Only running 70 colonies and always swing back and forth between thinking I know exactly what I'm doing to being baffled by what the bees do next :). Thank you for sharing your experience
Do the bees from the shaken out hives join the neighboring hives? Doesn't that stress out the neighbor? With no newspaper to give them a delay are there other potential problems?
What treatment did you use Ian, i was hoping on using Apivar strips. I tried a product last year called Verroamed from Germany. Trickle effect and can cause queen death. So I won't be using that again...
Ian In a commercial beekeeper and we are always working on what to use for mite treatments ..And it seems everyone has a different opinion on what works and what don't .. This year we have use formic pro and it seems to be working ,some of the best looking hives I've seen this time of the year .. So what are your thoughts on formic??? So from one beekeeper to another I sure do enjoy what you share with us and I would like to Thank you. Just wondering what your thought are on Formic Pro.. From your neighbor to the south .. Minnesota beekeeper..
Formic is a good option. I’m cautious about treatments that potentially could shut the nest down early or damage brood because these last rounds of brood are important, I don’t have an opportunity to brood again after that treatment
Can you explain what you meant when you said it corresponds to when strips were dropped in? Do you mean the strip killed her by chemical or rolling? Or something else? Thanks for sharing and good luck with winter!
Fyi I've been depending on your videos to get my timing right , so thanks. I have a mated queen coming Wednesday to hopefully save a queen less hive. Near sault Ste Marie Ontario
Ian, if you wouldn't mind, can you expand just a bit more you your thoughts about that queen supercedure cell you showed on the frame and dropping strips? I am still applying OAV but plan to drop strips soon. This week, we are expected to hit a high of 97 degrees F for a few days. Our fall nectar flow is in full bloom but I expect that window to gradually close.
I assumed that because of the emergency cell stage, it corresponded exactly with our last round of dropping strips. Mark her up in my 1% rule… casualties The nest is set, just need a mated queen. If she fails, the nest fails , if she mates, the nest will carry on!
I'm in central Illinois. A deep with a medium on top is plenty of room for a wintering colony here. My dead outs typically are in perfect condition for a swarm to move into. Stocked with pollen and honey. Mites take out the ones that die. I'm not perfect
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In VIETNAM, we raise native bees, so the small bee swarm is only 4/5 of the bridge, the bees have asked to divide the colony, it is very difficult to do like you.
I do see supersedures in "older" hives when starting feeding for the winter. Especially if the flow dried up early. But almost no or no drones makes it a spring problem. Well, empty boxes full with well organized food in spring does have there place on big hungry spring colonies..
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog only 1, 2 or 3 cells is always a supercedure cell. In most cases they are built between the broodcells. In case of emergency cells you'll find more cells in a certain patron (cells of the same age). Kind regards Ben (master beekeeper).
Nope, this cell was drawn from the bottom of the brood comb , this queen was developed using young worker larvae . Emergency The number of cells have nothing to do with which type of cell it is. How the cell assumes it’s developed larvae is what determines the cell type. In this case, due to queenless
Great video Ian. I have a curious question: that colony with an emergency queen cell will there be drones for her to get mated with this late in the season or will she stays virgin until the spring ? Thanks.
@@nztasha A drone layer would be the end of that colony. Maybe Ian could remove the queen cell and install a mated queen or combine it with a weak colony.
I can invision dropping a strip on top a queen laying, halfway into a cell and chopping her in half...not likely but when I put strips in, I do drop them slowly & give her a chance to get out of the way. Never had a loss as far as I know. But yeah, it's the prime area for her to be in.
Ian- This late in the season, with all the drones kicked out, how will the queen who emerges from the emergency cell mate? Is that why you said "good luck with that"?
I enjoyed your video, Ian. It's always weird when fall/ winter comes and I can no longer get into colonies. Almost get withdrawals. But I enjoy my winter Flir imaging bee yard strolls.
What I've seen and really upset me many times, is that I've shaken out a failing hive, to see that they went nextdoor and started balling a good queen. Now I just kill their queen and let them die and then take the equipment away.
Do you recommend going to one hive body for winter in northern Colorado? I notice 2 weeks ago there were a lot more bees bearding outside but I'm always concerned I will plug them up with only one box.
@@bobbebbington5356 I understand but he called that cell in the brood part of the frame a emergency cell. Unless they are queenless is the only reason I can think of to call it that.
Ian, so it's assumed that the bees you shook out will rehome into the new hives? No problems with killing the queen or overpopulating the single box brood chamber? Thanks for the vids, always learning ... Cheers Ian.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Yep - Combine weak hives and split strong hives. - While I have seriously studied how to save small groups of Bees - it is only worth it for research purposes.
