What is a beehive? - putting together a new beehive
Vložit
- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- I'm putting together some new beekeeping equipment ready for some bees which will be coming in the next few weeks!
Get your beekeeping equipment here - beekeeping.co.uk/
Check out my Instagram - / alex_smith1809
Support the Just Alex Channel on Patreon - / justalexsmith
Business enquiries - justalex@kymamedia.com
Other enquiries - alexfordhamsmith@gmail.com
Your videos are amazing, never thought id be into bee keeping or gardening. But after finding your first bee video around two years ago, its become a tiny addiction. Thank you so much for inspiring and educating people. Channels like you are why I still have hope for the internet.
Glad I'm not the only one who picked up bee keeping :D I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am
@@pkthtguy587 his first year of beekeeping video got me addicted to bees
same i never thought i would be into nature videos like this but now i almost watch his every video🤣🤣
@@pkthtguy587 Sadly, i cant actually keep bees as everyone in my family is either deathly allergic or scared of bees (also it violates the stupid HOA rules). doesn't help that im a broke college student. BUT, that wont stop me from making some fuzzy buzzy little bee hives when I move out.
@@pkthtguy587 I picked up bee keeping from Alex! Got all my equipment and the bees should be here sometime this month! So excited!! 🐝🐝🐝
In Poland due to the temperature chages through the year we turn the box for the working season so that the frames are perpendicularly to the entrance, beter in/out for bees and better ventilation if yuo have a solid bottom, and the frames in parallel to the entrance in winter time so it's easier for the bees to keep the temperature in the hive (each frame wroks like an isolation layer :)
i started beekeeping this year because of you, your videos have been the most helpful videos ive seen.
Agreed .
I started last year also because of this man
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die (I watched you die)
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young (and you're so young)
You should have known better (I was too young for you)
Than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain (you never saw me)
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
😂
Good luck to you all with your hives.
Hey Alex, just a quick piece of woodworking advice, when your using a happer on soft wood like the wood youre using for the beehives, put a piece of scrap wood(i like a small 2x4) between the thing youre hitting and the hammer, and strike the scrap wood. This will help distribute the force and prevent structural damage to the hives/frames and hammer marks.
Another small advantage is you could use the scrap wood to help with the final few nails of the frame assembly.
Love the videos, never thought id be this invested in beekeeping.
Because of you I also started gardening
Best wishes from Austria
Fantastic!
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die (I watched you die)
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young (and you're so young)
You should have known better (I was too young for you)
Than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain (you never saw me)
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
😂
@@VengefulCowSpirit i hope you copy and pasted that😂
Hi Alex, just wanted to say that i always enjoy your videos and that i appreciate the educational content and quality of it, wish you the best
I’m really glad you’re posting more videos. I really enjoy your bee videos and I’ve gained a new appreciation for them. I find them really interesting and I’m no longer afraid of them, thanks to you. Also really enjoy your gardening videos and I look forward to you working your allotment space. Your trip videos are also interesting but the bees and gardening are my favorites. Keep filming and editing, please!!
Hi Alex, yes originally historians thought Egypt had the oldest honey but 5500 year old honey was found near Tbilisi Georgia is also the birthplace of wine. Im also an Ex Horsham lad that moved to Georgia because of its ancient history, one of the oldest in the world.
As a 14 year old girl who's always lived on a farm you've sparked my gardening childhood again a year ago and tysm!
Brood boxes for honey LOL. You are right it will weigh a ton, if you try it Im sure you will only try it once. Also the brood frames are larger I suspect they will not fit in a honey extractor. You can still harvest honey but it will be a much messier and wasteful job.
Good point - extraction may become an issue!
That's what I thought!
Hi Alex, thanks for taking the time to share your videos. All wishes for success this year.
Just a note. After years of keeping bees, the equipment (especially frames) that I didnt use wood glue on are always the first ones to make it to the rubbish bin. Strongly recommend adding that to any installation. Once set, the glue will provide more holding force than any nail can.
All the best
Isn’t wood glue used for bigger wood, like tree trunks?
Very cool
Wood glue is good glue and glues good wood and bad wood too... big wood small wood short wood tall wood.. wood most suitable for you
Was just watching some older beekeeping videos as I'm looking to get started! Love the videos! Keep up the great work!
I really appreciate your manner in videos. So positive but like an enthusiast, not a salesman.
