Free Plans How To Make Honeybee Bucket Feeder
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- Free Plans How To Make Honeybee Bucket Feeder
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This is how to make a Honeybee bucket community feeder. Beekeeping season is getting closer, get some of these made for the 2019 beekeeper season. You can feed 1:1 or 2:1 sugar water.
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I went to flip a full bucket onto the feeding stand one Sunday morning and the lid popped off. Good thing I was already dressed for church because I got baptized in five gallons of sugar water. Be sure your lids are snapped on good. :)
I would have paid good money (vs. bad money) to see both your baptism there Rooster, and David's! LOL
628DirtRooster Bees that happened to me a couple days ago but with the weight luckily it snapped back in
Wouldn't it make it easier to refill without tearing up your bucket if you used the twist on lids? The gamma lids. I would think after a few months of sunlight and heat it would make the buckets brittle.
Won't it leak through those holds till the bees get to it?
@@reneebrown5598 I tried the screw on lids, they leak like crazy.
I am fortunate enough to have a good working partnership with our school cafeteria and can get food grade buckets with the rubber "o-ring" seal for free. A quick 5 minutes with a very small drill bit (I drill from inside the bucket) and a rubber mallet is all that is needed. I mixed up a 2:1 solution and put a bucket out Friday. Came back from my business trip and by Sunday afternoon one hive had taken the bucket down by about 1/3rd. I listened to a mentor and pulled any honey supers prior to setting the feeder out so they don't fill a super with sugar syrup. I placed a second feeder yesterday at my other hive site. VERY impressed with the ease and inexpensive nature of this. I also labeled the feeders with my name and number so others can contact me if there is a problem. Fortunately no bears have discovered it. Yet.
I’m past being a new beekeeper and I still learn from your videos. Thanks for all you do
Hi Dave. So I made three bucket feeders. You were right , it is such a feeding frenzy at the buckets. I have noticed that a lot of bees have drowned in the cells because there are so many bees pushing and shoving to get at the syrup they get pushed in. I filled the cells with balled up pieces of paper towel. The syrup saturates the paper towel the bees suck it up from the towel and the don't drown. Just a idea?
I wish I could give this comment a million thumbs up! I hope it ends up pinned so that more people see it. When I started feeding syrup to my bees, I used 32oz plastic yogurt containers. I created tiny holes all around (what would be the top of the container, but inverted for feeding becomes the bottom) then filled it with syrup, put the lid on, & turned it upside down on a completely flat surface. I don’t have a ton of bees, but I was also nervous of the syrup fermenting in the sun (Arizona heat can be deceptive) even though I cook it on the stove. I’d rather have to change it out daily, than take that risk.
A problem presented itself almost instantly: the bees cluster around the bottom of the container to drink from the holes & also the small reservoir between the container & lip of the lid. That was my precise goal, so it felt like a win. But hours later when I went to check on everything, I found that a considerable number of my bees had become stuck in the reservoir & died. There are so many frenzied bees trying to eat, that the first ones to arrive quickly end up trapped beneath hundreds of other bees & forced into the reservoir which is filled with syrup, and also so thin that they can be forced into it, but can’t get out on their own. I immediately stopped using them & found Tupperware containers that function the same way, but have a much wider and shorter lip where the top & bottom meet. Works perfectly. Some of it does end up spilling when I flip them over after filling them, but I always keep a few paper towels under them as a catchall for any syrup that ends up spilled. Turns out that the paper towels absorb syrup, which the bees continue to benefit from, they can suck it out……but also, as a result, the paper towels absorb spilled syrup that would otherwise flood areas of the plate I feed them on, in which several bees have drown in the past. It keeps any drops of spilled syrup from coating their wings &/or spiracles. After I started using paper towels, my bee mortality rate plummeted.
You’re 100% right. About everything!! That’s really good advice!
A sponge can probably work good too
We are not Bee Keepers but noticed a lot of bees on our Hummingbird feeders. This is a great idea, making one of these this afternoon. Thanks for the information.
If you don’t have bees I wouldn’t do this because now the bee keeper down the street is trying to make honey and your feeding them sugar water is not good instead plant native flowers for the bees to feed on
you can use electrical tape and wrap it around the drill bit about 1/4'' from the end to act as a stop so you won't drill through the outer plastic....
Just insert a piece of wood in the pocket when you are drilling so that it stops the drill.
You can just place a drill stop on the bit and you can't go any deeper.
Use a teaspoon in the cavity to prevent any accidents , it may be a good idea to flatten it and cut the tip of it flat so it will sit in the bottom of the cavity , this way if the drill went too far it will hit the spoon and doesn't go through the plastic , you could also use any piece of metal whatever is laying around .
