Install a Colony of Bees into Long Hive
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- Install a Colony of Bees into Long Hive
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Just ordered my Hyde long hive and looking forward to it arriving, in the meantime enjoying your long hive series... Thank you
If anyone has any questions regarding our hives then give me a shout, I'll leave the beekeeping questions to Laurence.
Great video. And where did you get those glass/acrylic inner covers? I want one? Did you make them???
Cheers Brad. They come with the Long Hives but very easy to make out of 6mm plus polycarbonate
Hi Lawrence, wow great looking long hive it looks really well made plus it comes with all the whistles and bells, funny when I seen all those bees on your leg and back I was literally shouting at the screen of my iPad Lawrence mate don’t bump or bang into anything or you will get a nasty surprise stinging you through your suit, good to say you handled the situation like the pro you are. Thanks Lawrence mate I think this is going to be a great series for us to follow along with you.
Will be following closely as just taken delivery of mine this evening and will hopefully be putting bees in this weekend.
Thank you for the help
Thinking of getting a long hive, so I will look forward to the series.🐝🐝
Hope you enjoy it. 😉
Great video and definitely a hive I'd like to get into. I was fortunate enough by pure chance that Dean from Hyde dropped by where I work on a unit on a farm in Earlswood. He was collecting farming gear for himself, and he had time to chat with me. As I have recently moved my hives from my back garden to here at the farm. The farmer has been kind enough to let me try them out here in the country rather than that of "urban" keeping. And Dean had spotted my hives in the field. Anyway, Dean is a smashing and knowledgeable chap. And I thank him for his time. I wont lie when I saw his Hyde van. I got a bit star struck :)
Are they fanning the queen’s scent out? Or are they fanning while exposing their Nasonov glands for the scent of that to draw bees in?
I think there is a bit of both happening. Be interesting to see what would happen if you dumped a load in there and put the queen back on the original spot. I think regardless of the nasanov gland scent, its the queen pheromones that draws them in. Thats only my hunch though
@@BlackMountainHoney I would expect them to follow the queen, but then the bees scenting would use their nasonov glands to guide others in, as you say, a bit of both
@@djberesford It's an interesting one as if there was no queen they definitely still fan their nasanov glands after a move like that and it would draw them in but now I'm curious to see what would happen if the queen was left nearby in a nuc in an alternate location within a few feet
@@BlackMountainHoney From what I have seen when capturing swarms they would fan and draw bees in even if the queen isn’t there, but would leave and go to where the queen is. Have seen it when the queen leaves the swarm box and goes to a second spot instead of back to the original swarm location. May be info in Honeybee Democracy by Tom Seeley. Will have a look.
Hello Lawrence, your videos are great especially for someone like me looking to start beekeeping. I have a question regarding Varroa treatment in a horizontal hive, is it anything different to a national hive set up, and also are the precautions/restrictions the same if you choose to use maqs on a horizontal hive, cheers
MAQS is a good choice in a horizontal hive as it doesnt taint the wax. Just be sure to keep the entrances fully open, remove the trays and keep temps below 25c (preferably under 20c).
Thanks for this Laurence. Having seen your video I realised I'd installed the crown board (perspex) upside down and left in the QE when I installed a swarm in one of Matt's hives on Monday. They had already started filling the gaps and blocking the excluder with comb.
Glad it helped Charles! It so seems like that CB should be the other way round doesn't it but its definitely designed to sit flush. Hope your bees are thriving in your Long Hive.
Looking forward to the next video
Hi Lawrence. Thanks for the great videos. As a (really) new beekeeper, the wide range of subjects and information you've covered is massively helpful.
As we're not massively interested in huge honey production, and only in keeping a couple of colonies "for fun", the long hive seems like a good future upgrade for us, however, I just wondered if there were any special methods for managing the swarming process with colonies in a long hive? Would we need a pair of second hives / nuc's for splitting out the swarming bees (old queen), and how would you move the long hive (both the weight and the fact that the second colony in the other end of the long hive might not be "in swarm").
Apologies if the questions is showing my ignorance. Any advice greatly appreciated. Keep up the great videos - they are hugely valuable. Cheers!
Answered on live stream 17/02/22
@@BlackMountainHoney Hi Lawrence,
Managed to catch the live stream on Friday. Thanks for taking time to answer.
I'll keep thinking and researching the Long Hive and let you know if I find anything out.
Look forward to seeing more videos.
Thanks again! Mark
great video thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the visit
Did you remove the base board to allow for ventilation through the mess floor ?
Not at whilst introducing them as you will end up with loads clustering under the mesh
New sub here, probably not going to get a long hive any time soon but there are some really good tips for rehoming or going from wood to poly etc. Thanks
Cheers Adam 😀
Is there an optimum time of the year to transfer bees to another hive with least disruption?
I'd say any time of the year whilst they are flying is fine. It looks disruptive but its all over within 30 mins. You will see on the next vid they are settled in their new home.
super👍