I remember the pint jar with comb in the honey. Have had several people ask if and when I go to beekeeping to produce that. Never kept are handled bees. Been around them all my life. Played with them since my birth 1961. Always been fascinated by them. Got tickled at an earlier CZcams. The dude said: "You can read and study bees all your life on what bees suppose to do. Than they do what bees want to do! I got tickled!
Happy Independence Day! Looks like USMC on your coffee cup. If that's for prior service, thank you for your service! I enjoyed the chat, btw. I haven't watched the news in years. Being a military wife, I was taught long ago that it's better not to watch if you have a service member deployed. I was refreshed not having the constant negative, so I never took it up again. I'd rather watch my bees be bees, my goats be goats, etc. They behave the way God intended without panic, hatred, or confusion. Regardless of the season, they just do what they are meant to do & it's peaceful to watch.
Good Morning Dave ; I really enjoy your video's My third year of trying to have bees 1st year I bought the hive boxes, couldn't find the bees. 2nd year found package bees. they all died within 1 month. Year 3 I bought #2- 5 frame Nuc boxes & they are really doing great. Now my challenge is to see if I can get them through winter.
The important of winter survival is proper nutrition, not just sugar water. Heavy feeding in the fall to build up bees of winter physiology that live 4-6 months with the right mixture of food.
I think a Perfect 50,000 subscriber give away would be one of your mentor ships. Thanks for producing these videos , you are easy to listen to and you knowledge of bees and bee keeping is phenomenal !!!!!!!
If you use a grinder on the back side of the hook to make it more narrow...it fits better between the frames in the outer slot. Perhaps someday I'll show up and show u mine so u can see. The flow this year is very strong. I've got hives working on sixth and seventh supers. Water white too. It's a clover year.
Hey David, a cool thing that would be quite cool to do for 50k subs would be to build some sort of mega-hive, made of 2-4 normal hives and see what successes and/or problems that you have.
Thanks so much for your video, I like the way you speak about bees, and especially @33:25 on, I am now 78 and discover bees and beekeeping 4 years ago when I got bees in one of my bird house when I came back from Europe that's how I started, purchase a hive from Amazon (Chinese made), and now I have 4 hives, harvested 40 pound of honey last year, and now I am trying to get freebees from the swam trap I've build and set on my palm trees in Florida !... looking forward to your next videos !...,
I was listening to this video when you said the book comes out “January 7th”... I said to myself..”wait what?” I replayed it to see if I misunderstood. Nope, my hearing still works 😂
What kind of bees do you have? Italian? They sure seem gentle. Here we have no such luxury there is always at least 300 or more trying to sting you. But Im in Brazil and work the wild bees I come across and capture (I move wild hives I find and catch swarms). Here basic materials like Oxalic acid or premade sheet wax are very hard to obtain (have to traverse the country 30 hours by bus) . I make my own hives but they are made to fit normal size frames(although I make my frames too). When possible I want to move to plastic foundation and reuse my reclaimed wax. Tomorrow I am going to go get a wild hive discovered where a bulldozier was clearing some land they are in the ground it should be intresting as it is my first ground hive, although I have gotten them out of trees and wood walls and concrete block walls before.
I always struggle to find the queen even when marked. Often times the queen will retreat as you progress through the box and will end up on the walls which makes her even harder to see. More than a few times I've found her on the base board.
David, my wife was sitting here with me listening to this post when her eyes got real big when you said you "were getting into this hive with nothing on but a hat and a veil". She looked at me and said, "He's F...in CRAZY". and said I hope you never try that. I laughed so hard because she literally thought you were doing this in the buff. I explained that to her that you were only using minimal protective gear, and not really naked. You had my poor Puerto Rican mama all flustered.
If you put a new queen in a split in July, will the queen lay steady for the remainder of the season. Most queens slow down in August, then start back up in Sept. for winter bee's. Thank you
Do you move frames around within an individual box to keep brood in the middle and food on the outside or do you let the bees dictate their hive? What is your opinion on summer splits? Thank you for your videos they are always enjoyable and informative.
I rarely move frames around as I try to respect what bees are doing. Summer splits worry me because our winters can wipe out a small hive below 40,000 bees
Yes, I get the idea and science behind microbial but I have not actually heard anyone comment on how it helped or didn't help and I cannot find scientific studies on it. So....dunno
Hi Karen, I'm going to assume you meant "females" and yes, the worker bees and the queen are females. But the colony also has drones, male bees. A break down on the numbers: about 40,000 female workers, 1 queen and between 200-2,000 male drones.
