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Rascal Apiary is a backyard beekeeping family working towards their Master Beekeeping Certification. Please, let us know if something is wrong with the content we provide. Keep in mind that the content is geared towards Northeastern North Carolina.
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Should I add water to my hives? | Adding water to my beehives in the Summer?
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Late spring and early summer it gets hot in North Carolina. It dawned on us that feeding water to a hive might not be a bad idea! Lets see if we saw a difference during a month of feeding water to our hives. This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the li...
Why do my bees look like this?
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It's good to know the age of your bees! That way you better understand what they should be doing at that age in their lifespan. To learn more about bees and their lifespan visit RascalApiary.com This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-...
Did you know this about Inner Covers?
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Did you know some inner covers have two sides? One that deep and one that's shallow? The bees will build out burr comb on the deep side if you leave it facing them, but won't build any comb if you leave the shallow side facing them. The more you know! 🌈 This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apia...
Making a Simple Mead
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What are you going to do with that extra honey you got this year? It's simple! Make some mead! This is a simple recipe. 1 gallon of water 3lbs of honey brewing yeast fruit (if you want to make a melomel! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link b...
How we use a Digital Refractometer for Honey
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A quick clip on how to measure the water content of your honey! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-cam.com/channels/NtQwz-PaxCwEj9s4b6hpCw.htmljoin Helpful Links Rascalapiary.com Beekeeping Products Rascal Store: teespring.com/sto...
First attempt at queen rearing with NICOT
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Here's our first attempt at using the NICOT for queen rearing. This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-cam.com/channels/NtQwz-PaxCwEj9s4b6hpCw.htmljoin Helpful Links Rascalapiary.com Beekeeping Products Rascal Store: teespring.com/stor...
How I fixed THIS!
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Have you ever worked on a cut out? What about had frames with wonky comb? This is the video for you! It will show you how I set the wax straight! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-cam.com/channels/NtQwz-PaxCwEj9s4b6hpCw.htmljoin ...
How to Split a Hive with Woods Friendly Garden
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We visited Woods Friendly Garden's Apiary and conducted five joint inspections! A ton of information was shared and it was a wonderful experience! We even found a hive that had multiple swarm and supercedure cells. This gave us an awesome opportunity to conduct a split on his bee hive! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the b...
Honey Bee Nasonov Gland | What does a honey bee Nasonov look like?
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As I was introducing a queen for another video I couldn't help but post this clip of a worker honey bee showing off her nasonov gland! What a fantastic shot showing how the bees use scent as a form of communication! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and better understand what the bees are doing! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Clic...
How to remove bees from a honey super
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Are you getting close to harvesting honey and just realized you need to remove all those bees from the honey super? Check out this video! We will show you how to remove bees from a hogg half comb super and a normal super. It's super easy and you don't need much to do it. Both techniques work interchangeably! This is a great beginner beekeeping video for those that need to observe bees and bette...
How to extract from the Flow Hive Super 2021
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Here's a video on some tips and tricks from our flow hive extraction in 2021 Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-cam.com/channels/NtQwz-PaxCwEj9s4b6hpCw.htmljoin Helpful Links Rascalapiary.com Beekeeping Products Rascal Store: teespring.com/stores/rascal-apiary Beekeeping Note tools:📝🗒📓📒📔💸 Beekeeping Journal and Log: amzn.to/2NHKWdk All My Beekeeping S#@...
Join us on a beekeeping inspection! | Beekeeping inspection walkthrough
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I decided I didn't have anything specific I wanted to video, so we just walk you through a beekeeping inspection! This beekeeping inspection was conducted on May 4th 2021. We talk about wax, honey comb, drones, workers, broodminder, rascal apiary, and propolis! Join Rascal's Apiary to get access to more content! Click the link below: ua-cam.com/channels/NtQwz-PaxCwEj9s4b6hpCw.htmljoin Helpful L...
What does a Varroa Mite look like? | Close up of a Varroa Female and Male
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No matter if your treat your hives or are a natural beekeeper, knowing about varroa mites is part of being a beekeeper. It's just how you choose to handle the situations you see, will define what kind of beekeeper you are. Here's a quick intro to Varroa Mites. They are in your hives, in the USA, even if you don't think so. It's just a fact. What we show today is a female varroa and a male varro...
Crochet Honeycomb Blanket
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Crochet Honeycomb Blanket
Multiple swarm catches
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Multiple swarm catches
Our Buddies | Pets | chickens | Bees | Can I have pets near beehives?
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Our Buddies | Pets | chickens | Bees | Can I have pets near beehives?
Observing the hive entrance | Beekeeping like a pro | What does fanning look like?
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Observing the hive entrance | Beekeeping like a pro | What does fanning look like?
How to Catch a swarm with a brood frame | Easy swarm catching! | Have you caught a swarm like this?
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How to Catch a swarm with a brood frame | Easy swarm catching! | Have you caught a swarm like this?
It's all about the comb!
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It's all about the comb!
How to pick up a queen | How to add a queen to a queen cage
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How to pick up a queen | How to add a queen to a queen cage
How to extract honey with an extractor | Hive to Table
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How to extract honey with an extractor | Hive to Table
13 Beekeeping Hacks | Start out Beekeeping smarter!
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13 Beekeeping Hacks | Start out Beekeeping smarter!
Beeswax Candle Making | Hive to Table | How to make beeswax candles
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Beeswax Candle Making | Hive to Table | How to make beeswax candles
Transporting bees to a school | Moving Honey Bees | How to move honey bees
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Transporting bees to a school | Moving Honey Bees | How to move honey bees
How to add a Brood Box to a Warre
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How to add a Brood Box to a Warre
Upgrading to a Long Hive | You should too! | Horizontal Hive | Awesome Hive! | Moving our frames now
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Upgrading to a Long Hive | You should too! | Horizontal Hive | Awesome Hive! | Moving our frames now
Deadout: Autopsy of a Beehive | Why did my bees die? | How do I clean out my dead hive?
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Deadout: Autopsy of a Beehive | Why did my bees die? | How do I clean out my dead hive?
Quick and easy queen installation. | Is your queen being accepted? | Beekeeping 2021
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Quick and easy queen installation. | Is your queen being accepted? | Beekeeping 2021
Swarm Trap the Greatest Tool for Beekeepers | Using a swarm trap to supplement your Hives
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Swarm Trap the Greatest Tool for Beekeepers | Using a swarm trap to supplement your Hives

