Layens Beehive Splits 2023 - Searching for Queen Cells

1 week after splitting my honeybee colonies, I search the queenless side of the splits for queen cells. In this video I give a basic overview of the split process and how the hives make queens, and then take you along as I check on the splits.
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I apologize for the audio quality and focus issues. I'm still learning some of the technical skills.

I grew up on a farm on the edge of the Nebraska sandhills. A cattle ranch that bears our family name, founded in the late 1800s by my ancestors, is still owned and worked by my cousin. Life events have put me in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area in middle America, where my wife and I have raised our two kids. It's in this environment that I work to make as sustainable a life as I can, converting much of our backyard to grow food, including a garden, fruit trees and bee hives.

I attempt to use natural methods, as much as is possible, in my gardening and beekeeping. I garden organically and continue to learn to work with the soil and the plants, without the use of chemical supplements, herbicides or pesticides, to improve our harvest. Our honey bees are sourced from local colonies through swarms, trap-outs and cut-outs, and are kept, using treatment-free, natural methods, in Layens horizontal hives.

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00:00 Introduction and Overview of Beehive Splits
02:54 Cosmic Hive
09:43 Under the Sea Hive
13:34 Green Hive
18:29 Taj Mahive
19:51 Conclusion