Managing our bees in this heat
6:42
Bummer. Our hives swarmed 😢
12:40
Our one tip for NUC season 2024
5:56
Treating our bees for winter
5:16
11 ай бұрын
Orange hive in Danger?!?
5:37
11 ай бұрын
Blueberry Mead One Year +
6:07
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Making Peach Mead - Part 3
8:06
Жыл бұрын
Making Peach Mead - Part 2
8:04
Жыл бұрын
Making Peach Mead - Part 1
11:16
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How we prep for upcoming storms
11:03
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@dcsblessedbees
@dcsblessedbees Күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I enjoy seeing the methods other beekeepers use.👍 I have yet to make enough extra wax to do anything but wax new frames.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Күн бұрын
So true. This is two years worth of saving. We even foolishly gave away our honey cappings the first year, before we knew better.
@chrisb1064
@chrisb1064 2 күн бұрын
Hi there I’ve been looking everywhere for those square sided barrels (the blue one you were considering using as a heat sink). Can you tell me where you found it please? Please tell me it was a Canadian supplier 😅
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Күн бұрын
They are used food grade industrial poly drums that we bought off Facebook marketplace. We live in an area with lots of husbandry and are always looking for when people in our neighborhood are selling them. I think the square ones came from a sausage factory.
@bobharjes1229
@bobharjes1229 5 күн бұрын
That’s all fantastic! Such dedication to successful gardening. Would love to see what you’ve grown more successful than just growing without it?
@tullophile
@tullophile 5 күн бұрын
We have just ordered a greenhouse from Viekous and this video is very, very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to put this together to help others. We had bees for many years, but we eventually lost them all one by one to what we think may be CCD. When the bees died there were resources in the hive, so they didn't die from starvation. We were treating appropriately for AFB with terramycin, and had made grease patties with wintergreen oil for tracheal mites. We treated them for hive moths and varroa mites. Not sure what happened. It was very sad. We loved our bees. We live in NC and hope to have bees again one day.
@fulltimber
@fulltimber 6 күн бұрын
You guys need a microphone if you are regularly talking away from the camera, had to go full volume just to hear half of what you guys are saying
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 5 күн бұрын
Yup. We invested in some after this video was made
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 15 күн бұрын
I enjoy your taste testing videos. I just bottled a cranberry orange, and a cherry vanilla. Both recipes will be reworked, lol
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 15 күн бұрын
Didn't work as expected?
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 15 күн бұрын
Not really, on the cherry vanilla it just tastes semi sweet with vanilla, no real cherry taste. On the cranberry orange, just tastes sweet, no real flavor.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 14 күн бұрын
On the vanilla we found, you can’t really taste the vanilla like in cooking but it does make the flavor complex. We’ve been avoiding everything with cherries because we’ve read it’s hard to not make it taste like cough syrup. But maybe we should try that next.
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 14 күн бұрын
@thebeesmeads i read the same thing. People say to use the tart cherries. I couldn't resist when I found a cherry tree in one of my clients' yards. I picked 3lb and tried to make a cherry mead.I backsweetened with tart cherry juice. Still can't taste cherry. But at 11% abv, it makes you feel good, lol
@dcsblessedbees
@dcsblessedbees 15 күн бұрын
😂Practice make perfect.😁
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 15 күн бұрын
Learning every time
@Sugugus_421
@Sugugus_421 17 күн бұрын
Is it that you guys just do not like the taste or did something go wrong during preparations ?
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 16 күн бұрын
We think the where we stored brew was too warm during initial fermentation stage and the yeast was stressed.
@HollyHastings-q1x
@HollyHastings-q1x 21 күн бұрын
Hi there! Where are you guys located? Sounds like your zone is similar to mine 9b🤔😊
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 21 күн бұрын
Yes. We are in 9b also. The Sierra Nevada foothills
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 29 күн бұрын
can you believe 2024 is just about over?
