Your connection with nature is infectious. I love nature, but somehow life gets in the way. I'm in my forties, with a beautiful wife, two great kids and a decent job, all the things you're 'supposed' to strive for. Your videos are helping me see what's missing and are really inspiring me to make time for the wild world. You are making a difference for all sorts of people. I love it, keep going!
@@just_alex happiness is a very personal thing, don't make your life about things people tell you will make you happy. Do what you know is right for you. Love the channel dude.
I am exactly where you were when you commented. Wife, kid and a good job (Shifts) and a passion to get outdoors more but time is a difficult thing to master and my anxiety makes things difficult for me. I'm a Scout Leader so I do get out occasionally but not nearly enough. My garden is neglected because of it. 2024 has to be a change for me.
Fellow beekeeper myself for around 12 years, but what a great video perfectly describing the key elements of the hobby! I’ve always said that you will learn more and more about the bees from their behaviours because they will often go do their own thing out of blue and against the script - after all they can’t read the books! Know you’ll smash it Alex, keep up the good work!
What a journey Alex, made me want to start a colony aswell! I'm now in my early 30s and have other goals for my life, but I do miss that feeling at the start of my 20s when you feel like you have all the time in the world to decide where you want your life to go. Ten years doesn't seem much but it really makes a difference. Thanks again for the content, keep us updated!
My Dad kept bees , so I grew up with honey, beeswax furniture polish and even had a go at making candles. The other side was my mother, who had read your in old beliefs about bees being watchers for the family. She had us tell the bees whenever we were going away and when we came home. I had to introduce my husband to the hive when I was going to get married, all of which I did and thought it all rather cute. Then when my father died of cancer my mother took me to the hive and we told the bees. To my shock they were dead in a week. Not sure what that was about… but talk to your bees!
Keep up the great work Alex, your a natural presenter! You give any subject an interesting edge. I would love to keep bees but I'm afraid my wife would suffer an anaphylactic reaction to any sting she received and I wouldn't hear the end of it! 👍👍👍
I enjoyed that.. I've had total hell over the last two weeks after suffering a close bereavement and this is the first thing I've managed to enjoy. Thanks Alex.. hope it all goes well for you pal.
This is fantastic content Alex. Varied and interesting. I'm sure there will be a bit of fishing coming. Once a fisherman always a fisherman. For the moment this is great stuff. All the best.
Keep them coming your doing a fantastic job your channel is becoming very diverse something for everyone and bringing the country side to lots of people and educating to well done 👏 👍
I am currently educating myself on Beekeeping as it's a hobby I am very much interested in and after watching several American and Canadian based videos, I found your channel. Watching a UK based Beekeeper is obviously better for me as I myself am UK. This is the first video of yours I have watched and what a brilliant video it is. You explain things clearly, you show what we need to see very well and you ooze passion for this hobby! I look forward to watching through your other videos and catching up with where you are now.
This was one of the first videos 2 years ago now, that made me decide to take the plunge into beekeeping. Just wanted to come back and say my hive is here and I’m picking up a mic this weekend! Thanks Alex, it’s been cool seeing your growth and bee adventures since then.
I have zero interest in bees. I just sat through 30:59 and was absolutely invested in them the whole way through. I knew how important they were to our human survival but now I know more about keeping them and how they survive and live together. Great video, keep it coming as I’m enjoying learning whatever you decide to make a film about. Awesome stuff!
Me and my little guy are going to watch this again when I get home and I guarantee we end up with bees. He thinks you are a hero, and I think you are brilliant, you have a real loveliness about you and I wish I was as brave as you when I was 20....ish. Top man, Top vids. Live the dream mate and keep trucking. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. I started beekeeping in 2020, it’s a great thing to learn. My lessons learnt are don’t expect too much in your first year (or 2), especially paying your rent in honey. I have had no honey in 2 summers (although I’m in Aberdeenshire which is a hard location with a shorter season) Get good at your weekly inspections, recognising queen cells and preventative swarm control in early summer. We had a nightmare last year with swarming, but did get good at swarm collection! (hence the lack of honey). Make sure you have a polynuc for each hive (for splits and artificial swarming) and an extra one for captured swarms. Get a mentor from your bee club to help with inspections and tag on to a couple of their apiary inspections. Get yourself a second colony as soon as you can. I’m sure in the South of England you’ll get a nuc in May. Good luck, hope you still have time for fishing.
