S2E05 First Hive Splits

April 28, 2022 - Splitting my first hives

This was a fun day. Thanks to the help of my friend John, I was able to split all of my hives today. In this video, we only found one queen but boy oh boy wait till you see how many queen cells we have. Will these splits work, time will tell. I included a couple of Pro Tips this time too. If you’re a beekeeper and have suggestions or observations, please post those in the YouTube comments section. If you’re not a beekeeper, let me know in the YouTube comment section. I just wanna hear from everyone.

Audio/Visual Equipment I use:
- Panasonic LUMIX G85 4K Digital Camera, 12-60mm Power O.I.S. Lens
- Rode VideoMicro Compact On-Camera Microphone with Rycote Lyre Shock Mount
- 55" Phone Tripod, PHOPIK Aluminum Extendable Tripod Stand
- iPhone 11 Max Pro
- 60-inch Selfie Stick Tripod, UBeeszie Extendable Cell Phone Tripod Stand

Thanks for watching!
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0:00 - The New Apiary
0:47 - Let's talk about nucs
3:55 - Pro Tip #1
4:14 - Splitting the Tiny Italians
6:55 - Hi John
10:46 - Splitting the 10 Frame Italians
13:23 - Marking a Queen
16:17 - On to the Carniolian Split
18:29 - Weird Worms
18:21 - Final Thoughts

Music: Summer Dream Composer: Hartzmann
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[BobbyHillVGK]

Great video and thanks John for helping out. I always wondered how splitting a hive works and now you have shown and answered for me. Those hives are starting to get taller than you bud lol.

[jhnltll]

That was an awesome day! Looking forward to many more!

[broadbrookapiary]

I was your 100th subscriber and its because of this video...congratulations, keep up with the videos🙂