You have done a magnificent job making your videos , and the quality and time you spent filming is much better for educational purpose,some of the best I’ve seen , bravo ..
What a nice view of what's going on inside the hive. All these activities the bees partake in really make you wonder about insect consciousness. Do they have a "first-person experience"? Would be incredible to know.
Superb video and as always full of new things first I have seen the Milkweeds then I have seen for the first time a bee giving orders to a lazy bee by enforcing the waggle dance and the most strange thing is that the bees might re arrange the honey and take it to a totally different position this one is totally new Thank you Mr Fred I love your videos so much my friend they are just amazing
I’m from the north west highlands of Scotland and my neighbour has honey bees. I always wondered what went on with those cute fuzzy dudes. Thank you for the upload - I enjoyed every minute! It’s been very wet and miserable here and parts of Scotland are flooded, not here thankfully but I’m still stuck indoors and fed up. Your channel is a tonic!
This is the best video UA-cam has suggested me in a while. I highly enjoyed it, thanks for doing this! If I wasn't allergic I now would want to get into beekeeping. But even though - this was very educational and fun
I bookmarked this video to watch again...3rd time thru this morning. Just so fascinating! Sometimes I'll just sit by my beehive, totally mesmerized by them. Thanks for sharing!
Im slowly getting over my fear of bees with this. Im realizing I am really more afraid of the wasps and hornets. I was at my friends house near her flower garden. The honey bees didnt bother me at all. It was the wasps that were a pain. So, thanks for that Fred! On another note do you have any baby chicks this year?
Thanks Fred, your milkweed looks great! I didn't realize how nice they are, I'm going to order some seeds. I have one butterfly weed that volunteered in my front yard a few years ago. It bloomed 2 days ago, as I was recording a butterfly on it, a hummingbird shows up, what a treat! I was able to harvest seeds last year and I planted them in my apiary this Spring, I hope they take. Looking forward to tomorrow, see you later.
Thank you,l have learned so much from your videos I'm from Australia and will be getting my bee's in September, but l have been learning about bee's for a year now, getting as much knowledge as l can and watching your videos has helped me so much it's not just learning about bee behaviour, seeing them in action is just wonderful.. once again thank you.
It was great following along as you asked questions, pausing the video, and mentally answering. My knowledge is slowly increasing thanks to you. Great narration. Your voice is very relaxing! Keep them coming!
Thanks for the narration. I have been watching for this since the other video. I got a few things on the first but didnt understand all of it. This sure helped to confirm the fascination of bees. There is definitely a lot to learn!
"the best insulation for bees is more bees" In true dr bees fashion, as far as bees are concerned, any problem can be solved with the addition of YET MORE BEES!
Hello, I've been looking for videos of just watching bees do their thing. So far, this is one of the better videos I've found. Very informative. I hope this isn't too unreasonable of a request, but do you have any hives that show a side view of the combs? I'd love to watch bees deposit honey without them blocking the comb from sight. I'd also like to watch bees building combs, too. It's hard to find decent videos of these sorts of things.
The only side views are in my Flow-Hive videos and you can see the bees filling cells. Another video is showing inside the hive: ua-cam.com/video/-Blqi5qcGlE/v-deo.html
Great stuff as always. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. Have you ever posted a picture or video of what your observation hive looks like inside your bee shed? I have been brainstorming some designs and I'd love to see what a successful implementation looks like.
At 28:02 it looks like Grand Central Station in New York City at Noon. Amazing. Mr. Dunn, you are a walking encyclopedia. I know you have been beekeeping for many years but how did you learn what the dancing means? Even when you explain it, it's still confusing but absolutely fascinating.
24:23... "Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me Gosh, how they weigh me down Ten cents a dance, pansies and rough guys Tough guys who tear my gown..." To you young-uns, that's an old song.
Fred, so there are queens, drones, gatherers, cheerleaders, nurse bees, store bees, cell builders, guards. Do the workers all do everything in their own time as they age or are some 🐝 always have that one main job?