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @PhonePhone-bz2ql
    @PhonePhone-bz2ql 3 дні тому

    I work in a meat dept. Its cool temp wise. One thing I have noticed is I almost never have a bee fly in when the outer door is opened. Now honey bees are not attracted to meat but yellow jackets sure are, there are lots of them outside around the disposal bins and carts meat has been on. But in 2 years I have only had one bee fly in. Why? Can they see the temp difference? Fly's come in and in a couple of minutes they are to cold to fly anymore, so they cannot see the temperature difference I am guessing. But what about the bee's?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 3 дні тому

      Honey bees don’t like cooler temperatures. Wasps don’t seem to mind and are opportunistic when it comes to free meat as they’re carnivorous. Honey bees aren’t. They stick to honey and bee bread.

  • @Bee_Cathy
    @Bee_Cathy 23 дні тому

    Where do you get the hive stands from. Great video.

  • @Swarmstead
    @Swarmstead 24 дні тому

    Not a small hive beetle.

  • @AlexiaDkKidd
    @AlexiaDkKidd 25 днів тому

    This is so cute!! Thank you ❤❤

  • @ashockablack1670
    @ashockablack1670 Місяць тому

    What is good 😊?

  • @videogenie1236
    @videogenie1236 Місяць тому

    I know that it's been three years since you made the hive, and it's an interesting hive. The legs, 0in my opinion, should support the hive from under the hive and not just on the side. I created a similar plain box for plants and found that when it was full that the legs sheared away from. the sides. I had to fit an additional 2 x 4 to each leg to support the actual box. I don't have a bee hive as yet, but it may be something I plan to do for 2025. I would also look at building one and not buying one as it has the advantage of customising it to my thoughts. Great job.

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary Місяць тому

      Thank you for the thoughts. That’s something we might consider if we make another one.

  • @michelleprice8769
    @michelleprice8769 Місяць тому

    How many in between the chain 2 hole

  • @ryanstraight4219
    @ryanstraight4219 Місяць тому

    Why do we have such a narrow field of view. It would be nice if you held the phone horizontal.

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary Місяць тому

      Noted. Thanks! If you look at some of our other videos, we learned our lesson.

    • @ryanstraight4219
      @ryanstraight4219 Місяць тому

      @@RascalApiary DANG! That was fast. Ha!

