Sorry Kamon for not leaving your inner covers with you during the conference!!! Hive look is great!!! Thanks again for sharing a little different way of keeping honey bees and for helping so many different beekeepers.
That long hive seems to be doing really well. Definitely need the inner covers. LOL! I hate burr comb & comb joining frames together. What a mess! That long hive seems like it would be MUCH easier on the back but more difficult to move. EXCELLENT photography skills by Laurel! 👍
Cameron I live in Lithia Springs Georgia and the blackberries as done bloomed and still got a bunch of blooms on it but there's millions of blackberries out there on the blackberry vines yeah I could not believe it but brother have a blessed day and take care and be safe and take care of your bees
Thanks for posting this. This is my first year with 2 horizontal hives. Mostly all I've seen is negative comments regarding them, so I'm glad to see yours seems to be doing good.
These are much different than foundationless tbh. Its great how with the lang frames, you can check frames without having to move every bar to open. The tb types that all top bars sit flush are challenging, every little bee face comes up to see what the heck is going on! I have that type. They do explode with bees for sure.
Idea for you: a glass pane could be integrated into each of those inner covers and serve as a propolis trap, provided that there is enough light peeking through the main cover in some way.
Kamon, I use 1×6s for inner cover boards. The 1×2½s were too much work in my first LLH. The advantage of the 1×6s is more control over how much or how little of the hive is exposed at any one time. The other thing about LLH is the bees build brood near the entrance and store honey away from the entrance. So I recommend only open one entrance on an end.
Looking good! 😀 I kinda shouted at my screen at the last long hive video that you need to put cover boards over the frames... 😜 😂 And I literally laughed out loud when you opened it up in this video. 😜 😂 😂 Also, Laurel, awesome editing with the music and the speedy bee brushing! I'm gonna go back and watch that again! 😁
At 7:25 below and to the right of the queen was a Queen cup. Thanks for sharing this update video i Am 61 and this looks like where i will be headed in the future :)
Watching you scrape that burr comb, with those quick, birdlike movements,, became convinced you’d have promise as a short-order cook; can see you flippin burgers and flapjacks like some kind of culinary Edward Scissorhands.
Some beekeepers don't like anything new or different. That thinking can limit someone with say a physical disability and make them believe they can't keep bees. Thanks for showing this. I believe it will help a lot of folks. Susan NW Georgia
It will be interesting to see how Kamon "reads" the frames given he's an experienced commercial beekpr. Right now I have a tbh that's utilized 20 bars already. I inspected it thinking ok, i should have honey, then brood and true enough, but there was brood, honey, drone. It was a laying fest. The blackberry is still in future here in western Oregon, but lots of pollen.
My apairy will have horizontal hive this year to. We didn't have anyone in Canada so we made ours. Bees come mid May. Warmer then. Have a great summer.
I use Double Reflective Insulation on my Horizontal hive too. Just peal back the end you want to work on. You could leave it in 3 pieces and open the middle. I used it all last year.
Looking forward to seeing follow ups on the Horizontal hive Just started with mine by moving in a reclaim of a cut out. No queen and lots of bad stuff saved probably 30# of bees from extermination my self and two other Keepers. one of us got the queen it wasn't me.. but horizontal for just the ease of management is un believable.. love Tennessee bees we're in North Florida.
My long Lang has a gable roof which prevents the burr comb plus I have slats that cover the brood which act as mini inner covers. Love it. There are 3 that have screen for ventilation.
My long lang about 90% complete, similar setup as yours. I also put ventilation holes in the side gables. It holds 33 frames. Very heavy. I constructed out of 2x12 rough cut cedar. 3/4" plywood for the roof. Thinking of metal flashing for the roof cover. 1x3 pine slats for the inner cover. I think I made six of those with vent screens. Also considering putting a bee escape in the side gable.
Watching these 2 videos it seems this would be the ideal setup if I were able to keep bees. Not too much bending down as my back is not great for heavy weights. I will watch with extra interest to see the progress of this hive as it seems you have a good queen that will produce a strong hive. All the best 👍
I really enjoy my long langs and keep multiple colonies in some of them as well. I have 3 more on the workbench in various stages of completion that I need to get going. Thanks for the videos Reynolds family!
