The Best Way to Set Up a Bee Hive

[ScopedOUT2]

how much honey can 8 frames of honey in a ten frame box produce each month?

[501177kd]

I love your gentle way and confident teaching manor! Too bad the video clarity was fuzzy.

[Twostones00]

cool.

[TheBeeman410]

@purple,

You keep feeding until they have atleast half (6-7 frames) drawn out with comb. At that point you can stop feeding and add a super.

[TheBeeman410]

Great video!

I setup my hives pretty much the same way except I just sit the queen cage on top of the package...

[arthursausage]

One of the better videos. :)

[arbonac]

That was a very good video. Thanks.

[xXpurplenurple007Xx]

So do we need to feed the bees after the syrup runs out or will they get there own nector/honey?

[todddoom]

I came home from work today to find out about a million honey bees swarmed and are staying under 1 of our back porch chairs. There are honey bees in a tree very near our house. I am going to try and find some drawers to get the bees to move to tomorrow. We love the bees anybody that has some advice, advice will be welcome. Once it is daylight again we will have photos. Right now, a million bees on our back porch.

[simons56201]

Awesome!!!!



[Conker32192]

and instead of giving them sugar water can you just simply give them honey to eat since they eat that in the winter? i know sugar water is less expensive i was just wondering

[Conker32192]

i do like this video it is by far the best and he made it look very easy

[waterfordjim]

I am working on a scene in a horror movie where a hive of angry bees is shoved right up an unsuspecting B U T T H O L E . . . . -I hope that it creates NIGHTMARES. :-)

[rwilkin16581]

I agree, great video and instruction it is hard to give a presentation like that espeacially when everyone on the internet has something to say. I have seen about 15 videos on starting a hive and most were good some terrible and two that are great. The other intructor kept saying "This is how I do it there are several other ways and I will hear about them I'm sure" Thanks again I will start mine this month.

[Bigtwinok]

What kind of foundation do you use?

[Blgtn43]

How close does the water supply have to be?

[Classicalguitarist22]

Those guys sure are fruits. Try some paint. It works great on all of my hives. 48K of bees is not many. A single hive can have over 20K with a good queen. Also bees like sun in the morning and shade after noon.

[pkddixie99]

Do you leave the syrum can overnight or just let it drain and put the telescoping cover on? Also how long do you give them a quart a day till you want to give them more? and final question is when do they begin to fly around and collect thier own food from trees and flowers?

[SinnKanos]

Using this video as a guide, I installed two 3lb pkgs last Tue 5-24-71. This is a great way to install bees, it is gentle to them and "easy". My 10 year old daughter helped. Fruit Guys, thanks for this video.

[SinnKanos]

Using this video as a guide, I installed two 3lb pkgs last Tue 5-24-71. This is a great way to install bees, it is gentle to them and "easy". My 10 year old daughter helped. Fruit Guys, thanks for this video.

[fallfrukt]

very helpful; thank you!

[grahamlong]

Great video, many thanks!

[adm491]

Awesome!!

[tferrem]

WOW you did a great job with this. The way you put the bees into the hive was a new one for me, I had never seen it done this way before. But how long do you leave the nuke box in the hive before you remove it?

[tofty21]

this is fantastic; thanks for sharing. I would love to keep bees someday.

[boxa888]

@tofty21 Its soo easy!!!! make sure to add the additional boxes and then the honey supers. were going to do a 3 stack of the larger boxes because it seems the bees will have alot more room to store honey and survive the winter, because last yr our bees starved from running out of food. will post videos to see if it works, it should, but the classes always told us 2 large boxes but so far we have had trouble because of the winters where we live. we will see. i hope u do and help save the bees! :)

[robkimmell]

Great video, especially for beginning beekeepers. I like the information Doug provides and the way he handles bees.

[calvinrocks92]

hey i was wondering how soon do you add more supers after you put the bees in the hive?

[bored19822000]

Thanks for posting! I was thinking about buying a hive already set up from a beekeeper that I work with and he was going to show me the "ropes". After seeing this video I may have just changed my mind and give it a go on my own. Thank for sharing your knowledge.

[sl13525]

Will you please explain hive body reversal? you can email me at ana4841@feelings.com thanks

[KITESWJS]

Thank you for posting this incredibly informative video. This was so helpful to a aspiring new beekeeper

[mikecat23]

Really good vid well done . In Ireland and getting me a few bees soon .Funny thing is I have diabetes but the family will get the benefits. Just reading it maybe ok for me too will look into it a bit more

[mikecat23]

Really good vid well done . In Ireland and getting me a few bees soon .Funny thing is I have diabetes but the family will get the benefits.

[TheJerryRN]

Very nice job. Would have been perfect other than the background conversation drowning out your voice towards the end

[picapop12345]

This is the best I ever seen on installing bees.

[nachotolu]

oye disculpa cuando tienes las abejas enjauladas como las alimentas ...



