Bee Hives Not Opened for 10+ Years Scottsbluff, Nebraska

[@Bakaroons]

Watching this with headphones is probably the worst thing ive done all year

[@Lasomie]

feeling itchy?

[@Bakaroons]

Jasmin Osmeon I wouldn't say itchy, the buzzing near your ear is too eerie.

[@TheHamadanners]

ikr

[@mellisavogel5031]

84k4r00n5 lol

[@Crazy--Clown]

84k4r00n5 No one gives a fuck u stooge

[@RiggyRonnie]

wow imagine how many generations of bees lived in that box.

[@YTSirBlack]

Imagine right now

[@reubenwest8364]

@@YTSirBlack yb

[@reubenwest8364]

Yh

[@FrederickDunn]

Not opened for TEN YEARS?! wow... they actually held up very well in my opinion. When I have boxes that are "potentially" failing or the bees have chewed through them, I set up the new boxes right next to the old hive and simply transfer frame by frame until all is good again... I also keep them in the same order for that match up of comb. Four brood boxes are also fine if you have the strength and stamina to handle deep boxes of honey, shallow and medium supers are just easier to handle :) This was fun to watch and your video camera operator did a GREAT job, particularly considering that you did get into a "hot" colony. It's GREAT to see people salvaging old established colonies, wow, they look great. ONE thing I want people to pay attention to here... (sorry for the length of my commentary)... these hives haven't been opened and therefore haven't received any chemical or preventative treatments, so the message is that chemical treatments are not necessary. Please continue natural handling of honey bees, without creating chemical dependency. Thank you for sharing, this was a coffee break well spent! I hope you are continuing with honey bees. :)

[@44wizbang]

+Frederick Dunn ......I was also struck by the fact that those bees had survived that long without any chemical or preventative treatments, all of the modern day bee "experts" are telling us we need to use all of these chemicals or our bees will not survive, or if they do live the hives will be weak. Well those were very strong hives, better than some of the hives that I have seen raised by the "experts".I just bought some bees and the bee "expert" told me I can expect my bees to only live two years UNLESS I TREAT THEM FOR VARROA MITES. After seeing this video I'm wondering if I should forget what the experts are telling me. Do any of you long time bee keepers have any information or advice on this to share with me?? My Dad and I used to keep bees years ago, but that was before VARROA MITES were even heard of in this country. Should I treat my hives with chemicals, or should I not treat them? That is the question I'm facing.

[@FrederickDunn]

I don't treat with anything ever... but I'm just a student of the honey bee since the turn of the century :)

[@savethebee8561]

+44wizbang I decided to get into bee keeping and bought 126 hives,fed, did the chemical treatments and everything the experts said to do. Lost alot and went down 40 by fall. Purchased more nucs and got back up to 100 hives. Tried a different chemical treatment the next year and I soon found myself at 21 hives. OUCH! I bought more hives AGAIN (nearly bankrupt at this point), made splits a month ago and caught three swarms. Now sitting at 110 hives. Going strictly non chemical now and see what happens. I think these 10 year old hives need to be checked for swarm cells, split and put into new boxes. Potentially split into thirds and shuffle in 2 or 3 new foundation frames and three or four good used drawn comb into the middle for the queens to lay in immediately. When the new foundation is drawn out, exchange out some more of the old comb for more new foundation and good used drawn comb.

[@nomimalone3541]

How's the flow hive going?

[@FrederickDunn]

all I can say, is that the bees are working the frames and I'm waiting to see how it goes.

[@denis77777777]

Put them directly on the cinder blocks, that pallet is just going to rot and the whole thing is going fall and crash on its side.

[@chuckadams1767]

Hope your hives are going well.. I am a Beekeeper in Florida myself .. all I can say is dont worry about the honey . and split split split and maybe split a few more times dont worry about making or buying queens your girls will know what to do . they have been doing it for years already! get some new brood boxes and split off 3 or 4 frames to each new box add a couple of honey frames and let them have fun! and keep an eye on them ! have a blast with your new adventure I know I have fun with my bees! let me know what happens please!

[@DeanLorman]

So good to see wild situations full of hope and riches. There may still be hope for the species and you should be congratulated for your care and love !.

[@bikerboy3k]

The problem is not even why i'm getting recommendations about bee videos, no the problem is why the fuck do i keep watching them. TILL THE END!

[@tomthecat268]

Travis Schpeltinger lol because they're interesting that's why.

[@The_JEB]

im not even mad about it, i've been watching these videos on and off for a while now, its really interesting, and honestly, if youtube wants to push some sort of agenda, beekeeping is one agenda that im ok with.

[@michaelsmith7425]

I've always been fascinated by bees since I did a school project when I was a kid. KZbin did the same thing to me a few years ago and last year I became an urban beekeeper ! I just inherited 3 hives that have not been opened in years as well. We transported them to a new location on a private prairie, and when the weather improves into spring I get to open them up and re-box the frames and replace and cut comb as necessary !!!

[@greentactician5835]

They got me, my hive arrives tomorrow and my bees at the end of April 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinlappan323]

@@greentactician5835 good luck and enjoy

[@WheelDweller]

I like: - that the people in this video have the bees in mind - that the people in this video are trained, and trying to help We need more people like these: doing, not just talking. I hope it all goes well.