I’m sure they spent a good amount of time reorganizing and moving honey and pollen around. When I kept a top bar hive, I found end entrances to be better. That way the brood was always first, then food and then honey furthest from the entrance. So in winter, the bees move in one direction. With a central entrance, you’ll have honey on both ends and in the winter they may not be able to get to honey on the other end.
a friend of mine have a hive like that and to avoid them to get to the lid he had made an extra lip above the frames and to that lip set some boards, think it like an extra lid
Yep the 25 i made had 1x4 slats as the cover. Looks nice Kamon. My one i over wintered is at 24 of 30 frames atm. Nice thing is being the enter from the one end where brood is most of the last 8 frames are honey. Went out to Farm and all is looking good. I thought after splits next weekend it would reduce them to like a 6 frame on the mother hives but they are building like crazy. Will have to keep good eye on them with the flow even tho they are being split 2 times. Already have boxs set up to put the 6 frame nukes that mated into being one we looked at was exploding and she made it back. Beautiful Black Queen like its Mom. Take care
Oh my, my name is Polly Bee Petter...how do you make sure the bees are never squashed!? How do you keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer? Is that box air conditioned? Do they have access to PBS and CNN? Do you feed them refined SUGAR?!! Hehe...a little humor...but people ask some honestly stupid things. It's a box full of bugs and they crawl where they shouldn't and so....you get that snap crackle and crunch when the lid goes on/down. Just how it is.
once you have the slats you can inspect sections of 2 frames at a time, and not disturb the whole hive, I have a homemade horizontal hive and my cover slats get real stuck down but not the hinged cover, best of luck with the horizontal hive buddy!
If you want to avoid that .....cover the frames with window screen ,made out of fiber glass the hive will get ventilation and they are not going to build anything on top of frames.
Well got my packages from Bob Binnie on the 3rd. Bees are doing great. Added Formic Pro to hives last week. That stuff is very toxic and you should probably use a respirator when putting it on the frames. Also caught my first swarm a few days ago and will transfer them to a 10 frame deep tomorrow. So in another 2 weeks will have to apply Formic Pro to them if the weather stays below 80*F. Craig Fr. VA / SML Bees
The cover notch is supposed to be on the top not bottom. Many think its supposed to be an upper entrance but it is for ventilation only. I see so many videos of people having to constantly scrape the burr comb off their covers. If you put it on the right way the bee space is correct. I know your burr comb was from no cover at all but you will get more if you don't follow correct bee space and put the covers on the right way. Just letting you know since you aren't as familiar with em. Love the vids btw
Hey Kamon going off subject but just wondering if your kittys ever get stung? And is it easy to get stingers out? Just curious... ps -great vid-interesting!
Great video as always. I’ve noticed on your top cover you put the notch facing down, we installed our 1st package last weekend and on our top cover it says place notch side up, so we did. Is it a preference or a reason behind this? Thank you!
I’ve been really looking forward to these videos because I’ve contemplated these style hives for a while now. Does all the drone brood not cause any concerns??
@@poppys3728 Are you saying that you add new long-hive box to the side of it like a rail road car, then cut a big hole on the side and put a vertical queen excluder between two the boxes ?
@@markspc1 No. Its all horizontal. Just put a horizontal queen excluder between the frames. They make a excluder for horizontal langstroths. Just search amazon.
@@poppys3728 I see. Thank you for your reply. Then the honey frames and brood frames are limited by the size of the horizontal hive (30 frames?). So if your colony is doing good you could not add additional frames like Ian Steppler, he stacks honey super up to 8 box high. Sorry to take so much of your time: So I assume that you get the honey frames from the hive one-by-one. Then you would have to shake the bees off of it ?
@@markspc1 Yes it is limited in size. Additionally, they are heavy and not very portable. However, when you do inspections you dont expose the entire hive and its less weight to deal with, since you dont have to pick up an entire box. I am not as young physically as my mind thinks i am, so this is a plus for me. I still have traditional Langstroths and will see which one I like the best.
