Joe, Slovenians have been using sheds for hundreds of years. Their hives are like cabinets. The bees come and go from the outside and the beekeeper opens the back door. Your hive setup is awesome. I wish you sold your hives. Great videos. Susan N W Georgia
Nice Job Joe! I mentioned you in my 100th Q&A Video. Do you have any updates for us? Is this still working out for you? What changes would you have made? Thanks and I wish you all the best.
Nice. I want to move to the mountains on to a farm. I often think about putting the hives in the barn. They're sheltered, high enough to not be harrassed by bears, etc.
I'm in UK and this is what I'm thinking of doing in my shed, like you said not everyone likes bee's 👍😃 so this should stop them moaning because they wouldn't even know they are there 👍
VERY interesting idea! I think they produce so much honey from all the ornamental flowers in the city that they do not find in the farmland! I know that they love my raspberries as well and have been seeing some russian bees recently so I assume that someone has a hive nearby recently.
Bees like to move up not side ways that's why long hives produce more brood than anything. Indoor hives have been a staple in Slovenia forever. Nice set up.
Verry good idea the bees are producing more honey because they don’t need to work hard to keep the hive temperature regulated which means consuming less honey
Joe I have been very impressed with your hive , I will be curious how your bees winterover? please keep us informed in the spring on another note have you thought about making a double deep long hive?
It isn't natural to go sideways for bees so when You add supers that is where they start storing honey. People saying that long hives are awesome cos they are easy to work - yes but not much honey is being produced.
Great vid Joe. I watched your earlier ones too. Ive been considering building a long lang myself. Interesting that you and others think of them as brood makers. Putting supers on them sort of defeats the purpose of having a long lang. You are back to lifting boxes. But hey if you need to then you need to. I love your indoor idea, brilliant!. Now Im not sure if I will build a long lang. Did you get any honey before you added supers, or was it just enough to sustain the bees. Thanks for taking the time to make the video. This kind of thing helps everyone. Regards Ben
I know you have said you don't have plans for your hive. But it the basic concept is that you need 3/8 inch space on all sides of your frames to start the project?
When you say honey production wasn't very good before putting on the super, would you not recommend this to someone who would like to get Honey production as well as pollination? The idea of not having 4-5 separate boxes is very appealing, but we definitely want to be able to produce honey
Nate Groshek could it be there wasn't flowers producing nectar until he supered and would've been fine leaving be or adding queen excluder.Or could it BE PROOF Bees build VERTICALLY NOT HORIZONTALLY.Id say proof.But bees HAVE to build horizontal if don't have vertical,I'd left them alone personally,soon as they fill around the brood THEN they'll fill supers, I imagine what they done here,prob filling brood nest when he wanted filling his honey,that's why u should build them up FOR the Flow,Not ON the Flow..
I'm just now trying to get in to bee keeping. I am really wanting to shield them away from the winter and bears, I was curious of how the bees would react indoors verses outside. Are they more aggressive when you open them up?
Jonathan Brooks No, definitely NOT MORE AGGRESSIVE, nothing wrong with WINTERING in shed,long as have access to outside so they can make cleansing flights.BUT I WOULDN'T do this in Summer unless you HAVE TO.. REASON being is small hive beetles will take over VERY FAST if Hive not Very Strong,I mean In couple days,stress bees to point of Absconding in a few days,at least here in Mo..PLUS Bees won't get early sun and warm up so they start flying,so I imagine these shed bees get a later start than if they were outside,just what I think about it..
Jonathan Brooks your welcome,and what I shoot for wintering successful is food, waaaay more than people think,big clusters, AND ventilation, you pull that off, you'll have yourself one very good hive come spring.
Do you think keeping bees in a shed would make it easier to prevent a swarm from happening by blocking the exits? I also live in a residential area, swarming and robbing are my main concerns. Enjoyed the video, thanks
Joe, Slovenians have been using sheds for hundreds of years. Their hives are like cabinets. The bees come and go from the outside and the beekeeper opens the back door.
Your hive setup is awesome. I wish you sold your hives.
Great videos.
Susan
N W Georgia
www.slovenianbeekeeping.com/ , slocally.com/beekeeping-in-slovenia/
Nice Job Joe! I mentioned you in my 100th Q&A Video. Do you have any updates for us? Is this still working out for you? What changes would you have made? Thanks and I wish you all the best.
Unfortunately it looks like this was his last video posted.
Nice. I want to move to the mountains on to a farm. I often think about putting the hives in the barn. They're sheltered, high enough to not be harrassed by bears, etc.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thakns for this idea!!! Looking great 👍
Hello, love this bee house design. Would really love an update!
Now I'm really rethinking my hive setup... this is awesome! :)
Great set up. I like the knobs that help removing the top slats.
Your videos are great! That hive is amazing! You're a real craftsman and innovator!
It only takes a imagination to get things done. Awesome idea. Kicks ASS
Nice! Very efficient, wonderful setup. Thank you and please keep posting more.
