Queen-less Beehive Split For Beginners Making A Nuc
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2019
- This is a basic instructional video on how to make a nuc when you don’t have an extra queen.
One of the most common question from beginning bee keepers is what to do if my beehive gets crowed. Performing a split/creating a nuc is the best way to manage the size of your hive and to prevent swarms.
I've done splits a number of times now and this vid is still one of the best, simplest, to the point vids on how to do it.
Thanks Max for helping out this Newbie, your quite a confidence builder.
I have watched a lot of videos about splitting hives and allowing them to requeen themselves and this was the best video, thanks so much!
Out of all the research and videos ur the first to mention u dont want full frames to allow for more room of everything . Ty
Thank you for this video - explained in a simple way - Love it
Good video well explained.
Thanks for that video. You explain what's going on very good.
Awesome video. Very informative. Other split videos missed the after and how they react to eggs after. Thank you! From Pittsburgh PA
I hope you will have a follow up on how it did? Most people show the splitting process but rarely show them going back for the first look. Great video. Thanks
Thank you for saving time in the beginning!
excellent explanation -thank you
That was really well explained, thank you.
Thanks, great Video
Great video Max! Keep em coming
Great video. Very well explained, thanks !
Good teacher! Thanks for the info!
Holy crap all those hives at the end!! Crazy cool! When's my interview? Haha
Thank you
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So what if you don't have the access to move them 2-3 miles away? I have frames with capped queen cells already, can I split it with them and put them a few hundred yards away? This is a great video with basic info so it does not go over the head of us newbees.
Brian Hazelwood
If a couple hundred yards away is the most you can do then move them in the evening and put an obstacle course in front of the entrance. Just some sticks or branches in front for the first couple days, this will make the bees reprogram their sense of direction when they leave the hive ( another example would be pointing the entrance to the fence maybe a foot away). Also when you move them in the evening, leave the entrance closed until sundown(they won’t fly back in the dark).
Also try to pick frames where brood is about to hatch or close to hatching, if that’s unavailable then you could add another frame of brood in a week or two.
@@maxb9135 clever suggestions.
Perfect video, just something I have been looking for. Thank you for sharing. One question: I don't have anyone 2 or 3 miles away even 900 yard/feet where I can leave a new split hive. I just have my small property and that's about it. Any suggestions/advices on how to deal in this situation? I really do need to learn how to do it, but only problem is space. Looking forward to hear some advice from you. Thank you.
Split the hive after bees are mostly done flying for the day. Then get them as far away as you can and position the new hive entrance pointing in a different direction than the original, you can also place a branch in front of the new entrance. What this does is next morning when the bees start to leave the hive the will realize the hive is pointing in a different direction and the branch is a new obstacle, this will somewhat force them to reprogram their inner gps to the new location. Some bees will still go back to original location so you might need to add bees in a week or so.
@@maxb9135 Thank you.
I've seen people suggest to knock down all but one queen cell to reduce chance of swarming/reduce virgin queens getting injured when 2 hatch at the same time and fight. Have you ever had a problem leaving multiple queen cells?
Thank you for sharing. I have 2 queens in my Russian hive. Both have been in there for over 3 weeks. When you put those frames in did you cover their entrance for any period of time?
TheTrooperGirl
I don’t cover the entrance because I will always relocate my split to a different location that I have 2-3 miles from my house. If u find that too many bees returned to the original hive because u were not able to relocate it then you can always add another frame of bees to the split before the queen is hatched.
Great video Thank you Quick Question You have taken the split 3 or 4 Km away from the original apiary...how long do you wait before taking the split back to the original apiary?
After the new queen is laying larve
So let me ask you this. If you have a small apiary, will placing branches in front of the hive be sufficient enough to cause them to reorient to the new hive location on the other side or the yard?
i never experimented with it my self. But i have heard of people doing that and point the hive entrance into a different direction in regards to the sun. I think some of the bees will fly back for sure, but the new hive is queen-less still so you can add bees to it if too much fly back.
Just a couple of question? Can i split the hives with several queen cells again?
And how far should my hives be so that they wont return to their original hive?
2 miles or more and they wont return for sure. Ive done it with 1/2 a miles and had no issues.
What time of the year would you recommend doing this? Thanks for the info.
Depends where you live. Here in Oregon we can split hives starting late April early May into early July at the latest
@@maxb9135 Im in Socal so those months should work here as well but we never really have a winter here.
I'm sure not everyone who splits hives have another location to put the hive in..is there another way
Friend's house for a week then return the hive - at night - back to its original position.
If I can’t take the split away, is there anything I can do to keep the bees from going back?
get it as far as you can, point the new hive in a different direction than the original in relationship to the sun, temporary place an obstacle of some sort in front of the new hive( branch, crate, plant). periodically check the new hive in case you need to add a frame of bees because too many went back. Also picking frame with most matured brood will help.
@@maxb9135 thanks for your reply
Can you split a hive that is one year old or should you wait
You can, as long as the size of the hive/time of year allows it. Depending the the climate where you live splits should be done spring early summer