What We Found IN the Horizontal BeeHives Made me REALIZE I Should've Done THIS Sooner!
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- What We Found IN the Horizontal BeeHives Made me REALIZE I Should've Done THIS Sooner! Beehive inspection
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You need bee brush clean off the bees from under lid before closing the top
Al, instead of the giant board on top of the hive use individual slats that cover one frame that way you only open up the hive you need at one time. Also, expand the hive by 3 frames at least and never drop the honeycomb into the hive it brings other problems for the hive care just put it into a sealed box and eat it yourselves :D Bless you, I really hope your feeling better :D
I think it’s time to add some frames so they can expand and build honey storage frames. They need the room to build more comb for storing all the honey you cut off the top and placed in the bottom of the hive.
Thank you for bringing back. My time with my dad
Look again,there are about 10 extra,empty frames
But Al has an excluder panel between those empty frames so that the bee's cannot get to them.
@@jamesworth183 Oh. So wonder when he will harvest and remove excluder,?
@@jamesworth183 As Al said in video no more flowers therefore no more honey production!
Aw that Figaro is just way too adorable! 😍 hugs to that cute kitty cat 😊
Seeing Gina harvest the green beans this late in the season proves that they made the right decision to get the green house. Have a great weekend everyone.
A great book for all homesteaders to get is " Putting food by " came out sometime in the mid 1970s covers everything from canning, freezing and root cellars.
Love that avatar(sp?) Ken.
@@straubdavid9 found that knife blade in a cornfield below our house. I'm guessing that it could be over a thousand years old.
I was thinking the same.. .my poor beans are looong gone.
Ken Thorsen wow maybe used for cutting hay or grass back in the day? Would it have been attached to a wooden handle that maybe just disintegrated in the soil over time?
Our bees love apple cider vinegar...
The lane with the red carpet of leaves, is beautiful!
Reminds me of my childhood in Indiana, to cold up there for me now !!
if you want more air out of the bag for freezing you can put the bag under water with the opening above water
Yes! It works great. Any container deep enough (Dish pan, bowl, pot) Partially full of water, lower the zip lock bag into the water. The water pressure expels the air and molds the bag around the contours of the food. zip the bag shut and remove from the water. Easy peasy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the beautiful views of LA foliage. We usually go to Yosemite Village in October. It's 2hrs from our home, but a beautiful drive. With Covid we decided to stay home this year. We've been going for 55 years. Thank you again.
Al, your new mats you have put your hives could do with a wee rim to give the bees a gap over the frames so you don’t squash them when you put the mat on. Also a small hole in the mat so stragglers can get back in.
Where is your smoker to calm those bees? And they need more frames in reach to build more honey storage like @James Worth said. They will not go over to the empty frames if they are more than the width of two frames away. They need to be able to just step from one frame to the next.
Listen again at 21:30!
Good morning beautiful family Good morning to all of you who read this comment Peace Health and lots of life ... Here in Brazil it is already Saturday with a very hot sun a happy Saturday kisses, kisses, Hugs, Hugs, 👍👍👍👍
Awwww Gina’s Hive Tool is Pretty 💜 I’m glad you enjoyed the Honey as well! Happy Keeping Friends!
A smoker would have been handy to get the bees out of the way.
“Bees are more aggressive this time of year...”. Eh maybe do more research on beekeeping? I know it’s not your main thing. The way you went in there was really really aggressive and you didn’t use smoke. That was probably really stressful for the hive. I’d recommend University of Guelph Bee Keeping program on CZcams.
Is it normal to add sugar syrup at this time of year while their hive is full of honey and the hive will be shrinking down for winter? Also adding sugar while the hive has honey will lead to them storing sugar syrup and contaminated honey?
Curious because we wouldn’t do that here in Australia.
@@SufficientlyScott Are you always so "aggressive"? You might know something about bees but your interaction with humans sure needs work.
