Great video Richard! Just started bee keeping this year after going on beginners course. Bought A-Z hives after reccommendation from Slovenian friend. Based in UK so the others in the area where we keep hives have ones which use standard national frames. Made a few modifications to make job easier. These include taking door off and using it as a table at base of hive and making hive tools to pull frame out of hive and inspect. Slot another identical tool the other end which makes it easy to rotate frame for inspection. Takes one second to slot in to frame and completely stops awkwardness when inspecting as well as reduces time considerably. Also converted a couple of A-Z frames so nstandard national frames slot into top. So handy and solves problem when swapping is needed. Found buying the book 'A-Z Beekeping with the Slovenian hive' essential along with watching TH-cam videos. Keep up the good work Richard. Love these hives and can see advantages. It's a bit like comparing Apple and Microsoft computers, by remaining open minded and imortantly listening you learn so many good points about differing hives and can use them all to your advantage.
Thanks a lot for your interesting videos. I enjoy watching them and I hope you apiary will continue to thrive in the next years. Greetings from northern Germany.
Hi, not using them at the moment. Hopefully will get them filled again next year. Finding the ideal place difficult at the moment. Would consider building a bee house just for them. But that’s a while off. Regards
If you do, stay away from the Langstroth frames in the American version. I saw one youtube video where brace comb and propolis made it really tough to remove the frames.
Very nice I really like those AZ hives. I'm really looking forward to see how you go about producing cut comb I liked Michael Palmer's video on it I think I may try his method next year.
Almost every condition you describe there I had the exact same conditions here in North Carolina USA this year from February till now. For robbing what I've done and it seems to work pretty good is the day I'm going to inspect hives I put out open feed sugar syrup so the bees already have something to be working and then I inspect the hives.
Thanks so much for your good information Richard! I'm hoping to start my first bees next year. I'd really like to find an AZ hive, so I'm searching for that here in Indiana!
I know right. We had a hard time this year getting mated queens back, so we're going to try something different next year with a few yards. Every sense we started doing the M.P style starter our takes went to about 95% all due to ur great video you did on it
Colin Edwards you had better explain that to all Slovenian beekeepers young and old! The whole emphasis is on the fact you can manage all the colony instantly without removing supers in the summer! It’s a different concept!
Hello! Love your videos! I am also beekeeping in AŽ hives. That hive without queen...did you left it queenless? the bees raised it on their own? Or did you introduce a mated one? Thank you.
Sir do you think if they had 3-4 boxes tall it would prevent a lot of your swarming issues? My queens really love have at least 2 deeps. Love your videos, I will go look to see if you have building plans for the AZ hive bodies. Really want to build a few of these.
Hi Richard, i was just wondering what had happened to the AZ, looks like its done really well in the time from being a swarm. In the country where these originate how do they manage big flows? being limited to the amount of frames usable something has to suffer, either the queen gets honeybound and cannot lay or your honey crop is limited as you cannot take it out to give them space till its capped. Maybe they were not developed to having such heavy flows and a real prolific layer like you have. I think ok for the hobbyist but not so good for a comercial beekeeper. Thanks for sharing, its not often you see them.
Great video. Question: will the workers that moved with the queen know to got to the new hive or will they be prone to return to the hive they originally came from?
they won't be let out until the hive is in a new position, which will be more than 3 miles away, so they are sure to stay with the new box. If i just left it where it where it is, then any fling bees are sure to return back to the original donor hive, leaving the queen with reduced support until nurse bees became older and took up the foraging roles within the colony. Good question. Thanks
Good afternoon Richard, I am the chairman of the local beekeepers' association of Lolland-Falster (in South-Eastern Denmark). Where can I buy AZ hives? I have been searching for plans/blueprints - however what little I found was of little use for me (as I do not master the Slovenian language). Do you have tips, where I could find such plans? Thank you inadvance.
Hello Richard I had no idea linden and American basswood were the same thing had I known I'd have added more supers they filled the ones they had so that's great looks like I'll get about 300 pounds not bad for my first year. Are the berries on my "linden" trees edible?
