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Ethanol is fine as long as you don’t leave it sit unused like over winter. It absorbs moisture and will cause corrosion. I always run straight gas in my small engines and also put Stabil in my 2 cycle gas because I don’t use it up very fast. Good luck.

There’s a follow up video on this play list (OTS queen rearing) that shows exactly which cell they chose to pull down.

Good idea. Thanks for watching.

I don’t recall. The candle molds will recommend wick size. It’s based on the diameter of the candle. If you look on the Mann Lake site and find the mold, it’s on the mold description what wick to purchase with it. Hope that helps.

LOL. I sell propane and propane accessories. MmmmHmm.

Hey Randy! Ha! Yeah running a few triple supers this year. That’s pretty rare around here.

I need to get some of those. Definitely cheaper than the hive butler. I asked HB about featuring some of their products and they politely rushed me off.

@@JeromeBeeFarm I have one of their original ordered before even went into production and then had to wait huge length of time before they delivered. Way too heavy and cumbersome to use and huge space waster (vs hive body) and I'd be concerned when using in the sun of it turning into a solar wax melter... I'd never purchase one now knowing what I know... Just not worth the money they are asking no matter how they promote it. Just my 2 cents. Jester Box more versatile. Also use them if I'm inspecting a hive and find frames with queen cells... isolate all the frames with cells in the Jester until I've assessed the situation and know my game plan... keeps frames from being shifted, moved and pulled multiple times.

Hey Nancy, someone else mentioned those at TSC. I’m going to check them out next time I’m in there for chicken feed.

@@JeromeBeeFarm I've had mine for 10 years and they are holding up very well. I tend to put the tags on the lids on the back of the hive since that is were I'm working from and take notes. I can unscrew a number if I change lids/setups. On the other hand if you used a cup hooks you could have the tags hanging and removable/changeable. My tags relate to the queen not the hive position so not in any kind of sequential order although they were at the beginning! Tags are yellow with black numbers and I do not use the back clip.

Hey Kathy, yeah, I'm going to see what those ones at Tractor Supply look like. Supposedly has pre-made numbers as well. Unfortunately, all 3 of these queens failed from heat damage. They all laid a bit, and then disappeared and started emergency queen cells. Several folks commented last video that the heat will damage the queens even though they survive and they won't lay, or lay a bit and dissapear, which is what happened to all 3 of these queens. I contacted Wildflower Meadows, and they sent me 3 new ones and I installed them Wednesday 6/19 and all have been released.

Yeah, that might work. Thanks for the suggestion!

I looked at those, then the shiny flashey things caught my eye. LOL I should have known they were too small. lol

Thanks Saint John. I'm going to check those out for sure next time I'm in TSC. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hey Bowhunters, all 3 of these queens failed from heat damage. They all laid a bit, and then disappeared and started emergency queen cells. Several folks commented last video that the heat will damage the queens even though they survive and they won't lay, or lay a bit and dissapear, which is what happened to all 3 of these queens. I contacted Wildflower Meadows, and they sent me 3 new ones and I installed them Wednesday 6/19 and all have been released.

@@JeromeBeeFarm That is sad to hear, hopefully the Queen Cells will make out for you.

That's good. If the hives are in direct sunlight most of the time, the SHB's are kept to a minimum. I always have a few. Once you get a hive slimed, you pay close attention to your hive strength to stave them off. Thanks for watching!

Hey Patrick. Yeah, she cleaned up nice, but failed. Head damaged her. WFM sent me 3 new queens, as they all failed shorstly thereafter.

@@JeromeBeeFarm Oh man!!!

Hey Lamb Brook, yeah, need some binoculars in the bee box now. LOL

@@JeromeBeeFarm Yes indeed!🤣

Good day; for spotting queens. A few days later they were all gone. The folks that commented about heat damage to them were correct and all were making emergency queen cells from the few eggs they did lay. WFM sent me 3 new queens and I installed last Wednesday 6/19.

Hey Kennith. She did lay a bit, and then failed and was gone. They were making emergency queens. Several folks commented last video that the heat will damage the queens even though they survive and they won't lay, or lay a bit and dissapear, which is what happened to all 3 of these queens. I contacted Wildflower Meadows, and they sent me 3 new ones and I installed them Wednesday 6/19 and all have been released.

Yeah, I wanted to keep them in the location and not on the hive. I move my hives pretty frequently, so they would get out of order and I would go crazy with my OCD ducks not being in a row. lol Thanks for watching.

Hey Kajun. Yeah, you have to be very aware and on the ready to button things up quickly. I might get one of those hive buttlers to set my frames in when I remove them to help cut down on the honey smell. Thanks for watching!

