I admire the macho men who can ape their apiaries without a suit but just about five years ago I suddenly became VERY allergic after several stings in a giant wasp attack. I got a general sting allergy. So now it‘ s the full suit, hat, gloves, suit of armor, laser pistol, plexiglass riot shield and two epi pens in each side pocket! It’s hot, it’s uncomfortable and heavy but I can’t give up my bees! So just call me chicken little! I’ll use a couple old broomsticks to hold the sky up. Thanks for another great video! New subscriber here! Ps: I had a severe head injury 30 years ago so I learn coping skills with memory and concentration with EVERYTHING I do. My boxes are marked with arrows and the words ‘Top’/‘Bottom’. It’s a bit like with an Alzheimer’s patient except it’s consistent and predictable so coping skills work better.
Awesome queen! I just use the lid flat on the ground, lip up, to set my box on (a bit off set so no bees or possible queen cells) are smashed. No tipping, always available, box stays right side up, not in the grass, can stack subsequent boxes on are a few advantages Thanks for sharing your mistake as well as the tips- we all make them!
My first time to ever view a beehive video, I will binge watch your videos this weekend 😂 I’m retired now and I live in the Deep South in Natchez, Ms and I have been wanting to do this for years, with some dedication and a great teacher like yourself I believe my journey will be a successful one, i hope 🤣🤣 Thanks for the great videos and the patience you bring 😎
Hey Dave, Thanks for all you do for us other beekeepers. It has just been one year since I started beekeeping from a swarm that came to my house and today I caught my first swarm so now I have 2 hives and soon to be 3. I even started to build my own boxes and frames, I have my own woodshop and the time to play. Great info for us beginners.
Dave, thanks for talking about the frame orientation. The first time I opened my hive, I set the box on its side as you suggested. Picked it up WRONG and two frames fell out. Fortunately, there was no comb or brood on those frames. The bees were still building out in the middle of the box. I really appreciate the great info.
Hey Dave, thanks for all your great videos. I guess you could call me a born-again beekeeper it’s been nearly 20 years since I had a hive. I have set up a new one this year and with your help and classes I should succeed.
Thanks David for all the super tips!!! I signed up for your beginners class package and I am enjoying it immensely!!! You surely know BEES!! I found my unmarked queen using your tips in lesson…. It really was a great feeling!! Wanted to jump and shout but remembered to be in slow motion and no quick moves…I knew she was there because I am seeing new eggs and larva but to finally see her made my day of beekeeping extra sweet!!
David... Another Great Video ! 👍 Tip : Newbie beekeepers sometimes also replace Frames and or Boxes Back to Front ! 😖 Tip : What I do : ✔ 1) I always mark New Frames with a Sharpie, saying 'Wired' ' Natural Comb only' or even my 'Intials' all at ONE END... These are placed so Text is at the 'BACK' Wall of the Hive.... If text is near the Entrance, in a "Doh"! moment... You need to Change it to BACK Wall. Aka in the correct orientation re matching Wax Pattern, like fitting a jigsaw piece along side its correct neighbour. 👀 Simples ! 😎 2) Bees mainly add BROOD at the FRONT end position on a Frame, and Honey away from the Door ! (Especially on Frames in Horizontal Hives.) Guess the Tower of Wooden Boxes, or a Horizontal Hive, replicates a "Tree Trunk" where Honey is away from, or way above the Nest, out of the reach of Bears in a Regular Hive, or a kind of "Felled Trèe" for H.H... Again Stores are mainly above, or at the Back of each Frame, and as far away from the Entrance, (My H.H has a Supering Area furthest away to the Right end in my DIY ex Log Box H.H ! Here in Scotland 🏴 we don't have Bears, but as the "UA-cam in OZ, called the Fat Bee Man," states, we all look like "Polar Bears" in our White Bee Suits ! 🤣 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2022. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Thanks Dave as always for another great video. I learn something new each time. Also, will get the word out to friends to like your channel. The goal of 100K is almost in reach! Thanks again. Kevin
You have great information. I have never had beetles or mites. I started with Italians April 2022. 2 hives. All great. 1 super gave me 26 lbs honey. Took them 2 months for 1 super full. Brood in deep hive filled. So happy. Then fall time to winterize in NC. Close to border of VA and I 95. Insulation and pollen patties water. Checked on warmer days and one day all bees gone. It was February. Both hives. They did not die because very little dead bees. I could only deduce they were cold and went elsewhere. I learned that I should have put solid bottom board on not screened. Also better to use that wrap in my area. Ok So now year 2 and Russians. They are nuts. They are going to town immediately. I have learned how to find my queen with no marking. I decided to try deep hive with feeder up top. Water with vitamins and other side lemon balm. I have plenty of bee flowers so don't need pollen patties until winter. My question is when should I add the super?
