Hello, after 35 years, I can watch and listen something about bees, my father was beekeeping and he was murmured 35 years ago, my family broke completely. Few months ago my brother passed, and now I just remember my father, and how beautiful was when he’s lived, and how we enjoyed all the benefits bees produced.we was happy. Now I want to learn what my dad loved so much, I remember he go check his bees without shirt, and he’s talked to them like they listed.when he’s passed the bees passed as well.I crying right now, but feel so happy. I wish to take one of your curse, and I like to visit you bee house, thank you so much for this. You make me remember happy times.
David, you really DO work hard to bring us some great videos! I appreciate it very much, because I learn so much from watching you. I'm a second year beekeeper, but my colony died over the winter. I have a new one and I'm working hard to get it built up and be able to make it this year. Thank you for the opportunity to win the course you're giving away.
Perfect timing as always. A queen excluder is on my shopping list for tomorrow. So I was excited to get this notification. I’m in my second year of beekeeping, First year for honey! I have three hives now and while I’ve made a lot of mistakes there were twice as many I would’ve made had I not been watching you all this time. Thanks for your consistently informative and fun to watch videos.
Good morning Dave. I use queen extruders in the same way that you do and it works very well. Nine years of trial and error. Thanks for the tip on the burlap . I mix it with cut up pieces of paper, wood from bee packages and dried grass clippings and it works very well. Starts easy, stays lit for a long tome and produces large amounts of cool white smoke. I'm able to work my hives with no protective clothing as long as I smoke well and don't squish any. Have a fantastic day. Lou
Hi David, first year beekeeper. Started with 2 packages this Spring. Thank You for all the good and helpful information you share. Course or not you're already helping me A Lot! Good Luck All and Congrats to the Winner!
As a first year beekeeper I so appreciate you sharing so much knowledge with all of us. Thank you so being a great mentor. I’m always Happy to “like” and share your videos!
About this time last year, I began down the path of beekeeping with a 20 hour intro course, presented by a local beekeeping group. The course was very well presented, and a pretty thorough orientation. They didn’t miss much. I was hooked. I started with two nucs of mutts in mid April 2021. We had a very rainy Spring, which held back honey production, as nectar and pollen were incessantly being washed down. I ended up feeding to keep the population strong and building. By the first of June, from those two hives I provisioned a queenless nuc of my own, that requeened successfully, with a full pattern of brood by July 9. I am overwintering, now Jan ‘22, all three in single deeps, here in N TX. So far, the numbers appear strong. The third hive appears to be the strongest, and heaviest box. I love your content, and am looking forward to a strong Spring. Your methods to reduce treatments are simply the best.
You have become my goto UA-cam bee guy. Your videos are always interesting and informative and I love your delivery. Beekeeping is one of my more recent ventures but I’ve been an amateur radio operator for 28+ years.
I've found that after you remove the excluder in the fall, you can leave it out and the bees will clean quite a bit of Propolis and stray comb off of them. Great video David!
This is my first year keeping bees. I took one, 6 week class to get started but your videos really help fill in the gaps and give me context. THANKS, David!!
Hey David! Always look forward to watching any of your videos. You have got to be the most informative bee keepers on UA-cam. I've purchased some of your products and am very satisfied with them and all the information you've shared with all of us newbies. Thanks for everything and take care!
Im not a beekeeper yet,im studying and watching videos. Gathering all I can. Thank you for your Worth it or Worthless series. Has been a tremendous help. Have been learning so much from your videos. The one on handling frames was so informative about such a basic,but very important subject. Hadnt seen that covered before. Thanks and God Bless,Proverbs 24:13
Hey David! We are a homeschool family, I've got five kiddos! My older two have watched and studied bee keeping videos and books with me for months. We are planning our first hive for the spring! We love you attention to detail, down to even nutrition for bee food! We raise chickens and ducks and the kids help with it all. We would LOVE to do your bee keeping course and would turn it into a homeschooling class for them too! Thank you for all your wisdom and videos!my son had the best eyes and always spots a queen in ten videos! 🤭
Hi David, thank you so much for all your content. You are my Bee guy- I look to all your videos to learn and help me become a better bee keeper. My husband caught a swarm of bees about a yr and a half ago before we moved. We brought our bees to our new home last summer and in the spring time I was worried that they would swarm- so I jumped right in to start my adventure. I’ve observed things and then learned about them on your channel. It’s been a lot of fun. I found my queen for the first time about two weeks ago and that was super rewarding. She had a actually been above my queen excluder and I had seen eggs up there and knew she was in there somewhere!!
Started my first hive this year and they are doing great thanks to your videos. I would love to win so I can take the knowledge I have already received from your videos to the next level!!
Thank you David, for spreading your knowledge to all of us hungry learners. I have purchased a bee hive and I am devouring all your videos. I don’t have bees yet; I’m trying to learn all I can first. I need a beekeeping course for sure. Before I was married and my name changed, I always wondered what my maiden name meant and where it came from. After doing some research this summer, I found out my maiden name, Meaders, meant honey wine maker! So that was it! I was making mead within days and that has now led to researching beekeeping. What can I say?! It’s in my ancestry. I’ve heard the call to carry on the tradition and teach my daughters too. Thank you for considering us in your generous class offer!
