Hi Kamon Reynolds, Those frames which are devided to 3 sections will used as an organic method against Varroa, bees will build it to drones cell under the season. Varroa preferred drones broad, every week you will take away the section with capped drones brood. We use it here in Sweden. It will be the third frame in the brood box. When it is time to use formic acid or oxalic acid you will find the different between hives with and without this method, not a lot of mites when you combined with this method, you can call it drone cutout.
I did same exact thing today on one of my apimaye boxes. Added 2nd box and put 1 frame of brood up top. Except I didn't have anyone giggling at me in my beeyard like you do kamon. Lol. Thanks for sharing!
It's really heartwarming to see how well that hive is doing. They're so gentle (I remember you taking them from the tree and how they were pretty chill about it), and that must be one good little queen too. It's wonderful to see them ready for a new box already. You said you did a varroa treatment, so I was curious about that. Did you do a mite count after you were done, and if you did how was it? It's interesting to learn how the feral bees are doing. I know some people think that surviving feral bees will gradually become better at managing the mites, but I wonder if the mite devastation is too quick for that to happen.
I think it is a combination of some resistance and colonies swarming-shedding mites. When we as beekeepers remove them from the wild it changes things for them In my opinion. I did a oxalic acid vapor treatment 6-7 days after install and they dropped 19 mites onto the board below the apimaye. Not too bad but they were a small hive.
SHIT WHO EVER MADE THAT BEE HIVE IS ON A WINNER... BRILLIANT... I INTEND TO SPEND 3000.OO CHEERS. AND A BIG BUZZ BUZZ FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA .......
Always good to see a cutout/fallout doing great! Hope to see what they can do on the honey production when they get built up! Yup! better go feed your little birdies in the house. Well Jimmy might be the eagle by now? Thanks for another great video!! :)
@@kamonreynolds yup! I know exactly what you mean! My son was just like that, and not afraid of anything. Made my stomach hurt with his adventures. Now he is 30 and been in the Army 12 years in May. Still as hungry as ever!!! :D :)
Crazy thought I had. Why not get them big, split the hive in half, use as queen cell starter then open the queen excluder wall when done. Allow you to control where the brood is.
Kamon...i think you latched the top box to the bottom box using the bottom latch position which will leave a gap between the top and bottom boxes...remember....use the top hook if there is no feeder or queen excluder. Use the bottom when you have the queen excluder or feeder in place
Yes i think the top box lifted ap...when he closed the latch.. He sade it, we have a loth of work this time of year. And filming it is just sam more work...long days
Hi. I like your videos a lot. I noticed that you putting the frames back in reverse order? Your left hand is by you and when you put it back, left hand is on outside??? My bees just started bringing the pollen in, from maples I think....
That is so Kool an I am expecially interested to see how the insulated hive performs.. while down where you're at you deal with a lot of excessive heat.. but where I am at I deal with a lot of excessive cold in the winter months.. sure we get some 90 degree days but I'm more concern. With the cold temps.. this will really be a very interesting experiment.. cuz I'm looking forward to see how the hive preforms in your hot heat ..would be really sweet to know what the internal temperature is in the middle of the. Hive on a 90-degree day...lol can you tell I'm like a kid Christmas morning waiting to open the Christmas gift?? Thanks 👍
Kamon, if lifting all the bee boxes don’t get what you want to impress Laurel then I don’t think the weights will work either! Besides you don’t have to impress her you have her!
Question!! 🙋♂️ You said you treated them for varroa when you installed them in this hive. I assume you used OA vapor... Did you give them two or three days to settle in, or did you do it right away? I'm getting a couple packages of bees this coming spring, and I want to treat them, but I don't want to drive them off by doing it too soon.
I initially saw this hive as a gimmick and was not interested in learning about it, but as your videos on the subject progress, I am warming up to them and their potential.
Hey Kamon on plastic foundation that the bees didn't finish drawing out last year, is there a way to get them to draw on the plastic that they don't seem to want to touch now? they are making new comb thats not attached to the plastic.
This is very common. Whewn the bees stop drawing foundation what they didn't turn into comb typically gets picked at until there is holes in the wax foundation or there is just plastic left on the plastic foundation. I find taking those comb/foundations and putting a little beeswax on them with my roller system does the trick
Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees ya I was think I was going to have to figure out a way to apply some was to the blank plastic spots. Thanks for taking time to make videos and answer questions.