I have been watching your videos for almost a year. I have gotten your Honey be kind boars. I treated for mites in September and fed them all the way through fall and put the candy board on end of December and again end of January. Also, a satellite feeding area for a couple of warm days. The hive is thriving from a nuc I bought in June. Your videos have taught me a great deal and I bought your class on black Friday. I believe the feeding is the key. Thanks
My first overwintered hive - started last year in Pennsylvania then moved to Michigan. my colony survived but post my mentor… listening to you really helps
just did my first inspection of my first hive..what an intense feeling.They weren't eating any of my sugar water so I was concerned about that but frames are looking good.can't wait until next week
Welcome to beekeeping and thank you for watching my channel. Do you visit our livestreams every Thur at 7pm central time? This would be another great learning opportunity for you as I answer beekeeping questions. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live
Thank you for noticing the hard work that goes into this channel. My schedule is usually I film heavily one day, edit the next day, rinse and repeat. 😃 Mixed in there is writing scripts, researching topics, coming up with fresh content, traveling and speaking, livestreaming and much more. Thanks for watching.
I am learning a great deal. While I have assembled my hives newly arrived. I am now binge watching and reading to learn all I can before purchasing my bees. Thank you so much while I have been seeking a local mentor I have not been able to find one. So if you don’t mind you are it
Another David!! Glad you enjoy the videos. Be sure and join me on Thursday nights at 7pm for my lifestreams where you can ask a question or hear answers I give to other people's questions. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live/
great stuff Dave. Today I binged on a bunch of your videos and got out to inspect the hive for the first time since I got my beees. Thanks for all the good stuff!
Been watching you for years. I was so impressed by what you did to your vail I had to try it. Waiting on the glue to dry and I'll send you a pic tomorrow! I'm very excited about using it! Oh, and I used the green drone frames and I just checked my first drawing out drone cells. Pearly white! Gotta love that. No beetles or mites.
Thanks for watching for years Dennis! I love my window veil and it is so easy to make yourself. Mine is alittle too high. I didn't think through how you look more down into the hive rather than straight out.
Thank you David for all your tips! I did my first inspection last week but after watching your video, I think missed a few things so I'll have to redo it. Thank you for helping me realize my beekeeping dream with your tips, and tricks of the trade:)
Hi Da ve, I'm a very new beekeeper, just got my packages about a week ago. I attended class last year but life got in the way and didn't get started until now. I am fortunate enough to have a mentor working with me. I do enjoy your videos. Very helpful and informative.
I admire the macho men who can ape their apiaries without a suit but just about five years ago I suddenly became VERY allergic after several stings in a giant wasp attack. I got a general sting allergy. So now it‘ s the full suit, hat, gloves, suit of armor, laser pistol, plexiglass riot shield and two epi pens in each side pocket! It’s hot, it’s uncomfortable and heavy but I can’t give up my bees! So just call me chicken little! I’ll use a couple old broomsticks to hold the sky up. Thanks for another great video! New subscriber here! Ps: I had a severe head injury 30 years ago so I learn coping skills with memory and concentration with EVERYTHING I do. My boxes are marked with arrows and the words ‘Top’/‘Bottom’. It’s a bit like with an Alzheimer’s patient except it’s consistent and predictable so coping skills work better.