Love the wondrous way you operate. My husband and I laugh thinking how your parents must react to the bees swarming. Thanks for the lessons and laughs.
You are an artist in everything you use...music, ideas, editing, and charisma...congratulations! You were adorable at minute 7:00:))...your world absorbs us there...we are there...
I found your channel from the car camping. But as the son of a beekeeper who has 40 hives I enjoyed this too. You're doing great. Don't worry too much about damp, we live on the West coast of Ireland by the Atlantic and ours do just fine.
Alex you've well and truly changed the game! Loving the content. I came over from Carl and Alex, subscribed obviously for the fishing content. So your content is a lot different than what I'd usually watch. But I love it! Keep up the great work.
Hi brother, I'm a young beekeeper from Bulgaria, thank you for the video, you are great! I would like to say that you should peint the beehive because this will prevent moisture to go inside, and will be better looking ... The greatest colours gor the bees are yellow and blue, but you can color in everything you want!!
I've always been curious about keeping bees and I really love honey..lol..I remember my uncle use to keep lots of them when I was a kid on our farm and he always loved doing it. The never bothered him and he only ever wore the net hood and used the smoker. Great video Alex!!
A few things to help you out with your hives. Idk if you have your hive is on a tilt but tilt the back end up. That will help with moisture. The bees will cause moisture as well when they are clustered. Next a good rule of thumb is to have your hive going into winter with two deeps full of honey. I also do mite treatments in the winter when the days are in the 40 degrees F. I use a osiclic acid (sorry on the poor spelling 😂). Some people use it and some don’t just do what you find right. Also feeding shims are handy for putting out large amount of fondant during the winter. Also feed your big hives because if you don’t they’ll starve still sometimes. We use fondant and in your rapid feeder we put sugar into it. The condensation of the bees will form a sugar cake (this is for the winter months).Make sure to keep feeding until there is a good pollen flow, we keep pollen out year round that the bees can work. Once the pollen flow hits they won’t touch it. Also to help prevent swarming add a super to your hive for room or go and split them yourself but you’ll have to find somewhere to keep a split for a while (second year bee keeping is where you really get into it). Good luck on your hives, bee keeping is like anything else everyone has their preferences, and more than one way works. This stuff helps us with our hives we run. Good Luck it’s a fun hobby.
Every tiny little noise every tiny little itch on my body made me JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN 🤦🏻♂️😂 like I had a bee on me 😂 cant wait for the next video on the bees💖 good job brother keep up the hard work you got this !
I love how you describe everything that's involved in bee keeping it's so interesting to learn. I love going on your new adventure from mushrooms picking to building shelter in the woods and even growing your own vegetables it's all things I find exciting, so look forward to next video.
Loved this Alex, when you talk about nature, your love of it is apparent, if I were you I'd forget the living in my small car thing and concentrate on the natural world.
just like a few other on here i was gutted that you and carl went your separate ways, but im actually pleased that you guys have, because both of your content is incredible! you guys are properly talented at the films you make, i cannot wait to see this journey you're embarking on! cant wait for more vids dude!
@@just_alex loved it Alex, me and my wife are big fans of you both mate and been following you for years, I hope you can find the time to do some videos with Carl again one day some of them are epic 😀 👍
Alex, nice video. i'd suggest doing some research on hive insulation. There are a number of youtube videos from well known beekeepers about the best ways to insulate a hive over winter. The general view seems to be that the top of the hive should be the best insulated to avoid condensation forming on the underside of the crown board and dripping on the bee's. My approach is to cut insulation board to fit on top of the crown board with a hole cut in the middle to place fondant in. Its made a big difference to the condensation build up. Having condensation on the side walls of the hive is less of an issue because it drips down the sides and out through the entrance/mesh floor instead of dripping on the bees. I have clear perspex crown boards so I can check on the bees over winter without opening the hives, you would be surprised how much condensation can form on the crown board, a 50mm sheet of celotex stops the condensation build up almost entirely. Just my thoughts of course, glad you are enjoying being a beekeeper.
Your videos have really taught me so much about nature and gave me a new interest in it! I started watching you a couple months ago and I’m still super enjoying your videos!