I recently purchased the beginner beekeeping course and have watched all of the videos 3-4 times. I love all the great information and am planning on starting my own colony this coming spring!
Bees are really beautiful. I've just recently got into beekeeping, just in the last few weeks, when I was at ace hardware and saw a complete 1-box beehive and made the choice, I even bought that very book of yours on Amazon! Gonna start my new beehive when I'm not living near too many people that can scare the bees into stinging them
Hi, David! My wife and I are first-year beekeepers, and taking one of your courses would be awesome. We really enjoy watching and learning from your videos, so please keep them coming!
My wife and I are new to bee keeping and we enjoy the videos with all of your experience and can explain it where everyone can understand. We would love to win the class your offering.
Thank you Dave for your talk on Queen excluders. This being my first year with bees, I have decided not to use a queen excluder, and let them put beeswax on all the frames I give them.
I would love that beekeeping course!!! I am determined to become certified by helping my dad with his bees and learning as much as I can with mine! Bees have had my heart since I can remember but I've rediscovered my love for them as therapy. 🍯🐝 Your videos have helped me so much so far! Thank you for doing this!
Thanks for such useful information! Although I've been beekeeping for a few years now, I haven't been able to get together with any other beekeepers to answer my questions so have just read books instead. Unfortunately the bees don't read them; they don't do what they're supposed to!! A course of beekeeping with you would answer so much!!
My husband was the one who wanted to get into beekeeping and I was just going to be an observer - right! I find myself spending more and more time watching, reading, and learning about these wonderful creatures and your videos are so helpful! Reading is one thing , but I learn more by watching so I would love to have access to your class!!
When you could not see the queen in the super, why did you not simply remove the queen excluder and shake all the bees off into the box below? That would have given you confidence that the queen is not in the super.
Like the videos. Very helpful. Been following you all of this year. This is my third year to attempt raising bees, finally harvested my first two gallons of honey. Robber bees have been a real problem in my area of South Mississippi. Lots of other beekeepers around. Keep making the videos the worth it or useless series has been very good.
I'm starting my first colony in 2022. Building my Long Lang hive this winter ready for a nuc next spring. Learning all I can. Thanks for your videos and your course would be great.
Hey, David. Perfect timing, I have 1 hive currently from a walk away split that my sister gave me. We went and got a queen for this hive, and now I'm waiting on my 2 nucs that should be here mid-May. The course would be perfect.
I’ve had the pleasure of looking up where you all are. You were making a video and I hadn’t called to make an appointment. I’m a beginner and have learned so much from your videos. I lost a colony to wax moths and really want to stick with this. I’ve purchased your books and am glad you’re there! I’m hoping to take some of your course work🐝
Love .. Love your videos (and coffee time)!! One year into bee keeping and have learned so much from your videos. Thank you for all the knowledge, David.
Thanks Aaron, that's good to hear. Already working hard to get the next load of packages ready for this spring!! So much prep to make it all happen in just 9 months.
I've got two hives from nucs installed in June and one is about a week or two ahead of the other... I gave the stronger hive a few days with a super of undrawn comb, then did a thorough queen check of the honey super and put the excluder on (she'd laid eggs on a few frames but wasn't up there). Then when my weaker hive was ready for a super, I stole a few frames that were starting to be drawn out on the stronger hive's second super for the weaker hive's first one and installed the queen excluder right away, and they've both been drawing out comb and packing in nectar, the stronger hive has been drawing out and filling a medium honey super in just over a week and the other hive's taking a bit longer. I wasn't expecting to get any honey this year at all, but boy did my bees prove me wrong!
Very Good. I am 75 been in bees om and have had bee for 45 years of the 55 years of marriage. I just found out about horizonal hives and they d0n't require the strength needed to lift a supper of honey. I started going though your videos as a review. Thank you for taking the time tp make them. Duane
Thanks Dave! Sure enjoy your teaching and straight forward, off the cuff, truthful instruction and commentary style. I want to start next year and have watched quite a few of yours and enjoy them the most. I watch your videos while exercising on the eliptical, treadmill, and evening while my wife watches MASH. Stay healthy and God's best to you and your family!
Thank you, my husband got me a beekeeping kit for xmas and though I am intrigued, I'm really ignorant of the lingo, etc. I googled queen excluder and found you! Low & behold, you are the author of the book my husband gave me accompanying the kit! I just subscribed to your UA-cam series.
That's pretty cool Cathy, sound like wonderful gifts your husband got you. Thank you so much for subscribing. Educate yourself as much as you can about bees and how to manage them. It will help you so much and make it much, much more enjoyable. You may want to watch my newest tips for what to be aware of for 2023: ua-cam.com/video/qO3CTkN1wFw/v-deo.html
Hi David. Thanks for the videos. I'm in year 1 so lots to learn. I too use burlap in my smoker. I stuff some in a toilet paper cardboard tube and use that to light the smoker. I make 4 or 5 at a time so they are handy when I need to start the smoker. I stuff some fresh grass on top to cool the smoke. Thanks for all the tips and visuals.
