You are the Bob Ross of beekeeping. Keep playing with your happy little friends and teaching us these snippets on TH-cam. Interest has to come from somewhere and research has to START somewhere. I didn’t know that there are classes on beekeeping. I always thought you just grabbed a book or checked out TH-cam (thanks to today’s technology). The actual classes make sense to me.
I recommend David's Beekeeping classes- I took all of them and have re-watched them several times at different times of the season to reassure myself that things are going well in my colonies.
I just read an article that feature you talking about selling and bottling honey. So many backyard beekeepers don’t know how to do this. What a great topic to talk about.
David, thanks for the video. You said you like cream in your coffee, I do too along with 2 spoons of honey. The honey makes the difference! Your bouquet of flowers were beautiful! I hope that you gave them to you wife when you finished filming the video.
I know this is 2 years old but I am so happy to know there are awesome people like you in the world! Going to take your course soon! Thank you for the great information!
Your educational tips are incredibly helpful. As a backyard beekeeper it's so useful to see how to bee-keep on a budget without the fancy extractors, decappers, melters, etc. Thank you so much.
Hey David, I enjoy watching your videos. I think you should do a video talking about how the bees make wax and propolis. I think most of us know and understand how they take nectar and thicken it into honey, but how do they make wax and propolis?
David Burns- thank you! You are so helpful not only with teaching about beekeeping...but you are very uplifting with your coffee time chats, I just enjoy that! I am enjoying your beekeeping course- just learning so much from you, God bless you David 🙏🏻
This video is fantastic..I. I was worried about if my bees would have time to build out the other 5 frames moving from a nuc to a 10 frame deep... amazing work! I'm also getting into bee keeping to escape my head, possibly help some bees, and to provide my family with a bit of honey while paying for itself... eventually love your content David keep up the great work! I appreciate you and Sheri
Great video. I didn't know how to judge a nectar flow so the was wonderful. I have only 2 hives so I wasn't going to use an extractor so I look forward to seeing how you do it.
I really enjoyed the last bit about having a positive outlook on life. I also really appreciate how you left it up to the viewer to find a positive mental health plan that works for them. Too many people throw "God" into it. There are an infinite number of other options! Religion only exists in the minds of humans and can be a helpful tool to keep oneself on track, but the reality is we are on a spinning rock floating in space. There is no sequel to life so we might as well make it a happy experience while we're still here. Your master beekeeping wisdom and smiling face is why I have been a subscriber for the past 3-4 years. My bees and I thank you.
great job on the uncapping. i would eating all the cappings. david do you clip queen wing. i have a queen that keeps flying even with a good hive. caught her for third time yesterday.
I hived a swarm from my top bar hive. Weeks later, even being fed syrup with ultra bee added, they still weren't building comb except in-between two combs.
You said you let cappings drain, then wash before processing the wax. After draining, I have put cappings on a tray about 30ft from the hives and let the bees clean off all the remaining honey. Is this a bad practice. ?
Nice video David, thanks. You kept referring to "extracting honey" but all you did was just uncap a frame (fine job btw) How would you actually extract honey from just a frame or two?
So when people add wax to their foundation It must be to just give the bees more of a Head Start ? I never added wax to my foundation never never had a problem they done good
Yes, they were invented long ago to provide space, a "fake" floor under the brood nest area. I've ran them before, but since I use screen bottom board I feel like I'm accomplishing a fake floor. Some people love them. I did not notice any improvement.
Try harvesting a frame or two and replace it with drawn comb or place undrawn frames in there, quickly harvest and put the one or two wet frames back in.
I was told by a master beekeeper that he felt that I would be successful in tending to bees because of my attitude... Thank you for this very lovely coffee time conversation. My bees have taught me so much about them and my emotions. I approach them as nothing... I arrive calm and respectful and of course, I send them love because I truly love them. I love them so much!
Nice video Dave. question for you. here in central Texas the nectar flow has basically ceased, but I have supers with with only partially capped frames. they don't seem to be be interested in capping the rest of the Honey. I've heard that sometimes they won't cap it if they are using it as a food source. how can you tell if that is the case? I would like to pull the final supers to extract them, but don't want to do it if the honey is not cured. Thanks!