Wow, Alex, such great content my friend! You've inspired me too one day keep bees myself, I can't wait to see how much honey you get on your next harvest.
Great film Alex...your enthusiasm with your interests: shrooms, bees & fishing etc etc is fabulous! Love it ! Good luck with all your new adventures 🐝🐟🍄
Great video Alex. Another of my interests. I used to keep bees in the halcyon days before Varroa came to the UK. It's arrival has now had a major impact on the beekeeping in the UK. I'd like to keep bees again in the future, hopefully I will when I get to live somewhere more suitable. Keep up the great content, you've got a terrific channel here.
Hi Alex, a fellow apriaist and fisherman, loved fishing especially fly fishing all my life, have had bees for 15 years or so, both great hobbies. The bees will tell you when they're not right, you'll sence it, hear it and feel it. Best of luck in the future 👍
Wow Alex, what a great insight into bee 🐝 keeping, I had no clue their is so much you have to do a deal with to keep them safe n healthy and you have sparked a interest for me to consider starting my own and like you become a bee 🐝 keeper, many thanks
Fantastic video, Alex. I started keeping bees just before lockdown. It can become quite addictive. You end up with many colonies in no time. Your video has great content for a beginner, there are very few videos on TH-cam that explain this so well in one video. I look forward to the next video on the bees. Its amazing that you have very similar interests to me, fishing bees, and mushrooms.
This video was very interesting. You look very comfortable whilst tending to your bees. I will look forward to part 2. Hope you make many jars of honey.
Good hobby funny enough I was looking to start bee keeping and mushroom growing myself last year haven't got a garden unfortunately but definitely will do when I have one
Your channel Alex reminds me off Jack Hargreaves, out of town series on TV from the 1970s, diverse content, often about things I haven't a clue, but great to watch people do. 5 🌟 video. P. S if you haven't heard about him, you can find a few episodes on here,
Hi Alex, I'm Katie and I'm interested in getting into beekeeping. I watched your long recap video and just wanted to say love your channel so far! I really appreciate your honesty and how you show the rewards but also the struggles - I think it will be a very valuable resource for people wanting to get started. Just wanted to ask what books you recommend reading apart from the Bee Manual? I think you also mentioned at some point a book about British flowers that are good for beekeping? Also, I've not got started yet and I know I have alot to learn (plus I've not seen all your videos) but 2 questions. 1) How often would you recommend feeding bees in the winter? (Since you don't want to be opening up the hive too often) and 2) Do you think it might be a better idea to leave more than one queen cell in tact in a hive that's raising a new queen? The reason I say that is because I remember one of your hives in early videos swarmed and it took a while for them to make a new queen despite you leaving a queen cell in tact - I'm wondering if the one you left turned out to not survive and maybe leaving two is better? I've read online that sometimes 2 queens can coexist and if not they often fight to the death to settle the matter, but I suppose there is also the risk of one queen swarming along with alot of the hive? I guess its a risk vs benefit thing, but just wanted to ask what your opinoon on that is nowadays
Great video! 😊👍🏻👍🏻🐝
Thanks for watching and cheers for all your helpful beekeeping videos! :)
Your connection with nature is infectious. I love nature, but somehow life gets in the way. I'm in my forties, with a beautiful wife, two great kids and a decent job, all the things you're 'supposed' to strive for. Your videos are helping me see what's missing and are really inspiring me to make time for the wild world. You are making a difference for all sorts of people. I love it, keep going!
Thanks for sharing this Chris. Hope you spend plenty of time enjoying the outdoors this year! :)
@@just_alex happiness is a very personal thing, don't make your life about things people tell you will make you happy. Do what you know is right for you. Love the channel dude.
You can still do these things and involve your family. I’m 50 and looking into beekeeping and growing my own food. Go for it
wow this is my dream :)
I am exactly where you were when you commented. Wife, kid and a good job (Shifts) and a passion to get outdoors more but time is a difficult thing to master and my anxiety makes things difficult for me. I'm a Scout Leader so I do get out occasionally but not nearly enough. My garden is neglected because of it. 2024 has to be a change for me.
First I tought it will be boring without fishing content but this is AWESOME I'm going to ask my wife if we can have bees!
Whippppped
Don't ask, tell her you're having some. Does she ask you for permission to get a million bags and shoes? Thought not.