  • @mojo888x
    @mojo888x Місяць тому

    The artwork looks cool.

  • @tubeyou126226
    @tubeyou126226 Місяць тому

    Great information and close-ups, including things/precautions many don’t think to advise about. Thank yoy!

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary Місяць тому

      Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @Paintedspheres
    @Paintedspheres Місяць тому

    Even with the camera a little further away I has so much of an easier time with your video. All the others made it seem so complicated. I am a bee keeper too and my granddaughter is having a bee birthday party (she is one) and I thought a honeycomb blanket would be perfect.

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary Місяць тому

      Thank you! I hope you enjoy making it

  • @yarddogful
    @yarddogful Місяць тому

    Hey, once your renovations to your house are done, I hope you keep posting. I found you by searching on inner covers because that is not a topic people talk about, I live in Tampa FL. I put the inner cover upside down on my top feeder for 1:1 sugar syrup. Came back to refill and about 1000 bees drowned as they got into the top of the syrup....I will never make that mistake again. Then, I learned a lot more, it is hot here, and water source is a mile away....

  • @aarontm507
    @aarontm507 Місяць тому

    organs?

  • @alphaturd6922
    @alphaturd6922 2 місяці тому

    I use the same bottles for mead

  • @colleenbarker-cohn6633
    @colleenbarker-cohn6633 2 місяці тому

    You forgot to smoke the front of the hive before opening the top; you also didn't smoke under the lid before removing the top.

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 2 місяці тому

      While it is a common practice, we have found it is not needed with every hive. Each hive has its own temperament.

  • @HBADGERBRAD
    @HBADGERBRAD 2 місяці тому

    What’s a stant? 🤷🐝

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 2 місяці тому

      Stand. Excuse the accent. Something to hold the bottles while filling.

  • @susiemccardle1270
    @susiemccardle1270 2 місяці тому

    Was helpful😊

  • @johnnybigpotato2404
    @johnnybigpotato2404 2 місяці тому

    Dude. Say it with me. NU CLEE US! LMAO! :)

  • @samanthamann8740
    @samanthamann8740 2 місяці тому

    Why did you say that bad word

  • @samanthamann8740
    @samanthamann8740 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for this video because I have a crazy bee that chases me and my buddy when I ride my forwiler

  • @beebob1279
    @beebob1279 2 місяці тому

    After two years how is the hive working for you?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 2 місяці тому

      It worked great while we had it. We’ve since moved and had to sell all our hives. I can definitely see us building another when we get bees again at our new house.

  • @osirissteward550
    @osirissteward550 2 місяці тому

    it's that interior or exterior paint?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 2 місяці тому

      The majority is exterior, but for the hives that have interior paint on them, we did a coat of exterior polyurethane as well.

  • @rolandcdt
    @rolandcdt 2 місяці тому

    11:31 love it!!! Thanks for the authenticity!

  • @allysonwillhite4654
    @allysonwillhite4654 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for that! It was a burning question my crew had the other night at bedtime and we had to put on the Google later list 😂

  • @jasonseaward8506
    @jasonseaward8506 3 місяці тому

    Those beeyle blasters arent reusable? (Near-future-beekeeper not currently yet)

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 3 місяці тому

      There are different types that are reusable. We have used those, but they didn’t work as well for us. The ones we’re showing are not reusable, but worked much better for us.

  • @MrMrsORPE_LIFEINNORTHERNCANADA
    @MrMrsORPE_LIFEINNORTHERNCANADA 3 місяці тому

    What size of wick do you use in those molds

  • @sobiabutt4995
    @sobiabutt4995 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for the great information. I wush to start bee keeping in my backyard in the near future if the neighbours and the council agree.

  • @mohdfirdousmalik8758
    @mohdfirdousmalik8758 3 місяці тому

    What is the working principle of these frames

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 3 місяці тому

      It causes less stress to the bees during honey collection.

  • @SpawnOfTartarus
    @SpawnOfTartarus 3 місяці тому

    I’m a writer and really wanted to add a small bee farm, thanks for the info!

  • @HeatherValentineMsFoodie
    @HeatherValentineMsFoodie 4 місяці тому

    Do you leave any for the bees?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 4 місяці тому

      Always! You have to if you’re going to have healthy and happy bees. You should take primary the old comb or any that they build in odd places that you as a beekeeper wouldn’t want comb.

