beehive that hasn't been opened in 30 plus years!

performing a hive inspection, cleanup, and splits on a beehive that hasn't been opened in over 30 years! amazing

[@radzzpc3401]

I find the strangest/ most interesting videos on KZbin past 3am

[@ejmellow]

Radzz PC 4:12am

[@Serrie1976]

Thats when the cool area of KZbin opens

[@sarkiesarkie4918]

Radzz PC : hope to find a girlfriend then.

[@cassiusdio1138]

yeah..i want to be a beekeeper now

[@turtlebro8314]

Lasagna Cat

[@davidlongest3078]

Started out with 3 hives when I was 13, by the time I was out of high school I had 23, neighbors gave me 5 when there dad died - and I caught 4 big swarms in other location I was called to, used corn cobs in my smoker , and sold my honey in pints , with a piece of comb right in the middle, honey put me thru college (4 yrs) along with a work study job in the college science dept. had bees till I was in my late 40s- then gave them to a cousin and her husband , they still have hives- my first one were given to me by my grandfather in 1957- I’m now 74the cousin I gave them to is 72 and still has them

[@Guy4UnderDog]

DaVid Longest. ... I'm thinking what does this story have to do with 30 year old hives,? ☺️ Loved your story anyway, especially the putting yourself through college. Unless you have a good gourmet honey run, I think you'd need to also sell Nucs now to make much income, with so much cheap foreign honey.

[@GanjaaaBoy]

damn 74 year old bees thats pretty cool

[@matthewwilson3202]

Class. Very cool story. I have 3 hives at the moment. Getting all my stuff together for swarm season beginning here in ireland

[@melodyblomberg6052]

Amazing

[@patmurphy389]

That's amazing!

[@bicky210]

30 40 50 like make up your mind already!

[@wagonerjared]

Dem fuckers haven't been opened fo 100 years....

[@sandymoonstone855]

。 You have to remember " thems hive haven"t been opened in forever "

[@vanessathomas6325]

1,ooo years

[@thomaspayne6866]

Legend has it those hives are from ancient Egypt

[@dominicbruno3109]

i know right!?!?

[@TheMadHaxor]

30 years in title, 40 years in intro, 50 years in prologue. So which is it?

[@pixel690]

ikr

[@sarkiesarkie4918]

Kris Burton just enjoy. Don't worry about the fine print

[@PhinAI]

Kris Burton, all are right. This video was made in stages.

[@eelijjahh]

Does it matter

[@chasewilfong2175]

The video was made 60 years ago.

[@kjamesjr]

You need to save the genetics of these bees. They’ve got some hardy survival instincts.

[@marissawatson9711]

yeah man all the bees that are around right now just came here from another planet...

[@jackprice5876]

Hell Ye would love a few hives my self

[@kjamesjr]

@@marissawatson9711 This hive has been alive for (allegedly) 30 years. That’s 30 years without chemical treatment. You’re lucky if you get 2 years out of a hive without treating for parasites. Honey bees aren’t native to North America, so they might as well have come from another planet.

[@whome9470]

@@kjamesjr i dont even keep bees and i knew this. Honey bees arnt even the best pollinators and theyve snubbed out native bees for years

[@x4iaw931]

Definitely! I hope they sent some genes to be looked at, could definitely help ease the dependence on treatments to survive

[@Relinquished404]

Now, imagine how many generations of queens they have gone through.

[@get6149]

Yeah dont queens leave after 3 to 5 years

[@leetlebob8203]

@@get6149 30

[@eggyolks3274]

Imagine how many times they’ve swarmed! 😳

[@athenawheling8520]

I hope they isolated the queen.. these are calm and obviously hearty

[@FUCK_________googIe]

@@leetlebob8203 lmfao what? queens don't live 30 years

[@imwiththeshxts7104]

i was patiently waiting for the good part but...i didn't know the video was an hour long lol

[@paigeblack5000]

KODEIINE SNE I didn't know that until I read your comment 😂

[@drak1071]

same - thanks for the comment! saved me 50 minutes!

[@nafsi8519]

KODEIINE SNE thanks I didn't notice it too.

[@buggsy5]

I knew it was that long - my viewer tells me the length of the clip. But I was unaware of just how little information was provided.