Apple trees, black cherry, and plum are in full bloom. Bee's are going crazy on them. Love hearing them just humming away
Gosh what a great brood pattern!!!
Liked your glasses sitting on that hive next to the 1 you where working on. That was nice
I just enjoy your videos. I learn multiple things every time.
105k today. Good job hitting that 100. I have bees on the way and have watched a few of your videos. Thanks
Thanks for your time🐝
I love watching your videos. I learn something everytime🙂
14:15 thanks Dave, I'm new to beekeeping,. You are now my new Guru!
Awesome queen!
I just use the lid flat on the ground, lip up, to set my box on (a bit off set so no bees or possible queen cells) are smashed. No tipping, always available, box stays right side up, not in the grass, can stack subsequent boxes on are a few advantages
Thanks for sharing your mistake as well as the tips- we all make them!
My first time to ever view a beehive video, I will binge watch your videos this weekend 😂 I’m retired now and I live in the Deep South in Natchez, Ms and I have been wanting to do this for years, with some dedication and a great teacher like yourself I believe my journey will be a successful one, i hope 🤣🤣 Thanks for the great videos and the patience you bring 😎
Love your content, first year beekeeper here, learning as I go.
Thanks for the tip you rock. God bless y’all
This is a great channel thank you putting these videos together
Hey Dave. Thank you for such good information.
Thx David. I'm trying to learn to be a good bee keeper ...👍
Thank you for all you do. Very helpful.
Great super duper brood. What a queen!
Hey Dave, Thanks for all you do for us other beekeepers. It has just been one year since I started beekeeping from a swarm that came to my house and today I caught my first swarm so now I have 2 hives and soon to be 3. I even started to build my own boxes and frames, I have my own woodshop and the time to play. Great info for us beginners.
Well thank Thomas, you're a good man.
Dave, thanks for talking about the frame orientation. The first time I opened my hive, I set the box on its side as you suggested. Picked it up WRONG and two frames fell out. Fortunately, there was no comb or brood on those frames. The bees were still building out in the middle of the box.
I really appreciate the great info.
I learn so much from you. Thank you
Thank you for your videos! Subscribed! New Beekeeper from Dubai!
Thanks David!
Good job David !
13:31 Loved the content quality and light of your video!
Hey Dave, thanks for all your great videos. I guess you could call me a born-again beekeeper it’s been nearly 20 years since I had a hive. I have set up a new one this year and with your help and classes I should succeed.
Hey Carl, good to hear!
Thank you all, David!
Thank you for the video. OMG thats a good brood pattern. I thoroughly enjoyed what i saw.
Thanks David for this video. Love it.
Gosh that’s a good brood pattern!!
Thanks Dave
Learn something every video, thank you.
Thanks Kim
Gosh that’s a good brood pattern!
Clear information, Thank you!
Thanks for being so awesome with the giveaway of information
I learned something new. I did not know the queen does not mate with the drones in the colony. Makes sense.
Great stuff, David!
Thank you for all the tips!
That looks really beautiful dav
Gosh that’s good brood pattern. Videos are very helpful. Thx
Thanks
Hi there Dave. First timer from Jamaica. Enjoying your video.
thank you for so much good information. I see now why I get the comb connecting to other frames: Not pushing them tight together.
Thanks, for providing some valuable content again!
Glad you like them!
Thanks! I’m excited to learn!
Gosh that's a good brood pattern 😊
Hey David! Thank you for your videos! These are so valuable to us and especially ppl that are greenhorn newbies like me!
