A few weeks ago I used your method and it was a great success! Best regards from Romania!
@BasvanHeelRoseboom
3 жыл бұрын
'The longer you work with bees the less you know about them'... Nice example of the Dunner Kruger effect.
@oldsecurityfarmsllc4005
6 жыл бұрын
Another Great video Joe
@scottpierson7495
2 жыл бұрын
Did you ad feed after? I usually put scoops in but shake into tub and spray them with sugar water first. How did it work for you doing this way? I’m loading 47 of them today. I’ll try this shake nurse bees in front of the Minis. Hope your well Joe May. Busy time of year right now. It’s a struggle to keep up. Me being sideliner, and managing a very busy Meat business going to put me in the grave. Take care Joe and as always thank you for all of your help over the last few years.
@Dstick1Spearfishing
6 жыл бұрын
That was really interesting Joe, cheers
@bluzervic
6 жыл бұрын
Very educational, someday I might even try doing it myself. Probably need to do a lot more on hands training though. A big 👍
@bryantdavis5426
6 жыл бұрын
Great video Joe
@erdinckiratli
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, it is extremely important that the birth of the queen bee takes place among many more bees. From the point of view of the microclimate in the hive, 24 hours before and after birth / rearing, it must be among many bees. Regards
@noahriding5780
3 жыл бұрын
Are the mini-mating nucs supposed to have the doors shut, with a closed off environment? In some videos I saw one guy had them unable to go in and out with a feeder inside, thinking they were extra vulnerable with a smaller size. But I don't know if his approach is the norm or the exception for a closed off environment for the mini-nucs? Thanks for your videos.
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
3 жыл бұрын
They have to be open for the queen to fly out to mate. I only close them up to transport. It is hard to us mini mating nuc in the same yard they need to be off by their self.
@baddestbees5924
5 жыл бұрын
Why you don't measure em ,this is definitely less work and faster ,but I suspect some load up some don't..If they don't populate well do you just remove full ones and do this again.I really like this if you don't have to keep equalizing them it's definitely a good method it looks like
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
5 жыл бұрын
I do measure them most of the time, I just wanted to show different ways of doing the same thing, and it you are going to leave them in the same yard the shaking way you get mostly nurse bees they will stay better.
@noahriding5780
3 жыл бұрын
How do you keep them from absconding from such small boxes? or is this not an issue? I haven't used these but they seem interesting to try.
@PhillipHall01
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joe for such a good informative video.. Excellent way to do it!! I couldn't see how you was attaching the queen cells to the plexiglass though. How was you doing that? Thanks Phillip Hall
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
I have a hole drilled in it the same size as the post on the cell cup.
@PhillipHall01
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joe, I appreciate your telling me.
@junkinjodi8942
6 жыл бұрын
This will make for some good conversations at your next Q&A
@JCsBees
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting approach! What was the success rate? Did you find you had to baby some over others?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
5 жыл бұрын
It worked ok but not the way I do it. I shake a lot of bees in a tub then scoop them out with a solo cup it's faster and they are all the same size.
@JCsBees
5 жыл бұрын
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay I do the scooping method also, much faster I think.
@barneybedwell6137
6 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your videos mr joe. I have a question for you. I recently setup a starter colony similar to yours and made a split with the queen, I grafted 30 cells and after two days they had started drawing out 15 of them but I went in on the day they should've been capped and they had torn down all but 6 of them. Guess my question is why did they do it or did I do something wrong. Thanks for any advise you have and have a great day
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
if you started a new starter then put a graft in it they made cell on frames of brood you put in one of those cell hatched before you got the grafts out. She killed all of your cells. Or a virgin queen came in your starter and killed them all. it happens fairly often. The only way to stop this is put a queen extruder on top of your bottom board. When you make a new starter you have to go in it in 6 days shake all the bees off one frame at a time and kill all the cells. you can't short cut by just looking you will miss one I promise.
@barneybedwell6137
6 жыл бұрын
Little Bits Honey Bees joe may . thanks for the advise Mr Joe. I will put a excluder from now on for sure. Thanks again
@segami2808
6 жыл бұрын
Wait Joe , where are you saying this virgin queen coming from? I have this happen sometime, and I figure something went wrong with the cell, and they wanted the jelly. Like recently it happened and inassumed they got chilled. Are you saying a virgin in one of the other hives flew out and killed the cells in an adjacent hive?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
If you get two or three virgins hatch at the same time some leave instead of fighting she will look for a box to get in. Any one who has raise many queens have had a virgin fly into there starter hive and cut down all of the cells.
@segami2808
6 жыл бұрын
I hear ya. I've never had that happen. You'd know because there would of been a queen still. They will do it on their own for some reason. I had one this yr wiped out the bottom bar and kept the top. Left nothing of the cells on bottom. Was a cold night.
@scottpierson7495
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Joe if I keep them locked down a couple days shouldn’t that hold them?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
2 жыл бұрын
It helps need to really take them some were else.
@herbertjacobs8422
4 жыл бұрын
Good morning. I have several mating nucs that I acquired along with some other bee supplies. I want to use them this year. They have the wooden frames. Do you use these just to raise queens? If so, what happens to the comb and honey from these nucs after the season is over?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
4 жыл бұрын
Freeze them and use them next year.
@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642
6 жыл бұрын
How do you make your Nucs I have some of those coolers at home can I make my own out of them and where do you get your queen cells from I am new to all of this.
