Bee Hive DIY! Our Very First Hive Setup And Build!
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We are brand new bee keepers and got our fist Nuc a few months ago. It's was cold so there wasn't much activity but they are thriving now. Lots to learn!!!!
Very cool!
I'm getting ready to build one myself. I'm a cabinet maker and I've always wanted to do this. But I think I'll make mine like a disco, and call it the Bee gees hive? 😂😂😂
I just got my hive yesterday but was so sick I didn’t open it yet but started thinking of all these questions, I was totally going to set it up wrong I’m so glad I found your channel. New sub ❤
Glad I could help!
Glad to see you going with bees.
Just a few observations:
1) We in Coastal South benefit from a screened bottom board. Every bit of ventilation helps. Ditch the solid bottom.
You aren't so far north to be overly concerned about deep freeze issues. .
Also consider a screened top for July, Aug Sept. Remember how horridly hot it gets? Prop the cover up a smidge to facilitate air flow.You can always put a solid on at last autumn hive treatment for varroa
2) use a plastic pan beneath the screened bottom board. Available at most bee supply companies (eg Dadant). Apply a THIN layer of unused cooking oil in pan This traps and drowns any mites that fall from bees when the groom. Remember to check it and clean/replace as needed.
Some bee strains are FAR more fastidious and really groom themselves and colony mates. This dislodges mites. Consider buying bees from "hygienic" stock.
3) skip the wax coated boxes. Price is too high. Just use a sealer on the finger joints. Paint exteriors with "Big Box store" light hued returned paints. Cheap & colorful.
Worried about "drift"? Bees don't recognize colors so much, they recognize patterns. Paint *SIMPLE* patterns on front. A simple horizontal, vertical or angled line in a contrasting color works. Even large single "dots" at corners is enough.
4) write your name/apiary # on couple areas of INTERIOR. Also on frames
Too many thieves out there.
5) Plasticell foundation has seldom worked for me. My bees hated it and made them "fussy". You really need to cram the bees in to induce drawing cells on plastic in my experience. Go natural wax. You need to replace brood foundation every 3 years or so to reduce possible pathogen load anyway. Impossible to clean Plasticell.
YMMV.
6) in future consider medium sized *brood* boxes. Bees down here don't have to have as much winter stores. They will start foraging for willow pollen in Feb. so be ready to add another brood box.
Plus, lifting 100+ lb brood boxes from stooped position gets old, real quick. (See #1 above about July, Aug Sept😣)
Save your back. Use mediums.
So much more but I'll leave it there...
Good luck
Thank you for the advice and info dump Will.
Super cool, I’ve been practicing regenerative farming for 2 years and got into bees few months ago and never looked back lol! So on the jacket I recommend a ventilated jacket unless you are cold up there. I also recommend at least rubber gloves as the pheromones on your hand can make the bees sting you as well. 8 frame is more side liner and 10 is more commercial. They both work great but it’s personal preference and depends how often you wanna maintain your bees. Smaller the space the quicker they wanna awake due to no room. 5 frame boxes are normally nucs but people do 5frame bee keeping as the bees are looking for a box with those exact dimensions. More maintenance the smaller the box but the bees love a tight space to control hive beetle and robbing. The trey under the screen bottom board is for mites but you only put it in when you treat for mites. The rest of the time you should leave it out for airflow and to allow hive beetles, mites, ants, wax capping and more to drop on the ground and not get trapped on the bottom of the hive. Solid bottom is nice but will hold water at time, so I would drill a tiny hole or at least lean the hives towards the front alittle.
Much love and I’m super happy to see you get into bees! I’m registered in the state of flordia and I do beekeeping full time now. Rescues, honey production, breeding, pollination and much more. My Instagram is masonbaumel where I have some content as well!
That is awesome. Thanks for the suggestions!!
How exciting! I'm gonna watch this & read all the comments.
Thanks for explaining the hive so well. Most of these things made no real sense just looking at them. Thanks so much! Godspeed.