[@firestarter4033]

it made me look at the time😂😂😂 holy crap

[@purge98]

11:25 1st frame removal 25:15 2nd 33:17 3rd

[@gimmieshelter1597]

Zzzzzz..zzzzzz..zz..zzzzzz!!

[@Bradygoodz]

700 year old bees nest.

[@PhinAI]

I'll bet those are at least 710 years old!

[@BusMaster99]

There's no such thing as a "bees' nest."

[@brittandbutter]

It has to be at least over 9000.

[@hillarymack3207]

NorthTexasFarming, 700 hundred miles not years.

[@ekohgypsy437]

I'm shocked you don't get stung more aren't honey bees aggressive. Although you seem like you are being gentle. You may want to keep an epicentre handy.

[@LolitasGarden]

"pretty docile" [less than a minute passes] "not my face." You jinxed it, man!

[@ZenMasterChip]

The closer he got to the center of the brood... the more upset they get... more like... "leave my children alone"... :-)

[@sik3xploit]

Ever watch the video of how bees behave when they don't accept a new queen? They are all over his hands and he just shakes them off with no problem. I couldn't hold back my laughing. But bees are actually rather docile by nature. It's just when you get a step too close to their hive is when they get more aggressive.

[@Cdubp01]

The Creeper It’s probably a cycada killer. They’re gigantic-but harmless. I believe one of the sexes doesn’t even have a stinger.

[@paulbombardier8722]

What courage, or foolhardiness, to even begin to work on hive boxes with no protection.

[@zollodiecast]

It would be interesting to see an update on his hives to see how they've progressed. I'm curious to see how the orginal hive reacted to the "new" box after a year.

[@idahodeerhunter]

We don't know the exact time frame that this hive has remained untouched. The current owner says 50 years maybe. This hive has been handed down through 3 generations of his family. The previous have since passed away therefore we don't know a whole lot.

[@alexanddangamers6798]

idahodeerhunter let to come to me though

[@silkmusiq]

I don't think your bees died, I think the metabolism slow down and they fell. I believe if you took them somewhere warm they could have been saved. www.quora.com/Why-do-most-flying-insects-flies-bees-etc-become-so-lethargic-and-slow-when-theyre-indoors-for-a-while

[@larry8393]

Alex and Dan b

[@hgthomas1]

Fascinating! So, how does one learn the art of beekeeping?

[@idahodeerhunter]

Helen Thomas find a mentor, reading and KZbin videos

[@d3k0taa]

I went from Ricegum To Markiplier To Kpop To A korean guy eating random foods To Beehives ?? I really cant understand . I have legit loads of other stuff i can do.

[@texasguy3368]

I started beyond the press then to jackcepticeye - neebs gaming- stonemountain64-pew de pie- some mouse trap guy idk his user, now I'm here

[@abigailbishop222]

you and i are the same lmaooo

[@iceflame9535]

I came from searching “no excuses Pedlek last time there was a dead squirrel floating in it” from Warframe, then to a video called “dead squirrel floating in pool” then to “the day I saved a ground squirrel from drowning” and now here.

[@hiimwaynko-4987]

texas guy neebs gaming is amazing

[@undertowsoul]

I've started calling KZbin my black hole.

[@grumpyunicorn3069]

I am at 20 mins in these are the calmest bees I have seen! Especially since they aren’t used to being messed with... wow

[@strainsmok3r313]

Ever just stop mid way threw a video and think why and how am I here

[@leviledbetter]

I usually start them that way

[@strainsmok3r313]

@Kyle Usher not as much as your need for likes on your comment

[@T289c]

Must have been a very very dry place. Plywood doesnt last that long outside, falls apart very easily in the elements

[@louann2105]

Thomas Gordon probably was painted with lead paint...lol

[@mikelights8106]

Thomas Gordon not as fast in dry climates climates

[@Loyalki]

Thomas Gordon you didn't watch the video. F.

[@mushlimmushlim3729]

+mike lights vklrht

[@killerbee792]

Kim Possible what's the sitch?

[@geezer652]

I'm sitting here watching this wearing headphones. I flinch everytime a bee flies by my head. ;

[@idahodeerhunter]

Geezer65 lol now that's funny

[@ashleyfalcon125]

Geezer65 yeah they had another user comment saying ‘do NOT wear headphones while watching his video’ lol I can only imagine. 😂

[@mattd1188]

Any update on how the hive is doing 3 years after this video?

