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inflation is correlated to money supply more than anything

very nice design do you have plans for that hive for I would like to build one

Do you have a set of plans?

Intriguing video, and comes at a time when I am committing to making a horizontal hive for use next spring. Regarding your attempt to slow down the movement of cold air in the feeder shim during winter; you mention filling the holes with a steel wool type of material. Would partially closing the vent gates not accomplish that? This is very impressive work.

Thank you for this great video. I am guessing it was 10 years too early but really important right now. Capital is choosing to raise prices now but I think real GDP will eventually win out and rise thanks to demand for alternative products by the public. I just hope the Fed stays the course and doesn't cave to capital markets and those who choose to shoot themselves in the foot.

Nice design. The feeder towers are too complicated. Keep beekeeping simple, not complex.

I agrred on some of the comments, it's best to keep it simple. I made a long horizontal hive myself about 2 years ago with a lower sliding bottom box that are divided into 4 separate sliders because my sticky mite sheets are standard sizes. the length of my hive is equivalent to 4 hive boxes side by side, only the side walls are attached with 3 dividers.

ametuer beekeeper here and an engineer. You did a remarkable job with your design. As with a few I feel its is over designed and you overlooked a few simple things. 1. entrance on both sides. Bad for the keeper{working in the launch path) and bad for the bees in a northern climate which I assume you must be since your focus in video was hive warmth. The entrances should always be on the sunny side for winter(same side). 2. feed boxes, nix them. make your box 4 -8 frames longer to hold frame feeders. much cheaper and keeps the food closer to the hive heat. its cheaper, more effiecient and fewer parts to deal with.. The gem of this was your super placement, allowing the long to feed and supers are profit

Thumbs up for the work you did. My issue is that it's way over designed. There's too much to it. Have you actually tried this? How was the work getting it together? I particularly like the stand with basically the option to use a mite board.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BOTH BOTTOMS TURN BROOD ONLY JUST USED SUPER TOP BEES WILL NEED EXTRA ROOM KEEP THEM FROM SWARMING.

Please build this and show us how well it works for you.

Check out this bee barn design that a beekeeper made this year, it's pretty interesting m.th-cam.com/video/UKXgIdHpedo/w-d-xo.html

I would be very interested in getting the specs for this project you have. I am a new beekeeper and a disabled veteran and I really don't like the idea of multiple lifts of a langstroth super. I have spent a few weeks now doing research and this appears to be the most flexible design out there and well thought out.

If you have one entrance at the front and one at the back which ever way the beekeeper stands he is going to stand in front of one or the other.

if supers are used ,excluders will need removed for the cluster to be able to access honey stores without letting brood lose heat as the cluster moves up,in cold.with the queen..i like the ideas of 8 frame as im already using them, im using slatted racks too,maybe that could be incorporated?

You've never kept bees. There so many amatuer errors in this

Not sure if you have kept bees before or done any advanced woodworking...but this is a more "I think" concept than practical design, if I may share that feedback?

Can you addbellow names of materials and size you used and where can we get it ?

Do you have the sketch up for available?

Bees are going to get congested in there and storm anyways without filling many frames, cause its big enough to loose the queen in.

Very well thought out design! Have you built one yet? Can't wait to see it in action.

Wooww nice design

I have a horizontal hive that i built... it serves the bees well....this is way overthought....first, way to much ventilation....The bees propolized all vent holes on my horizontal..and if you think about it... natural behive do not have vent holes...that being said...i do like your design to have entrances in the middle, so as to share heat in the winter...my entrances are on the end...so i to can have 2 hives, or one large...

Hey, I really like this design. Could you give me the design on sketch up to make from this cell and thank you

I hope the wind can't blow it over

your subtle additions are what progression is all about. to increase the amount of honey i would place the 4 supers on the bottom making 4 colonies. keep the queen excluder's in place and reposition the large hive body on top. now you have 4 colonies working together instead of 2. you will be amazed to see the amount of honey produced.

Can you send me the dimensions of the legs only thanks

Very nice I like to build one so but 10 frames I have all 10 frames stuff

I like the overall project and thank you for the narration. You are trying to keep all the options open for every climate. I think there are issues that can only be worked out actually building and using a prototype for a couple of years. You have a few aspects of a Dartington Hive from the UK. His roof is split, so half the hive can be configured with a second or thirds layer of boxes when the other side buildup lags. So you should plan on spacing for a full excluder (no holes/screened vent hole), where only an empty box is above. I would love to see it build and see quarterly evaluation updates. I built my long hive this summer and am looking forward to using it in Spring 2021.

Do you have plans available?

Have you found someone in OUR AREA to assist with beekeeping yet? I am a newbie and would love to glean from your knowledge. I am up Hwy 70 a ways from inner city.

Nice graphics! I hope you put it into practical testing soon. I think you'll find the stacked boxes to be confusing for the colonies and of course, adds lifting to the management requirements. You may have a partition opportunity and can then use this system for several colonies that would benefit from community warmth in winter. So, alternating entrances (if used as a bee hotel) would be alternating sides 108 deg. I enjoyed your mods on the feeder shims and appreciate all of your design efforts. In cold climates, the sawdust pillows tend to become soaked, which defeats their insulating properties. I appreciate all the references to my videos :) looking forward to your progress and of course, I've subbed!