July 8th to July 23rd is 15 days, not 21 days as you were saying, unless I'm missing something. Still pretty amazing how quickly the little ladies work! Good job on the educational videos my friend!
That honey looked really delicious, don't blame you tucking into the cappings dripping in honey, yummy. Thanks for the useful tips on uncapping, that bar on the bowl with that screw tip poking through is a very good idea, will remember that when I start extracting.
I am learning so much from your videos. Last night on your live stream you answered when do put in the green drone combs and hive beetle treatments. I won’t be getting my own hives until next year so learning as much as I can. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🐝
Okay, you got me, full on ready to do what I rarely do anymore - I owe you a subscription because of how your extemporaneous ramble on focusing on the positive and turning aside the negative that streams along with us from our mind most every second of the day. Very nicely proposed, spot on, in my experience (73) and something i haven’t given enough thought to in quite some time. So, this new subscriber thanks you for that, as would the people driving like crazy people next to me right now while I type away…no, just kidding. All my best to you always.
You’re the best teacher I’ve found online so far... My 9 year old daughter even likes your videos! Thank you for the info for this aspiring newbee beekeeper! ☺️
Another great video David! Im glad you didnt torture us all more by dipping a warm biscuit in that honey and eating it! As always a great coffee time too. You have a great outlook on life. I always learn a lot from you! I only have 1 hive so far but its abt the most peaceful place i know to go and relax. Thanks again from Tarkington Prairie, Texas
Thank you David for this video (I know I'm late to the show). I really enjoyed coffee time where you talk about being kind to yourself, staying positive, changing the way we think, etc. Such a wonderful message. To me, THIS is therapy. Spending time with a fellow bee keeper and getting good advice, not just about bees, but life too.
David you're the best I learned a lot by just watching your videos and a lot of it you know is training yourself oh by the way I was holding a load of pigs as the other morning and I was on a gravel road that is winding around and it was just starting to get daylight and I thought I saw something so I stopped and backed up got out with my cell phone and I found a wild bees a foot and a half off the ground in a crotch of an old tree so I made me a swarm trap and I got some swarm Commander and I'm going to try to lower men but it's kind of late in the year so looks like 10 to 15 lb of bees have a good one Dave
I'm so glad you showed us the cold knife usage and that you mentioned that hot knife can give a taste. I plan on ordering the winter be kind as soon as they are available. As always good information on your video.
You said you don't like burnt honey!? But since you have used a smoker the whole time getting in your hives I would say you already smoked or flavored your honey with smoke flavor yes? I just pulled my first honey few days back never have used smoke on my hive and wow what a game changer it is! I had just picked up some local honey from the side of the road and have done taste test from a dark honey and regular color and wow it's 100 percent smokeless burnt tasting honey. I am also curious why the dark honey / Black honey is turned that color they said it's from the fall? I might be thinking that it's just left in the frames over winter and that it just changes color over long period of time in it's natural state? would sure love to here back from ya the reason why? And when I would buy some honey when I was out in California from a road side honey seller the guy told me that the black honey was the best and of course was always marked up on price because of the rarity is this true? So I would always just try and get the black honey from any roadside fresh local honey source!!
Smoking a hive calms the bees, and if the super is capped over, the smoke would only be on the caps which are cut off. Dark honey, such as buckwheat is due to the nectar source.
You are the Bob Ross of beekeeping. Keep playing with your happy little friends and teaching us these snippets on TH-cam. Interest has to come from somewhere and research has to START somewhere.
I didn’t know that there are classes on beekeeping. I always thought you just grabbed a book or checked out TH-cam (thanks to today’s technology). The actual classes make sense to me.
I recommend David's Beekeeping classes- I took all of them and have re-watched them several times at different times of the season to reassure myself that things are going well in my colonies.
I just read an article that feature you talking about selling and bottling honey. So many backyard beekeepers don’t know how to do this. What a great topic to talk about.
Thanks
I must add... The beekeeping community is a special community. Best people I know!
People like you make it a great place!