I actually just read about having the frames parallel or perpendicular to the hive entrance. It was saying that (at least here) it’s called the cold way and the warm way. Cold way is perpendicular and the air flow can run right through the hive. Like an air conditioning it keeps the hive cooler. That’s a benefit and the bees can easily go whichever direction they want as soon as they enter the hive. The warm way blocks the air. So if it’s cold and you wouldn’t want the cold to come into the hive as easily you’d run them parallel. Negatives are that the bees have to go around that first board and can slow them down.
So cold way would be for warmer weather and warm way for colder weather. We get down to -20F (-28C) and we are thinking or running ours that way in winter may be helpful. Not sure yet cause we are only on summer 3 having gone through 2 winters. Have 2 hives and each winter we lose one.
Thanks to you I started my beekeeping journey this year.
Without seeing your video, i wouldn't have...
Nice video Alex. Super is Latin for above or on top. Hence the boxes that go on top of the brood box are called supers. Blame the monasteries.
The is THE NICEST hive I have seen to date. Great craftsmanship from National Bee Supply!
Heh Alex, Randy from Northernwildharvest here.
Awesone video, really enjoyed this video... looking forward to seeing bees in this hive.
Love the bigger broodbox idea!
Your videos are so motivational and have helped me find my love for gardening and beekeeping
The record is still 183 kilogrammes.
I want to cry looking at the perfection of the craftmanship of the hive! In my country the boxes are just wood pieces glued or nailed together, no size refrences or anything other than same dimension for the boxe. Seeing the precision of frames and how they respect the distance they should be is awesome. I'll need to figure a way to get at least one hive like the one you showed 😊 .
I really love the honest and straightforward way you present the data. I love gardening, and am planning to add bees once i am retired and able set my own schedule. Cheering you on from Dallas Texas
Just want to say this is an exelaint video. I have kept bees several years ago and your explanations of each part of the hive and how they are used is very clear.
As for the two options for lining up your frames either from side to side or front to back.
Front to back allows for faster air flow through the entrance and is often referred to as cold way because it is cooler with a faster air flow. It also allows the bees faster access as they can quickly get to a choice of frames as each end is presented to them as soon as they enter the hive.
Side to side also referred to as warm way slows air flow from the entrance. Just inside the entrance air it is met with a wall of wax, This also slows down the bees getting from frame to frame. So depending on the time of year it is more common to set your boxes cold way front to back during the summer and warm way side to side over winter. 🐝 🍯
Thank you for a good explanation on lining the frames. I was wondering if it was a good idea to turn the frames side to side when you are packing the beehive down for the winter, and then turning the frame front to back in the summer period? Will the bees be confused when you turn the frames?
@@BySmedegaard They will be disorientated for an hour or two. But they are pretty smart and will soon settle down. As long as they have their queen with them bees will adapt quickly to changes. Like moving location or splitting a colony into two and giving one half a new queen.
@@catsmother4556 Thank you for the answer, I think I will try this approach in the coming season 🙂
Thank you for your videos your kind of "how to" thats a bit all over is easy to follow. Its nice to see someone that also does not always know what they are doing but isnt scared to show that. so thank you
it is interesting to see the differences in bee hives there and across the pond in the US.
Morning bird :) You are a great inspiration and very easy videos to follow
i enjoy watching your beekeeping journey.
I find your videos so calming, thanks Alex for these videos.
Hi Alex this my first year of beekeeping in a wbc hive just want some sun in Devon
I would like to thank you, because of you I have gotten into beekeeping myself!
have a 30 frame box i made that takes standard deeps and that dummy board should be mandatory on kit boxes here in the states!
it is a great tool to ensure you are not rolling a queen between frames as u can pull them out and then lift
Your videos are so inspiring, thank you for encouraging so many of us to get into gardening and beekeeping, it’s so important for our ecosystems 💚🌱
great to see you again Alex. I am expecting my bees tomorrow morning from Wales, I am buzzing with excitement. are you going to try leaving one frame empty so the bees can draw out their own comb to see how it goes? I am starting by bee journey with the flow hive but will be making some of my own i expect at some time. looking forward to seeing how you get on this year and i love the cling wrap idea for the storage.
I've actually always wondered about how these boxes are built, and work.
Hey Alex, little tip so the lil bees are healthy, use rough wood and a plastic bit with holes in it, this incourages the bees to make propalis making the lil bees healthy!
Watching in hospital recovering from spine surgery. Absolutely love your videos, they're so relaxing!
I can't wait to start bee keeping when I move into my forever home (thanks to you and your videos).