@@MrPaulviles At this time of year the nectar flow is ending here in the US. What we gauge is the amount of honey stored vs what is needed to get through the winter. Where I live that's about 70 lbs. I'm feeding 2-1 syrup, as much as they will take to fill the hive. When I get near first frost I have to stop because the bees won't be able to evaporate the moisture to store it as honey. The honey stored in the deep brood super and a medium will get the bees through winter. They always remain as "the hive". All "my" honey is removed so what ever sugar syrup stored will always be the bee's stores. Next year as nectar flows and they are storing "real" honey I will super up as needed to collect my honey and before the end of summer take it off and allow the bees to store their winter honey. Usually I don't supplement them with sugar syrup but this year this particular hive got a later start. Hope this helps explain us Yank bee keepers.
@Iron *Fe* Haha too funny. Can't believe you found a way to add Chuck Norris into a bee hive comment.😎
Thanks guys another great show, big shout out to Pluto and Tanner, and of course Figuero. From your fans here in the central Florida swamps, we love y'all, 👍👍💕🐾
You, Gina, and Olivia are amazingly industrious, just like the bees. And no matter what happens, your attitude stays up! Keep on buzzing! 🐝
Good Morning, I'm loving the fall colors it's one of the few things I miss from my old hometown in Michigan. I don't miss the freezing cold and the snow.
Take it you moved somewhere south where it's warmer. That's one thing we'd miss if we decided to follow in your footsteps. I'd miss the change of seasons - but I wouldn't miss the snow, slush, ice & cold.
My heart just melted when Al calls Gina "My Love" 8:00
Al, the bees need more frames to store their honey. You still have them in only a nuc size. Also never dump burr comb into the hive, it’ll encourage the bees to crosscomb.
There were more frames in the hive that hadn't been used. On the right hand sides.
Honey production has stopped as no more flowers!
@soniaspangenberg there’s a dividing board in the hive. They can’t get to those frames.
I don't know If you have taken any bee keeping classes there are some online that can help. But for the winter time a insulation divide board will help them maintain there heat in the cold weather. Your in Maine? And have to over wintered these Hives??
@@soniaspangenberg8557 There is a blocking panel on the side and the bees can't get to the empty panels.
I’m surprised you didn’t try a small piece of honey from each hive.
I thought the same thing. Just a small chunk from both hives they could taste the difference in the 2.
Love yr rock walls and the leaves. So calming.
Beth I was laughing at your comment, since it is evident you never picked rock. Back breaking work! Have a good one!
Good morning! Look at that beautiful fall foliage colors! Have a great day!
Goooood morning Al and family.
The shed/barn is looking great. You and Gina are doing a fantastic job!!
Good morning thanks
The bees have stung your gloves and suit and released pheromone smoking your gloves, suit, and hives will calm them down.
Loved vidoes of Figaro... such a cool 🐈 😻
Joining y'all around the homestead is so much fun... and watching Figaro managing His homestead.
He is definitely a unique 🐈 😻
Liked the look of that rice. A wind break on the windward side of the hives to shelter from most common prevailing winds. An insulation jacket for the hive. Crops in the greenhouse look great. I harvested all our apples and pears yesterday before the rain and frost. It started raining last night and has not stopped all day. Due to continue until 1900 tomorrow! All is safely gathered in 😀. Overwintering onions and garlic sets arrived yesterday, so next break in the weather I'll get them planted. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Regards Stephen.
Al, glad you got around to the bee hives. Try a smoker to calm the bees. Also before the lift goes back I would install some of those outdoor camera's on the sides of the building.
Listen again at 21:30!
I would recommend cutting the cover over the frames into sections so you don't have to uncover all the frames at the same time. It will keep the bees calmer and leave any of the frames you don't want to mess with completely undisturbed.
Watching you work your bees, takes me back 60 years. When I was 4, 5, and 6, watching my uncle Hobert works his bees. Thanks.
Good morning! Thank you for sharing your beautiful fall colors!
How awesome that you have the green house to still enjoy fresh vegetables in October in NH! That's great!
That greenhouse has truly been a blessing to you. I've heard that some people put fondant cake in the hive to feed the bees during winter. Dinner looked amazing! Blessings to all.
