Oh Yes!! I have really been looking into beekeeping, and now I get to combine what I have been learning about hydroponics and learn about beekeeping all in one place! Love the content Hoocho, well done!
Some hot tips in the first 3 mins - firstly you dont need $$ stands - standard CLS carcasing timber & 8 screws work well as a hive stand, secondly - when transporting your better off with flyscreen and and okkie strap that way you have airflow through the broodbox/hive during transport.
Beekeeping is a new adventure. If you set it up you can do a dual-nuclear hive where two hives can be joined with a "queen excluder similar to what you use in your honew super, and make a double sized hive, but that can come later. I can't wait to see you start grafting queen cells and wild stuff like that!
So excited for you Mitch! Awesome to see you and the girls all looking so relaxed together and getting along so well. Looking forward to following along on all the bee adventures :D
When you want to look at your hives at night, use a red touch as bees can't see red so they won't fly. A tip for 10:37 when you are taking a frame from another beekeeper, put your hands as you would hold a frame and then point your fingers at the other beekeeper, then the other beekeeper can place the frame on your fingers.
I got big hive from sunny coast the guy put a block of wood over the entrance and taped - said would be good to go, was a bit dubious, 60km out from home and got stung, then got stung again so luckily I took my bee suite and put it on for the last 40km (also put the A/C on in the car to try and slow them down a bit) got home and opened back door and had 20 odd bees looking at me from the hive!
Honcho, mate, message "Just Alex", it'd be great to see a collaboration between you two. You both love the growing, foraging, nature, bee side of life. Different countries but very similar passions. I follow you both and think you'd bounce off each other quite well. Love watch both your contents.
@@philash6399 I came across and watched his bee video whilst researching, then jumped on his channel. It was right up my alley! Great content, and delivered in such a wholesome way.
You wait till your first extraction , the first thing your going to do is chomp on that honey comb its so nice i used to grab it when the oldman done his bees still had to flick bees off lol
Flow hive are good if you don't want to get too involved with the bees, though now verroa is in OZ we're going to have to look at the hives in more detail over time. They're sold as good for beginners but in reality you are going to have to open up the brood box and inspect. The Flow hive will be good for extracting the honey with minimal effort as when they get going in good times you are going to have a load of honey to extract. I cheaped out and got an ebay 2 full frame extractor but its still a load of effort to extract and ended up with boxes of boxes of frames full of honey.
Wax moth and beetles are a pain, the wax moth destroys the frame and leaves it in a mess - I had a hive get abandoned by this, ended up leaving the frames on the ground for the ants and then cut the wax out and replaced with new sheets of foundation.
hello sir, I m sorry to bother you, I m to stupid maybe to find a way to download your stl , I see some links but all the one im in for are dead. is there something I m missing . I hope everything is good for you. kind regards and looking forward to try the hooch bucket system. trying to ritch you but can t find anyway.
You are going to have a load of cane toads loafing about as they're able to eat the bees the sting doesn't seem to concern them! Also the eucalypts are flowering now - iron bark honey is delicious with depth compared to citrus which is just mostly sweet honey. Its kinda crazy to have all types of honey in a frame depending on where the bees grab the nectar from - my understanding is nectar collection and storing is a democratic process if its no good it wont get stored and a number of bees are testers on new honey found then you have the waggle dance where the bees will tell the hive where the new score of nectar was found. They can go about 9km out and originally though they might not do well in scrub country out past Gympie but they were powering pretty quick and filling hive up and was buying new frames to replace full ones weekly. When the iron bark flowers you are going to have loads of honey and will need to put new frames in to keep them busy as they can swarm quickly and have yet to notice them doing it - lost a few over the years. I would love to catch a swarm!
Can't wait to see what you 3d prnt. From now on just get deep boxes and frames, much more efficient. They can fill out deeps with honey. th-cam.com/video/MtaQpdpJ3uc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fBTIrMoy74auRfCk
Congrats on being a new papa. Gonna be tough keeping up with 50,000 birthdays. Great video as always, and while I crave more info on the specifics of beekeeping, I really enjoy the adventure aspect of watching over your shoulder while you are learning and experiencing this craft for the first time as well. I look forward to learning the details of how your hives develop. And to answer the question of "What brought me to this point?" The usual answer is I watch a bloody Hoochos video.
Oh Yes!! I have really been looking into beekeeping, and now I get to combine what I have been learning about hydroponics and learn about beekeeping all in one place! Love the content Hoocho, well done!
Some hot tips in the first 3 mins - firstly you dont need $$ stands - standard CLS carcasing timber & 8 screws work well as a hive stand, secondly - when transporting your better off with flyscreen and and okkie strap that way you have airflow through the broodbox/hive during transport.
BIG DOG!! No need for a queen with this hive! They got a BIG DOG KING!
Bees are wild units. Gotta love em.