[@xtremelemon8612]

Their are not trained actually they fucked up the whole inspection and didnt even use smoker

[@lenturtle7954]

A smoker would have kept them from crushing bees as they put one box down on the other . A bit more preparation would have been benificial . A whole new set of boxes hive bottom and cover . And lower ithe hives onto a treated pallet the cinder blocks make it way too tall . A good hive will be 6-8 tall the blocks put that over your head . Also sort thru and change out damaged frames with new frames and plastic foundation

[@chrislewis7706]

I would definitely do some "walk-away" splits. Those bees are really well adapted to your environment and resistant to whatever diseases and pests are in your area.

[@hiboudeluxe]

i found this weirdly soothing. like, i'm so happy for the bees. i hope they're doing okay.

[@PopsShack]

Regarding the four brood boxes on the second hive...There is no physical difference between a brood box and a honey super; it's just what the bees do with the box. If you put a honey super on the hive and the queen lays eggs in it, it's a brood box. If you put a brood box on the hive and the bees fill it with honey, it's a honey super.

[@nightwaves3203]

Yes sir re bob. Was building supers from scratch in Nebraska during a summer with an uncle that has retired from the bee business.

[@PopsShack]

+Jon Bzz There's absolutely no need to lift a super full of honey.

[@PopsShack]

***** You don't have to lift ALL the frames out, just enough to make the super lighter. Work smarter, not harder. Basically, you're lifting a full honey super twice to harvest honey. That's not real bright in my books.

[@PopsShack]

***** So why carry on like you did if you already knew the answer? When I said that there's absolutely no need to lift a super full of honey, that wasn't a trap question. Hell, it wasn't even a question. It was a simple statement of fact.

[@MohammedAslamtit-bitsoflife]

Its a very good experience for us watching a 10 year old hive. Its additing to our knowledge because abandoning the hive for 10 years and coming back and taking note of the hive its in itself a treasure of knowledge. Because no one will attempt such thing in this fast paced life. Thank you very much.

[@stuckinbabylon186]

If these were really left untreated and untouched for 10+ years and they're that healthy I would be doing some grafting to keep those genetics. That's amazing!!

[@Dwight6769]

yep amazing...

[@blackoak4978]

That hive could have died multiple times in the last 10 years and u wouldn't know...

[@Archithai]

+Jon Bzz did you turn beekeeping into feminist propaganda?

[@supremezenkrom]

+Austin Spring - [Citation Needed]

[@labella9291]

@@Bad.winter ?? How so when the only males are drones.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Nice job preserving hives. We had a honey bee hive in our house, in the wall next to our chimney, for over 70 years.

[@jamesmonahan1819]

Sometimes bees will seal off one part of a hive (often at the excluder) and run it as a separate hive with its own queen. I noticed they had made new entry holes in some of the hive bodies, this is a sign that the hive may have been split into more than one hive, they also like to dig new entrances at the corners where two hive bodies fit together. when you restacked the hive bodies in a different order you may have blocked off the entrance to one or more hives, another sign that this might have happened was the large number of bees clinging to specific places on the outside of the hive bodies after they were restacked. When dealing with newly acquired hives, or hives that haven't been tended for long periods of time; it's best to let the bees get to know you and learn that you are their friend. A good trick is to bring them some sugar water, stir it with your finger so your smell is incorporated into their chemical communication matrix, on the first few trips and just jiggle the hive a little to get them used to the idea. Oh yeah, and don't forget the smoker. When dealing with an old hive like that, determine how many hives it has been split in to. If all four brooder sections have their own entrances; it's most likely four hives. Set each brooder body on its own new base, and install an excluder and super, and see how they do. If any of the brooder bodies aren't a hive the bees will move back to their hive and start hauling the honey to that body. you can restack that body on the hive you think it belongs to. If you're wrong, it won't matter that much, the bees all know each other. The inside of those hives look like they need extensive work, I would work on only one frame at a time and at a rate of one per month, and what I would do would depend on what I was seeing and the resources available. This is some strong stock you have acquired, and it should be preserved. It is also a time tested location and if you can you might want to continue to use it.

[@theantiweeb3433]

looking trough the comments i realized: bee keeping is serious business... keep up the good work @every beekeeper... you're doing us all a service

[@gr8belayr]

I would think the 4 deeps could be split into 4 hives come spring. Either order a queen or just do a walk away split. But that is ALOT of bees. Great to see the hives are still thriving after all this time. Hoping to see some updates on their progress.

[@breau8]

+Brett Perry yes I'd like to see update. Its amazing to me they were left so long and why. I would of order queen and split and I newbie keeper. wow amazing they done so well and so full not bugs

[@CrazyIvan865]

Why would you want to polute the genetics with an inferior queen? It hasn't been touched in 10 years and is bursting at the seams. This is where you make a solid box of 2×12s, put a lid on it made of 4×4s, drill a small hole for an entrance and catch the swarms coming off it. The genetics on this thing... any interference of "help" would screw it all up.

[@motorcyclelad]

This video has a very personal and emotional connection to me😢 I drove through Scottsbluff once back in the 80's. Really brought back some memories!

[@kckrye]

I have no idea what you think was productive about this. All you did was move they first honey bound hive to a pallet. On the 2nd You took all the surplus honey bees store up top and put it on the bottom and just put their brood chamber sections on top. You messed up their natural order of things. You never pulled a single frame. The surplus honey could have been taken and the boxes could have been opened up by providing them some empty frames to build out.

