From what I understand, the fabric softener sheets are used to trap the hive beetles not mites. The hive beetles legs gets caught in the material in the sheets gets and they are trapped. I think the mites are to be trapped in the same way. Thanks for watching. God's peace Pamela. Mr. Ed
Thank you Ed! I watched your waxing video and can see how much prep work you have to do! Here was I thinking that you were maybe selling the wax for furniture polish! 🙄
Though it may seem I render a lot of beeswax, it is barely enough to keep the needs of our bee operation and soap operation supplied throughout the year. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Martin. Mr. Ed
Hello Mr.Ed. . . I would recommend making those Frames to have Top Bars that are like standard Brood / Deep Langstroth Frames. And have those 'Cover' Boards as being literally 'cover board' in their own right ! Here in Scotland 🏴 I have a Home Built Horizontal Hive : that takes 'Jumbo Deep' Langstroth Frames. Almost like a 'two stack Colony' in one Frame ! Bees have room to move 'Up the Comb Stores' through our long Winters. Win, win ! 👍 OK, these Jumbo Frames don't fit into a Honey Extractor, but as "Natural Comb" drawn down from a "own Wax" Poured Foundation Sheet, cut into: Starter Strips (made by pouring Hot Wax onto those Silicon Sheets Moulds with a Top and Bottom Cell Matrix pattern.The Top one is lowered onto the one with the molten Wax on it !) The Bees in this type of Frame use, are much healthier and the Colony as a whole does great, season in, season out. . . Tip : If you have a Frame of 'Good Straight Comb' add that and any others, into 'Every other Slot'. That way the Bees will Draw Out their own Comb Nice and Straight too. They can't make 'wonky' Comb if they have a Neat, Straight Guide on each side of the Frame they are 'Building'. Get it ! (No more Hotchpotch of Wiggley/Wonky Comb to sort out.) You can also add say, standard Deep Brood Frames along side these longer Jumbo Frames (even Deeper, like the ones you use there,) means the Bees will draw out in that underneath Gap 'Drone Comb' Cell sizes. This means the Colony will be more diverse via 'Worker' Bee laying in larger Cell Matrix's. And thus more Healthy Brood and resulting Foraging Bees ! (Preset Plastic Foundation in Brood Cell Size, means each next Larva created in each Cell, has its former ones 'Cocoon', take up space, reducing the Cell size !) Come near the Honey Harvest, move these emerged Drone Brood Cells : into the Supering end of the H.H. The Bees will fill them up with more Honey ! This Drone Comb can be 'Cut Off' Crushed & then Strained. And the Wax used to make more DIY Foundation Strips. You & the Bees will both be happy. 😉 Finally, I like to Wire up all my Horizontal Hive Frames : (with the ones that do fit into my Radial Extractor) by first Drilling Side Holes. Then using a Joiners 'Slide Clamp.' Put the Frame under 'Tension' and Wire Across Side to Side. (Nail and Twist off Wire Ends.) Then on 'Unclamping' your Frames : "Wiring" will be as tight as Piano Wires. TWANG ! 👍 No Lose Comb ever. Lasts for at least x3 Seasons structure wise. (Only needs replacing if its too dark and well Walked on, re the Honey Area.) Keep these dark Combs for 'Bait Lures.' Grab those Free Bees... Or Melt them down. And add Fresh Starter Strips. . . For Fresh new Comb. And Repeat. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 By using a mixture of Jumbo Deep Frames, means the Bees have more Volume of Comb to move up on Vertically. In H.H use, 'Starvation occurs' when Bees get to Weak to move sideways into their 'Supering' Area of Honey Stores (more so in very cold Climates.) Probably less of an issue in your Locality. And in also adding in 'Brood' say from a Regular Langstroth Brood Box, Colony diversity, or desired Genetics can be added, allowing you to Requeen etc. Also a Win, win. In having "Frames" under those Cover Boards, means you can add or take out Frames as needed. How can you do that when that Top Cover Board is part of the 'Frame' too (?) Just saying. . . 🤔
Thank you so much for your thoughts, they were very much appreciated, and I look forward to posting the next video on my Layen's hive showing the improvements. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
I've been watching so many bee videos, including lots of yours, and your other Mississippi and Lousiana bee buddies, and others from all over the US , Canada, and even England, and no one went through this much about the sad reality of beekeeping, which is as important as everything else, so thank you. It's very sad, but Need-to-Know info for any potential beekeeper. Thank you so much!
Keeping bees is a great thing, until a hive encounters difficulties and dies out. That's part of beekeeping, and I agree, the darker side needs to be spotlighted so that the full picture is exposed. Thank you for your support and for taking the time to watch the video. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed, My brother and I live in Milwaukee WI. We picked up 10 frames of Bees with a Queen from a woman in a town 40 minutes south and west of us on June 2nd 2024. The hive was doing great for a few months. In the meantime, I had 3 birdhouses that had nesting house wrens or sparrows. I had 5 birdbaths that I kept clean and filled every day for the birds and Bees. I had many flowers all around the inside perimeter of my yard and all around my house. I noticed that when the birds took their bath the bees preferred their dirty water to collect and take back to the hive. Well, it turns out that I noticed the sparrows spending a lot of time hanging out by the beehive and flying around in a strange manner. I wondered if they were snatching the bees. After checking the hive, and continuing to see the sparrows hanging by the hive, the number of bees had dwindled down very much. Wasps and ants were going in constantly in September. We looked again and very few bees were left. The sparrows appeared like they were waiting to snatch them every day but I couldn't do anything to stop them. Now the queen is gone, sparrows must have eaten all of our bees. I am devastated about that. I blame myself because I thought I had the perfect situation. Birds loved my yard, hummingbirds came regularly, now they flew south. I'm taking the bird houses down, and removing the birdbaths because the birds can go somewhere else for water. I don't want to attract the birds to get my bees next year. We will order new bees in the spring but I don't want to go through what we went through again. I will keep a small hanging glass water dish for the Bees near the hive and hopefully we don't have a repeat of this year. I will be doing research over the winter to figure out what I can do better. The bees got so used to me being outside, that when I was picking cucumbers, near their hive, they never minded me being near their hive. I would wait for them to finish gathering water,so I could put fresh water in the birdbaths. I know they smell water, which was why they maybe preferred the dirty water. It was also warmer than what I put in but the sun warmed it up again.
Trust me, the sparrows were not the culprits in the failure of the hive. True, they may have gotten some of the bees as I have seen sparrows catching them myself, but my guess is mites or a failing queen were the issue. As hard as it is to accept the loss of a hive, it is part of keeping bees, and hive failures in the first three years of keeping bees are the primary reason folks stop beekeeping. I have over 150 hives and I lose at least 40 of them every year, but I make up for the losses by splitting the hives in the early spring. Please do not lose heart because of this set back, try again in the spring and this time maybe get 2 or 3 hives and that way if one or two don't make it you still will have one that does. I would also suggest finding a bee club in your area and joining it, with the help of local beekeepers you will certainly learn the best way to keep bees where you are living. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Susan. Mr. Ed
A great hive can turn South so fast and it is heartbreaking. You tried to save the hive from certain doom where it was. Your approach to beekeeping will improve the genetics of the bees over time as they adapt to an ever more difficult environment.
Thought that is true, I am not the only beekeeper who feels an uncontrollable desire to take a bite of it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jason. Mr. Ed
MrEd there is no Bees left here now, too cold now fo rthem. We have had a little snow that did not lasst . I have the garden just about cleaned up, I have 300 buckets inthe greenhouse that I will start planting in mid March. You should have got Mike Rowe to do that dirty job of messing in that sticky Honey. God Bless
Great video Jeff! You probably know this but Dr Leo Sharashkin from MO, on his Horizontal Hive website has available beautiful, clean Layens foundation from the mountains of Spain. I have a few Layens hives and cut those foundations up into thirds as 3 to 4 inch starter strips in my Layens hives. It works great, the bees build deep straight comb. I have learned so much from you about bee behavior and all around use of equipment that I wanted to share this with you. Please keep the videos coming, thank you, and God bless!
I did not know that Dr. Leo sold wax foundation, but I'm not surprised, the guy is amazing. I plan on using plastic foundation that is heavily waxed next year and I'm positive I will get the results I'm looking for. Not to worry, I'll bee making a video on it to show how it looks and how I did it. Thank you for your blessings and for taking the time to watch. Until the next one, God's peace Rod. Mr. Ed
Thank you Barbara. Bee keeping can show us the many lessons of life if we open our eyes to what the bees are trying to teach us. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Good morning Mr Ed, I’m on the mend with my new hip. All went well. Great video and I wanted to thank you and the community for your prayers. Can’t wait to be fully recovered and back Flying in January. God bless you all.
Happy to hear you are on the mend, and I will continue my prayers for you and your wife. Don't be to much in a hurry to get back to work, that day will be here before you know it. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Brian. Mr. Ed
And a big Louisiana hello to you as well Robert! Hope all is well in Denton and wishing all your bee wrangling adventures are fruitful. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
I would speculate, based on the odd way they built the comb, was there a genetic defect with the queen of her mate that caused the hive to die out? But no matter, that was a huge batch of honey you saved.
With bees, there are just so many ways for a hive to die out, and very possibly it was a genetic defect, but the end has the same results, a failed hive. I was just grateful to save the honey I was able to save before the beetles and moths got it. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Hi Mr Ed...I could not believe how much honey came out of the hives of that died out. The combs were so thick of honey. Sad to lose the bee hives but I know you always do your best for the bees! Thank you as always for the videos!
