Used to be most beekeepers were farmers supplementing their income. I have a beekeeper friend that was pregnant this Summer and couldn't lift. She paid me to work her bees for the Summer. Making money with bees is like a river. First you have ditches then streams everywhere coming. At some point once enough starts coming in you have a river ! The Mississippi river starts as a trickle !

I would like to make some high quality Langstroth hives in the future!

Seems like the temperature maxes out for me at about 245 degrees. I just go ahead and stop cooking at that point. Still seems to work well for me.

Thank you for this video! Before this I had trouble duplicating your process from the instructions on the website.

I was pretty lucky this year. I sold 120 jars of honey this fall. I just hope my bees go through the winter. It’s been cold in Pennsylvania.

David, I like the clean look with some items. I would bring bobble head David, the KZbin plaque, and my favorite the Cowboy UP sign. I am lucky that Joey is all in with me on spending money on the bees. As always another great video David.

I like the objects in the background... you and Fred Dunn have the best background

I have come to learn that if you are growing your bee business to start with the up front cost is high. I’m going into my second year and the equipment is what can be expensive. I made the mistake of wanting the cool stuff instead of just what I need. My second year I am cutting cost of making different types of honey and some creamed honey to make up some cost. My 3rd year I think I want to start selling queens because I think it would be easier to sell those than nucs.

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I think you're current background is great.

David GREAT VIDEO On how to make money! 9 yrs in bee keeping, first 3 yrs costly, but since yr 4 , expenses less than $100 per yr because I learned from one of the best , that's you David, AGAIN THANKS 👍

Great video David ! Going into my second year as a Beekeeper and made money doing yellow jacket extractions of all things lol

OMG! 😂 My husband freaked out when my last hive arrived. He doesn’t know how much all of this beekeeping obsession is costing and that is for the best! 😂

Leave a comment below and tell me how you are making money from beekeeping. We will all benefit from your tips.

What's your opinion on drone queen excluders that you put on the front of a hive to keep the bees from being able to swarm

You dont need to spend a lot of money if your thrifty. You dont need to buy fancy equipment and fully automate unless your commercial. Sure once you grow you might need to automate everything.

Personally I don't even want to know how much I've spent

You should have an observation hive in the background that would be a cool view if you could provide an exit and entrance out the wall

Great videos! I love your attitude and energy you put into the videos.

I like the"clean" look better David!

Is there a food that’s toxic to mites? A food that will attract them and then they get poisoned? There has to be. Chemistry is real.

I didn’t know about viruses transmitted by mites. Thanks so much for the info!

The only thing I'm concerned about is what to do if there's a failure in any of those plastic parts. As far as the lack of pulling bees out and extracting, I think this method of harvesting the honey is *far* more humane than disrupting the whole hive. To my knowledge the company never advocates for a "set and forget" method of beekeeping. They mention several times in their website that it's not a "zero upkeep" system, it's a system that causes less stress to the bees when harvesting. I DO worry about the negative reviews though, they all say the same thing "difficult and time consuming to put together", "missing parts", "broken parts", "plywood made in China" when it's supposed to be constructed of natural wood in Australia. I'm curious to know your views once you've gotten used to it, because I would LOVE to start beekeeping, but my mobility issues make it very difficult to juggle constant need for suiting up and harvesting the traditional way. This is far more accessible for people with these kinds of issues. I just don't want to save the bees (and myself) a bunch of pain and stress, only to accidentally kill all the bees if it falls apart mid use.

if their beans are as good as their food it's delicious! i LOVE ethiopian food mmmmmmm!

Join me for my livestream Thursday at 7pm central time. Giveaways, Q&A and I'll be teaching on how not to lose your hives this winter. Here's the link: kzbin.infoPa3IpMhFJf0

Join me for my livestream Thursday at 7pm central time. Giveaways, Q&A and I'll be teaching on how not to lose your hives this winter. Here's the link: kzbin.infoPa3IpMhFJf0

Join me for my livestream Thursday at 7pm central time. Giveaways, Q&A and I'll be teaching on how not to lose your hives this winter. Here's the link: kzbin.infoPa3IpMhFJf0

Join me for my livestream Thursday at 7pm central time. Giveaways, Q&A and I'll be teaching on how not to lose your hives this winter. Here's the link: kzbin.infoPa3IpMhFJf0

If I turn the bottom board to reduce the entrance to 3/8, wouldn’t that stop mice?

At 10:40, an insect makes its appearance on the stage. I can't tell if it is a spider or a ladybug, but it has several near-brushes with death. 🐢

Better use your hand to take a bug out, especially a fly! (Just the idea of it being squashed by tools and releasing potentially eggs inside the honey..)

I believe vocational schools are the best. I went to a vocational school in Springfield Mass. it was the best.

The funny thing is the only thing I've built is my frames and the landing board

Coffee and Bees - Two of my favorite things! 😊 Another great video! Thank you!

A Cinder Block ? ? . . zzzzzz

Love your vids from northern NV

The coffee music! ❤ Also, I recognize that tray of dead mites. 😩

We all get old by grace one thing about it you look like you’re in great shape

44:10 really needed this peptalk today. Thank you.

Non-treatment treatments. You guys kill me. 😆

Thanks Dave! Answered lots of my questions. Expecting my first bees ever in ~April. Love your channel. Raul

What dose a good swarm trap look like 3:52

Alcohol and bees! Remind me of the video of a telling of a beekeeper's hired crew using Marijuana in the smoker! He said his crew was affected, but the bees weren't!

Add some cinnamon to it, and you'll sell it like crazy. With the cinnamon, it out sells our honey hands down.

Very good insights on judging others and very helpful beekeeping information. Thank you David!

The holes keep the center cover from floating 13:52

Hey Dave. I did my first inspection today at 71 degrees and when I opened the hive there was a ton of dead bees. Zero bees were alive or flying around. As I was cleaning up the hive hundreds of bees started showing back up. There is a ton of honey in the hive and the bees were dead as if they frozen in time. What could have happened?

Love the video!!!!!!

Helpful Answer to Elizabeth's question about regulating moisture. HiveGates do an excellent job at helping the hive maintain a perfect microclimate. Kyle, who invented the HiveGates, has proven this with scientific experience. Look into HiveGates. Betterbee carries them.

The problem we have in Europe right now is that wood costs more than the finished products buy on the internet?!