Hay I fallow a couple beekeepers. Can you please tell me what is a good book to help me billed my own hives nuc boxes & other stuff cheap cost but good for the bees please. I'm old fashioned I don't do the internet much. Good video and job and information.
I am really impressed with your horizontal hive. I was really surprised that you didn't have any queen cells with as many bees that you had. The inner covers was a great idea and I like the idea of the screen to keep the beetles out. Question: Which do you prefer, Horizontal or Langsthroth style hives? Is it possible for the bees to occupy every frame in the horizontal hive? Could there be a problem down the road if the bees can't grown upward? I have seen cut outs where the bees grown horizontally between floor joist and they seem to be happy with that aspect. Am I wrong? Do they prefer going upward or does it matter?
John your first question doesn't make sense. Kamon is working a long Langstroth hive (LLH) in this video. What I think you meant to ask is about the difference between the horizontal and stacked Langstroth hives. I have 2 horizontal hives that I over wintered this year. I'm 20 miles east of Syracuse NY for a location reference. Last year I harvested 60-70 pounds of honey from one LLH. My bees fill anywhere from 12 to 15 frames with brood of the 32 total frames. My first LLH is 2 years old now. And so far has come out of winter strong each year. To be honest I rolled my queen in my first LLH last spring and they still produced 60-70 pounds of honey! They were swarm strong the first of March last year and were queen less for almost 2 months and still produced... . You've answered your own question about their not needing to go up with the floor joist example.
Where my Long Hive was made: www.horizontalbees.com/
Excellent 👍
Sorry Kamon for not leaving your inner covers with you during the conference!!! Hive look is great!!! Thanks again for sharing a little different way of keeping honey bees and for helping so many different beekeepers.
That's a good looking hive, Ricky.
Nice Job on the inner covers too.👍
@@JimLaddie Thanks so much Jim!!!!
Yeah definitely needs inner cover.
Do you sale that hove
@@johnnypatti8752 Yes
Absolutely genius man
The bees take the brushes. I found one of my tools at the bottom of one of my hives. ....They're pretty clever
yes they do, a group of them took one of my hive tools.
I am feeling this style.
This was an awesome and interesting video thanks for posting it, and I can't wait for the next
That long hive seems to be doing really well. Definitely need the inner covers. LOL! I hate burr comb & comb joining frames together. What a mess! That long hive seems like it would be MUCH easier on the back but more difficult to move. EXCELLENT photography skills by Laurel! 👍
Great video Kamon. It's good to see Rickey's work on display. The quality is just awesome. Can't wait for him to finish my hive.
Cameron I live in Lithia Springs Georgia and the blackberries as done bloomed and still got a bunch of blooms on it but there's millions of blackberries out there on the blackberry vines yeah I could not believe it but brother have a blessed day and take care and be safe and take care of your bees
Thanks for posting this. This is my first year with 2 horizontal hives. Mostly all I've seen is negative comments regarding them, so I'm glad to see yours seems to be doing good.
These are much different than foundationless tbh. Its great how with the lang frames, you can check frames without having to move every bar to open. The tb types that all top bars sit flush are challenging, every little bee face comes up to see what the heck is going on! I have that type. They do explode with bees for sure.
Hi! It’s frames honeycombs wax very dark! Time to change…. Thank you for showing video!
Idea for you: a glass pane could be integrated into each of those inner covers and serve as a propolis trap, provided that there is enough light peeking through the main cover in some way.
Nice looking hive
Love them long hives
I’ve been waiting to see how the horizontal hive is going.Thanks Kamon and Laurel!👏😁👍
Kamon, I use 1×6s for inner cover boards. The 1×2½s were too much work in my first LLH. The advantage of the 1×6s is more control over how much or how little of the hive is exposed at any one time. The other thing about LLH is the bees build brood near the entrance and store honey away from the entrance. So I recommend only open one entrance on an end.
Interesting.
That’s a lot of bees lol but the colony is doing great 👍🏻
Rickey does an awesome job on his hives. Looking good Kamon 🍺🍺
Thanks Bradley for the kind words!!