@@Scrambles7 hahaha 🐕 👌🏻
very cool Hoocho. Looking forward to your next vid about bees.
We're gonna need a mead video on all the gear when ya harvest some honey
Beekeeping is a new adventure. If you set it up you can do a dual-nuclear hive where two hives can be joined with a "queen excluder similar to what you use in your honew super, and make a double sized hive, but that can come later. I can't wait to see you start grafting queen cells and wild stuff like that!
So excited for you Mitch! Awesome to see you and the girls all looking so relaxed together and getting along so well. Looking forward to following along on all the bee adventures :D
Well done, mate. Your journey begins in the world of beekeeping.
I am constantly amazed at all the things you get into. You’re constantly learning. Impressive!
This is perfect timing. I'm getting my first nuc-hive in November. Thanks from west-coast Tassie.
Bees matter. Hopefully you keep this going and expanding.
When you want to look at your hives at night, use a red touch as bees can't see red so they won't fly.
A tip for 10:37 when you are taking a frame from another beekeeper, put your hands as you would hold a frame and then point your fingers at the other beekeeper, then the other beekeeper can place the frame on your fingers.
Fantastic! At some point I'll try beekeeping, so I am fully pumped to see all your beekeeping content. Cheers.
I got big hive from sunny coast the guy put a block of wood over the entrance and taped - said would be good to go, was a bit dubious, 60km out from home and got stung, then got stung again so luckily I took my bee suite and put it on for the last 40km (also put the A/C on in the car to try and slow them down a bit) got home and opened back door and had 20 odd bees looking at me from the hive!
Yay Bees at the best~ confidence in getting booty.
Are they gonna be hydroponic bees?
Bees will go to hydro flowers lol
Honcho, mate, message "Just Alex", it'd be great to see a collaboration between you two. You both love the growing, foraging, nature, bee side of life. Different countries but very similar passions.
I follow you both and think you'd bounce off each other quite well. Love watch both your contents.
@@philash6399 I came across and watched his bee video whilst researching, then jumped on his channel.
It was right up my alley! Great content, and delivered in such a wholesome way.
You wait till your first extraction , the first thing your going to do is chomp on that honey comb its so nice i used to grab it when the oldman done his bees still had to flick bees off lol
awesome!
Flow hive are good if you don't want to get too involved with the bees, though now verroa is in OZ we're going to have to look at the hives in more detail over time. They're sold as good for beginners but in reality you are going to have to open up the brood box and inspect. The Flow hive will be good for extracting the honey with minimal effort as when they get going in good times you are going to have a load of honey to extract. I cheaped out and got an ebay 2 full frame extractor but its still a load of effort to extract and ended up with boxes of boxes of frames full of honey.
Every property in Australia should have a bee hive.
Why don't they teach this at school.
Wax moth and beetles are a pain, the wax moth destroys the frame and leaves it in a mess - I had a hive get abandoned by this, ended up leaving the frames on the ground for the ants and then cut the wax out and replaced with new sheets of foundation.
Soo cool
hello sir, I m sorry to bother you, I m to stupid maybe to find a way to download your stl , I see some links but all the one im in for are dead. is there something I m missing . I hope everything is good for you. kind regards and looking forward to try the hooch bucket system. trying to ritch you but can t find anyway.
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You are going to have a load of cane toads loafing about as they're able to eat the bees the sting doesn't seem to concern them! Also the eucalypts are flowering now - iron bark honey is delicious with depth compared to citrus which is just mostly sweet honey. Its kinda crazy to have all types of honey in a frame depending on where the bees grab the nectar from - my understanding is nectar collection and storing is a democratic process if its no good it wont get stored and a number of bees are testers on new honey found then you have the waggle dance where the bees will tell the hive where the new score of nectar was found. They can go about 9km out and originally though they might not do well in scrub country out past Gympie but they were powering pretty quick and filling hive up and was buying new frames to replace full ones weekly. When the iron bark flowers you are going to have loads of honey and will need to put new frames in to keep them busy as they can swarm quickly and have yet to notice them doing it - lost a few over the years. I would love to catch a swarm!
Can't wait to see what you 3d prnt. From now on just get deep boxes and frames, much more efficient. They can fill out deeps with honey. th-cam.com/video/MtaQpdpJ3uc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fBTIrMoy74auRfCk
Also use reflex tech insulation as intercover
Not one Bee pun
Congrats on being a new papa. Gonna be tough keeping up with 50,000 birthdays.
Great video as always, and while I crave more info on the specifics of beekeeping, I really enjoy the adventure aspect of watching over your shoulder while you are learning and experiencing this craft for the first time as well. I look forward to learning the details of how your hives develop.
And to answer the question of "What brought me to this point?" The usual answer is I watch a bloody Hoochos video.
@@aeynosarturii8053 🤣👌🏻 hopefully a lot of people find themselves at that point asking that question hahahah