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 29 күн бұрын
Not at all. The last few months especially have been super duper hyper charged
@dcsblessedbees
@dcsblessedbees 29 күн бұрын
@AquarelleArtist
@AquarelleArtist Ай бұрын
My first greenhouse was made of cedar 2x2 lumber covered in plastic sheeting. Not greenhouse grade, just maybe 4 or so, possibly 6 mil thickness of the type of plastic house painters use for a drop cloth. We used an electric space heater on an extension cord. It had to have been on a 15 amp fuse because that's all the old house had except for 220 circuits that had been added later for window air conditioners. (Gas oven and water heater.) The fuse would blow every time the overnight low went below freezing. So... we added a second layer of the same type of plastic sheeting, this time stapling the plastic to the inside of the 2x2 (actual measurement 1 and 1/2 by 1 and 1/2). No problems with the fuse anymore! In fact, we had a freak weather event for this part of the country . Several inches of snow with a low of 4 degrees F - coldest I've EVER been in my life! and the temps did not rise above freezing for several days. Inside the double layered greenhouse the temperature was 80F and the snow laid on the top of the outer layer of plastic like a blanket. Amazed me.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
Over the whole building is cleaver. We were thinking along similar lines of frost covers for inside each plant but your suggestion sounds better.
@patrickcorbett8361
@patrickcorbett8361 Ай бұрын
My maple mead was good at 6 months...at 12 months it was not good...I don't know why... pc
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
Interesting. I wonder what caused that.
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors Ай бұрын
Awe man, bummer it did not turn out well.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
Thanks. This loss hurt a little
@lylelovesflowers
@lylelovesflowers Ай бұрын
How did you get it installed on the thin metal part of the window? We keep running into an issue with the ones we’ve tried that the metal bracket that attaches to the window hits that bar it’s supposed to close down on. Been rather frustrating 😩 did you have to modify it in some way?? Thanks!
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
Yes. We did need to modify it but my husband can't remember exactly how. We may need to do a video or a short about it later.
@Hendris.channel
@Hendris.channel Ай бұрын
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@dcsblessedbees
@dcsblessedbees Ай бұрын
🤨What was it, that was an acorn.🤭😂
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
They are hefty little guys
@acemany1126
@acemany1126 Ай бұрын
Listen bro. Don't let her buy thise cheap stupid stuff. Go with what your want, not her. He ideas will continue to make you lose time and money.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads Ай бұрын
lol. Why do you assume the woman holds the man back from buying new stuff.
@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED
@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED 2 ай бұрын
Hoping to explore more content of yours. Those beeswax window openers are slick. Thank you. Hopefully you are able to get as ready as you need to be for the winter. Salud
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 2 ай бұрын
Glad you liked that part. Those beeswax window openers are a game-changer!
@cccc7006
@cccc7006 2 ай бұрын
your thumbnail looks like somebody wearing a frog suit
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 2 ай бұрын
lol. ok. Im definitely changing that now 😅
@kevinbalkwillcell8937
@kevinbalkwillcell8937 2 ай бұрын
Hi, that new wax looks very clean. Is it synthetic? Bees are very reluctant to build on synthetic wax. Use foundation made from genuine beeswax - they will be much happier.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 2 ай бұрын
We rolled on wax from our bees that we melted down and cleaned up.
@asklandrup
@asklandrup 2 ай бұрын
Why would u pull and wait to extract ? Pull extract and give back to the bees to clean or leave to fill up again. I aæways do it in the same day. Honey extract better when hot 🤗
@wiredvibe1678
@wiredvibe1678 Ай бұрын
Usually im exhausted after pulling. So ectract next day...
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum 2 ай бұрын
Being a previous black widow breeder and venom collection tech, that big mama jamba would’ve been key breeding stock. The bigger the body means the egg case would’ve been huge. Interestingly, I had two primary sources for my ladies… I’d pay water meter readers 2 dollars a piece for healthy females which they would find in the meters without fail. The other main sources were on the bottoms of honeydew and cantaloupes. Crazy right?
