Superb! it is in fact very important for the newbie to understand what to do when things go wrong, including when to call in reinforcement help from more experienced bee keepers. I am in South Africa, so I have the added complexity of the African Bee genus...and how to avoid being stung to death LOL!
Good luck with your African Bees!! We are very fortunate not to have those here. One of our apiaries is on land owned by a South African lady and she has some “interesting” tales to tell!!
Sometimes it takes a little longer but changing the queen nearly always works. I won’t put up with bad behaviour and so queen rearing is really important. I will do some videos this season.
In 2021 I had a swarm move in 1 of my empty hives and this year they were a bit aggressive. But this year I had another swarm move in a box I just emptied and they are nice as can be! So I set them up in a 10 frame hive and they are still good bees.. The first swarm had a lot of black bees and the ones this year are gold no black drones just gold.
You might want to get a tripod? Just set your camera on it and then both hands free and Bob's your uncle! By the way, Just found You and delighted to find an intelligent chap who speaks the Queen's (no pun intended) English, unlike most of the other Keepers of Bees on YT who seem to all be from the American South. Nice guys but their communication skills are rather "provincial". Needless to say, I've subscribed. So one more to add to your 3.91Ks. Now on to "How to Make & Use a Bee Vac". Cheerio!
Thanks very much. I agree with you about the tripod. Normally I try and make everything as stable as possible but this video was a straight fight to start with and I was pressed for time - hence the GoPro. The bee vac one was the same but hopefully you will find the rest ok. Thanks for you kind comments.
With original jumpy bees, did you smoke the entrance and smoke in the first crack as you removed the cover to try and calm them before doing any invading? And with the new queen, once you see eggs, why go further and risk squishing the queen and/or workers since it is clumsy using only one hand due to camera in the other?
Yes. I smoked them. Over the years I have become competent at handling frames with one hand so no problem there. It is a skill most beekeepers develop after a while as you often need to hold a frame with one hand. When inspecting a hive it’s always important to check every frame in case there are signs of supersedure which can happen with a new queen.
As I explained I had a small window of opportunity to change the queen and so I could not wait for perfect weather. The bees were aggressive for several weeks before I re-queened them and do the weather was irrelevant as regard their temperament. Whilst I would never open a hive in the rain unless I had to my bees are always perfectly calm when the weather is overcast. If I only opened on clear days I would rarely open up in a typical UK summer. Overcast but warm and dry is absolutely fine.
@@cotswoldbees I wish I could say the same. I have 4 hives of feral bees, all very calm on a sunny day. They all turn evil if there are clouds in the sky. Maybe that is because of Florida weather may be the bees I am not so sure. I adjust I won't crack a hive on a cloudy day. But I get your position seasons do not affect me here, you have winter coming.
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Thx for sharing. Enjoying.
Superb! it is in fact very important for the newbie to understand what to do when things go wrong, including when to call in reinforcement help from more experienced bee keepers. I am in South Africa, so I have the added complexity of the African Bee genus...and how to avoid being stung to death LOL!
Good luck with your African Bees!! We are very fortunate not to have those here. One of our apiaries is on land owned by a South African lady and she has some “interesting” tales to tell!!
It is truly amazing to me that this is the same hive as a few days ago. And all that was changed was the Queen. That's awesome.
Sometimes it takes a little longer but changing the queen nearly always works. I won’t put up with bad behaviour and so queen rearing is really important. I will do some videos this season.
Great video. Very interesting. Well done.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Really interesting and educational, thank you
My pleasure. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
In 2021 I had a swarm move in 1 of my empty hives and this year they were a bit aggressive. But this year I had another swarm move in a box I just emptied and they are nice as can be! So I set them up in a 10 frame hive and they are still good bees.. The first swarm had a lot of black bees and the ones this year are gold no black drones just gold.
You never can tell with swarms. Sometimes you just hit it lucky.
Great looking bees there, hope you are well :)
Thanks. All well. I hope the same with you.
Great video as usual hopefully we can meet up and have a brew one day next year 👍🏻 dean
Thanks. Sounds like fun.
You might want to get a tripod? Just set your camera on it and then both hands free and Bob's your uncle!
By the way, Just found You and delighted to find an intelligent chap who speaks the Queen's (no pun intended) English, unlike most of the other Keepers of Bees on YT who seem to all be from the American South. Nice guys but their communication skills are rather "provincial". Needless to say, I've subscribed. So one more to add to your 3.91Ks.
Now on to "How to Make & Use a Bee Vac". Cheerio!
Thanks very much. I agree with you about the tripod. Normally I try and make everything as stable as possible but this video was a straight fight to start with and I was pressed for time - hence the GoPro. The bee vac one was the same but hopefully you will find the rest ok. Thanks for you kind comments.
@@cotswoldbees P.S. I should add I am from the American South, born and raised in Texas once upon a time in a galaxy far away.
In this case of replacing the queen, did the have a mating flight?
No, the queen I introduced was a fully mated queen.
How come they never drew out any queen cells when you added that queen?
I find they only draw out queen cells between the old queen being killed and the new queen being added.
With original jumpy bees, did you smoke the entrance and smoke in the first crack as you removed the cover to try and calm them before doing any invading? And with the new queen, once you see eggs, why go further and risk squishing the queen and/or workers since it is clumsy using only one hand due to camera in the other?
Yes. I smoked them. Over the years I have become competent at handling frames with one hand so no problem there. It is a skill most beekeepers develop after a while as you often need to hold a frame with one hand. When inspecting a hive it’s always important to check every frame in case there are signs of supersedure which can happen with a new queen.
You ummm are doing that in an overcast sky? I NEVER open my hives with clouds in the sky. All bees are mean if you open their hive in a rain.
As I explained I had a small window of opportunity to change the queen and so I could not wait for perfect weather. The bees were aggressive for several weeks before I re-queened them and do the weather was irrelevant as regard their temperament. Whilst I would never open a hive in the rain unless I had to my bees are always perfectly calm when the weather is overcast. If I only opened on clear days I would rarely open up in a typical UK summer. Overcast but warm and dry is absolutely fine.
@@cotswoldbees I wish I could say the same. I have 4 hives of feral bees, all very calm on a sunny day. They all turn evil if there are clouds in the sky. Maybe that is because of Florida weather may be the bees I am not so sure. I adjust I won't crack a hive on a cloudy day. But I get your position seasons do not affect me here, you have winter coming.