I love how gentle he is! Sometimes it seems like people are making a show of not fearing the bees, and they move quickly or roughly. I prefer this style so much, I hate to harm even a single bee
I agree with Brad let your bee's do their own thing. Only people gaining anything from pollen patties and dugar are the people selling it. I've watched a bee tree in my area for 30 plus years no human interference their still alive and well
I would like to encourage you, and I would for all beekeepers, to start watching natural beekeepers like Michael Bush and Dr. Leo Shiratskin--they are informing us of the damage we doing do the bees guts by feeding sugar, pollen patties, essentials oils and pesticides. Bees do far better on their own.
Have you considered a queen excluder between the brood box and the feeder box? That way you'd know there would be no eggs in that burr comb and there would be no way for her to get up in the feeder box and possibly drown.
We just started 3 new hives on our homestead, we have had bee's in the past but we have always had issues with wax moths. This is the first time we saw a pollen patti we might have to look into that. We are doing everything we can to make sure our hives are strong. Thanks for the video.
if it may help : give them less frames 6 dadant are many 5 best with warm partitions on the sides sirup in the evening and reduce the entry leave them alone check in a week time there should be eggs if not wait 5 more days if not find the queen kille it and add the bees to another hive unless you have a queen ---- it helps alot to have frames from other hives to start with !!! honey and pollen and ready empty ready frames -.- when they lay eggs give it time to operculate then wait 14 days minimum --- and add 1 frame extra on each side so 2 ;) and so on
Interesting feeder. I'm still green but wouldn't that encourage robbing. It has a huge surface area to evaporate, so it will get very humid in there. There is already mold growing in there.
This bee has very little chance of survival. There is no built frame for the queen to begin her spawning. The population is too small to build even a framework. In the bee there is no food, no pollen. Tighten the hive in just 3 frames with vertical styrofoam, if you have installed a built frame and feed stimulants daily with 100-200g. sugar syrup for ten days. We hope that everything goes well and that the bee will be fourteen soon.
Brand new to all of this.... just getting my bees about two weeks from now.. This video is VERY helpful. I've been reading everything I can (lots of beekeeping books) but sometimes a video can really clear things up - a picture being worth a thousand words. One thing I've never seen mentioned is how do you know (while inspecting a hive) when it is time to re-smoke the hive AND how much is just right and how much is TOO much?
Everyone in the comments is so critical... it's a beehive guys. Calm down. So what if you bump the hive. So what if a bee got smushed. It's not the end of the world, or the end of the hive.
How long have you been doing this and what do your neighbors think of the endeavor? I hear the traffic in the background and it sounds like you are in a heavily populated area.
You are CARELESS when putting the hive back together. Numberous bee's were injured or killed. Same with the pollen patties..... You should have put to hive bodies and top on with a sliding motion to give the bee's a chance to move out of the way. With the patties, you didn't look under before laying them down.
At the 14:42 mark, you tap the bees out of the hive before closing it. If I were a beekeeper, I would never do it because I respect the bees' ability to sting people if you bother them. Tapping the bees out before closing the hive, in my opinion, would upset them and they will target your mesh covering in the face. I would just leave the bees in that opened hive to close them. Even if I have PPE and a smokepot, I would be a lot more careful than you do.
I hope that you are a little faster now...A little bit slower and we might have died of boredom...And about that smoke...There were 5 bees in there and you used too much smoke,most of it for no reason,just smoking the air...I use half of that smoke to inspect 2 or 3 hives,much stronger than this one...Anyway,it's been 2 years since you uploaded this,I hope everything is good right now!!
Oh hello! Have you heard about - Banco Beekeeping Buzz (should be on google have a look)? Ive heard some super things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.
I love how gentle he is! Sometimes it seems like people are making a show of not fearing the bees, and they move quickly or roughly. I prefer this style so much, I hate to harm even a single bee
One of the best video's I've seen on conducting the first inspection. Nice job.
Some of us are new at this, it really help's seeing how its done, sometimes slow is better! GREAT VIDEO
I agree with Brad let your bee's do their own thing. Only people gaining anything from pollen patties and dugar are the people selling it. I've watched a bee tree in my area for 30 plus years no human interference their still alive and well
I would like to encourage you, and I would for all beekeepers, to start watching natural beekeepers like Michael Bush and Dr. Leo Shiratskin--they are informing us of the damage we doing do the bees guts by feeding sugar, pollen patties, essentials oils and pesticides. Bees do far better on their own.
I jus gotta say the very best of explaining what ,why,how,just a really good helpful video for beginners,this shows me just how I'm gonna do! thanks
Have you considered a queen excluder between the brood box and the feeder box? That way you'd know there would be no eggs in that burr comb and there would be no way for her to get up in the feeder box and possibly drown.
We just started 3 new hives on our homestead, we have had bee's in the past but we have always had issues with wax moths. This is the first time we saw a pollen patti we might have to look into that. We are doing everything we can to make sure our hives are strong. Thanks for the video.