And just think if I had taken all the honey I let the bees have, I bet it was at least another 2 gallons. It was disappointing to lose this hive, but I'm hoping the next swarm that goes into this box is really going to do great. Thanks for watching. God's peace Denise. Mr. Ed
It's never a happy moment to see a hive die out! But the way you have always treated your bee's, "Leaving the bee's alone to do there work", I agree with you on your method. It all works out in the end!! Love the video Mr Ed, very educational. God Bless!!
I always recommend that folks do not keep bees the way I keep bees, it works for me, but they may want different results. Still, losses will occur, it's just part of beekeeping. Thank you for your blessings and support. God's peace Phil. Mr. Ed
I understand that bees have an internal magnetic compass which allows them to sense which way is magnetic north, and so they tend to build their hive in accordance with magnetic north (I don't know if it is within or across magnetic north), and a scientist proved that by putting a powerful permanent magnet on top of a beehive and they ended up creating a spoke like pattern of comb radiating out from the location of the magnet. Perhaps, your long hive was not oriented according to where magnetic north points. You also found where in walls, some beehives were built hither-and-tither, and I believe that they were confused by the magnetic fluctuations of electrical wires inside the house. Good idea to use the dividers, though, to get the bees to build neater combs.
I really don't know anything about how bees orient their comb as they build it or if there is even a reason why they build it sometimes in unusual sequences, but I can say with very good assurance, if I put foundation in the frame and wax it heavily, they will build comb on that foundation regardless of the orientation of the hive in relation to true north. Still, a very interesting concept. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Steven. Mr. Ed
Good Morning "Cattywampus" Jeff! I absolutely loved this video about your Layens hive. Sorry you lost the hive, but my goodness...it still provided so much! Looking forward to Spring to see what you will put back in this hive. Loved the informal teaching, hands on, lots and lots of info. I will watch this vid over and over and share it with my friends. God Bless!
It really did give up some of it's treasures to me and the other hives got some of the booty as well. I'm already looking forward to the next swarm I put in that hive and see if they can last a bit longer and produce a bit of honey for me as well. Thank you for your blessings and for your added support. Until the next one, God's peace Tom. Mr. Ed
Happy to bee there for you Russ, and know this, I truly appreciate your kind words and for the time you spend watching my videos. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
You are correct, Jeff, about the starter strip. It makes all the difference in the orientation the Bees take. Your frame by the way are normal as a consequence of not having a starter strip. I notice even a strip of wood works.
I actually did have a starter strip in there, but it was an angled piece of wood instead of a strip. I am going to correct that and hopefully the bees will draw straight down afterwards. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Suzanne. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Actually, Jeff, I follow you on most of your removal. Through them I have learned more about Bees than through most Bee courses I have taken. Because of them more than anything, I was able to determine the orientation I wanted to take in Beekeeping. It is possible by observing what Bees do on their own to answer Tom Seeley’s question on « what Bees do on their own without human intervention ». That to me is the starting point in learning to becoming a Beekeeper but where so little attention is given. For that I thank you and hope you will continue.
Wow, Jeff, you pulled quite a bit of very nice looking honey from that Layens! Any idea what a full frame of honey in a Layens weighs? I'm thinking 10 lbs each give or take. I can't tell you how happy I am not to have SHBs here in PA. Will the bees take slimed honey, I guess so. So glad you caught that in time. HUGE coffee filter! Wishing you all the best!
Professor Fred! What an honor having you grace my channel with your comment, I'm sure the entire viewing audience is thinking how lucky Mr. Ed is to have you watch AND leave your comments. As you ascertained, a few of those frames did weigh well over 10 pounds, I was really impressed how the girls worked. My only complaint is they did not follow the strips I had included as guides for them. Had I made them a bit longer it may have been better. Still, my next attempt will be to add wax coated plastic foundation inside of the frame. I'm positive it will do the trick. You are very lucky not to have the SHB up there, but then our mite load is no where as bad as yours is up north. The bees will take slimed honey as I normally turn the box on it's side to allow easy access for the bees to rob it out. Looking forward to the day when you have a speaking engagement down this way and you and Annett visit me at the abbey. I'll call soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
Howdy from central NH where the fall foliage is in full bloom. We had our first frost last Sunday, means robbing season here too. It's always a pleasure to watch one of your videos, thanks for all the work you and Charlie put into production. Have a great week, Brice
Looking forward to the zoom meeting. How about sending an email about the time and date again. Speaking of robbing season, wait till you see next Friday's post. God's peace Brice. Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff 👋😢Sad day and 😃 a joyful day, sad you lost the colony but joyful to see what results you got from the layens hive and you beat the beetles and the moths😂 16.7 kg of honey and 3.7kg wax isn't a bad return but its still gutting to lose a colony. Speaking of which 😬 chalkbrood is really becoming rampant this spring in my colony's, i think it's the really wet spring we are having but the thyme nectar flow is maybe eight to ten days away, we're in the drop off gap now so just gotta grit my teeth and get through it and pray the nectar flow cleans out this blasted chalkbrood , a good honey and pollen flow can work miracle's. Im getting all my bee's on open fronted wooden summer floors to try and improve air circulation hopefully that will correct the chalkbrood issue. Never seen it so bad, but every year brings different challenges. Great video 👍 God bless 😃👍👋
You certainly are right about the new year and new challenges it brings to beekeepers, regardless where they are in the world keeping their bees, but the most difficult challenge may be the resolve to continue keeping bees in spite of the difficulties that come their way. For experienced beekeepers like yourself the challenges become lessons that we add to our personal log, but for new beekeepers, it may be the reason for giving up. Keep up your struggles and continue with helping other beekeepers who you can use your assistance when they find themselves challenged beyond their scope of understanding. All the best to you in your challenges Joss, and thank you very much for your blessings. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff 😅funny thing, I said the exact same thing to a new hobbyist I'm helping a couple of days ago🤣 just gotta work though the surprises and keep pushing through 👍👋 awesome 👍😃 this made my day😂
I know a little bit of how you feel 😢 so sorry for your loss I just lost a small colony don't know why? They were so nice not aggressive like my others
Hello 👋 Mr. Ed.. thanks for your carisma and turning something positive of a death out.,, I believe if you would’ve fixed the first frame cone or cut it out they would continue building the next frame straight… a foundation strip may be the way… but since you said you go all the time to see it.. we need to check it inside
For sure, regular interior check ups could have headed the problem off. Hopefully the on the next hive in there I will do a better job. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Alec. Mr. Ed
I'm very familiar with losing hives, but when it comes to my long hives, it take it a bit harder. The honey I was able to save really is great tasting and I will be enjoying it all year long now. Thank you for your blessing and for watching Terry. Until the next one, God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
De rien, et je vous remercie d'avoir pris le temps de regarder mes vidéos, j'apprécie vraiment que vous fassiez cela pour moi. Jusqu'au prochain, la paix de Dieu. M. Ed
Thank you for my belated birthday wishes, and I'm delighted you enjoyed the video. Thank you for both of them, and until the next one, God's peace. Mr. Ed
Wow, look at those bees. The swarm is on. Wish you would box a comb with honey. YUM. They would be great gifts. God bless you for your work for God's bees.
I absolutely love my Layan's horizontal hive. I have a bad back and it is so much easier to deal with pulling individual frames instead of full boxes of honey. Starter strips at the top of the frames is definitely the way to go. I will live vicariously through this experience and make sure to not put in empty frames without the strip of foundation!
I will be adding an entire plastic foundation to these frames very soon, and that way, the next swarm that goes in there will have no problem building straight comb. Happy to bee here for you, and thanks so much for watching. God's peace Holly. Mr. Ed
Oh Mr Ed how heartbreaking to have a dead out in your brand new beautiful long hive. When the bee's went in they looked so good and a lot of them. Crazy how quick that changes. Due to your diligence of keeping an eye at least you were able to gain something back. That's a lot of honey for you both and lovely looking honey too. What do you plan to do with the wax as it's your personal hive? Will you use it for coating the frames? Also seeing how the bee's built their comb in the way they did will you add foundation next time round? Or see what happens next time round? Sorry for all the questions, I'm very new to watching bee keeping videos. I only became a subscriber to your channel within the last week and became a member today. Thank you so much for the way you deliver everything in a way that is educational 💜x
How awesome that you are a new subscriber and now the newest member to my channel, thank you very much for doing that for me. The wax will become just part of the collection I have already begun and most will be used for the foundations on the frames. Though the hive is mine personally, the only thing I want from it is the honey. I do plan on adding longer starter strips to keep the comb nice and neat. Again, thank you so much for becoming a member, and I look forward to hearing from you regularly. Until the next one, God's peace Ruth. Mr. Ed
Seems the bees didn't appreciate the divider in the middle of those frames. They just did their own thing right around it. They sure were some nice looking slabs though. I hope the next hive you get in there is just as strong. Thanks for sharing.
Well done ❤ Ah I guess you have hive beetle problem there pretty bad . We don't have hive beetles here, But we have wax moth problem here pretty bad I just hate those wax moth ha.. So I can relate how you face those dirty hive beetles..
