Thanks for watching! Please hit "like" and "subscribe" and share the video around - it helps me out SO much. Please consider supporting my work swarm habitat project. I don't charge to install log hives or swarms but rely on donations of any size from supporters of #swarmhabitat: Patreon: www.Patreon.com/18bees Paypal: paypal.me/18bees
Absalutly love it mate , i have bees and top bar hives and now I'm going to add log bee colonies to the list , totally brilliant, the bees loved their new home. Thumbs up liked and subscribed.
Fantastic mate. it’s hardly any work at all and the survival rate is excellent plus when a log absconds or it eventually dies out you get these long slabs of aged delicious honey.
@@18Bees shiitake and turkey tail though buying some more asap for other cuts, keep posting! also check out( Inside The Hive TV) also doing awesome stuff.
😂 actually some busy body in CA emailed me saying he called WA state to report me for breaking the law. 😂. I wrote back to him with a Covid 19 clapping meme. Hope you’re well brother.
18 Bees - Hahahahaha!!! People REALLY need to mind their own business... Sad state that our world has turned into a bunch of cry babies that can’t stay in their own lane... And OF COURSE THEY WERE FROM CALIFORNIA!!! Communist bums! LoL!!!
Hello and thanks for your interest in log hives. These log hives give the bees a better chance at survival because they are not treated, fed or opened. They are excellent for long term pollination. However, sometimes the logs will die out naturally or abscond like they do in the wild and thats when you can harvest honey. Here is a link to another one of my videos where we harvest the honey: th-cam.com/video/Bd6ISrzkZ_A/w-d-xo.html Please subscribe for future updates. Cheers!
Good morning and thank you. I have an excellent video coming soon on two beehives in two trees standing side by side ha gong over a church kindergarten playground. Unfortunately the trees have to come down but at least they want me to save the bees.
Only real advice I can give is pick logs that have already started to rot out in the center. Makes it a lot easier to hollow out. Also, leave about 3 to 4" wall thickness.
Good morning from England:)) it's good to see your finished log. How did you attract the swarm? How are they doing.. Any adjustments made since construction.? Kind regards. Keith
Good morning / afternoon England. almost 6 am here and we have light storms passing through. I made swarm boxes according to Dr Sharashkin dimensions and put brood comb in them. The swarm caught in Washington was transported 30 miles into Oregon. Once the swarm was installed (took several attempts because the queen kept coming back out and that worried me) I put the lid on and have not opened, fed or treated to this day. in fact I will go down to that log today and do an update video. I was there last week and they were doing great. the lid was securely fastened down with propolis which I could see along the seam. here is a link to Sharashkins website horizontalhive.com/
Thanks for asking. The bees will either swarm to the log in the spring or I will install a swarm caught with my swarm boxes or from calls,I receive asking to remove swarms.
HI Elvia. You can put out hollowed out logs during fall/winter/early spring and hopefully bees will swarm to them. If bees dont swarm to the log I will install bees that swarmed to my swarm boxes or from calls I get about swarms.
Great job sir I have a question Do I need to put beeswax in the log hive or the bees would create it themselves? Also how can I attract bees to the hive? Thanks for everything ❤
Hello and welcome. I like to try and put a small piece of brood comb in the log because that may speed up queen laying. If not they honeybees will quickly start building comb. As for attracting swarms I've used swarm box designs and advice from Dr. Leon Sharashkin. You can find his swarm box "how to build..plans" here horizontalhive.com/how-to-build/layens-swarm-trap-plans.shtml Swarm boxes should be placed in trees about 15ft up. Im currently placing log hives throughout Oregon and Washington and hoping honeybees find them. I'll also be using swarm boxes again next year. I caught 13 swarms this year. Hope that helps.
True. But one chainsaw is still cheaper than 3 or 5 columns of langstroths. Also, a lot of the logs are naturally hollow. You can use a tool to chip away extra degree inside.
