Lol uuuuummmm I'm pretty sure one wouldn't loose sight from a sting lol... highly doubt a bees stinging u right in your eye!!! Eyelids however are VERY sensitive lol.
@@jimhendrix7776 yeah..Google it and see if you feel the same, bees are head hunters and I've got dumb videos playing bee whisperer but I've bred for years to do it and I'm also experienced enough to get a very good read on the bees usually but queenless bees or bees in 4 deeps that whirl..yeah..come over I got some bees that'll break you off something fast ..
@Bad Ass Bees lol 😆 😂 🤣... I've gone plenty with zero equipment on but after numerous eyelids stings, I now wear a veil 😆!!! Eyes swell the fuck up, but I noticed mostly the eyelids... under the eye I don't get much nor do I on most sections of my body... itchy as he'll though lol... queenless and poorer conditions definitely set them off for sure... I agree 100%, they're instinctual AF to go primarily for the head undoubtedly!!!
Man I've watched alot of bee keeping videos and you and bob binnie are all I really enjoy watching. Others have information i find useful or different techniques that are interesting to think about. But i really feel a ton of joy watching you and Bob do your work. God bless brother and keep it up!
I love your comment “idk if this will help but it makes me feel better” and you blow smoke on your hands! Haha oh man idk why but that was funny! I really enjoy your content man! Thank you! Love your laid back attitude and drive!
I get stung on the hands way less when I don't wear gloves. But... My hands get sticky after a couple of hives, and then there's the risk of spreading disease between apiaries if you don't wash thoroughly, so for that reason I wear thin gloves most of the time. That way I can swap out for new ones when I get too sticky, or jump back in the truck. I NEVER wear thick gloves. It's just too clumsy. If I'm collecting a swarm, or just dropping in a graft frame or something like that then I'm bare handed. Most of the stings I get from my very calm bees is when I crush them between finger and frame or hive tool and finger. With light gloves or no gloves I can feel when I'm doing that and release the pressure before they sting.. Normally.... Loving the content Jared, I'm now fully invested in your journey!
Great video with great idea's. I have found out that bee's here in central Arkansas do not like plastic frames or wax coated frames they will not use them except during heavy nectar flows then they will abandon the frame we only use natural wax foundation now and it helped solve our problem. Centering your frames work best I use 10 on brood boxes, 9 on the supers and 4 on the splits if they aren't centered they will build to the side of the box or build frames together. I am looking forward to more videos. thankyou, Delray
Iv got a mix of colonys, one aperie is full of nice calm gentle bee's, the other aperie has a couple of hives with psychopath bee's in 😂😂. Keep on keeping on sir 👍👍😊
I’ve been bee keeping for 15 years and I wear a suit and gloves to this day. I sometimes wear nitrile gloves,according to what time of year. I use to sometimes go gloveless and just a veil and tee shirt, but I swell and itch for several days from stings . I wear protective gear now. I would highly recommend you at least wear a veil even if you do away with suit and gloves. If you get stung in eye , you could loose a eye . Enjoyed your video. Interested to follow your journey. Thankyou
Keep doing and working on you. Be careful though. You may at anytime become allergic. It happened to me this year. Now I am back to being terrified like when I was kid.
You are gentle mover and as the new queens progeny replace the hot heads you will be fine it’s just knowing the girls and the when you open ie not when a farmer cut his lucerne or it’s windy funny things ….. experience going great guns …… show no fear love them I put the ones coming home a bit chilled on my finger every day for the last week as it’s winter in south west Tasmania Australia and 8 days rain 2 sun they are still collecting but if the bitter wind picks up I grab a coffee and go and sit picking up stragglers good pollen and not bad nectar still coming in cheers big fella👍
Hi thanks for sharing your videos. I really like it. I have 15 hives in upstate New York and have two year experience. Plan to use your way and expand my Bee hives. My goal is to expand the Bees at least to 100 Hives then sell honey 🍯. I am not sure about selling Bees here in NY state, but will see what happens. I will look forward to your other videos. Take care Jared.
You need to make you some swarm traps and put them around the tree line. I use swarm commander in mine and only use a drop or two on the inside top cover if you get the smell to strong they will not go in. You can get good queens from swarms and save your bees. In the last few years I have caught some great gentle wild swarms that produced 2 to 3 boxes of honey the first year. Lots of different plans on TH-cam for swarm traps just remember to leave room in your swarm trap they are looking for room in the box to expand and grow. Couple of new foundation frames and old comb mixed works great.