Kamon the latches on the apimay connect differently depending on what you are connecting. when connecting boxes use the upper most latch. when connecting a box to the cover user the lower latch when using the feeder. If you are connecting a box to a cover that does not have a feeder use the upper latch.
Hi Kamon! My husband and I have been watching your videos today in anticipation of putting out our new Apimaye bee hive. Do you have a recomendation for the wax foundation sheets to use? Should we start with 1 box when first starting out??
Start out with one box and wait till they start drawing the 8th frame before you put the next one on is my advice. I would get either wax with straight wires or plastic foundation both work great.
Kamon Help !!lol I have hive ONLY laying eggs in drone comb..no worker brood at all, Queenless turned laying worker I think,but no piles of eggs in cells,no eggs on pollen,no drone cells made outta worker comb???? Is this laying worker/workers? I assume ,it fits everything ..except I never witnessed them only lay in the drone comb?
Another great video! I always get a chuckle or two, because I see myself every time you forget something or something doesn't work out quite right! Your method to draw the bees up to the next box is intriguing. Currently I have two medium supers on my 2 hives with only wax Foundation, no drawn comb. The bees don't seem to be drawing them out very much, so I stuck a couple of deeps on top with some drawn comb in hopes of attracting them up to get them drawing at the Supers. Do you think that's a good idea or am I being an idiot?
I have been watching and enjoying your videos, thanks for posting. Can you do a video on the different kinds of smells we could encounter from a hive? I have been near my hive and they smell like sour fermented pollen. Just wondering if it is normal with strong nectar flow in spring.
In MA. I have one of these and at 4 years old it has never over wintered a hive, not even this mild winter. I had less than %10 loss this winter. The hive in this was huge covered all 20 frames with bees. They didn't starve, it looks like they got wet and froze. Mite count was nothing. So this I will use for splits and new swarms but it's wooden boxes for me. They just seem to work best in the north.
@@jman414999 They don't appeal to me but beekeepers around the world have had success with them for many years, so maybe you need to tinker with it some more?
No I am done with them. I need hundreds of hives. I purchased a saw mill and have a huge white pine supply. It cost me 35 cents a box to make them. The bees love them and I now make everything for the hive. Boxes frames everything. And they over winter so well. But I will use it for cut outs and swarm catching. The way it secures is very nice.
Thank Yall So Very Much For All The Great Help!! I would like to ask for a little more Help, Would you Help me Place Some Swam Traps, I remember you getting a Swam in a died out hive but I don't get that Lucky, Any Help??
Nice I was looking forward to this looks like a good producing queen..the info on the different frames was extremely useful to me ive been worrying over what works best and now it seems I don't have to...I really look forward to learning what you know thanks again hope you and your family stay safe and healthy during this crisis..🙂
I use a kelleys veil. The are excellent. Mine is atleast 16 years old. The new models are slightly different but work the same ( I have 2) If you call kelleys ask for Jesinda and tell her it's the type I wear and she will know.
Thanks for all the informative and fun videos! I was wondering how the nuke vs. Packaged hives turned out. I was also wondering if you have a top entrance on your wooden hive or am I missing something there? Thanks!
I must of missed the last two on the nuc vs package. Just found them in the play list. That's if you added them. It's been a weird couple months here in Massachusetts.
It's not that The vorra reproduce better on the drone pupa. The only reason that they prefer it is that there's more fat in the drone larvae that they can feed on rather than their worker larvae.
They do produce more viable reproductive females due to their 7 extra days in the cell...... Also, varroa did not naturally reproduce in worker brood on the Asian honeybee only drones, which is another reason they prefer drone brood. I am sure the drones do provide better nourishment. Biologically our worker brood is different and the mites can successfully reproduce in our worker brood. This creates a high population of mites and creates a problem for the host and the parasite unlike the Asian honeybee which only had a short drone production season keeping things in balance so that both parties could survive. Part of living in a fallen world is that we get to do things by the sweat of our brow! Who knows what the next pest or virus will be!
