New Bee Castle Observation Hive. | Is it any good?
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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About this video: New Bee Castle Observation Hive. | Is it any good?
In today's video we will look art the new offering from Bee Castle. @beecastle-official has release a new observation windowed beehive. We will unbox, build, and review this hive to see if it is worth the current asking price. Sit back, watch, learn, and enjoy as we look at this latest hive from Bee Castle.
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I hope you enjoy beekeeping and this video. If you are interested in becoming a beekeeper or experience backyard beekeeping for yourself have a look at some of the videos on this beekeeping channel as well as videos from beekeeping creators I have listed below.
Although this beekeeping channel is primarily about beekeeping I am also a quasi pepper who believes in becoming self-sufficient. With that in mind, I have started a garden, planted fruit trees, replaced the hedges in front of my house with blueberry bushes, and have recently built a chicken coop. In short, I will share a lot more than beekeeping on this channel.
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A bit about my channel:
This channel is primarily about beekeeping or more specifically beekeeping 101 because I am just a beginning beekeeper and I figured the best way to learn beekeeping and to be a beekeeper was to buy a flow hive, sometimes spelled flowhive or a flow hive 2 which is sometimes known as a flowhive 2 and begin building by backyard apiary so I would have a place to keep bees. Now, backyard beekeeping is not the only thing I do. I consider myself to be urban farming as I also try to grow a sustainable and edible landscape. Backyard farming for me also includes keeping chicken and building other things in my shop that will help all of the birds, bees, insects, and other natural pollinators. I learn how to feed bees and chickens while showing you my day-to-day activities in my apiary, sometimes known as a bee yard. Some people consider me a prepper and yes there is a little truth to that. I do consider this a form of prepping and becoming self sufficient. Thank you for spending time with me learning about tap hives, flow hives, honeybees, and chickens.
I love the observation windows. Good touch Bee Castle! Good video thanks for sharing.
I honestly don't think you can get a better hive for the money.
Hey Bugfarmer great video. Good to see again have a great day. Wrap up we had the artic air hit last night in central Oklahoma buddy it got cold. They are saying the high temp is going to be be 10 Sat. See ya next week.
They are predicting 14 for our low on Tuesday and Wednesday.
My preference for nailing would be perpendicular to gravity.
Me too :-)
What a great video!😊 that’s a really nice beehive!
I think so too. I think I might give it to the wife for her upcoming splits this year.
Always enjoy your videos.
Just a note on nails, you should see the glue vs nails testing that was done by duck river honey. In his testing he showed that the nails are not necessary at all as boxes and frames put together with glue alone were equally as strong as glued and screwed.
Would certainly save a bit of extra labor!
For one hive or two, not a big deal, but 5 or 10 gets into hours of extra work
i will look at his video. Thank you. Anything to save time and money.
Great product all around. Not going to be a video for a few weeks. Time for a little hiatus from the recording booth. LOL See ya soon!! BEE Happy🐝🐝
Thanks Ken. The coffee is brewing right now. I hope I have something new to experience :-)
For frames, I’ve found nails in the side prevents eventual failure, nails in the top and bottom are more likely to separate when full of honey or brood.
I have found the same thing. I usually blast the sides with my nailer when I build them. Thanks for stopping in to have a look and taking the time to share a tip. Take care.
thanks fore the demo. Great price for that hive.
It is. There is a lot of value in these hives. Thanks for watching.
okay. I took the plunge and ordered a hive from Beecastle. Great price.@@BugFarmerBees
Great video. Thank you for doing so.
You are welcome. Thank you for watching and happy beekeeping :-)
It looks like a nice hive for what it is. Just wondering if the view in the windows will be somewhat limited with activity. Seems that most activity takes place in the middle of the hive and less on the outside. Especially after they have filled the honey and capped it. Am I wrong about that?
I have seen a few folks build observation hives, but they were full glass sides on one side of the hive and it was about 6 feet tall! Wondering if it would be better to have the glass on the end instead of the side? Maybe like the open end of a flow hive when you crack it to extract?
I guess there really is no good way to truly get a real good view inside a hive based on the openings between the comb. Very tight quarters is how they like it!
Thanks for showing us! Was good to watch what the offerings are out there.
These hive are great viewing or showing your bees without disturbing the hive. It is also a way to see if the girls are drawing out end-comb which is a good indicator they are utilizing their space during a flow and have a good idea if the super is full because the girls work the outside frames last. It is important to understand that this is NOT an observation hive like you would see indoors or for teaching purposes. This is a live hive for the bee yard. Thank you for stopping in and having a look and for taking the time to comment. Take care.
Ha Great Job good video, is the foundations waxed. have a blessed week
Yes, the foundation is waxed.
Wonderful equipment
It is. Thanks for stopping in to have a look.
Hope you have a jig to build 10 frames at a time. Also I use a staple gun instead of nails.
I don't have a jig. I wish I did :-(
The frame jig is a great piece of equipment! I recommend everyone get one!
@@johncoleman6218 Easy to build. Just one rectangle within another. Spaced just so the end bars are held vertical at the correct distance apart to easily insert the top and bottom bars. Too bars first then flipped over, remove the inner rectangle, add the bottom bars.
HOLY SHIT BRILLIANT TOP STUFF TELL MR EDD.😂. LOVE IT.
Thank you for the enthusiasm and for stopping in to have a look. :-)
@@BugFarmerBees THE DOVE TAIL NOT EASY TO MASTER BY HAND. LOOKD GOOD BUT.
Why did you use glue but you told all of us that the joints are waxed so no glue required.
I used glue on the frames, not the hive. You cannot glue waxed dovetail or finger joints. It would be pointless.
We’re told to avoid Chinese manufacturing, but I’ve found really good quality for a great price out of some of the Chinese produced bee equipment. I think, like everything else, there is poor and amazing quality and you just have to look to for the gems.
Agreed. I have been using these hives for a while and I have had zero issues. The @beecastle-official hives are fantastic. Thank you for stopping in to have a look and for taking the time to share your opinion. Take care.
Do you use slatted Rack
I do not. What exactly is their purpose?
@@BugFarmerBees space for bees and when adding a package really helps
Why does the volume jump so much when the music kick in?
I may have not normalized the audio in the video.