@@JaredBeekeeping Best thing you can do is medium frames in a deep box and put it about head high in a tree that gets partial shade. The swarms now will be a little smaller than they were a few months ago but they're still out and about.
@@JaredBeekeepingusing old culled equipment is the best avenue for catching swarms Wire a box with a top into a fork of a tree. The propolis will attract a swarm. Caught more than you'd believe using culled equipment.
Well done - I find the bees are generally calmer if you are, and no gloves forces you to be calm. I will always wear a veil - you can still be quite cool with it on
Woohoo! Keep those videos coming. Yeah, I don't like getting stung either. At least now I don't swell up for a week anymore. Haven't been brave enough to go gloveless, yet. But, gloves do slow things down. Look at that, you have 4,500 views! And, 885 subscribers. It's time for another video! How are you doing?
Make some double screen boards with an opening that will face the rear, for the nucs that are the best queens. Put the sealed brood above the double screen with the queen and attached bees. All the field bees will return to the bottom box and make a bunch of queen cells, leave one for the bottom box and cut the rest out if possible when sealed to make splits with. A guy I watch uses 3 six frame Nucs on one base, then 2 queen exscluders cover all 3 Nucs. Then add normal size boxes as you normally would. He said that the bees don't fight. God bless Brother.
@@JaredBeekeeping I watch Ian all the time. You stated that you couldn't make queens because they swarmed, I just thought that you could make queens with the nucs and a double screen board.
Bee stings suck, but as long as you don't have allergic reactions ( like i have) you will get more comfortable with handling them. Learn to read their temperament, experience is the key. Them bouncing off your vail is a sign they aren't in a good mood. Good luck from the Allergic Beekeeper. And don't forget, you're not required to wear a shirt under that jacket, stay cool brother!
Poud of you man👍👍👍....i never used gloves and after so many balloon hand episodes i decided to wear blue nitrile gloves...latex or whateva.. and ive never been tagged in the hands since..latex is basically being gloveless..its great..but they still get me elsewheres sometimes..oh well..worth it...Gods Peace brother from northern maine😇😇😇
Good job. I am a new sub. I went from bare hands to nitrile gloves. I used to wait for a few stings and then go to leather. Now just defaut to the 10mil nitrile black gloves from HF. Nice combo of feel and protection. If you are thinking of making swarm traps, you should consider making some similar to what I use. They have multiple uses and are so easy and inexpensive to make. My video talking about them is called Beekeeping SWARM TRAP: Using Cedar fence boards to make versatile and inexpensive stackable nucs. Made that video about 3 months ago. I've caught 18 swarms in them this year.
Good video glad to see younger people enjoying the bee life . If you like to go gloveless or even suitless that is up to you BUT always REMEMBER it does not take but just a split second for things to turn into a bad day . Yes there are a lot of people that work there bee like that . I do work my girls very little with out all my gear but I still keep my head covered. I will take a hot suit anytime over a hive of piss off bees . Good luck it looks like your colony are growing great . Keep it up. !!!.
Great videos keep it going it’s my 3rd year as trying to be a beekeeper and this year was the worst but I’m not gonna quit just yet but definitely realizing I ain’t no beekeeper yet
I'm also newer to beekeeping, watching this series with interest. I changed to nitrile style gloves last season. So much easier to work, still get stung occasionally, but the good thing about the glove is you just pull on the glove beside the sting and it pulls the stinger straight out of your hand. Still getting the courage to go gloveless.
Subscribed to follow along on your journey. I was thinking you should have gave your friends hive a frame of capped brood from the split you pulled off it. Would have set you back a little, but got his hive boosted up. Like others have said, swarm traps. Free bees and also recovering your own bees is good. Wishing you luck and success on achieving your goal to be a commercial beekeeper/influencer.
Yeah that’s a good point. But Two queens actually came back mated, when I checked them on Saturday there was a queen and brood above the excluder and another below, so hopefully they’ll bounce back quick!