Amazing seeing all those bees swarming around you that would be like scuba diving and having to make sure you trust the equipment that you have on to keep you safe
Great to see you using horizontal hives. A much simpler way to do natural bee keeping. I'm in the process of building three Layen's horizontal hives. Getting my swarm traps ready for late winter early spring swarms.
Looks like you're doing well Al , love your family .
🐝🐝Rapid round feeder much better choice. Cut small round hole in cover board you just installed. Feeder can be refilled without exposing hive to all the cold 🥶. Much easier on 🐝🐝 bees and you!!
The bees look great. I was wondering how they were doing, and how much honey was in the hive. Bees are so important to our lives and our Earth. Glad you are doing better Al. All of you out there in Lumnah Land have a good weekend. Blessings to everyone!🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚😻😻😻😻😻😻👽👽👽👽👽💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🍏🍏🍏🍏🍏🍏🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇👹👹👹👹👹👹👹🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎💛💛💛💛💛🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂💜💜💜💜💜☠☠☠☠☠
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Dehydrating vegetables are just ok, I like canning vegetables better . To me there fresher. It’s more work so worth it. .Watching you with the bees is very interesting. Dinner looked Delicious.
After observing my buck and does (my buck runs with the does most of the time), I noticed it took several days of the does being in heat before they would actually stand for the buck.
My favorites, bees!! Love it, thank you for sharing. Love hearing them buzz around.
Gooood morning Lumnah Acres. Al, That was a hugh amount of angry bees around you. So Glad you and Gina didn't get stung. Whooooo. You could 👂 hear them loud all around you. Glad you didn't take the beesuit off. They would have gotten you. They thought you were going to take their honey. As you took all that honey from the top. At some point they realized you were adding sweet stuff for them, and you only relocated the top stuff. G-D was with you, as they didn't sting you right threw the suit, and didn't sneak in under. Thank G-D, as you have had enough drama this week, and didn't need a 2nd ER visit. G-D Bless and PLEASE Stay Safe.
I loved the "closed caption" description of the sound of the bees, "music"!
Happy to see the hives are doing well, hope you get a nice amount of honey this year. Your string beans (as we called them as children) were a delight to see, the greenhouse is great.
Beautiful hives. Thanks for the update on them.
Good morning from mid Michigan where the weather is similar to your area. I follow your schedule every morning and enjoy watching all your projects. Your skills are amazing.
Dave S.
Hi Dave. I'm from the middle of the mitten, too. Did you get the hail storm this past Wednesday?
Just reading the comments has shown me that raising bees is a huge task hat takes a lot of knowledge. I realize that you are still new to beekeeping and many people are more experienced. I admire all your efforts to be self sustaining and to show your viewers the efforts and joy that it gives you and your family. Keep up the great work as you become even more experienced and you can then show us how to be better stewards of our land and livestock’s, if any!
Nicely said
They have had bees before when Olivia was much younger.
The bees are so interesting, I love when you show them. Gina, that supper was looking so good!
Thanks guys.
I was glad to see that you put the board on top of the frames. I am going to make a suggestion that you cut the board cross ways into smaller sections. That way it will be easier to remove without disturbing the bees to much. Maybe in widths the size of 2 to 3 of the frames. You might find removing the large board difficult once the bees connect the board to the frames with their wax.
Wow, the fall leaves are so bright. So many purple colors. Interesting work with the bees. 💖🥀💖
AWE HA look at those bees!! My Dad had bees in West Texas and was always an event when it was time to get the delicious honey. The foliage is remarkable !!! You all make the most difficult jobs look easy!!!
God Bless Al, Gina, Olivia. You and Justin Rhodes make the best videos. Have a great weekend
Loving the Figaro bath. Bee time was interesting. O love the fall colors. Gina I've never seen frenchstyle green bean preparation before. It was easier than I thought. Thanks for the vicarious fall day video.
Amen
Love seeing the bees. They are doing so well. A beautiful family meal...💝
I love the sounds of fall on your homestead💕
I’m so happy to see the bees they are doing great and oh that honey 🤤love the extra footage of Figaro as well ❤️the green house looks amazing 🙏🏻stay blessed Lumnah family
The bees sure adjusted well and are doing what they do best! Make sure to leave hope in with the buck. Don't take her back and forth. Keep her over there for a few weeks.
