Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 115, making your own queens and more.

Thank you so much for joining me!

This is the audio track from The Way To Bee YouTube question and answer series.

See the video here:  https://youtu.be/s2Pgsoxh2c0

 

Time stamps and topic links are provided courtesy of: 

Adam Holmes 

 

 

1) What do you think of using Elmer's glue to seal up small hive beetle hiding places, AND, would it be a better idea to mow and trim at night when bees aren't flying? 4:46

2) Curious about your take on using the Checker-boarding technique to prevent swarming? 10:46

3) I had a flow-hive colony swarm as I was told not to use the second brood box before adding the flow-super. Did I do the right thing? 16:29

4) I would like to make some new colonies from a 3 year old queen as she's very good. How can I do that when they don't make swarm cells? 23:27

5) Please describe how you keep extra nucleus hives in order to have emergency queens ready to go? Please describe the procedure. 29:13

6) Is there a reason that the entrance on a Long Langstroth Hive can't be on the short end instead of the long side? 39:07

7) I started with two hives in February and now have 8 hives. I will be changing to long hives and want queens with traits that include expanding a colony horizontally instead of vertically. How would I go about finding such queens? 41:24

8) Have you published your Long Langstroth Hive plans yet? 46:29