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So bees are building a wall to keep the beetles from illegally immigrating into their hive?

Bees be like "I'M NOT TRAPPED IN HERE WITH *YOU*- *YOU'RE* TRAPPED IN HERE WITH *ME* !"

Do they have inhive feeders for the Layens? I am probably going to try one of these in the spring when I catch a swarm. Great video too.

Very helpful channel. Could you tell us what's the difference between a layens hive and a long / horizontal langstroth one - apart from the deeper frames and the gap between the frame? Thank you

You can put your brood box on top and your honey super under the brood when using langstroth. That way they build down instead of up and you could access brood easier

Bees are so smart, I love them

Thanks for the videos. I've been keeping a couple hives for a few years. I have 2 of the 8 frame Langstroth style. I have never bought any bees. I did some research and built a trap from 2 Langstroth 8 frame boxes (a deep box with frames and foundation on top and a short box empty on the bottom). Covered the top and bottom with plywood. I put two latches on each side to hold them together and put a hole with a swivel disc opening on the bottom box. I used some lemon grass oil on a Que tip and placed it in the shade on a chair facing southeast on my patio (a lot of flowers there). Caught both swarms there. Both were late February to mid-March in South Louisiana. My hives are about 7 miles away and I don't know of anyone with hives near my home, so I'm assuming they were local feral bees. They've been hanging in there for a few years now. I think I'll be switching to the Layens hives though, they look a lot easier to work with. Those Langstroths are getting pretty heavy, and I'm not getting any younger.

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Never mind. I should have watched the whole video. Thank you gentlemen! Great video!

You said "several", Several is 3 miles. Doesn't it need to be moved at least 6? Just curious.

👍❤ to the Banjo player. Been married to mine almost 23 years now. Merry Christmas to you and yours Sodbuster. 🌲🎁🛷

Merry Christmas, thank you for sharing your time with us. Blessed Days to you and your Family.

Dont wear gloves while using power tools

My dad builds his own out of 4" thick, tin sided insulation panels. He's never lost a colony over winter, and only from pests.

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Love your emphasis on understanding bees. Do you have any suggested resources for learning about bees?

lol like building around enemies in Minecraft… not a great defense

There are actually 2 species of wax moths affecting Western Honeybee colonies in NA. The Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) tunnels through comb as a larvae, feeding on wax, pollen, bee bread, and larval exuviae. Although they are most destructive to weak colonies, gravid female Galleria moths are most strongly attracted to vigorous colonies. The larvae line their tunnels with silk and droppings, which sometimes trap bees emerging from their pupal exoskeleton, and adults and larvae are potential vectors of BQCV and IAPV. Galleria is extensively reared on artificial diets as a feeder insect and a research animal, and I first worked with this insect in both roles. It is also reared for bait. The larvae have the unique ability to digest polyethylene plastic, and the enzymes they produce are under research for plastic disposal. The much smaller but related Lesser Wax Moth (Achroia grisella) matches your video description as a cleaner of combs in unoccupied, abandoned, or deceased hives. The larvae are relatively minor threats to active, healthy colonies. Unlike Greater Wax Moth larvae, they will feed on bee brood as well as wax, pollen, and bee bread. Galleria outcompetes them for the brood combs if both species are present in the same hive.

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Very good review of winter honeybee care!

So the bees travel vertically, like they’ve done for millions of years, but you’re changing that with a horizontal one? Good luck with promoting that

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bees are way too big for dragonflies lol

Sir could you Left for the bees..

In UK. Found a bee after bad weather. Once I dried her out she seems ok but can't fly. 😢 She in a box on top off a heat mat . Can u HELP PLZ ? She likes me 2 hold her , I guessed it was the heat.

It's amazing the bees saw the box and were like, "Ah, yes, we're gonna shove the beetles into this thing." they understood the assignment. 😂

Team Insulation- one entrance no ventilation year round 🎉

Workers newly hatched help make wax and keep the hive clean, takes a couple of weeks before forging for nectar

Ive got the Lives of Bees in my collection, and I love it! Thanks for the other suggestions

Thank you, ENJOYED the video view

You sir are the single most southern american looking man ive seen. God bless america

If there is a gap under the divider what stops the queens from fighting especialy when the colonys are right up against each other

I like the two hives in one layens but could not see when you opened how many frames you had in each side. I think I heard 16 on one end. I was curious as how many you have total in this hive? is it 30 frames? Want to be a new bee keeper but most people here have langstroth hives so trying to learn from videos. I like your videos

Several commenters have asked why the bees don't bite, sting, or otherwise remove the beetles. I'm sure the bees would if they could, but that's easier said than done. Small hive beetles are built like little armored vehicles with a hard shell on top and a flat bottom. When threatened, the beetles lower themselves to the ground, making it difficult for the bees to get to their legs or vulnerable bellies. Meanwhile, their hard shell makes stinging or biting from above impractical. On occasion I'll see a bee in a wrestling match with a beetle, or carrying a beetle out when they do get a good hold. Because of the beetles' effective defenses, though, the bees seem to have an easier time just containing the intruders, when they can.

Very Edgar Allen Poe of that last bee

I came for the bees, stayed for the vibes and positive outlook! Thank you :)

Can they not flip them on their backs and sting yhem in the belly?

What’s “too close to other hives”?

Where did you purchase your horizontal hive boxes from?

Colony species are so mind blowing.

chickens?

BEE-tles

Bees in the trap

Hive mind is a super computer lol

Tress: 30ft away This guy: my bees 😨

Ants would never have such a problem, you bees are inferior to us and less smart, what you do can’t compare to our great civilizations and history, we have battled wars since before the dinosaurs, and are still battling the same wars today, constructing and growing massive civilizations, in comparison humans would look like idiots, we run this planet

So weird. They don't kill them, just put them in jail. And they're happy when you give them a better jail

Really great idea. I am working on designing a Layens hive that can use the Langstroth frames. I am thing of just adding an adapter plate to the top of the Langstroth frames so that it covers the gap rather than using the cover boards. I am just concerned about the depth because of how shallow the Langstroth frames are compared to Layens frame design. How important do you think the depth is? If I can use the Langstroth depth then I feel it could be more versatile. I do make my own frames and boxes. I like how less intrusive the closed tops of the Layens frames are for the bees when working with the hive. Thank you for this video and how well you explain it. I will definitely be referring back to this video again.

It’s kind of cute seeing the bees just shove the beetles in a closet and ignoring them lol