Winter Project:Building a Beehive from a kit/ Making Bees
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
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Winter is the perfect time for learning something new, and this winter, I am learning all about Bee Keeping. In this episode, I am building 2 beehives using a kit from VEVOR.
In part 1 of the video, I am needle-felting all sizes of bees, these will be available for sale on my website : www.jerilanders.com/fiber-folks You will need to email me to order a bee: jeri@jerilanders.com
Purchase my books here: www.jerilanders.com/jeri-s-books
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Time stamps:
0:00 intro
1:31 bee stuff
3:17 Bees in My books
5:54 Needlefelted bees
12:01 Building a Vevor Beehive - Jak na to + styl
Even the Egyptians used Bees in their art work.🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
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Ah, the Egyptians!
Your bees are adorable! I love all things bees, too. I always have several kinds in my garden. Nothing sweeter than finding a bee taking a nap in my roses!
WELCOME BACK !! MISSED YOU !!
That set up on the porch looked like my idea of Paradise. Flowers, color, and real bees flying in for an inspection. A cup of tea, a treat, and the sounds of animals going about their day and your creative energy flowing...bliss.
That was such a beautiful Autumn day!
My dear Jeri 🐝,
I also share your passion for bees and this was such a pleasure to watch. You are sharing everything in such a creative way…All the bee related treasures you’ve collected over the years are a delight (🐝 are even featured in your wonderful story books)…one day I dream of having my own bees too. Your beehives are beautiful and thank you for the explanation. The felting process of making the bees was very interesting to watch. You have quite a little army of 🐝 ready to fly off to their new homes there. I wish I were not so far far away from where you are…🤗☕️🤍
Elmiri, I was sure you loved bees too!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow 🥰
I wait every day for anticipation of your videos I can hardly wait when a video is uploaded you bring so much joy into my life in every single episode of yours
Ah Tessie! So good to see you here! Thank you for such a nice comment.
How beautiful... what lovely things to bring small joy into everyday life.
I keep bees too, and like you, it’s not for the honey. I just love them and seeing them in the garden. The last ones I had were the Italian kind, and they were so gentle. Sometimes, they would attach to my clothing when I was outside and thus, “follow” me into the house and I’d have to gently escort them out.
Unfortunately, after last winter, I lost them. I think it was because of mites and our cold and rainy spring. I spoke with a neighbor, who is a professional beekeeper, and he lost a lot of hives as well. He medicated mine against the mites a few times, but it didn’t seem to work. I also spoke to another beekeeper who has been keeping bees since the 90’s, and he told me that it didn’t seem to matter if you medicated them or not, as he has on numerous occasions either medicated or not with about the same outcome. He gets some hives that just seem to make it through the winter and some that don’t.
Anyway, on that note, if I were you, I’d try to locate some of your local beekeepers and speak with them, as they’ll be able to give you some pointers as to beekeeping in your area and what’s going on. They’ll probably like the fact that you are just doing it for the bees, as I think anything we do for them is appreciated. Likewise, it’s fun to get to know others that love the bees.
Another thing that I think you’ll love, is the fact that bumblebees often use old mice nests or bird’s nests to live in. Thus, Beatrix Potter, the naturalist she was, showed such in her illustrations of “The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse”, where Babbitty Bumble is trying to enter Mrs. Tittlemouse’s house. Likewise, if you leave a nest in a birdhouse, oftentimes the next year, you’ll find bumblebees have moved in and the birds (chickadees where I live), won’t use the birdhouse. (Now, I leave a nest in one of my house’s especially for the bumblebees.)
Another thing you may know or not, is that each kind of bee likes different flowers. Bumblebees don’t like all the flowers that honeybees do. So, if someone tells you that honeybees are hurting your wild bees in your area by taking their food, know that such is not true. Honeybees, in my area, seem to like holly trees, most mints and herbs and the maple tree flowers. On the other hand, Deutzia flowers bring the bumblebees in droves. Likewise, bumblebees seem to really love the cottoneaster flowers (which are so tiny, it makes you wonder why). However, both bees seem to like the blackberry flowers and foxgloves and dandelions. If you can grow a few weeds in your garden, you’ll find they probably will like certain ones too.