You can play who gets stung the most
@@the_useless_photographer wow what a horrible assumption
Fellow beekeeper myself for around 12 years, but what a great video perfectly describing the key elements of the hobby! I’ve always said that you will learn more and more about the bees from their behaviours because they will often go do their own thing out of blue and against the script - after all they can’t read the books! Know you’ll smash it Alex, keep up the good work!
Alex, it is brilliant! beekeeping for beginners! explained clearly, simply!
Cheers! :)
Agreed! Great video for beginners
What a journey Alex, made me want to start a colony aswell!
I'm now in my early 30s and have other goals for my life, but I do miss that feeling at the start of my 20s when you feel like you have all the time in the world to decide where you want your life to go. Ten years doesn't seem much but it really makes a difference.
Thanks again for the content, keep us updated!
My Dad kept bees , so I grew up with honey, beeswax furniture polish and even had a go at making candles. The other side was my mother, who had read your in old beliefs about bees being watchers for the family. She had us tell the bees whenever we were going away and when we came home. I had to introduce my husband to the hive when I was going to get married, all of which I did and thought it all rather cute. Then when my father died of cancer my mother took me to the hive and we told the bees. To my shock they were dead in a week. Not sure what that was about… but talk to your bees!
I love how dedicated you are to everything you do.
Keep up the great work Alex, your a natural presenter! You give any subject an interesting edge. I would love to keep bees but I'm afraid my wife would suffer an anaphylactic reaction to any sting she received and I wouldn't hear the end of it! 👍👍👍
I enjoyed that.. I've had total hell over the last two weeks after suffering a close bereavement and this is the first thing I've managed to enjoy. Thanks Alex.. hope it all goes well for you pal.
keep up the good work on the bees good video
This is fantastic content Alex. Varied and interesting. I'm sure there will be a bit of fishing coming. Once a fisherman always a fisherman. For the moment this is great stuff. All the best.
Yep for sure!
The time and effort you go to for your videos is inspiring, buddy.
I appreciate that!
Thanks a bunch for taking us along mate, good luck with your accommodation! Cheers, Dom
Cheers Dom!
Keep them coming your doing a fantastic job your channel is becoming very diverse something for everyone and bringing the country side to lots of people and educating to well done 👏 👍
Thanks, will do!
Bees are such fascinating little things. Awesome stuff as always
Thanks!
I am currently educating myself on Beekeeping as it's a hobby I am very much interested in and after watching several American and Canadian based videos, I found your channel. Watching a UK based Beekeeper is obviously better for me as I myself am UK. This is the first video of yours I have watched and what a brilliant video it is. You explain things clearly, you show what we need to see very well and you ooze passion for this hobby! I look forward to watching through your other videos and catching up with where you are now.
This was one of the first videos 2 years ago now, that made me decide to take the plunge into beekeeping. Just wanted to come back and say my hive is here and I’m picking up a mic this weekend!
Thanks Alex, it’s been cool seeing your growth and bee adventures since then.
I have zero interest in bees. I just sat through 30:59 and was absolutely invested in them the whole way through. I knew how important they were to our human survival but now I know more about keeping them and how they survive and live together. Great video, keep it coming as I’m enjoying learning whatever you decide to make a film about. Awesome stuff!
Thanks so much! :)
@@just_alex hopefully see you on the water one day on the kayak for a catch and cook in the summer!
Started to follow you today, saw you're growing vegetables video and I love how you explain everything and you're way of storytelling is so nice
Me and my little guy are going to watch this again when I get home and I guarantee we end up with bees. He thinks you are a hero, and I think you are brilliant, you have a real loveliness about you and I wish I was as brave as you when I was 20....ish. Top man, Top vids. Live the dream mate and keep trucking. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank so much for commenting, means a lot! :)
Great video. I started beekeeping in 2020, it’s a great thing to learn. My lessons learnt are don’t expect too much in your first year (or 2), especially paying your rent in honey. I have had no honey in 2 summers (although I’m in Aberdeenshire which is a hard location with a shorter season) Get good at your weekly inspections, recognising queen cells and preventative swarm control in early summer. We had a nightmare last year with swarming, but did get good at swarm collection! (hence the lack of honey). Make sure you have a polynuc for each hive (for splits and artificial swarming) and an extra one for captured swarms. Get a mentor from your bee club to help with inspections and tag on to a couple of their apiary inspections. Get yourself a second colony as soon as you can. I’m sure in the South of England you’ll get a nuc in May. Good luck, hope you still have time for fishing.
