Preparing for my 3rd Year of Beekeeping - Building hives, cleaning equipment and getting more bees 

I'm a woodworker....please please please don't wear a scarf when using power tools! If that scarf gets caught in that circular saw blade your head will find its way very quickly towards that blade which would not be good. Stay safe! Hope that helps.

i really love these videos, they are so calming, no bullshitting and no exaggerating, no show off, just showing the learning process and the reached achievements. Alex please keep up your videos, this ist what i love the most and this is what makes you my fav youtuber

My three year old is fascinated about bees and beekeeping thanks to you and your videos!!! He goes around the house and pretends different things are ‘his beehives’ or ‘his smoker’ or pretending to find ‘his queen bee’. It’s amazing what he picks up from listening to you. Thanks for inspiring him so much!!!

Since I last saw you. Things have really taken off. I’m now a fully registered charity. Love the journey you’ve been on and thanks for the promo last year. 🙏

This is why I started beekeeping, I attribute you to the reason why I started last year, I tell people all the time :D

Nice vlog Alex, I'm a beekeeper of 60 years, and its good to see someone like yourself really looking after bees, giving good sound information and advice.

Using power tools with the scarf on made me tense up a little! However, the ingenuity and problem solving skills you have are nothing if not admirable. Can't wait for another video when it gets to harvesting season!

Bristol resident here. Can't wait to buy your honey! Hopefully i get to know when it goes on sale. I'd be miffed if i miss out because it's sold out.

*Really Important!!* Please don't wear clothing items like hoodie draw cords or scarves when using power tools..... especially circular saws! If the long dangly thing, that is wrapped around your neck, gets caught in a spinning tool it can get wrapped around the tool really quickly. This means that the bit that's around your neck gets really tight, really quickly...... I hope you can see where this is going? "My circular saw strangled me" looks really back on a headstone 😅

My grandpa is a beekeeper for almost 60 years. He scrapes and collects the propolis from the frames and majority of it he sells for usage in different medicines. Keeps a bit for himself and puts it in his rakija bottles (fruit spirit). He believes this is the secret to his longevity (beekeeping, honey + rakija with propolis) - 87 years old. Thank you for the video, brings back memories of childhood, harvesting honey and selling it later with my grandpa on the market.

No better video to watch whilst drinking a morning coffee!

Anytime I talk to anyone about my preference for long format videos, I alway go to your channel as my gold standard. No bs. Just a wealth of highly entertaining information. A deep dive, if you will, instead of just skiing across the surface of knowledge.

Yessssss! A video from Alex 29 minutes of joy!

Alex keep this in mind : every beekeeper is a carpenter ( more or less). I do that for days and weeks in winter Some days i am all day long in workshop ....when you have 500-600 gives you work whole winter

Another outstanding video. It never ceases to amaze me how my teen went from zero interest in beekeeping two years ago, to helping me enthusiastically thanks to your videos. Our family loves watching your stuff and we are excited to see what this summer brings!

I hope you make a video dedicated to making mead using your own mead and messing with flavours. I really like how you put your videos together.

I came across your channel about a year ago. now I've recently started my own vegetable garden. I don't really know what I'm doing and just playing along as it goes. Thank you for inspiring me Alex

Using the circular saw with your lovely scarf dangling nearby made me so anxious :'))

Lmao nooo not the spilled screws! I've done that! I felt that in my soul! 😢😂 Ooooo pretty color! I love blue 💙!

It's funny because I started watching you when I became a beekeeper myself

Alex, go grab a pop-up gazebo. They're super cheap and will serve as a shelter for selling at markets and help you keep your woodworking up in the garden/by the hive in the rain. Much love.

this will be my 3rd year of watching your bee keeping. super excited for this years videos.

I hate to be a pain pal, but im gonna need more videos. The honest and calming nature of you, and your videos, has become one of my favourite things on RU-vid. Your range of interests and approach to learning new things is fascinating. You are doing an excellent job pal. But please, more videos

Yeah : You got yourself a "Warre Hive." I just love them. Have several here in my Garden. Made loads of my own Equipment too. Have Nationals, Langstroths, Warre and a huge Horizontal Hive. All doing well here in Scotland. Tip: I would do a Warre to National transfer (why would you ? Keep the Warre Hive too.) By cutting only a Third of the Comb out of the Warre Frame : Leaving about x2 Inches of Comb in the Top of the Warre Frame (Bees will draw down more Wax in these. Back to normal.) Keep the Comb the right way up ! And use Elastic Bands around your National Frames, to keep this Comb in place, until the Bees build them with secure holding Brace Comb. If any Beek has a Langstroth Hive : Warre and National Super Frames fit within them. Just Inset that 2nd Frame and Zip Tie one Top Rail to another. Simples. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 I have made Langstroth, Nats and Warre Nuc Hives. All using Pallet Wood. Use the ones that are light Pine Wood with only "Heated Treated" Logo or Image on them. Really easy to break down into lovely Planks, Glue these together to make Walls, Floors, even cut up into Frames. All doable in DIY terms. Add a little bit of Essential Lemon Grass Oil onto a bit of Cotton Wool, or melt that 'Dark Bees Wax' to make a "Bait Hive" by catching a Swarm. A Free Bee Hive and Free Bees. Had x3 Swarms find me last Year. 👍 Yes they were local Black Bees and no, not any of my Bees swarming, but 'Bees from the local environment finding me.' What's not to like. . .🙃

Great to see you back Alex! Watching your mushroom growing video got me interested in it, and I'm currently building an environment control panel for a Martha tent. So thanks for that! Love your style and presentation. You really are a breath of fresh air on youtube!