[@DeadEyeRabbit]

+Denis Viktorovich sir what is the OTS method you speak of?

[@mohawksniper79]

clearly you have not worked with bees a lot if you do too much at once could stress the hive and do more harm then good I think thay did a perfect job. next thay can start cleaning it up now thay got them lined up and sealed up so the bugs can not get in.

[@kckrye]

+mohawksniper79 I work plenty of hives and do plenty of removals. I know my bees well and they did ABSOLUTELY nothing to help these colonies. But as with most beekeeping, one man's way of doing things is different than another's and that's fine.

[@George-nx5lo]

@Rushin Optimist Wow you are a complete moron

[@jimholbrook3492]

Addy sure didn’t seem afraid of the bees. I’m 73 and I learn so much from KZbin and love the bees.

[@Abeaness]

HI, Please update us as we are waiting to hear how they made out! Definitely would love some of those genes those bees must have if you've had bees there consistently for 10 years! They're quite hardy stock to have lasted on their own for that long! Definitely would be keeping an eye on them and trying to catch any swarms that they throw off! :) Best of luck to you and the bees!

[@CrazyIvan865]

I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't mine doing a box that's about 3 deeps tall, one solid piece made out if 2×12s, and make a lid out of 4×4s, o frames and just leave it in place for breeding stock and catch the swarms coming off. No treatments, no feeding, no nothing, just let them survive, have their honey, do what they do and throw warms and just surround it with hives and swarm traps. I wonder how long the hands off/non-interferance experiment would continue.

[@orianasugarlights4129]

Thank you taking the time to care for these beautiful honey bees! Without them, there would be no "us" or food for "us". So many don't understand these days that connection. With bees now being on the endangered species list, your work is even more detrimental than ever. Again, thank you and I hope your bee homesteads are prospering. ✌💚

[@pigdot]

Why is this in my recommended and why have i watched all 9 minutes of it?

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

google knows best

[@Digitalhunny]

+pigdotavi - What ever happened to the channels I Subscribed to being in my choices? lol Duh! Why do I suddenly have trending crap about cats or babies on my home page? BOO HISS Suddenly, I have to dig for what I want at my fingers tips everyday? I don't care to boost or share some new nobody to stardom that has maybe 1 fluke cool video *sigh (This bee video is cool though, I thought maybe it was left because some African killer bee(s) may have been introduced to this hive, Scary!!!)

[@Mosesinmusic]

hahahaha

[@troystuart8870]

Digitalhunny same....we have a lot of the same subscriptions too...Its kinda weird how much we got in common lol...

[@Frogswilly]

Because KZbin is really an eco warrior pushing their agenda on us!. Plus Bee populations around the world are declining so if people watch these and learn!

[@KSoftGames25]

You people do a job I wouldn't be able to stand for a day, and I respect you.

[@baersu]

How about an update on these hives and what you've done? What worked for you etc?

[@narwhao]

I appreciate that KZbin is blessing me with these bee videos

[@KooKooforCards]

I would like to know if they harvested any of the honey ?

[@habbochakertester]

KooKooforCards I know I would. The older the better. It's almost like wine.

[@BarbikaPahor]

no you moron. old honey is not good. its not good for you and its even worse for bees. it does depend on temperature it was stored but i would suggest again eating honey that was older than 2-3 years.

[@KooKooforCards]

BarbikaPahor I'm so sorry we offended you, but don't resort to name calling. Thank for that information !! Hugs from Texas ❤

[@habbochakertester]

BarbikaPahor There is honey found in ancient tombs that is still perfectly edible. I can talk with experience since I tasted 10+ year old honey and it was delicious, absolutely marvelous. And don't go out there throwing big boy words if you don't even know anything about it.

[@habbochakertester]

KooKooforCards Don't believe what BarbikaPahor told you. Old honey is delicious. If you want to know more about it, I would suggest to do a little of a google search.

[@dunedain05]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This goes to show once you add a Queen at the start, the hive will take care of replacing her when the time is right. This is awesome!

[@anactualshark5905]

I watch one video about the bee movie, and now I get recommended stuff like this.

[@FelineTomfoolery69]

Love that profile pic lmao

[@shannarafryer3111]

An Actual Shark lol

[@wolf397]

An Actual Shark Look! It's not a fake shark at all!

[@anactualshark5905]

wolf397 Yup a totally legit shark here nothing unusual or suspicious.

[@vladimirlenin5987]

Ive been watching bee videos for the last few minutes and I developed a new liking for bees.

[@joshreynolds3890]

KZbin really seems to be pushing bee videos a lot today

[@tearsofthelily]

Josh Reynolds I've noticed that too

[@TheSweetestPea94]

no kidding

[@xanthra592]

same I've watched two so far, don't even like bees tbh

[@oliverxhmll]

LMAO i watched 3 today. Never seen a bee video before in my recommended

[@crashandride]

the more you clicked video about the bees, the more youtube recommended it to you. so my suggest, try different kind of video, like conspiracy theories videos or something.

[@gotredeemed]

I've never worked with bees. I've got to say the your team had a real learning experience. You have drawn some helpful comments, much activity. Thx.

[@stevedingman474]

Well I'd say you have gold there ... The genetics alone are incredible! I'd find me a partner with some bee knowledge and split those several times over and then make queens ! I'd pay top dollar for a queen with genetics to survive 10 years without a human hand ! Strong bees are what keepers want!!! Look they fought off ants and mites nosema trechial mites survived pesticides. Yep I'd pay good money for queens that were certified from these bees!!!! Amazing!!! And truly a pot of gold !!!

