Hurricane Michael Leaves Flow Hive Dry
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My son and I got to stop in and spend some time with fellow beekeeper Marcus Hill on our way home from working hurricane Michael damage claims in North and South Carolina in October of 2018. This is a little bit of our visit. We had a great time with a great host and his family. Thanks so much Marc for putting us up and feeding us. We were truly blessed and the steaks were awesome.
Marc has some pretty interesting observation hives, one of which I got to add my signature to. We went through several hives including his Flow hive just to do some quick inspections and look at the health of the bees. This was shortly after Hurricane Michael and a lot of the vegetation that would have been blooming was pretty beaten up so the bees were lagging on building up for winter. This left the flow hive dry as well as a couple of others. The bees all looked really good though and he was starting feeding to get them built up through the fall of the year. Marc Hill beekeeping TH-cam channel link: / @marchill1837
When we left Marc's place we went and spent some time visiting with the Fisher brothers at their camp before leaving North Carolina For Mississippi. We did a little fishing a little eating and a lot of cutting up. Derek has a video of our fishing trip on is channel. Here is the link to Derek Fisher's channel Mr Shaky Head: / @mr.shakyhead5878
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WoW! You made me out to NOT be the country Hick That I am. Update fed the flow hive and they exploded. Still did not draw out the flow frames. The observation hive did better but absconded. Put in a fresh swarm and they have it JAM packed now. This video was in October 2018 and currently I have given away 8 Nucs from these hives. I like to help new bee keepers. I am not in it for the money. For those that wish to host Randy and son for an over night visit. He is great and very polite. It will be worth the ribeyes you feed him. Incidentally he did not eat as much as expected. He wanted to keep his girlish figure. Randy you and yours are always welcome to stay over for several days if you desire. I am all about learning so comments are welcome. My rant for the year is never ever remove the entrance reducer all of the way. I have seen too many get robbed all the way out. I do use screened bottom boards year round. This year has been really good for bees in South Eastern NC. I will read through the comments later and do some commenting and answer any questions you want to ask. My link as posted By the Rooster is. th-cam.com/channels/54QxGHBGi4VX8pQ_587UwA.html Stop by and learn as I learn.
Thanks for the hosting the video Marc! It was fun to see you guys hanging out and having fun. Great to put a face with the name.
Just one suggestion....try and clear the bees from the edges of the bottom box when you stack...really made me cringe @11:45 when you mashed a bunch.....
Other than that, congrats on making it through the hurricane!
Enjoyed seeing another beekeepers work.
Could use a little help getting started myself. Disabled and on a fixed income. Trying to start a couple hives but cost makes it a bit hard on me. Pre ordering bees plus equip tools and gear. Prices on packages and nucs locally for me are high. Would be nice if I could get started a bit cheaper.
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Enjoyed this video Dirt, been so busy took me 2 days to finally watch it.
I would break those first few hives down, can always add another box later but they had way too much space for the few bees inhabiting the set ups.
I haven’t gotten a drop of goldenrod honey in like 3 years!
And it’s my favorite honey by far. No one I know has been getting any either, very strange indeed.
Loved the bat houses. Remind me to tell you my 300 bat story unless I already did which I’d tell you again anyway, lol.
Mark seems like a good dude & I believe he’d make a great host for a bee gathering. Lots going on, lots to do at his place it seems.
Later Dirt, later Mark, good show you guys. 🤘🐝
I’m scared shitless of bees but for some strange reason I can’t stop watching your videos! They’re fascinating and very entertaining lol. Thanks for all your hard work! 🙌🏻
You make me want to start beekeeping!!
That was a little different.
I enjoyed this!!
You have a great group of people leaving comments here Rooster. Life is good. Thank you for another interesting video! Happy Memorial day to you and your family.
I hope y'all had a great Memorial day. We do get a lot of good support in here and I want to thank you for being a regular part of that.
@@628DirtRooster
Aw, that is nice of you to say. I thank you for your videos. I used to be terrified of bees. Now I find them to be beautiful, fascinating creatures. And your gentle humor has brought me a lot of smiles. So thanks. You make them and I will keep watching.