We're in our 2nd year of beekeeping in an urban Indiana setting - currently with 3 hives. My wife trained hands on @ work where they have 20+ commercial hives. We've learned that EVERYONE has their own opinions about beekeeping best practices... we say more power to them. We find techniques that work for us, and encourage everyone (but I'll admit, some of the techniques I've seen seem insane). We inspect weekly (Saturday or Sunday) for small hive beetles, and to prevent swarming. For us, three hives is a lot of work with full inspections weekly. I predict you're going to need volunteer help working as many hives as are in your future. How you're going to manage the girls AND the channel(s) is mind boggling to me. Don't hesitate to reach out to other apiarists for help. All The Best!
Predict you'll have 100+ hives by 4/2024 at this rate. Keep in mind... Bob Binnie has 5-7 workers helping with his hives. He's learned how to do very quick frame checks - if he sees new eggs, doesn't have to *see* the queen to know she's there and working. Best tip I've seen (haven't tried): put unscented swiffer pads in brood box corners to catch small hive beetles. Keep up the good work!
I would going mine in just a pair of shorts and I imagine I still could but I would recommend wearing your headgear because getting song in the eyeball isn't cool about went blind just something to keep in mind
I went through a period of doing inspections without gloves but went back to thin surgical gloves because I got fed up of getting propolis on my hands that would sometimes take days of scrubbing to get off. Not a great look to have sticky brown in your hands and under your finger nails when you’re trying to close 7-8 figure business deals and you go to shake their hand 😅
2:19 Your bees have stripped the wax off that foundation and therefore they will never draw is properly. You need to rewax that undrawn section in order that they will draw it properly. You can tell that this is the case by that yellow comb they made with the "recycled" wax during a nectar dearth.
4:39 they may have killed that first queen, so the queen they remake may be a little more water down because of the drones in the area, but I would think when they get to size they still may be a little feisty. However that feisty maybe why they are a good at making honey
At this point I’m not gonna test, I’m just gonna treat every thing as I’m splitting with OA vapor while they’re brood-less, also I’m hoping that my extreme splitting will help with the mites. Do you think that will work?
You are not a real beekeeper before you get stung up by a 1000 bees trying to kill you. Full protection is the smartest thing one should do. Even picking up the queen with gloves works really well. Another beekeeping myth that is not true.
No gloves or jacket is much cooler, however I NEVER open a hive without a veil. Your eyesight is precious.
Amen! You only get 2 eyeballs!
That sounds like good advice!
Lol uuuuummmm I'm pretty sure one wouldn't loose sight from a sting lol... highly doubt a bees stinging u right in your eye!!! Eyelids however are VERY sensitive lol.
@@jimhendrix7776 yeah..Google it and see if you feel the same, bees are head hunters and I've got dumb videos playing bee whisperer but I've bred for years to do it and I'm also experienced enough to get a very good read on the bees usually but queenless bees or bees in 4 deeps that whirl..yeah..come over I got some bees that'll break you off something fast ..
@Bad Ass Bees lol 😆 😂 🤣... I've gone plenty with zero equipment on but after numerous eyelids stings, I now wear a veil 😆!!! Eyes swell the fuck up, but I noticed mostly the eyelids... under the eye I don't get much nor do I on most sections of my body... itchy as he'll though lol... queenless and poorer conditions definitely set them off for sure... I agree 100%, they're instinctual AF to go primarily for the head undoubtedly!!!
Man I've watched alot of bee keeping videos and you and bob binnie are all I really enjoy watching. Others have information i find useful or different techniques that are interesting to think about. But i really feel a ton of joy watching you and Bob do your work. God bless brother and keep it up!
Thanks brother, that means a lot to me!
My first year...you are an inspiration! Thank you for taking the time to share. Please keep the vids/progress coming:)
Great video, thanks for another wonderful video, God bless.
Thank you too!
Youre doing great, just keep up the safety first mindset always.
Way to go! I've been beekeeping for four years, still, wear gloves and jacket.
I love your comment “idk if this will help but it makes me feel better” and you blow smoke on your hands! Haha oh man idk why but that was funny! I really enjoy your content man! Thank you! Love your laid back attitude and drive!
I just found your channel and subbed! You seem like a humble young man, and I appreciate that! Keep doing what you're doing, and good job, man! 👍
Keep going doll...your doing great! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Sarah!
The perfect amount of protective equipment is the least you are comfortable with. You are doing great!