Despite what many beekeepers think, the wax moth does not kill a hive, rather, once a colony is sufficiently weakened and can no longer defend itself, the moth moves in and puts the hive to rest...just like an undertaker. However, hive beetles can take a strong colony and kill it by over running it with their larva destroying everything in the hive. Be thankful you do not have small hive beetles. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Nothing like the feel of crushed honey comb running through your fingers and then getting to lick it off. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace
Circle of life in the beeyard. I used to be devastated when I lost a hive. Now, I’m disappointed but I can see the opportunity to recover and reuse all the resources left behind. Thanks for the video.
So sorry about the hive! Nice to see you smiling through it all. Thank you for bringing us along and showing the ups, downs and everything in-between. ❤
In keeping bees, as in living life, there's good and bad, and the challenge in both of them is to never lose the joy that is in your heart. I'm so happy you are enjoying following along with my adventures...good or not so good. Thank you very much for watching and for your added support as well, it is appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace Shamirah. Mr. Ed
Happy Saturday Morning Mr Ed! It is always so enjoyable when there is another of your fine videos to be enjoying. Must be as enjoyable to watch as it is for you to make, even when you are on a solo journey as today. I have come to realize that you appear to be as happy as a lark when you are busy as your bees. That must be a wonderful meditation! These features sure do lead to looking forward to be watching more. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! -Bob...
Working bees, whether it is by myself or with others, is always a reason for joy, and to share that experience is why I post videos. Thank you for your kind words and for following along Bob. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
If you put hooks in these wax icicles they would make a great Thanksgiving decoration. Ask the brothers if they can sell the wax icicles. They are so earthy and they would last forever.
I have several colonies with extra deep frames - I call them Texas deeps. I use a starter strip. It is critical that the hive be very level in the perpendicular direction of the frames. You should check that before replacing those frames. That's an unfortunate loss but a blessing that you found it before the beetles did. Take care.
Never considered the leveling of the hive but I will in the future. My question to you is how much honey comes from those Texas deeps. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff The Texas Deeps are still Langstroth hives. I used to run a deep and medium brood box, aka 1.5s. Now I am mostly single deep brood, but I also run some extra deep boxes that are essentially a deep and medium in one frame (Texas Deeps) I do not take honey from them. I place medium honey supers on top for the honey. I call it single deep brood management for dummies! 🤪 I do like that I have not had to feed any of the seven I have.
Maybe some video could you maybe go around and show us all the hives yous have on one video. not saying you have to lol.or mabe you can direct me on a past video you may have this. I love your videos your attitude you are a good soul. I love the melt videos the most lol. Thank you
With over 185 hives situated in 10 different bee yards it would be difficult to make just one video on that. Still, I will consider it. Thank you so much for you very kind words and know I appreciate all the time you spend watching my bee wrangling adventures. Until the next one, God's peace Ron. Mr. Ed
When you took a bite of that comb, my mouth started salivating 😂. I would love to be able grab a chunk of some comb and just enjoy the moment. Love your videos sir!
There are just so many aspects of keeping bees that are fun, even when you encounter the death of a hive, which is why I share my experiences on my channel. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jerry. Mr. Ed
I know exactly what you are saying about the "waxy" taste as I love it as well. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Evan. Mr. Ed
So when or if you put another hive in that horizontal box, will you put any starter strips to help the comb go more like you want? or would you just let it go that way again?
I am going to put plastic foundation in the space before the next hive goes in. If I do that, I know they will build straight comb. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joseph. Mr. Ed
Can you have a video of the process of CLEANING up the box and frames? What do you have to do to make it all usable again? Sorry you lost what was a wonderful hive.
I spent almost 2 full weeks getting dead outs from our yards and cleaning them up and in all that time the thought of videoing it did not cross my mind. Probably because it is such a dirty distasteful job. Anyway, the next time I do it I will remember your request and show the really gross side of beekeeping. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching. God's peace Lori. Mr. Ed
A real disappointment to lose this hive as long hives are my babies and I check on them regularly. And as far as my thoughts on horizontal hives, I think they are the perfect match for older beekeeper, young ones too, as they are so friendly to your back. Plus, as you saw, they can really make some honey for you. Thank you for watching and for your added support Brian. it is very much appreciated. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
I'd love to see how that process is done, sounds very interesting. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace June. Mr. Ed
He used a dough hook in a kitchenaid stand mixer to crush and the strained the honey.after cutting it out of the frames. His arthritis in his hands does not let him crush the comb. He might used other types of beaters but i have only seen it once.
Not at all, the bees will corral them where ever they can regardless of the hive configuration. The problem is when the number of bees are reduced and the space in the hive becomes to large to patrol due to the lack of bees, the beetle is able to go unchecked. That's when the trouble really gets out of hand. Hope all is well, God's peace Tom. Mr. Ed
Ya it really is bad when we loooose a colony but we all know that is part of owning bees and we just do what we can to recover an make the best of a lose . Ya that sure was some thick comb . Hope you can get that hive up an ready to restart it next spring . Stay safe an have a good weekend. Thanks
After I get some foundation into those frames and put a new swarm into the box, it will be like it never happened. I can hardly wait. Thanks for watching. God's peace Kathy. Mr. Ed
Such a shame to see all those frames drawn wrong. I guess they decided it will be easier to ventilate with more passage... I have a friend here in north Croatia that uses those hives. He wires the frames with inox wire really good and puts a triangle stick on the bottom of the top bar.. or a flat piece of wood in the channel.. and that's it. He said its all about having it leveled.. and the bees stick to the wire because they like something strong to attach the new comb. I seen it works for him... you can play a mandolin on his wired frames. He went totally natural.. not wanting a starter strip to let them draw the size of cells they want from the top. And there's a difference.. our plastic or wax sheets we use here have a thickness that makes the center wall on a comb/ frames. He wants bees to draw comb like in nature.. without it. Now after 5-6 years he told me that the bees in those hives are smaller and build small cells in the center and bigger as they come to the corners of the frame. I bet he too had a lot of problems making them draw at the start of it
One aspect of keeping bees that I love so much is the varied ways a beekeeper can go about to accomplish the same results, and it's always a benefit to learn from others their experiences and possibly use it to our own advantage. Great comment on your friends experience and I plan on doing something different with my frames over the next few month to get them ready for the new swarm that will be going into that hive. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Sorry to make you fell uneasy, but growing up here in Louisiana and learning to cook with my mom and grand mom, tasting the food as it's prepared is part of it, and I'm sure that's where I picked up the habit. Thanks for watching. God's peace Gail. Mr. Ed
I had considered that, but the chances of the comb being lost to wax moths is very real. Besides, I want to add plastic foundation to the frames to give more support and order to the frames. Thanks for watching. God's peace Todd. Mr. Ed
Besouros gostam de colmeias em locais sombreados e úmidos. Mudar a colônia para local mais ensolarado pode ajudar. Além disso, cal no chão abaixo do alvado vai fazer com que a larva do besouro morra desidratada antes de chegar à terra para se transformar em pupa. Ainda pode ser pincelado óleo de girassol na caixa. Besouros não gostam de óleo de girassol.
Para nós, no sul da Louisiana, os besouros das colmeias são uma ameaça constante às nossas colmeias, desde que a colmeia esteja na sombra ou em pleno sol, simplesmente temos muitos deles. Quase todas as nossas colmeias ficam expostas à luz solar no início do dia, mas à medida que o sol nasce, porque coloco as nossas colmeias em frente às linhas das árvores, elas ficam à sombra das árvores à tarde. Eu sabia dos efeitos da cal abaixo das colmeias no que diz respeito a matar larvas de besouros, mas não sabia que o besouro não gosta de óleo de girassol, terei que tentar isso. Muito obrigado pela sua informação e por reservar um tempo para assistir ao meu vídeo. Até o próximo, a paz de Deus. Sr.
Due to health issues, I was unable to get in my hives this summer. So for the first time I am facing deadouts, full of wax moths and a packed hive full of hive beetles. I am not sure where to start with trying to save as much of the wood ware, frames, honey etc. I have gotten diatomaceous earth, and a tub to bleach my hives. Do you have any more ideas, or could you please make a video of how you take care of dead out hives.
I do not bleach my dead outs. Rather I scrape them out using a hive tool and then let them air out over the winter. By the time spring is here, there is nothing alive in the box or equipment. It's dirty work, but very effective in getting the equipment back in working order. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
I did one a while back, check out the link below. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Elena. Mr. Ed th-cam.com/video/hYCgQDswlIo/w-d-xo.html
It may not have been a bug that killed the hive, it may in fact have been the failure of the queen for the reason of the hive's collapse. If the queen fails to lay eggs, and that was evident due to the absence of any brood in the hive, the number of bees decrease rapidly and this allows the opportunity of other insects to over run the colony and bring it down. However, had I not removed the comb and the honey, the small hive beetle would have taken all the comb and honey and turned it into a pile of slush. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Valerie. Mr. Ed
I have been watching for at least a year and never saw such devastating bugs moths or whatever flying around in your video. I finished watching and heard you say the queen seemed to have stopped caring for the hive did you find her alive it seems she probably died.
I don't have land and don't keep bees but I know how important they are and want to thank you and every beekeeper for the care you provide without bees we would have a real problem trying to survive.