One quick question, how come you dont use any wood glue when assembling beehives?
Speedy & solid recovery 🥰
We recently finished making our first batch of mead with my dad. Thank you for your service :D
Nice to see you this evening. Brightest Blessings Sweetie
Please do an interview with your Momma ❤. We need to know desperately how she's managed to raise such a fine young man 🏆😊
I watched this video once of a tribe that collected honey by "sticking their hands in" and they developed a sort of immunity to the bee stings. honestly crazy to watch!
They still do it all over the world. Some of the most aggressive bees are in the himalayas, the guys have to climb massive vines to collect by hand, huge hard stinging bees. There's a video on here somewhere, scary!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I learn so much about Bees from you. I don't keep Bees, but I do love all things Bee.
Thanks Alex. Look forward to your livestream with Laurence this weekend. Bit windy here today in Sussex😅
Hey Alex, great video and I'm looking so forward to having you on my livestream tomorrow night!
Hey alex im loving the fact you were on itv a few times with alan titchmarsh i bet you never thought that would happen easy to see why tho great to see how far you've come since leaving the fishing channel with carl 😊😊😊
I love the energy in all of the videos you do, probably what hooks me to them, I think this is great content.
Good stuff Alex, this is a video that on paper doesn't sound interesting, but actual having mini tutorials like this will get more people in to beekeeping
Love how you did all the hammering over the metal panel to maximize the noise XD
Hey Alex. Really enjoying your beekeeping videos and all your other content. Have you thought of trying out a flow hive to compare the beekeeping process and honey production of these different style bee hives?
Hi Alex! Once again a wonderful video. Great job explaining things to those of use that have little or no experience with bees. Quick question - Once the hive is in use by the bees and your moving pieces around to check on the hive, how do you keep from crushing little bees walling around on the various pieces?
I like watching beekeeping and it is fun watching your beekeeping
dude i want to do beekeeping now
The fram positioning will affect the airflow. I was taught that I should have them like you said in summer time and in winter have it the other way around to make the air not getting in to the nest as easily.
My late farther, a joiner, would have gone crazy seeing you bruise the wood with that big hammer 😁always use another piece of wood on top of what your whacking, and use glue on the lovely box corners! Just saying Alex.. That's my dad, not me, I'm useless with wood, God bless him.. Lost him 2 years ago tomorrow so was on my mind. He. Would have loved your videos mate. 👍
Brother. I want you to know how calm your videos make me. They honestly make me feel so calm, i come to your videos when my head is running at 10292mph. Please upload more:( i know its to much to ask for. But your videos really do make such a big difference to my life/dayily living. Thank you bro❤️
Because of you, I got a new home with a garden, and I can't wait to get stuck into growing my own food!
Hi Alex, i love seeing the notification that you have posted a new video, and watching your videos makes me so happy🎉i love your beekeeping videos and soon ill be doing my own beekeeping as well🤗happy to be viewer 263🎉😂
Thank you for this content. It really makes me feel like there are some people who do thing out of pure enjoyment and not for any direct monetary gain or to push some sort of agenda
That was a brilliant video, very well articulated and really interesting to the point that I want my own beehive 😂 keep up these videos, you are absolutely smashing it Alex 👏
I think you can use wood glue on those joints to make it last indefinitely. If you're really fancy you can use a band clamp to square them up, or a ratchet strap.
The honeyguide birds are another way that ancient people, and even some modern people find wild bee nests, the birds lead the people to the nests so they can eat the grubs left over in the comb after the humans have taken the honey, its super interesting!
in Romania our supers are the same size as the brood boxes!
If u want to use a brood box as a super u must take in consideration the size of the frames and the model of the honey extractor u are using!
I really appreciate that you explain the birds and the bees. Well, just the bees. I appreciate that you don’t assume we know anything my about them 🐝 B/c I don’t! And it’s fascinating to learn
I love your videos! I could watch your videos on any topic and be entertained and educated.
Thanks Alex, brilliant video. I was fascinated! Love your beekeeping series
Thanks for your videos Alex you helped to start of my bee keeping problem. 2 weeks till bees arrive cant wait for the girls to come.
Nice one Alex it's always very interesting watching your bee keeping films, and you making the frames 🐝🐝🐝😁👍
What a beautiful hive!
Have you checked Flow Hive (Or honeyflow) beehives?
They make the harvesting process much easier!
Got to love it when you wake up at 6am and see an Alex upload.