Very big compliment and I appreciate it a ton. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Making these videos takes an insane amount of planning, editing and thinking for just one 15-20 min. video. But I love it.
Hi David! Cheers from Germany! My husband and I just started beekeeping this year and you have been such an amazing source of knowledge and inspiration! Thank you for all the hard work! We would love to learn from your course 😍
Hello David!, no apologies needed, your videos are great and have to take considerable time to make for all of us wanting to learn . Love the shirt!! And,heck yah I want to win the online classes!!
We love watching your videos including our 4 year old granddaughter. We are new bee keepers as of April 23, 2021. We could really learn from your class because we really need a mentor. Thank You 🙏🏽
I'm interested in starting in beekeeping and your videos are priceless. I believe I should wait until next spring to start and your course would definitely get me started on the right track.
I have used queen excluders off and on for several years. This is the first time I have seen some explanation as how to use it other than it keeps the queen out of your honey supers. I am going to use this as I add supers. Thanks.
I've always used a Queen Excluder. Was looking at the videos on your site, that would be awesome. . I've had a lucky year, continue it along David. . Haha. .
I am in the uk so we are behind you time wise,so watching your videos I have time to plan and adapt your techniques for our weather and seasons,keep it up because it’s like I can see a month or so ahead cheers
Being honest I had no idea about the Queen excluder, I just put it on under the honey super when it was added so I have learnt a lot tonight. Many thanks for another informative and helpful video, appreciated.
This is my third year. Your timing is great. One of y hives had 2 deeps with an excluder between a medium. After 2 weeks no comb was being build out with wax being filled into the excluder. Decided to remove the excluder and in one week I have capped comb in the medium. Queen still in deeps.
I’m a brand new bee “haver” and was quite surprised to learn that the bees only eat by their proboscis. I wonder how they are able to eat the pollen patties. Anyway, it was good info for me. I have watched countless videos of yours even though I’ve only been at the game for a very brief time. I must be averaging a few hours of study per day. I hope to win the classes. Thanks for all you do.
Hi David long time subscriber first time commenter I love you delivery love you contend I have only been a beekeeper since COVID so your online content has been invaluable thanks heaps mate 👍
Thanks for the video. Very helpful. I am too unsure in finding the queen so I would simply shake all the frames in the super and then put on the queen excluder. You also may want to inform folks that if there is brood up there in the super and then you put on the excluder, you may want a top entrance temporarily to allow the drones to escape.
Like the videos very much. Started 3 years ago when caught swarm in apple tree. Kept in a cardboard box for a few days then acquired a hive box. Now have 7 from them
Hello David! Love the videos and would especially love to take your courses! Started bee keeping last year and unfortunately my colony did not over winter. I live in Ohio! Thanks for all your helpful videos!
Consider using a fume board while the bee are on the frames and queen excluder is in place or shake the bees off while having a empty box and a queen excluder.
Great discussion on this topic. I have had both good and bad experiences with using a excluders, including putting an open frame in and having them create drone comb and eggs. But, now i will have that large cell capped comb! love your easy going style and that you admit that "things happen" sometimes and we can't know everything sometimes. JIm
Hi David- this video is very timely for me. My bees don't seem to want to go through the queen excluder, and I was wondering why! This video was a huge help! I don't know that I am brave enough to handle the queen, so I'm going to leave them alone. I would love to win your bee keeping courses! Thanks for posting..
Thank you so much for this video. This is my first year of beekeeping and I was wondering how/when/if I should use a queen excluder. I really enjoy your videos. They are full of lots of helpful info. 🐝
Good luck. It’s a great hobby. If I could offer any advice that I wish I had when I started(3 years ago), it would be to prepare early! Get your tools and protective gear now. Beetle and varroa treatments, extra frames, and boxes. The size and health of your hives will be limited by the amount of inventory and maintenance products you have.
Years ago I got hired to assist with the honey pull by a guy that kept bees as a hobby, but the FDA disagreed and classified it as full on commercial because he pulled hundreds of gallons a season, he had queen excluders on every hive, so when I eventually get into bee keeping I know for a fact I'll be using an excluder because it'll make harvest time so much easier.
Your videos have really helped me in my first year of beekeeping. Thank you so very much. I cant wait to see what more I learn from your videos. It would be a honor to win the class!
I always like your videos. I faced this year with queen excluder situations. Slow wax building. But I am pro queen excluder. Because I know that with queen excluder is 100 percent pure honey în the supers and the queen is in a single box. But I can confirm that is a honey excluder as well.
I really enjoy your videos, I hope I win your class. That was pretty cliché. Seriously though, I have learned 99% of my backyard beekeeping knowledge from your videos. I greatly appreciate what you’re doing, I’m positive anyone tuning into your UA-cam channel will find the same benefits that I have. Keep up the good work. Thanks again
Hi David, I just started bee keeping and fascinated by the subject. Your way of teaching is very pleasant. I live in Scotland and look forward to more lessons from you.
