I spray sugar syrup on the frames. It gets the bees on the frames and gets them drawing comb out a little faster. I learned that a few years ago from a guy I worked with.
I never trust cells on the bottom of a frame took from the middle of a big colony and put in a smaller split!! I like to take at least one and put it between two frames! I have never had a small split swarm with multiple multuple cells! Good luck!
@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po We have a home page www.durbeeshoneybeefarm.com/home or you can check out our Facebook page. If you are interested in the Amish-made boxes and frames let me know. The Amish that I get my boxes and frames make excellent equipment.
Love how slow and gentle you work with your bees. Also the sugar syrup spritz to the added frames. Gonna do that!
Thank you! I learned that sugar syrup spritz a few years ago. It definitely helps get them to work on new frames!
@@durbees3859 I didn't know that... thanks.
What are you spraying on the empty frames before installing them?
I spray sugar syrup on the frames. It gets the bees on the frames and gets them drawing comb out a little faster. I learned that a few years ago from a guy I worked with.
I never trust cells on the bottom of a frame took from the middle of a big colony and put in a smaller split!! I like to take at least one and put it between two frames! I have never had a small split swarm with multiple multuple cells! Good luck!
Are your frames homemade?
I get almost all my frames from the Amish.
@@durbees3859 interesting
@@durbees3859 do they have a website or a store I can check out
@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po We have a home page www.durbeeshoneybeefarm.com/home
or you can check out our Facebook page.
If you are interested in the Amish-made boxes and frames let me know. The Amish that I get my boxes and frames make excellent equipment.
Get a tripod, I got dizzy sick in the first minute
I will keep that in mind! Thanks for watching!