@@kamonreynolds I'm treatment free so whatever other virus comes along I say bring it because the bees can cope and adapt if we only breed hygienic and vorra resistant Queens and keep local stock
LOL So far you spouted your mantra but have yet to say anything knowledgeable about the bee. Yet you will fix all the problems they have? While your at it save the American chesnut tree and the other creatures and plants that are on the brink of extinction because they cannot adapt. Tell whats killing them off by saying your "a treatment free" guy that's here to help. Life is hard and complicated anyone saying different is running a sham.
Placed an order a week ago from Mann Lake based on your recommendation.... no update or shipping showing on the order.... no answer on their phone line.... wonder if they are closed because of the pandemic? Nothing on the web site about delays or closure... hmm 🤔
You took the queen off the frame saying you were moving that one up top then you pit that frame right back in the bottom box and the put the frame you had set off tot he side earlier and pit that one up top but you originally said you were putting the frame up top that originally had the queen on it.... Is there a reason for that or you just got mixed up....
Where to get the hive tool, feeder cans, and the Apimaye gear. www.amazon.com/shop/tennessees-bees apimayeusa.com?sca_ref=108083.7Dl7FRkLNo
Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees hi
Hi Kamon Reynolds,
Those frames which are devided to 3 sections will used as an organic method against Varroa, bees will build it to drones cell under the season. Varroa preferred drones broad, every week you will take away the section with capped drones brood. We use it here in Sweden. It will be the third frame in the brood box. When it is time to use formic acid or oxalic acid you will find the different between hives with and without this method, not a lot of mites when you combined with this method, you can call it drone cutout.
I did same exact thing today on one of my apimaye boxes. Added 2nd box and put 1 frame of brood up top. Except I didn't have anyone giggling at me in my beeyard like you do kamon. Lol. Thanks for sharing!
No video is truly complete without a giggle from Laurel ;-}
This is what I had her doing on our anniversary too!
@@kamonreynolds True Love
Mrs. Giggles
Y’all I had 5000 bees in the tree in my back yard and beekeepers came to get them today it was a cool experience
Great information as always! Thanks to you and Laurel for the videos!!
It's really heartwarming to see how well that hive is doing. They're so gentle (I remember you taking them from the tree and how they were pretty chill about it), and that must be one good little queen too. It's wonderful to see them ready for a new box already.
You said you did a varroa treatment, so I was curious about that. Did you do a mite count after you were done, and if you did how was it? It's interesting to learn how the feral bees are doing. I know some people think that surviving feral bees will gradually become better at managing the mites, but I wonder if the mite devastation is too quick for that to happen.
I think it is a combination of some resistance and colonies swarming-shedding mites. When we as beekeepers remove them from the wild it changes things for them In my opinion. I did a oxalic acid vapor treatment 6-7 days after install and they dropped 19 mites onto the board below the apimaye. Not too bad but they were a small hive.
This is amazing I saw the tree extraction it was amazing thanks for all you do and show
I really love learning with you about the apimaye thank you
SHIT WHO EVER MADE THAT BEE HIVE IS ON A WINNER... BRILLIANT... I INTEND TO SPEND 3000.OO CHEERS. AND A BIG BUZZ BUZZ FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA .......
Always good to see a cutout/fallout doing great! Hope to see what they can do on the honey production when they get built up! Yup! better go feed your little birdies in the house. Well Jimmy might be the eagle by now? Thanks for another great video!! :)
He eats just about as much as I do! Defies the laws of physics that kid......:-)
@@kamonreynolds yup! I know exactly what you mean! My son was just like that, and not afraid of anything. Made my stomach hurt with his adventures. Now he is 30 and been in the Army 12 years in May. Still as hungry as ever!!! :D :)
Those hives look like fun. So many gadgets and latches...LOL
I am really enjoying seeing you use the Apimaye hive. They look like a good product and I would like to have one to play with too.
I'm enjoying it. Can't wait to start collecting pollen!
Crazy thought I had. Why not get them big, split the hive in half, use as queen cell starter then open the queen excluder wall when done. Allow you to control where the brood is.
The bees is very calm
Kamon...i think you latched the top box to the bottom box using the bottom latch position which will leave a gap between the top and bottom boxes...remember....use the top hook if there is no feeder or queen excluder. Use the bottom when you have the queen excluder or feeder in place
Yes i think the top box lifted ap...when he closed the latch..