Hey David. I'm a New bee keeper, I have learned a good bit watching your videos very informative. It sure would bee nice to win your course's. Thanks and God bless.
I used excluders last year my first year beekeeping. I now have 6 hives. This year I chose not to use excluders and feel like so far has been a good choice. Will be harvesting 12-15 supers mid August.
Your videos are super informative and helpful. You were the reason I started beekeeping. I bought your book and followed all of your instructions nearly to the T. Thank you!
Oh my gosh, I'm humbled that I played a part in you getting started in beekeeping. That is so kind of you to tell me that. Wow, I'm encouraged and energized.
Hi David, great video as usual, i always use metal queen excluders as I heard the plastic can bend enough to make some of the holes big enough for the queen to get through.
The plastic is much more stiff than a queen. Same thing can happen to a metal one if it is placed on upside down. She can wiggle her way through due to the lack of cross bars on the wrong side. But a plastic is better that way because each one is restricted so she cannot wiggle through.
I took a course through Penn State Extension, and they mentioned that there are some reasons to believe that queen excluders shorten the lifespan of the workers. Any thoughts? In my mind, it makes sense that it would contribute to wear of there wings (thus shortening life), having to constantly pass through tiny holes. Been liking the content. Keep it up.
I would love to take a course from you David! I find you easy to comprehend and always learn something from your great videos! Thank ya for taking the time to share your knowledge with us !
A couple of my queens will run from the smoke pretty hard. Like if I smoke the entrance she will be in the top box and if I smoke under the cover she will be on the bottom.
Hi, I took your class in Bloomington many years ago. Now my husband is finally on board and we have one hive. Not sure what I’m doing, don’t want to mess bees to parish this wi get, thanks for all you teach.
Thanks again for a great video. Just finished the book “Backyard Beekeeping”. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Waiting for the video of my visit to your shop. Will be back in late August for a visit and pick up winter supplies.
Check out Kamon Reynolds video on queen excluders. Says it’s definitely not a honey excluder. I am in the UK, always use one, as does my mentor, I have found bees will move up when they need the space regardless of a queen excluder.
Great video. I use the same way a queen excluder in my 6 frame over 6 frame setup. No QE until there is a honey in upper box, then the queen to the lower box and QE between lower and upper box. I remove QE and extra suppers in fall so that the broodnest can move upwards during the winter and eat all the honey/sugar:-)
Don’t sweat it David, you provide a great free service already, no need to apologize for trying to make a living on something that you also love
Hello, after 35 years, I can watch and listen something about bees, my father was beekeeping and he was murmured 35 years ago, my family broke completely. Few months ago my brother passed, and now I just remember my father, and how beautiful was when he’s lived, and how we enjoyed all the benefits bees produced.we was happy. Now I want to learn what my dad loved so much, I remember he go check his bees without shirt, and he’s talked to them like they listed.when he’s passed the bees passed as well.I crying right now, but feel so happy. I wish to take one of your curse, and I like to visit you bee house, thank you so much for this. You make me remember happy times.
Carlos, that is very touching. Thank you so much for sharing your heart!
I’m a 2nd year bee keeper and a homeschool mom! My daughter Willow and I always watch your videos. I have learned a lot. Keep up the great work!
Hello April and Willow and thank you soooo much for watching my videos. I'm glad you are learning.🐝👍
David, you really DO work hard to bring us some great videos! I appreciate it very much, because I learn so much from watching you. I'm a second year beekeeper, but my colony died over the winter. I have a new one and I'm working hard to get it built up and be able to make it this year. Thank you for the opportunity to win the course you're giving away.
Perfect timing as always. A queen excluder is on my shopping list for tomorrow. So I was excited to get this notification. I’m in my second year of beekeeping, First year for honey! I have three hives now and while I’ve made a lot of mistakes there were twice as many I would’ve made had I not been watching you all this time. Thanks for your consistently informative and fun to watch videos.
Wow, so nice of you to say! I really appreciate the encouragement.
Good morning Dave.
I use queen extruders in the same way that you do and it works very well. Nine years of trial and error. Thanks for the tip on the burlap . I mix it with cut up pieces of paper, wood from bee packages and dried grass clippings and it works very well. Starts easy, stays lit for a long tome and produces large amounts of cool white smoke. I'm able to work my hives with no protective clothing as long as I smoke well and don't squish any.
Have a fantastic day.
Lou
Hi David, first year beekeeper. Started with 2 packages this Spring. Thank You for all the good and helpful information you share. Course or not you're already helping me A Lot! Good Luck All and Congrats to the Winner!
Thank you
As a first year beekeeper I so appreciate you sharing so much knowledge with all of us. Thank you so being a great mentor.
I’m always Happy to “like” and share your videos!
About this time last year, I began down the path of beekeeping with a 20 hour intro course, presented by a local beekeeping group. The course was very well presented, and a pretty thorough orientation. They didn’t miss much.