You are very welcome Martin, showing the bad along with the good is only giving a realistic view point of keeping bees. It is a lot of work being a beekeeper, but I enjoy it all. The beeswax is used in the spring time and remelted and applied to plastic foundation for the bees to draw out and store honey in. I have several videos showing how I do this and the link below is just one of them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed th-cam.com/video/ijEIsxVlLhw/w-d-xo.html
Good morning Mr.Ed, we had an early day yesterday and busy. We are up again with morning coffee and your video! Janet and I love your title. It is a lot of work you do!! Janet said, "Love to have some of your honey on her biscuits that are baking ." Yummmm, ya'll, have a wonderful weekend yeah hear!
I get all my music for my videos from TH-cam's music library, and the song I used at that point was titled "Gold in them hills," glad to hear you enjoyed listening and watching. Until the next one. God's peace. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff thank you so much for replying Jeff and I’m going to put that on my favourites for Spotify,. Bless you for that. I hope you haven’t suffered these awful hurricanes where you are. We have had plenty of rain in Gloucestershire, UK this autumn so I’m feeding my bees as there is nothing for them and they’re not flying. Harvest was ok and swarming wasn’t a problem in the summer although those girls did lead me a merry dance on a few occasions! Charles
Thank you Great save. Some questions if i may. Is it possible that the hive swarmed and went else where? If the hive was without queen they/it knows to lay/make queen cells. How does a colony know how many cells to make for new bees and the queen to lay egs in? Thank you
No doubt it did swarm, abscond. It is one reason late season swarms are trouble, they come from a troubled hive and the trouble generally follows the swarm. If a colony is queen less, it is very doubtful it will swarm as the bees have no way to make a new queen. Generally, a queen less hive will stay in place and just fade away. My opinion, this hive had a viable queen, they absconded, and tried to make a go of it somewhere else. Unfortunately, if the queen was a poor layer like this one, as it was evident by the lack of brood in the comb, this hive is probably doomed no matter where it went. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Thanks for these real beekeeping videos. I appreciate that you show it like it is, although I disagree with your hands-off style since I believe animal husbandry, which is the basic work of beekeeping, requires a level of care that avoids the pain and death of the bees. The spoils of the harvest are nice to see, but I'm back to my original question when you harvested these bees - would they have been better off left in that open field high in the tree.
Because I was asked by the homeowner to remove the bees from the tree due to issues with the bees and cows, they were relocated. As my approach to keeping bees is a hands off one, and certainly the bees in their original location had no human intervention, who is to say had they not been relocated and left were they were that they would have suffered the same fate? Thanks for you opinion and for watching. God's peace William. Mr. Ed
Hello again Mr Ed. I noticed your follower board in your layens hive was partially screened. I have seen you do splits with a double screen board between your langstroth hives...do you suppose you could do a split in your layens hive with the screened follower board? Hope my question makes sense. Really do enjoy your teaching...it is always so interesting. Thanks for all you do and God Bless!
I never thought about doing a split in the Layen's hive, but it may actually work using the board. That being the case, I still would not split this hive. God's peace Tom. Mr. Ed
I have a question about the color of comb the black vs the lighter color comb. Does the honey taste different between the 2 different colors. And why is one comb black while the other is lighter brown
The darker comb was comb that had brood laid in it whereas the light colored comb was where honey was stored. The reason the comb is dark is inside of the cell there is now a cocoon from where the larva developed into a bee. Thanks for watching. God's peace James. Mr. Ed
I have fancied one of the long hives for a while now, the trouble is the UK suppliers are asking silly money for them and so I will have to build one myself. I haven't had any dead outs this year, in fact quite the opposite as all of my colonies have become super colonies producing record honey harvests and splits, and for the first time I had to loan a seperator from my bee club as mine is only a manual 4 frame unit and the extraction work would have got on top of me had I not got another one in and employed some of the older kids in the extended family to help me out. I retired recently but my bees are taking up lots of my time now, I have to decide whether I have a self financing hobby or a small business. I cant crush comb by hand without the nitrile gloves, it doesn't feel nice to me. I have loads of wax stored in vacuum sealed sacks that need to be rendered, that's another job I need to get done as its costing me money buying more vacuum sacks, I need to increase the size and proficiancy of my rendering kit though in order to save some time.
I built this hive for way less than a full set up Langstroth, and I highly recommend them for beekeepers with back issues. Congratulations on the work you got your bees to do, you are certainly headed for an increase in honey production, best wishes for your adventure. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew. Mr. Ed
What a shame to have lost the bees when they had obviously been working so hard. Those honey stores were quite amazing, but if there was a Queen issue, which the lack of brood suggests, I wonder why they didn't create a new one. Is that normal is such a big hive, or do you think they could have swarmed too, thus leaving the rest too small to defend such a large area? I do like that the other bees work as clean up crew lol
For me, the lack of any brood in the hive indicates a queen issue. As to why she had not been replaced prior to it getting to the point of no return, the bees are the only ones that can answer that, but I can assure you, there are a hundred possibilities. Thanks for watching. God's peace Suzanne. Mr. Ed
There are quite a few beetle traps available on the market. Still, I think the best defense against them is a strong hive. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
There are ways to fight the beetles, but I choose to let the bees handle that for themselves. In my way of thinking, if the genetics of the bees are correct, they should be able to control them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kasie. Mr. Ed
Wondering why you didn't save those good drawn out comb frames (by freezing them) so you have a few drawn comb frames for the Layen hive next time you have a cutout or swarm to install? Also where did you get those round filter trays?
I really wanted to start over again with the frames. Yes, I could have saved some of them had I stored them in the freezer, but the size of the frames made that difficult for my small freezer. Besides, the next swarm that goes in there will have some nice plastic foundation with wax on it for them to draw out. The filter trays are easily found at most bee supply stores. Thanks for watching. God's peace Nancy. Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed, I'm going to get into bee keeping sometime within the next year. I want to build a horizontal beehive. I'm thinking about making it 6 or 8ft long hive. Its going to be 1 hive that can just grow and grow. Is there such a thing as too big?
In my opinion yes, it can be to big. A hive that will hold 30 frames is all you would ever need in a horizontal hive, it would be unusual for the bees to need more than that. I do think a horizontal hive is a great hive for beekeepers who only want a few hives, you will get all the honey you will ever need from them, and it is a joy to work. I plan on doing a video on horizontal hives VERY soon, stay tuned. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Is there any difference in success rate between a horizontal hive and traditional bee boxes, or is it just personal preference? If I start keeping bees, I like the accessability of the horizontal one. It just looks easier for someone with a questionable back like me.
It is a personal choice. However, if you are considering becoming a beekeeper, I would strongly suggest looking into horizontal hives. Personally, if you are going to have just a few hives, this is the type of hive I would use, they are very back friendly. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joe. Mr. Ed
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Theres a beekeeper in the Midwest that puts a fabric softener sheet under the top cover to keep mites out.
From what I understand, the fabric softener sheets are used to trap the hive beetles not mites. The hive beetles legs gets caught in the material in the sheets gets and they are trapped. I think the mites are to be trapped in the same way. Thanks for watching. God's peace Pamela.
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Thank you Ed! I watched your waxing video and can see how much prep work you have to do! Here was I thinking that you were maybe selling the wax for furniture polish! 🙄
Though it may seem I render a lot of beeswax, it is barely enough to keep the needs of our bee operation and soap operation supplied throughout the year. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Martin.
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Hello Mr.Ed. . .
I would recommend making those Frames to have Top Bars that are like standard Brood / Deep Langstroth Frames. And have those 'Cover' Boards as being literally 'cover board' in their own right !
Here in Scotland 🏴 I have a Home Built Horizontal Hive : that takes 'Jumbo Deep' Langstroth Frames. Almost like a 'two stack Colony' in one Frame ! Bees have room to move 'Up the Comb Stores' through our long Winters. Win, win ! 👍
OK, these Jumbo Frames don't fit into a Honey Extractor, but as "Natural Comb" drawn down from a "own Wax" Poured Foundation Sheet, cut into: Starter Strips (made by pouring Hot Wax onto those Silicon Sheets Moulds with a Top and Bottom Cell Matrix pattern.The Top one is lowered onto the one with the molten Wax on it !)
The Bees in this type of Frame use, are much healthier and the Colony as a whole does great, season in, season out. . .
Tip :
If you have a Frame of 'Good Straight Comb' add that and any others, into 'Every other Slot'. That way the Bees will Draw Out their own Comb Nice and Straight too. They can't make 'wonky' Comb if they have a Neat, Straight Guide on each side of the Frame they are 'Building'. Get it ! (No more Hotchpotch of Wiggley/Wonky Comb to sort out.)
You can also add say, standard Deep Brood Frames along side these longer Jumbo Frames (even Deeper, like the ones you use there,) means the Bees will draw out in that underneath Gap 'Drone Comb' Cell sizes. This means the Colony will be more diverse via 'Worker' Bee laying in larger Cell Matrix's. And thus more Healthy Brood and resulting Foraging Bees ! (Preset Plastic Foundation in Brood Cell Size, means each next Larva created in each Cell, has its former ones 'Cocoon', take up space, reducing the Cell size !)
Come near the Honey Harvest, move these emerged Drone Brood Cells : into the Supering end of the H.H. The Bees will fill them up with more Honey ! This Drone Comb can be 'Cut Off' Crushed & then Strained. And the Wax used to make more DIY Foundation Strips. You & the Bees will both be happy. 😉
Finally, I like to Wire up all my Horizontal Hive Frames : (with the ones that do fit into my Radial Extractor) by first Drilling Side Holes. Then using a Joiners 'Slide Clamp.' Put the Frame under 'Tension' and Wire Across Side to Side. (Nail and Twist off Wire Ends.)
