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Curious what the long term effects on the tree are?

Well, that's nice. I just wonder what that tree said? That it's gonna get a hole in it. Did anyone ask his permission? I wonder how the people who approve of all this would like it if somebody punched a hole in them and while they're still alive, there's a tree full of life, full of sap. Perhaps if it was in the dormant season. I don't know... I wonder what all those conservationists and greenies would say. I'd probably poke holes in them too, maybe they'd like it.

Just put a hive of bees at the bottom of the tree or in the tree, that way you don’t have to damage a tree that’s taken years to grow, also you won’t be polluting the air with a petrol and oil mix from your chainsaw, also you would then be able to use your time to clean up the countryside and pull litter out of rivers, or is it as I suspect and know,,,,,you just like fucking about!

hi am Fataw from Ghana

wow! no veil

الله يبارك مشاء الله 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I am glade I have found this.

*All thanks to Doctor alued on TH-cam for helping me cure my Hives after 3 years of suffering 🇺🇸🌍*

*All thanks to Doctor alued on TH-cam for helping me cure my Hives after 3 years of suffering 🇺🇸🌍*

Update from the project 2022: We now have 5 colonies in various tree nests as well as the original tree hive in the video which is still populated (not continuously as we had a change of owners one year). No bee colonies have been imported to the estate and all colonies have come from the original tree hive. For now it looks like 5-6 colonies is the stable population.

I think this video is really special. Video Nit shares general knowledge and beekeeping.👍

so peaceful

telling people the trees won't be harmed is like "bro ill just put a hole in your stomach and you won't be harmed "

Just an update on this 5 years on. From the original colony in the tree, we now have 5 other tree colonies around the farm helping with pollination. The Zeidler hive in the video ran for 3 years before it swarmed itself out. It filled again with a new colony of bees in 2021. The aim is to find out what the carrying capacity of the land is for nests. Given that the farm uses flowers extensively for nitrogen fixation and as they have very large flower borders we suscpect it can carry many nests as well as other pollinators. These wild hives do not have their honey removed and the hive is super insulated by the tree. As a result they consume 10x less nectar that commercially kept hives (good for other pollinators), and they can control varroa by themselves by using honey to regulate their brood developement. Many more projects similar to this one have now started around the world. You can find them at freelivingbees.com/

Лайк ! Очень смелые женщины !

Tks for share It's amazing see the hives going to the tree

What is the point of this hive? You cant extract honey without killing the lavrvas. It looks quite primitive.

our Lord inspired the bees, "Make homes in the mountains, the trees, and in the trellises that people put up, Then feed on every kind of fruit and follow the ways that your Lord made easy for you." There comes out from their bellies a drink of various colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed, there is a sign in this for people who reflect

Is it possible that your bees are doing better because you are in an area that uses less pesticides? And if so how much would this be directly related, compared to other variables affecting it?

Good morning from Morocco to all honey lovers

hi! Question - has ash dieback affected that tree?

I think a better plan would be to build a hive and mount it externally to the tree, and preferably a sycamore or other more common species that wasn't under general attack from other diseases.

How does that NOT kill the tree? I'm unaware on how building a huge cut out inside a tree won't kill it. Can you explain?

Is it a swarm of your bees, because I trust my bees but not bees I dont know.

Very beautiful professional video Blessings to you beautiful couple

Good job there guys, bees are absolutely fun to have . The sun hive looks awesome. 👍

Wow, impressive! Where is the video taken?

Fantastic.... greetings from Cyprus !!!

Ohio here, two hives year one, no treatments, both made it through winter. Year two no treatment one hive noted to have DWV, Formic strips applied to both! Lost queen afterwards in one hive, hive with DWV never recovered bees just kept passing on the viruses. Lost all out hives this winter...

In Lithuania (eastern Europe) people were keeping bees like that as long as people were keeping bees. We have a long history of tree hives, but of course they are long gone but a few kept by enthusiasts and at museum of old beekeeping that has about 20 of these. Log hives (trunk of tree on a ground with cavity) are still popular for the beauty of it. I wanted to make a tree hive and let bees just live in it, but I see it's a bit above my capabilites. Maybe I will find a way and thank you for the video!