He sade it, we have a loth of work this time of year.
And filming it is just sam more work...long days
Hi. I like your videos a lot. I noticed that you putting the frames back in reverse order? Your left hand is by you and when you put it back, left hand is on outside??? My bees just started bringing the pollen in, from maples I think....
That is so Kool an I am expecially interested to see how the insulated hive performs.. while down where you're at you deal with a lot of excessive heat.. but where I am at I deal with a lot of excessive cold in the winter months.. sure we get some 90 degree days but I'm more concern. With the cold temps.. this will really be a very interesting experiment.. cuz I'm looking forward to see how the hive preforms in your hot heat ..would be really sweet to know what the internal temperature is in the middle of the. Hive on a 90-degree day...lol can you tell I'm like a kid Christmas morning waiting to open the Christmas gift?? Thanks 👍
Kamon, if lifting all the bee boxes don’t get what you want to impress Laurel then I don’t think the weights will work either! Besides you don’t have to impress her you have her!
Question!! 🙋♂️ You said you treated them for varroa when you installed them in this hive. I assume you used OA vapor... Did you give them two or three days to settle in, or did you do it right away? I'm getting a couple packages of bees this coming spring, and I want to treat them, but I don't want to drive them off by doing it too soon.
I initially saw this hive as a gimmick and was not interested in learning about it, but as your videos on the subject progress, I am warming up to them and their potential.
Hey Kamon on plastic foundation that the bees didn't finish drawing out last year, is there a way to get them to draw on the plastic that they don't seem to want to touch now? they are making new comb thats not attached to the plastic.
This is very common. Whewn the bees stop drawing foundation what they didn't turn into comb typically gets picked at until there is holes in the wax foundation or there is just plastic left on the plastic foundation. I find taking those comb/foundations and putting a little beeswax on them with my roller system does the trick
Kamon Reynolds - Tennessee's Bees ya I was think I was going to have to figure out a way to apply some was to the blank plastic spots. Thanks for taking time to make videos and answer questions.
Installed my bees on Wednesday. Snow on the ground today. Hope they are ok.
Kamon,u should watch our vid of the package install. I mentioned you!
No one asked you!
Thanks Backyard bees.
Smoke 💨 follows for sure. 😂😂😂😂
Kamon the latches on the apimay connect differently depending on what you are connecting. when connecting boxes use the upper most latch. when connecting a box to the cover user the lower latch when using the feeder. If you are connecting a box to a cover that does not have a feeder use the upper latch.
Hi Kamon! My husband and I have been watching your videos today in anticipation of putting out our new Apimaye bee hive. Do you have a recomendation for the wax foundation sheets to use? Should we start with 1 box when first starting out??
Start out with one box and wait till they start drawing the 8th frame before you put the next one on is my advice. I would get either wax with straight wires or plastic foundation both work great.
Thanks !!
Kamon Help !!lol I have hive ONLY laying eggs in drone comb..no worker brood at all, Queenless turned laying worker I think,but no piles of eggs in cells,no eggs on pollen,no drone cells made outta worker comb???? Is this laying worker/workers? I assume ,it fits everything ..except I never witnessed them only lay in the drone comb?
Man that is weird! I really don't know what to say but please keep me informed if something crazy turns up!
On the apimaye frame are the dowls going vertical for honey super that the comb wont break when in the extractor? thanks😀
Another great video! I always get a chuckle or two, because I see myself every time you forget something or something doesn't work out quite right! Your method to draw the bees up to the next box is intriguing. Currently I have two medium supers on my 2 hives with only wax Foundation, no drawn comb. The bees don't seem to be drawing them out very much, so I stuck a couple of deeps on top with some drawn comb in hopes of attracting them up to get them drawing at the Supers. Do you think that's a good idea or am I being an idiot?
Hi I have a question can the bees go in and out of the boxes and how do they do that
PS IF THEY MAKE A HORIZONTAL HIVE LIKE THIS THEY WILL MAKE MILLIONS.....
Thanks for the video Kamon.
Smoke follows beauty, is that why was bothering the camera lady? Thanks for the nice video have a great day. 🙂
I have been watching and enjoying your videos, thanks for posting. Can you do a video on the different kinds of smells we could encounter from a hive? I have been near my hive and they smell like sour fermented pollen. Just wondering if it is normal with strong nectar flow in spring.