David, thanks for the video. You said you like cream in your coffee, I do too along with 2 spoons of honey. The honey makes the difference! Your bouquet of flowers were beautiful! I hope that you gave them to you wife when you finished filming the video.
U betcha!
I know this is 2 years old but I am so happy to know there are awesome people like you in the world!
Going to take your course soon!
Thank you for the great information!
Your educational tips are incredibly helpful. As a backyard beekeeper it's so useful to see how to bee-keep on a budget without the fancy extractors, decappers, melters, etc. Thank you so much.
My pleasure
Hey David, I enjoy watching your videos. I think you should do a video talking about how the bees make wax and propolis. I think most of us know and understand how they take nectar and thicken it into honey, but how do they make wax and propolis?
Many thanks for demonstrating honey harvesting. Last year was my first year and was a little messy but still a lot of fun 😀
Wonderful!
Your videos always show up on time, no matter how old they are. 😊
David Burns- thank you! You are so helpful not only with teaching about beekeeping...but you are very uplifting with your coffee time chats, I just enjoy that! I am enjoying your beekeeping course- just learning so much from you, God bless you David 🙏🏻
Thank you so much, good to hear.
Hello from NW Indiana.
Kudos to ya for demonstrating plastic being drawn.
HBM
Thanks Phil
Great video. Great Coffee time talk. Love your videos. God Bless
solid video - thanks for adding the encouraging note at the end!
Thank you Gavin, glad you were encouraged.
This video is fantastic..I. I was worried about if my bees would have time to build out the other 5 frames moving from a nuc to a 10 frame deep... amazing work! I'm also getting into bee keeping to escape my head, possibly help some bees, and to provide my family with a bit of honey while paying for itself... eventually love your content David keep up the great work! I appreciate you and Sheri
Amazing combination of videos.👍👍
Thank you Jake
I find that if you slide the uncapping fork under the caps and pry up as you slide forward slowly . It works great and lifts the cappings nicely.
Great idea
This is excellent wealth of information so thank you!
Thank you so much from Jamaica
I loved those wise words at the end David ;) from a beekeeper of Belgium
Thanks so much, glad you are enjoying them.
Good life lesson. It was good timing that I heard that too. I listening to my negative thoughts too much lately so thank you.
Awesome that you are identifying and working to push out negative thoughts.
Thank you for positive thinking. We need to share much
Thanks for a great video and coffee time Dave! We subscribed awhile ago. Brand new beekeepers and love watching you. ----Adam and Mary in NH
Hello from Higganum Connecticut and thank you the education on beekeeping for the positive thoughts
Great video. I didn't know how to judge a nectar flow so the was wonderful. I have only 2 hives so I wasn't going to use an extractor so I look forward to seeing how you do it.
Good deal
I really enjoyed the last bit about having a positive outlook on life. I also really appreciate how you left it up to the viewer to find a positive mental health plan that works for them. Too many people throw "God" into it. There are an infinite number of other options! Religion only exists in the minds of humans and can be a helpful tool to keep oneself on track, but the reality is we are on a spinning rock floating in space. There is no sequel to life so we might as well make it a happy experience while we're still here.
Your master beekeeping wisdom and smiling face is why I have been a subscriber for the past 3-4 years. My bees and I thank you.
For sure! Once we open our mind we see so much more.
great job on the uncapping. i would eating all the cappings.
david do you clip queen wing.
i have a queen that keeps flying even with a good hive. caught her for third time yesterday.
👍 wise words David
Thank you for the great video I always learn alot from them
Thanks for letting me know Allan
Love all the help thanks
I really enjoyed watching your video and your words of wisdom at the end.
Thank you Carol, nice of you to let me know
21:53 to 21:54 is the answer to the title of the video.. got it now
Fantastic videos thank you! And I love your positivity ! :-)
Awesome video and lot of tips
Can we have any type of queen when we add new queen in the beehive or adding new beehive in our garden
Ok e watching your videos. Thank you for sharing
Glad you like them!
I must turn ALL my problems over to my Lord!
I can't handle them myself!!