Love this video. It was great to put a face with the OkieRob handle from the dirt rooster board. Thanks for sharing your bees with us.
Damn that’s a hello hive idea!!! Can’t wait to see the finished product!
I like the 'observation hive' idea! I sit outside beside the hive that a friend has set up in our yard. So entertaining. I have never been stung...yet😉
One of the best TH-cam Channels I follow! If I haven’t watched you or Mr. Ed at least once a day then I feel like I’m behind on my favorite shows!
Thanks so much for the support.
Hi from North Carolina thanks for the video
Hi Jennifer
Happy holidays!! Luv ya channel!!! I’ve learned so much wish I could start beekeeping . God bless
I tried 2 name brand flowhives for two seasons... The bees hated it but the hive beetles loved it. I called it my hive beetle condo. I stopped torturing my bees and no long waste their time. The best thing the flowhives are good for are introducing folks into the love of bees minus the honey, I love hobby beekeeping (in my Langstroth hives).
Rooster! Pink was a male color a great deal longer before it was a female color. Hell blue used to be the sign of purity for women.
I got to build me an observation hive; been wanting to do that for a long time now; interesting video; dude's a thinker; those bees were nice and gentle
Fun with Michael.
Great video as always, However the flow frames were not closed properly.
that's what I thought the moment I saw them.
Yep, those definitely didn't look closed.
Hello Randy I do not know anything about the flow hive but I have heard people say do some reason it takes a majorly strong colony on those colonies
Yet another informative video filled with great content! Thank you for all the work you put into your videos! 👍🙂
Hello Randy, it was nice of you to give Mark a hand, thanks for the video! Mark, thanks for letting us see your bees! Very interesting shelf observation hives.
Hey guys, if you take our your flow frames, paint them with melted wax and drip some honey on it or sugar water, they will start on that right away.
Requeen and try and move your hive into more sunlight. That always worked for me.
Are you telling me that they are getting bald after they lose their peach fuzz??? Lol!!
The flow hives are open. You need to close them.
I will double check them
They looked open to me too
How do you name and keep records of queen progeny / succession etc?
Man thats a pretty old dirt bike!
Cells where not strait through that window no wonder they ain't used it
Hello DirtRooster. Greetings from Paris. Really interesting video. Now I know how to tell a young bee from an old one and I've seen inside a flow hive. Nice to meet Marc. I sometimes see bats here in Paris in summer at dusk.
Well rooster .. I have but got to get it togather and painted and setup.. trying to figure out who I can get to help me put it togather
Out of Topic question,when a beehieve swarm does the old queen leaves or the new ones ? And if the old queen leaves ,why we never found marked queens in new swarms ? ( honest question)
At 1:04 the flow hive frames are not closed propperly.
I will double check them
I was thinking the same thing. Did not look like it was right.
That’s the first thing I thought too when I seen that window ... certainly not closed .
I thought that too
i have same hive. my bees haven't done anything with mine either?
He lifted the box and then squished the bees when they got out, probably riled them up bad. and stung him.
When I was young you could by bees from Sears.
I can see by this video that you did not add the steel bottom ruler to keep the back of the flow frame where bees cannot get out. Also, a tip for you. If you melt was and paint it on the flow frames, sprinkle some of the bees honey on it afterwards, they take to it immediately.
Have you experimented with traditional Japanese bee keeping? It seems like an easier way to start beekeeping. They let the bee do all the work.
OK, so a lot late to the party (like 4 years too late 🤣) but it appears that the metal strip is missing from the bottom backend of the Flow box.
Those frames are open
I will double check them
thank you... i'm like... that is not how hexagons look. ;p
I would like to know why the Flow Hive was drained though. I've been seeing quite a few videos about those hives not being all that great, especially since they cost a lot more too.
Kind of unrelated Question but how do you dispose of honey that you got from a cut out that’s been poisoned
just watched one of roosters where they were poisoned. his words were, "since this honey is poisoned, it's going in the trash."
Chinese copy of the Flow Hive, does have issues at times, Also the hive is not strong to move up to that Super.
yep fake flowhive for sure i agree.
