Principals of Beekeeping : Honey Bee Queens

[halovscallofduty]

how screwed would you be if you dropped that?

[systemaddictshock]

@halovscallofduty if I was there and he dropped that panel...I would be half a mile away in two seconds.

[RantVideos]

I watched a bee carring out another bee to the grownd , and proceed to pound the shit out of it and fly back to the hive , which is inside the side of my house! I thought the bee was a huge bee until it got closer and I saw that it must of been the security 86ing a enemy combatant.

[hop1pop]

would cutting out the queen cases prevent swarming?

would keeping in one queen case and removing the rest would prevent swarming?

[stormpoet76]

@hop1pop yes but it will also mess up the continuatity of your bees survival. bees lay queen cells in case of queen failure. when you have multiple queens , they will likely hatch on different weeks, If a queen is failing they let the queen spawn and force the ailing queen to leave(aka swarm) if the queen is strong they will kill the queen cell before it hatches.

[bunnyboorupe]

this stinks

[leigon9]

this guys got balls doin that with sleeves rolleed up so casually...

[HecstasyQ]

how come they dont bite him

[gene1318]

because bees dont bite.

[HecstasyQ]

sting then?

[stormpoet76]

@HecstasyQ bees rarely sting non aggressive people. working without gloves is actually a better way to not get stung. When you work with bees careful slow movement will make a bee less aggresive. Also understanding how a bee reacts will help you not get stung. guardian bees will be curious and actually land on your hood trying to see if you are there to harm or help them if they sense a threat they will sting you. its really neat.

[neongamer]

Yet another blurry, bad quality 'tutorial' by expertvillage >.>

[stormpoet76]

@neongamer by all means stop watching then, I found the video rather nice and informative, stop being so critical and do better if you can.

[ringadingadan]

Well ok I looked at this again and realised they're just short of space and getting pissed off. So they're ready for swarming. You could have given them more space and maybe they would have been happy.

[ometec]

So it's you not him.

[ringadingadan]

at 0:43, I see emergency queen cells, suggesting you have a hive with no queen. With respect, do you really know what you are doing?

[yarrw]

In Africa we just split hives and kill the old queens because emergency queens are just as good as the normal ones and they are ready in about 15 days instead of the normal 19 or 20.  The result is 2 good hives in about a month.

[ringadingadan]

Thanks, that's very interesting, though from my education and experience the queen takes 17 days to go through egg/larva/pupa stages to hatching ( the worker takes 21 days and drone 24). But interesting to hear this practice of using emergency queen cells as it means you can split hives when you want to, instead of relying on the swarming season. I might try it, thanks!

[yarrw]

This definitely works on African yellow honeybees (scutelata) but it causes chaos in African cape black bee( capensis) colonies so what type bees have you got?

[ringadingadan]

I've got the European bee - Apis Mellifua, which I think originated in Italy. I'm in England, where the British bee was killed off by the "Isle of Wight disease" in the 1920s. Monks here at Buckfast Abbey in Devon found an alternative.

[ringadingadan]

"Principals of Beekeeping". The correct word you should be using is "Principles". No disrespect, but I'm fed up of seeing bad use of English.

[shenmue15654]

you try and spell words correctly in his language, n yeh its a common misconseption, priincipal of a school, principles of beekeeping

[ometec]

Sounds pretty d@mned disrespectful to me.

[Zamorakn]

Why, thank you. I shall remember these words while I annihilate you.

[chardnj]

oh boy you must be eating a lot of honeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hehehehe

[BillynBertie]

Should be PRINCIPLES not principals of beekeeping.

Any suggestions about keeping Carniolans, as ours swarmed in April despite having a half empty brood box and lots of stores.

[lesan5]

ok ok..so a honey bee stung my little brother..in the neck?......what you think will happen to him..im fucken worried

[languagenut5]

As long as he's not allergic to bee venom, he should be all right. A little ice on the sting will relieve the pain.

[hop1pop]

@languagenut5

Onions help with the sting significantly.

[flook1e]

Not everyone is allergic to bee venom. Those who are, are allergic to the components of a sting which may bring about a type 1 hypersensitivity response by the patients immune system. This will not occur unless s/he has been previously exposed ie stung before. Once you have been stung, I would suggest anti-histamines and also, cut an onion in half and place over the lesion - it contains an enzyme which happens to break down some of the venom.

[freedomwarrior43]

>>"ok ok..so a honey bee stung my little brother..in the neck?"

Nothing. N O T H I N G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beekeepers get stung occasionally. I've been stung many times. NOTHING will happen. Some people believe it's actually good for you, UNLESS you are allergic. If he were allergic, you would know it already. Peace!

[lesan5]

dude..but it stung him in the vain...btw its pointless now cause he got stung 5 fucken month ago..and you come in to late..

ashame!

[judge6754]

it tkes about a 150 stings to kill a grown man.

however, it you have an allergent complex, one sting may kill you if you don,t seek med help at once. or are carring the prom meds.

[jahartmanbaker]

unfortunately the more you get stung, the chance of developing an allergic reaction to the next sting increases.

[byronw14850]

that's extremely interesting thank you