Your possibly unrealized inner message for each of your pieces Seems to connect with me on a deeper level… Something more meaningful and direct, while all the while … illuminating your own journey to the continuing life saving efforts of human trafficking… Each artistic piece has its own journey as do each of the survivors themselves…
Beautiful piece ❤ I love drone footage. Born and raised in Utah. I live in Arizona now and I love seeing footage of the Mountains, Valley. (I so want to move back) the rainbow footage was amazing ❤
As a fellow photography buff, I enjoy the photo and time lapse videos as much as I enjoy the resin ones. Especially the lightning storms! So keep them coming! 😊
I'm one of those that loves the photography and videos just as much as the woodworking. Living where you live is a photographers dream (at least it would be mine). The Wasatch Mountains and the Moab area are my favorite places on earth and I love seeing it from others perspectives. Keep on truckin', Dr. Dan!
I'm no wood turner, i know that. BUT i love to watch it (time lapse,not sure i could watch raw), and you're good. I'll put you up there with my Favorite Heath Knuckles... you both do wonderful pieces. And you both sponsor children.
Really cool piece Doc. Great use of materials on hand. Glad to hear about OURs continued success. Great cause ! Best wishes to you and your family, and keep em coming.
Your channel popped into my feed as a suggestion-I love all sorts of art. This has me almost thinking that I'm looking at a dragon egg. I think I'm in love-with the vase/bowl! 💙💙
Beautiful! For some reason it reminds me of the eye of a bee. Not sure why but, that’s what came to mind. Nice work Doc. I enjoy your nature videos too. Whenever I’m flying home and I see our gorgeous Wasatch Mountains, I think.. Mothers arms.
Dan, I truly enjoyed watching you create this work of art! My husband and I throughly enjoyed it! He is a woodworker/carver himself. I heard you mention a tool that he has used for carving gun stocks and sculptures designed by a dentist in Utah. He went out to their studio to learn from Craig Hone. That told me that you truly love woodworking. I appreciate your work and mission with the Underground Railroad. I myself have helped with fundraising for another organization that helps trafficked children! New subscriber for that alone, but your work is breathtaking too!
Increadible work! It was so satisfying to see the transformation from a wood chunk to an absolute masterpeace! I would love to have one of those at home. 😊
Hi 👋, Dan , Great, looking project piece of art, about two years ago, somebody that I used to know locally hadn’t been into one of their barns for a year or so, and found a very large hornets nest still very active , I’ve got somebody in to remove it or remove them so I say and I’ve actually been given a bit of the nest. I’ve got it packed away in a box , for a future project like yours , at the moment I cannot afford to buy resin , Epoxy resin is one of the best in Europe, very impressed with the boring system that you mentioned, I’ve been online and had a look at it, it looks like it’s very well made, would be too expensive to ship across to France because of the weight of it, and the size, but I think it’s something I could probably quite easily make, especially as I have got a bit of steel bar around 33/34ml thick, just need the tool to go in the end, I have made a elbow type boring tool, with a cranked end and carbide tipped, I can go in roughly 12” in depth safely, and are used the laser sighting device off a air rifle that I no longer use, it gives me guidance on the cutting thickness of the wall, You are doing great work for your organisation, saving children from abuse, and I know what that is like, keep up the great work, I look forward to seeing you next project/art, Phil from the moulin
Dan, your creative ideas are beautiful and amazing! Love all you’re doing for Under Ground Railroad. Wish I could afford to help financially, but at 82 & on SSA only; you probably understand. God bless and keep up the good work!
New sub here! Fantastic job of using materials that blend in this beautiful way. No doubt from a beautiful mind. Thank you for allowing us all on the ride and to see the possibilities! Blessings always!