Another great one!
Thank you!
You are reasonably good at the camera work and the narration. A lot people aren't, or lay it on too thick.
I like your vids. Jared, nothing like having bee's. I love it. Good luck and I will follow your progress.
Thanks Tim!
Love what you're doing, and you do a great job talking it all through, thank you for sharing!
Thanks John!
I get stung on the hands way less when I don't wear gloves. But... My hands get sticky after a couple of hives, and then there's the risk of spreading disease between apiaries if you don't wash thoroughly, so for that reason I wear thin gloves most of the time. That way I can swap out for new ones when I get too sticky, or jump back in the truck. I NEVER wear thick gloves. It's just too clumsy. If I'm collecting a swarm, or just dropping in a graft frame or something like that then I'm bare handed. Most of the stings I get from my very calm bees is when I crush them between finger and frame or hive tool and finger. With light gloves or no gloves I can feel when I'm doing that and release the pressure before they sting.. Normally.... Loving the content Jared, I'm now fully invested in your journey!
Great video with great idea's. I have found out that bee's here in central Arkansas do not like plastic frames or wax coated frames they will not use them except during heavy nectar flows then they will abandon the frame we only use natural wax foundation now and it helped solve our problem.
Centering your frames work best I use 10 on brood boxes, 9 on the supers and 4 on the splits if they aren't centered they will build to the side of the box or build frames together. I am looking forward to more videos.
thankyou,
Delray
Iv got a mix of colonys, one aperie is full of nice calm gentle bee's, the other aperie has a couple of hives with psychopath bee's in 😂😂. Keep on keeping on sir 👍👍😊
Psycho bees are no fun😂
thanks!
I wear just a veil. it is much cooler, but the sting is a sting. Keep going man I am doing the same thing making splits.
I’ve been bee keeping for 15 years and I wear a suit and gloves to this day. I sometimes wear nitrile gloves,according to what time of year. I use to sometimes go gloveless and just a veil and tee shirt, but I swell and itch for several days from stings . I wear protective gear now. I would highly recommend you at least wear a veil even if you do away with suit and gloves. If you get stung in eye , you could loose a eye . Enjoyed your video. Interested to follow your journey. Thankyou
I think I’ll definitely keep wearing a veil! I don’t want to lose an eye. Thanks Randy
Good job!
Thanks!
Keep doing and working on you. Be careful though. You may at anytime become allergic. It happened to me this year. Now I am back to being terrified like when I was kid.
Thanks Matt. Oh wow! I didn’t know that’s a possibility.
You are gentle mover and as the new queens progeny replace the hot heads you will be fine it’s just knowing the girls and the when you open ie not when a farmer cut his lucerne or it’s windy funny things ….. experience going great guns …… show no fear love them I put the ones coming home a bit chilled on my finger every day for the last week as it’s winter in south west Tasmania Australia and 8 days rain 2 sun they are still collecting but if the bitter wind picks up I grab a coffee and go and sit picking up stragglers good pollen and not bad nectar still coming in cheers big fella👍
Thanks Trevor! I can tell you love your girls, cheers!
Hi thanks for sharing your videos. I really like it. I have 15 hives in upstate New York and have two year experience. Plan to use your way and expand my Bee hives. My goal is to expand the Bees at least to 100 Hives then sell honey 🍯. I am not sure about selling Bees here in NY state, but will see what happens. I will look forward to your other videos. Take care Jared.
Sounds great! Good luck with your bee business!
You need to make you some swarm traps and put them around the tree line. I use swarm commander in mine and only use a drop or two on the inside top cover if you get the smell to strong they will not go in. You can get good queens from swarms and save your bees. In the last few years I have caught some great gentle wild swarms that produced 2 to 3 boxes of honey the first year. Lots of different plans on TH-cam for swarm traps just remember to leave room in your swarm trap they are looking for room in the box to expand and grow. Couple of new foundation frames and old comb mixed works great.
Thanks for tips, I’ve thought about it but just haven’t gotten around to it yet, it would probably have saved me a lot of bees.
@@JaredBeekeeping Best thing you can do is medium frames in a deep box and put it about head high in a tree that gets partial shade. The swarms now will be a little smaller than they were a few months ago but they're still out and about.