Anyway, love your new hives, and you have inspired me to try again. Whatever we can do to make nature thrive is good for us and the planet. Planting native plants in your area will probably also help the bees. Have fun. ❤❤❤
Such great information, thank you! Bumblebees are actually my favorites, and I had no idea that they liked birds nest; always wondered why Babbitty was clumsily bumbling around in Mrs Tittlemouse's tidy home.
I have been keeping bees for years and it is truly a great joy. My garden and orchard love them, too! One really important piece of information to note is the location of your hive(s). They do NOT like to be in busy places and will leave a hive that gets too hot in the summer time. I had to move mine off to the side of the vegetable garden where few people tread and there is some shade in the afternoon. You can wrap them in the winter to keep out the wind, if that is an issue, but generally the hives are kept in a quasi-sheltered place. Have fun... you will be an outstanding beekeeper!
How lovely that you are a beekeeper with an orchard! Maybe my apple trees with take the hint and start producing. I have given much thought to the location and believe I've found the ideal spot.
I adore your needlefelted bees and I think that’s so neat that you’ve taken up beekeeping! 🐝
This is so exciting! I can't wait for up dates on the bees to come. Good luck!
Love your hand made bees. I wish you great success. The boxes are beautiful. A work of art themselves.
Off Grid with Doug and Stacy have a few great beekeeping videos here on CZcams. I think you’ll really enjoy them.
How lovely those needle felted bees are! This was a real treat to watch, thank you, Jeri! Can I ask, purely out of curiosity, what you used to make the wings?
Antique lace
You are beyond talented in so many ways. Love watching your videos. Happy fall to you. 🐝
So wonderful you are helping out the bees. Your felted bees are amazing!
Your content is always so interesting, beautiful and well put together. And very very motivating. You do a wonderful job of keeping us viewers entertained and our minds enriched with history/new information. I for one appreciate that immensely. Those felted bees are absolutely adorable! You are an amazingly talented artist lady. My husband is a bee keeper for about 4 years now. He has about 8 hives now. It's fascinating and a bit of work to keep healthy bees. And my goodness people love raw honey 🍯! It's a fabulous and entriquing product and one can do so much with both the honey and the wax. You should think on attending/joining a local bee club and getting yourself a mentor. It's a big help when you come across issues with your bees when your first starting out. I don't tend to the bees up close, but I do help him with the harvesting of the honey and go to his bee club events and such. It's good to keep informed of his interests so I can talk and understand a little bit of his shop with him. It's really a lot of fun and so pretty to see that honey all clean and pristine at the end of the processing. And yummy to eat, lol. 😊 I try to video some of it for him so he has the memories to view later on also. And I can't help but mention if your in bear country beware that honey will draw them to you. There are precautions you can take though, check with your local bee clubs and wild life authorities on that info if you are. I'm excited for you and wish you the best of luck with this new adventure! ✨️ 🍯 🐝🐝🐝🥀🌼💜
8 Hives! I am impressed. We have several bee clubs in the area, I really will need their advice.
This episode was a real joy for me! I love needle felting and bees! I find it easier to felt bumble bees but will give honey bees a try now too after watching your inspiring video. I'm going into my third year of keeping honeybees now and I'm constantly learning about them. They are truly fascinating creatures. I'm not in it for honey either but they did have a surplus this year, so could share some with me and it was amazing to taste what they had created from the surrounding countryside. They also produce lots of wax too. They will enjoy all the flowers in your garden. Frederick Dunn has a CZcams channel and has lots of info on bees. Learn as much as you can before their arrival. I'm looking forward to seeing your adventures with bees! ❤ Greetings from Ireland!
Oh so glad you are a BeeKeeper AND a felter! I Have a lot to learn, will check out that channel for sure. (I am most excited about the beeswax)
I just completed my second year of beekeeping and concur that Fred Dunn in the best! I just started to felt from our own wool. I can only dream of being able to felt a honey bee! Beautiful work!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow The beeswax is so precious, the bees work so hard to make that too, I don't waste a piece. I have four small tubs of wax cappings to process (clean and melt) this year for the first time, I'm looking forward to making balms, salves, a little block to use as sewing thread conditioner and maybe a few small candles! Plenty of winter projects to keep me busy when it's too wet to be in the garden!