Love the wondrous way you operate. My husband and I laugh thinking how your parents must react to the bees swarming. Thanks for the lessons and laughs.
You are an artist in everything you use...music, ideas, editing, and charisma...congratulations! You were adorable at minute 7:00:))...your world absorbs us there...we are there...
Thanks Alex for the education on beekeeping! Interesting. Look forward to a video on harvesting honey from your hive. Good luck with the bees! Cheers.
Thanks Mike!
Bees are endlessly fascinating! 🌿 Thanks for sharing your experience.
I found your channel from the car camping. But as the son of a beekeeper who has 40 hives I enjoyed this too. You're doing great. Don't worry too much about damp, we live on the West coast of Ireland by the Atlantic and ours do just fine.
Thanks for watching. Glad you found the channel! :)
There's a real buzz about your channel mate, keep up the good work 🐝🐝
Cheers Mark! :)
Whatever you do you are very conscious and prudent! Keep on going and try whatever you decide to do!
This man’s commitments are inspirational
The beekeeper community is also so inspirational they are so helpful to each other
My family loves your beekeeping videos. You are a great content creator. Keep up the good work!
A cracking tutorial video on beekeeping for anyone interested in it keep up the good work Alex 💯👍🏴
Alex you've well and truly changed the game! Loving the content. I came over from Carl and Alex, subscribed obviously for the fishing content. So your content is a lot different than what I'd usually watch. But I love it! Keep up the great work.
Thanks Andy! Appreciate it!
Love the falling purple flowers in Winter Problems. I thought I was seeing things until I rewound it and slowed it down.❤
I love the fact u put 100% into anything u do be it fishing making knifes or keeping bees !!!
Hi brother, I'm a young beekeeper from Bulgaria, thank you for the video, you are great! I would like to say that you should peint the beehive because this will prevent moisture to go inside, and will be better looking ... The greatest colours gor the bees are yellow and blue, but you can color in everything you want!!
this is very educational!!
I've always been curious about keeping bees and I really love honey..lol..I remember my uncle use to keep lots of them when I was a kid on our farm and he always loved doing it. The never bothered him and he only ever wore the net hood and used the smoker. Great video Alex!!
A few things to help you out with your hives. Idk if you have your hive is on a tilt but tilt the back end up. That will help with moisture. The bees will cause moisture as well when they are clustered. Next a good rule of thumb is to have your hive going into winter with two deeps full of honey. I also do mite treatments in the winter when the days are in the 40 degrees F. I use a osiclic acid (sorry on the poor spelling 😂). Some people use it and some don’t just do what you find right. Also feeding shims are handy for putting out large amount of fondant during the winter. Also feed your big hives because if you don’t they’ll starve still sometimes. We use fondant and in your rapid feeder we put sugar into it. The condensation of the bees will form a sugar cake (this is for the winter months).Make sure to keep feeding until there is a good pollen flow, we keep pollen out year round that the bees can work. Once the pollen flow hits they won’t touch it. Also to help prevent swarming add a super to your hive for room or go and split them yourself but you’ll have to find somewhere to keep a split for a while (second year bee keeping is where you really get into it). Good luck on your hives, bee keeping is like anything else everyone has their preferences, and more than one way works. This stuff helps us with our hives we run. Good Luck it’s a fun hobby.
Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it :)
@@just_alex you’re welcome!
Every tiny little noise every tiny little itch on my body made me JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN 🤦🏻♂️😂 like I had a bee on me 😂 cant wait for the next video on the bees💖 good job brother keep up the hard work you got this !
I love how you describe everything that's involved in bee keeping it's so interesting to learn.
I love going on your new adventure from mushrooms picking to building shelter in the woods and even growing your own vegetables it's all things I find exciting, so look forward to next video.
Thanks so much! :)
Alex should be working alongside the great David Attenborough. Awesome work Alex keep up the fantastic content. ✌️💪🇺🇦
haha!
Loved this Alex, when you talk about nature, your love of it is apparent, if I were you I'd forget the living in my small car thing and concentrate on the natural world.
Thanks! Appreciate it. :)
I really enjoyed that! I'd be keen to keep bees on my allotment plot having watched that!
