@Poffpoffpass they dont pick a queen,,when queen gets old,, or innjured and shee cant reproduce,the workers start feedinng new egs with a bee milk,they start to develope in to new queens,then when they are born,the strongest one takes over the colonie,and if the old queen is still alive,they kill it,
Trying to watch this video was very frustrating as the music was intrusive and it wasn't obvious when or if a person was going to start speaking.
A good rule for making training videos is Tell the audience what they're going to see, Show them the subject and Tell them what they just saw by way of summary. The wipes were awful and got in the way of seeing what the video was showing. Try freeze framing key visuals. Like the Queen Box. Good luck with future videos
Yeah, you can do it for as low as $150... That is about $100 for hive equipment and $50 to buy some bees.
That's really all you need. There are a ton of extras though that can cost hundreds more. If you want honey, you need and extractor. If you want optimal hive performance and prevention of mites and Foul Brood and other diseases you will have to pay much more for that.
Don't worry bout that stuff though. Just get started, you can catch on to the rest later.
I love bees too watch out for wasps and hornets they seem to love wiping out bees if only a bee could sting without dying not fair i'll always help a bee if its in trouble
What is the sugar water for? Is that just to get the bees started? I thought the bees ate their honey for food. My understanding was that some of the honey is left behind when the beekeeper removes the honey so the bees can eat.
They need feeding in the start, as they have no honey yet. Later on you may choose between letting them keep more honey or substitute larger parts with sugar.
Excellent video! I'm doing 3 colonies today--first timer here. I read the book, and watched the video so to speak. I will refer to your video again just prior to the installation. Thank you for posting, and great job AAA+++
The hive that stung the possum (see my video response) is quite weak. I HOPE they didn't sting their queen to death when their alarm pheromone was triggered. The state extension agent was on my phone within 20 minutes of my posting the video to be sure I didn't get an Africanized colony!
So, can I move some frames with brood and nurse bees from the strong hive to the weak hive? Obviously I need to be careful not to move the queen as well!
That is a very interesting adventure. A couple of things come to mind depending on the strength of a colony. First, is it worth trying to save or should it be merged with another colony? As long as you still have the queen and given the fact we are still early in the year the colony should recover with some help. Second, your idea about moving some brood from a stronger colony will help, but as long as the queen is still alive, you may want to focus on moving bees more than brood.
I guess the most important thing is to make sure the queen is still alive. If you can't find her, look for the presence of newly laid eggs (smaller than rice and stand straight up in cell) which indicates she is likely still in the hive. If you have no queen, I think I'd write the package off as a wildlife loss and combine it with another colony. I know I hate to give up on a new package, given the fact you just spent good money on the package, but it usually the best course of action. Good Luck
I am getting my 3 lb package today. So you install the bee's on top of the frames? That is different way that I have been taught. Looks easier! If I go with your method from what I see: 1. Get feeder placed 2. lay queen cage to top of frames 3. Pour bees on top 4. Place newspaper to keep bees from making comb 5. Close top Q: do you still install a top board? Am I missing any steps? Thanks for the post
I think you have it. Just be sure the queen cage is placed over the space between frames to allow the workers access to the queen (not directly over the frame). I keep the inner cover with the telescoping outer cover over (not under) the feeder at least until the queen is freed, but usually until the bees are finished feeding. Hope that helps and if you have any other questions, just let me know. Happy to help however I can. Good Luck!
Great! Keep us posted on how you make out. Not puncturing the candy shouldn't be a big deal. If she is still in there in a couple days you can just open the cage the same way we do on the video. Good Luck!
Where did you get those feeders? I have similar ones I use to water our chickens, but the bottom trough is wider and I am afraid most of the bees would end up drowning. I've looked around on the internet, but can't find the narrow trough type you are using. Thanks.
Try looking for a quail feeder. They are slightly smaller than a chicken feeder and seem to work pretty well. If you strike out looking for them, just let me know and I can get you more information.
Yep, if you watch close you'll see the beekeeper is actually stung installing the package. Once you're comfortably with the bees and not afraid of a sting or two, it is actually better for the bees health to work without gloves. Thanks for the comment.
Is it also possible to harvest royal jelly from a hive like this one?
DarkSeaFriend 6 months ago
black pepper :D
BladeOfForsaken 9 months ago
I like the way you made the clip, it,s with movie maker I spose. How did you get the picture in the beginning to go into the intro. :)
workwithnature 1 year ago
Great video. To learn more about bee keeping I would recommend this site:
the-goodlife.info
gemmy207 1 year ago
How and when do workers pick a queen, when the old one dies? Do they select a female at random?
Poffpoffpass 1 year ago
@Poffpoffpass they dont pick a queen,,when queen gets old,, or innjured and shee cant reproduce,the workers start feedinng new egs with a bee milk,they start to develope in to new queens,then when they are born,the strongest one takes over the colonie,and if the old queen is still alive,they kill it,
dardandema 1 year ago
very cool! I will soon, i hope to have my own hive soon.
Starwasp 1 year ago
holy crap he orderd alot of bees
grabiod44 1 year ago
Trying to watch this video was very frustrating as the music was intrusive and it wasn't obvious when or if a person was going to start speaking.
A good rule for making training videos is Tell the audience what they're going to see, Show them the subject and Tell them what they just saw by way of summary. The wipes were awful and got in the way of seeing what the video was showing. Try freeze framing key visuals. Like the Queen Box. Good luck with future videos
yetanotheraccount2re 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me the approximate cost to get started in this hobby?
