Bee Maintenance & Bee Hive Inspection: Hive Maintenance | The Bush Bee Man

The Bush Bee Man is starting 2021 fresh with hive inspections and bee maintenance updates of your favorite rescues from 2020. Which means we had to show off how the hobit bees were doing. Comment below if we should make hobbit honey. Watch more bee maintenance videos: • When a Routine Bee Hiv...
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This video shows how to do a bee hive inspection. This is great beekeeping for beginners who want to learn how to perform bee maintenance and hive maintenance. The Bush Bee Man is a professional beekeeper.
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[@lourensklopper4217]

Our South African bees are like that!!!! Wild, but good hard workers!!! Make good honey!!!

[@saracarnicom5318]

I wouldn't be too quick to call them aggressive. Move slower to avoid crushing them and stop banging the frames on the hive. They feel that and it riles them up to defend it. I've found that working the bottom box first and then inspecting upwards works well. The smoker drives them down and by the time you hit that bottom box, there's a LOT of pissed bees in there.

[@BeesBikinis]

Your voice brings me joy! - hello from Ontario, Canada

[@jeromekendall9803]

dont know if you guys gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies and series on instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last few weeks xD

[@jedidiahdouglas9947]

@Jerome Kendall definitely, been using Instaflixxer for months myself :D

[@JeremyWestAU]

They don't seem aggressive, just out of room. Give them more room and they will probably calm down. I wouldn't be rushing to re-queen them at all.

[@bryanstarke7406]

The gap between episode 257 and this one has felt like an eternity!! ....these girls are definitely primed for 2021!! - good to have you back, Happy New Year to one & all🎉

[@VidKatMA1]

You Sir crack me UP! 🤣 Love your Stories and the way you talk and Sing as you work.

[@braegarden6478]

Nothing better than a big boiling box of grumpy girls 🤣🤣😂😂 Love the vids guys.

[@ilsekoerner8523]

"That's not a knife!" Most famous quote from an Aussie here in Germany. Good luck with your Hobbit bees. Maybe the were just pissed because they were running out of space. Second super?

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Maybe! We'll check them again to see if they've calmed down.

[@VidKatMA1]

Yes. Give them a Lovely cup a tea and a honey biscuit. 🥰🐝😋

[@patriciaferry3957]

Poor John get better soon feel bad knowing you were fixing camera after me saying and got hurt. I just love Mr and Mrs BushBee s relationship

[@lydiamwenda1201]

hello,good job.Am in kenya and i started bee keeping last year.I have really learnt alot.

[@arceusflute369]

You and your channel are absolutely lovely

[@blackcreekorganicfarm296]

2021 has been more crazy

[@peterlightbody8443]

Hello John hope you are recovering after been stung , you are the brains behind all the filming ,your dad would be lost without you ,take care Peter Victoria

[@laughceter]

Happy New Year John, Mark and families. Hope we all have a great one. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@blackcreekorganicfarm296]

I wonder if I gave em a cup off tea they would calm down

[@boldger13]

Happy New Year! From South Florida, USA.

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Happy new year!

[@TheBoxingBee1]

Next time your at the hardware store. Get your self a steel wire brush the sort you put in a drill. Great for cleaning out smokers.

[@Innova_1979]

Thank you for all of the great content Mark & John!

[@downunderfulla6001]

The little buggers definitely developed an attitude 🍺🍺

[@ShannonD.999]

Ah this is the video I've been looking for!!! Thank you!!

[@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu]

Thanks for sharing I’m going to follow thanks

[@ebr-fan1117]

It does appear that the hive is just ready to split, with that amount of swarming around the hive.

[@matthewthiesen6098]

Right out of the gate with a real zinger of a story 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBushBeeMan]

😉

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

Damn Mark that hessian leaves a lot of debris in the smoker? Or have you been adding other stuff in there besides hessian? Where is the best place to source the hessian in your experience? Mark, 17:01 if you were going to crush extract the honey, Why did you not clean that lid up with all the honey in there as well?? Cheers for the video happy 2021!

[@vickykirkland6629]

Happy New year guys and 🐝 🐝. Hope your all keeping safe and well xx

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Happy new year!

