A short overview of beekeeping with a discussion of the importance of honey bees as pollinators. Includes a discussion of the invention of the moveable frame hive and the life cycle of the honey bee.
I'm a beekeeper from the uk,in my opinion this is a fantastic way to allow people to see the great benefits of keeping bees. I like the fact that it was broken down into sections,simplifying each section. I now have 3 hives and all are doing great. I watched this video several months ago and was amazed . Thank you hila road
This is the most informative and straight forward video I've come across so far about keeping bees. The one about the life cycle was great as well. Thank you!
thank you for the great video! i just did an informative speech about bees as our primary pollinators for my college speech class. I hope one day to have a few hives for my garden.
Excellent and informative video. Thank you very much. This is furthering my interest in bee keeping. I have a very knowledgeable woman near me that keeps bees and hope to speak with her soon! Thanks again!
Excellent video and great intro. I am especially intrigued by your bear cage. There are not many designs out there for them, something I plan do do on my own property here in western Maryland.
very well explained. thank you. I've been researching bee keeping for almost 2 years now and have tried to find bee keepers to train with. I've gone out once with a bee keeper, but havent had further opportunity. Hopefully this summer, I'll be joining a bee training institute for a some basic courses and hands on training.
The magic of bee spit! We Have a "bee man" in the area that removed a Queen and a new comb out of a water box at my house and took up a happy, if somewhat confused new residence in a hive at his house. At last report, the queen's descendants are doing well years later. I would rather pay him to take them than just poison them. It was interesting to watch him work too. And the bees were very mellow about the move, not trying to sting him at all.
Very informative, entertaining, and well put together. Nice video +1 Also I was very relieved when you said you'd be doing a video on honey extraction because I was waiting for that the whole time and it was getting to the end and I didn't see it happen so thank you.
+Ovais Saand "Apis mellifera" is a latin name of the species. It literally means "honey bee". There are other "apis" (bees) than "mellifera", however they are (usually) not those living in the hives provided by people. Examples other "apis", that are not "mellifera": apis dorsata (the biggest one), apis flora (the smallest one) apis cerana. I'd say the question was as to which SUBSPIECIES of the western honey bee ("apis mellifera") or further: which RACE or LINE does he have. In the move I believe he didn't mean "Apis mellifera mellifera" (there is actually such a race/subspiecies), but referred generally to the species when presenting her as one of the pollinators. Within apis mellifera there are for example following subspecies: a.m.carnica, ligustica, caucasia, monticola (and others). There are also some "artificial" lines like e.g. "buckfast" - a combination "created" from mixture of a few subspecies by brother Adam in the UK in the XX century. Ufff... ;) All the best to you :)
I love this video. Can you do a video on the honey bee colony collapse phenomenon? What are the current scientific findings on this? Is the situation getting worse?
is there anything you can't do :)... is there anything you don't know about? i mean even you have bees? i was following you in all your videos for science and not surprise about this as well.. keep it up u are an inspiration
very nice video, of the life cycle of the egg. do u know of a video of a cycle of the bee's life cycle. "example" nurse bee, house cleaner, gard bee, then pollinator. and what stage of life or how many days to the change of job???
levi rogers Levi do some research on google its all there. what ou ask is usefull Its usefull in figuring out when a swarm has occured and when doing a split or re queening.. pulled from google.. 3 castes of bees, 24 days for drones, 21 days for worker bees, and 16 days for queens. To become adults.
A special screen called the queen excluder separates the hive into two portions. The screen is filled with holes that are two small for the queen to go through (preventing her from laying eggs on the other side) but are still large enough to allow the smaller workers to pass through.
Ever heard of Google? He can't you where to buy them since you prob don't live near him, so type "google buying bee's (and your area) and I'm sure something will pop up.
Sadly, however, almost no one knows there are actually numerous native North American bees that are very skilled at pollination. Native bees did 100% of the bee pollination before honey bees arrived. You may be even more surprised to know they are the more efficient pollinator for native plants. Like the Mason Bee
Sam Evans I take 100% of the honey for the first and second honey extracting for one season, but at the last extraction (the third) i leave them about 20 kg of honey for themselves plus feeding them with sugar syrup.But it depends of the area yiu're keeping them.
What I don't like about that particular type of plastic frame is that it has openings or pockets along the top, bottom an sides. That makes it harder to clean the frame edges etc., and also give disease and parasites a place to hide. If it were cast smooth it would be much better. Right now I prefer to use wood frames with heavy plastic foundation. If a frame breaks or becomes defective you can clean and reuse the foundation.
Elephantdude12345 Maybe when you grow up, you`ll be able to get the right equipment. Beekeeping doesn`t require a certain age, so maybe when you`re 17-21 you could start, but most preferably 19 because after you finish school, you`ll be able to think about whether or not you want it to be a job or a hobby.
+Elephantdude12345 Don't listen to that terrible advice by The dog. There is no need to wait to be a bee keeper as long as you have the following: 1-Support from your parents/family, 2-The advice and guidance of a beekeeper, 3- Read Read Read as many articles/books as you can on beekeeping, there are a ton of them out there so you can learn what you need. I started my first hive when I was 10 years old and none of my family had ever done it. I got advice from a local beekeeper, saved my money for a colony of bees and the bee equipment. It was very fun (that was nearly 40 years ago and to this day I enjoy beekeeping. My kids all grew up with it and started out very young once they understood what to do, how to act, and had all their own protection gear (some as early as 5 years old. Do it for the fun of it, don't worry about thinking about a job, you are too young to be worrying about that. Go for it! Start by finding a local beekeeper (if you don't know any contact your county agriculture office and they will know who they are) and ask them to introduce you into beekeeping. The good beekeepers will be thrilled to introduce you into beekeeping.
+Silent Walker Go for it! See my reply to elephantdude12345. As long as you have support from your parents, get some advice from a local beekeeper, and really study articles and books on beekeeping there is no reason why you can't start at 9 1/2 years old.
Not sure if I agree with native bees. all honey bees are tropical or sub tropical from europe or africa. who ever is interested in bee keeping or bee sheparding or being a bee guardian do a lot of research into natrual bee keeing methods. This Lang hive has some drawbacks. Look into a TBH Top Bar Hive. Natrual comb, no plastic frames, manage the hive without pulling the whole chamber apart or the top boxes off. more wax and letting the bees do what they want and do best. We are witnesses to another life form and priviliged to be living and working with another organism. Im just saying we should let bees be themselves and not manage them or restrict them so much. Why a queen excluder? more honey right. why? let the queen go where she wants. Let the bees build the comb cells any size they want (not all brood is the same size)but can not do it on a frame in a Lang. Old wax in a Lang is like a Toilet for Bee babies. In a TBH its all new everytime its pure Multicide free. No moths no Mites all new all the time. The argument never ends. Want an industrial method to get Honey follow this video. Want to Be the Bee, read read read and go TBH. No disrespect to anyone. DW
a) "Dect" phone's frequency interferes with the bee's navigation. b) "Dect" phones have quite a large range which is increased by adding a 2nd ,3rd, 4th etc charger / range extender. c) If you have a cordless / home / office phone there's a 90% chance it's a "Dect Phone" d) Dect phones are not the only devices operating on or near to that spectrum.