Then on 'Unclamping' your Frames : "Wiring" will be as tight as Piano Wires. TWANG ! 👍
No Lose Comb ever. Lasts for at least x3 Seasons structure wise. (Only needs replacing if its too dark and well Walked on, re the Honey Area.) Keep these dark Combs for 'Bait Lures.' Grab those Free Bees... Or Melt them down. And add Fresh Starter Strips. . . For Fresh new Comb. And Repeat.
Hope this helps. 😎
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By using a mixture of Jumbo Deep Frames, means the Bees have more Volume of Comb to move up on Vertically. In H.H use, 'Starvation occurs' when Bees get to Weak to move sideways into their 'Supering' Area of Honey Stores (more so in very cold Climates.) Probably less of an issue in your Locality.
And in also adding in 'Brood' say from a Regular Langstroth Brood Box, Colony diversity, or desired Genetics can be added, allowing you to Requeen etc. Also a Win, win.
In having "Frames" under those Cover Boards, means you can add or take out Frames as needed. How can you do that when that Top Cover Board is part of the 'Frame' too (?) Just saying. . . 🤔
Thank you so much for your thoughts, they were very much appreciated, and I look forward to posting the next video on my Layen's hive showing the improvements. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
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I've been watching so many bee videos, including lots of yours, and your other Mississippi and Lousiana bee buddies, and others from all over the US , Canada, and even England, and no one went through this much about the sad reality of beekeeping, which is as important as everything else, so thank you. It's very sad, but Need-to-Know info for any potential beekeeper. Thank you so much!
Keeping bees is a great thing, until a hive encounters difficulties and dies out. That's part of beekeeping, and I agree, the darker side needs to be spotlighted so that the full picture is exposed. Thank you for your support and for taking the time to watch the video. God's peace.
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Jeff Mr Ed I did my first swam thanks for watching you I’d did ok god bless you sir 12 11 2024
So very proud of you Nola, God's peace.
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Mr. Ed,
My brother and I live in Milwaukee WI. We picked up 10 frames of Bees with a Queen from a woman in a town 40 minutes south and west of us on June 2nd 2024. The hive was doing great for a few months. In the meantime, I had 3 birdhouses that had nesting house wrens or sparrows. I had 5 birdbaths that I kept clean and filled every day for the birds and Bees. I had many flowers all around the inside perimeter of my yard and all around my house. I noticed that when the birds took their bath the bees preferred their dirty water to collect and take back to the hive. Well, it turns out that I noticed the sparrows spending a lot of time hanging out by the beehive and flying around in a strange manner. I wondered if they were snatching the bees. After checking the hive, and continuing to see the sparrows hanging by the hive, the number of bees had dwindled down very much. Wasps and ants were going in constantly in September. We looked again and very few bees were left. The sparrows appeared like they were waiting to snatch them every day but I couldn't do anything to stop them. Now the queen is gone, sparrows must have eaten all of our bees. I am devastated about that. I blame myself because I thought I had the perfect situation. Birds loved my yard, hummingbirds came regularly, now they flew south. I'm taking the bird houses down, and removing the birdbaths because the birds can go somewhere else for water. I don't want to attract the birds to get my bees next year. We will order new bees in the spring but I don't want to go through what we went through again. I will keep a small hanging glass water dish for the Bees near the hive and hopefully we don't have a repeat of this year. I will be doing research over the winter to figure out what I can do better. The bees got so used to me being outside, that when I was picking cucumbers, near their hive, they never minded me being near their hive. I would wait for them to finish gathering water,so I could put fresh water in the birdbaths. I know they smell water, which was why they maybe preferred the dirty water. It was also warmer than what I put in but the sun warmed it up again.
Trust me, the sparrows were not the culprits in the failure of the hive. True, they may have gotten some of the bees as I have seen sparrows catching them myself, but my guess is mites or a failing queen were the issue. As hard as it is to accept the loss of a hive, it is part of keeping bees, and hive failures in the first three years of keeping bees are the primary reason folks stop beekeeping. I have over 150 hives and I lose at least 40 of them every year, but I make up for the losses by splitting the hives in the early spring. Please do not lose heart because of this set back, try again in the spring and this time maybe get 2 or 3 hives and that way if one or two don't make it you still will have one that does. I would also suggest finding a bee club in your area and joining it, with the help of local beekeepers you will certainly learn the best way to keep bees where you are living. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Susan.
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A great hive can turn South so fast and it is heartbreaking. You tried to save the hive from certain doom where it was. Your approach to beekeeping will improve the genetics of the bees over time as they adapt to an ever more difficult environment.
When Jeff sees that beautiful honeycomb, he's like a kid in a candy store! Literally! 😆😆😆
Thought that is true, I am not the only beekeeper who feels an uncontrollable desire to take a bite of it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jason.
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MrEd there is no Bees left here now, too cold now fo rthem. We have had a little snow that did not lasst .
I have the garden just about cleaned up, I have 300 buckets inthe greenhouse that I will start planting in mid March. You should have got Mike Rowe to do that dirty job of messing in that sticky Honey. God Bless
I could not live in Alaska, way to cold for me...and my bees. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Richard.
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Great video Jeff! You probably know this but Dr Leo Sharashkin from MO, on his Horizontal Hive website has available beautiful, clean Layens foundation from the mountains of Spain. I have a few Layens hives and cut those foundations up into thirds as 3 to 4 inch starter strips in my Layens hives. It works great, the bees build deep straight comb.
I have learned so much from you about bee behavior and all around use of equipment that I wanted to share this with you. Please keep the videos coming, thank you, and God bless!
I did not know that Dr. Leo sold wax foundation, but I'm not surprised, the guy is amazing. I plan on using plastic foundation that is heavily waxed next year and I'm positive I will get the results I'm looking for. Not to worry, I'll bee making a video on it to show how it looks and how I did it. Thank you for your blessings and for taking the time to watch. Until the next one, God's peace Rod.
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I love the title you gave this video 👏🏼
Thank you Barbara. Bee keeping can show us the many lessons of life if we open our eyes to what the bees are trying to teach us. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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It is sad to lose those hives, but It is a circle isn’t it! Glad you got to save some of the honey.
That it is, and life goes on. Thanks for watching. God's peace Cheryl.
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Good morning Mr Ed, I’m on the mend with my new hip. All went well. Great video and I wanted to thank you and the community for your prayers. Can’t wait to be fully recovered and back Flying in January. God bless you all.
Happy to hear you are on the mend, and I will continue my prayers for you and your wife. Don't be to much in a hurry to get back to work, that day will be here before you know it. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Brian.
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I’m glad it went well
Prayers for your swift recovery
Good morning from Denton Texas and Brushpopper Bee Wrangling .
And a big Louisiana hello to you as well Robert! Hope all is well in Denton and wishing all your bee wrangling adventures are fruitful. God's peace brother.
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I would speculate, based on the odd way they built the comb, was there a genetic defect with the queen of her mate that caused the hive to die out? But no matter, that was a huge batch of honey you saved.
With bees, there are just so many ways for a hive to die out, and very possibly it was a genetic defect, but the end has the same results, a failed hive. I was just grateful to save the honey I was able to save before the beetles and moths got it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Jeff you all have some hard working bees .they definitely keep you working hard. Gods blessing take care 💕💕💕
I'm a blessed beekeeper! Thank you for your blessings and for watching. Until the next one, God's peace Grace.
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Good morning Ed enjoyed video. Thanl you
Hey Russel, glad to hear you enjoyed this one, thanks for taking the time to do so. God's peace brother.
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Mr Jeff I mostly watch you on live streaming. But I just wanted to say I love watching your channel . ❤
Thank you very much James, and I sincerely hope you will continue watching. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Hi Mr Ed...I could not believe how much honey came out of the hives of that died out. The combs were so thick of honey. Sad to lose the bee hives but I know you always do your best for the bees! Thank you as always for the videos!
And just think if I had taken all the honey I let the bees have, I bet it was at least another 2 gallons. It was disappointing to lose this hive, but I'm hoping the next swarm that goes into this box is really going to do great. Thanks for watching. God's peace Denise.
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It's never a happy moment to see a hive die out! But the way you have always treated your bee's, "Leaving the bee's alone to do there work", I agree with you on your method. It all works out in the end!! Love the video Mr Ed, very educational. God Bless!!
I always recommend that folks do not keep bees the way I keep bees, it works for me, but they may want different results. Still, losses will occur, it's just part of beekeeping. Thank you for your blessings and support. God's peace Phil.
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I understand that bees have an internal magnetic compass which allows them to sense which way is magnetic north, and so they tend to build their hive in accordance with magnetic north (I don't know if it is within or across magnetic north), and a scientist proved that by putting a powerful permanent magnet on top of a beehive and they ended up creating a spoke like pattern of comb radiating out from the location of the magnet. Perhaps, your long hive was not oriented according to where magnetic north points. You also found where in walls, some beehives were built hither-and-tither, and I believe that they were confused by the magnetic fluctuations of electrical wires inside the house. Good idea to use the dividers, though, to get the bees to build neater combs.
I really don't know anything about how bees orient their comb as they build it or if there is even a reason why they build it sometimes in unusual sequences, but I can say with very good assurance, if I put foundation in the frame and wax it heavily, they will build comb on that foundation regardless of the orientation of the hive in relation to true north. Still, a very interesting concept. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Steven.