Some interesting ideas here and the presentation is superb. Seems like its trying to be all things to any climate though, but could be easily customized by the end user. For instance, in Texas I might not be so concerned with the cold air traps in the bottom box and might use a ridge and soffit vent design on the roof. The bees control air flow, humidity and convection with their fanning so attempting to micromanage this process for them might be an issue. I leaned how complicated that can be from my designs of humidity control systems for Vivaria. The sawdust filled feeding areas are also the perfect area for fire ant infestation so oil or water baths at the feet might be an idea there. I had previously rejected the idea of stacking boxes on horizontal hives as being counterintuitive...they are meant to reduce the added disruption of lifting boxes for production and inspection. However, i just realized that this might be the answer to my idea of how you could achieve queen rearing in horizontal hives in a manner similar to using a Morris Board. I might be interested in purchasing your plans should you make them available! Nice work!

This is a good design. I would like to see this built and put into practice.

Hi there, this model is precisely what I was looking for. Is there any chance of accessing a copy? Many thanks. Very informative videos.

Hi it is possible to get the excel model from you?

thanks! that was really clear!

This research is really just getting going. It has not started to look carefully at the numbers of other countries. The model is being developed with data from the US. But as you can see, the model is fitting the experience in other countries too.

I understand what you are saying about wages. Although wages have risen, our spending power is not what it should be. I am not an economist, but I do know that the value of our $ has decreased dramatically in the past few decades. This is not a product of the private sector, but is in direct correlation to Government actions such as deficit spending and increased printing of money with no value. Employers have to deal with the results of this problem just like the workers do. I dont blame them.

That is fine for those workers, although I don't know where Humbolt county Ca. is, I wonder what the living expenses are there. I make $22 an hour and live in an area where living expenses are low. I did not always make that much. My last two jobs paid 12 and $14 an hour. I bided my time, kept a good work record, and got a better job in my field. It doesn't seem much different for the workers in a cooperative , but it does seem good for the owners who get alot of support. That is fine.

Paying a worker for their productivity is the question. There is a cooperative in Humboldt county, CA, where the workers get between $18 and $28 per hour. The cooperative is the most successful cleaning business in the county. They pay insurance too. The workers who work for their competitors, make $9 to $11 per hour for the exact same work. Most businesses nowadays don´t calculate the value of output from a worker. They just pay the lowest market wage out there. Do you ask the same question?

You ask about output. Yet, do you realize that real wages have been lagging behind output/productivity for decades, and not only in the US, but throughout the world. Labor share of income is falling around the world. Businesses are paying less than the productivity of their employees. The idea is to be competitive, but when everyone starts paying less, the consumer demand in an economy gets weaker and weaker. Wages are not just costs, they are money in the pocket of your customers.

Ok, first off, you said her business is not registered, which means she is not paying taxes, workmans comp ins, SS, ect.,. If she were, you could cut that $180 down to about $90. Out of that, she has to pay for payroll, cleaning supplies, gas for transportation, and if she had an office, a whole list of other things. I am not going to debate about an illegal business. I simply asked about paying someone in relation to their output...if you could please answer that question.

I have a real life example for you. There is a neighbor lady who charges $45/hour to clean houses. She pays her employee $12/hour. When they each work 2 hours, she charges $180 (4x$45). She pays her employee $24 and she gets $156. In the cooperative, let´s assume the same situation. At the most, the manager can make $135 and the worker $45. Which makes more sense to you? By the way, the neighbor has not registered her business. Imagine what she makes when she doesn't work any of the 4 hours..

What if one persons' production brings in 5 x the income that anothers' labor brings. You said you cannot make more than 3 x anothers' income. Shouldn't income be equal to output?

Yes... their pay scale is based on their effort, responsibility and productivity. The project manager has the ultimate authority to determine the pay scales of all those that work in the project. The pay differential is limited to 3x. That means that the highest paid and the lowest paid can differ by at most 3x. But there is an adjustment mechanism if the lowest paid member goes below a living wage. The adjustment narrows the differential so that the lowest pay is raised above a living wage..

Another question. Do you have employees in your cooperative who are not business owners, but are simply laborers? If so, how is payscale determined for these kinds of workers?

Cooperatives are efficient. Costs are lowered by sharing expenses. The problem with cooperatives is that people aren't trained in how to work in them. I remember a representative of the famous Mondragon cooperative saying that a coop requires maturity to function. To a large degree he is right. When people have the maturity to cooperate, social benefits are enhanced, wealth is accumulated better by people. and there is better job security, which is crucial for a strong community.

Question. Do you consider this business model to be in line with Marxism or what some one like Prof. Wolff. is promoting? Also, do you see this model as being compatible with free market capitalism? I admit to this being a loaded question. I believe that entrepreneurialism is the life blood of free market capitalism. If more people learned how to create there own wealth, they wouldn't have time to complain about their "slave driving" employers. What are your thoughts?