That’s genius! Thanks for sharing it. I’m sure other people who’ve been keeping bees for a long time know to do similar things, but this wouldn’t even cross my mind. I’m more apt to be slow & careful while drilling, but still find a way to screw up a few times & then try to fix the mistakes later. I’ll be way too proud of myself after the repairs hold, as if it’s more of an accomplishment than just not drilling through it in the first place…but 2 days later i’d go check on the bees only to find that the “repairs” failed overnight. I can be *this* confident about that series of events because it wouldn’t be the first time 😂.
I’m always grateful when people post comments with incredibly helpful info, before I even know I needed it. You’re awesome!
@@DrAnderson1
Thank you I needed some positive encouraging words especially surviving hurricane Ian .
You could also heat the tip of an ice pick with a propane torch and melt the hole in the plastic.
That queen bee joke scared me..for a moment I was waiting for you to say you had glow in the dark honey! Nice feeder.
They have a plastic welder in case you pop the hole all the way through. Harbor freight has them with a flat piece and you can seal it off.
I wish your store was closer, I'd be sure to support yall. I like to drop in and talk shop when I buy stuff.
Most buckets from box stores (like your Orange "Homer" bucket from Home Depot and those from Lowe's) are only 70 mils (0.07") thick. The 70 mil bottoms warp and the lids and bucket sides loose there shape and thus loose their seal quickly as they age (I have some go bad within 1 year and bottoms split open). I now use buckets from my local bee supply store that are 90 mils (0.09") thick which is almost 30% thicker than the box stores carry. The 90 mil buckets and lids retain their shape and thus seal much better as the lip on the lid and the rim on the bucket do not deform as easily after heat exposure in the sun. The stiffness is really important for bucket feeders that you are trying to maintain a vacuum on. The brand on mine are Paragon but I am sure other 90 mil buckets (e.g. Uline) will work just as good. I also think Menards carries a 90 mil bucket.
Trying to figure out a way to build one that I can refill without removing the bucket lid. My current idea (haven't tried it yet) is to add a threaded fitting with a shut-off that you could add a piece of hose to. At the source I'd have a similar set up ( bucket with lid ) but the valve would be on the side for ease of sitting the bucket down. I'd open the valve at the source and fill the hose between the two buckets then open the receiving valve at the feeder. I'd continue to allow sugar water into the community feeder until refilled- shutting the valve at the feeder before the source went dry exposing the interior of the feeder to external air pressure.
I plan to try this unless someone with a little more experience says nope that won't keep the vacuum in the feeder and your water will still leak out. At first I wasn't thinking about how the vacuum plays a part in limiting the flow so I started wondering about opening the feeder under pressure of additional water. What do you think?
@@suzannehommertzheim4160 buy a gamma lid on Amazon or somewhere
Should have added that I have the Gamma lids on the feeders. I'm just trying g to figure out how I can refill without tipping the bucket back upright (everything gets sticky) and to avoid disturbing the bees that are hitting on it.
Great video I sure do appreciate you all helping us new bee keepers out I will be making me a couple of them there bucket feeders.
I like to just put 3 pine cones in a open bucket with a few 2ft. long climbing sticks coming out.I do it when no rain in forecast and they will suck it up fast.This way you don't have to listen to the drill motor.
I have not heard this addressed, there is over an inch from the holes to the lid, that's alot of syrup not available, do you just mix fresh with the old syrup? I had issues with mold last year.
great idea........i hate to do repetive work like filling one qt mason jars for feeders...............this will save me time and IS A GREAT IDEA FOR TIME SAVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very good idea, I like it and I'm going to make one this weekend for my bees.
Yay!! A Barnyard Bees video! Thanks David! Glad to hear about the store, great news! OK I was waiting for the other shoe to drop.....yup! David told a JOKE!! lol
A very good joke it was too - I got a good laugh! Thank you David!
I tried it and it works great. Thanks David.
1 question for ya if you don’t mind.
What do you do when sugar water gets below the drill marks?
There’s still a bunch left in the bucket below the holes.
When you are feeding 5 gallons at a time, you are not worried about the 1/4 gallon at the bottom, just refill and repeat.
Most excellent tip
Hey Dave, is it necessary to boil the water to make syrup or can I just get it hot enough so that the sugar melts?
Yes you are just melting the sugar. You can get your water hot enough without boiling to melt the sugar that's perfectly fine.
put in bigger holes and they work great for wasp traps ! I would advise you feed your bees in the hive when using !