Yes its chinese knok off but they works same, as I have seen in some videos because bees don't say oh its chinese and we won't work in it 😁🤣 there is some other technical reason as one of you memtioned
Seems like he has to many boxes on there for the amout of bees there are in the flow hive.
Try melting some bees wax and paint it onto the flow frame with a paint roller to get the bees to accept them.
That cedar observation hive was really nice
628DirtRooster, are you ok, as I haven't seen you on here this week
I'm tired and dehydrated and could use a good meal. lol
Hi guys! I've been watching flowhive videos by Frederick DUnn for years at 01:25 you are showing something that is a knock off and not a real flowhive. do you think that's why the bees are not using it? he says not to trust the nock offs because the companies don't take respnosibility for the materials. jsut my opinion observation LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! That's a fake though.
i can not speak to the authenticity of the hive, but i can say the the craftsmanship and quality of those combs is terrible. they should at least be even and match up to function correctly. these are not. the top 3rd looks mostly and totally closed, while the rest is definitely open. this guy should ask for a refund. it will not function with that kind of comb
which brand is the honey flow hive?
Chinese knock off
If you ain't first you're last!!!!
Randy what is the black plastic thing he mashed on the top frame what is that for
That's an oil trap for catching small hive beetles.
Would you not put the empty box in the middle?
Btw, where can I get feeders like that?
Quart jar small mouth, order quail water and cut nylon rope then melt the ends and press them together. No drowning.
Bees doing real good here in Georgia
They need some food start feeding them
Best way to start the week off!!!
You need to remove one of those brood hives. Just use one hive, queen excluded and the flow hive super. You do not have enough bees to go up and fill the flow frames also how vibrant is your nectar flow? Did you feed them? The flow frames are open, close them properly so the bees can draw out the combs. You are also missi g the metal plate at the front of the frames that seal the base of the flow hive box. Ants and bugs will get in easy and the bees will propolis it shut.
I have a question about this guy that has the bat houses. Is he a ham radio operator and if so what is his call sign. That tower his bat houses are on looks like my dad's. My dad who passed away Nov 2018 was a ham for over 40 yrs and we have a 75 ft tower in our back yard. Lol he would have gone taller if Ellington Air Force Base would have let him. Our house is across the street from the runway and the jets come in so low you can see the helmets on the pilots. My dad loved to fly and he got his pilots license when he was 16. His idea of a date was to take mom to watch planes land and take off. Lol Anyway great video as always.
I like your 1977 Kawasaki KO 125 CiCi's or is it a 175 cc's
Thanks for the "October 2018" info in the video! For a few minutes there I was like... Hurricane!?! Is there one coming!?! Wth? Hurricanes on the gulf... Is a way of life! LoL Enjoyed this one! Peace
Woah, that's the second 1974'ish Honda 120 2-stroke motorcycle I've seen in a video today, the other was in Utah. What are the odds?
I've had that bike since i was about 13 yrs old. I'm 55 now. It was a lot more bike when i was young, feels like a toy now,
Miss your daddy on the videos love your videos tho ✝️
Thank God he's still around. Just not doing all that good.
I'm so sorry to hear that. I do miss seeing him 🙏
STEAK
Them bees are gonna jump you
All that bike noise
RoTF
Where at in NC, that’s where I am. I am trying to get my life sorted so I will have time for a hive or two. Thanks for all your advice dirt rooster.
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K, I’m in eastern nc you must be out west
@@Highstranger951 Nope SE North Carolina Send Rain Ya"ll
Marc Hill I was thinking morehead but the INTERNET says Columbus county. I’m in Greenville. Just waving neighbor
Mark did good and you could stuff Mr. Ed in any observation hive there with ease. He said yall are neck and neck in swarm catches. This is getting INTERESTING! HI to Mrs. and Pop and Bro and Happy Memorial Day and BACON 4 U!!!
We are one apart. It’s a close race.
@@628DirtRooster WOW , YEAH!
hey rooster if you want a laugh go over to tenn. bees guy had mated queens in his pocket and a swarm landed on his leg
Thanks guys.
You are talking golden rod is this old video?