@@JaredBeekeepingusing old culled equipment is the best avenue for catching swarms
Wire a box with a top into a fork of a tree. The propolis will attract a swarm. Caught more than you'd believe using culled equipment.
Well done - I find the bees are generally calmer if you are, and no gloves forces you to be calm.
I will always wear a veil - you can still be quite cool with it on
Thanks, I plan on still wearing a veil if I can get up the nerve to not wear a jacket 😁
Keep the videos going brother!
Thanks brother! It’s harder to make time for it than I thought it would.
@@JaredBeekeeping oh do I know, we will be more consistent this year. The payoff is great!
Woohoo! Keep those videos coming. Yeah, I don't like getting stung either. At least now I don't swell up for a week anymore. Haven't been brave enough to go gloveless, yet. But, gloves do slow things down. Look at that, you have 4,500 views! And, 885 subscribers. It's time for another video! How are you doing?
I’m going to follow in your footsteps. I’ve got 11 hives at various levels of strength. Great job!
Awesome! Thanks.
Make some double screen boards with an opening that will face the rear, for the nucs that are the best queens.
Put the sealed brood above the double screen with the queen and attached bees.
All the field bees will return to the bottom box and make a bunch of queen cells, leave one for the bottom box and cut the rest out if possible when sealed to make splits with.
A guy I watch uses 3 six frame Nucs on one base, then 2 queen exscluders cover all 3 Nucs. Then add normal size boxes as you normally would.
He said that the bees don't fight.
God bless Brother.
I’ve actually started using dbl screen boards since Bob Binnies video a couple years ago, works really well! Ian Steppler runs 6 frame Nucs like that😁
@@JaredBeekeeping I watch Ian all the time.
You stated that you couldn't make queens because they swarmed, I just thought that you could make queens with the nucs and a double screen board.
Bee stings suck, but as long as you don't have allergic reactions ( like i have) you will get more comfortable with handling them. Learn to read their temperament, experience is the key. Them bouncing off your vail is a sign they aren't in a good mood. Good luck from the Allergic Beekeeper. And don't forget, you're not required to wear a shirt under that jacket, stay cool brother!
I should try the No shirt method. Thanks brother!
Poud of you man👍👍👍....i never used gloves and after so many balloon hand episodes i decided to wear blue nitrile gloves...latex or whateva.. and ive never been tagged in the hands since..latex is basically being gloveless..its great..but they still get me elsewheres sometimes..oh well..worth it...Gods Peace brother from northern maine😇😇😇
Thanks Man! That’s a great idea, I might try that with my hotter hives.
Good job. I am a new sub. I went from bare hands to nitrile gloves. I used to wait for a few stings and then go to leather. Now just defaut to the 10mil nitrile black gloves from HF. Nice combo of feel and protection. If you are thinking of making swarm traps, you should consider making some similar to what I use. They have multiple uses and are so easy and inexpensive to make. My video talking about them is called Beekeeping SWARM TRAP: Using Cedar fence boards to make versatile and inexpensive stackable nucs. Made that video about 3 months ago. I've caught 18 swarms in them this year.
Thanks! That’s a great idea, I ordered some gloves. I do need swarm traps, I’ll check out your video 👍
I like the way you inspect your bees. You make it look easy. Subscribed.
Thanks!
Good video glad to see younger people enjoying the bee life . If you like to go gloveless or even suitless that is up to you BUT always REMEMBER it does not take but just a split second for things to turn into a bad day . Yes there are a lot of people that work there bee like that . I do work my girls very little with out all my gear but I still keep my head covered. I will take a hot suit anytime over a hive of piss off bees . Good luck it looks like your colony are growing great . Keep it up. !!!.
Thanks Kathy!
Great videos keep it going it’s my 3rd year as trying to be a beekeeper and this year was the worst but I’m not gonna quit just yet but definitely realizing I ain’t no beekeeper yet
Thanks!
Beekeeping isn’t simple anymore, Good luck!
I'm also newer to beekeeping, watching this series with interest. I changed to nitrile style gloves last season. So much easier to work, still get stung occasionally, but the good thing about the glove is you just pull on the glove beside the sting and it pulls the stinger straight out of your hand. Still getting the courage to go gloveless.
I ordered some HD latex gloves for working my hotter hives, I think I’m done with clumsy leather gloves.