I really enjoyed your video going in depth of the frame. It was nothing new but enjoyable. Also “coffee time” at the end is better!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember the pint jar with comb in the honey. Have had several people ask if and when I go to beekeeping to produce that. Never kept are handled bees. Been around them all my life. Played with them since my birth 1961. Always been fascinated by them. Got tickled at an earlier CZcams. The dude said: "You can read and study bees all your life on what bees suppose to do. Than they do what bees want to do! I got tickled!
I enjoy just sitting in a chair and watch my bees at work, I find their organization somewhat relaxing. Thanks for sharing.
Me too!
My husband and I are thinking about putting in a few bee hives and your videos are very helpful.
Thank you Catherine, glad you are getting into beekeeping.
Happy Independence Day! Looks like USMC on your coffee cup. If that's for prior service, thank you for your service! I enjoyed the chat, btw. I haven't watched the news in years. Being a military wife, I was taught long ago that it's better not to watch if you have a service member deployed. I was refreshed not having the constant negative, so I never took it up again. I'd rather watch my bees be bees, my goats be goats, etc. They behave the way God intended without panic, hatred, or confusion. Regardless of the season, they just do what they are meant to do & it's peaceful to watch.
I agree. Keeping your mind active as well as your body is a key to longer life.
My 3rd cup of coffee with you , interesting always learn something on each video, thank you Peter Australia.😊
Thank Peter
Good Morning Dave ; I really enjoy your video's My third year of trying to have bees 1st year I bought the hive boxes, couldn't find the bees. 2nd year found package bees. they all died within 1 month. Year 3 I bought #2- 5 frame Nuc boxes & they are really doing great. Now my challenge is to see if I can get them through winter.
The important of winter survival is proper nutrition, not just sugar water. Heavy feeding in the fall to build up bees of winter physiology that live 4-6 months with the right mixture of food.
I think a Perfect 50,000 subscriber give away would be one of your mentor ships. Thanks for producing these videos , you are easy to listen to and you knowledge of bees and bee keeping is phenomenal !!!!!!!
Coffee talk was so true. Good coffee talk.
Appreciate it
If you use a grinder on the back side of the hook to make it more narrow...it fits better between the frames in the outer slot. Perhaps someday I'll show up and show u mine so u can see.
The flow this year is very strong. I've got hives working on sixth and seventh supers. Water white too. It's a clover year.
Great idea on the J hook. Yes, crazy clover flow now here too. I cannot keep up with the supers filling up.
Hey David, a cool thing that would be quite cool to do for 50k subs would be to build some sort of mega-hive, made of 2-4 normal hives and see what successes and/or problems that you have.
I enjoy all your videos very instructive
Well, thanks so much!
I love watching my girls!
My family thinks I'm a bit crazy.
Bees are amazing!
For 50,000 subs, you could give away merchandise!
Hello from Egypt, A new subscriber, almost your age, enjoyed very much the video and the coffee time as well .. have a nice time
Welcome aboard!
I really enjoy your videos David. I’m a four year beekeeper but I’m always learning from you
Thanks Pete so nice to hear
Thanks so much for your video, I like the way you speak about bees, and especially @33:25 on, I am now 78 and discover bees and beekeeping 4 years ago when I got bees in one of my bird house when I came back from Europe that's how I started, purchase a hive from Amazon (Chinese made), and now I have 4 hives, harvested 40 pound of honey last year, and now I am trying to get freebees from the swam trap I've build and set on my palm trees in Florida !... looking forward to your next videos !...,
So nice of you
I was listening to this video when you said the book comes out “January 7th”... I said to myself..”wait what?” I replayed it to see if I misunderstood. Nope, my hearing still works 😂
yea, I misspoke and corrected it in the description section. It's out now!
Hi David, keep up the great videos, good job on turning off the news! We will bee far healthier.👍
Absolutely
Video idea: Lighting and keeping the smoker going!
What kind of bees do you have? Italian? They sure seem gentle. Here we have no such luxury there is always at least 300 or more trying to sting you. But Im in Brazil and work the wild bees I come across and capture (I move wild hives I find and catch swarms). Here basic materials like Oxalic acid or premade sheet wax are very hard to obtain (have to traverse the country 30 hours by bus) . I make my own hives but they are made to fit normal size frames(although I make my frames too). When possible I want to move to plastic foundation and reuse my reclaimed wax. Tomorrow I am going to go get a wild hive discovered where a bulldozier was clearing some land they are in the ground it should be intresting as it is my first ground hive, although I have gotten them out of trees and wood walls and concrete block walls before.