Thank you for sharing your journey and God bless you and your family.
I just love watching your channel great content and a great family love you guys. Stay healthy!
Thanks Lumnah's! 👍😁
Wow, hives are doing great!
LOVED the colored leaves! We don't have that here in the south. Great video! Thank you both!
Glad you didn't get stung.
The greenhouse looks great, especially for the time of year.
I don't know if you've had that forecast rain, but it's been raining hard enough in my area of the UK for a flood warning to be issued until tomorrow morning. Luckily although there is a brook at the end of my garden, it always copes well, no matter how much rain we get.
Stay safe, everyone.
Gina I also make cheddar broccoli rice but I sauté Halibut or rockfish and olive oil and butter with salt pepper and garlic when it’s done I flake it up and add it to the broccoli cheese rice and put it in the oven with a little extra cheese on top till it’s brown and bubbly
Lovely autumn season 🍁🍁🍁🍂🍂
Gina, if you put the plastic bag in a quart measuring cup and open and fold it over it will be easier to fill and keeps the bag ziplock area clean.
We grow the jumbo sunflowers each year. In the cold winter we hang them just out of reach above the chickens in the coup. The chickens need to jump up to get a seed. This exercise in the winter helps to keep the chickens healthy and from freezing. Learned that from my granddad sixty years ago.....he was born in 1892
Gina ... I did my green beans like you did in the food processor and turned out great we love them. (I did blanch mine.)
If I ever get a plot of land I’m definitely putting a beehive on it. Bees feed the world.
The trees in the back ground are getting so beautiful.
My favorite channel. Have you showed how you harvest the honey yet? Very interesting. Thank you for all your efforts.
Good morning everyone. Have a blessed weekend.
Good m\Morning Al...Your weather is running much like we have for years in Eastern Maryland and Virginia. Fortunately, this year we are having unusual, but text-book seasonal temps (high 60's, low 70's and it feels great). Usually we have high 80 to low 90 degree temps until about the third week in October....with Autumn foliage not being real defined until the end of October. rainfall has been adequate this year....
Good morning. I was wondering how the bees were doing. Looks like they are doing well. Have a great weekend.
The Fall colors, walking in Crunchy leaves, A wonderful dinner. Fall is there for you! What projects do you have in Mind with the bees Wax? Gina, You freeze beans like I do. Bag them, freeze them. The aroma from the snap of the beans, heaven. I never get enough of Green beans. I love the decorations of corn stalks and pumpkins, but I am a fan of pumpkin bread, I would walk by a grab a few, but it is a long walk from Arkansas and back, haha! I cube, blanch and freeze all the pumpkin I can. I'd use some to flavor pancakes too! Barn build is fantastic! I am so impressed! Thankyou for sharing!
Ms. Gina must be in heaven with all the purple leaves falling leaving a carpet of color on the ground..
Gooooooooood mernin'!
Gooooooood morning
Glad to hear your hip is doing so well Al. I prayed so hRd for you. Answered prayers once again. 🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌Praise You LORD. !
Loved that Figaro moment. What a cutie pie. Thems whiskers are so long and white. They are LONG! He is a large boy for sure.
I have two Maine Coon mixes. They’re big too. But Figaros are longer than theirs.
My cats are 18 lbs each.
Your garden is SO BEAUTIFUL. Everything is perfect in that green house. Loved everything. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. Yummy.
Your bees were buzzing in the microphone. Made me laugh. They had something to say too.
We have hot days in the 90’s. Ready for some cool days. And no smoke in the air.
I’m Northern California. They’re getting close to getting the fires out. Poor firefighters and people who have lost their homes and livelihood in Napa. 😢
Thanks for you’re awesome show. Love you all. ❤️
So happy to see that your are doing well after you've been NAILED. Thank God it was where it was. Many blessings to you All.
It seems , Should give them empty frames for them to build on and fill rather than try to prevent them from building up maybe ...
Exactly. I've watched that on some bee keeping channels, too.
