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Mary Blohm
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AZ Hive discussion- Drebbieville Ga.
Brian Drebber discusses AZ bee hive with Janko Bozic, Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
AZ Hives can also be seen at Beekeepers of Gilmer County Apiary, Ellijay, Ga.
AZ Hives can also be seen at Beekeepers of Gilmer County Apiary, Ellijay, Ga.
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Brian Drebbers "AZ Bee House" located in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA. New home to the Slovenian "AZ hives", an alternative to Langstroth hive beekeeping. No lifting boxes!!!! Easy hive management for hobbyist, children or aging beekeepers.
My name is Jorgo I live in Naples, FL and I work as a handyman. One of my hobbies is working with bees - I love bees! I've owned a beehive from 2019 and I've only worked with Longstroth beehives. I saw a UA-cam on your channel I've very interested in the Slovenian beehives. The Slovenian method seems to be the best out there. I'd love the opportunity to visit Georgia, meet and see the Slovenian Beehives in person. Could you please contact me ? Many thanks in advance ! Jorgo Gjika
How do the bees get out f the bee house when you pull out a frame and they fy up ?
The best way I know to keep bees!
Very interested, yet I still have questions. Everyone says hoe easy it is to "brush the bees off and they take an amusement park ride down the slider and back into the hive." However, when it comes to that step, no one ever shows it being done. I can't even imagine there wouldn't be a room full of pissed off bees. I have never seen bees gently brushed off a frame and not taking flight. Also, I am in Maine. We have 2 deeps for the bees to winter with. Almost all of these hives I see have but one deep. Can you get them with 2 deep for brood and a 3rd for extracting?
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge of Beekeeping. I'm a beekeeper from Bangladesh. I keep Bee's called apis mellifera. can i keep those Bee's like this method?
Yes, you can keep any bees like this
I am From Alberta Canada looking for plans tor tje hives. would you have a link?
If you heat these bee houses in winter, is that more efficient and cheaper than other ways? And does it work to up the colony survival rates? Thanks.
If the inter is really cold, otherwise there's no need for heating.
Very nice videos....i'm beekeeper from Greece 🇬🇷 and I have Chanel in youtube Thanos Revenisios subscribe
How do you deal with propolis and sticky frames
Frames are only touching the base, so it is very easy to take them out
I am using a old FedEx truck I bought, and placing hives into it. I can fit 14 including 2 nucs. I would like to fit more, however, I am using langstroth hives which this one that you have seems to be much better, and basically smarter.
Is there space limitation, I mean in conventional hives we can build up our hives as much as we can, if do, is this a drawback?
Slovenian beehouses are made for up to 60 hives,so that the area they can cover gives enough yield...
That's an old type of the hive, modern are three storey hives
any idea if this would work with African bees in South Africa?
Has anyone found an online source that sells the plastic foundation for the AZ hive frames? I have been looking without any success.
This is ridiculously cool. I'm not much of a builder though, so the shed and the hive equipment itself could get very expensive. I am so, so tired of lifting those boxes on my langstroth hives. How do you discourage robbing?
Like any hive, to prevent robbing I reduce the entrance. You don't need a fancy structure for these hives, just protection. Benefits are many I am a big fan. The biggest drawback is hives manufactured with softwoods which expand and contract leaving gaps for pest., That being said, management is unique but worth the effort as these hives can be easily worked year around and inspections and honey harvesting are much simpler processes
The humans do all the hard work huh? You dumb fuck... I don't think your building comb collecting nectar and pollen and making honey and running off pests 24/7.
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Hi thank you.
juan explain all the crack in the wall that i can see the light coming thru. your wife sent me a message saying there's no holes or cracks in the wall that's bullshot . YOU EXPLAIN TO ME ,what is that sunlight is thats coming from under the door and all the crack in the walls, your wife has not given me any explanation about the cracks she just plays dumb i can't see anything. pull your head out of your artehole. if you explained about the light coming thru the hole , (i would of shut up )BUT DON;T TELL ME THERE'S NO LIGHT COMING THRU THE CRACKS AND UNDER THE DOOR when i can see them. and when you said there's no bees in in the shed crack open a jar of honey and then tell me about the bees in your shed. you know my name and its no DUDE
As a commercial operation runner, sporting a Cowen honey extraction line and looking at this. I think this looks like a nice system for stock protection. HOWEVER. Modern day beekeeping is a responsible practice of VARROA control and doing Tracheal mite control before AUTUMN sets in . Often hobbyists will jump on the usage of Powdered sugar and screen boards which does NOTHING to the varroa population. If it did. I'd order pallets of the stuff and the mills would love me.. ;) . My recommendation is some Hopguard II. Since it is easy for a hobbyist to use. I would say however that it will NOT give an extremely good mite drop like what we use. BUT none the less. Some varroa control is better than nothing. Overall it looks like a good system. Go buy one of these if you are wanting to keep ONE hive on your property. and purchase a Varroa easy check tool on the side.
How do you do your treatments for varroa mite with these hives? I usually do an oxalic mist or formicpro strips laid on top of the frames but, of course, that is because I'm operating from above the frames in a Langstroth hive, rather than from the side. Same with adding in fondant and pollen patty, what is the technique or method for doing that. They look awesome!