This strategy will fail in urban environments. If you are wondering why your bees are dying every spring and you live in anything more than a moderately dense environment, changing what the bees are living in will not keep them alive. If you live within 2-4 miles of another beekeeper their mite problem will become your problem. Guaranteed. IPM is a must for keeping bees alive and healthy these days if you live in a populated area with other beekeepers 2-4 miles away from you.
Well now don't you look silly. Most log hives are in urban settings and have been running for at least 3 years without collapse. All nests / hives probably have mites its the over management of hives that probably contributes to colony collapse. The extreme domestication surge in the past 100 years is a serious problem. I monitor honeybee nests in tree cavities in the wild and they do just fine. If you take the human out of the equation they do just find. If the human wants to commercialize the bee then you're going to have problems. GUARANTEED.
@@18Bees I do agree with you that there is likely merit to keeping bees in a more “natural” cavity rather than wooden boxes and probably things we don’t even understand that they do in those natural cavities in regard to moisture control and airflow, among many many other things were unaware of.
Thanks for watching! Please hit "like" and "subscribe" and share the video around - it helps me out SO much. Please consider supporting my work swarm habitat project. I don't charge to install log hives or swarms but rely on donations of any size from supporters of #swarmhabitat:
Patreon: www.Patreon.com/18bees Paypal: paypal.me/18bees
Wonderful 😊
Just wonderful and creative. Amazing log bee hive art.
Thank you very much. It’s an enjoyable hobby.
I want one!
You all do excellent work thanks for sharing this I will have one of those hives someday
Hey I was thinking about you yesterday. Hope you’re doing well brother.
My husband is a hobbyist beekeeper. We are in New Zealand I’m going to show him this video.
That’s great news. Please keep me updated on your progress.
@@18Bees we will.
Such a great tutorial, will start my first log hive this month. Thanks so much, it will be a blast to use the saws for more than just firewood.
Make sure you text me a pic or video.
arts and crafts taken to the next level.
😂😂😎
Great tutorial video! After watching a few of my fellow Pacific Northwest You Tubers videos, I just had to subscribe to the channel!
hey there. I’m also in the heavy equipment industry. good combination with the bees and log hives.
@@18Bees 🧡
you're killing it bro. hope you are family are doing well and healthy.
We are thanks. Hope business is good and your family are healthy too.
Legend 🪓🔥🐝🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
😎 Cheers mate.
Absalutly love it mate , i have bees and top bar hives and now I'm going to add log bee colonies to the list , totally brilliant, the bees loved their new home. Thumbs up liked and subscribed.
Fantastic mate. it’s hardly any work at all and the survival rate is excellent plus when a log absconds or it eventually dies out you get these long slabs of aged delicious honey.
Ive just cut willow gonna use stump for bee have bottom and rest for my mushrooms. will do this one day.
Awesome. What kind of mushrooms are you growing on willow cuts?
@@18Bees shiitake and turkey tail though buying some more asap for other cuts, keep posting! also check out( Inside The Hive TV) also doing awesome stuff.
Great video bro, your very creative on the hives
Thank you brother. Hope you’re doing well. I’ll call you later today.
👍👍👍
cheers
Well done Sir! Not sure the bee inspector would approve, LoL!!! But I think it’s amazing! Girls look like they took right to it. Nice!
😂 actually some busy body in CA emailed me saying he called WA state to report me for breaking the law. 😂. I wrote back to him with a Covid 19 clapping meme. Hope you’re well brother.
18 Bees - Hahahahaha!!! People REALLY need to mind their own business... Sad state that our world has turned into a bunch of cry babies that can’t stay in their own lane... And OF COURSE THEY WERE FROM CALIFORNIA!!! Communist bums! LoL!!!
Nice job brother you have some good skills with a chainsaw. The log turned out beautiful!
Tnx mate.
Can you harvest the honey? Or is this just for the bees?