Very interesting video. Usually people don’t try to do the research you’re doing especially when there are just techniques in place that can be learned or followed, so nice one. Today i learned that a german guy from America invented the beehive as we know it
I love that your influencing some younger people for new passions Alex! Amazing!
My first ever beehive will finally arrive in two days… I take it as a sign that you uploaded this video as a guide for me lol ❤️🐝
Hello @just_alex , just a small correction about history. The first bee hive with frames was inventer in 1814 by Petro Prokopovych it allowed him to had a bee-garden in almost 10 000 hives and open the first beekepes school.
Onther famous beekeper like Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth(1810), Charles Dadant(1817), Amos Ives Root(1839) even were not born in that time and worked on improvement of first hives
I love your videos and bees are in the air I live in texas and I have caught 2 swarms so far I am hoping for more I have 5 boxes to fill .you are an inspiring person please keep the videos coming :)
good Idea on freezing the supers. I will keep that in mind for winter to come
alex has such a good vibe, he is a inspiration I hope him all the best :)
Good Luck with your trip to Wales, let’s hope the new stock is a good one 👍
i personally prefer the frames to be vertical of me becouse when im behind the hive i can simply lift it from one side and rest it on the other. Also with one look you can see the honey between the frames
saw your beekeeping vids about a year ago. Planning on getting my first colony of bees this summer! Except where I am I need a permit.... and for that permit I need to take a beekeeping class, then get a certificate. And THEN I go to the city and they have to check if im liable to keep bees.... might just skip that and get bees then try getting a permit!
At serious risk of attracting the internet trolls, I wanted to say that I think its good that people still want to practise the old ways. I would love to get into bee-keeping but where I live - right next to the driest place on the planet (barring Antarctica) and having very few flowering plants to create honey, there is little chance of being successful with it. Still, I think youre doing well, and I encourage you to continue to expand.
i think your not thinking highly of desert flowers and cacti and succulants :D just keep your beehives under a shade house never in full sun and have cool water on a pebble tray in shade always available and if theres pollen out there the bees will find you can help them with seed bombs :D and water collection holes to keep the water on your desert longer :D
I look forward to your new vids Alex. Very informative and entertaining. But I really do feel sorry for your neighbours with all that banging🤣 .
your home built hives are more that adequate. One man’s imperfection is another man’s perfect 👍
This is most certainly divine timing. Exactly ALL the info I needed to know. Thank you Alex
Very informative! Thanks Alex 🐝
Interesting. You're an excellent teacher.
Charming and hugely informative for beginners like me! Well done!
Alex I hope you do use your own handmade boxes, it would be interesting to see as they look brilliant !
This was really cool, thank you, hoping to see you on Ted Talks soon :-)
hello Alex! winter is finally over and I'm really looking forward to your work! 😉
I have a mini garden on my balcony, but I'm fighting aphids! 😞😖😩
Fingers crossed and looking forward!
Have you checked out companion planting?
Thank you very much for the great Video and every time I watch you I learn something new I follow you from Egypt
Very informative, thank you so much for sharing 🐝 🐝.
As always, Very enjoyable and informative Alex. Thanks.
Just harvested honey from a dammer bee hive in our backyard. You should try this species. The honey is tangy and the combs were uneven
I was just about to watch Alan Titchmarshs gardening club and you came on!! Amazing! You were great :)
HI Alex! Thank you so much for your videos. You make everything so easily understandable. Reading and watching videos is great but YOUR explanation is so helpful. My garden is thriving already with your tips. My hives that started just a few weeks ago are going gangbusters! Caught several wild swarms (just lucky as it was a test) and what was only going to be 2 hives to start will be 11! Totally surprised it escalated so quickly. 😳 Thanks again...easy to understand hands on with your videos has helped enormously! ❤
They are called supers because they are (usually) in a "superior" (above) position in the hive stack, while the brood chamber is in an inferior, (below) location. I think it's from Latin.
Brilliant video Alex! I think you just created a classic!
New frames look lovely mate, watching the honey bear collecting honey is a mad one,
They’re fine with being stung, as they chomp down 👍
Thank you so much Alex, your content opens opportunities to the hobby. SA
I have an Australian style beehive and most of our supers are the same size 😂 it’s so heavy!
Really enjoy you accent. And I majored entomology in uni. It's nice to see your video. Hope we can meet someday. :)
Looking forward to your guest zoom interview on this Thursday evening with David Burns,