[@blndstudiosyt4537]

Probably holding up a lot better than most Americans rn

[@chocoboasylum]

This makes me wish I had a piece of property so I can keep bees. Sadly all I have is a balcony and I doubt the neighbors would appreciate it

[@climbingthemountain26.]

Also, I just went to your channel.. Not my thing. Just get right with the Lord God Jehovah, before it's too late!

[@chocoboasylum]

@@climbingthemountain26. Well that came out of nowhere

[@climbingthemountain26.]

@@chocoboasylum - hahaha, yep, that's true enough. Now get right with the Lord and get yourself a beehive :-)

[@baylee_baby_]

Imagine being like this😂

[@rieksstevens]

@@climbingthemountain26. idiot

[@megelizabeth9492]

These ladies seem surprisingly mello. They'll a bit miffed that their home is is being torn up, of course, but that's just natural. It's definitely too bad that the other colonies died out, but at least one survived.

[@TheGuineababy]

This came up as a random suggestion and I found it really interesting. I learned a lot from your talk (not that I'm going to take care of bees). Very fascinating and I watched the whole thing. Hope to see updates!

[@TheLightningStalker]

It's like computers. Everything is on cards. You have the brood in the middle, that's like the CPU. The pollen is right next it it like RAM and the honey is on the outside like mass storage. The bees are the electricity. If you touch one you get a shock.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

@@TheLightningStalker on USBee memory stick too.

[@pertwang]

Bridge and burr comb is such a hassle for the apiarist and for the bees who get bashed around a lot. I found the simplest way to deal with rogue hives like these was to place a box of new frames and foundation (drawn comb if you have it) on top of the old boxes and wait until queen is laying in the new box, then whack a queen excluder between that and the old box so that she cannot descend into the messy old comb. In a few weeks all the bees will have hatched and will move upwards into the new brood nest. Once this has happened reverse the boxes so that the new box of brood is sitting on the hive floor with a bottom entrance, super this box with a new one with clean frames and foundation or recently extracted comb over a queen excluder and put the old boxes right at the top. If there is anything worthwhile there the bees will harvest it. Then burn the old boxes and frames. That way all that is needed is some patience and there is minimum disruption of the colony and less sweat for the beekeeper.

[@raysmith1028]

Must add: Feral colonies have existed in rock cavities, building and tree cavities for 100's of years. I recall an old employer 1950 telling me that old comb would be torn down and rebuilt otherwise the colony would have died out. I've introduced new drawn comb into brood nests only to find on the next visit that renovations had been carried out to increase the ammount of Drone Brood cells. How's that for Innovative mangement without human intervention??

[@nefariumxxx]

Yeah, been around a bit longer than humans. Fossils are great. "This oldest bee fossil to date was found in an amber specimen from northern Myanmar. The discovery of the oldest bee fossil supports the theory that bees evolved from wasps, scientists reported today. The 100 million-year-old fossil was found in a mine in the Hukawng Valley of Myanmar (Burma) and preserved in amber."

[@buggsy5]

If the bees decide there are not enough drone cells in the brood chamber, they will build more. It does not matter if the frames contain new foundation, newly drawn comb or older comb.

[@eddiedickens3184]

Ray Smith Only for hundreds of years?

[@buggsy5]

For the common honey bee, yes. They are not native to the Americas.

[@christinaheuer7169]

Yes, I remember being a kid playing with my friends in San Diego and running into a GIANT BEE hive in 88 in Old Town San Diego. The rangers told us that we were idiots and it had been there over 60 years. Just massive.

[@buggsy5]

I never would have spent all the time and effort to recover those old deteriorating frames. It would have been much faster and less disturbing to the bees to treat it as a routine cutout. There would be the additional advantage of getting rid of the extra-deep frames by transferring the cutout combs to standard deep frames. I would also have destroyed ALL the old boxes/frames by burning.