Hi Jeri! This is so wonderful! I too have loved bees as long as I can remember, I remember as a young child I would look through my fathers National Geographic magazines and always read the articles about bees and use the pictures for book reports. I always found them fascinating! Down the street from my childhood home was a penny candy store that had an indoor beehive that we could watch bees in the hive, even the queen and see their coming and goings, it was so interesting. I found myself through the years collecting bee things too, vintage honey jars, vintage books on bees and other things. You have piqued my interest, I would love to have a hive… maybe this is the year! Love your felted bees as well, they are awesome!
Fascinating to watch when you work and see the bees come alive. So fun and creative. I can`t wait to follow along when you embark on your beekeeping adventure. Loved seeing your adorable cat also 🥰
Everything you do is lovely. I love all your interests.
HI Jeri , what a new adventure for you! they are so interesting to watch in the garden. I like to get items with Bees on them too ! Have a super week ! Blessings from Indiana ~~ Paula
Your bees are beautiful your project is quite exciting. It will bee fun to follow your progress thank
Thank you for the nice, demonstrations. Such a nice looking, 'Bee Keeping' Box. You felted🐝 Bee's, are so pretty and realistic..looking! 😀👍🐝
I love my bees, you are doing great, enjoy xxx
I forgot what lovely work you do. Happy spring bee hiving next year🥰
How intriguing enjoyed your video so much, your hand made bees are lovely
I love every video, you are a true treasure.
How wonderful to be able to come along with you on your bee adventure! I look forward to learning along with you. 🐝🐝🐝
Nice story as always. 🙏🤩
The frames you filled with the wax plates should have a little distance to the edges. They are normally put on wire strings and heated to the strings , so that the plates can swing a little bit when the bees are wandering upon them. The plates should not be fixed strongly to the frames but onto the very thin wires. The bees will kit wax themselves to the plates and build the cells , where the queen can lay the eggs in.
The honey frames are not fixed to the under brood box before early summer, then the bees will bring in the collected honey. First they need the honey for themselves and the young brood in the stage under the honey box.
The beehive itself should not be treated or covered with wax, only with lin-oil. The bees will prepare everything with propolis, which they collect from the trees and build this kit to klister every little single hole with this plaster. Then sometimes everything sticks together,😅 but the bees know, why they do that. It’s antibiotic and provides the bees‘ health.
The bees will not come by themselves into the hive. Maybe you get a swarm of a beekeeper, then you can let them live in your wonderful beehive. You will have to work with them. Right, that you are responsible for them. It’s not easy, but fascinating to have bees.
I had them for many years, it was wonderful and I recommend you to learn as much as you can, before starting with the bees. Otherwise there will be more stitches than playing cards. Wish you all the best with your bee and honey adventure, greetings from Austria🇦🇹🙋♀️🕊🌻🐝🍯Helga
You are very knowledgeable about this. I am a total amateur. There was a slim space along the sides of the plates and I assumed they were ill fitting... but I guess it was intentional. I won't be putting the hive out until spring, they will be on my covered porch. I am going to join a bee keeping group to learn all that I can before that time. Thanks for all the good tips!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow , thank you 🙏 for the feedback. It‘s a very good idea to join with other beekeepers. There you will learn all the technique and also it’s nice company. Good luck for you and the bees! 🙋♀️🕊🐝🍯💕
Happy Thanksgiving! I dub you the felting queen! The bees and everything you create are magical. God bless you and yours this season and always.
Thank you so muchj!
Wonderful! Bees will be a perfect addition to your beautiful garden.
My heart does a little happy dance every time you pick up a felting nneedle. Those darling bees are absolutely beautiful. You deserve a big pat on the back for giving some lucky bees such beautiful homes. My Grandfathet and Uncle kept bees and our next door neighbor did as well. It would take an entire day for them to rob the honey and can it. Yum! I love honey on a hot biscuit. Thank you, Jeri, for helping the bees.
Yumm, That honey on a hot biscuit sounds really good right now...
You and the bees are amazing!!!❤
I have carpenter bees and I love them. I know they are destructive but they are such sweet bees. When I’m working in my flower garden they will come up and fly in front of me like they are trying to let me know they love my flowers. This past summer they would come up and land on my chest and just sit there for the longest time.