Thanks David for all the super tips!!! I signed up for your beginners class package and I am enjoying it immensely!!! You surely know BEES!! I found my unmarked queen using your tips in lesson…. It really was a great feeling!! Wanted to jump and shout but remembered to be in slow motion and no quick moves…I knew she was there because I am seeing new eggs and larva but to finally see her made my day of beekeeping extra sweet!!
Thank you so much!
David... Another Great Video ! 👍
Tip :
Newbie beekeepers sometimes also replace Frames and or Boxes Back to Front ! 😖
Tip :
What I do : ✔
1) I always mark New Frames with a Sharpie, saying 'Wired' ' Natural Comb only' or even my 'Intials' all at ONE END...
These are placed so Text is at the 'BACK' Wall of the Hive.... If text is near the Entrance, in a "Doh"! moment... You need to Change it to BACK Wall. Aka in the correct orientation re matching Wax Pattern, like fitting a jigsaw piece along side its correct neighbour. 👀 Simples ! 😎
2) Bees mainly add BROOD at the FRONT end position on a Frame, and Honey away from the Door ! (Especially on Frames in Horizontal Hives.)
Guess the Tower of Wooden Boxes, or a Horizontal Hive, replicates a "Tree Trunk" where Honey is away from, or way above the Nest, out of the reach of Bears in a Regular Hive, or a kind of "Felled Trèe" for H.H... Again Stores are mainly above, or at the Back of each Frame, and as far away from the Entrance, (My H.H has a Supering Area furthest away to the Right end in my DIY ex Log Box H.H !
Here in Scotland 🏴 we don't have Bears, but as the "UA-cam in OZ, called the Fat Bee Man," states, we all look like "Polar Bears" in our White Bee Suits ! 🤣
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Happy Beekeeping 2022.
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. My daughter and I live watching you.
That is awesome! Thank you guys for watching. I appreciate it.
Thanks Dave as always for another great video. I learn something new each time. Also, will get the word out to friends to like your channel. The goal of 100K is almost in reach! Thanks again. Kevin
I'm definitely gonna try this for first time
I'm binge watching your videos and have learned so much. Thank you.
I enjoy all your videos very educational
Thanks for the encouragement!
Thanks for all of the great tips. Getting ready to inspect after the queen has been released.
Love your videos! 🐝 🐝 🐝
Did my first walk away split with the nuc I purchased from you last year. Worked out quite nicely. Produced a queen that is black as night 😊
Great, this one in this video is dark!
Thank you for all of your helpful videos and tips.
Gosh that's a good brood patter 😅
You have great information. I have never had beetles or mites. I started with Italians April 2022. 2 hives. All great. 1 super gave me 26 lbs honey. Took them 2 months for 1 super full. Brood in deep hive filled. So happy. Then fall time to winterize in NC. Close to border of VA and I 95. Insulation and pollen patties water. Checked on warmer days and one day all bees gone. It was February. Both hives. They did not die because very little dead bees. I could only deduce they were cold and went elsewhere. I learned that I should have put solid bottom board on not screened. Also better to use that wrap in my area. Ok
So now year 2 and Russians. They are nuts. They are going to town
immediately. I have learned how to find my queen with no marking. I decided to try deep hive with feeder up top. Water with vitamins and other side lemon balm. I have plenty of bee flowers so don't need pollen patties until winter. My question is when should I add the super?
I have been watching your videos for almost a year. I have gotten your Honey be kind boars. I treated for mites in September and fed them all the way through fall and put the candy board on end of December and again end of January. Also, a satellite feeding area for a couple of warm days. The hive is thriving from a nuc I bought in June. Your videos have taught me a great deal and I bought your class on black Friday. I believe the feeding is the key. Thanks
Good news and thanks so much
Thank you...watched several videos today. Very good!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank You!
Gosh thatˋs a good brood pattern 😊
My first overwintered hive - started last year in Pennsylvania then moved to Michigan. my colony survived but post my mentor… listening to you really helps
Way to go Barbara, congratulations of winter survival and glad listening to me helps.