[@johaunrivera3994]

Congrats Bush you made it to my Morning Cup of Coffee ☕ Hello from Orlando, Florida

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

It's "Hobbit" New Year 2021 BBM ! May you, the Camera Man and Girls have a good one ! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Thank you! Happy New Years!

[@vadimmyzev3964]

Ich verstehe kein Wort, aber der Mann ist immer gut gelaunt 😀👍

[@pmb1229]

Hey Mark! As munch as im sure Hobbit Honey sound slike it would sell well, do not put Hobbit on anything. The Tolkien lawyers will be all over you. Love what you guys do.

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Thinking of calling it “Hairy Feet Honey” 😉👍

[@albertmutangiri8713]

Happy new year Mark! all the way from South Africa 🎉

[@HaUsSssss]

They might not be an overly aggressive hive, just cramped. Throw some extra supers on and give them a few weeks then reassess. I always get a kick out of your videos, keep it up!

[@PraeaKitten]

I kept hoping you'd say they were all towy - always makes me giggle. Anyway, great show and have missed you guys! Glad to see you back! As a side note, SYMPATHY TO JOHN AND THE LOVELY WIFE!!! Getting stung is not fun!

[@Barillaa]

Just have a honey biscuit and chill the fuck out! Hahah you're real fun, subscribed!

[@wadewoehrmann2835]

Oddly as mad as they are they are not all over you. Seems stings are at a minimum??? Thanks for your vids.

[@rajbeekie7124]

I hope the next time you check on the bees they are calm. I have had the happen to me on two occasions. One time they are really ticked and are stinging you through the glove and suit. The next month they are calm. Your queen seems to be a strong layer and the bees were bringing in honey. Another upside was, they were not trying to sting you.

[@crispernator]

Hi BBM i did an inspection on my hive last friday and had similar situation bees flying everywhere i found the honey super was worse that the brood super i havent seen the queen as such but plenty of brood and larvea after the insection the next day found a pile of dead bees around 20 or so in front of the hive , i dont know if i should re queen or what .

[@NateIcke]

Flow hives would be so much easier to work with?

[@simondent2196]

Hi, I’m just start at this so what do you do with angry bees ?

[@max-xd1ff]

Learned something new now i know where i will hang my smoker

[@michaelfike7542]

Great video was hoping the hobit bees were going to be gentle. What ever happened to your red smoker box??👍🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@TheBushBeeMan]

We were too! The red box smoker now lives on the truck

[@jodylarson5317]

these ones must be Proudfoots hahaha

[@TheBushBeeMan]

As a huge LOTR fan, your comment made my day :) - John

[@jodylarson5317]

@@TheBushBeeMan oh wow! hahaha i thought i would just be wrenching my arm out of socket to pat myself on the back for my own cleverness :) you made MY day!

[@wayneparker9782]

Im not sure its the bees temperament but the amount of bees in the box....you could split the hive...with the number of bees in that box you could split it three times.....with that amount of bees in the box you will have a a larger number of bees in and about....as you stated they where not stinging so there not aggressive just to meny Bees....give it a try..you have nothing to lose split the hives...iv had hives with the same problem splitting solved the problem....but...not all bees are created equal and requeening would help but you should split that hive and requeen both

[@flashcardguy169]

Trust me, you don't want to use bad tempered bees to raise queens, its going to be a nightmare dealing with the queen cells while being stung to bits, and trying to be delicate as possible... use a gentle hive as cell starter, as you will be into the brood every so often...

[@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu]

No button

[@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu]

What is a hobbit bee please

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Hey mate you wanted to be a beekeeper, bees get pissy and sting, get on with it, perhaps this attribute could be an asset in warding off hive invasions etc, or perhaps all mine are the same as your agro lot lol The one thing about beekeeping is that you never stop learning.

[@happycamper4329]

Geez you are rough as guts handling those bees. No wonder they are never too happy with you. Maybe go a bit gentler with them. They might be happier to see you then.

[@Crannigy]

Happy new year from Chicago, Illinois USA!

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Happy new year!