I was hooked.
I started with two nucs of mutts in mid April 2021. We had a very rainy Spring, which held back honey production, as nectar and pollen were incessantly being washed down. I ended up feeding to keep the population strong and building.
By the first of June, from those two hives I provisioned a queenless nuc of my own, that requeened successfully, with a full pattern of brood by July 9.
I am overwintering, now Jan ‘22, all three in single deeps, here in N TX. So far, the numbers appear strong. The third hive appears to be the strongest, and heaviest box.
I love your content, and am looking forward to a strong Spring.
Your methods to reduce treatments are simply the best.
You have become my goto UA-cam bee guy. Your videos are always interesting and informative and I love your delivery. Beekeeping is one of my more recent ventures but I’ve been an amateur radio operator for 28+ years.
Nice!! And thank you for subscribing recently. 73
I've found that after you remove the excluder in the fall, you can leave it out and the bees will clean quite a bit of Propolis and stray comb off of them. Great video David!
This is my first year keeping bees. I took one, 6 week class to get started but your videos really help fill in the gaps and give me context. THANKS, David!!
Hey David! Always look forward to watching any of your videos. You have got to be the most informative bee keepers on UA-cam. I've purchased some of your products and am very satisfied with them and all the information you've shared with all of us newbies. Thanks for everything and take care!
Im not a beekeeper yet,im studying and watching videos. Gathering all I can. Thank you for your Worth it or Worthless series. Has been a tremendous help. Have been learning so much from your videos. The one on handling frames was so informative about such a basic,but very important subject. Hadnt seen that covered before. Thanks and God Bless,Proverbs 24:13
Hey David! We are a homeschool family, I've got five kiddos! My older two have watched and studied bee keeping videos and books with me for months. We are planning our first hive for the spring! We love you attention to detail, down to even nutrition for bee food! We raise chickens and ducks and the kids help with it all. We would LOVE to do your bee keeping course and would turn it into a homeschooling class for them too! Thank you for all your wisdom and videos!my son had the best eyes and always spots a queen in ten videos! 🤭
Hi David, thank you so much for all your content. You are my Bee guy- I look to all your videos to learn and help me become a better bee keeper. My husband caught a swarm of bees about a yr and a half ago before we moved. We brought our bees to our new home last summer and in the spring time I was worried that they would swarm- so I jumped right in to start my adventure. I’ve observed things and then learned about them on your channel. It’s been a lot of fun. I found my queen for the first time about two weeks ago and that was super rewarding. She had a actually been above my queen excluder and I had seen eggs up there and knew she was in there somewhere!!
Thank you so much. I appreciate the kind words.
Hi David, I have been raising bees for 3 years now, and I have been watching your videos on a regular basis, I would really enjoy taking your course.
Started my first hive this year and they are doing great thanks to your videos. I would love to win so I can take the knowledge I have already received from your videos to the next level!!
Thank you David, for spreading your knowledge to all of us hungry learners. I have purchased a bee hive and I am devouring all your videos. I don’t have bees yet; I’m trying to learn all I can first. I need a beekeeping course for sure. Before I was married and my name changed, I always wondered what my maiden name meant and where it came from. After doing some research this summer, I found out my maiden name, Meaders, meant honey wine maker! So that was it! I was making mead within days and that has now led to researching beekeeping. What can I say?! It’s in my ancestry. I’ve heard the call to carry on the tradition and teach my daughters too. Thank you for considering us in your generous class offer!
Awesome!
I recently purchased the beginner beekeeping course and have watched all of the videos 3-4 times. I love all the great information and am planning on starting my own colony this coming spring!
Thank you so much Angie!
Hey David! First year beekeeper here! I love your videos and have learned many lessons from your channel
Bees are really beautiful. I've just recently got into beekeeping, just in the last few weeks, when I was at ace hardware and saw a complete 1-box beehive and made the choice, I even bought that very book of yours on Amazon! Gonna start my new beehive when I'm not living near too many people that can scare the bees into stinging them
Hi, David! My wife and I are first-year beekeepers, and taking one of your courses would be awesome. We really enjoy watching and learning from your videos, so please keep them coming!
My wife and I are new to bee keeping and we enjoy the videos with all of your experience and can explain it where everyone can understand. We would love to win the class your offering.
Thank you Dave for your talk on Queen excluders. This being my first year with bees, I have decided not to use a queen excluder, and let them put beeswax on all the frames I give them.
I would love that beekeeping course!!! I am determined to become certified by helping my dad with his bees and learning as much as I can with mine! Bees have had my heart since I can remember but I've rediscovered my love for them as therapy. 🍯🐝 Your videos have helped me so much so far! Thank you for doing this!
Thanks for such useful information! Although I've been beekeeping for a few years now, I haven't been able to get together with any other beekeepers to answer my questions so have just read books instead. Unfortunately the bees don't read them; they don't do what they're supposed to!! A course of beekeeping with you would answer so much!!