About time you got an allotment plot Alex!!
That would be fun!
Brilliant video! Must be great waking up each day and experiencing all these things.
Alex - as others have already commented "great video". It's well presented, explained and edited. Well done.
Thanks Graham, appreciate all your help!
just like a few other on here i was gutted that you and carl went your separate ways, but im actually pleased that you guys have, because both of your content is incredible! you guys are properly talented at the films you make, i cannot wait to see this journey you're embarking on! cant wait for more vids dude!
Thanks Nick!
Yay the bee video finally dropped was very interesting looking forward to the next thanks Alex great vid as always :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing , my grandparents had a big bee hive and now you stark a fire in me too
I once span the honey from my friends grandads hives and always wanted to do it some 30 years now I will get round to it 👍🏻✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
super interesting and brilliantly put, loved that Alex 🐝 keep them coming my man.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@just_alex loved it Alex, me and my wife are big fans of you both mate and been following you for years, I hope you can find the time to do some videos with Carl again one day some of them are epic 😀 👍
Alex, nice video. i'd suggest doing some research on hive insulation. There are a number of youtube videos from well known beekeepers about the best ways to insulate a hive over winter. The general view seems to be that the top of the hive should be the best insulated to avoid condensation forming on the underside of the crown board and dripping on the bee's. My approach is to cut insulation board to fit on top of the crown board with a hole cut in the middle to place fondant in. Its made a big difference to the condensation build up. Having condensation on the side walls of the hive is less of an issue because it drips down the sides and out through the entrance/mesh floor instead of dripping on the bees. I have clear perspex crown boards so I can check on the bees over winter without opening the hives, you would be surprised how much condensation can form on the crown board, a 50mm sheet of celotex stops the condensation build up almost entirely.
Just my thoughts of course, glad you are enjoying being a beekeeper.
Thanks for the info!
Your videos have really taught me so much about nature and gave me a new interest in it! I started watching you a couple months ago and I’m still super enjoying your videos!
Thank so much for watching!
All your videos are fun to watch, cant wait for your next video
Fantastic video my friend! Looking forward to the updates. My wife and I are thinking about getting into bee keeping.
Me to hope he shares more info
Brilliant video as always Alex, your new channel content is niche and quirky in all the right ways 💪
Thanks Sam! :)
what a great video alex can not wait for more of the bees journey
Wow, Alex, such great content my friend! You've inspired me too one day keep bees myself, I can't wait to see how much honey you get on your next harvest.
Been looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint. Loved it.
Can't wait for part 2 later in the year. Good luck 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great film Alex...your enthusiasm with your interests: shrooms, bees & fishing etc etc is fabulous! Love it ! Good luck with all your new adventures 🐝🐟🍄
Thanks! :)
Well that certainly didn't feel like 30 minutes. Fascinating stuff, Alex. Glad your Bees are doing well.
Thanks so much for watching! :)
I love how you have different contents and how you love nature...keep it coming 👏🤗
Great video Alex. Another of my interests. I used to keep bees in the halcyon days before Varroa came to the UK. It's arrival has now had a major impact on the beekeeping in the UK.
I'd like to keep bees again in the future, hopefully I will when I get to live somewhere more suitable.
Keep up the great content, you've got a terrific channel here.
Thanks for watching, hope you manage to keep bees again!
Bees are great
Lovely Video Alex! Look forward to seeing mounds of Honey 😉👍
Yeah I hope we get honey this year!
Fab insight into beekeeping - really enjoyed watching the video - more please!
Thanks Frank!
Hi Alex, a fellow apriaist and fisherman, loved fishing especially fly fishing all my life, have had bees for 15 years or so, both great hobbies. The bees will tell you when they're not right, you'll sence it, hear it and feel it. Best of luck in the future 👍
Thanks for that Denis! :)
That was brilliant Alex, best content I’ve watched on Bees and so far your best video. Honey for board, they’d be mad to turn it down 😂👍
Thanks so much Mark!
Another cracking video, hope it creates a real buzzzzz 🐝🌹🐝🌻🐝🌸
Wicked bud. Really venturing into a lot of new stuff. Loving the channel and content Alex
Cheers Dan!