I use a modified version of a two way pallet and over winter in single brood chambers. I always drop a nuc in the bad ones after giving them all a generous shower of syrup and honeybee healthy. I haven’t had any real issues with that method.
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Only running 70 colonies and always swing back and forth between thinking I know exactly what I'm doing to being baffled by what the bees do next :). Thank you for sharing your experience
I know, right? Apparently the bees don’t read the same books as we do. 😏🐝
Do the bees from the shaken out hives join the neighboring hives? Doesn't that stress out the neighbor? With no newspaper to give them a delay are there other potential problems?
What treatment did you use Ian, i was hoping on using Apivar strips. I tried a product last year called Verroamed from Germany. Trickle effect and can cause queen death. So I won't be using that again...
Ian In a commercial beekeeper and we are always working on what to use for mite treatments ..And it seems everyone has a different opinion on what works and what don't .. This year we have use formic pro and it seems to be working ,some of the best looking hives I've seen this time of the year .. So what are your thoughts on formic??? So from one beekeeper to another I sure do enjoy what you share with us and I would like to Thank you. Just wondering what your thought are on Formic Pro.. From your neighbor to the south .. Minnesota beekeeper..
Formic is a good option. I’m cautious about treatments that potentially could shut the nest down early or damage brood because these last rounds of brood are important, I don’t have an opportunity to brood again after that treatment
"show me what you got" possible rick and morty reference ??
Good afternom, i'm from Brazil! I am a beekeeper here in Brazil.
Do you lose Queen's from using strips. I've never lost any Queens in the autumn from using them but I have lost Queen's in the spring by using them.
Only when I accidentally hit the queen while application
Can you explain what you meant when you said it corresponds to when strips were dropped in? Do you mean the strip killed her by chemical or rolling? Or something else?
Thanks for sharing and good luck with winter!
I probably hit her with the strip as we inserted it
So I've been watching your videos for awhile.why are you shaking out hives?? And what does it accomplish or solve??
Queenlessness, old bees. These are summer superceedure that have failed
Fyi I've been depending on your videos to get my timing right , so thanks. I have a mated queen coming Wednesday to hopefully save a queen less hive. Near sault Ste Marie Ontario
Ian, if you wouldn't mind, can you expand just a bit more you your thoughts about that queen supercedure cell you showed on the frame and dropping strips? I am still applying OAV but plan to drop strips soon. This week, we are expected to hit a high of 97 degrees F for a few days. Our fall nectar flow is in full bloom but I expect that window to gradually close.
I assumed that because of the emergency cell stage, it corresponded exactly with our last round of dropping strips.
Mark her up in my 1% rule… casualties
The nest is set, just need a mated queen.
If she fails, the nest fails , if she mates, the nest will carry on!
Where do you get the yellow plugs for you lids
Ian, please tell me why there is air bubble wrap under the roof, and not the usual cheap film?
He uses that as an inner cover. It seals up any open areas on the migration hive tops.
Where did you get that smoker?!?! I think I ask you before on a video awhile back lol but anyhow that thing is a beaut
After that brutal spring how have your harvests turned out?
Good crop considering not including nucs into the average
Thanks for sharing interesting content Ian 👍
Not looking too bad! What do the dryers run on? Electric? I really enjoy seeing them run!
Electric, propane
DO you overwinter in singles? Impressive if so. I'm further south but go for double deep 8-frame hives.
I'm in central Illinois. A deep with a medium on top is plenty of room for a wintering colony here.
My dead outs typically are in perfect condition for a swarm to move into.
Stocked with pollen and honey.
Mites take out the ones that die.
I'm not perfect
In VIETNAM, we raise native bees, so the small bee swarm is only 4/5 of the bridge, the bees have asked to divide the colony, it is very difficult to do like you.
Boxes of Bees. . Those are so nice sized colonies Ian. It’s getting close to some key weeks for a lot of Northern Beeks. Emergency cells now, yikes.
I know right!?! But if the last few drones out there, she should basically have them all to herself lol
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogEntering fall with a bang. . Lol
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The winter nest will be set up, they just need a well mated queen
I’ll check back and drop a nuc into them if the queen fails
I do see supersedures in "older" hives when starting feeding for the winter. Especially if the flow dried up early. But almost no or no drones makes it a spring problem. Well, empty boxes full with well organized food in spring does have there place on big hungry spring colonies..
Sheesh you took your glove off and all I was thinking about was you getting bit. Great video, what moisture was your wheat?