These are my comfort videos, thankyou Alex ❤

Very impressed, your woodworking skills are coming along well, and it's going to save you loads of money on hives, keep up the good work!

Glad to see another year of beekeeping

New beekeeping update !! been waiting for this one.

Yay i have been rediscovering your videos recently. Im so glad theres another video!

I always enjoy it when you release a new video

Truly appreciate your work, Alex. Thanks.

Hi Alex good to see you and your bee's again. May you have a fun and productive year. You're an inspiration! Cheers

I absolutely love these videos, I find myself rewatching every video weekly! Alex created such an awesome community

Now you know what an ordeal it is to build the hives yourself :) always a learning experience, glad to be tagging along

Nice one Alex it's always nice when you do a film 🎥 on your bee's 🐝 it's always very interesting it will be nice when the weather starts getting better 🐝🐝🐝😁👍

*Hi Alex, I've been watching your bee journey since the beginning :) I must say, it's awesome and you've come a long way. Making your own equipment is much cheaper. I wish you a great beekeeping season this year. Keep us updated.*

Those boxes look so nice!

Alex you're back ..at last ..seems like a millennium ago ..hope Bristol is treating you well..I'm so indulgent when you talk about the machinations of anything /everything ..all the comments (any/all) are the signature of your style ..I've learnt so much about bees ..thanks Mr Myagi of Bees

Agreed Alex you will find making the hives easier with each one you make and less of a hassle. Having someplace to make them other than the cramped space of your back garden will also make it easier. Perhaps the people who allow you to keep your bees on their property have somewhere you may use for making your hives in future. It should not be very difficult for them to allow you to use a space for a short time each winter to do this. Keep getting the parts ready made so it only takes some cutting/assembly and having your own tools and other stuff so you wont need anything else of theirs. So ask them if you may use a little corner of a small shed for a few days a year to build your hives and who knows you may get lucky. Some thank you honey every year always helps sweeten the deal. (sorry had to do that lol) As your operation grows your profits each year will be best spent to fund the next season and save some of that profit for future things like getting a small plot of land and build a shed as your first base to grow your business from. From humble beginnings big things grow. You are a humble man so that's half the puzzle solved. 😁👍

Beekeeping is on my bucket list, thanks to you! You're a big inspiration to many people.

I was so excited to see two new Videos Alex you should be so proud of your self making your own boxes and everything I'm very proud of you no matter what you are amazing 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

Great video! I recently became obsessed with bee keeping even though I don’t even own a single thing yet. Your journey has been amazing and I’m definitely looking forward to getting into the hobby, great job with everything you do Alex! Keep at it with the tools as well, the more experience you give yourself the better you will become! Cheers!

I really love all your videos!! You inspire me to have these things I want like bees, my own garden to have my own food. And feel accomplish!! God Bless!!❤️🙏🏻✝️🙌🏻

Hey Alex I love your videos they always relax me keep it up!

BEE TIME BABY!!

Fantastic video Alex! I hope this is the best year yet for a honey harvest. Looking forward to the future videos. Cheers

It's fun to watch your beekeeping journey, and I am excited to see how well you do this year on your honey harvest! Good luck!

Great video Alex. So glad to see everything went well with your move and moving your bees 😁🐝💜 hope this season goes well for you. Can't wait to see how your first full hive inspection goes. Thanks for all you share!

I also love watching these videos! And the English accent along with your jargon is really fascinating to listen too. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your harvesting and videos!

I have been following you and your vids of planting, bees and beer for a good while, and i am absolutly loving it. I used to get panic attacks around bees, and last year i didnt cause i now know to much more about them becasue of you! So thank you for putting out such great and informative content! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more vids! :D

hurray! Alex is back! Love your garden videos and the beekeeping! Just bought my own Flow Hive and waiting for my bees to arrive! Think I wnt my own RU-vid channel with bees and gardenstuff. Thanks for the inspiration!

The quality of your editing is so good! I enjoy not just the content of the video but the quay of your editing. Keep up the good work Alex!

Time flies. Feels like yesterday that you’ve uploaded the first bee video

Hi Alex! If you use screws, it is worth drilling holes in the wood first. Then it won't crack. Greetings from Poland!