Anytime Rickey. I’ve never seen any up to the standards you produce. 🍺
Looking good! 😀 I kinda shouted at my screen at the last long hive video that you need to put cover boards over the frames... 😜 😂
And I literally laughed out loud when you opened it up in this video. 😜 😂 😂
Also, Laurel, awesome editing with the music and the speedy bee brushing! I'm gonna go back and watch that again! 😁
A turkey feather works great,bees don’t seem to get angry.
At 7:25 below and to the right of the queen was a Queen cup. Thanks for sharing this update video i Am 61 and this looks like where i will be headed in the future :)
If that is nota good honeyyard, it sure will raise bees. Looks like could split them once a week for awhile
I have been waiting for this series of videos 👍 thanks
Watching you scrape that burr comb, with those quick, birdlike movements,, became convinced you’d have promise as a short-order cook; can see you flippin burgers and flapjacks like some kind of culinary Edward Scissorhands.
Instead of using a bee brush I find using a large feather works really good.
Some beekeepers don't like anything new or different. That thinking can limit someone with say a physical disability and make them believe they can't keep bees.
Thanks for showing this. I believe it will help a lot of folks.
Susan
NW Georgia
It will be interesting to see how Kamon "reads" the frames given he's an experienced commercial beekpr. Right now I have a tbh that's utilized 20 bars already. I inspected it thinking ok, i should have honey, then brood and true enough, but there was brood, honey, drone. It was a laying fest. The blackberry is still in future here in western Oregon, but lots of pollen.
Love the music!
Thanks. That bluegrass instrumental is called Salt Creek and it is a popular tune for individual bluegrass competitions.
My apairy will have horizontal hive this year to. We didn't have anyone in Canada so we made ours. Bees come mid May. Warmer then. Have a great summer.
I use Double Reflective Insulation on my Horizontal hive too. Just peal back the end you want to work on. You could leave it in 3 pieces and open the middle. I used it all last year.
The plastic political signs make great inner covers for long hives. Easy to cut, light weight and cheap.
Looking forward to seeing follow ups on the Horizontal hive Just started with mine by moving in a reclaim of a cut out. No queen and lots of bad stuff saved probably 30# of bees from extermination my self and two other Keepers. one of us got the queen it wasn't me.. but horizontal for just the ease of management is un believable.. love Tennessee bees we're in North Florida.
Love the long hive!!! Thanks Kamon!
My long Lang has a gable roof which prevents the burr comb plus I have slats that cover the brood which act as mini inner covers. Love it. There are 3 that have screen for ventilation.
My long lang about 90% complete, similar setup as yours. I also put ventilation holes in the side gables. It holds 33 frames. Very heavy. I constructed out of 2x12 rough cut cedar. 3/4" plywood for the roof. Thinking of metal flashing for the roof cover. 1x3 pine slats for the inner cover. I think I made six of those with vent screens. Also considering putting a bee escape in the side gable.
"April showers bring May flowers..."
What a gentle colony.
Watching these 2 videos it seems this would be the ideal setup if I were able to keep bees. Not too much bending down as my back is not great for heavy weights. I will watch with extra interest to see the progress of this hive as it seems you have a good queen that will produce a strong hive. All the best 👍
Thanks just filmed the next episode and they are bringing in the honey. Should have it up soon!
This is so good information. I'll try to find some time to put mine together. Looking forward to next video! Lot's of love from Sweden!
Pliable inner covers are most common around my area. One would fit in there just nicely. I use old kitchen towels, works great.
Kamon, I bet the pliable inner covers Ian Steppler uses would work on that hive
...keel Bee.ing you and other bee puns...!
I have 3 of those hives.
I’m a fan of those hives. A lot lighter for an old guy to manage. And less lifting of bending over is safer for me.
Wow that hive would make me start to make Hemorrhoids ! I am feeling a pain in my ass! Just kidding have fun with it!
Coincidence that I'm digging into my horizontal hive for a full inspection the same day I see this. 🙂
I really enjoy my long langs and keep multiple colonies in some of them as well. I have 3 more on the workbench in various stages of completion that I need to get going. Thanks for the videos Reynolds family!
I’m sure they spent a good amount of time reorganizing and moving honey and pollen around. When I kept a top bar hive, I found end entrances to be better. That way the brood was always first, then food and then honey furthest from the entrance. So in winter, the bees move in one direction. With a central entrance, you’ll have honey on both ends and in the winter they may not be able to get to honey on the other end.