Hi Richard. Just discovered your channel today, so I am going through your previous videos. They are quality videos from a production standpoint and also from content. This is my first encounter with the AZ hive. It is very interesting. Do you just work the honey off the top section by using an excluder and watch when the frames are filled and plug in a new frame? Thanks.
yes the whole concept of this is you can open the frames a little like a book, slide the frame out, then put it back with no bother to the bees. However it really does make harvesting easier. The Slovenina A Z Hive is so named by the Inventer, Anton Zinersnick ( I think i got that wrong) but you get the idea. its a very practical hive and used my many thousands of beekeepers in Slovenia. who have many hives in lorries and mobile trailers and are worked from behind the hive like i as doing. the bonus being you can remove a frame of hones and extract it, then return it to the hive if you wish. Handling is only a maximum of 1 frame rather than hefting a heavy super. Great for the older generation who then don't give up beekeeping use because they cant hump around the heavy supers.
! Richard Noel What are You insinuating, Richard? I'm only 73. Not Old! Ha! Ha! It is becoming quite a choir sometimes to lift off the full honey supers. I only started BK 3 years ago, so I purchased my hives as 8 frame Mediums, so they would not be so heavy. I am Not aware of any of the AZ hives used in this area, or at least by members of our local club. Thanks for the additional hive information. I may look into availability in the area. Viewed you video from Hawaii. You lucky dog!
Драган Ђорђевић I see your point as you know their in houses too. But these I just received and I am trying to Populate them and use them for honey next year!’
Hello Richard, have you ever seen a Swiss CH-Kasten Hive? Aside from the orientation of the frames it is pretty much the same thing. Check: th-cam.com/video/KQVFFWoJG_Y/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating process. Thank you for explaining your process. Hello from Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Great video Richard!
Just started bee keeping this year after going on beginners course. Bought A-Z hives after reccommendation from Slovenian friend.
Based in UK so the others in the area where we keep hives have ones which use standard national frames.
Made a few modifications to make job easier. These include taking door off and using it as a table at base of hive and making hive tools to pull frame out of hive and inspect. Slot another identical tool the other end which makes it easy to rotate frame for inspection. Takes one second to slot in to frame and completely stops awkwardness when inspecting as well as reduces time considerably. Also converted a couple of A-Z frames so nstandard national frames slot into top. So handy and solves problem when swapping is needed.
Found buying the book 'A-Z Beekeping with the Slovenian hive' essential along with watching TH-cam videos.
Keep up the good work Richard. Love these hives and can see advantages. It's a bit like comparing Apple and Microsoft computers, by remaining open minded and imortantly listening you learn so many good points about differing hives and can use them all to your advantage.
I just discovered AZ hives and your channel, I'll be watching, thanks
Thanks a lot for your interesting videos. I enjoy watching them and I hope you apiary will continue to thrive in the next years. Greetings from northern Germany.
Are you still using AZ hives? If so, can you give an update video?
Hi, not using them at the moment. Hopefully will get them filled again next year. Finding the ideal place difficult at the moment. Would consider building a bee house just for them. But that’s a while off.
Regards
Nice info, thinking about trying a hybrid version of the AZ hive next year. I always enjoy your videos, thank you.
If you do, stay away from the Langstroth frames in the American version. I saw one youtube video where brace comb and propolis made it really tough to remove the frames.
Very nice I really like those AZ hives. I'm really looking forward to see how you go about producing cut comb I liked Michael Palmer's video on it I think I may try his method next year.
Almost every condition you describe there I had the exact same conditions here in North Carolina USA this year from February till now. For robbing what I've done and it seems to work pretty good is the day I'm going to inspect hives I put out open feed sugar syrup so the bees already have something to be working and then I inspect the hives.
Thanks so much for your good information Richard! I'm hoping to start my first bees next year. I'd really like to find an AZ hive, so I'm searching for that here in Indiana!
Man thanks for all the great videos. I'm on my last two rounds of grafting this weekend myself. The robbing is starting here as well.
the cycle of it all, every year we forget what's coning next but its a surprise when it arrives. I hate the period of post flow before the harvest!
I know right. We had a hard time this year getting mated queens back, so we're going to try something different next year with a few yards. Every sense we started doing the M.P style starter our takes went to about 95% all due to ur great video you did on it
Rougarou Bee company very kind thanks 🙏
Great video, thank you :)
Hello Richard. Can you show how the feeder works? Can you user a syrup feeder?
Good vid Richard, the AZ hives look promising for the older generation 😎
Colin Edwards you had better explain that to all Slovenian beekeepers young and old! The whole emphasis is on the fact you can manage all the colony instantly without removing supers in the summer!