Bee facts 1.. Male bees have a grandfather but not a father! 2. Honey was found in Egyptian pyramids, still edible. Get yourself on a beekeeping course. Fly off because hive is too small. Die, cold, disease? Comb colour is due to age. Looks a lot prettier than the thumbnail, I thought it was like a skull ! xxx
Regarding the size of the cells, maybe it was down to the initial purpose of the cells? That is, if it was brood comb or honeycomb, and if it was brood comb, whether it was larger drone cells versus those intended for the workers? I must admit, I'm more familiar with wasps and hornets than bees. But I know that the size of their cells can vary dramatically based on the purpose, and I know that brood comb is often darker in colour because it sees more activity than honeycomb. I adore the finished product. I've seen people cast paper-based wasp comb before, but this is the first time I've seen beeswax comb included, and I'm glad that the temperature of the curing resin was cool enough to not deform or outright melt the wax.
Love your work and your cars brother in the past, I’ve supported a fellow organization called Zoe international rescuing his children from child trafficking. This piece, especially intrigue me how did you keep the honeycombs from melting under the heat of the resin as it cures ? As a fellow Turner, I would like to do a piece like this. Please let me know. Thanks, John. My God deeply bless you and your cause
Thank you! The resin i use doesn't get very hot because it is a deep pour resin. Also, i cure it in a cooler so it never gets about 60 deg F. Artforour.org
Great work Dan! Where did you get your huge pressure pot? I’m having difficulty finding one. What glue did you use to adhere the honeycomb before the pour? Thanks, Neil
@neilbosdet7883 thank you very much! Here you go: Pressure Pot: (amzn.to/3JjD7mo) 10 gallon for big projects, (amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the average sized resin projects or (amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work. - Super Glue: (amzn.to/3pFg5vT) thin and runny, perfect for stabilizing bark or other unstable wood.
Why do Bees Swarm? Bees swarm for a couple of reasons, but the number one reason is that their living space is too crowded. Things are rocking along in the hive, and the queen is laying eggs, the workers are caring for the brood, honey is being made, and the honeycomb is being drawn out and filled. There is plenty of nectar and pollen for the bees. The weather is nice and sunny without being too hot. It’s like a bee paradise. Then all of a sudden, some bees decide it’s too crowded and convince the queen to leave with them. Or maybe the queen decides it’s too crowded and summons the workers to go with her; we don’t really know whose idea it is to begin with. But the queen is a good ruler and would never just up and leave her subjects. So she makes sure they have plenty of brood - enough to replace all the bees she’s taking with her. Then she stops laying so she can slim down a bit before she flies off. The workers who are going with her stop foraging and start eating. They pack all the honey they can into their little bodies in preparation for the flight. Scouts start looking for a new place to build a home. This behavior starts to worry the bees who are staying behind, so the young workers who can produce wax start constructing queen cells towards the bottom of the frames. And when the first of the queen larva reaches pupating age, and her cell is capped, the old queen knows it’s time to leave. So, she and about half the hive leave to find a new home - it might be an old tree or an abandoned building. Hopefully, someone will spot them and call a beekeeper who can put them in a box in his apiary or give them to a bee farming friend. The bees that stay behind will (ideally) raise a new queen, and life will continue as normal. They are about three weeks behind in work, but they now have space to grow, and all is good. When do Bees Swarm? Fortunately, it’s very uncommon for a hive to swarm in the first season. They just haven’t had time to set up a home and fill it all up to the point of needing extra space in just a few months. However, in subsequent years they will fill up their hive sooner, and swarming will be more likely. A good rule of thumb is that when you notice that seven of the 10 frames are drawn out with wax, it’s time to add another. When the lower deep has seven frames full of wax, add another deep. When that second deep has seven frames full of wax, add a queen excluder and a honey super. When the super is 70% drawn out, add a second super. Keep adding a super each time 70% of the frames are drawn out with wax. This means that in the spring and early summer when nectar is really flowing, you have a higher chance of the bees swarming. You’ll want to make sure to check on your hives every 10 days or so during the nectar flow and add boxes as needed. When the nectar flow slows down, so will hive growth but don’t think you no longer have to check on them. You’ll want to make sure to continue adding boxes when the top box is 70% full of drawn-out wax. If a hive swarms late in the summer or early fall, it might not be able to recover before winter sets in. So be sure to give them the room they need when they need it. Speaking of late summer, sometimes the hive isn’t crowded; it just feels that way to the bees because it’s hot and there isn’t enough ventilation. You can provide a little extra ventilation by gluing a short piece of a popsicle stick to each of the corners of the inner cover. If you live in a warm climate, you could just do this to all of your inner covers as part of your bee hive plans since you don’t have to worry about harsh winters. Even if the hive has plenty of room, if the queen is several years old, there is the likelihood of the hive swarming. Because the workers will start raising a new queen when they think their queen is getting too old to lay eggs, many beekeepers will requeen their hives every year to help keep a hive from swarming. This works really well if it fits in with your beekeeping strategy. One last thing, if you notice that the workers are making queen cells and think they might be preparing to swarm, you can remove all of the queen cells by cutting them out of or off the frame. The hive will not swarm if there is not a replacement queen in the works. But you have to be certain you get all of them. It only takes one queen larva to reach pupating age to let the old queen, who already wants to leave, know it’s time to go. So, why do bees swarm? Because it’s nature’s way of making sure that bees divide and multiply so that they will survive. Of course, in nature, this is a wonderful thing, but in apiaries swarming can lead to weak hives and less honey.