I've been wanting to try one of theae hives. Looks a lot easier to manage.
a friend of mine have a hive like that and to avoid them to get to the lid he had made an extra lip above the frames and to that lip set some boards, think it like an extra lid
Yep the 25 i made had 1x4 slats as the cover. Looks nice Kamon. My one i over wintered is at 24 of 30 frames atm. Nice thing is being the enter from the one end where brood is most of the last 8 frames are honey. Went out to Farm and all is looking good. I thought after splits next weekend it would reduce them to like a 6 frame on the mother hives but they are building like crazy. Will have to keep good eye on them with the flow even tho they are being split 2 times. Already have boxs set up to put the 6 frame nukes that mated into being one we looked at was exploding and she made it back. Beautiful Black Queen like its Mom. Take care
The top of a horizontal needs to constructed the same as a langstroth hive. Looks to me that bee space has not been used.
Awesome Share! Thanks
How do you handle grass and weeds around your hives?
Just use a weed eater after smoking them
@@kamonreynolds Thank you! I'll work fast.
😃🐝👍🏻
I have been using cut painter canvas as a cover they stick it top of frames and you only pull back what you need
Oh my, my name is Polly Bee Petter...how do you make sure the bees are never squashed!? How do you keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer? Is that box air conditioned? Do they have access to PBS and CNN? Do you feed them refined SUGAR?!!
Hehe...a little humor...but people ask some honestly stupid things. It's a box full of bugs and they crawl where they shouldn't and so....you get that snap crackle and crunch when the lid goes on/down. Just how it is.
Hey Kamon there should be slats of wood used as an "inner cover" then the bees can't get under the hinged lid/cover.
once you have the slats you can inspect sections of 2 frames at a time, and not disturb the whole hive, I have a homemade horizontal hive and my cover slats get real stuck down but not the hinged cover, best of luck with the horizontal hive buddy!
If you want to avoid that .....cover the frames with window screen ,made out of fiber glass the hive will get ventilation and they are not going to build anything on top of frames.
Well got my packages from Bob Binnie on the 3rd. Bees are doing great. Added Formic Pro to hives last week. That stuff is very toxic and you should probably use a respirator when putting it on the frames. Also caught my first swarm a few days ago and will transfer them to a 10 frame deep tomorrow. So in another 2 weeks will have to apply Formic Pro to them if the weather stays below 80*F. Craig Fr. VA / SML Bees
Got a thought on the 3 hives one box. I wonder if a double screen devider would work
So exciting! I'm going to build some myself, will I see how it goes?
Aqui no Brasil usamos uma vassourinha
Hi Kamon. Wich bees do you have? They are so calm.
Carnica bees
I was going to ask too. Wow, he flicked one off him and it just left him alone.
The cover notch is supposed to be on the top not bottom. Many think its supposed to be an upper entrance but it is for ventilation only. I see so many videos of people having to constantly scrape the burr comb off their covers. If you put it on the right way the bee space is correct. I know your burr comb was from no cover at all but you will get more if you don't follow correct bee space and put the covers on the right way. Just letting you know since you aren't as familiar with em. Love the vids btw
I am going to be a newbee this year. I luv the long hive, it will be a long time before I can get one. Have u checked it since this video?
Hey Kamon going off subject but just wondering if your kittys ever get stung? And is it easy to get stingers out? Just curious...
ps -great vid-interesting!
Oh yes dogs and cats get stung. After a few times they stop following me to the hives!
I'm debating on taking 2 deeps, putting equal sized holes in one side of each, and conjoining them to make a "duplex" hive. Think it'd work?
It might I am not sure to be honest
Just curious when did you treat those bees.
December 2020 was their last treatment will get one in June
I would put a sheet of canvas over the top of the frames to prevent them from doing this.
Thin wooden slats will also work if there's space.
Good luck getting those inner covers off there when the bees glue them down!!
Great video as always. I’ve noticed on your top cover you put the notch facing down, we installed our 1st package last weekend and on our top cover it says place notch side up, so we did. Is it a preference or a reason behind this? Thank you!
