i am in east central louisiana. i have searched for beekeepers here in hopes to have more accurate info for our area. thankful to find you and appriciate the videos
@johnconly8769
7 ай бұрын
What part east Louisiana are you. I’m in natchitoches.
@boudreauxsbackyardbeesandh129
6 ай бұрын
I love to watch his videos.. Maybe closer to you ! www.youtube.com/@KajunHomestead/videos
@pastormike1971
7 ай бұрын
You need a lot more bees in that top box, it should be packed. Then a couple frames with brood and food in the bottom box. Find the Peter with The Bee Whisperer, he does a excellent job and several videos on the Demaree method.
@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer
7 ай бұрын
Nice video. In my opinion, you had the right idea and method but did it to a colony that was not ready yet. I would not be doing a Demaree manipulation until I had two deeps full of bees and lots of brood and maybe a honeysuper of bees too. It is not that the time of year was wrong (your friend with a swarm likely had a big enough colony) but that it was attempted on a collony that was still too small. I think the conclusions you made and the action taken to fix it were absolutely correct. That hive will probably be ready to do do a Demaree in 5-6 weeks.
@boudreauxsbackyardbeesandh129
7 ай бұрын
Yes Sir your 100% correct. This weekend I will bee feeding all my hives 1/1 sugar syrup with Honey B healthy. Also will be giving all the girls global 15% pollen patties.. trying to get them to brood up
@kathyhathaway8823
7 ай бұрын
Just a note on your queen excluder I run the same excluder you do . Please please be careful how you treat those excluders because it doesn’t take just one of the wires to be bent I mean just a hair bent an it is hard to see it bent an she WILL get through that excluder . I love those excluders over the plastic but you have to inspect them often . I do not know how she can find that bent but she WILL because I learned the hard way . Thanks good video and hope you have a great season. Thanks
@denniscounts1983
7 ай бұрын
My question is where are the bees? Way to small of a hive to do a Demaree on. Ask me how I know......
@josephrawls
7 ай бұрын
After looking back I don't think there was enough bees for that type split.
@boudreauxsbackyardbeesandh129
7 ай бұрын
Correct I will check them in about a month again.
@glennsnaturalhoney4571
7 ай бұрын
More common to have 2 queens than we'd like to admit.
@boudreauxsbackyardbeesandh129
7 ай бұрын
I never came across 2 Queens yet
@farmer998
6 ай бұрын
you can't have any exits on your top boxes
@rtxhoneybees
7 ай бұрын
I agree it was too early but i dont see it as a failure. The eggs were certainly a surprise though. I think you probably diagnosed the reason correctly. I hope you try agsin in a few weeks.
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