18-20…! We pushed the last of what we could fit on that last field of wheat. Another 80 acres standing
Very educative to Beekeepers.Would like to get in touch on how we can get to that level
At 4.54 this is a supercedure cell and not an emergency cell. Take a look at the base of this cell. Kind regards from The Netherlands
Nope, it has been pulled from a brood cell, it was not a built cell.
I inspected that cell for a min ti determine what it was telling me .
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog only 1, 2 or 3 cells is always a supercedure cell. In most cases they are built between the broodcells. In case of emergency cells you'll find more cells in a certain patron (cells of the same age). Kind regards Ben (master beekeeper).
Nope, this cell was drawn from the bottom of the brood comb , this queen was developed using young worker larvae . Emergency
The number of cells have nothing to do with which type of cell it is. How the cell assumes it’s developed larvae is what determines the cell type.
In this case, due to queenless
Great video Ian.
I have a curious question: that colony with an emergency queen cell will there be drones for her to get mated with this late in the season or will she stays virgin until the spring ? Thanks.
There is a limited window of time for the queen to mate. If there aren’t any drones around to mate with the queen is destined to become a drone layer.
She will have her way with the few drones around lol
The winter nest is fixed, if she mates it will survive
@@nztasha A drone layer would be the end of that colony.
Maybe Ian could remove the queen cell and install a mated queen or combine it with a weak colony.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Thank you Ian.
I suppose you could remove the queen cell and combine it with a weak colony.
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I can invision dropping a strip on top a queen laying, halfway into a cell and chopping her in half...not likely but when I put strips in, I do drop them slowly & give her a chance to get out of the way. Never had a loss as far as I know. But yeah, it's the prime area for her to be in.
Do u ever do any foul brood prevention?
Monitoring and comb culling
What breed of Queen do you like
Ian- This late in the season, with all the drones kicked out, how will the queen who emerges from the emergency cell mate? Is that why you said "good luck with that"?
Yes, but there are still guys out there, to which she will have to herself on a sunny day. I hope
I enjoyed your video, Ian.
It's always weird when fall/ winter comes and I can no longer get into colonies. Almost get withdrawals.
But I enjoy my winter Flir imaging bee yard strolls.
Hi what flir camera are you using please and thanks
@@Aereaphotography it's an old one for my android, not sure of the model. I'll find it and let you know
@@serenity9633 thanks a million for your reply 👍👍
What I've seen and really upset me many times, is that I've shaken out a failing hive, to see that they went nextdoor and started balling a good queen. Now I just kill their queen and let them die and then take the equipment away.
Do you recommend going to one hive body for winter in northern Colorado? I notice 2 weeks ago there were a lot more bees bearding outside but I'm always concerned I will plug them up with only one box.
2 boxes are good
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Why is that a emergency cell and not a supercedence cell? Is there a difference?Just a hobby bee keeper asking here.
Pulled off a brood cell
Swarm cells are usually along the bottom of the frame, where super seed cells are further up the frame.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog wouldn't both types of cells be drawn from brood cells?
@@bobbebbington5356 I understand but he called that cell in the brood part of the frame a emergency cell. Unless they are queenless is the only reason I can think of to call it that.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I'm guessing the two terms are interchangable then?
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Which colonies are you shaking out and why?
Queenless, failed to fulfill replacement
Ian, so it's assumed that the bees you shook out will rehome into the new hives? No problems with killing the queen or overpopulating the single box brood chamber? Thanks for the vids, always learning ... Cheers Ian.
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I’ve always wondered what the chances of killing the queen when putting strips in a box full of bees… apparently for that one pretty good lol
Lol, I’ll file that under my 1% rule
Buying a box of U.S queens wouldn't be such a bad idea. Probably could save some of those queenless hives.
I quit fussing with queenless colonies , typically they have problem queens inside which kill expensive introduced queens. But sometimes it works
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Yep - Combine weak hives and split strong hives. - While I have seriously studied how to save small groups of Bees - it is only worth it for research purposes.
Is there a reason you shake out boxes and remove them as opposed to putting a nucleus into them?
Problems are problems , i use to screw around with them but ended up either messing up their work or they messed up my work
So now it’s up to them
Ok, how do you correct the imbalance on the pallet for storage and transportation.? Seems like they would be a pain to move and stack that way.
I use a modified version of a two way pallet and over winter in single brood chambers. I always drop a nuc in the bad ones after giving them all a generous shower of syrup and honeybee healthy. I haven’t had any real issues with that method.
Thanks for all the great content! I enjoy your videos!
Oh ya, a new nuc gets put into that place but after all the commotion has settled
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Better prices, yes, but not all time highs anymore. I think there is profit taking on old excuses
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