[@missali81]

I have serious doubts that this is the original colony. Without monitoring to know for sure it's very possible this colony has totally died out and at some point a new swarm moved in could have happened several times actually.

[@newsviewstoday5689]

No GMO crops, glyphosates or pesticides is what BEES WANT & NEED. Australia ships 40,000+ healthy colonies to N. America a year to DIE. : ( stop monsanto bayer etc. Bees die out = humanity starves plain & simple.

[@NessaWyvern]

I'm sure their honey not being taken for 10 years could have something to do with it. All of those honey stores would mean they wouldn't be going hungry in harsh times.

[@NessaWyvern]

News & Views Today There are many foods that don't rely on bees, like wheat and rice for example. GMO crops are only bad for bees if they produce pollen and nectar that has pesticides in it, or are of sub-par quality. In fact, gentically modifying plants to be more resistant to pest insects means that less pesticide would need to be used, which in turn would be beneficial for bees.

[@barneymerrill3188]

There has been some recent studies that GMO crops are what cause the sudden hive collapse.....need for concern here!!!

[@mikepfleuger844]

thanks for the post good luck with the bees. I took an extra class in school 20+ years ago . in bee keeping it brought back some memories .

[@bellrose2659]

Why the heck is that guy not wearing a bee suit?

[@ThisAintIt435]

they aren't killer bees

[@MasterGXD]

Isabella Rose you dont need a bee suit. you get used to the stings

[@oshanethompson9190]

Comment from Oshane It was a pleasure watching this video you have pretty strong hives what i think you should do is remove the old honey from these colonies if you are in the harvesting season remove the middle hive body give them the properties to make a queen and start a new Colline.

[@salt_liqueur]

I think this was recommended to me because of all the bee movie memes I watch

[@ballinglikechoji]

Very interesting video. These bees have reproduced and survived in a man made hive for a decade! I'm guessing about 12-20 generations since bees tend to live for about 130-150 days or usually one or two generations per year (depending of course on the length of the summer, spring and fall in your area.) Whats really cool is If you live in somewhat of a sub tropical environment like Georgia, SoCal or most states south of the Mason Dixon line, you're looking at up to 40 generations of self reliant bees... idk why I'm this impressed by a couple hundred bees but considering only about 1/20 Americans would be able to survive without someone butchering, growing or catching their food for them. also... I have to tease yall a little bit. :video title: *Bee Hives Not Opened For 10 Years* :less than a minute or two into the video: " *yeah Bob's trying to prop open this bee hive that we had opened about a week ago just to look inside* "

[@diaolosporos]

Balling Like Choji bees tend to live about 40 days and in extreme conditions, when needed they can stay alive for maximum 6 months. In general it's Just over a month.

[@wompstopm123]

its doesnt even matter thats its a man made hive. if anything that would be easier for them to live in. ive seen cases where bees will set up hives in peoples attics and live there untill they are removed. they are a pretty resilient species

[@donaldduffey2483]

Bees' generations are counted by the lifetimes of their queens. Most healthy and properly-mated queens remain viable layers for around two or three years, however some have survived longer. I think Tom Seeley (@Cornell University and on National Honey Show@KZbin)(interesting lectures and great viewing, by the way) may have indicated lifespans of up to ?8 years? But that is certainly exceptional, and I would certainly doubt the laying-viability of any queen older than three years old. (Risk for the colony.) (Most experienced beekeepers will replace their queens after her second or third year, especially after the initial signs of spotty laying patterns.) When a queen runs out of sperm, she begins to lay only drone eggs. Regardless her age, when a queen is not a good layer, it usually results in failing conditions in the colony. If she is not a good layer, then the colony will begin to suffer population-loss or production-loss until either they die out or until the workers react to the failing conditions and perform a supercedure (that is, if they are lucky enough to react before the last viable egg has pupated; if there are no more viable eggs to turn into the next queen, then the colony is doomed.). You're right Balling Like Choji, most humans would be unable to survive if they had to grow, catch and butcher their own food.

[@josebenitez3732]

Curiously, in both cases, the lower boxes look newer than the tops? Firstly, we don't know what the back story is or how we arrived at 10-12 years. Secondly, can't imagine anything even exist after 10 or 12 freeze/thaw cycles in Nebraska? All the best.

[@blackoak4978]

Degradation usually hits the top of things first. More water sits on the wood, it gets more UV from the sun and more stuff falls on it. The very bottom can also be vulnerable it is in a situation where water pools, or if other bugs have gotten at it, but the most abuse generally comes from above

[@s.u.2412]

Enjoyable video, gotta love the bees, the busy, busy bees!

[@Fizzlecube]

Why did this video from 2015 suddenly boost so hard?

[@SteveM000100]

There's a channel called cody'slab, who has almost a million subscribers, and did a few bee keeping videos. May have an effect.

[@SteveM000100]

lol

[@thenaughtyapartment2619]

Fizzlecube because bee movie memes

[@TheBikemaster94]

Fizzlecube checc out the "cutlass cammin hard" vyd , that one pretty good

[@aphenclips8623]

Great video work Addy! Kept it vertical, everything in focus and all while holding Bob's beer.