Amazing 🙂
Hello and thanks for your interest in log hives. These log hives give the bees a better chance at survival because they are not treated, fed or opened. They are excellent for long term pollination. However, sometimes the logs will die out naturally or abscond like they do in the wild and thats when you can harvest honey. Here is a link to another one of my videos where we harvest the honey: th-cam.com/video/Bd6ISrzkZ_A/w-d-xo.html Please subscribe for future updates. Cheers!
Great video, thumbs up from me!
Good morning and thank you. I have an excellent video coming soon on two beehives in two trees standing side by side ha gong over a church kindergarten playground. Unfortunately the trees have to come down but at least they want me to save the bees.
So interesting. I would love to make a bee hive. Do you have more details?
Only real advice I can give is pick logs that have already started to rot out in the center. Makes it a lot easier to hollow out. Also, leave about 3 to 4" wall thickness.
Good morning from England:)) it's good to see your finished log.
How did you attract the swarm?
How are they doing..
Any adjustments made since construction.?
Kind regards.
Keith
Good morning / afternoon England. almost 6 am here and we have light storms passing through. I made swarm boxes according to Dr Sharashkin dimensions and put brood comb in them. The swarm caught in Washington was transported 30 miles into Oregon. Once the swarm was installed (took several attempts because the queen kept coming back out and that worried me) I put the lid on and have not opened, fed or treated to this day. in fact I will go down to that log today and do an update video. I was there last week and they were doing great. the lid was securely fastened down with propolis which I could see along the seam. here is a link to Sharashkins website horizontalhive.com/
@@18Bees
That's great:))
Thank you.
Keith
@@keithlong7363 np mate
How do you make the bees get into the log?
Thanks for asking. The bees will either swarm to the log in the spring or I will install a swarm caught with my swarm boxes or from calls,I receive asking to remove swarms.
So, does one purchase bees to put in it or is this left empty for a wild hive to find it and occupy?
HI Elvia. You can put out hollowed out logs during fall/winter/early spring and hopefully bees will swarm to them. If bees dont swarm to the log I will install bees that swarmed to my swarm boxes or from calls I get about swarms.
Great job sir
I have a question
Do I need to put beeswax in the log hive or the bees would create it themselves?
Also how can I attract bees to the hive?
Thanks for everything ❤
Hello and welcome. I like to try and put a small piece of brood comb in the log because that may speed up queen laying. If not they honeybees will quickly start building comb. As for attracting swarms I've used swarm box designs and advice from Dr. Leon Sharashkin. You can find his swarm box "how to build..plans" here horizontalhive.com/how-to-build/layens-swarm-trap-plans.shtml Swarm boxes should be placed in trees about 15ft up. Im currently placing log hives throughout Oregon and Washington and hoping honeybees find them. I'll also be using swarm boxes again next year. I caught 13 swarms this year. Hope that helps.
That chain saw are not cheap
True. But one chainsaw is still cheaper than 3 or 5 columns of langstroths. Also, a lot of the logs are naturally hollow. You can use a tool to chip away extra degree inside.
@18Bees u're right at this point
This strategy will fail in urban environments. If you are wondering why your bees are dying every spring and you live in anything more than a moderately dense environment, changing what the bees are living in will not keep them alive. If you live within 2-4 miles of another beekeeper their mite problem will become your problem. Guaranteed. IPM is a must for keeping bees alive and healthy these days if you live in a populated area with other beekeepers 2-4 miles away from you.
Well now don't you look silly. Most log hives are in urban settings and have been running for at least 3 years without collapse. All nests / hives probably have mites its the over management of hives that probably contributes to colony collapse. The extreme domestication surge in the past 100 years is a serious problem. I monitor honeybee nests in tree cavities in the wild and they do just fine. If you take the human out of the equation they do just find. If the human wants to commercialize the bee then you're going to have problems. GUARANTEED.
@@18Bees I do agree with you that there is likely merit to keeping bees in a more “natural” cavity rather than wooden boxes and probably things we don’t even understand that they do in those natural cavities in regard to moisture control and airflow, among many many other things were unaware of.