  • @Hiddentreasurehealth
    @Hiddentreasurehealth 5 місяців тому

    I personally love it. I’d recommend Samu Manuka’s 850 mgo/ 20+ UMF Honey since they’re UMF accredited. Plus they have the most competitive prices on the market. I took it when I had Covid and it healed my sore throat in less than 48 hours.

  • @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476
    @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476 5 місяців тому

    Abelhas são incríveis

  • @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476
    @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476 5 місяців тому

    Meu nome é Alex,sou mato grosso do sul Brasil 👏🍯🌹🌳🌲🌎🌿🍅💪💗❤️✋🌾💐🌺

  • @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476
    @alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476 5 місяців тому

    Olá boa noite companheiros apicultores,

  • @brucklay227
    @brucklay227 5 місяців тому

    A basic knowledge of elementary mathematics is essential in all matters of carpentry and will save many dollars by getting those sums right.

  • @anthonypeterson3112
    @anthonypeterson3112 5 місяців тому

    Where's your dado

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 5 місяців тому

      I say the same thing every time I need one. I wish I owned one

    • @anthonypeterson3112
      @anthonypeterson3112 5 місяців тому

      @@RascalApiary would be a good Christmas present to yourself

  • @gibsonmthandeni8518
    @gibsonmthandeni8518 6 місяців тому

    How to get Bee queen not to run away after taking out the honey

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 6 місяців тому

      As long as you don’t take too much and she’s not on any of the frames you pull, you should be fine. Typically the queen won’t be on any honey frames anyway.

  • @user-xg9ot3vl3y
    @user-xg9ot3vl3y 6 місяців тому

    Looking Good

  • @davidpotts3844
    @davidpotts3844 6 місяців тому

    Looks like you should remove entrance reducer on a warm day and clean the bottom boards on the other hives with a ream stick or you may have more loss. Weak hives don't have much a chance to over winter. Looks like some winter feeding could have helped. A weight check without opening hive could have helped know condition of resources.

  • @jonjensen1118
    @jonjensen1118 6 місяців тому

    Hi guys! I just wanted you to know that you are literally my favorite bee channel. I'm about to start my beekeeping journey, so I'm watching tons of videos. And I have to tell you, yours are my favorites. I keep going back to them because they're clear, concise and full of info. I noticed you haven't posted in a few years and hope your move went well. I'll keep checking on the channel to see if you upload more. Peace!

  • @harmannyeri
    @harmannyeri 6 місяців тому

    Hi! Have you had any issues with insects being attracted to your beeswax candles? What precautions do you take against this?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 6 місяців тому

      Sorry, but we haven’t had any issues with this. We do keep candles that aren’t in use and pure beeswax in a plastic bin in temperature control (house or shed).

  • @robinsonaenasi9800
    @robinsonaenasi9800 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much.

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 6 місяців тому

      You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @shibei-me1np
    @shibei-me1np 7 місяців тому

    The Nico system is a bad system. If you get 30 percent it's a joke. Or you are doing something wrong.

  • @mrwonk
    @mrwonk 7 місяців тому

    Dude, you made a queen your first time out. Right on.

  • @harrietpeabody2118
    @harrietpeabody2118 7 місяців тому

    Thank you 🐝

  • @harrietpeabody2118
    @harrietpeabody2118 7 місяців тому

    Thank you 🐝

  • @Elioha-gt8pu
    @Elioha-gt8pu 7 місяців тому

    I thought about to have a wooden wall least 1meter before the the entrance as they fly very fadt out and in 35km/hour and if theres a road with people ke walking its not so nice neither fir the bees or the walking people to do that impact. If thwre us a hight wall the bees quickly kearn to go up first and theres no oroblem.

  • @gerrydertinger7447
    @gerrydertinger7447 7 місяців тому

    Loved your vid, especially the close ups! I lost all 5 hives in early Oct, a big surprise, as they seemed fine in late Sept, and I had treated them 2ce in the year for varroa - with Formic Pro. I’d be interested in why you seem to have some doubts about FPro.

  • @mindymcleland9285
    @mindymcleland9285 7 місяців тому

    Is this normal?

    • @RascalApiary
      @RascalApiary 7 місяців тому

      The bees are very clean. This was after the winter. They’re cleaning up after eating a sugar cake we added to the hive. It was resting on wax paper.

  • @adamsoutdoors
    @adamsoutdoors 7 місяців тому

    Nice and simple recipe and process. Thanks!