My husband was the one who wanted to get into beekeeping and I was just going to be an observer - right! I find myself spending more and more time watching, reading, and learning about these wonderful creatures and your videos are so helpful! Reading is one thing , but I learn more by watching so I would love to have access to your class!!
When you could not see the queen in the super, why did you not simply remove the queen excluder and shake all the bees off into the box below? That would have given you confidence that the queen is not in the super.
Like the videos. Very helpful. Been following you all of this year. This is my third year to attempt raising bees, finally harvested my first two gallons of honey. Robber bees have been a real problem in my area of South Mississippi. Lots of other beekeepers around. Keep making the videos the worth it or useless series has been very good.
Glad you enjoy the videos. Robber bees can be a big deal.
I'm starting my first colony in 2022. Building my Long Lang hive this winter ready for a nuc next spring. Learning all I can. Thanks for your videos and your course would be great.
Hey, David. Perfect timing, I have 1 hive currently from a walk away split that my sister gave me. We went and got a queen for this hive, and now I'm waiting on my 2 nucs that should be here mid-May. The course would be perfect.
I’ve had the pleasure of looking up where you all are. You were making a video and I hadn’t called to make an appointment. I’m a beginner and have learned so much from your videos. I lost a colony to wax moths and really want to stick with this. I’ve purchased your books and am glad you’re there! I’m hoping to take some of your course work🐝
So sorry, we are always working on videos or something. Yup making an appointment is the way to go. I was out of town all last week.
I just started bee keeping in florida this year. I am getting alot of great info from your videos. Thank you for doing them.
Love .. Love your videos (and coffee time)!! One year into bee keeping and have learned so much from your videos. Thank you for all the knowledge, David.
Love the channel! I just ordered Burns feeders for all my hives. Thanks David
Thanks David! The two packages I picked up this spring from you are doing great as I continue to learn by watching your videos.
Thanks Aaron, that's good to hear. Already working hard to get the next load of packages ready for this spring!! So much prep to make it all happen in just 9 months.
I've got two hives from nucs installed in June and one is about a week or two ahead of the other... I gave the stronger hive a few days with a super of undrawn comb, then did a thorough queen check of the honey super and put the excluder on (she'd laid eggs on a few frames but wasn't up there). Then when my weaker hive was ready for a super, I stole a few frames that were starting to be drawn out on the stronger hive's second super for the weaker hive's first one and installed the queen excluder right away, and they've both been drawing out comb and packing in nectar, the stronger hive has been drawing out and filling a medium honey super in just over a week and the other hive's taking a bit longer. I wasn't expecting to get any honey this year at all, but boy did my bees prove me wrong!
Very Good. I am 75 been in bees om and have had bee for 45 years of the 55 years of marriage. I just found out about horizonal hives and they d0n't require the strength needed to lift a supper of honey. I started going though your videos as a review. Thank you for taking the time tp make them. Duane
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Dave! Sure enjoy your teaching and straight forward, off the cuff, truthful instruction and commentary style. I want to start next year and have watched quite a few of yours and enjoy them the most. I watch your videos while exercising on the eliptical, treadmill, and evening while my wife watches MASH. Stay healthy and God's best to you and your family!
Thank you, my husband got me a beekeeping kit for xmas and though I am intrigued, I'm really ignorant of the lingo, etc. I googled queen excluder and found you! Low & behold, you are the author of the book my husband gave me accompanying the kit! I just subscribed to your UA-cam series.
That's pretty cool Cathy, sound like wonderful gifts your husband got you. Thank you so much for subscribing. Educate yourself as much as you can about bees and how to manage them. It will help you so much and make it much, much more enjoyable. You may want to watch my newest tips for what to be aware of for 2023: ua-cam.com/video/qO3CTkN1wFw/v-deo.html
Hi David. Thanks for the videos. I'm in year 1 so lots to learn. I too use burlap in my smoker. I stuff some in a toilet paper cardboard tube and use that to light the smoker. I make 4 or 5 at a time so they are handy when I need to start the smoker. I stuff some fresh grass on top to cool the smoke. Thanks for all the tips and visuals.
This is my first year of beekeeping and I am loving your videos as I'm going thru this year of beekeeping!
Love your Videos, I ordered 2 of your books last week, one for me and 1 for a Friend. Thanks for all the info.
David, you are the voice of common sense amongst a crowd of opinionated beekeepers. Thank you from Lake City FL.
Very big compliment and I appreciate it a ton. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Making these videos takes an insane amount of planning, editing and thinking for just one 15-20 min. video. But I love it.
Hi David! Cheers from Germany! My husband and I just started beekeeping this year and you have been such an amazing source of knowledge and inspiration! Thank you for all the hard work! We would love to learn from your course 😍
Wow thanks for letting me know and for the kind words from Germany!
Hello David!, no apologies needed, your videos are great and have to take considerable time to make for all of us wanting to learn . Love the shirt!! And,heck yah I want to win the online classes!!
Thank Phil, and IT DOES TAKE A TON OF TIME.
Great video. When I try to look for queen in a big cluster, I just blow on the cluster a little and they'd spread out more. Quick and easy.