[@camiladusk3387]

Before this video I watched a guy tie a string to a fly and see if it could pick up a bolder... (Update - it’s 5am)

[@nobuntunglogopbonong7586]

What us the title of the video ... I want to see

[@57790]

African fly or European fly ? Sir Bedivere

[@gimmickcynic2007]

All the people worried about age, just enjoy the marvel of nature and its untouched awesomeness! And 30 years ago is 1987 and there was plastic and plastic frames. I wasn't born until 1990 and even I know that.. plus my grandpa used to keep bees. To the owner of this hive, great video and you two seem like very social, likeable guys! An update video would be awesome.

[@killerbee792]

AmandaKathleen 😑😑😒😒

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

It's coming... In 30,sorry 40,my bad,another 50yrs time. Stick around for part ✌

[@seanmcguire7974]

@@DanceySteveYNWA 😂😂

[@thugnificentj7393]

AmandaKathleen ok grandpa

[@Nick-hv8gj]

AmandaKathleen I can't believe I'm about to explain this to someone your age, but... It's just good, light-hearted ribbing. That's all people are doing when they're commenting about the age(s). That being said, "Every party has a pooper that's why we invited you, party pooper... party pooper..." I hope you were singing along, AmandaKathleen.

[@CraigsOverijse]

I’m sure the calmness of these two guy helped the bees stay calm

[@honeybee2356]

Yea

[@camerachica73]

I'm working in an old house in England at the moment and they have a hive there from the 1950's that's inside the house walls. They never bother us in the slightest, no chasing, no stings or headbutts. There is a room that has a honey like substance seeping through the wall though. Last week we had to get scaffolding to repair a chimney and the guys going up on the roof had their asses kicked big time and refused to come back! Not sure if some of the bees were swarming or if it was a wild swarm, but they were smaller than regular honeybees.

[@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006]

Seeing the words "honey" and "seeping" made me wonder if there's a bee farm or unit designed to harvest honey by letting it leak out when it gets heavy enough. It would certainly make harvesting a lot less intrusive for the bees, and less of a hassle or time-comsuming for bee keepers.

[@azm9396]

Me from bright side's vid on how to escape bee swarm: Smaller bees (African something) tend to protect with their lives so they're more aggressive than normal bees

[@Svensk7119]

Have Heard that naturally bees became smaller as they reuse cells, because of wax build-up. Not sure how accurate that is.

[@2purdy319]

It’s amazing how honey never parishes, and has so many beneficial qualities both as a topical treatment, and also eaten. I’m big on drinking hot tea and I always add raw honey instead of processed sugar.

[@luciafrau125]

I like warm milk with honey every night before going to sleep

[@get6149]

I put honey on a cut because i herd it had natural antibiotics and that suger speeds healing it dulled the pain pretty fast wasnt even expecting it to help with the pain but for some reason it did

[@jackprice5876]

Yes

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

@@get6149 it’s been proven to work. I believe it was first discovered by western doctors when working in South America. They use it now for cancer patients because the chemo does something to the way the body responds to antibiotics and such. I can’t remember the details. I can tell you that it will seemingly grow back muscle and such. That’s how they discovered it in south america. The people there used honey to assist in healing a surgery that went down into the hip. The buttock and hip muscles healed. I had to have a huge chunk of my bug toe removed. I used honey for 9 days. The dr was amazed at the healing rate. I told him I was using honey and he didn’t believe me. It’s so good for injuries.

[@The-realnews]

Hot tea ☕️ kill bee honey naturan

[@Dustpuuppy]

Those frames are called Langstroth jumbos. Also known as dadant depth. You can still find them in a few places but they've fallen out of favour because they make the brood box so damned heavy.

[@BarefootBeekeeper]

Dustpuuppy I used to use them at Buckfast Abbey. Back breakers.

[@davidkolbe2288]

Dustpuuppy l

[@SlightlyDisconnected]

Do not wear headphones during this video.

[@1stCannonFodder]

I did and jumped a few times lol

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

Bees in your head! Lol

[@trentselectronix837]

Why?

[@task_under_rubblestone5575]

His voice is pretty calming and not too many bee flew right in the mic

[@iamthemachinedd]

I’m gonna do it

[@ladybugsarah6671]

🐝Did you ask them if they wanted to be in the smoking section first? 😳 🐝♨🐝(cough,cough)🐝🐝🐝

[@nicolesaunders081]

6am KZbin: Here’s some super old beehives Me: K

[@deej8755]

Would have loved to have watched a part2! Maybe showing us either u creating the new hives or how they are looking now.

