Did The Checkerboard Colony Swarm??

Did The Checkerboard Colony Swarm??

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[lowinterventionbeekeeping]

Good video, we even have the same blue latex gloves 😁. I did checkerboarding for the first time as well this year on a few colonies with John White’s help. Same result as in no swarms and a lot of honey. I saw them vacate the bottom box for brood and used it for temporary storage of pollen and nectar and move brood upwards so they look like they may have run out of space in comparison and capped the stores below the brood which is unusual. It is a bit more difficult at extraction time to shuffle frames of brood and stores but even with that minor issue, it has meant my beekeeping is far less stressful as I worry about swarming and easier for the majority of the season as inspections are so quick. Hats off to Walt Wright for discovering the method…

[chronus]

I watched all 3 vids on this playlist but you didn't explain what exactly checkerboarding is, what the goals of checkerboarding are, and what other alternatives are.

[russellkoopman]

If one used all the same sized boxes and frames then you could just install them in the bottom box in early july and put on a queen excluder. Thanks for the work you did to show us the results.

[glynisreynolds]

Great result Laurence 😊👍 I bet you are very pleased 😁 but shame that you had to have such dreadful bees ☹️ Strange that they haven’t used those empty frames, when they obviously needed the space 🤔🇬🇧

[lynnerousseau]

@Lawrence —aren’t you supposed to give them DRAWN COMB and NOT Foundation only…(?)

[kenwood]

Hi did you do a follow up vidiofor your comb in jars ?