HE is my JOY and Peace!!😄
Love your videos, thank you for making them for us!
really enjoyed listening to you.
I like training wheels on my coffee too. Thanks for the videos!
That's funny!
Do you have a video about what you do with the extracted wax from the frame and how to clean it up?
Good video, thank you
I hived a swarm from my top bar hive. Weeks later, even being fed syrup with ultra bee added, they still weren't building comb except in-between two combs.
Great observations on the hive study. You mind can be a bully so true. Good stuff again.
I appreciate it.
Just subscribed!!! Love the videos!!!
Do the bees actually build the combs up without the help of the foundation?
Yuppers, since they make their own wax from their wax glands they need nothing at all.
You said you let cappings drain, then wash before processing the wax. After draining, I have put cappings on a tray about 30ft from the hives and let the bees clean off all the remaining honey. Is this a bad practice. ?
Great episode!
Nice video David, thanks. You kept referring to "extracting honey" but all you did was just uncap a frame (fine job btw) How would you actually extract honey from just a frame or two?
Next video. I mentioned in the video it would be the next one, so glad you are looking forward to it.
So when people add wax to their foundation It must be to just give the bees more of a Head Start ? I never added wax to my foundation never never had a problem they done good
Where did you get your gloves
I'm sorry, they carried them in our bee store one year and I grabbed a pair. I do not see them anymore.
I am assuming in a dearth, the frames are not drawn out as easily or quickly, correct? Iam in north GA and things are slowing for sure
Yuppers
Maybe its me but I didn't hear anything on how to tell if the honey flow ends. Am I wrong? I watched the vid twice thinking I missed something. Did I?
Hi also wondering you ever use slatted bottom boards
Yes, they were invented long ago to provide space, a "fake" floor under the brood nest area. I've ran them before, but since I use screen bottom board I feel like I'm accomplishing a fake floor. Some people love them. I did not notice any improvement.
If I don't take honey from the super (first year) do I leave it on going into winter?
That works great
David: If you put the frame in on the 8th and this is the 23rd, that's only 15 days, not 21
Yup, apparently I cannot add
If you're feeding in fall and brood area is honey bound, then what?
Try harvesting a frame or two and replace it with drawn comb or place undrawn frames in there, quickly harvest and put the one or two wet frames back in.
It's late but..I gave up sugar in my coffee and now use honey! Not man enough to drink it without.
I will tell you. Flow ends when there is no more honey :). You are welcome!
David, I’m sorry but I still don’t know how heavy the honey frame medium was.
Perfect, "your mind can really be a bully".
Indeed. Some people are extremely hard on themselves. Some people would never let someone else treat them as badly as they treat themselves.
23 - 8 =15
I misspoke.
Isn't it funny, our minds often just want to tell us the negative stuff.
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Yeck yea
Isn't that butiful! I just wanna EAT THAT
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Good life lesson David. Especially with all the crazy stuff going on these days. Thanks
You bet
I was told by a master beekeeper that he felt that I would be successful in tending to bees because of my attitude... Thank you for this very lovely coffee time conversation.
My bees have taught me so much about them and my emotions. I approach them as nothing... I arrive calm and respectful and of course, I send them love because I truly love them. I love them so much!
You're such a great beekeeper, Marybel! I'm glad I'm able to give you good coffee time advice.
Nice video Dave. question for you. here in central Texas the nectar flow has basically ceased, but I have supers with with only partially capped frames. they don't seem to be be interested in capping the rest of the Honey. I've heard that sometimes they won't cap it if they are using it as a food source. how can you tell if that is the case? I would like to pull the final supers to extract them, but don't want to do it if the honey is not cured. Thanks!
Thanks for these videos!!!
July 8th to July 23rd is 15 days, not 21 days as you were saying, unless I'm missing something. Still pretty amazing how quickly the little ladies work! Good job on the educational videos my friend!
Thanks for the info!
Ok, sugar rush!!
I loved this video, the vase of flowers and your encouraging talk about what we can learn of the honey bee and positive thoughts.
Cool.
Beekeeper here! from California, Central Valley area.
