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Beekeeping with Chuck - 2nd Demaree and Cutting Cells Too!
🐝✈️ From the cockpit to the bee yard! Chuck's back and diving straight into some serious Demaree hive management. 🤔 Did the added caged queen successfully establish herself? Is scratching honey cappings really the key to creating brood space? And what exactly happens when you perform a "Second Demaree" on a towering colony? 🤷♂️ 📍 Highlights in this episode: ✅ Watch a real-time Day 9 queen cell check & cut in a young Demaree hive. ✅ See the technique (and cool tool!) for collecting royal jelly from queen cells. ✅ Confirmation time! We look for eggs to see if the introduced queen is laying. ✅ Addressing honey-bound & pollen-bound frames – making crucial space for the queen! ✅ Performing a "Second Demaree" on that monster hive based on YOUR feedback! ✅ Adding a TON of foundation to give the bees room to expand. ✅ Follow-up on the honey capping scratching experiment – did the bees move it or just recap? 🎙️ You don't want to miss these hands-on insights! Hit play now and tell us YOUR Demaree experiences in the comments below! 👇 #Beekeeping #DemareeMethod #HiveManagement #QueenCells #BeekeepingTips #ApiaryLife #HoneyBees #BackyardBeekeeping
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