials and tribulations out there for all of us to learn from!
Hey Squatch. Thanks for the insightful comment. My biggest mistake I’ve made in new splits and combines is not having enough bees in the hive and succumb to pests. Usually hive beetles. I even had this happen just last week. Strong population is key. Have a great week.
Keep up the good work
Thanks Stephen. Have a good week.
Thanks for the video! I'm glad to see Pottawatomie County isn't the only place that's having a crazy year in the bee yard.
Yeah man it’s been a terrible year. All we need now is a drought. lol. Never seen such crazy weather in my life. Lots of beeks lost all their hives. Good luck to you.
That’s some sweet music
Thanks bowmag. Have a great week.
Those darn laying workers. I dismantled my 5 frame nuc today. I found a frame with eggs and 1 day old larva from another colony. I carried the nuc 60 yards and shook all the bees in the grass. Pulled out the 2 frames they were filling with drones and froze them. Put back the nuc with just the new egg frame and 2 resource frames with 2 foundation frames. The workers were waiting for me when I got back with the hive. I am crossing my fingers. If that fails they get shook out and hive removed. I hope everything works out for your bees. Thanks for the videos.
Hi James. I hope it works out for you. Laying workers are the worst. Thanks for stopping in.
Darren, hopefully you get them Queen right before a worker thinks she can solve the problem!
Man I hope so. I don’t need any more of those. lol. Take care Don.
Isn't it amazing how these bugs keep you on your toes!! Sometimes you just want to kick over all the boxes and turn them loose. But that would make even more work.🙄 But really....they are an incredible species...no matter how frustrating they are.
Yeah, expensive and time consuming bugs to manage for sure. 😂. Thanks for stopping in.
The donor hive you picked was a good one. Long lived queen and gentle bees. What more can you want.
Fred Dunn has been talking about a app that you can download on your phone and record and keep track of your hives. You can upload picture in it also. It can alert you if you forgot to check a hive. There is a cost to it but I'm sure more techy guys like you would like it.
1.8 inches of more rain? Please send it up here to MN. 102 F yesterday and the next 10 days are all forecasted to be in the mid 90's. YUK I like 70-80's. LOL
The red colors of the sunset were amazing. Good video as always which is why you are at 8.08k.
name of the program is BeeKeepPal:
www.beekeeppal.com/
Hey Russ. Yeah I never seen a 3 year old queen perform like that. I’ve tried an app before and I like the techie side of it, but using the phone in the field was a pain. That’s why I prefer the old school notes. That sunset was from the night before this video when I did the laying worker combine on #1 after the storms passed. I was lucky I captured it. Usually I’m running around doing other stuff when the sun is setting. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
Thanks Russ. That sunset was the night of the storm when I did the laying worker combine on hive #1. It was one of the best ones I’ve captured. Thanks for stopping in and have a great week.
Hope you can save your notes, nice educational video thanks.
Hey Van604. They actually turned out ok. A little wrinkley and no lines on the paper any more, but they are readable. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Bet that beaver is loving all that rain. You look hot. Be careful my friend stay hydrated. My wife says I need to keep a notebook also,
Hey Paul. Yeah, that beaver shot was after a big rain. There’s a big pond down stream a ways from there. That may have been the day I got stung in the eye. lol. You better listen to your wife now. Take care.
@@JeromeBeeFarm lol, she says yes you’re right. I don’t remember seeing you get stung in the eye on any of your videos, must of hit the editing floor. The face stings hurt,
It was our first sunny day and I was shooting some B roll of the bees flying and one flew butt first right to my eye. lol. It swole up pretty good. Usually I don’t swell up like that.
ALL BEEKEEPER ARE FAMILY. #KNOWLEDGE
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Good luck! Too bad about your notes. I adopted your system last year, it works well. I did get a notebook that zips closed, and it’s plastic on the outside. Just in case I forget to bring it in. 😏🐝
Hey PD. Sounds like something I need to look in to. Someone also mentioned waterproof paper. lol. Thanks for stopping in.
Great advice and video. How long does it take for them to make the actual queen cell ?
Hi David. They will start immediately and should be fairly well formed in a week
My best for a new queen that will be as great and last as long as her green dotted mother…keep eating meatloaf! :)
Hi Niki. Wait and see now. I Should have a follow up to this. Take care
he hee July 1st is my birthday Think of taking a trip to the Gulf ~ Get away from here. Only a 3 hour drive. I need to go to Denver Co. but that to far, I need to see my cousin in Oklahoma City ! that a 5 hour drive ! These Texas speed limits of 80 mph are no fun to drive on! Got trucks doing 60 mph, and cars flying at 100 + mph its like a race track ! 70 mph is the PERFECT SPEED LIMITS 70 mph is flying speed to get off the ground, WANT TO FLY? TAKE A PLANE ! Cause i got a fast car! My Super Bee! don't mean i have to drive 180 + mph 😆 But give me a quarter mile to run? I WILL RUN IT ~ HEAR ME CORVETTS
Too hot for the gulf. I’d go to Denver
This weekend the storms took a toil on me. Lots of lightening and heavy rains. The lightening hit some thing and blew out the power, and telephones lines both. It blew out my router, and messed up 1 of my computers. So i had to wait until Monday drive down to the offices to report the outage. I got every thing back on but the other computer is messed up ~ Down to my last computer
Could you explain just exactly what you are doing when you notch the wax frame, are you squashing the eggs
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Hello 👋 JEROME.... HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY SPRING HONEY?
Hi ECP. I usually don’t harvest til July and it’s not looking to be a very year for honey.
Sorry I asked to soon lol you told me what I wanted to know
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@@JeromeBeeFarm question for you since I'm new again after 30 of not having bees ,their was no Varroa mite issues that far back I think ,I have Apavar strips that I just bought got my nukes May 23rd ,is this a good time to put the Apavar strips in now
A nuc has probably had a brood break in its development which is a natural varroa control. If it were me, I’d wait til October, or when the queen slows laying going into winter in your area.
@@JeromeBeeFarm thanks for the advice, Jerome, always appreciate it ,been out of beekeeping so long that it feels like I just received a new baby lol and need a bit of new confidence in raising it lol ,always enjoyed bees but my job and life got in the way but now that I am retired I thought I would try it again to have something to do to take up my time ,I built 2 horizontal hives so it would be easier on the back ,I hope it works ,and they survive through the winter, we live in Northern British Columbia Canada and have had many winters minus 20 ,thanks for your help,Marten.
If you can give a update
Hey Wade. There will be one, not sure where it is in the line up. I have a lot of editing to catch up on. Thanks for watching and commenting.
How long after the queen cell hatches should you wait to see if the queen is laying? By the way I have never seen the notching before, I will try that next time. Like always thank you for the Videos... I love them
2-3 weeks after queens have emerged. I had one that took five weeks just last month.
Notching eggs instead of no older than 36hrs larvae?
Younger egg the better.
@@JeromeBeeFarm You disagree with the picture on page 48 of Mel's OTS book? It should be eggs not larvae?
I don’t disagree. This is just the way I do it and it works. The bees will pull down some of these as well as some of their own. The best queens come from youngest eggs. If you are grafting, that’s a different process and want the wet cells (which I have not attempted to graft). Go to my play lists and check out OTS queen rearing and look at the two videos I did last year that shows the notching and also I identify exactly which cells the the bees chose. If I remember correctly, there was some young just hatched larvae next to an egg notched and the bees chose to pull down the egg. I should post an update to this soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You better be careful, you'll have to quit your day job and be a full time beek.
Man it’s getting busy for sure this time of year. How’s your survivor hive doing?