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It is only 9 ddf not 10 frame .?

How do you handle the requirement for a floor drain in a trailer?

You don't paint the yellow plastic and metal?

Thank you! Much appreciated.

Last year I overwintered in a DD Apimaye and this summer there is a booming colony in an Anel Deep+Med with a wood med on top.. The insulated boxes or a heavy wrap are always booming in early spring, a month ahead of wood boxes. I'm looking at options for insulated hives because I believe its the future in beekeeping. Most of my hives have a homemade shallow box with R-13 fiberglass, its amazing how much heat is retained in an insulated box on a cold morning.

Question: if you have 10 honey frames and you uncap and extract, will the bees draw it out deeper if you only put 9 back in the box? Or will they simply refill them at the thinner depth? Thanks

Dude, what are you doing to only get 3 years out of a wooden hive? Mine are all old enough to vote. Too much rain in WA?

Jake Landis from Monroe Washington I bought 2 HiveIQ kits plus 2 more mediums from woods bee company and let me say these hives are the best I actually had to buy 2 more mediums to add to the hives as they both filled out the 2 mediums on each hive best hives I’ve ever used Each year I’m going to buy 2 more kits plus extra mediums to eventually get all my hives swapped over to HiveIQ boxes Thanks woods bee company for supplying these in Washington

Thank you … I learned a lot.

We are in Queensland AU. We started coming out of summer with one HiveIQ box and just assembled the next two. The difference in bee health and resources is amazing. Yhis hive is still two boxes high and thriving in winter, whilst the timber hives are just ok. I recommend researching them further and getting obe to try just like us. You will buy more@

Al, thanks for that review. It's great. I plan on getting one soon. Question: is there space to lay a Formic strip between the bottom and middle hive bodies?

I’m in Canada bad winters for 5 months I use most poly hives up here

I’m happy to see a brother doing bee videos I’m from Canada

Excellent video. Thanks.

Any thoughts on the queen excluder and feeding sugar water? I watch all your videos, thanks!

Picked up my bees this morning along with a hiveiq kit excited to see the results-thank you for being such good ambassadors to the bee keeping community

Alan, great video. I noticed you recommended latex paint, however, HiveiQ says to use acrylic paint. Have you noticed any issues with using latex?

What frame size should I buy for this boxes?

great video thank you

Alan, this was a very helpful video. I bought a HiveIQ setup from Les's Bees in Bellingham six weeks ago. Over the last couple of days I applied two coats of paint and assembled it last night.I had watched your video a couple of times and it certainly made the process easier. These hives are tight as a tick and are very lightweight. I look forward to comparing results with my 8 wooden colonies. Thanks! Mike Johnson, Seabeck, WA

I saw one you sold to a couple from Longview who are taking the apprenticeship class. It's impressive. Aussie made too!

Thabks for sharing Alan and Bev. I have had very similar reaults with a colony in i have in a HiveIQ. This was a weak colony I moved into the HiveIQ in July fully expecting them to not survive. By September they were one of my strongest colonies. I treated for mites with 2 roumds of extended OA, fed Super Fuel fondant in the fall and a winter pollen pattie in February I have not done a full frame inspection yet. I did find out of the 8 frames I checked (4 in each box) 2 had honey and 6 had brood including drones. Both boxes were full of bees and very active. I added a super a few days ago since maplea are blooming in my area with plans to split as soon as maple is done.

Thanks for the video and the review. I'm also in the Pacific Northwest and your results look extremely promising. UPDATE: I have a HiveIQ single deep that is currently going through its first winter. I opened the hive on a sunny day in December (SW Washington, ~50°F). The bees were everywhere on top of the frames when i opened the lid. They weren't just clustered in the center. I can't wait to see what they will do when spring comes.

Alan, great video! Question for you, how do you feed your bees in the HiveIQ setup? This will be my first year and it was recommended that I use a top feeder but HiveIQ doesn't use an inner cover. So I was curious how you fed syrup using HiveIQ? Thank you!

I have three hives thats had two queens in them right now going on three years.i have the videos of each time i heck them to prove it

I love your video, I just received my HiveIQ and will be assembling it soon. I hope to video it as well. Great Job - I LOVE when your wife comments❣️

Thank you for this video. We are in E Wa, 20 aceres with 2 seasonal ponds about 500 & 800' from the house. Is these areas where I should be setting my traps ? I have been setting them out within 100' t0 200'from the house, with not very good results. We also put up a large pool each year with a salt filter and the bugs just love it ! Thanks again from Spokane ! B&H.

I really learned a lot from your video, thanks !Were in Spokane ,and are on 20 acers with seasonal ponds 'about 500 to 800' from the house. till mid summer when they mostly dry up. Is these the places I should be placing the traps you showed to catch the queens? ? Thanks again from B& H.

Thank you for this. I'm in NYC, but we have yellowjackets on our terrace. I got some traps and I'm going to put them out now.

Thanks, very well done

Excellent study.

I really liked the idea of placing the heated settling tank, or clarifier tank on the structure on wheels, with the suction pump and the filter attached. I'll copy your idea and do the same, it's very practical. Thank you very much and big hug from Portugal

Great video.....

Thanks!

That trailer was pretty sweet though! Subbed. Good stuff. That honey house is bigger than most apartments in Boston and WAY nicer!!!!

What a beautiful honey house and really nice setup. Gives me a lots of ideas.

Just got mine together. Before I move a hive into their new home, question regarding space for fondant/patties - doesn't seem there is enough room for these? Have you dealt with this or come up with a solution? I have an idea of using the 3rd box to create the space needed but wondered if that is too much room/air in there ? W

Nice workshop. Need more videos. 🙂 Oh wait, I just found your other play lists.

Who run the world...girls! Who run the world... girls

Great job thanks for sharing

I’m a first year beekeeper, but I’ve been at war with yellow jackets for years. I use meat bait tainted with Fipronil, which they take back to their nests and destroy entire colonies. In late summer, I trap the remaining wasps with sweet bated traps. So far, I’ve not seen any yellow jackets hanging around my hive, fortunately. Next spring, I’ll try your method, to prevent any local nests. Thank you for posting!

Hey Alan, Thanks for showing the assembly process! We can't wait to see how it performs in your freezing temperatures, the insulation should excel in your climate. I look forward to chatting more soon :) - Zavier

Great video! Learned a lot. Nice color of the hive.

Very nice! Good looking honey house and great video! God bless!

I am not a beekeeper but I found this so fascinating! 😊 I always wondered about how the queen bee comes to be!!

all the videos say it is ok to reuse moldy frames... wow, so counter intuitive.

I love your content bud keep up the vids

Nice! See my custom beehive and let me know what do you think about it

Hey man watched your video. Pretty cool set up. I need to build myself a honey house

Thank you! Time to get my traps out!