Good video Joe. I am thinking that if you were to market your cages and robbing screens, you would sell them beyond your expectations!! I am encouraging you to do so!! Thanks for all you do..
Little bit of honey as far as I'm concerned you're the best on TH-cam. How long can you store Queens bang come like that without any bad results please respond thank you
Wow Joe, you and your 3D printer have fun! Where did you learn the 3D printing skills? Thanks for the video. Joe, why do the bees not chew the candy out in the queen cage when it is in the bank?
Ha Joe did u make your queens let them get mated then pull them from a hive to put in queen bank. How long can u keep a mated queen banked like that before it hurts her about her laying thanks and have a wonderful day
Yes they came out of a matting nuc. I don't like to keep them over week to 10 days but I have had one or two go month and a half with out any problems.
Great Idea about laying cage! Is there a way you can share the file, so as fellow bee keeper we can pay for 3D printing service to create a cage for us?
ok I understand, question is the spacing the same a queen exculder? I have a plastic queen excluder and made my own laying cage with a heat gun, for my personal use until you guys start selling one that I can purchase
Virgins don't bank as well, if you put 50 virgins in a queen bank for 10 days they will let 20 of them die. When I bank virgins for AI I just put them in a three hole cage with 8 nurse bees keep them in the house and feed them 2 times a day. I have keep them this way for 2 weeks. If you keep a virgin banked to long she won''t fly out and get mated.
Joe, What was your solution to the queen in the laying cage being protected by the other bees in the hive that already had a queen? Just curious. Thanks new beekeeper here
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay I have 2 queens in my russian hive for over a month now. I am in Colorado, a new beeker and its already August. I believe its too late in the season to split. What will happen in the winter with 2 queens? Will the hive keep them both attended to?
Thanks joe explaining queen bank. You help a lot of people. We all thank you
Joe
This video has been a lot of help. Keep making them. Thank you so much.
Good video Joe. I am thinking that if you were to market your cages and robbing screens, you would sell them beyond your expectations!! I am encouraging you to do so!! Thanks for all you do..
I agree Phil
Once again Joe awesome video. I agree with Philip you need to Market them, you laying cage and robbing screens
agree too
Thx joe. Great info. I like those laying cages as well.
Another Great Video Joe thanks for all the Great Info.
Hey good idea...I've not done it but good for thought. Thanks for sharing. HBM
Great video Joe
Little bit of honey as far as I'm concerned you're the best on TH-cam. How long can you store Queens bang come like that without any bad results please respond thank you
Vrigins a week or less mated queen 3 weeks.
Outstanding!
How long can you store queens like this joe
I don't like to store them over a week but you can store for months.
Wow Joe, you and your 3D printer have fun! Where did you learn the 3D printing skills? Thanks for the video. Joe, why do the bees not chew the candy out in the queen cage when it is in the bank?
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I make a push in cage from the same mesh as the voroa floor!
Joe May how are you Sir? Been busy out here in California. Can I buy a few of those cages there? I usually make them but would like a few from you.
Sorry I don't have the time to make them.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay I understand Sir.
Thank you Joe. for that laying cage - do you sell them?
Not at this time.
Sorry I do not
I’m gonna try to study my strong hive killed two queens already after releasing him from the cage
Ha Joe did u make your queens let them get mated then pull them from a hive to put in queen bank.
How long can u keep a mated queen banked like that before it hurts her about her laying thanks and have a wonderful day
Yes they came out of a matting nuc. I don't like to keep them over week to 10 days but I have had one or two go month and a half with out any problems.
Great Idea about laying cage! Is there a way you can share the file, so as fellow bee keeper we can pay for 3D printing service to create a cage for us?
sorry not at this time got more than just me involved.
ok I understand, question is the spacing the same a queen exculder? I have a plastic queen excluder and made my own laying cage with a heat gun, for my personal use until you guys start selling one that I can purchase
no the workers can go right though the excluder and kill the queen.
Do you have a 3D printing file for the cages?
I do but I sold the rights to it to a manufacture.
Do you have contact details for them?
Your air conditioner and my neighbor's lawn mower. lol
How long can you bank a queen?
Months but I don't like to bank over 5 days.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay so you are talking about mated queens? Can you bank a virgin? And if so for how long?
Virgins don't bank as well, if you put 50 virgins in a queen bank for 10 days they will let 20 of them die. When I bank virgins for AI I just put them in a three hole cage with 8 nurse bees keep them in the house and feed them 2 times a day. I have keep them this way for 2 weeks. If you keep a virgin banked to long she won''t fly out and get mated.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay hello Joe. I want to start q cell builder from a package. Can it be done?
@@dherbster48 yes it can
Joe,
What was your solution to the queen in the laying cage being protected by the other bees in the hive that already had a queen? Just curious. Thanks new beekeeper here
The queen had started laying under the cage the bees did not know what queen to keep is what I think.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
Did you leave both queens in the hive or make a split to separate them?
made a split. They say 20% of all hives have more than one queen in them I have only seen it 2 or 3 times.
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay I have 2 queens in my russian hive for over a month now. I am in Colorado, a new beeker and its already August. I believe its too late in the season to split. What will happen in the winter with 2 queens? Will the hive keep them both attended to?
@@TheTrooperGirl I don't really know.
How long can you keep the queens banked in the hive? Will they overwinter like that?
I don't like to keep them over 3 or 4 week some people keep them for months.
I would love to buy some laying cages and robbing screens,can I come up there and get some?Im in Tennessee.