Your missing an intro! Explain in simple ways what the video encompasses - it's about bees, wood carving, art project ect... And the intentions you're portraying of ❤
My friend, I implore of you, please invest the $100 to get a proper mic. This is a stunning project - not only as an exercise in making, but as a piece of art that deserves home in a gallery - but the muddy audio nearly made me click off. It's all wonderfully shot and the editing is nice; visually you're right where you need to be. But think about it: you'll sit through reduced quality video, but as soon as the audio gets bad, you'll either pause or outright turn it off. You owe it to your skills as an artisan to present your work as well as it deserves to be. I hope you'll take my subscription as a show of good faith of the positive intent of this criticism.
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Keep the madness coming you mad genius you.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Your possibly unrealized inner message for each of your pieces
Seems to connect with me on a deeper level…
Something more meaningful and direct, while all the while … illuminating your own journey to the continuing life saving efforts of human trafficking…
Each artistic piece has its own journey as do each of the survivors themselves…
Thanks!
www.artforour.org/currentauctions
Beautiful work very cool hollow form
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Dan, that is pretty sweet. Like honey.
That might bee my favorite piece hive seen you create.
🐝 😁❤️
Ha ha ha!
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Fantastic piece of work.
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What an absdolutely brillant piece of art work.
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Very beautiful piece sir have a great week ✌️
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The transformation.What??? This is beautiful. I love it.❤
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Excellent，Dan Preece，the feeling of light passing through the honeycomb is amazing. Thank you for such a wonderful work of art.
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Beautiful piece ❤ I love drone footage. Born and raised in Utah. I live in Arizona now and I love seeing footage of the Mountains, Valley. (I so want to move back) the rainbow footage was amazing ❤
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Masterful. I’m stunned. The organic beauty is sublime. I’m a subscriber! And holy drop, man, probably now a shopper.
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Another beautiful project in the books! Well done!
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As a fellow photography buff, I enjoy the photo and time lapse videos as much as I enjoy the resin ones. Especially the lightning storms! So keep them coming! 😊
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Got to be one of your best pieces yet! love it.
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Congratulations on new sponsors. I still love your ideas. Love your works also they/you are awesome❤😂😂😂🎉🎉😊
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I'm one of those that loves the photography and videos just as much as the woodworking. Living where you live is a photographers dream (at least it would be mine). The Wasatch Mountains and the Moab area are my favorite places on earth and I love seeing it from others perspectives. Keep on truckin', Dr. Dan!
Thank you very much! Much appreciated.
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Looking Great Dan. Love your work.❤❤❤
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I'm no wood turner, i know that. BUT i love to watch it (time lapse,not sure i could watch raw), and you're good. I'll put you up there with my Favorite Heath Knuckles... you both do wonderful pieces. And you both sponsor children.
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Awesome job. Thank you very much for sharing, Dan.
You bet!
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Simply incredible
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Wow what an exquisite piece 💜😊
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That is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever seen.
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You are a Artist Dan , and you have a big Heart. Great Work as always. I love how it turned out
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Stunning. The beautiful way you light up the comb is just Stunning.
