The Secret Method Swarms Of Bees Cannot Resist - How To Catch Free Bees
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2021
- How To Catch Free Bees - How to Catch Swarms of Bees - Catching Swarms in Bait Hives
In this video I show you how to catch a swarm of bees in a bait hive.
I always leave bait hives dotted around my apiaries to catch my own swarms where I miss the swarm preparations signs but also to catch wild and feral swarms.
If you want to know how to catch swarms or how to prepare a bait hive to attract a swarm, this video has you covered.
Black Mountain Honey is a No Nonsense Beekeeping Channel.
We are based in North Wales and manage around 150 colonies of bees, plus nucleus colonies.
We produce Great Taste Award winning honey and sell nucleus colonies to members of the public.
Our 6 frame overwintered nucleus colonies sell out very fast every year so early ordering is advisable.
www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/...
We supply F1 Mated Buckfast Queens throughout the season. These are genetics used by the UK's biggest bee farmer - Murray McGregor - and are not available to general public, except through resellers like us! Check out our queens page on our website.
www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/...
We are passionate about beekeeping and really enjoy helping beekeepers through our TH-cam channel.
On our channel you can find information on making splits with swarm cells, making increase with queen cells, grafting larvae, foulbrood and disease inspection, honey extraction and machinery, top tips for beginners, products reviews, instructions and guidance plus much more.
#NO NONSENSE BEEKEEPING is a UK based beekeeping channel, designed to keep beekeeping as simple and enjoyable as possible. There are no overly complicated techniques or intricate pieces of equipment.
We cover all beekeeping topics ranging from queen rearing, disease recognition/control, honey extraction, swarm management/collection, how to make splits and much more!
My personal favourite aspects of beekeeping are selecting queens for rearing, rearing queens for mating, making up nucs for overwintering and collecting swarms.
We aim to bridge the gap between commercial and hobbyist beekeepers and cater for beekeepers of all experience levels.
No matter what your level of experience, please hit the subscribe button and join us on our journey!
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @blackmountainhoney
Joining our channel gives you a range of perks including 100% advert free videos and early access to premium video content.
Check out our US/UK Amazon Storefront. We earn a small commission from any products your purchase through our links and this helps support our channel. Thanks for any purchases :)
www.amazon.co.uk/shop/blackmo...
www.amazon.com/shop/blackmoun...
If you are interested in learning more about our beekeeping activities, then why not follow us on social media or visit our website:
Facebook - / blackmountainhoney
Twitter - / blackmounthoney
Instagram - / blackmountain_honey
Websites: www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk
Websites: www.hotfirehoney.co.uk
Nucs: www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/...
Queens: www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/...
If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to our channel using the link below.
th-cam.com/users/BlackMounta...
Thanks for watching. Please give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the video.
Great shots of that black queen.
I got a swarm in my top bar hive.
The queen had that years mark.
Some poor sap had lost a store bought colony.
Great video thoroughly enjoyed
Glad you enjoyed it :)
After the heat of last summer I’ve moved my bees under my apple trees and I’ve been wondering how they would get on in the shade 🤔 You having a shady apiary has cheered me up 😃 Another great video - I always put out bait boxes 👏👏🇬🇧
Compliments for your sound quality it has a good stable voice level
Glad you think so! :)
Wow! Im wanting to build a observation hive but my dad doesnt. It would have been a 2 super frame on top of each other
Derbyshire is swarming these past two weeks....
I caught my first with just two stings
Did you bother to give them any feed once you got them hived? I’ve a swarm collected today, not as big as yours but substantial. I’ve only got foundation, so I’m inclined to help them along a bit. Am I right to give em some syrup?
No you never feed a swarm straight away. They need to empty their stomachs and turn it into foundation. Can be a disease risk. Feed them after 7 days if needed.
I've had to turn swarms away this year but I'm definitely trying this near my apiary. Thanks for the advice!
Catch and combine ;)
@@BlackMountainHoney The time would be nice!
I've been offered a site very similar to this, a lot of big hitters, hawthorn, lime etc. How are you finding it will low sunshine?
We are moving all colonies out from under the trees next year. Too many issues.
hello the 2 swarms i have caught have both superseded the queen with in 2 weeks of coming is this normal would this just be an old queen that has swarmed ?
Hi Lawrence, do you clip your queen's wings, a few Beekeepers up here in Aberdeenshire do, just wondered if it's just personal preference or something you do on swarm queen's?👍
Thanks for the video. What would you consider doing about grumpy/tetchy swarms caught ? Live with it ?
Requeen from known stock if required
Do you use any bait?
Nice looking queen. Must have been a really big swarm, as it was a virgin do you think it was a cast swarm, or can a prime swarm have a virgin queen. Thanks so much.
Prime swarm can have a virgin. Prime is just the first one to leave. If the queen is clipped and they leave with the first virgin it's still a prime swarm. I'd say this was a cast though as some of the Prime swarms are BIG
@@BlackMountainHoney Thanks for that.
Yes I struck something weird in my hive very strange I never had happen to me and that is a colony swarmed but the original Queen is still in the hive with very little bees , there were 4 queen cells and all opened naturally I’m not sure if this will survive the winter ❄️ not much hope for it , it’s hanging on by a thread I think.
Bee honey top 👍
Laurence, do you have I different bee suit for each apiary or just when your catching swarms, also where is your suit from, great video
I have about 7 or 8 different suits lying around. Some are kept in the back of the car in case I need to desperately catch a swarm. This is my BB wear ultra suit! Awesome 👌
@@BlackMountainHoney they sure do look the part, out of my price range at minute though
Looks like one of my queens. Pitch black and "juicy"
Um..
Where did you get your bee suit from
Its the BB wear Ultra Suit
If you were to catch a wild swarm would you be treating for varroa and if so, what method of treatment? Cheers
Yes. I'd use OA sublimation before they start rearing brood
Interesting, but do more, talk less.