We love watching your videos including our 4 year old granddaughter. We are new bee keepers as of April 23, 2021. We could really learn from your class because we really need a mentor. Thank You 🙏🏽
Hi David. Really enjoying your content. Helping me a lot as I'm getting back into beekeeping after a long break. Your course would benefit me greatly.
I'm interested in starting in beekeeping and your videos are priceless. I believe I should wait until next spring to start and your course would definitely get me started on the right track.
Thank you Robert. Yes, target next spring!!
I have used queen excluders off and on for several years. This is the first time I have seen some explanation as how to use it other than it keeps the queen out of your honey supers. I am going to use this as I add supers. Thanks.
Good to hear.
I've always used a Queen Excluder. Was looking at the videos on your site, that would be awesome. . I've had a lucky year, continue it along David. . Haha. .
I am in the uk so we are behind you time wise,so watching your videos I have time to plan and adapt your techniques for our weather and seasons,keep it up because it’s like I can see a month or so ahead cheers
Third year and Id really like to get my hives through the winter! Your videos are well done and I learn something every time I watch!
Thank you Heather! Winter is hard of bees so we have to prepare them as best as we can. Glad you are learning from my videos.
Being honest I had no idea about the Queen excluder, I just put it on under the honey super when it was added so I have learnt a lot tonight. Many thanks for another informative and helpful video, appreciated.
This is the kind of stuff I like to learn before getting my bees... yay!
This is my third year. Your timing is great. One of y hives had 2 deeps with an excluder between a medium. After 2 weeks no comb was being build out with wax being filled into the excluder. Decided to remove the excluder and in one week I have capped comb in the medium. Queen still in deeps.
I’m a brand new bee “haver” and was quite surprised to learn that the bees only eat by their proboscis. I wonder how they are able to eat the pollen patties. Anyway, it was good info for me. I have watched countless videos of yours even though I’ve only been at the game for a very brief time. I must be averaging a few hours of study per day. I hope to win the classes. Thanks for all you do.
Hi David long time subscriber first time commenter I love you delivery love you contend I have only been a beekeeper since COVID so your online content has been invaluable thanks heaps mate 👍
Enjoyed the video, great info, my first year I wound up with the queen above the excluder, really cut into my honey production. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the video. Very helpful. I am too unsure in finding the queen so I would simply shake all the frames in the super and then put on the queen excluder. You also may want to inform folks that if there is brood up there in the super and then you put on the excluder, you may want a top entrance temporarily to allow the drones to escape.
Good point about the drones. I just can't bring myself to shake brood frames anymore, but a bee brush would work fine. Thank you.
Like the videos very much. Started 3 years ago when caught swarm in apple tree. Kept in a cardboard box for a few days then acquired a hive box. Now have 7 from them
Thanks for watching bees are taking off for you!
Hello David! Love the videos and would especially love to take your courses! Started bee keeping last year and unfortunately my colony did not over winter. I live in Ohio! Thanks for all your helpful videos!
Thank you again for another amazing lesson. Not only to teach us to think why we use something but some more advanced hive management tips.
Thank you so much, very nice of you to say.
Consider using a fume board while the bee are on the frames and queen excluder is in place or shake the bees off while having a empty box and a queen excluder.
Great discussion on this topic. I have had both good and bad experiences with using a excluders, including putting an open frame in and having them create drone comb and eggs. But, now i will have that large cell capped comb! love your easy going style and that you admit that "things happen" sometimes and we can't know everything sometimes. JIm
Glad you enjoy the video Jim. Anyone is lying if they say they never make stupid mistakes keeping bees. 😄
Hi David- this video is very timely for me. My bees don't seem to want to go through the queen excluder, and I was wondering why! This video was a huge help! I don't know that I am brave enough to handle the queen, so I'm going to leave them alone. I would love to win your bee keeping courses! Thanks for posting..
Thank you so much for this video. This is my first year of beekeeping and I was wondering how/when/if I should use a queen excluder. I really enjoy your videos. They are full of lots of helpful info. 🐝
Glad you are enjoying the video Nickie
It would be awesome if I got that bee keeping course. It'll help me out when I do get started out in beekeeping
Good luck. It’s a great hobby. If I could offer any advice that I wish I had when I started(3 years ago), it would be to prepare early! Get your tools and protective gear now. Beetle and varroa treatments, extra frames, and boxes. The size and health of your hives will be limited by the amount of inventory and maintenance products you have.
Years ago I got hired to assist with the honey pull by a guy that kept bees as a hobby, but the FDA disagreed and classified it as full on commercial because he pulled hundreds of gallons a season, he had queen excluders on every hive, so when I eventually get into bee keeping I know for a fact I'll be using an excluder because it'll make harvest time so much easier.
Your videos have really helped me in my first year of beekeeping. Thank you so very much. I cant wait to see what more I learn from your videos. It would be a honor to win the class!
Thank you so much.
I always like your videos. I faced this year with queen excluder situations. Slow wax building. But I am pro queen excluder. Because I know that with queen excluder is 100 percent pure honey în the supers and the queen is in a single box. But I can confirm that is a honey excluder as well.
