The Neglected Bee Yard | I spent all summer at the farm and left these girls on auto pilot.
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About this video:The Neglected Bee Yard | I spent all summer at the farm and left these girls on auto pilot.
I spent all summer at the farm and left the home yard on auto-pilot. These hives have been neglected all season and I have no idea what I'll find in the hives. I hope they all survived. I have to do better at managing my home apiary.
This Channel:
Although this beekeeping channel is primarily about beekeeping I am also a quasi pepper who believes in becoming self-sufficient. With that in mind, I have started a garden, planted fruit trees, replaced the hedges in front of my house with blueberry bushes, and have recently built a chicken coop. In short, I will share a lot more than beekeeping on this channel.
A little about me:
I am a person who believes you are never to old to learn something. Be it beekeeping, farming, raising chickens, painting, filming and editing video, making wine, beer, bread, cheese, and other fermentation consumables, play guitar etc... If I see something I want to try I start it immediately. If there is one thing I could choose to pass along to my children this would be it. Never be afraid to try. My wife famously told me once that if you are not willing to be bad at something, you will never be good at it. I am bad at quite a few things.
I hope you find my beekeeping videos fun and entertaining as well as get something out of them. I hope I inspire someone to get out and try something new. If you do enjoy my videos, please take a moment to spread the word about this channel and help it, and myself, grow. Have a great day and BEE Happy!
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The gear I use:
Primary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Secondary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Primary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Secondary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Tripod: GEEKOTO Camera Tripod
Editing Software: Adobe Premier
Graphics Package: Adobe Photoshop
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You are a youtuber Not a beekeeper .
Thank you so much for the support. There really isn't anything better than sharing ones passion with strangers while trying hard to entertain and engage curious people and get insulted by someone who contributes nothing. I look at my TH-cam adventure as a way to expand the hobby and achieve personal growth. That said, I have been around for a while and run across people all the time who instinctively tear others down as a way to feel better about themselves and their own failures. I will leave you with food for thought:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
--Theodore Roosevelt
It seems some of the handiest things that make our life easier are the ones we find by accident! Paint brush trick, pretty handy, cheap, readily available. Look forward to see if it keeps working if you try it in other videos.
That's a cool lil trick with the brush
I know right.
Ha I am still here I have enjoyed the whole thing it was great. Looking forward to the next one. Have a Blessed week. I have seen a few HB but nothing like last year, but I also put down grub x in all my bee yards. so still have a few but the season is not over yet I am in virginia. hot and humid
I was at the farm yard yesterday and caught 4 more hive beetles with the beetle sucker 5000 :-). The humidity in this area is starting to climb so I suspect I will be seeing more hive beetles.
Bee Farmer upload! Thank you for the content 😊
Thanks for watching. It was a long one today!
Great video. Would be nice to have a video talking about the bee barns and how they function as a hive? If possible ofcourse.
Upcoming. I will be doing the Bee Barn inspection this week.
@@BugFarmerBees can’t wait!!! I wanted to get a good reference for how mine are stacking up
They are a fad. Gay bee barn
Great video, enjoyed the whole thing.💯👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for sticking around. Sometimes no matter how much I edit I cannot get the time down to something reasonable.
Hey bug farmer! I love your videos and watch them weekly. Before you had a link to someone selling queen size frames. May you send us the link to that again please? I cant find it.
I am in my 5th year. Went from 5/7 making it over winter up here in Michigan. First year I tried to split hard and I am up to 25! In this local area there has been a little niche of introducing virgin VSH queens ala Corey Stevens method and I cant deny I've been enjoying it very much. I am at about 80% success rate to get them mated and I can control my genetics 50% of the way.
Awesome. With 25 hives you are in for a great harvest. I was happy with my harvest this year but I am happier with the amount of drawn comb the girls produced for next season. As for the queen sized frames... are you referring to the bee barn frames by Banks? Those are specifically designed to fit in bee barns. If you need a link to those send me an email and I'll give it to you.
Yeah we the elite are still here. May not be super exciting but the busy work has to still be done. Thanks for sharing with us
ELITE!!! Thanks a bunch for watching the whole video. The long ones are usually a grab bag and a bear to edit.
Elite? Yeah ok ISRAEL
I watched every minute of your videos. You are a quality person that makes good videos.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I always work to improve.
I'm an elite! Had to watch in installments cause I'm at work.
Rule #1 ...Don't get fired for Bug Farmer. Thanks for sticking with it until the end.
Good video 🎉
Thanks Frankie
On the queenless hive you saw queen cells that were chewed down. You may have queen on a mating flight that will return.
I will know soon. I will inspect the hives again in two weeks. My fingers are crossed.
Like yer mom
Great video. Congrats on your spring harvest of 1300 lbs. Thats awesome. I harvested 160 lbs from 2 hives (5 supers). Do you get a second harvest?
Unfortunately I only get one harvest. We have a small fall flow and I leave it for the girls.
It's never time to worry 😟 it's time to make new plans
Well said!
Will putting on that frozen box of frames cool down the nest and be bad for the eggs and larva?
No. Wax doesn't hold it's temp for long because it's so thin. By the time the boxes got to the hives they were just cool and after 5 minutes on the box I am sure it had reached hive temp.
And yer mom
Vevor hives... I have a few dozen and the boxes and frames are ok BUT the plastic foundations. My girls do not like them and they have a chemical smell. What's been your experience?
I haven't had any issue at all. I have 4 different VEVOR 10 frame setups each with VEVOR supers and the bees are all over them. Maybe try rewaxing the frames with some beeswax and give them some 1/3 : 1 syrup. The light syrup will cause them to draw comb.
Hive #3 had no room to lay in. Is that a concern?
They a had a couple frames from hive one so I think they will be okay.
Cheaper to feed back sugar water than that honey!lol
True, but I want my bees to keep some of what they worked for. I will and do feed sugar water when they need it.
He didnt pay for the honey Dummy
Hello, Mr. Bug. Any recommendations on a vented jacket? That looks like a nice one.
I have the Ultra Breeze and Guardian make a nice one. Personally, as long as it protects from the bees and keeps you cool it's a winner. The only thing I don't like about the ultra breeze is they only have a fencing veil. I would love it if they offered different types of veils.
@@BugFarmerBees so, would you prefer something other than a fencing style veil?
@@GLuft3 Yes. I am not a fan of the fencing veil. For beekeeping it is great, for making videos not so much. I also hate having to wear a ball cap under the veil to keep the front of the veil from touching my face.
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Marine Corps Hive please
Marines are the third hive on the front row with the burgundy and gold lid. They were doing great. :-)
Is your wife still keeping her hives?
Not so much. :-(
Colonies