We are a small commercial beekeeping operation, operating hives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We discuss hive topics and beekeeping tactics for all kinds of beekeepers. We run a treatment-free operation and breed VSH Queens for cold and moderate climate beekeepers and sell them throughout the entire US. If you enjoy our videos smash that subscribe button and leave us a comment.... Thanks for watching!
Hi - just subscribed.👍 You mentioned posting a link to a land use template, but I don't see it. Could you provide that and/or a little more info regarding siting hives under/around utility lines? Thanks!
I think the breeding yards the “big guys” use are lacking drone numbers for all amount of queens they are mass producing.Reaulting in weak queens. The weather doesn’t help but I am looking at AZ hives to combat that. I have the insulated barn just need to make the hives.
I mean watch some nature documentaries about honey bees in tree hollows. They cluster. It’s a natural response that’s why they do it. They come from warmer climates in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and parts of Asia. Clustering is a defence mechanism against colder than normal temperatures for them our North American winters are unusual for them by their very nature. I understand you are a salesman everyone needs to make money I get that but atleast have a moral compass. I’d much rather buy a styrofoam hive if you’d be more honest about it and not spew cherry picked information from studies.
I was reading the comments below an I saw where someone ask you about what kind of a hive you have . Well your answer was that it is a hive you are building an you said also it is patented pending . Well My question is how can you build these an patent them when there is someone else that has been building hives that what little I can see of yours looks like his an he has been building them for years and years an years ???. Also I bet you were glad the queen was not on those first frames because you rolled the crap out of those bees . 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
I am the owner of Hyper Hyve. You can check it out at www.hyperhyve.com. These are the proto-types and insulated to test against traditional hives. I never have any problems rolling frames and messing with the queens. Do you?
Enjoyed the video. Thank you for the close ups of the frames. Just FYI though, 2 square inches means the opening would be 2 by 2. I don’t think you meant to say that.
Im sorry, when i saw you rolling so many bees as you pulled out the frame with sliding the first frame over. Good luck to ya, please continue to work with bees and continue to always learn as you go.
I like to wait a week. In that first inspection I make sure the queen is present. Finding eggs is all that is necessary to eliminate time with the hive open and stressing the bees out.
It’s one of our testing hives for a patent pending designed hive we will be selling under the name Hyper Hyve. The final design is far different, but the performance characteristics will be similar.
So glad I found your channel. I am expecting my first bees in Spring 2023, and I have been looking for someone who started videos from day 1. Thank you.
I am super excited! (See what I did there?) After watching a lot of bee videos, for what seems like the past 3-4 years now, I finally have the chance to put my hands in an active hive. I know the bees are going to be more defensive this time of year, since they're busy getting ready for winter. Thank you for this video, as I know it will be helpful when I get into the hive.
Hi, i'm seeking an advice on a swarm cells situation. I had a split 6 weeks ago (late May) and added a new queen to the new hive like 3 weeks ago (June 22). However upon checking last Sunday I found that the new split hive has created some swarming cells. I pinched them and checked back yesterday and I see new ones. What do you think is the best course of action I should do?
@@kinnibees Appreciate your response. The hive had a lot of space (2 deep and 2 supers). I decided to split by taking the queen and a deep box into a new hive. I'll keep checking to see if they original hive would raise a new queen.
