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About this video: Bee Barn Inspection | Checking the front row for stores and bee hive health.
Today we will take advantage of the wonderful unseasonably warm weather to enter the hives and take a look around. This is the first video of a multi-day, multi-hive inspection in the apiary.
If you are interested in making your own hive pillow here is the link: https://youtu.be/htm4DJV_DPw
About this Channel:
I hope you enjoy beekeeping and this video. If you are interested in becoming a beekeeper or experience backyard beekeeping for yourself have a look at some of the videos on this beekeeping channel as well as videos from beekeeping creators I have listed below. This is my third season as a beekeeper and everything I have learned came from YouTube and mostly from the channels listed below.
Although this beekeeping channel is primarily about beekeeping I am also a quasi pepper who believes in becoming self-sufficient. With that in mind, I have started a garden, planted fruit trees, replaced the hedges in front of my house with blueberry bushes, and have recently built a chicken coop. In short, I will share a lot more than beekeeping on this channel.
A little about me:
I am a person who believes you are never to old to learn something. Be it beekeeping, farming, raising chickens, painting, filming and editing video, making wine, beer, bread, cheese, and other fermentation consumables, play guitar etc… If I see something I want to try I start it immediately. If there is one thing I could choose to pass along to my children this would be it. Never be afraid to try. My wife famously told me once that if you are not willing to be bad at something, you will never be good at it. That means I am bad at quite a few things.
A little about you:
If you are new to beekeeping or are interested in becoming a beekeeper this channel might be for you. In my beekeeping adventures I show everything from my beekeeping successes to my beekeeping failures. I hide nothing and am never afraid to admit to a mistake.
I hope you find my beekeeping videos fun and entertaining as well as get something out of them. I hope I inspire someone to get out and try something new. If you do enjoy my videos, please take a moment to spread the word about this channel and help it, and myself, grow. Have a great day and BEE Happy!
My Mentors:
Vino Farm
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-xczyljpDKuM00-45OUrvg
Frederick Dunn
https://www.youtube.com/user/HTCSWEOD
Mike Barry
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4jr_hLv6HmZ3ICCdw4C6Q
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The gear I use:
Primary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Secondary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Primary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Secondary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Tripod: ( GEEKOTO Camera Tripod
Editing Software: Adobe Premier
Graphics Package: Adobe Photoshop
Learning Final Cut Pro
Channel Key words:
#beekeeping #flowhive #insects #prepping
A bit about my channel:
This channel is primarily about beekeeping or more specifically beekeeping 101 because I am just a beginning beekeeper and I figured the best way to learn beekeeping and to be a beekeeper was to buy a flow hive, sometimes spelled flowhive or a flow hive 2 which is sometimes known as a flowhive 2 and begin building by backyard apiary so I would have a place to keep bees. Now, backyard beekeeping is not the only thing I do. I consider myself to be urban farming as I also try to grow a sustainable and edible landscape. Backyard farming for me also includes keeping chicken and building other things in my shop that will help all of the birds, bees, insects, and other natural pollinators. I learn how to feed bees and chickens while showing you my day-to-day activities in my apiary, sometimes known as a bee yard. Some people consider me a prepper and yes there is a little truth to that. I do consider this a form of prepping and becoming self sufficient. Thank you for spending time with me learning about tap hives, flow hives, honeybees, and chickens.
17 Comments
I am in process of building one of these bee barns for next year. Using spray foam instead of blue dow Styrofoam. Also using 4 shallow boxes stacked together. I'm excited to see it in action!
You were mentioning raising a virgin queen. Frankly I don't see any advantage to that as she will be too old to mate by the time the weather (and the presence of drones) will allow that.
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Always a pleasure watching you work your bees- minus the sting-o-meter of course. Have a great weekend. Thanks for sharing and letting me tag along!
I find it mind blowing that it's getting cold where you are, but I'm wearing shorts and have the aircon on at 8am! How have you found plastic foundation? Seems from what I've seen to be very hit and miss. I'm about to test some out for myself.
Wish they sold hives like that.
The queens pump the breaks on the eggs this time of year – nothing to be alarmed about
Looking good!
They seem to be doing well.👍
This great video made me happy! By the way, I was yelling, "Don't do It" at the screen. I am glad that it worked out without any stings. I hope that you show some video of how you feed your bee pollen.
Crazy to see you doing beekeeping things so late in the year! My hives are sealed until March.
Bug Farmer, did you said there wasn’t any pollen? Is there any oak trees with mistletoe’s growing nearby? Sometimes they can get pollen there. Where I live, if the bees are flying they’re bringing in pollen.
As always, an interesting and very informative video my friend. Good luck to Juno with the new brood!! Take care and cheers!! 🍷🍷🐝🐝🤶🏼
How old is Juno? I read somewhere that when queens age they sometimes run out of fertilized eggs and may start laying drones.
A hive inspection in November! Nice no chance of that up here I would need little snow suits for the bees 😂 the best i can do is look inside the entrance inside the bee barn!
78 here in Florida bees have fun
I hope to open my hives this week, 70 degrees 👍