JunkMan16 2 years ago
Yeah, you can do it for as low as $150... That is about $100 for hive equipment and $50 to buy some bees.
That's really all you need. There are a ton of extras though that can cost hundreds more. If you want honey, you need and extractor. If you want optimal hive performance and prevention of mites and Foul Brood and other diseases you will have to pay much more for that.
Don't worry bout that stuff though. Just get started, you can catch on to the rest later.
DingleB3 2 years ago
I want to learn how to do this so i can supply my own honey for meadmaking
SaintLiam78 2 years ago
I love bees too watch out for wasps and hornets they seem to love wiping out bees if only a bee could sting without dying not fair i'll always help a bee if its in trouble
demonicnature 2 years ago
Actually when bees sting other insects they dont lose their stingers and die, that only happens when they sting animals.
upyoursassmonkey 2 years ago
What is the sugar water for? Is that just to get the bees started? I thought the bees ate their honey for food. My understanding was that some of the honey is left behind when the beekeeper removes the honey so the bees can eat.
onebrandofdemocracy 2 years ago
They need feeding in the start, as they have no honey yet. Later on you may choose between letting them keep more honey or substitute larger parts with sugar.
Duboisi 2 years ago
Thanks.
onebrandofdemocracy 2 years ago
Are you doing that with your BARE HANDS???? Are you nuts???
bagpiper2005 2 years ago
I do this also
I am 18 years old
And frankly, I take lessons from
Because they are very active and Tdbn
I love bees
We have brought a single cell
Before age
We did not know nothing about it
But now we know a lot
And many other
emarat92 2 years ago
no, he's a beekeeper.
Eynigma 2 years ago
dude bees are not vicious
dirtybird2212 2 years ago
correction. Bees are not ALWAYS vicious (unless Africanized, in which case. RUN LIKE HELL)
Deathrune456 1 year ago
@Deathrune456 U MEAN NEGRO BEES
dardandema 1 year ago
You install those bees so easly
Tickets825164 2 years ago
wow amazing video and nice music
williamthebike 3 years ago 2
Awesome video! Do u sell comb honey?
bvtbee 3 years ago
The person featured in the video runs 100-200 colonies and takes great pride in his comb honey.
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
@bvtbee IS IT TRUE THAT NEGRO BEES ARE THE MOST UNPRODUCTIVE BEES IN THE WORLD, I MEAN THE AFRICAN BEES
dardandema 1 year ago
@dardandema
I'm a beekeeper, and yes, negro bees are the most unproductive AND violent bees on the planet.
tradernorton05 1 year ago
@tradernorton05 im glad we share the same interest im a bee keeper to, beekeeping has been in our family for more than 200 years
dardandema 1 year ago
Excellent video! I'm doing 3 colonies today--first timer here. I read the book, and watched the video so to speak. I will refer to your video again just prior to the installation. Thank you for posting, and great job AAA+++
accountabilabuddy1 3 years ago
Hi,
The hive that stung the possum (see my video response) is quite weak. I HOPE they didn't sting their queen to death when their alarm pheromone was triggered. The state extension agent was on my phone within 20 minutes of my posting the video to be sure I didn't get an Africanized colony!
So, can I move some frames with brood and nurse bees from the strong hive to the weak hive? Obviously I need to be careful not to move the queen as well!
Thanks,
RP
rpalmeri 3 years ago
That is a very interesting adventure. A couple of things come to mind depending on the strength of a colony. First, is it worth trying to save or should it be merged with another colony? As long as you still have the queen and given the fact we are still early in the year the colony should recover with some help. Second, your idea about moving some brood from a stronger colony will help, but as long as the queen is still alive, you may want to focus on moving bees more than brood.
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
I guess the most important thing is to make sure the queen is still alive. If you can't find her, look for the presence of newly laid eggs (smaller than rice and stand straight up in cell) which indicates she is likely still in the hive. If you have no queen, I think I'd write the package off as a wildlife loss and combine it with another colony. I know I hate to give up on a new package, given the fact you just spent good money on the package, but it usually the best course of action. Good Luck
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
kleinmattahorn 3 years ago
I think you have it. Just be sure the queen cage is placed over the space between frames to allow the workers access to the queen (not directly over the frame). I keep the inner cover with the telescoping outer cover over (not under) the feeder at least until the queen is freed, but usually until the bees are finished feeding. Hope that helps and if you have any other questions, just let me know. Happy to help however I can. Good Luck!
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
Thanks for the video. I put my bees in today, AFTER I saw your video. Looks like I got it right!
I didn't puncture the queen candy, so we'll see if the queen is out in a few days!
rpalmeri 3 years ago
Great! Keep us posted on how you make out. Not puncturing the candy shouldn't be a big deal. If she is still in there in a couple days you can just open the cage the same way we do on the video. Good Luck!
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
Where did you get those feeders? I have similar ones I use to water our chickens, but the bottom trough is wider and I am afraid most of the bees would end up drowning. I've looked around on the internet, but can't find the narrow trough type you are using. Thanks.
TundraBuilder 3 years ago
Try looking for a quail feeder. They are slightly smaller than a chicken feeder and seem to work pretty well. If you strike out looking for them, just let me know and I can get you more information.
PSUPhoenix 3 years ago
Yep, if you watch close you'll see the beekeeper is actually stung installing the package. Once you're comfortably with the bees and not afraid of a sting or two, it is actually better for the bees health to work without gloves. Thanks for the comment.
PSUPhoenix 4 years ago
you can actually do all that with your bare hands?
pyramidhead138 4 years ago