[@timothyconwell7529]

Yeah that foookin sucks !

[@EbbWeaver]

It's funny. Because I would say that Americans are quite a bit more irritable and aggressive than Russians..he he.. he

[@raybenoit5238]

I hadn't h eard. Before that bees may bump you first as a warning before stinging

[@wreckship6]

If this hive was being robbed by another hive they would Not be gentle, and they will rob each other. This was clearly a strong hive and might have survived by robbing the the weaker hives. A robbed hive will start hitting you 10 or 20 feet away.

[@wreckship6]

Also, if you have goats - bees wont bother goats. They can look in the entrance and dance on top, and the bees blame YOU not the goat. Put a good fence around your hives.

[@ricehair8807]

@@wreckship6 wtf? Damn goats

[@cyndirozcicha2264]

30 is the new 50......” Ma’am, are you aware you were driving 50mph in a 30 mph zone?” Me: “ 30, 40, 50....meh. All the same thing.”

[@kimberlyfawn8310]

Treatment free beekeepers would probably LOVE to have a split from this hive.

[@glennelliott7009]

Yes we would Lol

[@hanswurst6470]

but this would only be interesting, if there are no other beekeepers in the area. swarms prefer "old" hives, that hold wax and show signs of earlier breeding. so if the colony has died 20 times in 30 years, it could be just swarms from the neighbour beekeeper and has nothing to do with "treatment" free, just recolonisation time after time. in europe signtists have proven that in nature there are no treatment free bees. the colonies dies after 2-3 years and the hive will be resettlet by a swarm. but if there are no other beekeepers this should be really interessting :)

[@ladybugsarah6671]

Hans...💟 you can't always believe the scientists 💁💬"but that's ok" 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯 🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝 🌻BEEEE HAPPY 🌻 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯

[@RobinTheBot]

Ladybug Sarah no, but unlike blogs, you can study and objectively analyze their work instead of just rejecting their findings. Science takes notes. If you're skeptical the first step is to read them. That's why Science made cell phones and tradition made apple pie. Science builds on itself, tradition is reset for every stubborn kid born.

[@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula]

@@hanswurst6470 who says that colonies die after 2-3 years? Did you talk to actual bee keepers? Or just scientists who don't know shit other than what is in their labs?

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

Bee's are like... "It's about time the maid shows up... Get in hear, clean up this clutter!" 🐝🐝🐝

[@alltheboost5363]

No one's really told me about bees before I think I've learned a lot from this video compared to what I knew before... would love to watch more.

[@barbarawilliams7194]

THIS MAN HAS PATIENCE OF A GOD! I SOLUTE YOU KIND SIR!!!!!

[@missmix48]

I get a kick out of you both calling them He when they go after you..... LOL it's SHE

[@midgetgamer5166]

S. Woods what how so

[@DizzyOdd]

Midget Gamer, it's because all worker bees are female. Drones are male. There's a significant size difference between drones and workers. Though I don't know nearly enough to know if the one being referred to in the video was a drone or a worker, but I think that's what S. Woods was referring to.

[@christinaheuer7169]

Deirdre O'Donovan yup. And male drones cannot sting

[@ashleyfalcon125]

Midget Gamer Bc all things awesome are female! :)) ( jj fellas lol)

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

@@ashleyfalcon125 thanks for the bee 🐝 vomiting constantly so we can eat it on toast! Appreciate your efforts

[@Loyalki]

I wanna be a 🐝 beekeeper and be a specialist at aloe plants 🌱---- When I grow up.

[@kellydavis6316]

My dad was a bee keeper. I have aloe plants.. is that enough, lol. Love you all.

[@foxibot]

He is a real “bee charmer” to be sitting there with no protective gear on!

[@rickr530]

I saw this on the History Channel. These are Cleopatra's bees from over 2000 years ago.

[@clarabow813]

bee sound gets louder throughout the video. thanks for all the information :)

[@jimdavis9379]

Clara Bow down

[@TheRadicalBlackConservative]

He is so gentle with them. You can tell he is trying not to hurt them.