I'd make a "Feed frame" and take one of your frames and staple it up with hardware cloth and put your patty mush in it. As long as you aren't crushing bees. The patties can be chopped up or just do what we do. Order in 50lb bags of Ultrabee or AP23 and mix it with HFCS 55. Then use a pneumatic caulking gun to put it in a spot where they can access it. For a hobbyist you could run 1/2 cup of hfcs 55 and 1 cup of the powder mixed. Let it dry off about 4 hours and slop it in there. Remember to go slightly "Wet" so it doesn't turn to a brick in 1-2 weeks. We skip the wax paper. It makes a mess in the hive and gives them more to deal with than they need to. Limit your feed if you are in hive beetle country, you dont get larvae in it. I skip the sugar water junk, because it raises the Nosema levels. Hope that helps! Sorry if I sound gruff.
I'm from morrco good idea.
this shed is wrong ! there's holes in the walls. bees will fill the room from outside and the hives. don't extract from in there just keep it as a bee shed it would be perfect. we try our hardest to keep be out the bees from the extraction room you do the opposite ?
No holes in the walls. Only hive entrance. Not sure what you are talking about
@@maryblohm9181 you must be blind and stupid, the light coming from the walls must be from another dimension. like whats in between your ears. look at clipp count all the cracks and poorly jointed walls and tell if you can see light coming threw
@@donnykiofetzis5775 jesus christ dude, wtf is the attitude for? You see the active hives from the outside? You see the lack of bees on the inside? Do a little mental gymnastics and you might notice that the system is working just fine.
What happens when you get foul-brood and have to burn the hive?
you burn it
this video is awesome
have you found any difference with hive beetles or vorra
cool the bees I have they prefer to live in my shop walls and ceilings just found out I had a bee condo development here they lady have been here 10 years now found to the queen and put them in the boxes take a break both boxes had bee's on side of them they are doing well 5 miles away for me now 4 deep were used to catch them too
you speak english?
Looks like they are getting ready to swarm to me. I could be wrong.
How about some update video's? Let us know how they're working out! Keep up the good work. Thanks
I know they keep bees this way in slovenia, and serbia, and eastern europe a lot. I see this as nice. however, the bees will fly up, when opened. how do you get the guard bees back in the hive when in this honey building?
Just leave the door of the beehouse open...
How do you control betel in your Slovenian AZ hives?
How do you control betel in your Slovenian AZ hives?
Flowhive is a thousand times less complicated
In Germany they was used for long time its called Blätterstock.
i tought its called az bienenstock
They were brought to Germany and most Europe by Slovenes, more specifically Anton Janša, who started educating beekeeping in Vienna on Habsburg court. He brought beekeeping to Germany by releasing two books in German language Abhandlung vom Schwärmen der Bienen (Discussion on Beekeeping, 1771) and Vollständige Lehre von der Bienenzucht (A Full Guide to Beekeeping 1775).
downside is more costly hive but with proper care it can last longer. 30+ years is not uncommon for those hives to be used. honey extractor is a bit more complicated so is the lack of machines for really big beekeepers. but no doubt with need those would be made too.
but you will need more complicated honey extractor since comb cells will not be aligned all the same... also when you want t prevent bees swarming try to rotate frames. will keep them busy for some time.
its AŽ not AZ but guess close enough. honey extractor is more complicated than in usual hives since you work differently with those frames (you can turn them upside down) and so the regular honey extractor you use is less efficient.
This seems like a great idea, but I wonder about the issues of harvesting/honey flow. In Saskatchewan there is a very high honey flow and supers get stacked as high as you can get them, I'm still in my first few years of beekeeping and have only reached 4 high (2 brood, 2 honey) but I have seen them with as many as 10 high. With AZ, you would have to be replacing frames everyday but because of that you'd be getting honey with too high of a moisture content. Do you know of a solution ?
I think it's a great video. However your in the first but not the first to this in the US lol I know a handful of ppl including myself that do this lol
video was made over 2 years ago, lots has happened since then
If you open a hive from the inside, doesn't that result in bees getting out and lost?
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"Humans who have to do all the hard work" ??? I think not.
Has this been tested in warm climates. Example: Belize?
probably not as those are mostly used in slovenia and some balkan countries use those too. but i dont think it would be much of a problem. the real difference is that hives are stacked on top of each other and thus better protected. i suppose in warm climate bees would be able to better protect them self against heat too since no need for protection against cold. main difference is that hives are are more expensive to buy or make but better protected under roof will last very long. even more than 30 years. (at least here in slovenia) well you have 50+ years old hives too. how much frames you usually use? AŽ hives rande from 9-12. so if you want to try find what size would be the best for you. or even experiment on changing existing form.
Seems like it would be a perfect environment for Small Hive Beetle to be a larger problem than hive in the sun.
Thank you so much! This has been very informative and intriguing! I am wanting to set up a bee house with AZ hives and am in the process of trying to figure out how to make it all work.
Where do you get these
in slovenia =)
Very nice!
Very interesting! Are the currently available AZ hives compatible with Langstroth deep and medium frames?
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