Fixed my wasp problems where other traps didn't work ! It had gotten so bad that I was taking the strategy of feeding the wasps to protect my bees, after loosing 2 hives ! But the bucket feeders turned that around, when the water level got low enough for the wasps to enter !
I put mine out a few days ago. The bees finally found it and started hammering it today. but, although the bucket is still about half full, the cells stopped refilling. Most of them are dry now. Any ideas as to why they stopped refilling?
How do you judge when the community feeder is getting low in syrup once filled and inverted without flipping back over and opening? To refill I assume you are flipping and opening the lid. Have you ever considered placing an opening in the base of the bucket to eliminate the need to flip? I was thinking about adding a 3 or 4" conduit fitting?
That would allow the liquid to come pouring out. The base needs to be sealed, as in air tight.
Is this good to use right now in colder months? I'm in Greenville SC
I would use internal feeder now.
Which lids you using. The heavy hammer on or the small thin snap on lids ?
Like your videos they really have helped me out thanks
Im laughing so hard. Because I believed your bee joke. Hahahahahah. I was like wow. Wait a minute. 🤣
I'm about to make one of these. You said to get the smallest drill bit. Y'all used 7/64. I have 1/16 and was planning to use that. 1/16 is 3/64 smaller than 7/64. I need to know if 1/16 too small. I used a 1/16 drill bit on a lid of a jar feeder turned into a waterer. The water didn't come out unless it was bumped or shook. That's why I was wondering if 1/16 is too small.
You would think a "lightening bug queen bee" could help the hive stay warm as well, wouldn't you? 😀
Thanks for the great video 👍
This Video came at the perfect time. Thank you.
I don't need 5-gallon bucket for my 1 beehive so I'm going to find a smaller bucket. I'm hoping to have 2 beehives by next summer I don't like going in or near my beehive because its hot and they are agitated. I have a front feeder and even when its empty they don't want me to take the container to refill it.
Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated.
David, Want to Thank You for this video, you give us all so much Great Info!!
I was hoping you might know the dith time for Southern Kentucky??
Hi y’all! New bee keeper here. I’ve been following your video for several months now and find them really helpful. Do you set the feeders in shade? Do you set up your feeing station a certain way to keep critters out of it? Thanks!
Did you get any answers? If so can you share.
LemireCassie Nope. Never got a response.
If I dont have 200 to 300 ft away from colonies what's your suggestion..I'm hive top feeding right now..any input will.help brother
Glad to hear business has been good
I love bees especially when my neighbors are been too loud I hit the bee box really hard and the party is over really fast. Just kidding.
How far from the hives should you place the bucket feeders -- can they be alongside?
I followed this video, but the vacuum seal was so tight that no water is coming out. Any suggestions as to where I went wrong?
Same here just now…ever figure it out?
Made one of these. About 300 feet away from hives. It has a attracted yellow jackets and ants, but no bee’s. Any tips/ideas?
I got to try this, I think I may use my dremel though and see how it does, thanks for the idea.
Wow that is fantastic! I'll bee making one of those 4 sure!!! Appreciate this tip! :)
Dave, thank you so much for your videos and your store. I bought a pollen feeder from you. I am a new to bee keeping. Where would I put this feeder? I live in MA. Thank you
I just tried this yesterday.. I left it last night by my hive I Came back just now and there was sugar water that leaked out on one side into a puddle. I was so confused.. now I'm thinking it was because it wasn't perfectly level ?
Just wondering how many pail should I put out for 4 hives
I was boiling my sugar water because it turns into a syrup. I was told this is toxic for my babies so now I add warn water to the sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Now I worry about too much moisture in the hive. What is your thought on boiling the sugar water?
Shoot! I just boiled my 1:1 sugar water thinking it would kill any unwanted bacteria because I use well water. You are saying it will kill my bees? Or do you mean only if it turns into a syrup ?
How many pounds of sugar for a 5gal bucket?
So for all the european customers like me that have to fly in from europe with their private learjet : hes open 11:00 hrs til 17:00 hrs. tuesdays till fridays... qestion remains : what is the location of yer runway and how to navigate trough all those hives? Greetings from The Netherlands.... ( or yall just send me yer finest jar in the mail hihi lol )
😂😆🐝!!
Does itmake sense to use a hole saw drill bit to cut a hole on the bottom to create a refilling port so you do not have to keep on doing the lids when you need to refill?
What do you do about the gap between the holes and the bottom (aka lid) all of that sugar water won't get touched. I thought it needed something to fill the gap like glass beads.
Just refill when its that low
AARON ROSE that's over a gallon of unused sugar water though. Surely there's a better way
I've done this. It's a great idea.