@Kiisu8888
@Kiisu8888 2 ай бұрын
It’s sad coulda just scooped her out and moved her away
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum 2 ай бұрын
@@Kiisu8888 Yeah, all of gots creatures are worth consideration.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 2 ай бұрын
Did not know that was a thing. We have tons of black widows in our area. We have to have to be careful with the kiddos toys
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum
@Endoplasmic-Reticulum 2 ай бұрын
@@thebeesmeads It’s actually quite fascinating, the collection of black widow venom. I take a widows enclosure and put it in a swirling container of CO2 gas. This knocks her out enough to give me five minutes to strap her to a microscope sample bed. I’ll zoom in on her fangs where I stimulate the specimen with a small amount of voltage. She yields a couple of drops of venom. The capillary effect is used to draw venom into my micro pipette. I spin my centrifuge thereby consolidating all of my samples into a vial which I freeze dry. Eventually the bulk of the product gets injected into horses to make antivenin. It’s quite an amazing process and those horses get spoiled like crazy.
@Manuherikiabeekeeping
@Manuherikiabeekeeping 2 ай бұрын
Dead hornets and wasps are great, don't like em don't want em😅 Im sure someone loves them but not me, im a hater😂 when it comes to wasps anyway 😅👍👋
@claytonwillinger965
@claytonwillinger965 3 ай бұрын
3:12 got pupper peeing
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 3 ай бұрын
The bees are looking great
@Manuherikiabeekeeping
@Manuherikiabeekeeping 3 ай бұрын
Hi😃👋 trade you for weather, we have yet another southerly storm but I got too move some bee's into the thyme migration apairy today so the cooler temperature is helpful for that. Spring in southern New Zealand is definitely being springy😂 not a criticism, just a observation, you might find it easier to pull the sidewall frame out when you're in the bees and give yourselves some working room, personally I pull two frames from the sidewall so I don't roll the queen by accident and I'm not rolling bee's when I put the frames back in. Most beekeepers just pull one out, I just noticed you seem to be having a little trouble manipulating your frame grabber but I've never used one I'm old school 😂 good moves checking the entrances first as part of your inspection, looking at what's going on in the front can tell you a lot about what is going on inside, it's a good habit to cultivate and you identified a problem 👍 we have a related spider to black widows in New Zealand called the katipo, actually it's the only poisonous insect we have but ours love the underneath of floors to set up shop😂😅 hope your mite count goes well in a couple of weeks 😃👍
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
Yes. Please start blowing that wind this way. Lol. You noticed how slow my husband is at inspecting? Personally, I use the J hook to loosen propolized frames but I’ve learned to let him do his thing.
@Manuherikiabeekeeping
@Manuherikiabeekeeping 3 ай бұрын
@@thebeesmeads 😅 I wouldn't say slow I'd say methodical 😂 no, I just noticed that he seemed to have a little trouble lifting the frames out but maybe it's using the frame grabber, I've never used one myself so I don't know what it's like to lift a frame with one
@jamskinner
@jamskinner 3 ай бұрын
Ya. If you leave the frames around you will get wax moth. Don’t wait more than a week.
@vintage1994
@vintage1994 3 ай бұрын
Do you pasteurize? I usually pasteurize my backsweetened meads and let them sit in the carboy and all the honey solids settle after a couple of weeks.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
Yes we do.
@RaviaDeNor1387
@RaviaDeNor1387 3 ай бұрын
Just filter it and rinse the jug like with a cheese cloth i think it's called
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
That’s what we did for the most part because it tastes perfectly fine. But we were still embarrassed to share it with others.
@patrickcorbett8361
@patrickcorbett8361 3 ай бұрын
Liked the vid ! How about a raspberry mead ?...I've got a bumper crop of them this year and I'm thinking it just might be interesting.... pc
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
Thanks. And great idea. Definitely going to try that next.