In MA. I have one of these and at 4 years old it has never over wintered a hive, not even this mild winter. I had less than %10 loss this winter. The hive in this was huge covered all 20 frames with bees. They didn't starve, it looks like they got wet and froze. Mite count was nothing. So this I will use for splits and new swarms but it's wooden boxes for me. They just seem to work best in the north.
That sounds like inadequate ventilation causing condensation.
@@jdesmond4101 I have tried with vents open half open closed it doesn't matter they die in those things.
@@jman414999 They don't appeal to me but beekeepers around the world have had success with them for many years, so maybe you need to tinker with it some more?
No I am done with them. I need hundreds of hives. I purchased a saw mill and have a huge white pine supply. It cost me 35 cents a box to make them. The bees love them and I now make everything for the hive. Boxes frames everything. And they over winter so well. But I will use it for cut outs and swarm catching. The way it secures is very nice.
Thank Yall So Very Much For All The Great Help!! I would like to ask for a little more Help, Would you Help me Place Some Swam Traps, I remember you getting a Swam in a died out hive but I don't get that Lucky, Any Help??
Nice I was looking forward to this looks like a good producing queen..the info on the different frames was extremely useful to me ive been worrying over what works best and now it seems I don't have to...I really look forward to learning what you know thanks again hope you and your family stay safe and healthy during this crisis..🙂
Hey, where in Tennessee are you? We’re in the Tri-Cities area. Just starting out with Apimaye hives ourselves, so your videos are super helpful!
Hey Kamon. How are you liking the pail feeder?
I love them Bass pro bees take it in cooler weather and it holds double my frame feeders
What brand veil do you use?
I use a kelleys veil. The are excellent. Mine is atleast 16 years old. The new models are slightly different but work the same ( I have 2) If you call kelleys ask for Jesinda and tell her it's the type I wear and she will know.
Thanks for all the informative and fun videos! I was wondering how the nuke vs. Packaged hives turned out. I was also wondering if you have a top entrance on your wooden hive or am I missing something there? Thanks!
I must of missed the last two on the nuc vs package. Just found them in the play list. That's if you added them. It's been a weird couple months here in Massachusetts.
Where do you get that watering can ?
What does it mean to checkerboard a hive.
It's not that The vorra reproduce better on the drone pupa. The only reason that they prefer it is that there's more fat in the drone larvae that they can feed on rather than their worker larvae.
They do produce more viable reproductive females due to their 7 extra days in the cell...... Also, varroa did not naturally reproduce in worker brood on the Asian honeybee only drones, which is another reason they prefer drone brood. I am sure the drones do provide better nourishment. Biologically our worker brood is different and the mites can successfully reproduce in our worker brood. This creates a high population of mites and creates a problem for the host and the parasite unlike the Asian honeybee which only had a short drone production season keeping things in balance so that both parties could survive.
Part of living in a fallen world is that we get to do things by the sweat of our brow! Who knows what the next pest or virus will be!
@@kamonreynolds I'm treatment free so whatever other virus comes along I say bring it because the bees can cope and adapt if we only breed hygienic and vorra resistant Queens and keep local stock
LOL So far you spouted your mantra but have yet to say anything knowledgeable about the bee. Yet you will fix all the problems they have? While your at it save the American chesnut tree and the other creatures and plants that are on the brink of extinction because they cannot adapt. Tell whats killing them off by saying your "a treatment free" guy that's here to help. Life is hard and complicated anyone saying different is running a sham.
Placed an order a week ago from Mann Lake based on your recommendation.... no update or shipping showing on the order.... no answer on their phone line.... wonder if they are closed because of the pandemic? Nothing on the web site about delays or closure... hmm 🤔
Most of the companies are behind. I would keep calling and email
Kamon do you
use DFM ?
Hi Norma I have not ever used it on my colonies but I helped my buddy in Hawaii use it on a couple hundred hives. He said it wasn't worth the money
You took the queen off the frame saying you were moving that one up top then you pit that frame right back in the bottom box and the put the frame you had set off tot he side earlier and pit that one up top but you originally said you were putting the frame up top that originally had the queen on it....
Is there a reason for that or you just got mixed up....
More Laurel. Thanks