Good joke. You had me until you said lighting bug. Good work on your videos. I watch them all. Hoping to get some bees from you this spring. Your 900 miles from me but I'm retired so maybe the trip happen.
Dave, how many pounds of sugar do you use a year and roughly how many hives did that feed?
I notice you have a lot of nucs is this just because you’re selling bees or do you prefer them over 10 frame? I’m wondering what to run and I’d like your input, thanks I have learned a lot from your videos!
I put it on two different lengthe 4x4s I had as scrap wood, now im really thinking it somehow wasn't perfectly level..
Are the plastic buckets used in the video BPA free?
4,271 and subtracting Feb 24, 2019
Do you think the buckets would last longer if you painted them or maybe put them under a shelter out of the UV light and rain?
Oops, math was not my major, 4,371
Btw, congrats and really like your videos
What drill bit size best I have 1/8 is that to big
Ive heard it’s best to use food grade buckets. Thoughts on these being Home Depot buckets? Do the lids have seals?
Would be best and most likely free if you know someone at a cafeteria, hospital, restaurant ect.
Use peices of an old bucket and a propane torch and you can "plastic weld" those accidental holes back shut. Plenty of vids on youtube adout plastic welding
I'm trying to figure out this 1:1 or 2:1 is this 2 pounds sugar to 1 gallon of water? Or like 2 gal sugar(measure with liquid container) to 1 gal sugar? You specified 1:1 or 2:1 ratios but not the actual measurements of these ratios were they both liquid this would be a this but one a liquid one a solid you could measure the water by weight just as you can measure the solid by volume. I'm sorry I know I'm once thinking it I do that with everything but I just wanna keep the bees happy, I never done this before and the guy teaching me has been unable to keep the bees from swarming or dieing through the winter.
Looks like no one answered your question. I've always heard it's by volume only: 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water is "2:1". Also, you can get away with a LOT of variation in the ratios. Just avoid leaving thin watery syrup out too long or you'll get mold, and don't feed thin watery syrup late into fall or it can cause excess moisture in the hives.
@@davidhunt7519 thank you
I have 6 hives. When is the point when you STOP using community feeders and start using hive top feeders?
You've got to be kidding. Lol. A bee with a built in flashlight. Hehehe
I wish you have gone more into it, show how you place the sugar in and place the lid
Great video David!
I'm in Florida and I'm a new beekeeper and I was wondering if it's too cold for me to go inside the bees box... The temperature sometimes drop down in the 50s
Wayne
If the bees are flying, its not too cold. If they are in cluster, best if you don't go in the hive. For us in Florida, assuming you only go in during the day, it will be rare when it is too cold.
And you should get this information checked with a beekeeper - I am not one. Just a lover of all things bees and beekeeping. So I am guessing you are in Kissimmee or south?
@@julieenslow5915 No, I'm so Florida Broward county
I think that is in the "or south" part. Your temperatures were my clue as to where you are. I'm a central Florida girl for about 45 years (I deducted years for when I was out of state. I got back as soon as I could!!) The rules for beekeepers down there are a little different. You are officially in the tropics I think or very close to the line.
Got it. You are in the Broward County that is not in south Florida and does not have Ft. Lauderdale and Pompano Beach in it (as they are in the one in the south part of Florida). And I totally promise to not bother you any more.
Dave, for a second there, you had me going, lol.
I was hoping to see it in action. Such a great idea though!👍
Go to 9:55 in one of his previous videos. ua-cam.com/video/_yvzHmfrwqg/v-deo.html
When will the lightening Queens be ready? LoL... thanks . On a serious note are the packages from your yard or a different bloodline?
I have the Scottish variety, Lightening McQueens. They work night and day, and do it NASCAR fast
How much sugar do you use in the five gallon for a 1:1 mix?
Fill half way with sugar, rest with water.
David, when do you use hive top feeders? Thankyou for the video from Australia!
@@davidhaught84 Thankyou David.
Good video David
Thanks
Now i wonder , i watched quite a lot of your videos and i'm curious to how bees do not sting you as a complete swarm would. Is it because your body has so many pheromones on it, from all that time you've been around bees?
I believe a lot of folks feed a very light syrup in early late winter/early spring to stimulate egg laying. Maybe 1:1 or even 1:2 which better mimics the consistency of nectar. You feed 2:1, which is a thick syrup. Am I missing something?
Can anyone tell me what kind of lid to use?
So, you put the lid back on before you invert them? I wish you had shown the inversion process, even if you just use water for the demonstration. Thanks.