There's something so endearing about your voice 😊 I love listening to you talk!

Alex where have you been?!?!?! Just kidding, love your videos! Keep it up 😇😇

Great to see you again. I'm loving your journey with the ladies

I love how you also show the struggles with what you're doing. Whenever I make stuff and I break or drop things I always feel like an idiot, but I guess it happens to all of us. Good luck with the bees this year!

Lovely video again Alex. Thanks a lot for making this beautiful content!

These videos are always so satisfying and calming to watch!❤

Awesome . Thanks for the tips .We are on bee keeping course now and will be starting our first bee keeping season

Alex, I love your beekeeping videos, you have inspired me to finally take up beekeeping, I've wanted to do it for a little while but just didn't have time or the motivation for it. But hopefully within the next 3 months I'll have my colony. Please keep making the videos and working hard. Much love from South Africa

I have been watching your content for hours. Love the honesty, I am inspired to start my own project.

I love your videos, you have just such chill vibes and I just feel like I'm less alone watching you, thanks

Everything is looking good, Alex! Hopefully your smaller colony thrives once it starts to warm up and they’ve got some decent weather to forage 🫶🏻 Also, nice to see some bulbs. Ours have been out all winter 🫤🤷🏻 I don’t think they realise we had a winter 😆

Here’s a tip Alex, when you’re done harvesting your honey sit your hives with the frames out in your bee yard for about a week and your bees will finish the process of harvesting your honey

great video as always Alex, just a bit of advice and a warning about wearing long scarves when using the circular saw, be very careful that the scarf doesn't get caught up in the blade of the circular saw or it could be a very bad day 😅🤣

I really enjoy watching you with your beekeeping. I have always been afraid of bees, but learning about them from you have made them feel more familiar and not so scary. I now see them as little critters instead of scary insects, if that makes sense! Thank you for teaching us!

Very helpful and so many hidden little gems - a building jib!! What a brilliant idea wish you would have linked the information… AND Soda Crystals for cleaning; love it. Thank you

I cant believe ive been watching you for over 2 years, heres to a hardy harvest this season, i look forward to the videos

Im so invested in this video.. ive been watching ur others. But tbh i never knew beekeeping is so relaxing to watch 😂

Love this, I’m in Australia so we come into winter soon, so you are ahead of me by just enough to give me new ideas!

It always surprises me that videos like this with so much info & knowledge get so little views in comparison to some gossip reaction to stupid "pranks" get millions of views !

thank you for the video Alex it's so inspiring and so good to see all 🥰

You have inspired me to start Beekeeping.I first found your videos and have followed you since you first started posting them. I have learned a lot from your Videos. I literally just got two nucs of bees last Sunday 17 March and I hope to keep them alive and get a little honey. I love that you filmed your mistakes as well as your wins and that you do not pretend to be an expert but invited us along to enjoy the journey. Please keep making content. We love your travel and mushroom foraging likewise

Well done! I really enjoyed watching you build the items - excellent job mate! 🐝

The long wait for another of your awesome bee video is over. - Hello from Melbourne Australia

I've missed you! Welcome back! Can't wait to see what your up to this season😊

love following your bee keeping journey, its on my bucket list when i retire....

I like your handy jig for holding the nuc hive parts during assembly.

Your videos are amazing and inspiring. Can you please do some more gardening please.

Your homemade nucs looks great. Good luck this year.

Impressive, l’m so pleased to have found your channel 🤗👍🐝

Very nice work on the crown and nuc boxs my man. Love your content, very soothing.

Really good Alex, you've got some decent tools there too now. Keep up the good work 👍👍

So much easier to paint before assembling the boxes. Save the dark comb to capture a swarm. Along with lemongrass oil, the black comb will attract the swarm

Good luck this year man!! Keep up the hard work. I'm on my third year of gardening. Alot to learn.

Alex you're the most interesting human , the best at learning and teaching 😊

i love this cute comfy house that you live in, and you've made such a lovely beehives, i like the color! Waiting for more videos of yours! :)

Love your channel very inspiring great work Alex!!

Just an advice. When you want to screw the thinner pieces of wood, drill them out first and then screw to prevent splitting. I do woodworking as a hobby and also had learning curve. If you want to "close" the screw holes you can mix fine saw dust and white wood glue. Apply it to mask the screws and once it solidifies, just pass few times with the sand paper. Best regards from Croatia :)

Excellent video again Alex, currently I follow a beekeeping course and I get my bees in June. Your videos teached me so much already! Greetings from The Netherlands

The hives you built are quite beautiful 👏🏻

Great to ser you back. Cant wait for next vlog

honestly always a delight. thanks

It's a good day when Alex uploads a new video! keep it up Alex love the content.

I really like your videos!! Thank you very much!!!❤

The bee hives you made look great :) ty as always for the vid :)

Fantastic to see what you are doing now. Warre hives are used a lot in France, they are top bar hives, a bit of research will show you how to move the bees into a National Hive.