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well done a lot of hard work made that a masterpiece Thanks for sharing
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Really cool piece Doc. Great use of materials on hand. Glad to hear about OURs continued success. Great cause ! Best wishes to you and your family, and keep em coming.
Thanks Ric!
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Its beautiful ❤
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Just love this. The shape is like a bee swarm or a wild bees colony and the colour is like honey….it’s all BEEutuful
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Love it Dan. Very unique approach to a sometimes tedious hobby.
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Nice hollow form Dan.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
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Well done, the shape of the finished product kind looks like the head of a bee.
I can see that! Cool.
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Awesome art work you did. I enjoyed watching this video 👍👍
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Freaking awesome, great piece!
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Your channel popped into my feed as a suggestion-I love all sorts of art.
This has me almost thinking that I'm looking at a dragon egg.
I think I'm in love-with the vase/bowl!
💙💙
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💜💙 love this one. Great work
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Beautiful!❤
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dig the blues background music,great to work by. much respect for your involvement in the human race
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Beautiful! For some reason it reminds me of the eye of a bee. Not sure why but, that’s what came to mind. Nice work Doc. I enjoy your nature videos too. Whenever I’m flying home and I see our gorgeous Wasatch Mountains, I think.. Mothers arms.
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Dan, I truly enjoyed watching you create this work of art! My husband and I throughly enjoyed it! He is a woodworker/carver himself. I heard you mention a tool that he has used for carving gun stocks and sculptures designed by a dentist in Utah. He went out to their studio to learn from Craig Hone. That told me that you truly love woodworking. I appreciate your work and mission with the Underground Railroad. I myself have helped with fundraising for another organization that helps trafficked children! New subscriber for that alone, but your work is breathtaking too!
Thank you very much!
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❤Very Amazing Design💪🙂👍
@@Jan-p6v Thank you very much!
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I love you're work amazing! ❤
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Nice Art piece!
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Increadible work! It was so satisfying to see the transformation from a wood chunk to an absolute masterpeace! I would love to have one of those at home. 😊
Thank you! It's up for auction:
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It'd be cool if you would narrate more about the different tools, etc., that you're using. Thanks for the videos!
Not a bad idea!
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It is a Jurassic Park piece of work.
Love it! Thanks!
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Man that's a serious resin setup you got there..
Ha ha! I'm a little crazy, that's for sure.
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Hi 👋, Dan , Great, looking project piece of art, about two years ago, somebody that I used to know locally hadn’t been into one of their barns for a year or so, and found a very large hornets nest still very active , I’ve got somebody in to remove it or remove them so I say and I’ve actually been given a bit of the nest. I’ve got it packed away in a box , for a future project like yours , at the moment I cannot afford to buy resin , Epoxy resin is one of the best in Europe, very impressed with the boring system that you mentioned, I’ve been online and had a look at it, it looks like it’s very well made, would be too expensive to ship across to France because of the weight of it, and the size, but I think it’s something I could probably quite easily make, especially as I have got a bit of steel bar around 33/34ml thick, just need the tool to go in the end, I have made a elbow type boring tool, with a cranked end and carbide tipped, I can go in roughly 12” in depth safely, and are used the laser sighting device off a air rifle that I no longer use, it gives me guidance on the cutting thickness of the wall,
You are doing great work for your organisation, saving children from abuse, and I know what that is like, keep up the great work, I look forward to seeing you next project/art, Phil from the moulin
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Awesome!!!
Thanks!
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Amazing work! Colouring the resin amber would have sold it even more?
Great ideas!
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Dan, your creative ideas are beautiful and amazing! Love all you’re doing for Under Ground Railroad. Wish I could afford to help financially, but at 82 & on SSA only; you probably understand. God bless and keep up the good work!
Of course! Thank you!
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New sub here! Fantastic job of using materials that blend in this beautiful way. No doubt from a beautiful mind. Thank you for allowing us all on the ride and to see the possibilities! Blessings always!
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Very nice!!!
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@@artgivinghope the Shatter" Wood & Resin Vase I would buy in a sec if I had the money LoL
Beautiful work man
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Bee facts 1.. Male bees have a grandfather but not a father! 2. Honey was found in Egyptian pyramids, still edible.