Put the lid back on tight. Flip upside down and make sure it's level. A little syrup will overflow at first but will quickly stop.
well, I suppose putting lid on is optional, but there wouldn't be much left for the bees.
I feel the same way, I tried it and just ended up wasting it.
Question: Hot melt glue won’t harm the bees🐝 ?
Don't apply hot melt glue to the bees. Only to the bucket.
@@thomasbacon Lmfao
lol Im excited
Will the bees consume fondant?
Some make candy sugar lids and other variations also
Thank You BYB
This type bucket leaves about half a gallon of syrup at the bottom...Due to the risk of it going bad, it has to be put in another container or dumped out.
What happens to the sugar water below the holes
Why not just place the holes in the lid like other bucket or pail feeder do? That way you don't have any sugar water left over that the bees cant get to...looks like you would have about 1.5" or so of sugar water left by using the side versus the lid.
I have one hive - I think I’ll start with the chicken waterer - and see how that goes. I may have to refill more often. But if it works out ok, I’ll let you all know
Chicken waterer didn't work so well for me. I tried it twice and 2nd time had more dead bees than the first.
I found the same problem- the chicken waterer’ killed too many bees
just made one! SAVE DA BEES!!
Cool! And look at you, only 7,761k away from 100k! That's about 517.4 subs per day over the next 15 days. I believe that's about right. Let's see, naught, naught, carry the one, subtract the dumnator, minus the moon's tilt added to the naught..... yes that's pertnear rite, give or take a few variables. Congrats in advance!
@@davidhaught84 No problems David. When you reach the milestone you must do a video amongst the bees performing a bee dance and dressed for the occasion! LOL
LMAO!!
@@julieenslow5915 wouldn't that video create a buzz amongst his dedicated followers. I mean, just think about it for a minute! Add Goosy, the cats, the chickens, the birds and bees and you'd have a hit musical. Wow!
I purchased a bee package last night my order number is 5390 can you please give me a time when my package will be shipped I prefer last of March first of April and the package says it is gentle bees is that an Italian bee what kind of bees are they it's my first hive and I don't know anything about it except for what I have been watching on UA-cam
@Stephen harris
I would call the store in the morning, they will help you all you need. The number should be on your copy of your order. Never mind, I looked up the number on their website. (706) 971-2700
Good people. Good bees.
How bad is drowning?
Loved the joke.
What if you don't have a 100 yards on your property to put the feeder. Maybe 100 feet.
Try placing it on the other side of the house from your bee yard. Make sure feeder is out of straight line of site.
Ha smallest drill bit I got will provide no port for water to go through. I have some weeeewy weeewy tiny drill bits. Smaller n hairs. But a good n small hole is called for.
Alas, all I got was hornets. It works great in every other way, except feeding my bees :D Any advice? :))
Wait for a dearth.
I do enjoy most of your videos. But I am disappointed that I did not get to see what kind of lid you use on this and I didn't get to see it in action. Even if you just filled it up with water.
Lightning queen... Cute:-)
Why are the hives painted a different color?
Maybe they are Easter hives
The idea is to help the queen return to the correct hive after her mating flight. It could also help to prevent drifting, what happens when foragers return to the wrong hive. The latter is less likely on average because foragers are excellent at orientating to their hives EXACT location. This is proven by moving a hive 6 inches and the foragers get confused when they return home because their entrance USED to be 6 inches over THERE. They pile up at the old entrance spot looking for it.
Back to queens on their mating flight....they only exit the hive 1-3 times on average and do not get to do nearly as many orientation flights. They are good at remembering the hives location but they only get one shot at it. If they are wrong and enter the wrong hive, DEAD QUEEN. Queens use visuals as they fly out and the color of the hives help them know which box they left. This is also supported by the fact that when you use many colors of hives, the RED hives GAIN bees from the other hives. That is from drifting.
@@aarongriffin81 hmm this is interesting
@aarongriffin81
very well explained I think you are spot on. But there is always the X factor. People. Some people want a way to identify which hive they were just in, and color helps. And then you have wierdos like me that would just like an environment with color if I was spending hours and hours in the apiary on a regular basis: Its pretty! LOL. No - you had it in one. Helps bees (mostly the Queens) to find home without fatal mistakes.
În zona cu clima caldă este cam periculos. Dacă se consumă și este mai mult aer, acesta își mărește volumul și iese mai mult decât consumă albinele.
Funny
You’re a jerk! How could you?!? I came running to tell my wife about the new bee’s!!! Now she’s laughing at me. THERE’S NO COMEDY IN BEEKEEPING!!! LMAO I’ll get you back for this one 😝