Bad Beekeeper + Loads of Honey

[@pahvantpiper]

I'm a commercial beekeeper in the states. You're doing a great job, keep it up.

[@Lovelygreens]

+pahvantpiper Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@Lovelygreens]

+pahvantpiper Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@Lovelygreens]

+pahvantpiper Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@Lovelygreens]

+pahvantpiper Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@Lovelygreens]

+pahvantpiper Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@evaphid]

Thanks for sharing your experience in beekeeping I find it interesting. Regarding having honey packed by the bees in an old brood comb. In my opinion, it should be the natural cycle of a brood frame which is; In, Up and thenOut. Remember that the standard principle is; Establisha 10 frame colony then as soon as all frames are drawn out and capped with brood its time to add a next super to allow the queen more are room for laying. Hence, you will apply the checker board method of moving sealed brood up and inserting empty frames between brood frames in the brood chamber. As soon as the adults emerges from the capped brood in the upper super they will be backfilled with honey which will be removed for extraction. At that point, you can assess and determine what can be returned to the brood chamber or rendered, base on their their condition.

[@suebiliouris8682]

Two deep hive bodies, medium supers on top, check hives every two weeks, makes for less mess, and less agitated bee's! We don't even use Queen excluders.

[@theheritagehousesc]

Just extracted our first honey today too. They are so fascinating!

[@tterry53]

You might consider going to 9 frames in your hives or when you replace your boxes make 8 frame box.

[@ronbaker1280]

Great video! Thank you.

[@sierrabravo7368]

When do you inspect the brood chamber?

[@robscott8009]

Im sorry! I know this video is about bee keeping, but this lady is BEAUTIFUL!! I couldn’t take my eyes off of her!

[@vinodbaria6543]

Nice day medam beekeeper.

[@RussellHoughton]

I noticed the ends of your frames are longer then standard. What type are they ?

[@Jangle2007]

That cinches it. Bee keeping is a hobby I need to get serious about. Need more pollinators around my berry bushes, never mind that I love honey comb and seem to be addicted to it.

[@Lovelygreens]

My honeybees are very close to our allotment garden and I see them foraging and pollinating all year long. If you grow edibles they're such useful (and interesting!) creatures to have around.

[@Jangle2007]

Hi, Lovely Greens: Allotment garden is an interesting term to me. Here in Vermont (New England!) we have "community gardens". In my own yard space at home, I created a couple small home-made hives for solitary "orchard bees" (bumble bees, it seems). Given the precarious state of pollinators in the US (no-thank you, Monsanto), it is a pleasure to see the bees working my blue berries and raspberries. All the best -

[@MathijsHerremans]

Great video! A few questions: Is there any news about varroa and illegal imported hives on Isle of Man? The bees are mostly A. m. mellifera, how to they behave? And from which flowers is this honey?

[@Lovelygreens]

There's been no more word and no reported cases of Varroa thank goodness! As far as their behaviour, the bees here are fairly gentle. They're a smaller black British honeybee that have in the past been bred with other types -- one of my colonies (Primrose) is far more yellow than the other (Bluebell). That's the Italian in them. They're also slightly more edgy but still I'm told they're very gentle in comparision to other honeybees.

[@MathijsHerremans]

Lovely Greens • Garden Living on the Isle of Man thanks for the response!

[@MathijsHerremans]

Lovely Greens • Garden Living on the Isle of Man I'm happy there is no varroa!

[@paulsiwy6097]

You might want to put 2 or three frames of drawn comb from the extracted frames into the new honey supers to draw the bees up past the excluder. I don't use excluders anymore since they slow the bees passage into the supers and sometimes causes them to avoid going up, especially into undrawn frames. The next thing that happens is you watch half your bees take off as a swarm. I make sure to have at least one to two boxes of supers that have no honey yet to ensure the bees have lots of space. Crowding equals swarming.

[@Nono-ji4cb]

i love this career

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Lots & Lots of honey! Wowzer! Wonder if you'll bottle & sell the honey?

[@Lovelygreens]

+Sansa Stark I do sell some of it 🍯💛

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Ah those folks are lucky! Not sure I could afford to buy some. But I do bet it is so very tasty! I love honey. We get a bit of honey from my husband's uncle. He has honey bees brought to the farm to work the alfalfa field. Then the guy who owns the bees brings Roy some honey that is so tasty. My husband & I use some to make bbq sauce, some for tea, not sure what to do with some. LoL

[@Lovelygreens]

Honey BBQ sauce -- absolutely YUM! Local, raw honey is best so your uncle's supply is the best option for you :) Saying that, honey tastes different around the world so when you're next on a trip, make sure to have a taste of their local variety.