@@JaredBeekeeping word of warning though, they are damn sweaty if its a hot day. 🙄
Great job with experimenting with no gloves! That's amazing. I'm just starting and seeing this makes me want to get to this point.
Thanks, You can do it😁
Subscribed to follow along on your journey.
I was thinking you should have gave your friends hive a frame of capped brood from the split you pulled off it. Would have set you back a little, but got his hive boosted up.
Like others have said, swarm traps. Free bees and also recovering your own bees is good.
Wishing you luck and success on achieving your goal to be a commercial beekeeper/influencer.
Yeah that’s a good point. But Two queens actually came back mated, when I checked them on Saturday there was a queen and brood above the excluder and another below, so hopefully they’ll bounce back quick!
We're in our 2nd year of beekeeping in an urban Indiana setting - currently with 3 hives. My wife trained hands on @ work where they have 20+ commercial hives. We've learned that EVERYONE has their own opinions about beekeeping best practices... we say more power to them. We find techniques that work for us, and encourage everyone (but I'll admit, some of the techniques I've seen seem insane). We inspect weekly (Saturday or Sunday) for small hive beetles, and to prevent swarming. For us, three hives is a lot of work with full inspections weekly. I predict you're going to need volunteer help working as many hives as are in your future. How you're going to manage the girls AND the channel(s) is mind boggling to me. Don't hesitate to reach out to other apiarists for help. All The Best!
Thanks for the tips, I might not know what I’m getting myself into yet 😁
Predict you'll have 100+ hives by 4/2024 at this rate. Keep in mind... Bob Binnie has 5-7 workers helping with his hives. He's learned how to do very quick frame checks - if he sees new eggs, doesn't have to *see* the queen to know she's there and working. Best tip I've seen (haven't tried): put unscented swiffer pads in brood box corners to catch small hive beetles.
Keep up the good work!
I would going mine in just a pair of shorts and I imagine I still could but I would recommend wearing your headgear because getting song in the eyeball isn't cool about went blind just something to keep in mind
Jared, you don’t have to be tough to be a keeper. Hands are one thing but one sting to the eye and you could be blind.
Yeah I probably always at least wear a vail. Thanks!
I went through a period of doing inspections without gloves but went back to thin surgical gloves because I got fed up of getting propolis on my hands that would sometimes take days of scrubbing to get off. Not a great look to have sticky brown in your hands and under your finger nails when you’re trying to close 7-8 figure business deals and you go to shake their hand 😅
You’re braver than I am 😂
It works better with a camera 😂
It looks like their attitude has improved quite a bit. I only have 2 hives, but mean bees are no fun
Yes much better! Very encouraging.
2:19 Your bees have stripped the wax off that foundation and therefore they will never draw is properly. You need to rewax that undrawn section in order that they will draw it properly. You can tell that this is the case by that yellow comb they made with the "recycled" wax during a nectar dearth.
Thanks I’ll check it out.
4:39 they may have killed that first queen, so the queen they remake may be a little more water down because of the drones in the area, but I would think when they get to size they still may be a little feisty. However that feisty maybe why they are a good at making honey
You’re doing what most of us want to do growing. Show us the shop work making the equipment.
Looking good!
Will do!
Thanks.
Yah I'd love to see that 😊😊😊
And, how are you going to test and treat for mite control?
At this point I’m not gonna test, I’m just gonna treat every thing as I’m splitting with OA vapor while they’re brood-less, also I’m hoping that my extreme splitting will help with the mites. Do you think that will work?
When you don't have many bees in the colony getting stung is not likely but once they have a large population they will sting you
Yeah I’ve been noticing that.
Carful yanking that inner cover off without checking for your queen she may be on it. That is a bad day just a suggestion one beekeeper to another
Great video, by the way!!!
Thanks!
Hey! Ive got pro tip for you
Just drop few drops of apple cider vinegar on your hands and you are all good
Thank me later
One more thing tell us about yourself, what state are you in? Thanks
I’m in Muddy Pond TN.😁
Always work without gloves , easiest way too tell if you have to be of with her head
Make new. Videos please
I’ll update soon!
You are not a real beekeeper before you get stung up by a 1000 bees trying to kill you. Full protection is the smartest thing one should do. Even picking up the queen with gloves works really well. Another beekeeping myth that is not true.