@sarah.cs.bees: New queen alert 😁😁👑🐝 Sometimes our honeybee colonies need a helping hand! The original queen in this hive was well past her prime, in fact she was so well past she could no longer lay fertilized eggs 😟 Without fertilized eggs to hatch into female workers the hive was doomed! I had to intervene, dispatch the old queen, then locate them a new one 😎 They were very appreciative 🥰 Long live the queen 👑 Happy beekeeping everyone 🫶🐝 #bees #honeybees #queenbee #newqueen #beehive #hobbybeekeeping

Ladylala :

I know nothing about beekeeping. Do they all impregnate her so she has fertilised eggs? Or does she lay eggs and they somehow fertilise the eggs?

Mookie :

The old queen was really "Budgitt"? What does that mean? 😳😳😳

js_e46_m3 :

awww they accepted her straight up!!

Tina Mc❌️ :

I need to re queen a hive because they have been the most evil bees I've ever had since day 1

vbcans :

The 1st queen was bought off temu and was actually a king in drag. That's why you never skimp when buying your queens

AirBear :

Don’t they have to integrate pheromones? Did you already do that? So cool

Tori 🇦🇺 🖤💛❤️ :

The happy flaps! 😭💘 👑🐝

J Duncan108 :

What did she do wrong?

Jaime 64 F 🇨🇦🦫🦞🍁🇨🇦 :

When a beekeeper calls a queen bee "budget," it means she's low-quality, failing, or underperforming (e.g., poor egg-laying, bad brood pattern), leading to low honey production and risking the hive's collapse, often prompting replacement with a better queen.

Laralara :

How they do know she’s a queen??

🇨🇦 Jenny 🇨🇦 :

You killed the old queen because she wasn’t a good breeder!? It’s The Handmaid’s Tale 😭😭😭

Brilliant Move :

what does budget mean in this context?

The_Unholy_Bride :

I had no idea bees could be adorable

Manzanita :

that's cute✨

KriptoNyte :

That is just brilliant👏👏👏 love your videos! Learning so much in nice easily digestible bits 👍👍👍

Ellis 🇦🇺 :

yay! the hive will survive!

funky alex :

its so cool how fast they started fanning, definitely seems like a win so far, hopefully she does well in the hive!

It’s me :

Why don’t you call the budget queen Nicola because she can’t add up

Michelle :

Where do you get a new queen from?

diaryof33 :

Aw, they are SO happy💕💕💕

bluuuuebs :

Patricia :

That’s so beautiful, I trust your judgment on what your doing , I’m sure you know what’s best for the bees or you wouldn’t be doing it . Thanks for sharing

lu@8888 :

How do you let her out?

Jessie :

Why would you kill her? No hate. Why couldn't she live?