I think you did a great job.
It is best to take first frame out first less chance to hirt the queen when there are more bees
Nicely done! GREAT AUDIO!!!
thank you- great video and nice explanations
very informative on some things very well done and thank you for posting
I would have put an empty frame off to the side to get the extra room and put that first frame you found with comb starting back in the box.
I don't see her, but I can hear her backing up.
hey man! I just started my own vlog on youtube... i just recently did my own first inspection after installing my nuc! So much fun!
Thank you! I was all over the net looking for what rolling the queen meant, but couldn't find an answer that wasn't about the rolling stones ... :/
if it may help : give them less frames 6 dadant are many 5 best with warm partitions on the sides
sirup in the evening and reduce the entry leave them alone check in a week time there should be eggs if not wait 5 more days
if not find the queen kille it and add the bees to another hive unless you have a queen ---- it helps alot to have frames from other hives to start with !!! honey and pollen and ready empty ready frames -.-
when they lay eggs give it time to operculate then wait 14 days minimum --- and add 1 frame extra on each side so 2 ;) and so on
Missing the inner cover on top of the feeders....moisture needs to vent.
The neighbours must be really happy about your bees too.
Interesting feeder. I'm still green but wouldn't that encourage robbing. It has a huge surface area to evaporate, so it will get very humid in there. There is already mold growing in there.
Never saw the queen.
6:41... Bee crunch sound. lol
This bee has very little chance of survival. There is no built frame for the queen to begin her spawning. The population is too small to build even a framework. In the bee there is no food, no pollen. Tighten the hive in just 3 frames with vertical styrofoam, if you have installed a built frame and feed stimulants daily with 100-200g. sugar syrup for ten days. We hope that everything goes well and that the bee will be fourteen soon.
Brand new to all of this.... just getting my bees about two weeks from now.. This video is VERY helpful. I've been reading everything I can (lots of beekeeping books) but sometimes a video can really clear things up - a picture being worth a thousand words.
One thing I've never seen mentioned is how do you know (while inspecting a hive) when it is time to re-smoke the hive AND how much is just right and how much is TOO much?
Barn yard bees is a good one to
Everyone in the comments is so critical... it's a beehive guys. Calm down. So what if you bump the hive. So what if a bee got smushed. It's not the end of the world, or the end of the hive.
how comes you no longer committed to this channel? this was a great channel.
You did not just bang that cover on the hive box...
I think this was done by Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory every time I see it.
The Bee's are Scientifically taken care of. :-)
How long have you been doing this and what do your neighbors think of the endeavor? I hear the traffic in the background and it sounds like you are in a heavily populated area.
You should pull out either frame 1 or 10 first.
agreed ... noticed that he went to the 3rd one over, I would never do that. You want to remove all of them for an inspection anyway.
it is safe and yes they are from dadant .com. Brushy Mountain Bees, Rossman Apairies are good ones too.
Can I ask why you don’t use excluders between the brood box and the feeder?
You dont need so much smoke
Am I the only one that thinks he speaks like Ferris Beuhler? :D
What do you do with the burr comb you removed? Should that be discarded elsewhere?
Не надо настолько пчёл бояться))
Do you get a lot of dead bees with this type feeder?
How people do not wear gloves? Nice video!
Can they be fed organic pollen from the health food store?
I wouldnt. Id stick to stuff specifically for bees. Frankly, I think a pollen patty is probably unnecessary
Pollen Patties are not to be in a hive more then a day says our State Bee inspecter due to wax moths.
very interesting,I gotta look into that,thanks
I made a split of nuc may 14 can I split the same nuc june 3
You are CARELESS when putting the hive back together. Numberous bee's were injured or killed. Same with the pollen patties..... You should have put to hive bodies and top on with a sliding motion to give the bee's a chance to move out of the way. With the patties, you didn't look under before laying them down.
Are you using langstroth or dadant hive?
1:37 don't pump that like a tire pump lol. Go slow...
Are you guys from Dadant .com? I want to order some bee's wax from their but i want to make sure its a safe site
At the 14:42 mark, you tap the bees out of the hive before closing it. If I were a beekeeper, I would never do it because I respect the bees' ability to sting people if you bother them. Tapping the bees out before closing the hive, in my opinion, would upset them and they will target your mesh covering in the face. I would just leave the bees in that opened hive to close them. Even if I have PPE and a smokepot, I would be a lot more careful than you do.
He doesn't seem to care.
bee...p...bee...p...beeeeeeppppp...;[]
I hope that you are a little faster now...A little bit slower and we might have died of boredom...And about that smoke...There were 5 bees in there and you used too much smoke,most of it for no reason,just smoking the air...I use half of that smoke to inspect 2 or 3 hives,much stronger than this one...Anyway,it's been 2 years since you uploaded this,I hope everything is good right now!!
need to do more videos i'm a newbee and r videos halp me
Many bad habits here
Oh hello! Have you heard about - Banco Beekeeping Buzz (should be on google have a look)? Ive heard some super things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.