Real Time Hive Inspection

New beekeepers might benefit from watching a full hive inspection from start to finish. (It's more-or-less in real time.)
Throughout the video, I talk about a lot more than what shows up in the chapter breaks. This particular inspection doesn't demonstrate every single thing that could happen during a hive inspection or what to look for, but most hive inspection are not textbook anyway. There's always something to learn, some little critical detail to be noticed by watching, something that doesn't show up in textbooks or general workshops.
These types of videos don't get the thousands of views (and millions of views for one of my videos) like I used to, but I personally value this kind of slow long-form video more. It's not quick with slick editing and shooting. It's as close as I can bring new beekeepers to my beeyard to see what it's really like to dig into a beehive in real time. It's not just the normal highlights reel that tends to perpetuate the myths of beekeeping by glossing over the dirt and the sweat and heavy lifting.
00:00 - Grease Monkey gloves.
01:05 - Inspection plan.
04:08 - Opening the hive.
05:55 - Pulling first frames (fresh brood).
07:55 - Dig into your hives as much possible (sue me).
08:55 - The second box.
14:15 - Commercial foundation results in unnatural numbers of workers.
15:10 - The third box.
17:05 - More capped brood.
18:25 - Don't provide more space than they need.
19:20 - The bottom box (4th box).
20:00 - No ugly slugs.
20:10 - Not reversing the hive.
20:50 - Brittle comb.
21:20 - Do not "let the bees be bees."
22:25 - Hive back together.
25:25 - Ventilated jacket needs wind to work.
25:55 - Summary of hive.
27:00 - Hard insulation over inner cover.
27:40 - The condensing hive configuration.
28:15 - Smoker with wood pellets.
28:40 - Sweaty gloves but fine.
30:05 - Queen cage (for marking queens).
30:30 - Something going on crows.
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[@fishbulbnation]

This was excellent - thank you!

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

There are very few videos on pollen trapping. Probably less than a dozen.