As usual very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Dave, for your wonderful videos. I so enjoy learning about bees and your coffee time talks are really wonderful.
Glad you like them!
That honey looked really delicious, don't blame you tucking into the cappings dripping in honey, yummy. Thanks for the useful tips on uncapping, that bar on the bowl with that screw tip poking through is a very good idea, will remember that when I start extracting.
I am learning so much from your videos. Last night on your live stream you answered when do put in the green drone combs and hive beetle treatments. I won’t be getting my own hives until next year so learning as much as I can. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🐝
One of the most helpfull videos I've watched, thank you
Good stuff. Thank you
Thanks!
Okay, you got me, full on ready to do what I rarely do anymore - I owe you a subscription because of how your extemporaneous ramble on focusing on the positive and turning aside the negative that streams along with us from our mind most every second of the day. Very nicely proposed, spot on, in my experience (73) and something i haven’t given enough thought to in quite some time. So, this new subscriber thanks you for that, as would the people driving like crazy people next to me right now while I type away…no, just kidding. All my best to you always.
do people in tropical country get unlimited nectar?
Really enjoyed the video.
15 days not 21
Love your videos, thank you for sharing
Glad you like them! Check out my Instagram too instagram.com/longlanehoneybeefarms/
Ty for sharing your knowledge & experience with us... I felt like I was there in person learning right alongside you!🐝
You’re the best teacher I’ve found online so far... My 9 year old daughter even likes your videos! Thank you for the info for this aspiring newbee beekeeper! ☺️
That s truly amazing that they have drawn the comb out that quick .
Another great video David! Im glad you didnt torture us all more by dipping a warm biscuit in that honey and eating it! As always a great coffee time too. You have a great outlook on life. I always learn a lot from you! I only have 1 hive so far but its abt the most peaceful place i know to go and relax. Thanks again from Tarkington Prairie, Texas
So nice of you Jeff from Texas
You are a beautiful person! Thank you I needed that!
Thank you David for this video (I know I'm late to the show). I really enjoyed coffee time where you talk about being kind to yourself, staying positive, changing the way we think, etc. Such a wonderful message. To me, THIS is therapy. Spending time with a fellow bee keeper and getting good advice, not just about bees, but life too.
So kind of you to say, I appreciate it.
God, how I wish I lived near you! You’re an amazing individual. Thank you for what you do and for who you are.
You are so welcome
David you're the best I learned a lot by just watching your videos and a lot of it you know is training yourself oh by the way I was holding a load of pigs as the other morning and I was on a gravel road that is winding around and it was just starting to get daylight and I thought I saw something so I stopped and backed up got out with my cell phone and I found a wild bees a foot and a half off the ground in a crotch of an old tree so I made me a swarm trap and I got some swarm Commander and I'm going to try to lower men but it's kind of late in the year so looks like 10 to 15 lb of bees have a good one Dave
Thanks for sharing!
I'm so glad you showed us the cold knife usage and that you mentioned that hot knife can give a taste.
I plan on ordering the winter be kind as soon as they are available. As always good information on your video.
Thank you Dianne. The Winter-Bee-Kinds go on sale Aug. 1st 2021 in 13 days and we are limiting how many we will make this year.
You said you don't like burnt honey!? But since you have used a smoker the whole time getting in your hives I would say you already smoked or flavored your honey with smoke flavor yes? I just pulled my first honey few days back never have used smoke on my hive and wow what a game changer it is! I had just picked up some local honey from the side of the road and have done taste test from a dark honey and regular color and wow it's 100 percent smokeless burnt tasting honey. I am also curious why the dark honey / Black honey is turned that color they said it's from the fall? I might be thinking that it's just left in the frames over winter and that it just changes color over long period of time in it's natural state? would sure love to here back from ya the reason why? And when I would buy some honey when I was out in California from a road side honey seller the guy told me that the black honey was the best and of course was always marked up on price because of the rarity is this true? So I would always just try and get the black honey from any roadside fresh local honey source!!
Smoking a hive calms the bees, and if the super is capped over, the smoke would only be on the caps which are cut off. Dark honey, such as buckwheat is due to the nectar source.