[@danielhove89]

Did you make the wax yet let us know how it came out

[@jaratt85]

wax moth larva you say.... wax worms, used as one source of food in the reptile industry

[@cjw2661]

So, with EVERYTHING being so OLD, is the honey and the comb still edible ? Also, how are you able to find the Queen Bee ?

[@varmehran]

old honey gives you diarrhea and bees also get diarrhea from it too you should keep honey for 2 or 3 years but still, you can eat it if its older than that. old honey taste sourer than usual its hard to found out but its easy for experts also bees wont keep any old honey they use last year honey first. they know what to do :P oh old honey is just a bag of sugar without any vitamin so always use fresh honey (less than 1 year old just like bees)

[@get6149]

@@varmehran they found honey in old honey pots from ancient Egypt and it was still good it was Crystalized but perfectly edible

[@get6149]

@@varmehran but honey can go bad if its in a humid environment so i imgine honey in a hive dead hive would go bad

[@sberryscake]

always looking for the queen. so beekeeping is one big game of wheres waldo. :-D

[@jasonrhodes9683]

All the other bee videos everyone is dressed like they are going to war, this guy has holes in his pants. If the bees get worked up and go into those holes, he will have a very hard time giving them bees those pants.

[@Jlind9335]

Why are people complaining about the time. They are not the ones doing the work. You could watch the video twice as fast if you change the speed under settings. It is the flower pic under the video. Next to where you change the size of the video.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

Utterly fascinating. The sort of thing a beekeeper will only see once in his lifetime.

[@gizzard2025]

How does smoke calm the bees?

[@buggsy5]

It causes them to panic - since they evolved where smoke only meant fire that might damage/destroy their home. Just as you would panic if you smelled unexpected smoke in your home. They do as humans would, grab their most essential belongings and prepare to evacuate if necessary. For bees, that means to start filling their honey stomachs with honey. The smoke also disrupts the hive odors. Without them, there cannot be an coordinated response to a threat.

[@deangallo8390]

What was the final outcome? Did new hives replace the old ones and what happened to the original colony?

[@feralperil]

Me: need something to watch KZbin: What's this?! Boredom?! A large amount of BEES oughta put a stop to that!! My recommendations: *flooded with bee videos*

[@TisEYEthe1]

Nice Bee suit! His job requires a heart of gold and buns of steel.

[@PRGFantasyz]

idk why I am watching this but these bees are really calm and that makes me fear bees a bit less.

[@RickeyMoore]

Did you kill those wax moths and burn the infested frames??

[@angelineangela5981]

It was like watching discovery and animal planet at the same time. Awesome!

[@chicohaze787]

I remember my and my good friend got stun big mistake those bees 🐝 chase us through out the whole factory 🏭. Omg it was the best memories I have of him when I finally found him because he didn’t want them to hear him he was hidden in the bathroom hahaha. R.I.P Choco

[@gizzard2025]

I think their calm because their ready for a cleaner hive to make honey again

[@Nitzah]

What would you be able to do with wax your cleaning off the old frames? With them being so old would any of the byproduct really be viable for anything more than compost?

[@marykampa2978]

Seamstresses use beeswax for sewing, surfboard wax, cooking, candles, lots of uses. Melt, filter, cool, sell.

[@got2kittys]

A few years ago I was given a few hives neglected 6 years. It was difficult to separate the frames. Just a waxxed up, glued together mess. A few wax moths could be helpful to clean up the black comb.

[@nekochen]

Don't these honey bee have stingers? How come some people just rambo into that cluster without protection.

[@buggsy5]

He is a lot less tolerant of stings than many beekeepers. He ran for protective gear as soon as he got stung. He was very late in starting to use the smoker. The bees probably would not have been so reactive if he had used it from the start.

[@linhfphung7867]

Cuz some bees are nice bees n others sting before anything else

[@cjlucas5889]

You can usually move about a hive without the bees attacking you.

[@LD-bj4xc]

Drones don’t so some where he’s saying stuff he got me they can’t but workers do

[@danielmccoy8875]

No one likes getting stung..even seasoned keepers..especialy when its a box you dont know.

[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

Whats with all the negative comments. 30 plus years as it says in the title just means more then 30 years! Did any of you not see the word "plus"? that means add or more. Get your Oxford dictionaries out and check if you are still un sure. Just saying.

[@idahodeerhunter]

Thank you for that. I have gotten hammered on the title.

