Natural Beekeeping That Works with Dr. Leo Sharashkin

Dr. Leo Sharashkin of Horizontal Hive discusses forest beekeeping in the Ozarks. This is session 3 of 5 from the 2021 LORC Virtual Field Day.
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[@enesztiwebdesign]

Thank you for this video! I am a beginner beekeeper. Now I've learned a lot. :)

[@isabelladavis1363]

Wonderful what you have done for Gods hardest workers Dr Leo...thank you for caring and sharing your knowledge to enhance the people of the world ...let’s pray it’s not too late..

[@pmlm1571]

Love Dr. Leo! His bees are happy!

[@harryvangrieken6950]

Thank you. I am starting with my first hive this Spring. Excited to learn more.!

[@crocket]

Wonderful presentation. Thank you.

[@Halbees]

Hello Dr Leo, do your books talk about how much honey we can rob from a hive without causing them to starve?

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

GREAT tutorial. 🐝

[@pomajonmahathath4624]

Thank you for this video, always enjoyed Dr. Leo talks.

[@aliciavalentyn5889]

Awesome

[@gordonspond]

I have been a beekeeper for 10 years. I never treated.
I catch as many wild swarms as possible.
I don't even know what kind my bees are, because they're probably a mix of all kinds of different subspecies... and I don't care.
When I first started and bought bees, I had 50 to 75% losses annually.
Now (2024) my losses are 15 to 20% and my colonies are stronger than ever.

[@melbetology]

Sweet!

[@russellrains4877]

Just wondering on how you control the size of the brood nest in the Layens Horizontal hive or do you just keep adding frames and allow the bees to control the size of the brood nest.
Russell

[@MizzouAgroforestry]

Russell, thank you for your comment. We will need to reach out to Dr. Sharashkin for more information on his topic. You can find his contact information on this website: horizontalhive.com/email-website-sharashkin/contact-sharashkin-lazutin.shtml

[@bryancosten7184]

Russel, in my experience, I've noticed that the brood nest expands through most of the summer. I add frames as needed. Usually 2 at a time. Then what happens between Labor Day(first Monday of Sept) and harvest time; 4 - 6 weeks later, the brood nest normally mostly transforms into honey storage. Any of the brood is always at one end of the hive and usually just a frame or two. Most years I leave my bees 5 or 6 frames to make it through the winter here in central Pennsylvania(most winters lowest temps get to -20 to -10f. I normally get 15-20lbs of first year honey and between 50 - 70lbs of second year honey. Some years you can get over 100lbs from a 14 frame horizontal! It really depends on the year and the hive. Other factors as well. Hope that helps!

[@russellrains4877]

@@bryancosten7184 Thank you Bryan. It appears to be going just as you said so far.

[@steveandrews8301]

@@bryancosten7184 Thank you for that comment! Do you have to feed horizontal hive with sugar ward to get it started and keep it going? I'm new to beekeeping, am considering going to horizontal hives, a la natural methods. Any tips? I'm in north central Florida. Thanks!

[@caseyroberts9923]

Dr Leo if your ever in S.E. Virginia I'd like to buy you a beer.

[@uphilltraveler2031]

Terrible sound quality

[@robinfrazier7922]

Doctor Leo may be good in his own respect but he does not impress me this is all rob

[@scottjannarone6622]

Let's geauxx