[Kamfrenchie]

what if i don't plan to harvest the honey and just want to help the bees?

[seafret]

Thank you for explaining that procedure :~)

[finding0]

i love honey

[Normanskie]

Really good video but would like to see information of why you are keeping the queen seperate at first and why you are using a marshmellow as a plug.

[SparkysTunes]

@Normanskie they use the marshmallow as a plug so the bees can eat through it to let the queen out later.

[rickvanman]

This was very interesting - thanks for sharing.

[403766]

Can you keep bees where it rains quite a bit like Souh Wales anyone ta?

[sonicthebadger]

@403766 Yes of course, bees live almost everywhere. My grandfather used to keep bees on the South Wexford coast, just across the water from you. Strong winds make it a poor habitat for bees but he still got more honey than he could give away every year. He kept them to pollinate crops mainly but took advantage of the surplus honey too. European honey bees are pretty friendly too.

[403766]

@sonicthebadger

Ahh nice thanks mate.

[gemmy207]

Good video on how to set up a beehive.

If anyone is interested in learning more about beekeeping, then i recommend you have a look at this site:

the-goodlife.info

[Xiolar0eu]

Do you need permissions of the authorities to set up a beehive? I love bees, they are peaceful even if you are close to them.

[fruitguys]

@Xiolar0eu Doug of BeeKind says: "Restrictions vary from city to city. From none in ag areas to totally prohibited in big cities. Enforcement is complaint driven. They might ask you to move the bees. Depends how scared people are of honeybees."

Hope this helps!

The FruitGuys

[Demonlord275]

@Xiolar0eu yeah, honeybees are. other bees are aggressive if near their nest

[longliverocknroll5]

best beekeeping video of a hive set up using proper termanology.....good job from a canadian beekeeper

[ZMonster06]

Will you be doing a harvesting video this year?

[hasdrubal121]

Good clear vid, well explained and concise.Thanks for sharing with us all.Keep up the good work

[hydro4life123]

Awesome vid guys! I keep orchard mason bees, but I've been interested in honey bees. Thanks for the info!

[3DHealth]

Thanks for sharing your expertise. I learned so much just from one video. I teach self-reliance classes and the next step of my own self-reliance progression is to raise honey. I use 3/4 cup of honey in my whole wheat bread once a week. How many hives would I have to set up to keep up with that?

Tere Foster

3DHealth.Net

[Frankenpalin]

excellent video

[shortattentionspan1]

Yes I agree ,,, the method you use to get the bees from the container to the hive is the most quiet and least stressful on the bees, and I assume the bees eat through the marshmallow, not the queen eat the marshmallow?

[masterofhounds]

great video. after seeing this I'm going to take a class at this guys shop for sure, I just loved his mellow teaching style. thanks!

[robbieYAHU]

thanx for sharing this wonderfull knowledge....the makers of "God's sugar" we are so lost without bees!!!

may Yahweh bless you and your beloveds!

peace4peace

p.s how does the queen get past the marshmallow plug?? eat it? how long does that take?

thanx once again

[timeorspace]

Thank you, this was a very well produced video, I'm starting my very first hive today, and appreciate knowing little details like when to check, feed, and see larvae!

[Grillzor]

Thanks for the video! I assume Honey Bees don't have stingers.

[Indynoplace]

great tune up for the new beekeeper

[BEEBEE159]

I would like to start my own bee hive. I have one question, though. Will the bee population grow out of control? I want to have maybe two bee hives; but I don't want millions of bees sworming everywhere on my property.

It appears from your video that the bees produce a lot of babies. Will they self-regulate their population based on how big the hive setup is? Or will they start finding other places to hide on my property?

I would appreciate your advice.

[mic38071]

Great and informative. Thank you for posting this.

[magprob]

Very Clean. This is the first time I have seen anyone put the package in the hive. That's the way to do it.

[adaseodotcom]

Fantastic Demystifying Video! Thanks ;-)

[armanflint]

This is one of the cleanest bee installations I have seen on the net... It makes great sense for the bottom screen and other ventilation/installation bits. In other videos people are banging the shipping box around to get the bees out of the container. Placing it in the hive makes more sense and is probably less stressful on the bees.

Kudos, you rock! 5*

[Eduitorg]

@armanflint I agree... I love the fact he just puts them in the box and doesnt bash them out! Which seems a bit traumatic to me :) I am in Japan and interested in setting up a hive... there is a lot of Soba that grows around me and looking for mentorship if anyone know JP bee keepers that speak english Id love an intro... me@mtrout.com

[table9876]

Handling bees without no hood, no gloves... very brave!

[blaster263]

thanks ,,,,,, for your info. shers us.

[rickhoran61]

thanx for the information. is it wise to mark the queen while you have her contained? or should one wait until later.

[woodworkingpaul]

VERY informative! Thanks. Ignore the dumb ass saying negitive things. Good Job, Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[collingwoodfc2000]

losers.....when will you people learn.

bees will not turn up to your funeral or be there when your down and out they just use you for your hives and leave cancerous honey that is slowly killing you ................