They seem to be overloaded, that's why they keep going to the top and the bottom.
From what i've seen, i would say they should mix new empty frames, between the old full ones, like "new+old+new+old+new+old+new".... leaving new ones on both ends.
But i'm not a bee keeper or a pro, so... i would recommend some reading or pro channels watching..
@@scochat yep , seems logical
everything looks good . Love the bees
That Equipment-Shed/Barn looks great! ❤️❤️.
You only have to do the Soffit trim with the scaffolding or ladder! 👍
Did You ever find time to get the last piece of soffit trim on rear gable of last years barn?
Good morning Lumnah family ☕️ BEEcareful...chill 50 degrees this morning from Philadelphia, have a blessed day
Morning Al, Hope your are doing better, take care, and Mr. figaro looks like he enjoy his time.
I love watching Figaro and off course all the goats and chickens. Bees are fascinating creatures too. 👍❤
Hi..... AL and Gina and Olivia nice to see you all. On 5th October Monday my first baby girl birthday and I both are on the same day father and daughter , thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👨👩👧👸👕👓🐩🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🌱🐐🏡🎥👍👍👍
Pienuniek is right, dinner looked yummy and good timing getting the roof on! Be happy all...
Thanks for the video. Those bees are doing good. Isn't it just about time to be getting after the pigs? Greenhouse is doing great that was a good investment in your family farm. Can't wait to see you processing that honey.
Thanks again enjoy your days.
Figaro's whiskers are magnificent!!
Enjoyed seeing the bees! And those chickens are beautiful!
Good mauhnin Lumnah Acres! Busy, busy. Always busy! Take care!
Good morning! Happy to see you checking your bee hives today :) I had a question...with your hives so compacted inside, why not place some empty frames between the loaded frames so there is more room for brood to be separated from honey production? Will you be opening up more room for your hives to expand? And, have you ever tried one of those horse haired bee brushes? I just loved mine back when we had bees, they are so easy to use and gentle to brush away the ladies so fewer get crushed. I am sure your bees would LOVE to have access to your amazing high tunnel green house! Miss Hope is larger on that one side because tgat's where one of her stomachs is located. Some goats have trouble getting pregnant if they are too fat around their ovaries. Your farm is so beautifully maintained, it is a joy to watch it grow.
You could build a mini barn for the bee hives to go in during winter, it would stop them getting buried in snow!
Gina those green beans looks Amazing!
Noticed a lit of comments on lack of a smoker, use one it will help calm them. Top cover on your hives will help with not disturbing the rest of the hive. Feeding bees with a one to one sugar water not to much sugar. And don’t put the burr comb in your hive take back it
To the house. Dr. Leo’s website you made one of his hives. Check it out. And BTW your not lazy. 😀
Listen again at 21:30!
Good day on the homestead.👍🙏🏼❤️
This is just more assurance that you made the right decision building the greenhouse. Hope your bees do well in the long winter you have.
Off Grid with Doug & Stacy is a homesteading channel out of Missouri. They have several videos with an expert of horizontal hives like yours helping them get wild bees established in Doug's hives, how and when to expand, checking on hive health, etc. If you haven't already, you should check those out and his recommended books. My impression was that your bees need more bars, but I wouldn't take my word for it so why should you?
On another note - have you thought about harvesting rainwater from your barns' rooves?
We know Figaro doesn't like riding in the car to the vet, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't like riding around the farm on the mule if you invited him aboard.
Gina, I’m impressed with your cooking: something different every day. No plans to replace the ducks? Al, you easily lift those giant water jugs, but still take care. Thank you for sharing.
I miss the ducks chatter in the morning...🦆🦆
Dale Lewis me too 😢
Ducks migrate seasonally. I think those were wild ducks. Maybe they will be back in the Spring.
@@dalelewis1016 I miss the ducks, too.
Y’all are amazing
Gina,
Blanch the green beans in boiling water for about 5 min,
Dip in cold water for 5 min, dry, then shreds and freeze.
This keeps your color and flavor container.
Gooood morning, Al and Gina
Goooooood morning