Thank you so much
I really enjoy your videos, I hope I win your class. That was pretty cliché. Seriously though, I have learned 99% of my backyard beekeeping knowledge from your videos. I greatly appreciate what you’re doing, I’m positive anyone tuning into your UA-cam channel will find the same benefits that I have. Keep up the good work. Thanks again
Nice, thanks for the kind comments
my names cowyn, Im 17 and just got my first 2 hives this year love watching your vidoes!
Thanks Dave. first year beekeeper here, you have been a great teacher. Puget Sound area here and lots of bees. Thanks, Dale
Hi David, I just started bee keeping and fascinated by the subject. Your way of teaching is very pleasant. I live in Scotland and look forward to more lessons from you.
Hi Tim, and we celebrate Burns Night every January!
Hi david. I am a young beekeeper. I only have 5 hives and your video helps me decide what to choose based on the information you provide.
Good for you young beekeeper Richardas!!
Hey David! Love the videos. Keep them coming. Look forward to them. Have learned a lot from you . Thanks!
Thanks so much Linda
Hey David. I'm a New bee keeper, I have learned a good bit watching your videos very informative. It sure would bee nice to win your course's. Thanks and God bless.
Your UA-cam channel is the only bee channel I’m subscribed to. I love how you go into detail. I’m in my first year bee keeping
Going out tomorrow to check my boxes. Hope they are bringing in the groceries. Love your videos. They have helped me so much 😃
Thanks Gloria and thank you for being a subscriber.
I used excluders last year my first year beekeeping. I now have 6 hives. This year I chose not to use excluders and feel like so far has been a good choice. Will be harvesting 12-15 supers mid August.
Your videos are super informative and helpful. You were the reason I started beekeeping. I bought your book and followed all of your instructions nearly to the T. Thank you!
Oh my gosh, I'm humbled that I played a part in you getting started in beekeeping. That is so kind of you to tell me that. Wow, I'm encouraged and energized.
@@beek Yes, you played a big role in my beekeeping endeavors. I would be overjoyed to be able to talk to you!
1st year bee keeper. Have been watching your video's for the last year and it has helped tremendously. Always willing to learn more.
Hi David, great video as usual, i always use metal queen excluders as I heard the plastic can bend enough to make some of the holes big enough for the queen to get through.
The plastic is much more stiff than a queen. Same thing can happen to a metal one if it is placed on upside down. She can wiggle her way through due to the lack of cross bars on the wrong side. But a plastic is better that way because each one is restricted so she cannot wiggle through.
Great video as aways. Slatted racks would be an interesting “worth it or worthless”.
I took a course through Penn State Extension, and they mentioned that there are some reasons to believe that queen excluders shorten the lifespan of the workers. Any thoughts? In my mind, it makes sense that it would contribute to wear of there wings (thus shortening life), having to constantly pass through tiny holes.
Been liking the content. Keep it up.
Another great video. I already have the class’s but when/if I win I would like to pay it forward to my daughter who helps me with the bees!
That's a great plan. I hope you win!
Thank you kindly for this information. Caught my first swarm this spring and am trying to learn all I can. Your videos are awesome! Thank you again!
I would love to take a course from you David! I find you easy to comprehend and always learn something from your great videos!
Thank ya for taking the time to share your knowledge with us !
My online courses will be 50% off on the 4th of July, one day only. Here’s the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/online-beekeeping-academy/
first year beekeeper, thanks for all you do for new beekeepers your course would help me so much.
A couple of my queens will run from the smoke pretty hard. Like if I smoke the entrance she will be in the top box and if I smoke under the cover she will be on the bottom.
Hi, I took your class in Bloomington many years ago. Now my husband is finally on board and we have one hive. Not sure what I’m doing, don’t want to mess bees to parish this wi get, thanks for all you teach.
Loving these video’s i feel i’m learning a lot. I really hope to be starting my hive in the spring. I need to learn as much as i can.
Thanks again for a great video. Just finished the book “Backyard Beekeeping”. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Waiting for the video of my visit to your shop. Will be back in late August for a visit and pick up winter supplies.
Hey James, I'm working on fitting that clip in. I haven't forgotten about it!
Thanks. I’ll be looking for it.
Your beekeeping class is on my wish list. Thank you for the content!
Fist year beekeeper here, I’ve learned so much from watching your videos!
Check out Kamon Reynolds video on queen excluders. Says it’s definitely not a honey excluder.
I am in the UK, always use one, as does my mentor, I have found bees will move up when they need the space regardless of a queen excluder.
Great video. I use the same way a queen excluder in my 6 frame over 6 frame setup. No QE until there is a honey in upper box, then the queen to the lower box and QE between lower and upper box. I remove QE and extra suppers in fall so that the broodnest can move upwards during the winter and eat all the honey/sugar:-)
Thank you! and a subscriber for 7 years. WOW!!! You've known me since I was a kid 😂
@@beek I got my first bees from you...