It’s a different concept!
How do you feed dry sugar in the winter??
Hello! Love your videos! I am also beekeeping in AŽ hives. That hive without queen...did you left it queenless? the bees raised it on their own? Or did you introduce a mated one? Thank you.
Sir do you think if they had 3-4 boxes tall it would prevent a lot of your swarming issues? My queens really love have at least 2 deeps. Love your videos, I will go look to see if you have building plans for the AZ hive bodies. Really want to build a few of these.
love the az hive so much easier it looks
Hi Richard, i was just wondering what had happened to the AZ, looks like its done really well in the time from being a swarm. In the country where these originate how do they manage big flows? being limited to the amount of frames usable something has to suffer, either the queen gets honeybound and cannot lay or your honey crop is limited as you cannot take it out to give them space till its capped. Maybe they were not developed to having such heavy flows and a real prolific layer like you have. I think ok for the hobbyist but not so good for a comercial beekeeper. Thanks for sharing, its not often you see them.
mmlm64 from Serbia use az and have a lot of videos
This is an old two storey hive, modern ones have three...
Great video. Question: will the workers that moved with the queen know to got to the new hive or will they be prone to return to the hive they originally came from?
they won't be let out until the hive is in a new position, which will be more than 3 miles away, so they are sure to stay with the new box. If i just left it where it where it is, then any fling bees are sure to return back to the original donor hive, leaving the queen with reduced support until nurse bees became older and took up the foraging roles within the colony. Good question. Thanks
@@richardnoel3141 Awesome. Makes sense. Thanks for the reply.
Good afternoon Richard, I am the chairman of the local beekeepers' association of Lolland-Falster (in South-Eastern Denmark). Where can I buy AZ hives? I have been searching for plans/blueprints - however what little I found was of little use for me (as I do not master the Slovenian language). Do you have tips, where I could find such plans? Thank you inadvance.
Hello Richard I had no idea linden and American basswood were the same thing had I known I'd have added more supers they filled the ones they had so that's great looks like I'll get about 300 pounds not bad for my first year. Are the berries on my "linden" trees edible?
no,but the flowers make a good tea for winter time...keeps you warm
Richard where do you source your AZ hives from I am in the UK. Thanks
Hi Richard. Just discovered your channel today, so I am going through your previous videos. They are quality videos from a production standpoint and also from content. This is my first encounter with the AZ hive. It is very interesting. Do you just work the honey off the top section by using an excluder and watch when the frames are filled and plug in a new frame? Thanks.
yes the whole concept of this is you can open the frames a little like a book, slide the frame out, then put it back with no bother to the bees. However it really does make harvesting easier. The Slovenina A Z Hive is so named by the Inventer, Anton Zinersnick ( I think i got that wrong) but you get the idea. its a very practical hive and used my many thousands of beekeepers in Slovenia. who have many hives in lorries and mobile trailers and are worked from behind the hive like i as doing. the bonus being you can remove a frame of hones and extract it, then return it to the hive if you wish. Handling is only a maximum of 1 frame rather than hefting a heavy super. Great for the older generation who then don't give up beekeeping use because they cant hump around the heavy supers.
! Richard Noel What are You insinuating, Richard? I'm only 73. Not Old! Ha! Ha! It is becoming quite a choir sometimes to lift off the full honey supers. I only started BK 3 years ago, so I purchased my hives as 8 frame Mediums, so they would not be so heavy. I am Not aware of any of the AZ hives used in this area, or at least by members of our local club. Thanks for the additional hive information. I may look into availability in the area. Viewed you video from Hawaii. You lucky dog!
Richard Kuhn every dog has his day!!😜
Blowing honey honey supers
Why? 😁😁😁 AŽ beehives are for stacionary beekeeping, except, if they are not in some bus or similar?! There is some reason, isn't it? 😁
Драган Ђорђевић I see your point as you know their in houses too. But these I just received and I am trying to
Populate them and use them for honey next year!’
@@richardnoel3141 there is some other reason, isn't it? 😁
Драган Ђорђевић I couldn’t say 😜 lol
Hello Richard, have you ever seen a Swiss CH-Kasten Hive? Aside from the orientation of the frames it is pretty much the same thing.
Check: th-cam.com/video/KQVFFWoJG_Y/w-d-xo.html
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How many freaking ads are you going to make me watch before I get to your video???