I was thinking the same, should be more visual 👍

Yeah, I might try that. Someone else metioned tractor supply had tags that have very visible numbering that I wouldn't have to write on. Next time I'm in TSC, I'll take a look. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hey Patrick! Yes, she looked good, but failed shortly thereafter. All 3 queens did in fact. They survived the shipping, but the heat damaged their bee lady parts, so they didn't make it. Fortunately, wildflower Meadows sent me 3 new ones and they got installed Wednesday. These were in much better condition. I have some cucumber peels I froze for the wormies. I'm assuming that's a slow food. (Along with a lot of strawberry tops). I side dressed all my tomatoes with the 5 gal plus of castings this week as well. Take care and stay cool!

If there were virgins in there they wouldn’t have accepted her when I set the cage down.

They are no fun. I moved them away from that property to my own, and they have settled down significantly. Conditions are key! Thanks for watching!

Thanks MinnesotaBeek! It was kinda spontaneous. Those frames had nectar in them and some robbing started on them, and I gave them a fling! LOL I put them up in the freezer for safe keeping.

Mine is an XL and I wear an XL T shirt. It fits just right.

@@JeromeBeeFarm Thank you for your help

No residual tastes or smell. It's not on there very long and the honey is mostly capped as well.

Thanks Tim. Have a nice week.

Got a follow up coming. They seemed good at first, then not so much. Stay tuned.

Yeah, I have a couple of screened inner covers and I've used them. The bees try to propolize them shut, so I don't use them any more. Maybe I left them on too long.

@@JeromeBeeFarm i only use them for about 3 months then take off, they do propolizse them around the edges a little, but in the wintertime when the propolis gets hard it scrapes off very easy. that is your free tip today, Darren! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hey RTX. They stand behind their queens. They are sending me three new ones tomorrow.

Hey @framcesmoore. I think you are exactly right that they were heat damaged. All three queens have disappeared with no signs. Thanks for the info. I may check out some of those carnies next time.

@@JeromeBeeFarm I am sorry about your queens I hope every thing works out for u. Have a Blessed week

@@framcesmoore They are shipping 3 new ones tomorrow to replace them. Good company.

@@JeromeBeeFarm I am very glad for u. hope it works out good.

Thanks for watching Frances. I'll look into getting some carnies. I'm hearing a lot of good comments about them.

I like it. It’s a HillCo smoker.

Hey Patrick! Can never pass up a good "Airplane" movie reference. lol The pissy hive was very strong and out in western oklahoma, where they were having a drought. They had very little food and were very defensive. I took out four frames of brood (baby bees), and added a honey box to them to weaken them so they wouldn't swarm. Unknowingly, I had gotten their queen when I pulled those other frames out and took them home with me. Being queenless and messed with recently, they were off the chart angry, and my brother in law went out there 3 days later with his lawn mower and got attacked. He jumped off the mower, ran to his truck, and drove off with them stinging him. lol So, they said, please take these bees away from there, so I brought them home to my place. They have calmed down a lot since then. There's a video 3 or 4 back that shows me inspecting that hive out west that day. It was CRAZY!. LOL Thanks for watching!

Thanks Russell, you too! I'm looking forward to harvesting, and also dreading it. lol Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the tip Bill.

Hey Phil. I had checked back on that oily queen two days later and she was in there and looked fine. I followed up a couple days after that and she was gone. This weekend, I've read your comment, and checked a third time and she's still not there, and I checked the other two hives and those queens are nowhere to be found, and no signs of them. I think you are right and they were definitely heat damaged. I sent an email to Wildflower Meadows explaining the situation. We'll see what they say. Thanks for the info. It's very helpful. I've never seen this before.

I think that is the case because I never saw any emergency queen cells after I removed that queen. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching Kajun.

Almost certainly.

Yes, or they had another queen.

Me too. That was crazy.

Thanks! Hey Bowhunters. Yeah I usually wear my bee jacket to mow anyway. As long as they don’t come a long way to get me in the other areas. lol.

Thanks for watching!

Don Bearden's Beardin bees are Bearding.

Thanks for watching Cooper.

Thanks Randy! Don't melt down there!

Hey Clifford. Welcome to the channel. Yeah, the heat is about to get challenging. Close to 100 a few days here and honey harvest coming soon. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Robert!

Hi Niki. I'm wondering if that hive didn't have two queens. It's rare, but does happen. That might explain the crazy amounts of brood it had.

@@JeromeBeeFarm Could very well be! They’re always a step ahead of us, right? 🤣