[@KpopMom1980]

This first half of 2020 has brought me to some very random and interesting videos lol

[@cheekibreeki3994]

Hiney can last a very long time it was found still edible in a sealed egyptian pyramid

[@loa81]

I’ve really enjoyed watching your work this past week. I’ve already subscribed, too. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill acquisition. We’ve had bees, very hungry bees coming to our house. I repaired a shed roof and made a lean-to chicken house. Even though it’s winter in SW NM, we still have bees out and about. I almost drank one when I was up on the shed roof. It was in my can of soda. They began to gather and ‘hit’ me. I tossed the can away from me onto the finished end of the roof. In an hour or so there must have been over a hundred. This made me think of helping them, so we began to place heavily saturated sugar water further and further away from where we usually hang out. I realized there’s hives to the west of us less than a quarter mile away. I moved the sugar water to another location on the west side so they’d not need to fly through our property. My concern is whether or not it’s helping or hurting the bees. Is there a natural source I can place outside for them? We do try to keep flowers for them and the hummingbirds as they migrate during the warm weather days. Any suggestions any of you reading this may have I’d appreciate it. I’m busy with building projects right now or I’d do some researching. Thank you for your kind info. Regards...

[@kruz2582]

I'm surprised no one has replied to your question in the year it's been posted... placing sugar water generally helps the bees, as well as wasps, ants, roaches, etc... The bees will try to store as much of it as they can and expand their hive to store more, sometimes at the cost of brood. So to answer your question, if your goal is only to help bees, the best time to place it is early spring, like first melt or late February depending where you are and to stop placing it about May/June. You might over-feed a feral hive and make it dependent on your hand outs. In the winter, they aren't even leaving their hive. In the winter sugar would help them, but it would have to be in a solid form like a sugar cube and it would literally have to be placed inside the hive space. I don't yet take care of bees, but I have been doing a lot of research lately because I want to start after a few life things get sorted out. I hope I answered your question. FYI, if you can plant trees over flowers, those are much better for the bees. Specifically trees that stagger their pollination cycles throughout the spring, summer and fall months for your area. In colder climates, generally the Pussy Willow or Red Maple are great trees and the American Basswood is a super-pollinator, but does so every other year. Here's a few trees from my notes that pollenate for certain months: Before May: Elm trees (but they don't produce much) May: Autumn Olive (also good for birds) June: Little Leaf Linden August: Japanese Pagoda September: Seven Son's There's also the Black Locust tree, but caution is to be had with this one. It will aggressively spread and is probably an invasive species anywhere so it must be planted in a "concrete coffin" such as a grassy island in a parking lot if that gives an image of how to handle it. Otherwise, it's really good for bees. If you're having an issue with Japanese beetles, plant Silver Lindens. A few trees to avoid are: Bamboo family Pine Spruce American Dogwood Kousa Dogwood Juneberry Crepe myrtle

[@loa81]

@@kruz2582 thank you for your info.

[@donnarichey144]

Holes in the knees of your jeans and I am thinking those bees will get in your jeans.

[@idahodeerhunter]

Sometimes they do!

[@saltyseascott]

I wished the camera magnified the work just a little more. this is fascinating

[@SpicyCactus]

I have a question. Do you have to worry about ants getting your bees?

[@kailamundo9011]

im allergic to bees yet im loving this experience

[@Ladida386]

So, how does 30 years old honey 🍯 taste like?

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

we raise bees too enjoyed this

[@idahodeerhunter]

Pople BackyardFarm thank you

[@idahodeerhunter]

Globaloro Gold thank you!

[@claireobrien3861]

Nice! Langstrove or top bar?

[@disciple2742]

Cant make up your mind huh? 30? 40? Atleast 50? Lol liessss Click bait

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

In soaveyit Russia you don't collect honey from bees, bees collect from you 🐝🐝🐝🐝😭🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@bamberghh1691]

soaveivenetit*

[@crispychildmarissa9579]

Casual Sleeping Dragon Soviet ?