I’ve been really looking forward to these videos because I’ve contemplated these style hives for a while now. Does all the drone brood not cause any concerns??
A good amount of Drone brood this time of the year is very normal. Peak pollen-Nutrition means large expenditures on Drones whether needed or not.
what is the main advantage of the long hive
Morning Kamon
Could not find the link for these long hives. Could you post that again please.
Thanks
Morning Susan here is the link to the maker of this hive. www.horizontalbees.com/
Kamon, at 3:08 the best example of what appears to be freshly laid eggs.
How do you super a long hive ?
queen excluder and add more frames on the other side of it.
@@poppys3728 Are you saying that you add new long-hive box to the side of it like a rail road car, then cut a big hole on the side and put a vertical queen excluder between two the boxes ?
@@markspc1 No. Its all horizontal. Just put a horizontal queen excluder between the frames. They make a excluder for horizontal langstroths. Just search amazon.
@@poppys3728 I see. Thank you for your reply. Then the honey frames and brood frames are limited by the size of the horizontal hive (30 frames?).
So if your colony is doing good you could not add additional frames like Ian Steppler, he stacks honey super up to 8 box high.
Sorry to take so much of your time: So I assume that you get the honey frames from the hive one-by-one. Then you would have to shake the bees off of it ?
@@markspc1 Yes it is limited in size. Additionally, they are heavy and not very portable. However, when you do inspections you dont expose the entire hive and its less weight to deal with, since you dont have to pick up an entire box. I am not as young physically as my mind thinks i am, so this is a plus for me. I still have traditional Langstroths and will see which one I like the best.
Hey Kamon, can put the link to the hood that you have ? I can’t find them.
How do you keep queens away from each other? I am not sure the queens frame works well
How many frames does this hive contain and how many queens do you put in it??
I work faster too when listening to music.🤓
Good music can give you a speeding ticket too if you are not careful!
Nice work Kamon!!!!!! What kind of veil our you wearing !!?!!??
Kelley Beekeeping clear Vue Veil
Para não machucar tantas abelhas
Hi Kaymon from Australia, some advice please on cockroaches in our bees, some of my smaller hives have over 20. any eco friendly ideas?
Where do you recommend buying the inner covers?
Hay I fallow a couple beekeepers. Can you please tell me what is a good book to help me billed my own hives nuc boxes & other stuff cheap cost but good for the bees please. I'm old fashioned I don't do the internet much. Good video and job and information.
Check out the Michigan beekeeper
I would to purchase a horizontal hive. Tks
I am really impressed with your horizontal hive. I was really surprised that you didn't have any queen cells with as many bees that you had.
The inner covers was a great idea and I like the idea of the screen to keep the beetles out.
Question: Which do you prefer, Horizontal or Langsthroth style hives?
Is it possible for the bees to occupy every frame in the horizontal hive?
Could there be a problem down the road if the bees can't grown upward?
I have seen cut outs where the bees grown horizontally between floor joist and they seem to be happy with that aspect. Am I wrong?
Do they prefer going upward or does it matter?
John your first question doesn't make sense. Kamon is working a long Langstroth hive (LLH) in this video. What I think you meant to ask is about the difference between the horizontal and stacked Langstroth hives.
I have 2 horizontal hives that I over wintered this year. I'm 20 miles east of Syracuse NY for a location reference. Last year I harvested 60-70 pounds of honey from one LLH. My bees fill anywhere from 12 to 15 frames with brood of the 32 total frames. My first LLH is 2 years old now. And so far has come out of winter strong each year. To be honest I rolled my queen in my first LLH last spring and they still produced 60-70 pounds of honey! They were swarm strong the first of March last year and were queen less for almost 2 months and still produced... .
You've answered your own question about their not needing to go up with the floor joist example.
शहद कितना निकल जाता हैं एक बार मे।
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Not a fan of the long hives
They're not for everyone, but if you have a small apiary and a bad back, they're really great! 😀 👍
@@attesmatte I saw a picture of a guy using a lower one of these in a wheel chair. Very cool to see!
Every different make of hives have there pro’s and con’s, and each beekeeper picks what works best for them. That is what makes beekeeping so fun!!