Ive discovered a rare tree from the poplar and willows family that grows ligthing fast and flowers profusely.Also its believed to be the tree that makes the most quantity of fruits among all the fruit trees.The fruits are edible and a blessing for the wild birds in winter.Idesia Polycarpa.
Sometimes bees take a nap on the screen of my bedroom window. It’s kinda cute because they leave behind a little bit of propolis or something which I’m guessing they used to anchor themselves.
Man Fred you are quite an advocate for bees quite good knowledgeable the person I so love bees my enjoyment comes from watching your bee video and a few other being I’m highly allergic my wife says that I live vicariously through you I think that’s funny anyway have a good one thank you
In the video, you pointed out this one comb looked older. But then you also said it was the first comb that the bees encounter when they go in the hive. Does this mean the comb pieces closest to the entrance will look older? Or have more accelerated aging than the other combs? Could the vibrating, be a bee job different to fanning, but similar to it? As a bee 'warmer' in early mornings, and cold?
I'm starting an observation hive in my garage, and I have a question about temperature: My hive will only be one frame deep, so I have heat lamps to point at the brood. I plan to keep the brood at 95F by moving the lamps in and out. The hive is in NJ, and my garage is kept above about 50F in Winter. Do you think it will work? I'm have never kept bees, and built the hive myself. Thank you for posting this; it was great. Wish me luck! :)
Hi David, my only concern so far is the size of the hive? "one frame deep" but how many frames total? If your garage is consistently in the 50's in winter, then the heat lamp you're describing wouldn't be necessary. You'll want to have at least 8 - 10 full deep frames so the population has space for all of their stages of development as well as enough of a population to get through winter.
@@FrederickDunn The hive is five deep frames with empty space for a little more than another. I'd send you a pic but I can't see how to do that in here.
Great, relaxing, video. We know what processes make drones, workers, and queens. Does anyone know what defines worker occupations? Not all worker bees become guard bees for instance.
Some guard bees are just born with "attitudes" that benefit hive defense. There are others that become groomers, others water bearers and spreaders and so on. As to how those tasks become a part of the bee's life is anyone's guess. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Older bees become guards because they have weared wings so they stay at the entrance of the hive.In case they have to fight and die the colony looses somme of the older bees.
Generally speaking, bees progress through different occupations as they age: nurse bees (tending brood, then maybe the queen) for the first 10-12 days; house bees - building comb (wax glands are most productive only until about day 18), storing and ripening honey and bee bread, climate control; after three weeks of age they move to guard duty (or at least a period for orientation flights outside the hive); then field bee, foraging for their various resources until they die (typically about three weeks later). Of course, if the thrust of your question is ‘what tells the bee when it’s time to move to the next phase?’, science doesn’t provide the answer for that.
It's more about the bee stock rather than the screened or solid bottom board. Mite issues are pretty even with solid or screened. One aspect I like about removable trays in bottom boards is the convenience of being able so to check the droppings and have some sense of what's going on inside the hive. Screened bottom boards with removable plastic sheets are my least favorite. And as of this year, 2021, I will no longer be using removable sheets but will use removable trays or solid bottoms exclusively.
Is it possible to show use like a pencil sketch of how you have this set up?, are the frames piled on top of each other? are they 2 frames per level? is there more than one level of brood? where is the honey in comparison to the picture? How big is this window?
If you can accomodate those bees inside the hive, they won't be exposed to predators at night and can be protected from sudden storms etc... on a nice night, it's not a problem for the bees at all.
I can’t get a good answer. Maybe my question is strange. If colonies are keep in a controlled condition all year with all the proper food and water and perfect temperature. I was thinking a to start a full acre. A multi level green house with all fruits vegetables flowers and any other items needed to survive and thrive. All powered by solar power. Would the honey bees have a hard time getting to the food source and back. And would this condition prevent all diseases and element mites. I would think all fruit and vegetables wouldn’t need to be sprayed with any chemicals. What do you think. I ask you this question because from all the UA-cam videos I seen you seem much more educated with the technology in this area. Thanks
That's a very common idea, but an acre indoors wouldn't be enough to provide what the bees needed. What you're describing is best suited to bumble bee colonies rather than honey bees. Bumble bees in large-scale greenhouses have proven to be very effective. I wish you all the best :)
@@FrederickDunn my idea was on a larger scale. I am not that good on putting them into words. My thoughts with multi level floors filled with tons of plants, fruits and vegetables. It would serve a making jobs selling fruits and vegetables chemical free and raise honey bees. Also have school trips which I would help more people getting interested in raising Bees. I would add butterflies and plant the food the caterpillars eat. It would kind of be like an amusement park and half the money I would donate to all children’s hospitals. and
HI Eddy, that's terrible news. Do you just have one hive, or is there another you can combine them with? Is there any open brood or even capped brood? You may be able to buy in a Queen if you do it quickly.