[@lannarox123]

*Soviet

[@exidy-yt]

If you're going to do the tired old 'Russian Reversal' joke, at least make it funny. If you can't make it funny, at least make it make sense. This does neither.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

So Russian people are full of honey 🍯? Huh? You didn't think it through did you. Bee Gone

[@TomsYoutubeAcct]

Painful watching all this slow work, Id remove all the empty Hives before anything, bring in all the new hives 5 or 10 of them and move the hive over to the new hives and reboot the whole operation guys , this is too time consuming and a wasting alot of time. wow. who has time for this. Apparently the bees like the lean two that housing this hive so bring in the new hives if you are serious , give them sugar feed to reboot it and move them so they can reestablish their colony while the weather is good. Am I missing something here ?

[@2purdy319]

I’ve got bees on my head, but don’t call me a bee head! 🐝

[@AndreaLashay22]

Andy milonakis show was my ishh

[@nabila9149]

Bruce Lee's on my head so don't call me a Lee head

[@kathleenmcquade31]

Good old duct tape! Great on anything except what it was created for!!

[@TriaMaxwell]

31 minutes in and the bees make him put on a suit.... They put up with him longer than I would have.

[@countallwriteins5221]

The first thing in a video like this should be what town, what state/province, what country.

[@JdubYa85]

30 40 40 years old...must a been some damn Good Wood!

[@sussusamogus7331]

We are all asking, Where is Tony? Who is tony? But we never ask, How is Tony?

[@williamchelonis7231]

Learning quite a bit from these bee videos that I never knew before. Not into bee keeping myself but I find it very interesting, especially that you can do that without a bee keeper's suit.

[@kenilworthkeith8960]

Is it 30, 40, or 50🤷🏽‍♂️ can’t keep jumpin up 10yrs 😂😂

[@tinyfemaleshooter8756]

I ❤️ Bees....thank you for this video

[@williamgoboff1772]

cant you put them in a green house and keep it open during the summer then close it up in the winter.

[@Yakerina]

Gorgeous. I recently watched a vid on dealing with Africanized bees, so it's funny to see you taking off the lids in short sleeves.

[@pjudispajz4577]

Brabrbrabr we have 30 30 going 40 Brabrbrablebrablr we got 50 SOLD for 50 !

[@iceflame9535]

Plus bees or pretty much any flying stinging/biting insect terrifies me. So this is nightmare fuel for me XD

[@IHscout-qj4xx]

So send you a box...got it

[@freetob1]

How can this be a cringy yikes type of video and still be so relaxing to me???

[@AnimeFan-mn3rn]

notice it says 30 PLUS POEPLE

[@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently]

Animeprincess101 they complain because the number changes every time he says or types it

[@Gorkha976]

notice you spell something wrong and its POEPLE its PEOPLE

[@SimplifyTelevision]

>Hasn't been opened in 30 plus years! >Opening up a beehive for the first time in more than 40 years! >"How many years Tony?" "At least 50"

[@rkstr8829]

“They scrape it then they sell it” “.......to the orientals?” (Turns off video)

[@task_under_rubblestone5575]

Wopquay 412 ya the other guy is pretty casually racist I don't think it's in a mean way but seems like he's a bit of an old timer set in his ways

[@jenced80]

Yeah it turned me off as well. I get that it's an old man who is ignorantly racist, but it still bothered me enough to hear that I turned it off.

[@Josh_Mate]

Anything can be racist out of context. The question is the intent & whether it's factual. Like for example if Person A says black people are harder to see in the dark is that racist? What if Person B says white people stand out more in the dark? Neither are factually racist but I can guarantee millions of people would assume the first person is a racist, which in fact makes themselves somewhat closet racists because all they took from a factually sound & reasonable comment, is to assume that black people are less than.

[@LoLFilmStudios]

I’m Asian, how is that racist...

[@sir.icefire5470]

Hes an older guy. oriental used to be the polite way of saying asian. Kinda how saying african american is becoming a rasist term but people say it to be polite.

[@anthonyappleyard5688]

There is no proof that all 3 hives have been inhabited continuously through all that time. Likely sometimes one died out and its hive was resettled by a swarm from another of the three.

[@oldsol7396]

When inspecting any brood nest its always best to split the boxes first to break the propolis bonds and release the frames for easier inspection and removal.

[@Hoodamax]

I visit beekeepers daily, and I know several that would treat this like the lost ark. All the different types off "stuff" (I'm not a beekeeper ) properly separated are a goldmine after this long without us people fucking it up.