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
you can make your own but you will have to make frames to fit the cooler. I graft my own cells.
@howardyeung4443
4 жыл бұрын
you can order it, its very cheap, made in china, the foam is enforced, unlike common Styrofoam, cuz I just bought one lol.
@ivaniliev74
4 жыл бұрын
why sometimes the bees chew the queen cell ?
@trichard5106
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks !!
@honeydropfarm1605
3 жыл бұрын
Joe, how do you keep these mini nucs from absconding as soon as she mates?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
3 жыл бұрын
You have to stay right on top of them. I don't use them any more tor that reason. I use 2 frame deeps now because I leave them in the box 21 days before I pull the queen.
@honeydropfarm1605
3 жыл бұрын
@@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay Thanks for answering, I guess I'll make some 2 framers and do the same.
@beeman1350
6 жыл бұрын
Hey Joe I made 3 splits with mated queens in a queen cage with a candy plug in it how long should I wait before checking them out to see if the released her or not? I also made 2 splits with mated queens in a queen cage without a candy plug just a cork. How long should I wait before releasing them? And how do I tell if they have accepted her or not? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks agian!
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
three days on both when you take the cage out run your finger across the top bees should move out of the way if not wait another day and try again.
@beeman1350
6 жыл бұрын
You are the MAN! Thanks Joe I really do appreciate it!
@framcesmoore
6 жыл бұрын
Ha Joe why does the bees go in the nucs instead of going back to the hive u took them from I do splits and if i forget to close them up or cover the entrance they go home please explain thanks
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
because you are not getting nurse bee you are getting foragers. That's why the frames i shook in front of the minis were frames of open brood not capped most of them are nurse bees also by shaking them in front of the hives the field bees fly home. That way the bees in the box are all nurse bees they will stay.
@PhillipHall01
6 жыл бұрын
One more question please sir, I think I am seeing two more frames in your minis. Do they have honey, or empty, or maybe foundation? Thanks, Phillip Hall
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
one empty drawn comb and one starter strip
@PhillipHall01
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for telling me. Phillip Hall
@stevehappe8583
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thank you. I noticed you are using the bee gym. I have one in my hive. Too early to tell yet as to how well it is going to work just yet. How do you like yours? Best Regards.
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
what is a bee gym?
@stevehappe8583
6 жыл бұрын
Well, it looks very similar to the yellow horseshoe shaped bar on the ground there. It has a very very fine thread of nylon stretched across it for the bees to groom themselves on to get rid of mites. My bees seem to use it occasionally, but not sure why because they have no mites. At least I haven't seen any so far. So I really don't know for certain if this thing works.
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
That is actually the plastic frames that go inside of the minis.
@stevehappe8583
6 жыл бұрын
I can see that now. It sure looked like those bee gyms when looking at the video first time out,
@beeman1350
6 жыл бұрын
Joe how long do u wait to see if she is mated and started laying eggs. Thanks
@beeman1350
6 жыл бұрын
Please do a follow up video on you going back and seeing if she is mated and laying and how make a split with her or start a new hive with her thanks. I really learn a lot from your videos. Keepem coming. Thanks
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
i will check to see if cell hatched in two days if it has I won't check for 10 days.
@beeman1350
6 жыл бұрын
Little Bits Honey Bees joe may Thanks
@andrewrae6755
6 жыл бұрын
Here is THE BEE WIZARD.
@garydungelman6530
4 жыл бұрын
My friend where can I buy those styrofoam mini notes?
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
4 жыл бұрын
better bee
@johndismang
6 жыл бұрын
I don't understand these boxes. What is the purpose of such small boxes that a regular nuc wont do?
@wildyorkshirehoney960
6 жыл бұрын
John Dismang raising queen bees with the least amount of resource (worker bees) as possible
@dornkrull22
6 жыл бұрын
well,I assume less bees to support more queens. larger space needs more bees to regulate temp. So finite amount of bees stretched further. I use just regular nucs as a small box could have a population explosion faster than i can keep up with. But if I were doing it for a living,that would be the way to go in my humble view
@skywave12
6 жыл бұрын
They are for Queen mating. Fill them up with nurse Bee's with a Queen ready to hatch. Place them in a remote spot near the yard where Drones are. The Queen hatches. In a few days she will mate, she has 2 weeks to mate. Inspect the mini's for eggs. Once laying you have a mated Queen. One reason why quality mated Queens are expensive. Another way is artificial insemination. That cost much more. Here is another vid using a similar process. kzitem.info/news/bejne/04JproaaaqBmZpw
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
6 жыл бұрын
They are queen matting boxes. you can get a queen matted with only a cup of bees. Let me load a bunch of virgins in early spring with very little bees,
@privatebubba8876
6 жыл бұрын
Queens fly further away from their local area than drones do. Natures way to prevent inbreeding.
@lvbees5091
5 жыл бұрын
Where to buy mini nucs
@LittleBitsHoneyBeesjoemay
5 жыл бұрын
glory bee supply
@scottpierson7495
2 жыл бұрын
This doesn’t work unless you have something to hold them, cannot start fresh doing it this way.. most bees go to one box pure disaster.
@orangeaquatics9068
5 жыл бұрын
Do ya have a version of unloading it? Thanks
@orangeaquatics9068
5 жыл бұрын
Where to get the clip things to attach the 3 plastic frames to?
@orangeaquatics9068
5 жыл бұрын
Hmm I’m guessing screwing the mini frames to a standard hive should work...
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