[@willanderson1983]

I'd use a smoker and probably not the brush. Smoke entrance and top bars, stand back for a min or two. You should DEFINITELY make splits out of these hives. You could take each of those brood boxes and turn it into it's own hive.

[@Brycelet3]

Thanks for upgrading these hives for em :)!

[@Lisatfitness]

The bees are honey bound. Remove some and give them empty frames. Also never enter a hive you haven't smoked, even calm bees will seem hot. It's especially important with hives next to each other. The second hive feeds off the alarm from the first. My guess is these bees will send out multiple swarms. I moved a small Nuc to a 10 frame without smoke and got welcomed 20+ times. Since then , I've smoked them, and they are nice and calm.

[@kckrye]

its all about the weather mainly...and that's my opinion not fact. I work hives without smoke one day and they are fine, I work them another day with the smoker and they cover my hands...what's the difference??? The weather was the difference. I actually entered all my hives yesterday without smoke and they were super calm. Even boxes stacked 4 deep all full of bees as it started to rain. I broke every so called rule in messing with bees and they never got hot.

[@donnaperyginathome]

I am interested in bees. Do you think it was the rain or was the weather cooler due to rain, thus the temp?

[@CrazyIvan865]

They've obviously been thriving. "Honey bound, get them some new frames" laughs in 10+ years if survival. We think we know best don't we. We always do. After all, we're humans and they're just stupid bees, not way they could do what they do better without us.

[@carolcoates3750]

I think you guys don't need advice. You are dealing with the fragility of life here. With the bee mite ravaging through our bee population, they need all the help they can get. Some negative commenters on here don't realise how important bees are to our existence. Keep up the good work, our world depends on it. I for one, applaud you.

[@ryanjosiah9605]

support the bees! Noblest of insects!

[@crowndcrusader2341]

Wow you guys are brave for not even using a smoker to chill them out I salute y’all😎💯

[@PopsShack]

Overall, I think you guys did a fairly decent job for beginners. Well done!

[@albecker5287]

I enjoyed the video; would like to see a follow on video showing how you replaced your 1st brood box.

[@soundspartan]

So beautiful to see so many honeybees. The more you are around them, friendlier they become. Tame bees are amazing! You don't need to bother their hive, just be around them, they will get used to you. What you did here helped them greatly! However, it's a good idea to rob the hive (both) of honey. The bees wont mind they will recover as long as the queen is alright. This is an awesome video, thank you!

[@GRIDHD]

"Hasn't been opened in over 10 years" 30 seconds later "We had it opened about a month ago"

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

Yeah

[@YourDudeheit]

Baitclick ftw

[@Mav_F]

they opened one of them a month ago.

[@crunchypuppy]

only the top part. The main boxes were undisturbed for 10+ years

[@Mav_F]

Co S - Do you know what Bee Hives do? Bees only need a small holes to go in and out of the hives, to deposit the honey they collect on the honey grates.

[@coyoxx]

How I got started in bees was an abandoned hive had been in a stand of very thick pine for 15 years. Best bees I ever had. Problem I had was the brood box in the middle was put on upside down and the top bars to the frames were just about possible to separate from the frames under them. I had those bees for 5 years until a mother bear and two cubs found them one night.

[@d.hansel854]

I didn't see them use any smoke to calm the bees down. I would think they would get the honey out and replace the racks with new ones.

[@pjfoltz8810]

You do not collect honey in the fall. The bees need it for winter. You collect in spring

[@chrisblester37]

I would have got the frames out and cleaned up depending on numbers and feed taken a box away

[@gbennett9394]

Right!

[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

I had to do this a number of years ago before youtube was a around. The best thing to do is exclude the queen from 2 boxes put a fresh box ontop then the remainder ontop of the fresh box. Then the supa on top but do not use the excluder on the top. Give it a couple of weeks so any larvae and eggs in the now bottom boxes will turn into bees. Once its clear of brood just remove them. Try not to harvest any honey for the first year while re homing them. You can do this complete in about 3-4 months with out them hardly noticing, Its not an easy job moving Bees from rotting wood hives but the rewards are awesome to see them in a new place.

[@blackoak4978]

A lot of ppl are making the rather odd assumption that this is the original colony... the only information that has been given is that it has not been opened in 10 years. It could have seen 10 different colonies since then and u wouldn't know...

[@keepmysecrets2123]

"Hasn't been opened in 10 years." "Me and Bob here opened this one about a month ago."

[@jacksquatt6082]

I think he meant that he had taken just the top off of one of them a month ago, and the actual segments of the hives were left untouched for 10+ years.

[@philno]

i came to see an unopened for 10+year hive,, 35 seconds in, we had it open about a month ago

[@jason1mcgoff]

I'm sure this is already been mentioned, but using a hi I've smoker may have helped things out a lot! it's amazing day lasted that long. I would love to get my hands on that bloodline.

[@George-nx5lo]

They could have died multiple times a year, you would never know

[@zukgod]

So what ended up happening with these hives? I can't imagine having them unmanaged for 10+ years, that's crazy, I bet so many swarms were lost in that time at the minimum 12 would be a good guess. Hope they are doing better and you made a few new hives with those monsters.

[@savethebee8561]

+Josh A Yah, thats what i thought to, split each one in thirds. Instant six hives.

[@kingcletus1310]

finally someone understands it. They were probably even closer to being extinct then!

