Honey Harvesting Step 1 of 3 - Getting The Hive Ready 

So much smoke in the entrance chases all the bees up ito the honey you want to remove

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you love them and you are enjoying seeing their exploitation?

Hi Stan, my name is Morgen I liked your comment on this video. You made points that I didn't get to. Being an amature beekeeper sometimes has it's advantages and disadvantages. And he wasn't even really smoking them I raise Russian honey bees, what you would call over smoking them, I call not giving them enough smoke. Here on my place me and my parents have a motto it's "Smoke em' till they choke." Him on the other hand he wouldn't of even needed smoke on that hive, because there was hardly any bees even in there.

+Stan Noll You don't think cedar wood would repel the bees? I'm starting up a couple of boxes soon and never considered the use of cedar, but its somethign I have access to, so would love to know.

I'd suspect cedar wood might bother the bees. It's an assumption on my part. I've never known anyone to use cedar wood. I have a cedar wood chest and no insect bothers it. I'm thinking bees would have trouble with cedar.

People overthink beekeeping.

@@johnathanpeer3707 you're a tool.

+Mouno Bhaumik You are welcome Mouno. :-)

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We have a large garden Mike. Bees are not really a problem in a smallish garden if the hive is positioned carefully. Unfortunately, we found out that Mrs. P. sufferes from anaphylactic shock so we do not interfere with the bees anymore. The hive is far away from the house and the bees look after themselves. :-)

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Mohammed Aslam I am sorry that you do not like it Mohammed.

No Mr. Russell, Its not my intention, its very easy to comment any thing on this media. But to practically compile and arrange a video and publish on the net its very difficult. Apart from this I am not involved actively in beekeeping and its inappropriate a person like me to comment and hurt the sentiments of others. I am sorry, I do watch lots of programs on the net, its like fruits of a garden with different taste and flavours. May God bless you, aamin.

+Mohammed Aslam No offence taken Mohammed. I agree, RU-vid is a wonderful doorway leading to all sorts of weird and wonderful surprises! Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Russell Platten Thank you Mr. Russell....

Mohammed Aslam Finally, For once I have seen true humanity. Both yourself and Russell expressed consideration for others, placing yourself in one others shoes without being judgmental. If only everyone can act this way.

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clare tichawa not really

Hagen Steele Thank you Hagen. You're welcome!

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That guy don't know how to use smoke

Glad you liked the video Dan, DirtRooster contacted me a few years ago. :-)

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Obrigado! :-)

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He's made a video of how not to manage a hive.

Jon A I use as much smoke as I feel necessary Jon. The bees have been very aggressive in the past and the smoke keeps them occupied. The hive was left for two years as there was no sign of varroa on the hive floor screen and there was not enough honey to harvest the year before.

+Jon A I remember a year when the bee store told us to triple the varoa liquid because the maker make it diluted and maybe bad medicine is the key of getting rid of varoa .

I rarely go very deep into my hives & only treat with oxalic acid 2x a year. Varroa counts are very low with oxalic compared to the toxic chemicals the "officials" recommend. Every beekeeper has to make their own calls on what to do & how to do it. If the bees had it their way, there would be no human involvement. Some of the strongest colonies in the world are not managed by humans at all, they're feral.

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...sure...never ever...smoke so much .special in front only once.

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There is another video of feeding the bees. :-)

Good luck Rus! :-)

I've been using pine straw with success; exceptionally even the pin nuts; and if out of all of that just dry leaves and straw, but these burn up way to quickly. You can also just buy tobacco for bee smokers; no idea whats in it though.

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Will marijuana smoke give them high ?

dry wood

A nice indica should do the trick

Yes, I have heard several beekeepers mention that. :-)

Without a queen excluder, the queen can her eggs wherever she wants. The purpose of the excluder is to stop her laying eggs in the upper sections where you want to harvest the honey from. There is no issue with honey freezing, you can look online to reassure yourself. :-)

@@RussellPlatten thank you

I like to add to the other comment. Bees may not go pass the queen excluder if the frames pass that excluder are not drawn out. Take some frames with eggs larvae from the brood frame and put them above the queen excluder , this way the bees move pass it. Also in winter you need to remove the queen excluder, because the worker bees move up where it is warmer and if the queen can not move up with them, the queen will stay cold and die.. Bee keepers giving bees either sugar water or dry sugar as an emergengy substitute. Sugar is the closest thing to honey you can give to the bees. Yes, sugar is lacking some minerals and vitamins but it can keep bees alive. Bees will start to die if they do not have food for 2 days or longer. So feed your bees if needed. Bees can generate their own heat if the temperature drops, so the honey may not freeze inside the hive.