Oct 2018
All I wanted to do today was edit the second coolest video ever made and then this gets released. I needed a creative break anyhow. And I think is time to check on the ribs. Hey Okie Rob......get a bucket for that head before you go all Humpty Dumpty on us....
Yea I have been looking for one
afternoon another great vid always learning something hi mark
Hi David Hope it was fun.
@@marchill1837 it was i love the idea of the observation hive
How does one determine that a colony is "acting queenless"?
They are very runny, moving very quickly. They also have a roaring sound to them.
Nice video!! I think if you put a coat of wax on that honey frames, the bees will work that honey frames faster!!
Hey I know that guy
We haven't had a hurricane but still don't seem to be getting the normal spring flow.
I buy pink stuff so that if I use it in public they don't "walk off". This guy has lots of hobbies. Looks like he's into ham radio as well.
He is
628DirtRooster Bees Yeah. Most people wouldn’t put up an antenna just for bats.🙄
Have 2 flow hive....bees never stored honey in them.,so I took them off
Yet another cool video! Interesting dilemma(s) that your friend is facing. I'd love to know reasons, solutions, etc., when it all gets figured out. A bit of a puzzle, that. BTW, young fella, you do appear to have lost a sh**-ton of weight!! Looking good...and looking healthy!! Good for you! :-)
Hey I think your channel is great I subbed about 2 years ago I wanna guess but do you know how I could get my own bees I’m from Mississippi as well or I got my facts wrong and you aren’t from Mississippi but could you help me out and help me get into bees
You are sadly mistaken. Randy is from Gulfport Miss. area and you should contact him on 628dirtrooster.com. Bees are hard to get in some places this year and I am having trouble getting hives. I had to scrape the barrel to find a queen, but I found one and she went straight to work. But nuks well I seem to have started late cause I am not finding any.
I no longer eat sugar or honey but I really enjoy watching your vids (when they tell me I can't drink beer I will probably be 100% Spiritual vids) until then TY DirtRooster
How can you tell from a honey bee to an African honey bee?
Ask to see her passport.
If they are Africanized you will know by the aggressive nature of them. European are pretty chill.
@@stanpatterson5033 , that's if the accent doesn't give it away.......
In all truthfulness you can't tell any physical difference, but from my understanding the Africanized bees are slightly smaller and it takes a laboratory with specialized measuring equipment to make the determination.
John cougar sang about pink houses...
They sell bat houses at the grocery store by my house now.
That's not a real Flowhive, it's a cheap Chinese knockoff
Bees dosent say oh its chinese so we won't work in it . I have seen videos of both and they works same , in chinese version there could be minor issues like gaps or somthing like thst which were also in original flow hive 1 as well, here seems like they add super earlier or any other reason but obviously not that its chinese and not original
Storm season can "bee" terrible. I've had high wind, thunderstorms, my near area didn't get anything terrible, but going to town, there's damage, tree related. One got ripped off it's roots.
Thats the knock off, Auto Flow Hive. It's not the Flow Hive.
Up here in Illinois all I have to do is light a smoker and by the time I'm suited up it went from sunny to cloudy and about to rain.
The one I went thru and split today was angry. Either just swarmed or about to.
Hurricane Michael left my kitchen and living room wet. Look around your yard for my roof and garage please.
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I’ve ran cordovan breeders and made several hundred daughters off of them and they are beautiful and they made beautiful brood, but simply wouldn’t work .... just my observation
Good Videos
I have a cordovan cross, it's my strongest hive. I have 3 queens coming from Koehnen's this week, I'm anxious to see how they do.
You say these were cordovans?
Yes
Anybody here speak English?
Nope.....only Southern.
@@dabprod4962 that has to be in the top three answers.
hard t hear really low
Steak! Come on down brother lol
Boost em with paddies and sugar water??
Would Bees be attracted to a glass of Lemoncello?
Busy as a bee.
Yes sir! Always.
I had no luck with my flow hive. They never would work it. Took it off.
before installing the flow super, the broodbox need to be jammed packed. It helps tapping the flowframes with a chunk of wax tha contains some pollen and honey.
Steak in Ohio all ya can eat brother lol
That's your problem u robbing them down to much
Marc has no videos.
Do you have neighbor burning garage much smoke eat surplus