[@peterjohnknox]

5-6 nuc boxis or even full body boxes x4 with feeders and new queens and then monitor for new top box at a later stage when they strong

[@peterjohnknox]

oh the genes are strong in the queen so I suppose instead of buying queens look on frames for the peanuts and try to introduce those queens instead

[@billastell3753]

Yes but this was not a managed hive. They didn't say why but it is what it is.

[@quillclock]

you guys are good people

[@George-nx5lo]

They literally are the EXACT problem with colony collapse disorder, that is why its illgal to keep bees like this. They harbored no telling how many diseases and viruses, released millions of mites into the surrounding areas.... Ya really good people.

[@tonydebause6043]

not opened for 10years we opened it last month huh?

[@user-Sandgrounderhoney]

So this is a false advertisement video ?

[@Aoudhubillahi]

Love bees and honey. I am no beekeeper, but, this vid and many of the comments below are pretty incredible. Especially the ones about the strong genetics of the colony.

[@CapitanRastrero]

how can a hive survive if its been sealed away for 10 years?!?

[@revelationgamerz5088]

Nature is pretty resilient, besides the hive is still well intact but in rough shape.

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

It's not sealed, they can get out easily and bring polen back.

[@revelationgamerz5088]

Good point. Then again the bee's could decide to permanently settle.

[@CapitanRastrero]

***** idfk

[@CapitanRastrero]

Idk much about bees, this showed up in my feed cause ive been watching a shit ton of those Bee Movie memes.

[@medicaldoll5506]

It looks like the 4th box may have been added on at a later date. I wonder if they just found these or if they're theirs? Neat.

[@CallMeMenti]

"Bee hives not opened for 10+ years... except for that one time a month ago."

[@sidjalang]

Menti and they're still wondering, "Hey did u know where uncle Carl get those honey supplies from? all these years?"

[@aerobetamax6022]

Menti They just lifted the top most cover of a month ago. If you listened they said what they had opened a month ago compared to the many years ago.

[@TheArcsid]

those hives definetly havent been taken any love quite some time for sure because there is no space in them or human guidence pattern left ...

[@CallMeMenti]

I did listen. I'm commenting on the click-bait nature of the video's title. I came into this expecting to see them looking into a hive that they hadn't seen in forever and discovering what had happened to it together, but instead they already knew what was inside.

[@themonkeyhand]

You'll make a great lawyer.

[@eco-beehive]

Hi guys. Depending on what state your in you could make one hive a habitat, so no queen excluder. And just add a box with top bars. To the top and bottom, if you can without dosas embarrassing the entire thing. Then in beginning of winter when the queen stops laying and moves up remove the old brood box off the bottom. Then in 3 to four years all the old will be removed and all new in. The you can run it like a Warre hive. Need to build quite a jack to lift it though!!

[@jamesedwards1588]

Welcome to beekeeping. If you leave bees unattended for for 10+ years in San Antonio, you will have an excellent chance see what hot bees are really like. You will probably know that they are hot when you walk up to the box, before you even smoke them. They will be so happy to see you and they will come out let you know. They will get on you and stick with you. You should always use smoke. You have good genetics there. You should join your local and state club and attend meetings and events. Have fun.

[@kathyhathaway8823]

I kind of lost sight when you restocked the hive on the new pallet did you put it back in the same order or did you restack it up side down .?? Ya a smoker would have helped you out a lot with that hot hive . Thanks

[@stewiegriffin6503]

in previous video, the Russian guy no protection at all. in this video, Americans with full protection, and the bees still go into the protection suit and sting him. LOOOOOL

[@Cheesedragon117]

He actually trusts them

[@rambrahma1895]

oh you watched that too

[@Alejandra-xy4ym]

King Parodije heyyy you watched that too 😂

[@Alotofmangos]

the others were already being domesticated. these havent been managed in 10 years so theyre basically wild bees. plus the guy probably smoked them out before handling them.

[@internetnobody6754]

a bee box that hasnt been opened regularly is more dangerous. also if you really wanna see some legit shit Cody's Lab never wears a bee keeping outfit even when he was removing a hive from a factory wall

[@fatherthomas1575]

A carpenter string line, a few sticks for handles . You can saw the edges loose on old boxes to keep from breaking them.

[@NB-er6yn]

Not been opened in over 10 years, then says we had it open a month ago

[@funnyanimalclipsvideos2894]

xd

[@jasonp6231]

I'm assuming he meant maintained or checked on and all they did was briefly look inside

[@doymala2407]

there were couple of it. he opened the other box

[@lawrenceapiary4765]

I think the idea was that they had not been worked. They opened the top of one of the hives a month before the video just to see how bad it was. But they did not actually do anything to it at that point.

[@butchjohnson40]

I move hive with a semi truck and I was told by the bee people that if you get stung, the bee that stung you puts out pheromones that warn the other bees that you are a danger to the hive, then they get in to a frenzy and really start stinging.

[@jacksquatt6082]

So, is using a smoke-box not a thing anymore? I was always taught that a smoke-box would calm the bees, and you wouldn't get stung. Did we decide that doing that was inhumane or something?

[@dodopo234]

jack squatt watch the BEE movie

[@jacksquatt6082]

joel castillo Yes, I have. It was shit, and is now a shitty meme. It also has no bearing on the reality of using smoke on bees.

[@ddog4z]

Smokers still work. Wikipedia page is called 'bee smoker'.