Get yourself on a beekeeping course. Fly off because hive is too small. Die, cold, disease? Comb colour is due to age.
Looks a lot prettier than the thumbnail, I thought it was like a skull ! xxx
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Love this! Would be great to see it done with a dark, honey gold resin and a low intensity light in it
Not a bad idea!
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👍👍👍👏👏👏👏Шикарная работа!!!! БРАВО!!!
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New subscriber and I can't wait to catch up on these videos🤩
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Thank you for your work to stop child trafficking, everything you do or anyone does matters greatly.
You bet!
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Beautiful piece. Do you have a link on the stabilizer with wheels ?
Here you go: woodturnerscatalog.com/products/carter-products-multirest-work-support-system
Now that is really interesting. What are you going to do with your red hallowing system?
Thank you! I'm not sure yet...
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New sub!! Great video, just love it!
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I think a different color light would make a world of difference.
For the which part? The still photos?
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@@artgivinghope for the project you did
I’ve been wondering what happened to you. Glad to find you and you’re still doing beautiful work.
Still here! Thanks!
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Regarding the size of the cells, maybe it was down to the initial purpose of the cells? That is, if it was brood comb or honeycomb, and if it was brood comb, whether it was larger drone cells versus those intended for the workers?
I must admit, I'm more familiar with wasps and hornets than bees. But I know that the size of their cells can vary dramatically based on the purpose, and I know that brood comb is often darker in colour because it sees more activity than honeycomb.
I adore the finished product. I've seen people cast paper-based wasp comb before, but this is the first time I've seen beeswax comb included, and I'm glad that the temperature of the curing resin was cool enough to not deform or outright melt the wax.
Thank you!
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Love your work and your cars brother in the past, I’ve supported a fellow organization called Zoe international rescuing his children from child trafficking. This piece, especially intrigue me how did you keep the honeycombs from melting under the heat of the resin as it cures ? As a fellow Turner, I would like to do a piece like this. Please let me know. Thanks, John.
My God deeply bless you and your cause
Thank you! The resin i use doesn't get very hot because it is a deep pour resin. Also, i cure it in a cooler so it never gets about 60 deg F.
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If there were no gaps between the honey comb and wood then it would have been soo perfect.
Thank you for your opinion! The look was made like that on purpose.
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Do you do colored pencil vase or lamp or anything with colored pencils? Thanks
I haven't yet...
love your work,,,,, what's the "Operation Underground Railroad" reference to. I hope to do work as good as you someday
Thank you!! We've switched our support to the following charities: www.artgivinghope.org/our-chosen-charities
Great work Dan! Where did you get your huge pressure pot? I’m having difficulty finding one. What glue did you use to adhere the honeycomb before the pour? Thanks, Neil
@neilbosdet7883 thank you very much! Here you go: Pressure Pot: (amzn.to/3JjD7mo) 10 gallon for big projects, (amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the average sized resin projects or (amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work.
- Super Glue: (amzn.to/3pFg5vT) thin and runny, perfect for stabilizing bark or other unstable wood.
I would like to know if you have a catalog of the bee hive and any other things you make I would like to buy for my daughters and my self
You bet, here's the piece: www.artgivinghope.org/currentauctions
I can't believe no one has donated in almost a month. If I had enough money, I would donate.
It's ok! Thank you very much!
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what glue / method was used to attach honeycombs, if I may ask?
Just regular superglue...
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Why do Bees Swarm?
Bees swarm for a couple of reasons, but the number one reason is that their living space is too crowded. Things are rocking along in the hive, and the queen is laying eggs, the workers are caring for the brood, honey is being made, and the honeycomb is being drawn out and filled. There is plenty of nectar and pollen for the bees. The weather is nice and sunny without being too hot. It’s like a bee paradise.
Then all of a sudden, some bees decide it’s too crowded and convince the queen to leave with them. Or maybe the queen decides it’s too crowded and summons the workers to go with her; we don’t really know whose idea it is to begin with. But the queen is a good ruler and would never just up and leave her subjects. So she makes sure they have plenty of brood - enough to replace all the bees she’s taking with her. Then she stops laying so she can slim down a bit before she flies off.