@@FloryJohann thank you

@@ysfhc Your welcome.

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terry saunders Thanks!

We only have mild winters over here.

+tudor tirziu I just add a super when needed.

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+Rebekah Lanee We're from the same general area.

It makes the commentary so much more badass LOL. I love your beekeeping vids!

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You must not remove he queen from the hive, the queen excluder should always be on the hive above the brood box to keep the queen away from the supers. You do not want the queen laying eggs in the supers as these are only for honey. If you see the queen on a super brush her back into the hive. If you lose the queen the bees will continue to feed any queens that are in queen cells. If there are no queen cells they will try to produce another queen by feeding some larvae royal jelly. They will only leave the hive with a queen. I hope this helps! :-)

+minepet You can purchase what they call "nucs" which come with a queen and colony. There are other ways to purchase as well. If you are interested you should look into the Apiary Community in your city/state.

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Ok I suppose you feed them sugar water too.G wonder why all the bees are in trouble

Greg Combs Yes Greg, the hive is made of cedar. Thanks for your comment :-)

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No...... He could not get any honey for 2 years.

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+tudor tirziu Hello Tudor. Most people here in the UK only harvest once a year and add supers during the summer so that the bees do not run out of room for storing honey.

Ok thank you ,

Yes, I made step 2 and step 3 . :-)

he said his wife is allergic to bees. Better to be safe than sorry in that case

Kimmat Why don't you make a video Kimmat?

Opinions are like butt-holes. Everyone has one & most of them stink. Teach your bee classes the way you want. Experience is the best teacher of all, & obviously this gentleman has plenty of experience.

Russell Platten your did most things wrong tho

+Kimmat - He did not say he did not check the beehive for two years. What he said was he did not take any honey out of it for two years as last summer was not a good summer. Pay attention to what is being said in the video please.

Kimmat : All good advice. Smoking your bees will cause them to go feed on their honey. They gorge themselves in fear they may have to leave the hive.

+Valentin alexandru Hello Valentin, our bees feed on anything and everything, there is no main food source in our area. I use a lot of smoke because my bees can get pretty aggressive and my wife suffers from anaphylactic shock if she is stunk by a bee.

So, why is she filming and handling the camera while being around the bees? You must have good live insurance on her. I never would tell anyone to handle the camera while I know that they are allergic to bee stings.

+Bonnie Flory Good question Bonnie. I would never tell my wife to do anything. I asked her to stay away, but she insisted that she was there. I made sure she was wrapped up properly from top to bottom before we started with four layers of clothing including the bee suit. She was safe for the filming. I must admit that I was not particularly happy about her being there. I wanted to get rid of the bees after we found out she had a reaction to them, but she was adamant that we kept them.

Russell Platten You could take your wife to the doctor and he could prescribe a EPI-pen which would be kept in the refrigerator and if your wife get stung then you give her the EPI-pen shot which is for allergic reactions of many kinds. I do not know if you may be able to get a EPI-pen in your country, but it would be a good thing to have in an emergency. We had to use the pen twice with one of our boys after eating mushrooms and another time when he ate sunflower seeds.

+Bonnie Flory She has two Epipens Bonnie, she had one with her when we made the film. She takes one everywhere she goes in her handbag. Thank you for the advice though, it is appreciated. We get them on prescription here in the UK. She was prescribed these after her first incident. Funnily enough she had been stung before she had anaphylactic shock with no reaction.

We bought ours from www.thorne.co.uk and it is called a 'National Hive'.

@@RussellPlatten can we find bee queen in nature or we need to buy

@@based.tetovar3550 If you see a swarm of bees, they are trying to find a new place to set up a hive. The queen is with them and it is fairly easy to capture the swarm in a cardboard box. You can then open your hive and drop the swarm inside with the queen. They should then stay and you will have a new colony! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ub3IJCd2P8Y.html

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+XxHazingGamingxX to calm them down

It is smoke. :-)

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He was "smoking " the bees. It actually calms the bees & cover the smell of humans as well as any "alarm" pheromones.

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Samuel Oniti Hello Samuel, I try not to kill any bees when I work on the hive! Thank you for watching!

Ok Russell. You are welcome. That was a nice post

Samuel Oniti :)

Есть три видео, показывающих полную задачу. Это первое - подготовка улья. На втором видео показаны удаляемые кадры. На третьем видео показано извлечение меда. :-)

@@RussellPlatten спосибо за о твет..значит нужно еще 2 видео посмотреть.поищу.

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National Hive. :-)

Brennin Palfrey Something like that :-)