You're welcome
There are a lot of good youtubers. Bob Binnie, kamon reynolds are two I watch alot. They are a treasure trove of good info. As well as David Burns.
Thank you
Very informative video! Thanks for the information. I had bees twice before. The first hive I lost to varroa mites. The second hive I put a shop towel treated with oxalic acid in the hive, and put a strip of cedar along the entrance. I did not have too many problems with mites and other pests, but the hive was not large enough, and the bees, although very active and prolific, could not store enough honey and starved to death in the winter. It was a top-bar hive. I hope to have bees again this next spring, and will go with the traditional Langstroth hive, because it's "expandable" with honey supers.
You're welcome. Sorry to hear about your other hives. Hope you can get them going again.
You can use wax for lotions and moisturizing as well
I want to start bees, I didn't think fall was when you were suppose to do it. Thanks for the info. 👍🏼 Have a great Texas day!
I didn't put the bees in them yet. That will be in the spring.
You want to get your infrastructure set up before you get your bees in spring. Now is a good time of year to purchase what you need, read up, and prepare for when your bees arrive.
@@coldhaven1233 Thank you!
Spring will be really hard to follow them... Actually autumn is a good season to start...
Awesome video! The hives look great.
We've been diving deep into bee keeping research over the last year. The Honeystead on youtube is a really good channel. Kaylee really knows her stuff on bee keeping & hives. Lots of really good information.
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.
👍 Interesting, I thought about bee hives but not sure yet. Thank you for the great video as usual 🤩
You're welcome
I would guess the reason that box came with 5 frames is that they were expecting you to buy a nuc, wich is a pre started colony that comes with a queen, bees, and 5 filled out frames
Yep. I didn't know it at the time because I was buying full hive/colonies with 8 frames of brood and honey along with a frame feeder.
The reason the 10 frame box came with just 5 frames is that it was sold with the idea that you would start with a nucleous colony. Many people buy their bees this way. you get a little cardboard or plastic box with 5 frames of brood and resources, bees and a queen. You would install them by transferring the nuc frames with the bees and all into your full sized hive. this would then leave you with a full hive with all 10 frames and plenty of room for the colony to expand and grow. something they can do surprisingly quickly.
I started with langstroph hives 6 years ago and then found Les Crowder and his use of topbar hived. Wish i started out with them, not as expensive and will never buy bees again. Got 4 swarms this year alone. I am treatment free with my bees.
Cool
Great info Eric,
We want to get hives here but have no way of keeping them alive during our cold (0-25 degree) winter months.
My wife’s family farm in MT (10K acres) has a deal with a man who has several hives.
During the summer he sets his hives around their property . Before it gets too cold he pulls up with his semi truck and loads the hives and takes them to CA for the winter.
His payment to my in-laws is giving them 20 gallons of honey a year.
Either Sharelle’s parents come here to WA or we go to MT every year. We then get 5 gallons of honey from them.
We buy a calf and 2 pigs every year and they are raised on the farm.
Our of those 3 animals, we get 1 pig and 1/2 a beef every year for our meat. It’s a cheap way for us to get farm raised meat and the other pig and 1/2 beef are given back to her family for our payment. It’s a win win for all of us.
Because our property is mountainous and we have mtn lions, we can’t raise chickens.
Cool, thanks for sharing Doc.
I have friends in Nebraska and Michigan who keep bees and have no issues with the cold. They don't transport them anywhere in the winter. I think you could do it with no issues where you are at.
@@CountryLivingExperience Thanks, I’ll look into it.
I so want to do this.
You should.
It came with 5 frames because a Nuc that you would buy has 5 frames and that makes 10 frames. It is only an opinion which size hive is best. 5 frame Nuc's build up fast and can also be stacked for fast brood build up. 8 frames weigh less but if you use a frame feeder then you only have 6 frames in that box. 10 frame hives are the most used for most beekeepers. It's only an opinion and what one needs that determines the size that fits best
Paint the boxs, all of them aswell as lids and bottom boards. Spacing is personal choice, I have mine less than a foot apart. I have a bunch of colors so not a issue. Keep them out of the shade to keep hive beetles down. How far away is water? Also join a local beeclub they will help you learn your area. When are you getting yours bees, im guessing in the spring?