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Good Morning "Cattywampus" Jeff! I absolutely loved this video about your Layens hive. Sorry you lost the hive, but my goodness...it still provided so much! Looking forward to Spring to see what you will put back in this hive. Loved the informal teaching, hands on, lots and lots of info. I will watch this vid over and over and share it with my friends. God Bless!
It really did give up some of it's treasures to me and the other hives got some of the booty as well. I'm already looking forward to the next swarm I put in that hive and see if they can last a bit longer and produce a bit of honey for me as well. Thank you for your blessings and for your added support. Until the next one, God's peace Tom.
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Your videos make my days happier. Even the ones like this.
Happy to bee there for you Russ, and know this, I truly appreciate your kind words and for the time you spend watching my videos. God's peace brother.
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You are correct, Jeff, about the starter strip. It makes all the difference in the orientation the Bees take. Your frame by the way are normal as a consequence of not having a starter strip. I notice even a strip of wood works.
I actually did have a starter strip in there, but it was an angled piece of wood instead of a strip. I am going to correct that and hopefully the bees will draw straight down afterwards. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Suzanne.
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@@JeffHorchoff Actually, Jeff, I follow you on most of your removal. Through them I have learned more about Bees than through most Bee courses I have taken. Because of them more than anything, I was able to determine the orientation I wanted to take in Beekeeping. It is possible by observing what Bees do on their own to answer Tom Seeley’s question on « what Bees do on their own without human intervention ». That to me is the starting point in learning to becoming a Beekeeper but where so little attention is given. For that I thank you and hope you will continue.
Wow, Jeff, you pulled quite a bit of very nice looking honey from that Layens! Any idea what a full frame of honey in a Layens weighs? I'm thinking 10 lbs each give or take. I can't tell you how happy I am not to have SHBs here in PA. Will the bees take slimed honey, I guess so. So glad you caught that in time. HUGE coffee filter! Wishing you all the best!
Professor Fred! What an honor having you grace my channel with your comment, I'm sure the entire viewing audience is thinking how lucky Mr. Ed is to have you watch AND leave your comments. As you ascertained, a few of those frames did weigh well over 10 pounds, I was really impressed how the girls worked. My only complaint is they did not follow the strips I had included as guides for them. Had I made them a bit longer it may have been better. Still, my next attempt will be to add wax coated plastic foundation inside of the frame. I'm positive it will do the trick. You are very lucky not to have the SHB up there, but then our mite load is no where as bad as yours is up north. The bees will take slimed honey as I normally turn the box on it's side to allow easy access for the bees to rob it out. Looking forward to the day when you have a speaking engagement down this way and you and Annett visit me at the abbey. I'll call soon. God's peace brother.
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Sad to loose a hive, but at least you got there in time to save the honey and wax.
And I was very grateful I got there before the other bugs got it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Isabelle.
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God Bless ya Mr. Ed !
Thank you VERY much for your blessings and for taking the time to watch the video. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
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Another awesome video Mr. Ed
Thank you, and thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and leave your comment. Until the next one, God's peace Roseanne.
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Howdy from central NH where the fall foliage is in full bloom. We had our first frost last Sunday, means robbing season here too. It's always a pleasure to watch one of your videos, thanks for all the work you and Charlie put into production. Have a great week, Brice
Looking forward to the zoom meeting. How about sending an email about the time and date again. Speaking of robbing season, wait till you see next Friday's post. God's peace Brice.
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@@JeffHorchoff indeed Jeff, I too am looking forward to our zoom. I will send you an email today and another on the day before the 6th. Peace, Brice
Hi Jeff 👋😢Sad day and 😃 a joyful day, sad you lost the colony but joyful to see what results you got from the layens hive and you beat the beetles and the moths😂 16.7 kg of honey and 3.7kg wax isn't a bad return but its still gutting to lose a colony. Speaking of which 😬 chalkbrood is really becoming rampant this spring in my colony's, i think it's the really wet spring we are having but the thyme nectar flow is maybe eight to ten days away, we're in the drop off gap now so just gotta grit my teeth and get through it and pray the nectar flow cleans out this blasted chalkbrood , a good honey and pollen flow can work miracle's. Im getting all my bee's on open fronted wooden summer floors to try and improve air circulation hopefully that will correct the chalkbrood issue. Never seen it so bad, but every year brings different challenges. Great video 👍 God bless 😃👍👋
You certainly are right about the new year and new challenges it brings to beekeepers, regardless where they are in the world keeping their bees, but the most difficult challenge may be the resolve to continue keeping bees in spite of the difficulties that come their way. For experienced beekeepers like yourself the challenges become lessons that we add to our personal log, but for new beekeepers, it may be the reason for giving up. Keep up your struggles and continue with helping other beekeepers who you can use your assistance when they find themselves challenged beyond their scope of understanding. All the best to you in your challenges Joss, and thank you very much for your blessings. God's peace brother.
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@@JeffHorchoff 😅funny thing, I said the exact same thing to a new hobbyist I'm helping a couple of days ago🤣 just gotta work though the surprises and keep pushing through 👍👋 awesome 👍😃 this made my day😂
I know a little bit of how you feel 😢 so sorry for your loss I just lost a small colony don't know why? They were so nice not aggressive like my others
It's always unfortunate when we lose a hive, especially when it's one we are fond of. Thanks for watching. God's peace Ernie.
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Hello 👋 Mr. Ed.. thanks for your carisma and turning something positive of a death out.,, I believe if you would’ve fixed the first frame cone or cut it out they would continue building the next frame straight… a foundation strip may be the way… but since you said you go all the time to see it.. we need to check it inside
For sure, regular interior check ups could have headed the problem off. Hopefully the on the next hive in there I will do a better job. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Alec.
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That big beautiful hive 😭.
At least it gave up some of it's treasures for me. Still, sad to see it go. Safe travels brother. God's peace Shawn.
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now you no how i feel when i loss one up here in maine its hard not to loss some .and thet honey looked so good and god bless you all mr ed..
I'm very familiar with losing hives, but when it comes to my long hives, it take it a bit harder. The honey I was able to save really is great tasting and I will be enjoying it all year long now. Thank you for your blessing and for watching Terry. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
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Thanks for a fun video.
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Bonjour mr un grand merci pour tes conseils
De rien, et je vous remercie d'avoir pris le temps de regarder mes vidéos, j'apprécie vraiment que vous fassiez cela pour moi. Jusqu'au prochain, la paix de Dieu.
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Nice video again. Also happy belated birthday :-)
Thank you for my belated birthday wishes, and I'm delighted you enjoyed the video. Thank you for both of them, and until the next one, God's peace.
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So cool
Glad to hear you enjoyed watching the video, thank you very much for taking the time to do so. Until the next one, God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff np, thanks for giving us a look into 🐝
You’ve been as busy as a bee ❤
The life of a bee keeper is always one in motion...and I really like that part of it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Wow, look at those bees. The swarm is on. Wish you would box a comb with honey. YUM. They would be great gifts. God bless you for your work for God's bees.
I absolutely love my Layan's horizontal hive. I have a bad back and it is so much easier to deal with pulling individual frames instead of full boxes of honey. Starter strips at the top of the frames is definitely the way to go. I will live vicariously through this experience and make sure to not put in empty frames without the strip of foundation!
I will be adding an entire plastic foundation to these frames very soon, and that way, the next swarm that goes in there will have no problem building straight comb. Happy to bee here for you, and thanks so much for watching. God's peace Holly.
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Oh Mr Ed how heartbreaking to have a dead out in your brand new beautiful long hive. When the bee's went in they looked so good and a lot of them. Crazy how quick that changes. Due to your diligence of keeping an eye at least you were able to gain something back. That's a lot of honey for you both and lovely looking honey too. What do you plan to do with the wax as it's your personal hive? Will you use it for coating the frames? Also seeing how the bee's built their comb in the way they did will you add foundation next time round? Or see what happens next time round? Sorry for all the questions, I'm very new to watching bee keeping videos. I only became a subscriber to your channel within the last week and became a member today. Thank you so much for the way you deliver everything in a way that is educational 💜x
How awesome that you are a new subscriber and now the newest member to my channel, thank you very much for doing that for me. The wax will become just part of the collection I have already begun and most will be used for the foundations on the frames. Though the hive is mine personally, the only thing I want from it is the honey. I do plan on adding longer starter strips to keep the comb nice and neat. Again, thank you so much for becoming a member, and I look forward to hearing from you regularly. Until the next one, God's peace Ruth.
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Seems the bees didn't appreciate the divider in the middle of those frames. They just did their own thing right around it. They sure were some nice looking slabs though. I hope the next hive you get in there is just as strong. Thanks for sharing.
I plan on improving the frames before the next swarm is placed into the box, stay tuned for that video. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Well done ❤
Ah I guess you have hive beetle problem there pretty bad .
We don't have hive beetles here,
But we have wax moth problem here pretty bad
I just hate those wax moth ha..
So I can relate how you face those dirty hive beetles..
Despite what many beekeepers think, the wax moth does not kill a hive, rather, once a colony is sufficiently weakened and can no longer defend itself, the moth moves in and puts the hive to rest...just like an undertaker. However, hive beetles can take a strong colony and kill it by over running it with their larva destroying everything in the hive. Be thankful you do not have small hive beetles. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff 👍👍
That's going to be a pure crush and strain job.