[jlhappytoes]

@collingwoodfc2000

why is so much anger.you need to change your diet.maybe you need to start drinking pectin with honey. this would change your attitude to a more calm and positive one. peace bee with you. lol

I happen to like his video and i also have honey bees in my yard.

[kgibsonable]

Nice job...very informative. I like the fact that you place the bee package in the hive....much easier on the bees and the beek.

[collingwoodfc2000]

this is clearly not the best way to set up a beehive as it says in the title...im sick of being led down dead end street by you ignorant bee people when will you learn your ways are killing the world...assholes

[collingwoodfc2000]

bees should be erraticated they are the reason for the global economic cricis they are killing all the wheat crops in africa

[chaz706]

You moron, honeybees pollenate half the world's food crops.

You take them out and half the world's food is gone.

[green2lean]

@chaz706, you can make your point without calling someone a moron.

[LesMuise]

@chaz706 including honey :'(

[itsumonihon]

@collingwoodfc2000 lol at your fucking stupidity. i see your brain developed about half as quickly as your body did. if you're really 24 you've got a lot of catching up to do dumbass

[stonewow101]

wow this is a realy good video

[sifer37]

we just had a bee hive removed from our property and david the bee man collected about close to 100 pounds of honey and bees. I was gonna just kill off the bees and nest but figured it would be better to just have them relocated to a bee farm.

[ezezez3]

INCREDIBLE. Thank you.

[fotohogger]

Well done!

[purdie33333]

EXCELLENT ! Truely the best way to install a package of bees. What i like about the way you did this, is your not dumping any dead bees in the hive. We always get a bunch of dead bees in our shipments. Awesome video ! Would like to see some more of your ideas on bee keeping

Brian in New York

[joemc111]

By the way great job on the video.

Joe in Florida

[joemc111]

Now let tell you my idea, Maybe someone has done this already. I think it would be neat to keep bees in your house with a glass to look in. My idea is to have a 2 inch pipe leading outside so the bees can come and go. On this pipe you would need 2 ball valves and a union in between the valves. Now you as the bee keeper would go into a house to service the hive by shutting off the valves and taking to union apart. So anyone could have bees.

[julzbo]

@joemc111 google: observation hive

[williamthebike]

When do you put on the supers? an when there is only the brood box on what stops the bees from producing honey in those frames, or do you put on the supers once the broods are completely covered in comb?

cheers will

[kleinmattahorn]

Nice Touch! I am an amateur keeper in NJ. I am interested in those solid end boards! I am having a bit of a challenge keeping those girls warm over our east coast winters. Where do you buy those end boards??

[Benwoodruff]

Thank you so much for the video. I will watch your others. I am wanting to start beekeeping either this spring (after tax season - I am an accountant) or starting next year.

[rnarks]

you did a very good presentation of how to move the bees from the transportation box. Others show banging the bees to get them out of the box that they will leave by them selves. also the removable end boards will help you inspect the colony. Thank You R.Nark

[rnarks]

You have done a very nice job of presenting how to start the colony. Your technique of putting the transportation box in the brood chamber is very good in the fact that you are not injuring the bees in trying to get them out of the shipping box.removable end boards lets you inspect your hive with out setting brood frames outside box..Have raised bees for many years but gave up on them because of the killer bee problem, had roof top hives in Los Angeles. Keep up the good work, thank you R.Nark

[Sprauge99]

That guy forgot to say you must put a "Queen Excluder" between the "Brood Chamber" and the box he then put above it which is called the "Food Chamber",if not the "Queen will contiue to lay "Egg's" in there also. HEHEHE. :-)

[poprocz]

I think it was more to help pollinate the organic farm as to make honey.

Just a guess.

[WritingForYourWealth]

Glad to find this nice walk-through. I want to start my first hive this year. :)

[PianoPopular]

nice! well explained. can you please tell me what is the dark material covering the "roof"?

[hivetool22]

the hive top is a telescoping cover that keeps water from entering. the covering is aluminum.

[PianoPopular]

thanks

[gopherbar]

Hey Doug you sound like your from England, did you move to the USA then to start your bee company?

[hivetool22]

no, born and raised in calif.

[lonewulf44]

Thanks for posting ... very good. Starting a couple hobby hives myself this spring. Any tips?

[lurdk]

I was interested in starting my own hobby hives as well. Unfortunately, finding the space to have these is a bit of an issue.

[hivetool22]

there are a lot of hives in city and urban areas as the bees will fly two miles or so. rooftops are an option but acess is a problem

[hivetool22]

getting your package bees later rather than sooner makes for a better mated queen. I like the end of april to start

[docrw]

Fruitguys, this is your best video. That beekeeper explains things very well. Think about doing more of them...

docrw

[MacPharlain666]

The hives are too close together.