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 3 ай бұрын
YES!, Award winning mead makers.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
😆
@BrianCooper901
@BrianCooper901 3 ай бұрын
Sounds like you had a good honey harvest this year, congrats! Our chickens sometimes lay eggs in random spots if the other nest boxes are full.
@BrianCooper901
@BrianCooper901 3 ай бұрын
This popped up in my feed but it may be close to harvest time again! I try my best to harvest the same weekend I pull the honey. I started with the bucket and uncapper. You may consider getting a 5 gallon paint strainer bag and putting it in the bucket so you can drain your cappings. Hopefully your knife is sharp, but use a sawing motion if you can. I just use one of our kitchen aid knives and be sure it is very sharp before I start.
@AndyG_75
@AndyG_75 3 ай бұрын
Thems killer bees?
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
They are aggressive meanies. But not as bad as the ones that make the news.
@BusterCheeks1776
@BusterCheeks1776 3 ай бұрын
How do you go about getting the Bees to start a small give? If they are so low in wild population how are there bee farms, couldnt the state/fed breed billions constantly and up the Numbers? If notbim curious to how you came about your first
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
Not sure I fully understand your question? I assume you are asking how to breed honey bees. We haven’t gotten into that side specifically. We started with a hive from our local beekeeping group.
@michaelriley2773
@michaelriley2773 3 ай бұрын
When you finish extraction, take anything you need to clean and set it outside at least 20 ft from your hives and let bees rob/clean your stuff !
@Figaro.
@Figaro. 3 ай бұрын
Those are some scary looking mofos
@Hendris.channel
@Hendris.channel 3 ай бұрын
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@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 3 ай бұрын
Lol, thanks for sharing
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Hendris.channel
@Hendris.channel 3 ай бұрын
Saya sangat menyukai lebah 🐝 Di Indonesia saya mulai budidaya lebah lokal..
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@rosswagner9083
@rosswagner9083 3 ай бұрын
Freezer first
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors
@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 4 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back! The temps have been crazy hot this summer, my seedling tress have all burnt up, mostly due to my neglect.
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 4 ай бұрын
That’s a bummer. Hopefully you can revive them.
@sherinissen635
@sherinissen635 4 ай бұрын
We are in the process of putting one of these up. Not sure about it 😂 I wanted a Planta greenhouse and my husband voted the “ cheaper” one 🤦‍♀️ hopefully it will work for a couple years. Thanks for the video
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 4 ай бұрын
Good luck! We made a one review video, so far ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3Pbe3qdfsaFrLc ) and putting together the next one for October.
@zachmoore5518
@zachmoore5518 4 ай бұрын
How is it holding up?
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 4 ай бұрын
Well. Working on posting a year review in October
@wb3ccn
@wb3ccn 4 ай бұрын
Heat your honey knife in hot water, it works fantastic
@pooterist
@pooterist 4 ай бұрын
AGH - heartbreaking tale. I felt sure the disaster was going to be a full honey bucket collapsing that shaky table and spilling on the carpet. I thin that would be worse, but not by much. Better luck next year. Oh - don't forget to freeze the moth-infested frames before giving them back to the bees. Who knows what eggs and larvae are still viable in there.
@lifeliver9000
@lifeliver9000 4 ай бұрын
A couple of suggestions. One whole wall of work bench. Great for storage underneath and small seed trays and propagation area. Self opening vents. No power required as done with wax and cools in summer and shuts themselves at night. Bout $50. Not sure if it had spouting built in but barrel storage for water is great at one end. You can get solar light and air vent cheap also. Keeping warm in winter is trickier. Without power mass is required. I’d put a row of hay bails around edge that doesn’t have shelf and put pots and trays on this. It will definitely help a few degrees as they absorb heat and release slower at night. Anyway looks like you are on your way!👍 nice
@thebeesmeads
@thebeesmeads 4 ай бұрын
Already have the bees wax self opening. Totally in love with it. Doubt we’ll do a whole wall bench as its very flexible in its current state but definitely going to try for a larger water storage this winter. Thanks for the suggestions.