There are options, if you have more than one hive. If you don't, you might want to consider getting a second hive - either right away (depending on how soon winter will be coming) or early spring. If you do, give them a frame of brood, and shake in some nurse bees. If they don't have a laying queen - GET one. Once they lose too much population - you are right, survival is at issue.
That's a great question Angela, much like bread, the pollen is mixed with enzymes, nectar and other goodies from the nurse bees, the result is yeast and fermentation which finishes the process. You can actually smell it! So I'm thinking the yeast makes it "bread-like" to those who coin these familiar terms.
For those of you who want to see bees hatching, Queen Laying, and eggs - just click here and enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/-Blqi5qcGlE/v-deo.html
I want to start keeping bees. But I only have a small back yard and I live in the city.
Man you should be working for national geographic for real
Awesome thanks so much!
🐝💪😃👍🐝
You have done a magnificent job making your videos , and the quality and time you spent filming is much better for educational purpose,some of the best I’ve seen , bravo ..
Thank you very much!
What a nice view of what's going on inside the hive. All these activities the bees partake in really make you wonder about insect consciousness. Do they have a "first-person experience"? Would be incredible to know.
There is no evidence, so far, that they are self-aware.
Superb video and as always full of new things
first I have seen the Milkweeds then I have seen for the first time a bee giving orders to a lazy bee by enforcing the waggle dance and the most strange thing is that the bees might re arrange the honey and take it to a totally different position this one is totally new
Thank you Mr Fred I love your videos so much my friend they are just amazing
I’m from the north west highlands of Scotland and my neighbour has honey bees. I always wondered what went on with those cute fuzzy dudes. Thank you for the upload - I enjoyed every minute! It’s been very wet and miserable here and parts of Scotland are flooded, not here thankfully but I’m still stuck indoors and fed up. Your channel is a tonic!
Wow, I hope the weather conditions improve for you there :)
The "cheerleaders" were a new thing I learned watching this. That was really cool. Thanks for the awesome observation hive videos.
This is the best video UA-cam has suggested me in a while. I highly enjoyed it, thanks for doing this! If I wasn't allergic I now would want to get into beekeeping. But even though - this was very educational and fun
Thank you. That was truly one of the most informative videos on honey bees I've ever watched. Appreciate it:)
I need a motivator bee to live with me. Lol
Another wonderful video! I hope you do more of these. As a beginning beekeeper, I learn so much from hearing you describe what you see.
Thank you LIz!
I bookmarked this video to watch again...3rd time thru this morning. Just so fascinating! Sometimes I'll just sit by my beehive, totally mesmerized by them. Thanks for sharing!
What everyone else said! Really enjoyed watching,so interesting and loved the narrative . Thank you Mr Dunn. Yall have a Happy and safe 4th of July🐝🐝🐝
Great video Fred! Watched it twice and took some notes. As a beginner beekeeper this is fascinating stuff!
Im slowly getting over my fear of bees with this. Im realizing I am really more afraid of the wasps and hornets. I was at my friends house near her flower garden. The honey bees didnt bother me at all. It was the wasps that were a pain. So, thanks for that Fred! On another note do you have any baby chicks this year?
Thanks Fred, your milkweed looks great! I didn't realize how nice they are, I'm going to order some seeds. I have one butterfly weed that volunteered in my front yard a few years ago. It bloomed 2 days ago, as I was recording a butterfly on it, a hummingbird shows up, what a treat! I was able to harvest seeds last year and I planted them in my apiary this Spring, I hope they take. Looking forward to tomorrow, see you later.