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Oh I do try to get different honey from different places sweetie. We took the Captain Morgan BBQ sauce recipe online and have worked for the last 7 yrs or so changing up the recipe. We added Jack Danial's Honey for the alcohol instead of Captain Morgan. Plus I put molasses & honey in a bit more portions than the recipe calls for when the sauce is going to be used for chicken & pork. (makes the sauce much better for those meats) We can it up so that it'll last all year long. I put more tomato sauce so I can simmer it down too. I hate having much less than the recipe calls for. Heh Gotta have the sauce! We bbq all year round, even in winter here just sweep the snow off the deck! LOL

[@Lovelygreens]

True BBQ dedication :)

[@honeycraft_ua5105]

Hello! My name is Vitaly, I'm a beekeeper from Ukraine! I liked your video about the beekeeper! In our country very rarely you will meet girls who are engaged in beekeeping, it causes huge respect to you! What kind of bees do you have?

[@livsto]

Honey, from where do you buy those hives?

[@anthonysinclair5721]

Do any bees get squished when you move the hive sections around?

[@Lovelygreens]

Yes, it does happen

[@xXxakaXH]

What if i want to start with beekeeping and keep them only on sugar syrup and artificial pollen and other feeds? Will they survive whole year on it and more coming years? Im looking for commercial large scale honey production. Thanks

[@jordanrojas837]

Awesome! I'm studying through youtube channels and can not wait to start my own colony. :) First though more knowledge most likely will start start 2019.

[@Lovelygreens]

I’d highly recommend that you join a local beekeeping class. I remember feeling so confident when I first started only to panic when something went wrong. It’s handy to connect with real people who can help out :)

[@piacolerelenau123]

great to see. organic honey is kinda joke- but this situation looks very good. You're a role model Tanya

[@spudzulyke]

That was so interesting. I have often thought about keeping bees myself but have worried about making a bog of it, so it's so nice to see an honest video. I must stop thinking and get on and do it. I'm enjoying your KZbin vids, keep them coming!

[@sinqros]

Nice" I'm thinking about doing this.. I Like manuka honey the best

[@kenk2345]

the art of Beekeeping, something not familiar to many, including myself...great explanation

[@Lovelygreens]

I'm happy to share little snippets of my bees :) I agree that not enough people know about keeping them but hopefully my videos help shine a little light on it.

[@kenk2345]

great material...your subscriber base will grow.

[@shawndarling5855]

Lovely Greens • Garden Living & Making My wife wants to get into beekeeping. Is it expensive to get started and will bees and not wasp nest there and how much is the suit because I don't want to get nailed a lot.

[@tooldiebum]

Hi Tanya you are a very lovely bee keeper! can you tell me what type of hard ware your using, it looks different then the standard iv seen. im running a 8 frame deep with all 8 frame med on top so that would be 2 med and one deep for the brood plus med honey supper's. i made all my own equipment and frames i just ran across your page i you bet im going to check it out lol thanks..

[@Lovelygreens]

tooldiebum Hiya! I'm in Britain so am on National hives. Does that answer your question?

[@tooldiebum]

Yes it does now lol i looked them up online.. i did not know you use a hole different set up over their how silly am i haha.. im new to bees iv only been into it for 3 years hope your having fun on your back packing trip im enjoying you videos looks like you work your butt off in the garden..

[@Lovelygreens]

+tooldiebum Thanks! Currently on our way to Lagos. As for the garden, yes it's pretty hard work. Love it though :)

[@orphik456]

Your frames are lacking spaceholders, thats why the bees build so much burrcomb on the sides of the frame. In Germany, where I am from, it`s either the so called "Hoffmann" spaceholders or little pins to keep the frames apart. It`s all about the "beespace", which is about 8mm. If the space is greater than 8mm the bees will draw it out with wax, if it`s smaller, they`ll use propolis to fill out the gap. NEVER leave empty space in a box! ALWAYS put all frames in the box! or you will have a shitty time removing the honeyfilled burrcomb from the hive. Greetings from Germany

[@Lovelygreens]

In National hives the Brood frames have spacers built into them. In Supers, the frames sit into metal spacers built into the sides of the Super boxes.

[@theboarhunter]

Thanks for sharing. I will be starting beekeeping very soon. I am very interested in bees lately and love honey. By the way, you have amazing eyes 😊

[@metakis]

How is in going with the beekeeping?

[@JnJShiffler]

Was wondering why you have your two hives so close? We only have two and have them about 30' apart.

[@Lovelygreens]

+Justin It's just the space I have. Many beekeepers keep their hives close together for convenience but usually they're spaced out 3-4 feet apart.

[@T289c]

Forcing those bees down into an already crowded brood chamber will make them swarm. That hive was honeybound and the queen has no where to lay. You didn't inspect the brood chamber to see if you needed to open up the brood nest?? Downward pressure causes swarming especially that early in the season, the bees work UP during summer. I hope that queen has space!

[@mrsgbee]

Oh get off your high horse!

[@flixezz6834]

He’s just trying to help dumbass

[@yoyoclockEbay]

There's no horses here, only bees, hahahaha.