[@jacksquatt6082]

Derpenshire~4lif Heh. I kinda' think they needed it. They got stung quite a few times. Kind'a think they would have been better off if they were both suited up from the start too. But maybe they just didn't consider this.

[@TheMirelyght]

i know a lot of bee keepers have moved away from using smoke and instead use sugar water....they spray it on them.

[@Thankful_n_Grateful]

If a hive is not disturbed, bees produce enough honey to live on, will they still go look for nectar as often as when honey is removed from the hive?

[@riceball23]

The dude wearing just the cap without the mask, NO FEAR

[@joeypwns]

balls of steel

[@fosforlukalem9429]

Balls that are swollen or going to bee xD

[@deerhunter7482]

Like dad said"when you're dumb you gotta be tough"

[@facethebeast3826]

Not sure why .. this was in my recommended​ video. But after watching this video I am now an expert of bees. I'll tell you what you did wrong in this video. And give you full advice on what you can do better.

[@suzannecooke2055]

why didn't you smoke them?

[@filigree4103]

Suzanne Cooke they seemed pretty calm

[@voidlessvoid420]

Suzanne Cooke I'm pretty sure they did snake them, that is why they are so docile

[@LOU2U2]

filigree ..yea they were calm till they started crushing them.. once you crush one the chemical they release makes them attack

[@dougwhole6009]

Suzanne Cooke ....dude, what, role them up in a paper....I don't know if that would get you high.

[@BioZombieExperiments]

Doug I thought about saying that but you beat me to it.

[@SuperBudica]

1. Extract all honey. ALL of it because there is no room for new and the bees are stopping from gathering ussually at 80 %. Sort out all the brood boxes and set them down on 1 layer maybe two if such is the case. Sort out all remaining frames into good and bad melting and recovering the wax. Put 2 more new frame stores on top of the brood and follow up in 1 week to see the reserve of honey. If it is not bringing enough give them like 1 pound per day for a week to help them construct the new frames and set the provision right. Eat or sell the honey. Yoy should have like 45 kg honey per hive.

[@011KiKi]

That box would be the ultimate find for a bear

[@armatecnolo]

:) ... you are too smart and funny ... get over it!

[@tomarty2103]

011KiKi or a human ^_^

[@broderickelliott8527]

Bears enjoy the carbohydrates in honey, true, but what they are really after when they get into a bee hive is the bee grubs. They're extremely high in protein, and a lot easier to get at then say, a deer that the bear would have to run down.

[@ShootingStarfromTheMoreYouKnow]

deer

[@BarbikaPahor]

try eat one kilo of honey and than report. try eat one kilo of mean and than report. bears are after swarm not honey since you get very thirsty after eating honey not to mention what state your stomach would be. probably puking next few hours.

[@2spamagnet]

Other options - split the hives to get 4 hives from two (aka walk away split) as they seem to be doing great as-is. To get them out of the old equipment, you can encourage them to move up and abandon the boxes below. No queen excluder, and add new boxes/frames above. In the fall as they downsize, you may find that they have abandoned the bottom box (moved the brood closer to the honey above), and you can remove it then. It may take a few years to get all of the old boxes out, but it can be done without much effort by you. Splitting the hives would speed up the process of getting the old equipment out.

[@Bwa]

What's a Nebraska

[@Raboon16283]

StrungSide lol

[@SomeoneCommenting]

It's a place that was used to get a name for another weird state to rhyme with it, Alaska. You know, so that schools could make child songs about the states and stuff like that.

[@Emberakitmeglottek]

I'll get one for you for christmas

[@TheLinkoln18]

StrungSide I have one, it did not hurt a lot, and the procedure only took three hours.

[@randomazn420]

i was born and raised in omaha nebraska. i love it here. no place id rather be.

[@whitney3258]

There are bee's at my dad's that haven't been bothered in over 30 years. My dads not a bee keeper or anything there is a building that is beside the house and a bee family has been there my entire life. No one bothers them and they don't bother us lol. But sometimes I just imagine what's going on side those blocks, all that honey... Nature is beautiful.

[@mg2294]

These dudes R no Joke! No smoke or anything! Real Huskers!

[@davros0007]

Michael K Goode Yeah cool eh? But it does depend on the bees. As a kid my folks had bees. One hive they would stream out and fly past. The other, you flew past or they were onto you!

[@bonniecosentino6863]

My husband wants to see you take apart all of those boxes to see what they look like after not being opened for 10 years.

[@budgiebreder]

listening to those bees fly past the camera gave me the he-bee je-bees (pun totally intended!)

[@michaelmurdoch5019]

budgiebreder I hate you

[@IspiraGaming]

you feel a mental slap

[@budgiebreder]

ouch!

[@camaroman101]

such a stupid joke, unbeelievable.

[@camaroman101]

you guys are beehiveing so badly

[@cliffy4418]

Dad put a hive in a modified wheelie bin around 20 years ago. They've remained undisturbed and still going strong today.

[@filigree4103]

How did they end up abandoned?

[@ramairgto72]

filigree The bodies were found stung to death.

[@yayahelwa3876]

it is great that your bees are doing well after 10 years and assuming they didn't get any diseases that would be a good colony and definitely I would try to split them as many as I can . rather than getting a new package that I am not sure of. your bees are over crowded and if you don't want to split them add 2 brood boxes to each hive. or else they will swarm and leave you any way.

[@marilyn6795]

How did I end up here?