I know of a 1700's brick, 3 story, farmhouse with a huge bee colony between the 1st floor ceiling and the 2nd floor floor boards. My friends bought the house about 30 years ago and it was a strong hive then. Who knows how many years the hive was there before that. All recommendations said to leave the bees take care of the hive and there would be no problems. This hive has been the same during all this time. The owners said they saw a swarm in some pine trees near the house once and watched them all go into the house. Looked like the house sucked them all in. I suspect, like the trees in the video and the Herrmann hives, this hive has adapted over time as needed. I'm just starting this year and this video makes me want to keep my hive numbers small and not use treatments.

What a beautiful story. I’m taking this approach.

Was inspired by this video a few months ago.

I will be glad to visit the Ukrainian apiary th-cam.com/video/VvU0IzXRs4w/w-d-xo.html

There was always varroa. But it was minimal. Over-concentration of bees in a small space is the cause of the problem. The wooden hive is very tight. This gives to varroa the advantage to dominate the flock.

That's a very interesting concept. I've had bees in boxes for about 6 or 7 years and I also know of some hives in trees that have lasted at least as long as that. I've often thought, "Why do bees in trees survive longer in trees than bees in boxes." lol

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New Zealand has varroa now for 18 years, if we do not treat for mites, the all die within 2 years. Or they get viruses, doesn't appear that the bees develop an immunity at all even though people trying to to go down that track so I would say it is lucky if you haven't got them.

I've stopt with treating my colonies against varroa the moment i let the bees build there own hive. I havent had a varroa contamination eversince. Ofcourse there a varroa, but my bees can handle them, as in the old day's

My bees are now 6 years without ANY sort of treatment in Top Bar Hives. Last year I started testing bees in conventional hives also and out of 5 conventional hives 4 survived. These are all queens from my Top Bar Hives. Some die some live but I never had to buy new bees from place else and would always create new splits the next year from survivors (expansion) or catch my own swarms. BTW, Im in Denmark.

I hope that people rejecting the possibity of treatment free / Natural beekeeping will adjust their mindset after seeing this wonderful and vivid colony...

이런 사람들은 사라져서면 좋겠다 자연을 사랑 할줄 알아야지 개인의 이익을 위해 자연을 해쳐서는 안된다고 본다

This is super awesome...I wish I could get away with such a wonderful hive design but the American beekeeping establishment would make me get rid of it if they found out...

Glad to know that there are still some ferrel colonies out in various trees and places. Thanks for sharing that

Wonderful video, nice home for cute creatures. Thanks for your fantastic work

great job !

Hi, I am looking to build one of these soon in Avon. I'm just wondering if you harvest from this hive and how that can be done? I've bought the book Jonathan released but I'm a bit stumped on how to physically extract some comb from a tree hive.

I am VERY HAPPY to see this video and we need more keepers just like YOU. I am so tired of being lectured to by "experts" on how "if you don't treat your colonies WILL DIE IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS" and they blatantly insult those who are using hygienic varroa resistant bees and laugh you off if one even suggests that bees can make it without treatment. Yet, there are many obviously intelligent and capable beekeepers who are not treating and who ARE using lines that succeed in defending against varroa. Randy Oliver flat out calls people who aren't treating "VARROA FARMERS" and then that gets repeated by the new beekeepers and they are convinced that people who don't treat are stupid and short-sighted. Thank YOU for this video it's the way we all need to be going. The truly smart keepers are selecting and working with naturally varroa resistant bees.

I would love more information!! (a) Does the strain of bee matter? Italian, Nordic, what? (b) If winters are very severe (e.g., here in Sweden), would it make a difference do you think? No wild honey-bee colonies survive here. Very stressful, very artificial winter environment must be factored in. Finally, 6% is a small variable number for one year (when we are facing average losses of colonies here of 20-30%). Would love to see a multi-year study, in variable conditions. Given all that, my instincts all say: YOU ARE RIGHT!