Mike Palmer, Queen rearing. National honey show.

Queen rearing at the sustainable apairy.

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Thanks Pete

Yes thanks for posting the video Hivemaker, i will look forward to watching it when i have more time, i find Mike very interesting he makes a lot of sense. Chris

Very interesting. Thanks.

Really don't undertand why the bees don't fight. Is it his bees or do other also find this?

farbee said:

Really don't undertand why the bees don't fight. Is it his bees or do other also find this?

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With bees of good temperament it is no problem uniting them, most of the things done, like spraying,dusting,newspaper uniting, are not needed, feeding or better still a honey flow helps, even introducing queens,virgin or mated, it can just be done direct most times, if conditions are right.

Hivemaker. said:

With bees of good temperament it is no problem uniting them, most of the things done, like spraying,dusting,newspaper uniting, are not needed, feeding or better still a honey flow helps, even introducing queens,virgin or mated, it can just be done direct most times, if conditions are right.

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That is really useful to know (and not what it says in the books; well the couple of books I have anyway).
Thanks.

In Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey, BA talks about direct introduction of a new queen...Catch the new queen from her mating nuc. Remove the old queen from the colony to be re-queened. Release the new queen in the de-queened colony.

He does say though that if the queen is special...a valued breeder queen for instance...you should take further precautions.

Really enjoyed the film on queen rearing think I will have to look at it a few more times, thank you Michael also hivemaker for the post cheers and happy new year

Me too. I think I need to watch again with pen and paper and take notes and get a system/schedule down in black and white

Watched the video now and found it very good, i will have a go at increasing the number of nuc`s i over winter this year as i like the idea of not taking brood and bees from the production colonies, also watched Mikes clips on swarming prevention and the importance of being stung, which i found very interesting especially the part about being exposed to bee venom from cloths etc and not being stung leading to a reaction when actually being stung, great stuff Mike thanks Chris

Where were these other clips please?

Itchy said:

Where were these other clips please?

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Hi Itchy, they came up when i had watched the original video after it had finished, i guess they are on youtube, if you can not find them try there hope that helps Chris