Thank you,l have learned so much from your videos I'm from Australia and will be getting my bee's in September, but l have been learning about bee's for a year now, getting as much knowledge as l can and watching your videos has helped me so much it's not just learning about bee behaviour, seeing them in action is just wonderful.. once again thank you.
Thank you so much Kathryn! I'm happy to have a part in your honey bee education. :)
It was great following along as you asked questions, pausing the video, and mentally answering. My knowledge is slowly increasing thanks to you. Great narration. Your voice is very relaxing! Keep them coming!
You have an effective way to flow your information. Thank you for spreading your passion.
Thank you!
Completely superb Fred. Excellent knowledge resource for all of us newbees! Thank you.
This was just outstanding. I no nothing about bees. But now i know little more. Just a OUTSTANDING vlog.
Thank you, Frederick. Very enjoyable and very informative.
Excellent video. My grand daughters love learning about bees and this was the best! Loved watching them work and really enjoyed the shaking bees!!
Learning a lot from these observation hive videos, thanks Fred.
Thanks for the narration. I have been watching for this since the other video. I got a few things on the first but didnt understand all of it. This sure helped to confirm the fascination of bees. There is definitely a lot to learn!
Bees are just simply beautiful!!!
"the best insulation for bees is more bees"
In true dr bees fashion, as far as bees are concerned, any problem can be solved with the addition of YET MORE BEES!
This guy's narration is great, ive learnt alot here...although I can't help wondering what it would sound like with Will Ferrell narrating!
Who doesn't love Will! :)
Very interesting. Thanks for your efforts, Fred. Happy 4th.
This was fun! The motivator bees were new to me, so glad to have observed that and had you explain it here. More please!
Thanks Julie :) I may be able to do more like this as summer progresses.
@@FrederickDunn
That's good news! I really loved this! Thank you!
thanks again for another 30 minutes, video on a large scale
Wow so good perfect for the visual learner and a calm voice as well thank you 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️🐝
Glad you like it!
Fantastic video. So informative and well filmed👌. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow I learned so much! Thank you for a wonderfully fascinating and informative video 😃
Hello, I've been looking for videos of just watching bees do their thing. So far, this is one of the better videos I've found. Very informative. I hope this isn't too unreasonable of a request, but do you have any hives that show a side view of the combs? I'd love to watch bees deposit honey without them blocking the comb from sight.
I'd also like to watch bees building combs, too. It's hard to find decent videos of these sorts of things.
The only side views are in my Flow-Hive videos and you can see the bees filling cells. Another video is showing inside the hive: ua-cam.com/video/-Blqi5qcGlE/v-deo.html
Great stuff as always. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. Have you ever posted a picture or video of what your observation hive looks like inside your bee shed? I have been brainstorming some designs and I'd love to see what a successful implementation looks like.
Yes, there is a video showing how I assemble and install it :) ua-cam.com/video/jZsvDvO-BKA/v-deo.html
At 28:02 it looks like Grand Central Station in New York City at Noon. Amazing. Mr. Dunn, you are a walking encyclopedia. I know you have been beekeeping for many years but how did you learn what the dancing means? Even when you explain it, it's still confusing but absolutely fascinating.
Thank you :)
Excellent video! I learned a lot. Thank you Fred.
Glad you enjoyed it!
24:23...
"Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me
Gosh, how they weigh me down
Ten cents a dance, pansies and rough guys
Tough guys who tear my gown..."
To you young-uns, that's an old song.
Fred, so there are queens, drones, gatherers, cheerleaders, nurse bees, store bees, cell builders, guards. Do the workers all do everything in their own time as they age or are some 🐝 always have that one main job?
They rotate through the job list, BUT, some workers never do some jobs such as guarding the colony, they go straight to foraging.