Thank you for sharing your insight. Do you get any drift having your hives that close? Water is not far. Neighbors pond is about 1/8 of a mile.
Yes, I am getting them in the spring.
@@CountryLivingExperience Spring is the best time to start. Not really any drift, bees are really good at finding their own house. My boxs are not all the same, some are striped some have dots. Blue, yellow white with stuff on them. I use mostly white on 1 box and decorate the other because I run double deep 10 frame. You will have too many swarms with single deep unless you have the time to inspect them often and make splits. Ive been doing beekeeping for 5 years now, made lots of mistakes over that time. The big one is not treating the bees when needed and not feeding when needed.
I appreciate the heads up.
I had bees in the Midwest. From what I remember you shouldn't stack on a new box until the first one is 70% full.
Good info
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Never heard that 8 frames are better than 10
We have some leftover lumber that’s been pressure treated and I want to use that since it all came with the house and I’m curious if it matters how the wood for the hives are treated
I don't think pressure treated is good for bees. The chemicals they use are harsh.
@@CountryLivingExperience do you think i could treat untreated wood with beeswax also quick query since the natural bee growth pattern is downward and we force them to grow upwards why dont we put the hive at the top and force them to grow the direction they naturally do would that work
What town are you in? I'm in La Grange, TX. Your land looks a lot like mine😊
We are near Tyler
Hey, I know this is old.. but I just got my first two hives. I put together all the boxes and stacked them without the frames.. what holds the boxes together? Right now they just slide pretty easy. Once I put the frames in will it help hold them?
Essentially the weight of everything will hold them down. They just stack on top of one another. To prevent predators from lifting the top lid, I put a concrete block on top.
@@CountryLivingExperience awesome… Thank you very much! I couldn’t find it anywhere I looked. Thanks for everything!
It’s been a year. How the hives going brother. Looking to get into it here in Arkansas.
Hello. We did a few update videos on them last year. Go check them out. The bees died from a mite infestation.
They keep talking about the "AG exemption" here in Texas, but I have had no luck trying to apply for one, and after asking (even at the extension office) and this place is a sorry place, because I have yet to get any assistance with it. I tried to apply once and it was the wrong freaking place. 😭
All the regulations are on this webpage....txbeeinspection.tamu.edu/regulations/ Just fill out the application and then call your Tax office and give them the Apiary number you were assigned from Texas A&M
Does bee hive must buy queen to start with ?
A colony have a queen and worker bees together. You have to start with that.
Do you have to put anything on or in the beehive to attract the bees
No. I buy the bees from a bee farm. See this video here......th-cam.com/video/BitCRx98hyQ/w-d-xo.html
@@CountryLivingExperience Thanks from southeast Texas
So, where did you get your hives? I've been looking at several places, but I don't remember seeing the wax-rubbed ones.
The links are in the video description below the video.
@@CountryLivingExperience I looked and didn't see them. I'll look again, thanks.
Frederick Dunn youtube channel is a great resource.
Awesome. Thank you
Look up Honeystead youtubes and Kamon Reynolds TH-cam videos.
Man, I've got bees I don't even want in a hollow cedar next to my driveway
The main entrance is right there on the ground, apparently nothing around here likes to snack on bees
Maybe the yard cats are keeping Critters away from them
The crazy thing is I contacted beekeeper who does removal, and he decided they were carpenter bees (they aren't) and declined to try to relocate them
Can you try to find another beekeeper?
@@CountryLivingExperience I can try, if I can ever find the guy that gave me the first guy's #
I live in a bitty unincorporated township near El campo, so it's word of mouth around here
Ah, I understand.
If you haven’t yet, check out crazy Russia hacker, he resides in North Carolina and has a whole series on bee keeping.
Yep. I have seen his stuff before.