I also love the Carpenter bees, even though they have done quite a bit of damage around here...but they are so cute and fat and friendly.
Jeri, thank you for this video! I’m amazed every time I watch your videos. You have so much wisdom to share. I would love to have a bee hive. I have lots of flowers for them in the spring and summer. I’m excited for you and can’t wait to see more of your videos. I may try this also.
Good morning Jeri. It's 7.45 in the UK what a treat to watch this morning. I love the bees. Thank you.
You are welcome😊
The illustrations in the books are breathtaking.xx🐝🐝
Thank you Jeri. As always, a lovely video. I too, have always wanted to care for bees, but have never taken the plunge. I quickly ordered the book you highlighted.
Italian honey bees are the preferred bee,they are cleaner based on research.I would love to have bees but lately in Northern Connecticut we are having a problem with black bears.Love anything bees, skeps,honey and lemon in tea,orange blossom honey in baklava,yum!The birds song beehives your yard is therapy for the soul!Shut out the worlds problems for a moment,,,perfection!🐝🐝🐝🐝
Yes, I heard the the Italian bees were the best to keep. I seriously have a lot to learn.
My mom collects dead bees (natural causes) and we keep them on this little miniature tree inside 😊. Your felt bees look great
I find them in the windowsills quite often... I keep them under glass. Never thought of putting them on a tiny tree!
What a great idea! I shall be an avid watcher to see how you're getting on. This is something I've always wanted to do as well, but I have always lived very close with neighbours and I don't think they would appreciate the bee hives so nearby. Good luck with your venture. I'm sure it will be very successful.
How exciting! As always, you make such beautiful visuals in your videos! I love every moment visiting with you! ❤️
Cami, I was able to put to use some of that beautiful wool you sent me, so grateful!
Absolutely delightful! I especially love the romantic, albeit somewhat folklorish histories of beekeeping. For example, when someone dies you must tell the bees or they may leave the hive. Unfortunately my community does not allow beekeeping, but thanks to you (and a dear friend who built it) I do have a lovely bee/bug box in my garden which is my effort to keep bees. Thank you for yet another wonderful peek into life at Hopalong Hollow. You are a true treasure Jeri. ❤️🙏🐝.
"Tell the Bees!" I love that too.
Love this video, I love bees too,,,, the HONEY ,,, is actually the perfect food, a teaspoon of honey so good thankyou , Xo from LILLE MARIE , I get excited when I see a new video of yours come up ,grab the cup of tea and enjoy so much thankyou GERI _______(middle name , belongs there 😊),, so, watch all your videos ❤
The bees you made are wonderful! Jeri, I love those black and white long gloves you're wearing building the home for the bees. Can you tell me where you purchased them? I would love to have a pair. They are perfect for this video. Continued Blessings!
Gosh, I have so many gloves it's hard to remember where they came from... I think it was Amazon.
The bees are unbelievably adorable! Love them.
Thank you once again for your knowledge and time. Your channel is my favorite! 🐝🐝🐝
As always you take me to lovely places I want to be but this one really did my soul good. I began keeping my first bees this past April and everyday they teach you something new. I have 2 hives in the kingdom of 2 queens. It has been such a wonderful experience so far and does it ever make your heart feel good when you extract your own honey...especially with teas grown in your own garden...then making salves, and lip balms....what a joy it is. Your needle felted bees are just lovely. Hopefully I'll be able to get one. 😀. Thank you for sharing and the inspirational vibes you put forth.....I've learned to tap in with you....seeing and feeling beyond just planting a flower. Thank you for keeping me there.
That's wonderful, you've hit all the bases with the bees, herbal home grown teas and the rich rewards of lotions and salves. I'm really happy to be hearing the voices of the BeeKeepers here!
What a great project. Best wishes.
Your talents know no bounds. All of your bee items are magical. As are the felted folk you create. You can see the love you put into each one. Thank you for sharing your world. Can't wait to see how your bees fair.
I am such a hopeless romantic. I think bee-keeping is a romantic thing to do. It reminds me of "Queenie" the real true character in the Larkrise to Candleford series on BritBox. Isn't it fascinating to be doing something people have done for centuries? My grandad kept bees in the Depression Days, so he could always have something sweet to count on. God bless, Jeri.