[@FunnyBugBeesandWoodWorks]

This is why 8-frame equipment is usually better. It's much lighter and easier to work if you are of slight build, like ladies tend to be, or if you are over 30 and a man and value your back :) There are other advantages to 8-frame equipment as well. You should give it a try!

[@Lovelygreens]

+Funny Bug Bees and Wood Works I'm invested in National Hives now. Too expensive to change now and actually I'm pretty happy with them for the most part.

[@FunnyBugBeesandWoodWorks]

ahh yes, I heard you say "10-frame" and you had an American accent, so figured you were using Langstroth 10-frame hives. If you are using BNH's carry on, though there will come a day when you switch back to 8-frame equipment :P Those 10-frames get heavy when were in our late 40's! :)

[@Lovelygreens]

They're heavy now -- especially having to haul them UP hill to the car! lol

[@FunnyBugBeesandWoodWorks]

Well eventually you will fall in love with 8-frame langstroth hives, though i guess on the isle of man manufacturers and craftsmen are probably just making BNH's. also, co-dhiù, tha thu àlainn

[@matkin]

Super! Hallo from Belarus!

[@clarksonbarry]

Very Good, You do not sound very Manx? Looking at the scenery are you on the East side? I used to live in Laxey. Is IOM free of Varroa?

[@Lovelygreens]

I'm not originally Manx, no and my allotment and bees are in Laxey :)

[@EastyUK]

I left mine for 3 weeks and they decided to go diagonally across the frames. Rather a mess. Lots of learning with bee keeping.

[@glvedio]

love your all new keeping bee protection wears...:-) :-* hope more beekeping videos from u :-)

[@Lovelygreens]

Did you spot my new gloves? They were a recent treat -- my old ones must be four or five years old.

[@glvedio]

lol! how u know it? btw i like your new keeping bees gloves..:-) :-)

[@glvedio]

lol! how do u know...btw i like them..hope more bee updates from u dear..:-) :-)

[@RaySarasin]

I am retired and I am in my hives once per week but visit the hives every day all summer unless it rains cheers

[@allenharper2928]

I would so love to get into beekeeping. I find honey bees fascinating and getting to watch a hive develop and grow would be amazing. Plus, I love honey and chewing on comb ever since my grandpa introduced me to it waaaay back when i was a kid 😄

[@Agathescom]

Nice hives. Good work!

[@Lovelygreens]

Thanks Les!

[@cricketscorner6514]

You handled those girls like a boss great vid.

[@Lovelygreens]

+Eric's Everything Thanks Eric 🐝

[@thephilarmy5]

But a good looking beekeeper 🔥🤤

[@JAD1DAD]

Clean and off topic Has anyone ever told you that you look very much like Allison Krauss? On topic Considering getting bees next spring here in southeast US.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

I don't know why most beekeepers are not using skeps rather than hives.

[@Lovelygreens]

Because to harvest honey from a skep, you have to kill or displace all the bees.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

No, you do not have to kill the bees and yes it requires work to properly maintain skeps and beekeeping. The same is true of hives except that hives have their own unique problems. Hives do not produce more honey and there are a LOT of bee failures with hives.

[@berthayellowfinch5471]

Lovely Greens, I found something on the internet and there's even a youtube. Did you know the ancients "called" the queen bees out of the hives to split and develop new hives? I couldn't believe it! I know bees "toot" but had no idea about calling the queen bees. Bees are so interesting!

[@gailmolluso3015]

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[@saphronsmyth6967]

hi could you do some isle of man videos sòon

[@Lovelygreens]

As soon as I'm back from Portugal you can count on it! I was thinking about a mini tour around the Isle of Man :)

[@saphronsmyth6967]

omg yes please I love the island and love seeing it even wen I'm not there

[@vinodbaria6543]

Sister nice job.I m government certified bee keeper.I m Indian.I can work with you?

[@StIsidoresFarm]

Looks great! We're about to make our first honey harvest, so thanks for the video.

[@Lovelygreens]

Exciting times ahead for you! Happy honey harvest :)

[@tiffcat1100]

💖😊💖

[@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365]

Ok,so you have two hives that are honey bound. Did you check for swarm cells, or find evidence of a queen ?Your video suggest you did neither. You may be queen-less, or you may have new queens. I think I would like to know if those were my hives.

[@gailmolluso3015]

your garden doing well will you grow ment for your bees will like ment this man crazy russain hacker name is taras kul

[@Hollywood5453]

Bad keep, good keeper, who gives a shit.... you’re smokin hot and ya got honey 🤷🏼‍♂️.... so post a vid on either one 😉

[@viktorashf]

You are running the risk of getting hive beatles in honey chambers by forcing the bees out. Not smart idea ;)

[@Lovelygreens]

+Viktor Furduy There's no hive beetles here ;)

[@viktorashf]

Lovely Greens • Garden Living on the Isle of Man WOW!!! What about wax moth?

[@mantralandscapes4475]

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[@mantralandscapes4475]

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[@DrivinginNewYorkCityNYC]

You are beautiful.

[@shahryarkhalili1692]

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