Nothing like the feel of crushed honey comb running through your fingers and then getting to lick it off. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace
Your videos are always the highlight of my day. I love your channel bud. God bless and keep up the good work!!!
Circle of life in the beeyard. I used to be devastated when I lost a hive. Now, I’m disappointed but I can see the opportunity to recover and reuse all the resources left behind.
Thanks for the video.
True words spoken by a seasoned beekeeper, awesome! God's peace brother.
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So sorry about the hive! Nice to see you smiling through it all. Thank you for bringing us along and showing the ups, downs and everything in-between. ❤
In keeping bees, as in living life, there's good and bad, and the challenge in both of them is to never lose the joy that is in your heart. I'm so happy you are enjoying following along with my adventures...good or not so good. Thank you very much for watching and for your added support as well, it is appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace Shamirah.
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Happy Saturday Morning Mr Ed! It is always so enjoyable when there is another of your fine videos to be enjoying. Must be as enjoyable to watch as it is for you to make, even when you are on a solo journey as today. I have come to realize that you appear to be as happy as a lark when you are busy as your bees. That must be a wonderful meditation! These features sure do lead to looking forward to be watching more. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! -Bob...
Working bees, whether it is by myself or with others, is always a reason for joy, and to share that experience is why I post videos. Thank you for your kind words and for following along Bob. God's peace brother.
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If you put hooks in these wax icicles they would make a great Thanksgiving decoration. Ask the brothers if they can sell the wax icicles. They are so earthy and they would last forever.
I have several colonies with extra deep frames - I call them Texas deeps. I use a starter strip. It is critical that the hive be very level in the perpendicular direction of the frames. You should check that before replacing those frames. That's an unfortunate loss but a blessing that you found it before the beetles did. Take care.
Never considered the leveling of the hive but I will in the future. My question to you is how much honey comes from those Texas deeps. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff The Texas Deeps are still Langstroth hives. I used to run a deep and medium brood box, aka 1.5s. Now I am mostly single deep brood, but I also run some extra deep boxes that are essentially a deep and medium in one frame (Texas Deeps) I do not take honey from them. I place medium honey supers on top for the honey. I call it single deep brood management for dummies! 🤪 I do like that I have not had to feed any of the seven I have.
The LOrd always brings some good out of the bad if we'd just look for it. Jesus Weekend, Pal for you and Mona and you got honey for this winter! YAAY!
Horrible when that happens, but it does produce resources for a new hive.
That it does, and the circle of life continues. Thank you Larry, and God's peace brother.
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Maybe some video could you maybe go around and show us all the hives yous have on one video. not saying you have to lol.or mabe you can direct me on a past video you may have this. I love your videos your attitude you are a good soul. I love the melt videos the most lol. Thank you
With over 185 hives situated in 10 different bee yards it would be difficult to make just one video on that. Still, I will consider it. Thank you so much for you very kind words and know I appreciate all the time you spend watching my bee wrangling adventures. Until the next one, God's peace Ron.
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Bees just keep giving,,even after they die.
That they do, and the circle of life continues onward. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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The taste of that honey has to be so satisfying. All that work for that beautiful product. Awesome stuff.
Oh it is, and fresh from the comb doesn't get any sweeter! Thanks for watching. God's peace Thorne.
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Good morning
And a very good morning to you as well! Also, thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video. Until the next one, God's peace.
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When you took a bite of that comb, my mouth started salivating 😂. I would love to be able grab a chunk of some comb and just enjoy the moment. Love your videos sir!
There are just so many aspects of keeping bees that are fun, even when you encounter the death of a hive, which is why I share my experiences on my channel. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jerry.
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Crush n strain. That's my way. Like grandpa used to. And i do beleive it's a better tasting honey as well. Has much more waxy taste. God bless ❤❤❤
I know exactly what you are saying about the "waxy" taste as I love it as well. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace Evan.
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Good morning Professor Ed. Enjoy your lip-SMACKING honey with your coffee.
In my humble opinion, it's not coffee without the honey in it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bran.
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So when or if you put another hive in that horizontal box, will you put any starter strips to help the comb go more like you want? or would you just let it go that way again?
I am going to put plastic foundation in the space before the next hive goes in. If I do that, I know they will build straight comb. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joseph.
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Can you have a video of the process of CLEANING up the box and frames? What do you have to do to make it all usable again?
Sorry you lost what was a wonderful hive.
I spent almost 2 full weeks getting dead outs from our yards and cleaning them up and in all that time the thought of videoing it did not cross my mind. Probably because it is such a dirty distasteful job. Anyway, the next time I do it I will remember your request and show the really gross side of beekeeping. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching. God's peace Lori.
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Great 👍 video sry you lost that Hive till next year 😊. What's your thoughts on that kind of Hive. 😊
A real disappointment to lose this hive as long hives are my babies and I check on them regularly. And as far as my thoughts on horizontal hives, I think they are the perfect match for older beekeeper, young ones too, as they are so friendly to your back. Plus, as you saw, they can really make some honey for you. Thank you for watching and for your added support Brian. it is very much appreciated. God's peace brother.
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My buddy that has bees uses an old industrial stand mixer to get the honey done like that
I'd love to see how that process is done, sounds very interesting. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace June.
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He used a dough hook in a kitchenaid stand mixer to crush and the strained the honey.after cutting it out of the frames. His arthritis in his hands does not let him crush the comb. He might used other types of beaters but i have only seen it once.
Great video Jeff
Thanks Greg, and thanks so much for taking the time to watch it. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Good Morning🐝
Hi mr Ed
GM Jeff
And a very good morning to you as well Nancy. Hope you have a great week, and thanks so much for taking the time to watch. God's peace.
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Jeff, great video. I was wondering if the design of the horizontal hive reduces the hives ability to corral the hive beetles?
Not at all, the bees will corral them where ever they can regardless of the hive configuration. The problem is when the number of bees are reduced and the space in the hive becomes to large to patrol due to the lack of bees, the beetle is able to go unchecked. That's when the trouble really gets out of hand. Hope all is well, God's peace Tom.
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Ya it really is bad when we loooose a colony but we all know that is part of owning bees and we just do what we can to recover an make the best of a lose . Ya that sure was some thick comb . Hope you can get that hive up an ready to restart it next spring . Stay safe an have a good weekend. Thanks
After I get some foundation into those frames and put a new swarm into the box, it will be like it never happened. I can hardly wait. Thanks for watching. God's peace Kathy.
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Such a shame to see all those frames drawn wrong. I guess they decided it will be easier to ventilate with more passage...
I have a friend here in north Croatia that uses those hives. He wires the frames with inox wire really good and puts a triangle stick on the bottom of the top bar.. or a flat piece of wood in the channel.. and that's it. He said its all about having it leveled.. and the bees stick to the wire because they like something strong to attach the new comb. I seen it works for him... you can play a mandolin on his wired frames.
He went totally natural.. not wanting a starter strip to let them draw the size of cells they want from the top. And there's a difference.. our plastic or wax sheets we use here have a thickness that makes the center wall on a comb/ frames. He wants bees to draw comb like in nature.. without it. Now after 5-6 years he told me that the bees in those hives are smaller and build small cells in the center and bigger as they come to the corners of the frame.
I bet he too had a lot of problems making them draw at the start of it
One aspect of keeping bees that I love so much is the varied ways a beekeeper can go about to accomplish the same results, and it's always a benefit to learn from others their experiences and possibly use it to our own advantage. Great comment on your friends experience and I plan on doing something different with my frames over the next few month to get them ready for the new swarm that will be going into that hive. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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I know it’s your honey you said but the licking of the fingers and then touching it all just makes me queasy!
Sorry to make you fell uneasy, but growing up here in Louisiana and learning to cook with my mom and grand mom, tasting the food as it's prepared is part of it, and I'm sure that's where I picked up the habit. Thanks for watching. God's peace Gail.
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Those brood frames are good frames I would freeze them so you have existing frames to gt a new colony started in there
I had considered that, but the chances of the comb being lost to wax moths is very real. Besides, I want to add plastic foundation to the frames to give more support and order to the frames. Thanks for watching. God's peace Todd.
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Besouros gostam de colmeias em locais sombreados e úmidos.
Mudar a colônia para local mais ensolarado pode ajudar. Além disso, cal no chão abaixo do alvado vai fazer com que a larva do besouro morra desidratada antes de chegar à terra para se transformar em pupa.
Ainda pode ser pincelado óleo de girassol na caixa. Besouros não gostam de óleo de girassol.
Para nós, no sul da Louisiana, os besouros das colmeias são uma ameaça constante às nossas colmeias, desde que a colmeia esteja na sombra ou em pleno sol, simplesmente temos muitos deles. Quase todas as nossas colmeias ficam expostas à luz solar no início do dia, mas à medida que o sol nasce, porque coloco as nossas colmeias em frente às linhas das árvores, elas ficam à sombra das árvores à tarde. Eu sabia dos efeitos da cal abaixo das colmeias no que diz respeito a matar larvas de besouros, mas não sabia que o besouro não gosta de óleo de girassol, terei que tentar isso. Muito obrigado pela sua informação e por reservar um tempo para assistir ao meu vídeo. Até o próximo, a paz de Deus.
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Due to health issues, I was unable to get in my hives this summer. So for the first time I am facing deadouts, full of wax moths and a packed hive full of hive beetles. I am not sure where to start with trying to save as much of the wood ware, frames, honey etc. I have gotten diatomaceous earth, and a tub to bleach my hives. Do you have any more ideas, or could you please make a video of how you take care of dead out hives.