Oh, me too! I remember Queenie from that great series, need to go back and watch again! "Pillars of the Earth" series took place in the Medieval times and I remember a scene with the Monks raising up these HUGE bee skeps into the trees with ropes and pulleys.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow You are teaching us so very much!!!! Thanks Jeri
Thank you so much for sharing😊😊😊
Hi Jeri! It’s been a while as I have been very busy with closing everything down for winter and running back and forth between places. Bees! My father kept bees when I was a child and I remember very well how he harvested the honey. Lately I’ve noticed honey is extremely expensive. I love the honeycomb and get it when I can, did you know that the Egyptians knew of the antibiotic properties in honey and used it on their wounds to the skin? I like the honeycomb to chew on when I have a soar throat. I had a ton of honey bees on the zinnias this past summer and that is a good sign as for a while there it was bad. They actually truck bees down south then send them out west to pollinate the crops and for a while they were dying out , that’s when the big push was on to plant things like alfalfa and flowers that they’re attracted to about ten years ago. the bees you made are absolutely amazing! The way make beautiful things from nothing is a talent not found in many.
You will need to get a spinner to wipe the honey out of the combs. Or you can always cut the combs and keep to sell or eat yourself ( It’s so delicious that way) I remember from my father things like, you must put a queen in it if she does not come along naturally, bees regurgitate their nectar, when they come back to the hive and pass it on to another worker who also regurgitates it into the comb which is the honey. the pollen that’s is passed to the back hind legs, the bees also carry this back to the hive were the workers put it in combs and it’s used to feed the colony. Then there is royal jelly that’s another whole ball game. I wish you the best of luck with the hives, nothing like harvesting your own honey, Candy from God himself 😊 Great video ! Thank you for sharing Jeri…..God Bless ….Brian
Brian, You know quite a lot about Bees! I love it. I have a lot to learn, sounds like your dad knew his stuff too. I am looking forward to becoming a BeeKeeper.
The giant Orange Zinnias ( from your seed) were very popular with ALL kinds of bees this year.
Happy Thanksgiving! Many blessings!
Jeri, I too have always been fascinated with bees. Have read so many books on bee keeping, but no bees. May take some classes come Spring and begin the journey. “The Keeper of the Bees,” on top of your pile is one of my favorite books. Shared my old copy with a wounded vet in our family and never got it back after he passed, so I recently purchased another copy and reread it. Love your new creations, you are always so inspiring . I look forward to your videos, all the sights and sounds along with the imagined scents of your recipes are so comforting. 🐝
Love everything you create and make.❤❤❤❤❤ There are over 20,000 species of Bees in the whole world. Ever since I became a gardener. I can’t believe all the species I have found plus all the other hidden nature gems lurking and crawling around.
Yeah, isn't it great??!
Your videos are inspirations for me😊
What a beautiful and delightful video , Jeri !! I have been drawn to honeybees for as well , and desire to be a beekeeper someday as well . Watching and learning along with you as you embark on this newest adventure is inspiring me to pursue my own beekeeping dream . Please please continue to share what you learn with your faithful following ! I’m so excited!! The hives are beautiful, as are your sweet felted bees 🐝, and all your bee items . 😊
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Hello, Jerri
I enjoy and love your art and your You Tube channel. I just discovered your music list and love it too! I hope you will do a Christmas favorites.
Have a lovely day,
Connie ( also an East Tennessean)
Hello Connie in East Tennessee, what town are you in? Thanks for listening! I think I have a Christmas song list in my private videos, I can make it public.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow I live in Sullivan County. I have also lived in Washington County,Blount County, Knox County and in Williamson County. I’m from Carter County. School and Work have taken us across Tn except for our move to Sullivan County which was to be closer to our parents and so our child would know and spend time with his grandparents. Now he lives in Maury County! We pretty much have covered east and middle Tn.!!!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow Just outside Kingsport TN.
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Be careful if you live in an area with bear. They destroyed our hives twice. We had to put up an electric fence as a deterrent.
No bears in my neighborhood..
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Please Jeri, make a new Christmas video
How can o get some of your books?
Visit my website here: www.jerilanders.com/jeri-s-books
You doing Thanksgiving or Xmas videos this year? Hope so
Christmas, too late for Thanksgiving.
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