Hi Monty, I use my own queens. Good look on your hive captures
Give away one of your books and a smoker!! Thumbs up!! :)
Happy Independence Day! Do your inspections in your Speedos!
I'd have to buy a pair. Nope. :)
Studying these vids and have been studying honey bees around me
I know!!!! You could install a package of bees into a horizontal bee hive and yeah...
Thanks Have a safe and happy 4th of July.
david great job on the news these days. capped honey makes want a spoon to use.
Thanks Kevin
I have a hive I’ve not been able to get the queen work the deep brood box. I will be adding an excluder. Thanks.
For the giveaway you should send someone a nuc in the spring or dress up as a bee for a full day a record it all day.
Going good. 83.8K as of now.
I know....awesome to see all the new subscribers. Thanks everyone for helping us reach 100,000
I always struggle to find the queen even when marked. Often times the queen will retreat as you progress through the box and will end up on the walls which makes her even harder to see. More than a few times I've found her on the base board.
David, my wife was sitting here with me listening to this post when her eyes got real big when you said you "were getting into this hive with nothing on but a hat and a veil". She looked at me and said, "He's F...in CRAZY". and said I hope you never try that. I laughed so hard because she literally thought you were doing this in the buff. I explained that to her that you were only using minimal protective gear, and not really naked. You had my poor Puerto Rican mama all flustered.
When I was editing it, that caught my attention too. I thought I'd leave it in for fun. Glad it got a laught.
new to beekeeping great channel new sub!
So very nice of you
I noticed that also now that you mentioned it.
If you put a new queen in a split in July, will the queen lay steady for the remainder of the season. Most queens slow down in August, then start back up in Sept. for winter bee's. Thank you
Depends on where you live. Makes a big difference. Here in Illinois it would be iffy getting them build up for winter.
I'm slowly begining
I think you should give a sub your book and a new hive
Hi David. Maybe for 50k subscribers, you could reward one of your subs with one of your courses, or books or something...Just an idea.
Do you move frames around within an individual box to keep brood in the middle and food on the outside or do you let the bees dictate their hive? What is your opinion on summer splits? Thank you for your videos they are always enjoyable and informative.
I rarely move frames around as I try to respect what bees are doing. Summer splits worry me because our winters can wipe out a small hive below 40,000 bees
For reaching the goal what about giving a complete hive or a 3lb package of bees.
You can just thank everyone and bla bla bla and you can do a special bee hive inspection.
Me also I've too much stress with news
Hello David. What do you do about drying out the sweat that accumulates in those rubber gloves? Turn them inside out and wash after every use?
Usually it does dry out after a day in a room with AC. But trying to use them off and on in the same day is a PAIN!!!
What microphone do you use and do you use your phone to video?
I love my Microphone. It is a PowerDeWise Professional Grade Lavalier Mic. $39 on Amazon. Yes, I record with my cell phone.
How about a 50k strong hive for the 50k subscribers 😀 🐝🐝🐝
I'm experimenting
Good video Davis
My Q is: whay is cels biger when bees build own faundation?
I've compared that, and it never is the case for me.
have a Rafael and give something to the winner
How about a free giveaway! 😊🐝
What to do when you hit 50k? What to do? What to do? Oh! I know! Send me a hive starter kit! 🤣
How about a comparative jar of 50 grams of honey.
How is your Top Bar Horizontal Hive doing?
Tried a few for a few years, but they just do not overwinter well here in Illinois for me
Do u run single brood chambers or double
Both at times. Doubles are trouble free though.
I don't know if I want to live like honey bees David, being a male I wouldn't make it past fall😃
David have you ever heard of Dfm for honeybee's
Yes, I get the idea and science behind microbial but I have not actually heard anyone comment on how it helped or didn't help and I cannot find scientific studies on it. So....dunno
Do a give away
Have a giveaway
Prize giveaways
Do a live chat for 50k subscribers
I've thought about it. I'm thinking about it.
You should give $50,000 to the person who comments first on this video. Oh look that's me.
Give away a hive
Dave I know this is stupid question are bees femals?
Hi Karen, I'm going to assume you meant "females" and yes, the worker bees and the queen are females. But the colony also has drones, male bees. A break down on the numbers: about 40,000 female workers, 1 queen and between 200-2,000 male drones.
50,000 bees in your pants?
Nope :)