Your content is interesting but your bare-handed approach got me subscribed!
just did my first inspection of my first hive..what an intense feeling.They weren't eating any of my sugar water so I was concerned about that but frames are looking good.can't wait until next week
I'm laughing at yoir glasses sitting in your veil, waiting for up close viewing! 😂 I'm with your
I made a veil like yours what a big difference in seeing🐝🐝
Love the plastic visor in the hat. I struggle looking through the mesh.
Learning always learning, made a split and caught one swarm this week 👍🐝
Thanks, 1st year bee keeper. Linda Stacy
Thank you for your videos! I am new to beekeeping and eager for information.
Welcome to beekeeping and thank you for watching my channel. Do you visit our livestreams every Thur at 7pm central time? This would be another great learning opportunity for you as I answer beekeeping questions. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live
Good morning dave.
Great Video, thanks for passing on your knowledge.
My pleasure!
Thanks 😊
Thanks for all your hard work , has helped me SO much to learn rapidly
Much respect sir
Thank you for noticing the hard work that goes into this channel. My schedule is usually I film heavily one day, edit the next day, rinse and repeat. 😃 Mixed in there is writing scripts, researching topics, coming up with fresh content, traveling and speaking, livestreaming and much more. Thanks for watching.
I am learning a great deal. While I have assembled my hives newly arrived. I am now binge watching and reading to learn all I can before purchasing my bees. Thank you so much while I have been seeking a local mentor I have not been able to find one. So if you don’t mind you are it
Livestream will be great for you.
Gosh that’s a good brood pattern…..on both sides that’s a good brood pattern 😁🐝
Thanks David love all your videos ,new bee keeper from ohio
Another David!! Glad you enjoy the videos. Be sure and join me on Thursday nights at 7pm for my lifestreams where you can ask a question or hear answers I give to other people's questions. Here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live/
great stuff Dave. Today I binged on a bunch of your videos and got out to inspect the hive for the first time since I got my beees. Thanks for all the good stuff!
That is awesome!
Hey, thanks for the lesson
Thanks. A newbie here. We get our bees in June. Trying to gleen as much info as we can!
I’m so excited to try this you are very helpful. Thank you for your knowledge.
It's so fun, and I know you will enjoy it.
Thanks for all your help!
This is great advice
Been watching you for years. I was so impressed by what you did to your vail I had to try it. Waiting on the glue to dry and I'll send you a pic tomorrow! I'm very excited about using it! Oh, and I used the green drone frames and I just checked my first drawing out drone cells. Pearly white! Gotta love that. No beetles or mites.
Thanks for watching for years Dennis! I love my window veil and it is so easy to make yourself. Mine is alittle too high. I didn't think through how you look more down into the hive rather than straight out.
Thanks boss, you’re great
The clear view you added to your veil is such a great idea.
Thanks so much
Thanks 4 the video Enjoy learning from you
Glad you enjoyed it Brian
Thanks!!
Good looking brood:)
Thank you David for all your tips! I did my first inspection last week but after watching your video, I think missed a few things so I'll have to redo it. Thank you for helping me realize my beekeeping dream with your tips, and tricks of the trade:)
Gosh that's a good brood pattern! Love your videos! You and Sherry make an amazing team!
Thank you!
Appreciate all your videos and as a newbie beekeeper find all I have seen so helpful and informative!😊
So nice of you
Hi David
Very informative. I learn alot every time I watch your videos. Keep it up and thank you!
Hi Da ve, I'm a very new beekeeper, just got my packages about a week ago. I attended class last year but life got in the way and didn't get started until now. I am fortunate enough to have a mentor working with me. I do enjoy your videos. Very helpful and informative.
Gosh that’s a good Brood pattern lol❤
I like to work the hives with you here.. :-) well done
Thanks. I enjoy your videos. Very well made and informative