I'm in UK and this is what I'm thinking of doing in my shed, like you said not everyone likes bee's 👍😃 so this should stop them moaning because they wouldn't even know they are there 👍
Happy to see an update. I look forward to more videos on how this indoor hive progresses.
Thanks Joe! Really looking forward to it!
Looks good Joe! Update please :)
VERY interesting idea! I think they produce so much honey from all the ornamental flowers in the city that they do not find in the farmland! I know that they love my raspberries as well and have been seeing some russian bees recently so I assume that someone has a hive nearby recently.
Bees like to move up not side ways that's why long hives produce more brood than anything. Indoor hives have been a staple in Slovenia forever. Nice set up.
Verry good idea the bees are producing more honey because they don’t need to work hard to keep the hive temperature regulated which means consuming less honey
You are 20 miles North of G.R.?
I am currently in G.R. Would love to see your set up in person!! Love the idea of inside the shed❤☺
Thank you for the great idea.
Joe I have been very impressed with your hive , I will be curious how your bees winterover? please keep us informed in the spring on another note have you thought about making a double deep long hive?
I will surely be using many of your ideas.
Tack
Awesome! I'm going to build one of these "supered" horizontal hives. Thanks so much.
I live in the country, AND I'm trying it in a shed. This just seems to be a great way of keeping bees. I bought my materials today :-)
I already have a great place in a shed for it. Thanks!
Very interesting setup. You might be onto something there. What about beetles n wax moths? Have you noticed any difference having the hives indoors?
I m just north of Lansing and have a couple of horizontal langstroth hives and would be curious to see what you have set up.
It isn't natural to go sideways for bees so when You add supers that is where they start storing honey. People saying that long hives are awesome cos they are easy to work - yes but not much honey is being produced.
Looks good thanks!
Would love to know how it went over winter. Is it too cold without the sunlight? Please do another video.
Any updates video s on this hive. Thanks for the video
Please give an update!
ingenious
Close to Grand Rapids, MI?
Great vid Joe. I watched your earlier ones too. Ive been considering building a long lang myself. Interesting that you and others think of them as brood makers. Putting supers on them sort of defeats the purpose of having a long lang. You are back to lifting boxes. But hey if you need to then you need to. I love your indoor idea, brilliant!. Now Im not sure if I will build a long lang. Did you get any honey before you added supers, or was it just enough to sustain the bees.
Thanks for taking the time to make the video. This kind of thing helps everyone.
Regards Ben
Check out facebook page Long Langstroth hive group lots of info there
I know you have said you don't have plans for your hive. But it the basic concept is that you need 3/8 inch space on all sides of your frames to start the project?
How do the bees get in and out of the super?
how are they doing now??? I lost mine over the winter this year. Have you ever had a problem like that?
When you say honey production wasn't very good before putting on the super, would you not recommend this to someone who would like to get Honey production as well as pollination? The idea of not having 4-5 separate boxes is very appealing, but we definitely want to be able to produce honey
Nate Groshek could it be there wasn't flowers producing nectar until he supered and would've been fine leaving be or adding queen excluder.Or could it BE PROOF Bees build VERTICALLY NOT HORIZONTALLY.Id say proof.But bees HAVE to build horizontal if don't have vertical,I'd left them alone personally,soon as they fill around the brood THEN they'll fill supers, I imagine what they done here,prob filling brood nest when he wanted filling his honey,that's why u should build them up FOR the Flow,Not ON the Flow..
My HH does very well on honey production. I have a 36 deep frame hive. I live in zone 7 USA.
dose the supers have queen excludeder
Would love an update but it’s been so long do you think he is still alive.
WELL.... What Happened???
I'm just now trying to get in to bee keeping. I am really wanting to shield them away from the winter and bears, I was curious of how the bees would react indoors verses outside. Are they more aggressive when you open them up?
Jonathan Brooks No, definitely NOT MORE AGGRESSIVE, nothing wrong with WINTERING in shed,long as have access to outside so they can make cleansing flights.BUT I WOULDN'T do this in Summer unless you HAVE TO.. REASON being is small hive beetles will take over VERY FAST if Hive not Very Strong,I mean In couple days,stress bees to point of Absconding in a few days,at least here in Mo..PLUS Bees won't get early sun and warm up so they start flying,so I imagine these shed bees get a later start than if they were outside,just what I think about it..
@@baddestbees3347 thank you for the reply. I really appreciate your support and information.
Jonathan Brooks your welcome,and what I shoot for wintering successful is food, waaaay more than people think,big clusters, AND ventilation, you pull that off, you'll have yourself one very good hive come spring.
Oh I want a setup like you have shown. Where can I get one?
Build it.
Update please
Do you think keeping bees in a shed would make it easier to prevent a swarm from happening by blocking the exits? I also live in a residential area, swarming and robbing are my main concerns. Enjoyed the video, thanks
The only way to prevent a swarm is add more room and/or split the hive.
To prevent swarming especially in a residential area you need to clip queens in do your splits or more space
Nice setup.
No new video since 2017, maybe the guy is dead.