Frederick Dunn you are probably already aware of this paper but I found it pretty interesting.
jeb.biologists.org/content/219/22/3505
Great video. Very informative. Thanks Fred for all your work
I loved this Fred ! Fascinating! , will you be showing the baby’s hatching ? , I’d love to see more like this ❤️❤️
ua-cam.com/video/-Blqi5qcGlE/v-deo.html
Ive discovered a rare tree from the poplar and willows family that grows ligthing fast and flowers profusely.Also its believed to be the tree that makes the most quantity of fruits among all the fruit trees.The fruits are edible and a blessing for the wild birds in winter.Idesia Polycarpa.
Sometimes bees take a nap on the screen of my bedroom window. It’s kinda cute because they leave behind a little bit of propolis or something which I’m guessing they used to anchor themselves.
Very informative video. Thanks so much for the work and for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for taking the time to comment Garry :) I'm so glad you liked it.
Absolutely fascinating. I couldn’t look away.
Man Fred you are quite an advocate for bees quite good knowledgeable the person I so love bees my enjoyment comes from watching your bee video and a few other being I’m highly allergic my wife says that I live vicariously through you I think that’s funny anyway have a good one thank you
Thank you Robert! It's always great to see your comments!
The honey bees in my yard love when my mint flowers. It gets loaded with bees. They also love the clover.
Those are two great bee resources.
In the video, you pointed out this one comb looked older. But then you also said it was the first comb that the bees encounter when they go in the hive.
Does this mean the comb pieces closest to the entrance will look older? Or have more accelerated aging than the other combs?
Could the vibrating, be a bee job different to fanning, but similar to it? As a bee 'warmer' in early mornings, and cold?
Yes, the comb closer to the entrance gets walked on the most and they darken the surfaces with their feet.
I'm starting an observation hive in my garage, and I have a question about temperature: My hive will only be one frame deep, so I have heat lamps to point at the brood. I plan to keep the brood at 95F by moving the lamps in and out. The hive is in NJ, and my garage is kept above about 50F in Winter. Do you think it will work? I'm have never kept bees, and built the hive myself. Thank you for posting this; it was great. Wish me luck! :)
Hi David, my only concern so far is the size of the hive? "one frame deep" but how many frames total? If your garage is consistently in the 50's in winter, then the heat lamp you're describing wouldn't be necessary. You'll want to have at least 8 - 10 full deep frames so the population has space for all of their stages of development as well as enough of a population to get through winter.
@@FrederickDunn The hive is five deep frames with empty space for a little more than another. I'd send you a pic but I can't see how to do that in here.
Thanks Mr Dunn..And a winner today..Am first ..🇱🇨😁👊❤🙏
Great, relaxing, video. We know what processes make drones, workers, and queens. Does anyone know what defines worker occupations? Not all worker bees become guard bees for instance.
Some guard bees are just born with "attitudes" that benefit hive defense. There are others that become groomers, others water bearers and spreaders and so on. As to how those tasks become a part of the bee's life is anyone's guess. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Older bees become guards because they have weared wings so they stay at the entrance of the hive.In case they have to fight and die the colony looses somme of the older bees.
Generally speaking, bees progress through different occupations as they age: nurse bees (tending brood, then maybe the queen) for the first 10-12 days; house bees - building comb (wax glands are most productive only until about day 18), storing and ripening honey and bee bread, climate control; after three weeks of age they move to guard duty (or at least a period for orientation flights outside the hive); then field bee, foraging for their various resources until they die (typically about three weeks later).
Of course, if the thrust of your question is ‘what tells the bee when it’s time to move to the next phase?’, science doesn’t provide the answer for that.
Awesome video! Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Great video, Fred
Thank you.
Very informative. Thanks
You're welcome
Very cool stuff Fred, thank you.
Awesome video as usual fred thank you again
Amazing! Thank you so much
How well does this hive do with pest management since there is no screened bottom board?
It's more about the bee stock rather than the screened or solid bottom board. Mite issues are pretty even with solid or screened. One aspect I like about removable trays in bottom boards is the convenience of being able so to check the droppings and have some sense of what's going on inside the hive. Screened bottom boards with removable plastic sheets are my least favorite. And as of this year, 2021, I will no longer be using removable sheets but will use removable trays or solid bottoms exclusively.