The workers who are going with her stop foraging and start eating. They pack all the honey they can into their little bodies in preparation for the flight. Scouts start looking for a new place to build a home.
This behavior starts to worry the bees who are staying behind, so the young workers who can produce wax start constructing queen cells towards the bottom of the frames. And when the first of the queen larva reaches pupating age, and her cell is capped, the old queen knows it’s time to leave.
So, she and about half the hive leave to find a new home - it might be an old tree or an abandoned building. Hopefully, someone will spot them and call a beekeeper who can put them in a box in his apiary or give them to a bee farming friend.
The bees that stay behind will (ideally) raise a new queen, and life will continue as normal. They are about three weeks behind in work, but they now have space to grow, and all is good. When do Bees Swarm?
Fortunately, it’s very uncommon for a hive to swarm in the first season. They just haven’t had time to set up a home and fill it all up to the point of needing extra space in just a few months. However, in subsequent years they will fill up their hive sooner, and swarming will be more likely.
A good rule of thumb is that when you notice that seven of the 10 frames are drawn out with wax, it’s time to add another. When the lower deep has seven frames full of wax, add another deep. When that second deep has seven frames full of wax, add a queen excluder and a honey super. When the super is 70% drawn out, add a second super. Keep adding a super each time 70% of the frames are drawn out with wax.
This means that in the spring and early summer when nectar is really flowing, you have a higher chance of the bees swarming. You’ll want to make sure to check on your hives every 10 days or so during the nectar flow and add boxes as needed.
When the nectar flow slows down, so will hive growth but don’t think you no longer have to check on them. You’ll want to make sure to continue adding boxes when the top box is 70% full of drawn-out wax. If a hive swarms late in the summer or early fall, it might not be able to recover before winter sets in. So be sure to give them the room they need when they need it.
Speaking of late summer, sometimes the hive isn’t crowded; it just feels that way to the bees because it’s hot and there isn’t enough ventilation. You can provide a little extra ventilation by gluing a short piece of a popsicle stick to each of the corners of the inner cover. If you live in a warm climate, you could just do this to all of your inner covers as part of your bee hive plans since you don’t have to worry about harsh winters.
Even if the hive has plenty of room, if the queen is several years old, there is the likelihood of the hive swarming. Because the workers will start raising a new queen when they think their queen is getting too old to lay eggs, many beekeepers will requeen their hives every year to help keep a hive from swarming. This works really well if it fits in with your beekeeping strategy.
One last thing, if you notice that the workers are making queen cells and think they might be preparing to swarm, you can remove all of the queen cells by cutting them out of or off the frame. The hive will not swarm if there is not a replacement queen in the works. But you have to be certain you get all of them. It only takes one queen larva to reach pupating age to let the old queen, who already wants to leave, know it’s time to go.
So, why do bees swarm? Because it’s nature’s way of making sure that bees divide and multiply so that they will survive. Of course, in nature, this is a wonderful thing, but in apiaries swarming can lead to weak hives and less honey.
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@@artgivinghope yeah I had to come look for you I don't know if there are notifying me I have the Bell on
Thought you should know.
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At 18:00 , it looks like a big garlic clove
I can see that!
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Its a Honey crisp apple.
I can see that!
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Did you waste all that rice?
Nope. I reuse it a million times.
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Your missing an intro! Explain in simple ways what the video encompasses - it's about bees, wood carving, art project ect... And the intentions you're portraying of ❤
I do love this & gonna watch till the end
Not a bad idea!
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My friend, I implore of you, please invest the $100 to get a proper mic. This is a stunning project - not only as an exercise in making, but as a piece of art that deserves home in a gallery - but the muddy audio nearly made me click off. It's all wonderfully shot and the editing is nice; visually you're right where you need to be. But think about it: you'll sit through reduced quality video, but as soon as the audio gets bad, you'll either pause or outright turn it off.
You owe it to your skills as an artisan to present your work as well as it deserves to be. I hope you'll take my subscription as a show of good faith of the positive intent of this criticism.
I'll give it a try! Any suggestions on a mic?
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Cool project. Ban glyphosate.
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