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I have seen circular be entrances and I have also seen the horizontal 6 inch cut entrances for the hive. Is one better than the other or just a matter of preference

I have seen the layen hives with both the circular hole entrance and also the rectangular entrance is one better than the other? Or is it just a matter of preference on who’s building it?

So I seen most people don't add pectin but I'd like to see the difference between a batch w pectin and a batch without

It looks like the wasp is jumping the cockroach but it’s actually munching on it like it’s Popeyes chicken and fries

If you have old burlap, it makes for great fuel!

Getting some bees either this year or next year. This might be an odd question but does anyone know if setting up a beehive near a powerline is good or bad for bees or it really doesn’t matter?

Tell me, is it normal to have a douzen or so brood cels that didn't hatch with a couple of bees that started to hatch but gave up the ghost with just their antenia and partial eyes showing?

Just have to say I really appreciated your migration hive videos. Here in UK, I successfuly did a similar thing with a British national frames nuc into a Dr Leonid Sharaskins layens hive.The complicated difference being I had to set the Natinal frames at 90 degrees to the lasyens frames due the the narrow width of the hive. The migration was a great sucess except I now have hony over empty brood cells which I can't use like your are for honey storage in your Langstroth frames. Any sugestions as to what I shoiuld do to restore the layens hive to its orgiginal format? Maybe I should just cut out the comb and honey and rubber band it into the Layense frames. What di you think? Loving your videos but the way.

Do you make your own frames?

I have 9 layens hives with bees in them now, when I built the hives I made them with a peaked roof that hinges. There is a 2x4 cut 46 inches long on top screwed from the bottom up that has an angle on top for the top roof which has barn metal cut and with the edges bent, it slides on from one end. The roof over hangs the back and front about 4 inches and 5 inches at the end. This way the sides of the box don't see much water unless the wind is blowing hard I found I like it better if I cover the unused side with pieces of plywood about 5 inches wide so when I lift the lid there are no bees up in the top. They open up from the back so the roof acts like a wall on the front side. I also added foam weather stripping on the bottom of the roof to help keep the beetles out. That way the only way the beetles can get inside is through the entrance, I have a short piece of 1 1/4 pvc tube which I machine down to fit the entrance and the outside is tapered to a fine edge to keep the beetles from crawling in as well. I still get some beetles but the bees seem to manage to drive them into the open side where I get the pleasure of smashing them. The bees don't seem to mind me opening the lid and killing the beetles so I hardly ever wear protection when doing so.

Im a 2yr keeper living in brutal summer heat and winter snow with a Layens box and Langstroth frames. This gives me the best of both worlds

I'm building a 61 frame Layens bee bed was planning on using it for making the conversion I'm thinking about wintering them in there by stacking two deeps then just some blocking

If you covered the vacuum inlet and attach hose to bottom, how is it providing suction 🤔🤨🧐. I wished you would have started it up and let us see it run. Purhaps suck up a bean for demo

Awesome, this shows how much we still have to learn about nature!

Whats even more crazy is they do that in the dark. Not even other bees can see them. The other bees do it by feel.

That wasp be munchin'

That one bee found a LOT of pollen, but it's a bit of a trek?

That is incredible!

I'm going with the European paper wasp.

Ayo 🤨

Freak ass fight

Scotting bees do the wiggle dance to show interest in a new home when the colony has split (aka a swarm).

Great information - would love to see a video about how you can help a new hive with some brood and honey frames make a new queen! Is it possible?

That's awesome!

I got bees about 3 weeks ago for my layens hive. I saw one doing the waggle dance a couple of days ago 😊

You can always shake a frame or two of bees from a more populated colony.

A little late to the party but I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the videos and info!! I would like to get a Layens swarm trap built for my place and get a hive started. Central Kansas I think would be good to have that type of setup! Going to be my first hive so doing all the research I can!! Thanks again!!

has anybody ever tried to cross breed with the asian honeybee apis cerana???- i read where they made it to australia and they tried to exterminate them and failed sooooo it seems that would bee a good place to study the effects of crossbreeding-i seem to remember in 94 when ccd hit the us they imported bees from australia and thats how varroa got here-i never used chemicals and i lose alot of bees

Rubber bands looks likw it worked a lot better than the monofilament. Thanks for sharing all of this. I am learning a lot

The way I like to empty out the swarm trap of leftover bees after transfer is to set it down into the empty section of the hive (no lid of course) and let them meander out and join their sisters at will. I then remove that box a day or two later with next to no bees in it.

Thanks for listing! Bee watching!!

Excellent content... Hopefully this will be very helpful.. Loaded the 2nd Commander a couple days ago and finally saw a couple honey bees on some flowers.. Keeping fingers crossed.

One thing for sure I’ll never be a sod buster, I heard it in westerns many times as a disrespectful term

I like using insulated hives very much. However I can also bare witness to how easily a mouse can chew a hole into a pure styrene hive. So go easy.

About how late in the year will they swarm in middle Tennessee?

Nice presentation. You hit on all the points as to why I chose this for my first hive this year too! Thank you

If the bees were still and not metabolizing their insulation ability would be measurable as any static material would be. But they ARE moving and metabolizing, totally different calculation!

Thank you! This was very helpful.

I have a swarm trap from Dr Leo, and I'm in the process of building my first 20 frame layens. My nuc is currently occupied by a small swarm I caught in somebody's yard.

Just started watching. Tell you this though. Used swarm commander. Ain't ever caught nothing but my own bees

What if you are transporting your hives bc your main income comes from rental for pollenation? ... Oh...you answered that question

It's called a nuptial flight where males small winged ants mate with future female queen ants on flight.

I've just started bee keeping thanks to having a couple of old hives sitting around. I got the old hives because I'd planned on starting bee keeping, I just wasn't sure when. However, the bees made up my mind for me. So now I'm the proud posessor of two hives. Needless to say it's a steep learning curve, but thanks to your excellent YT channel my task is a little easier. Many thanks 👍

Thanks, Mr Sodbuster, here in Spain we use the layens mostly and like you say, it's so much less hassle. I'm new to beekeeping and have other interests too, so not having to spend so much time "messing around" with my bees is a bonus.

I enjoyed this presentation, gave me lots of ideas on how to improve my hive designs. Thanks for the inspiration.

As a suburban sodbuster myself and a descendant of Nebraska farmers (outside Inavale), your story resonates deeply with me. Thank you for sharing!

I use the same ratchet straps, first I cut off the hooks then I sew the strap back to the ratchet. It makes them much easier to use not having to fumble with hooks especially when I strap the box to a tree someone does not want me putting screw into. I also took a stick of 3/4 electrical conduit and put a short piece of 2x6 on the top end by drilling a hole in the 2x6. It gives me something to set the box on while the straps are installed.

Newbie bee keeper here. Like week 1!😆Ive watched most of your videos. I’m so impressed with what you’re doing. You’re so honest and that can be tough sometimes. Please don’t stop , you are such a great mentor!! And you’re doing exactly what I want to be doing. Same way as Dr Leo. I’m Iway up here in Canada . British Columbia. Thank you thank you!!

Our 20 frame layen's hives are completely out of room and bursting at the seams with bees. We made a split in April from one and accidentally let another one swarm and they still ended up jam-packed. Any ideas on how to prevent this? Or know of an easy way to convert langstroth equipment to super a Layen's? My wife and I are not fantastic at wood-working.