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Same way I did ......

[@declanbuckley4674]

🤣🤣 you cud be a super beekeeper at this stage as It was 3 years ago and this video changed your life

[@heathergustafson4237]

More people should learn about bees and help them. We are doomed without them

[@George-nx5lo]

Then you should know keeping bees like this is the very reason of colony collapse disorder and responsible for killing billions every year, that is why its ILLEGAL

[@benlawton5420]

Look how well they do when they are left alone.

[@krangitebacon5039]

look how well they do when they have 10 years of keeping all their production. beehives are designed to be harvested, not to be left for 10 years then harvested, and its not like bees do poorly in hives that are properly harvested.

[@teej783]

They eventually leave and give liberals an excuse whine about GMO plants. I have my own domestic beehive and two wild hives on my little farm. They do well because I don't mess with them. The pollinate for me and that is enough. Imagine if your roof was lifted up every few days and your refrigerator emptied. Or worse, wake up in a different country. The relative size of the bees transported from Florida to California to Maine and back to Florida would be like you being transported to a different planet.

[@JayRaxter]

What? I have zero bee experience but even random googling will show that a domesticated Bee Hive is like any domesticated resource. If used correctly and taken care of, not only do the bee's benefit, but you can get anywhere from 80-150 pounds of honey per year. Again, I know nothing of bee's and you own a farm, but it looks like the professional bee keepers and farmers say you're wrong. But whatevs....so you must not use herbicides or pick any of your vegetables either...cause how would you like to be dug up, shipped to another country, then eaten...right?

[@mellisavogel5031]

ben lawton yup!

[@itbird180]

My grandfather is a hobbyist beekeeper and I help him/took beekeeping classes. Wild hives are at a very high risk of parasites, fungi, wild animals, disease, and everything else. beekeepers take care of bees, and in return take extra, unneeded honey. Domesticated hives like these produce waaaaay more than wild hives. it's a mutually beneficial relationship.

[@hudsonsteele1674]

This is what my first hive robbing was like. FOUR hives that hadn't been robbed in 10+ years. We got about 17 gallons of honey from them. I didn't get stung until I cut the grass around them. About 100+ stings in each leather glove. One got through to my hand. That was a great experience!

[@hallerd]

Why don't the bees care that you are disturbing the hive?

[@hudsonsteele1674]

hallerd They do. One of the four hives had become very aggressive because the queen had not been replaced with a more passive queen for over a decade (you have to do that every so often). My sister said every time I walked away from the hive, a cloud of bees would follow me (she watched from afar). But you blow smoke into the hive with a smoker, the bees think the hive's on fire, they all gather up a mouth full of honey, and they wait to see if they are going to have to leave the hive. That makes them more docile. I guess they are too worried about the hive being on fire to think about anything else, much less about stinging and protecting the hive.

[@johnny970]

hudson steele ,correct it is an Oh Shit moment for the bees.

[@hudsonsteele1674]

***** It is a Superior Intelligence that gave them that knowledge. But you have to realize that bees are still in the wild, too. They have to have the abilities they have been given to flee from forest fires. And bees have always been in the wild until man finally domesticated them.

[@FloIstMoep]

Humans are born with "innate knowledge" too. For example we look for sweetness in food, which means energy and we know when eating something rotten that it might be bad for us. Red color signals something potentially harmful too.

[@Lonniebelle1979]

how come only one guy wore the spacesuit? i find bees so fascinating, actually insects in general are pretty sweet. i can't understand why more people arnt into bug watching?

[@Imroytc]

Cause they just bug ya.

[@smooooth_]

Roy Cogswell pretty sweet get it cause honey

[@dorothyhealy8424]

I would like to know what the mite load was. it is always appropriate to use smoke. esp when the hive is so riled. did they look for the queen? maybe if they had used smoke they could have done a thorough inspection.

[@alexhidell8074]

How can bees survive 10 Nebraska winters?

[@thierryf1968]

eating their own honey ?.... not stolen by bad humans !

[@paulmcguire3789]

looks like they survived nicely.

[@jesuslord8205]

alex hidell - God's care!

[@BillyBoze]

by massing together and vibrating warming the hive to about 20 c on the inside thus not freezing

[@BillyBoze]

+Jesus Lord stfu if we were dependend on that we would be extinct.

[@rachelthesword664]

YEAH! SAVE THE BEES! This is what should be getting airtime, man. The bees deserve coverage!!

[@George-nx5lo]

They are reslpsinbel to harboring disease, viruses, and spreading them to all near by keepers, its illegal to do what they did.... So they did not save bees they infact did extreme damage,

[@sunshine_water5139]

honeybees are very cool. im sure glad im able to work with them myself👍 my hat goes off to all apairy's, its hard work. but very rewarding🐝

[@George-nx5lo]

then this should fill you with rage how many diseases and virus they harbor, millions of mites released on the surrounding areas

[@danbywater6333]

you guys need to get a smoke box. so you can do more work easier.when you smoke the hive bees think it's on fire so they gorge themselves on honey and that slows them down.

[@shrek2329]

Dan Bywater I think someone's seen bee movie one too many times

[@serious.business]

Sir, please don't internet while drunk.

[@RickeyMoore]

They -killed- a bunch of them.

[@Andrew-vy1rx]

bees are one of the most important insects on the planet.

[@George-nx5lo]

yep and people like this is one reason we are dealing with colony collapse disorder