Love it. Look forward to the next update
Been waiting for this video for a long time 🔥🔥🔥
Buzzzzzing for this video! ;)
Wow Alex, what a great insight into bee 🐝 keeping, I had no clue their is so much you have to do a deal with to keep them safe n healthy and you have sparked a interest for me to consider starting my own and like you become a bee 🐝 keeper, many thanks
Thanks for watching Clive! Yeah there's so much to it!
Fantastic video, Alex. I started keeping bees just before lockdown. It can become quite addictive. You end up with many colonies in no time.
Your video has great content for a beginner, there are very few videos on TH-cam that explain this so well in one video. I look forward to the next video on the bees. Its amazing that you have very similar interests to me, fishing bees, and mushrooms.
Thanks for watching Donna! Glad you enjoyed and share similar interests!
This video was very interesting. You look very comfortable whilst tending to your bees. I will look forward to part 2. Hope you make many jars of honey.
Thanks!
Yet again fantastic 👏👏👏
Thank you so much 😀
Alex your Vidoes are very relaxing to watch. Didn't think I would watch a bee keeping video, but I really enjoyed it, very interesting 👍
Thank you!
After watching your videos I might attempt this after moving back to the Lake District when I get my own allotments - Thanks for the videos
Great video Alex, looking forward to updates about your colony as it grows! Nice work! 👍😎🙂
Yet another interesting watch from you Alex. Love watching all your mixed bits of different things .keep them coming 😄👍
Thanks 👍
Fascinating video Alex really really enjoyed it can’t wait to see the harvest
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mate I'm completely new to bee keeping and you have explained all of that perfectly, good job
Good to hear! :)
Find the stuff your doing now very interesting,I hope you carry on.good luck for the future
Great vlog Alex. Bees are good people you are well suited to bee keeping.
Only just started following you. You make things simple and interesting. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! :)
Fascinating Alex! I see why you got into this.
Thanks!
This channel is very interesting I never thought I’d enjoy a bee keeping video but it was really good
Keep up the great content
Thanks, will do!
Super fascinating, thanks for the quick education on bee keeping mate 🐝👍🏼 great vid!
Cheers!
Good hobby funny enough I was looking to start bee keeping and mushroom growing myself last year haven't got a garden unfortunately but definitely will do when I have one
Enjoying the new content, Alex!
Thanks Rory!
awesome video! love to see you enjoy in beekeeping and keep up a great work!
Thanks!
Nice video, I never realised there was so much involved with bee keeping, looking forward to seeing your next update.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for making the video longer 💪💪💪
these videos are so satisfying to watch
Another great video mate.well done on becoming a bee keeper 👌 epic stuff and i love the way you connect with nature!
Thank you Jake!
Your channel Alex reminds me off Jack Hargreaves, out of town series on TV from the 1970s, diverse content, often about things I haven't a clue, but great to watch people do. 5 🌟 video.
P. S if you haven't heard about him, you can find a few episodes on here,
Jack was a fascinating chap and I vaguely remember him when I was a nipper. I have since watched many of his old programmes on yt. Cheers bro.
Been thinking about getting a hive for a while fantastic video can’t wait for part 2
awesome adventure, I know ya gonna do well young man.. look forward to your progress
Thanks!
Hi Alex, I'm Katie and I'm interested in getting into beekeeping. I watched your long recap video and just wanted to say love your channel so far! I really appreciate your honesty and how you show the rewards but also the struggles - I think it will be a very valuable resource for people wanting to get started. Just wanted to ask what books you recommend reading apart from the Bee Manual? I think you also mentioned at some point a book about British flowers that are good for beekeping? Also, I've not got started yet and I know I have alot to learn (plus I've not seen all your videos) but 2 questions. 1) How often would you recommend feeding bees in the winter? (Since you don't want to be opening up the hive too often) and 2) Do you think it might be a better idea to leave more than one queen cell in tact in a hive that's raising a new queen? The reason I say that is because I remember one of your hives in early videos swarmed and it took a while for them to make a new queen despite you leaving a queen cell in tact - I'm wondering if the one you left turned out to not survive and maybe leaving two is better? I've read online that sometimes 2 queens can coexist and if not they often fight to the death to settle the matter, but I suppose there is also the risk of one queen swarming along with alot of the hive? I guess its a risk vs benefit thing, but just wanted to ask what your opinoon on that is nowadays