I do not bleach my dead outs. Rather I scrape them out using a hive tool and then let them air out over the winter. By the time spring is here, there is nothing alive in the box or equipment. It's dirty work, but very effective in getting the equipment back in working order. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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You could give the wax water to the bees.
That is exactly what I did. God's peace.
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Just a thought, maybe make an asmr video of you crushing the honeycombs 🤔🤔🧐🧐👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😅
I did one a while back, check out the link below. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Elena.
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them bees are a buzzin'
That they are, like a freight train rolling down the track. Thanks for watching...and listening. God's peace Lisa.
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@@JeffHorchoff life is good.
Wow, what type of bug killed your hive?
It may not have been a bug that killed the hive, it may in fact have been the failure of the queen for the reason of the hive's collapse. If the queen fails to lay eggs, and that was evident due to the absence of any brood in the hive, the number of bees decrease rapidly and this allows the opportunity of other insects to over run the colony and bring it down. However, had I not removed the comb and the honey, the small hive beetle would have taken all the comb and honey and turned it into a pile of slush. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Valerie.
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I have been watching for at least a year and never saw such devastating bugs moths or whatever flying around in your video. I finished watching and heard you say the queen seemed to have stopped caring for the hive did you find her alive it seems she probably died.
I don't have land and don't keep bees but I know how important they are and want to thank you and every beekeeper for the care you provide without bees we would have a real problem trying to survive.
Thanks Ed for this video, very informative and shows the art of beekeeping in lurid detail! Out of interest, what do you do with the bees wax?
You are very welcome Martin, showing the bad along with the good is only giving a realistic view point of keeping bees. It is a lot of work being a beekeeper, but I enjoy it all. The beeswax is used in the spring time and remelted and applied to plastic foundation for the bees to draw out and store honey in. I have several videos showing how I do this and the link below is just one of them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
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Good morning Mr.Ed, we had an early day yesterday and busy. We are up again with morning coffee and your video! Janet and I love your title. It is a lot of work you do!! Janet said, "Love to have some of your honey on her biscuits that are baking ." Yummmm, ya'll, have a wonderful weekend yeah hear!
Hello Mr Ed what is the music , or group , playing as you cut out the honey into the sieve please? I love it.
I get all my music for my videos from TH-cam's music library, and the song I used at that point was titled "Gold in them hills," glad to hear you enjoyed listening and watching. Until the next one. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff thank you so much for replying Jeff and I’m going to put that on my favourites for Spotify,. Bless you for that. I hope you haven’t suffered these awful hurricanes where you are. We have had plenty of rain in Gloucestershire, UK this autumn so I’m feeding my bees as there is nothing for them and they’re not flying. Harvest was ok and swarming wasn’t a problem in the summer although those girls did lead me a merry dance on a few occasions! Charles
Thank you
Great save. Some questions if i may.
Is it possible that the hive swarmed and went else where?
If the hive was without queen they/it knows to lay/make queen cells.
How does a colony know how many cells to make for new bees and the queen to lay egs in?
Thank you
No doubt it did swarm, abscond. It is one reason late season swarms are trouble, they come from a troubled hive and the trouble generally follows the swarm. If a colony is queen less, it is very doubtful it will swarm as the bees have no way to make a new queen. Generally, a queen less hive will stay in place and just fade away. My opinion, this hive had a viable queen, they absconded, and tried to make a go of it somewhere else. Unfortunately, if the queen was a poor layer like this one, as it was evident by the lack of brood in the comb, this hive is probably doomed no matter where it went. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Thanks for these real beekeeping videos. I appreciate that you show it like it is, although I disagree with your hands-off style since I believe animal husbandry, which is the basic work of beekeeping, requires a level of care that avoids the pain and death of the bees. The spoils of the harvest are nice to see, but I'm back to my original question when you harvested these bees - would they have been better off left in that open field high in the tree.
Because I was asked by the homeowner to remove the bees from the tree due to issues with the bees and cows, they were relocated. As my approach to keeping bees is a hands off one, and certainly the bees in their original location had no human intervention, who is to say had they not been relocated and left were they were that they would have suffered the same fate? Thanks for you opinion and for watching. God's peace William.
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Love ur video's Mr.Ed, you are some kind of wonderful!! Ms. Mona is a very blessed lady to have u!! God bless your family and you bees too.
Hello again Mr Ed. I noticed your follower board in your layens hive was partially screened. I have seen you do splits with a double screen board between your langstroth hives...do you suppose you could do a split in your layens hive with the screened follower board? Hope my question makes sense. Really do enjoy your teaching...it is always so interesting. Thanks for all you do and God Bless!
I never thought about doing a split in the Layen's hive, but it may actually work using the board. That being the case, I still would not split this hive. God's peace Tom.
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I have a question about the color of comb the black vs the lighter color comb.
Does the honey taste different between the 2 different colors. And why is one comb black while the other is lighter brown
The darker comb was comb that had brood laid in it whereas the light colored comb was where honey was stored. The reason the comb is dark is inside of the cell there is now a cocoon from where the larva developed into a bee. Thanks for watching. God's peace James.
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I have fancied one of the long hives for a while now, the trouble is the UK suppliers are asking silly money for them and so I will have to build one myself.
I haven't had any dead outs this year, in fact quite the opposite as all of my colonies have become super colonies producing record honey harvests and splits, and for the first time I had to loan a seperator from my bee club as mine is only a manual 4 frame unit and the extraction work would have got on top of me had I not got another one in and employed some of the older kids in the extended family to help me out.
I retired recently but my bees are taking up lots of my time now, I have to decide whether I have a self financing hobby or a small business.
I cant crush comb by hand without the nitrile gloves, it doesn't feel nice to me.
I have loads of wax stored in vacuum sealed sacks that need to be rendered, that's another job I need to get done as its costing me money buying more vacuum sacks, I need to increase the size and proficiancy of my rendering kit though in order to save some time.
I built this hive for way less than a full set up Langstroth, and I highly recommend them for beekeepers with back issues. Congratulations on the work you got your bees to do, you are certainly headed for an increase in honey production, best wishes for your adventure. Thanks for watching. God's peace Andrew.
Mr. Ed
I hope they made a new home somewhere
As do I. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
What a shame to have lost the bees when they had obviously been working so hard. Those honey stores were quite amazing, but if there was a Queen issue, which the lack of brood suggests, I wonder why they didn't create a new one. Is that normal is such a big hive, or do you think they could have swarmed too, thus leaving the rest too small to defend such a large area? I do like that the other bees work as clean up crew lol
For me, the lack of any brood in the hive indicates a queen issue. As to why she had not been replaced prior to it getting to the point of no return, the bees are the only ones that can answer that, but I can assure you, there are a hundred possibilities. Thanks for watching. God's peace Suzanne.
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Yum😮😊
If you put those beetle infested frames out by the chickens, would the chickens eat all the beetles and larva?
Yes they would, but they would also destroy all the wax and I really do want to save the wax. Thanks for watching. God's peace John.
Mr. Ed
are there any products on the market that can get rid of hive beetles but leave the bees unharmed?
There are quite a few beetle traps available on the market. Still, I think the best defense against them is a strong hive. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Hello Mr Ed!! Can you not treat the beetles?? Or are you organic?
That squeezing looks so therapeutic
There are ways to fight the beetles, but I choose to let the bees handle that for themselves. In my way of thinking, if the genetics of the bees are correct, they should be able to control them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kasie.
Mr. Ed
Wondering why you didn't save those good drawn out comb frames (by freezing them) so you have a few drawn comb frames for the Layen hive next time you have a cutout or swarm to install? Also where did you get those round filter trays?
I really wanted to start over again with the frames. Yes, I could have saved some of them had I stored them in the freezer, but the size of the frames made that difficult for my small freezer. Besides, the next swarm that goes in there will have some nice plastic foundation with wax on it for them to draw out. The filter trays are easily found at most bee supply stores. Thanks for watching. God's peace Nancy.
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I hear bees😮
Like a train coming down the track. God's peace Linda.
Mr. Ed
Do you bring home bees wax fro your wife to wax her quilting thread?
If she asked me I would, but she has never asked. Thanks for watching. mGod's peace.
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Mr.Ed, I heard a funny joke. What do you call bees that like milk ? BooBEES. !! 😅
Mr. Ed, I'm going to get into bee keeping sometime within the next year. I want to build a horizontal beehive. I'm thinking about making it 6 or 8ft long hive. Its going to be 1 hive that can just grow and grow. Is there such a thing as too big?
In my opinion yes, it can be to big. A hive that will hold 30 frames is all you would ever need in a horizontal hive, it would be unusual for the bees to need more than that. I do think a horizontal hive is a great hive for beekeepers who only want a few hives, you will get all the honey you will ever need from them, and it is a joy to work. I plan on doing a video on horizontal hives VERY soon, stay tuned. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Is there any difference in success rate between a horizontal hive and traditional bee boxes, or is it just personal preference? If I start keeping bees, I like the accessability of the horizontal one. It just looks easier for someone with a questionable back like me.
It is a personal choice. However, if you are considering becoming a beekeeper, I would strongly suggest looking into horizontal hives. Personally, if you are going to have just a few hives, this is the type of hive I would use, they are very back friendly. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joe.
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