Wonderful 😌
Thanks 😊
Great work
Is it possible to show use like a pencil sketch of how you have this set up?, are the frames piled on top of each other? are they 2 frames per level? is there more than one level of brood? where is the honey in comparison to the picture? How big is this window?
I can answer all of your questions in a single video: ua-cam.com/video/jZsvDvO-BKA/v-deo.html
@@FrederickDunn That video was perfect! Thank you, very cool
Truly amazing!
They are indeed :)
Thank you for the very cool video and happy 4th to you
That was very cool. Thank you.
Thank you for watching and taking time to comment!
Could you add a link to the test?
It's just the same video without the answers. ua-cam.com/video/xtmItaqWLFU/v-deo.html
Fred, why do you want to prevent bearding?
If you can accomodate those bees inside the hive, they won't be exposed to predators at night and can be protected from sudden storms etc... on a nice night, it's not a problem for the bees at all.
Does are positive vibes 🐝🤣
I can’t get a good answer. Maybe my question is strange. If colonies are keep in a controlled condition all year with all the proper food and water and perfect temperature. I was thinking a to start a full acre. A multi level green house with all fruits vegetables flowers and any other items needed to survive and thrive. All powered by solar power. Would the honey bees have a hard time getting to the food source and back. And would this condition prevent all diseases and element mites. I would think all fruit and vegetables wouldn’t need to be sprayed with any chemicals. What do you think. I ask you this question because from all the UA-cam videos I seen you seem much more educated with the technology in this area. Thanks
That's a very common idea, but an acre indoors wouldn't be enough to provide what the bees needed. What you're describing is best suited to bumble bee colonies rather than honey bees. Bumble bees in large-scale greenhouses have proven to be very effective. I wish you all the best :)
Thanks yes I was asking for Honey bees. Thank you
@@FrederickDunn my idea was on a larger scale. I am not that good on putting them into words. My thoughts with multi level floors filled with tons of plants, fruits and vegetables. It would serve a making jobs selling fruits and vegetables chemical free and raise honey bees. Also have school trips which I would help more people getting interested in raising Bees. I would add butterflies and plant the food the caterpillars eat. It would kind of be like an amusement park and half the money I would donate to all children’s hospitals. and
@@FrederickDunn thanks for all the great info on raising bees.
Love that dance floor!
I wonder if “lazy” bees are removed. A bee that sticks their head in a cell to nap...LOL
There are many that just loaf around with no apparent job. They ven take naps in cells as you've observed. They are not removed.
Sadly by beehive is failing, I didn't requeen soon enough and now I'm not sure it will survive.
HI Eddy, that's terrible news. Do you just have one hive, or is there another you can combine them with? Is there any open brood or even capped brood? You may be able to buy in a Queen if you do it quickly.
There are options, if you have more than one hive. If you don't, you might want to consider getting a second hive - either right away (depending on how soon winter will be coming) or early spring. If you do, give them a frame of brood, and shake in some nurse bees. If they don't have a laying queen - GET one. Once they lose too much population - you are right, survival is at issue.
PS
GOOD LUCK!
Sadly no its just the one, next year I will be running 2 hives maybe 3
@@unluckyeddy7966
If you connected to your local bee club, you might get some help. But if not, next year's plan will give you a fresh start. Chin up.
I wonder why it’s called bee-bread and not bee-milk?
Since it's fermented, maybe bee-yogurt?
That's a great question Angela, much like bread, the pollen is mixed with enzymes, nectar and other goodies from the nurse bees, the result is yeast and fermentation which finishes the process. You can actually smell it! So I'm thinking the yeast makes it "bread-like" to those who coin these familiar terms.
How again do you put videos in order
There are play lists. If you go to my UA-cam Channel and click on Playlists, you can find the subject you want and they are in the order as produced.
Cheerleader bee🐝 Give me a B an e another e what we got 🐝🛌 shh im resting 🐝 🌸🌻🌼
This guys voice put me to sleep
Some folks come to my channel for that very reason :)
@@FrederickDunn I can see why!
21:40 your tum tum was growling
Probably true...