Beehive Tour - Mini Urban Beehive (MUB)

[@markmurphy8303]

Hello, wow nice setup I have a mini queen builder maybe a bit smaller than your hive but I’ve never had much success with it, looks perfect for a new nuc or a small swarm catch. Thank you for sharing your vlog with us mate.

[@ladyEnchantressGarden]

Nice!!! I want my own set up soon. When I move to.the countryside thanks for showing this

[@sergejgajic]

that is the place where you should have a normal one. rural isnt urban

[@TheWildForestWitchery]

That was wonderful.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Do you still have this hive? Do they not get bound up super fast? Seems like this would be about the equivalent to 2 or 3 langstroth frames. Like a mating nuc.

[@sroodtuo]

I do, but it’s currently empty. Last fall they got attacked by wasps and didn’t make it through the winter. Basically they made it two seasons. Before there numbers were greatly reduced I had planned to split them, so it took them a year and a half to fill the hive. I started with two mini-frames of brood with queen cells. No queen.

[@beeman1246]

I have 30 hives like that. In May, I start with one box divided into 1/2. Two queens and two cups of bees. After mating (2 weeks) I remove one queen and division. By september there will be 5-6 boxes high. For winter they need only 2 boxes.

[@TheBritishRoyalFamily_1]

I love this mini hive. Where did u get it from please

[@RichBlueWaterHunter]

Thank you for your time

[@paulacreman5342]

Great Video, thank you.

[@TheKabindas]

Hey, I believe the queen was just next to your finger at 3:14 on top left ;-) btw, nice video

[@PietHein684]

I saw that too. You are right. And when they found her later on a further frame the same queen had just ran over. Some queens move around very quickly.

[@masonthomas135]

Quick question. How do stop eggs (brood) from contaminating the honey? And can you harvest honey from honey comb filled with honey and brood?

[@sroodtuo]

You wouldn’t want to harvest honey from a frame mixed with brood. That would not be appetizing. You would put a queen excluder in between your brood boxes and a honey super box. That excluder has holes in it large enough for a worker but not large enough for the queen (she’s larger). Now the queen can’t lay in the super and all you get is honey in that box.

[@masonthomas135]

@@sroodtuo oh thanks 🙏

[@masonthomas135]

@@sroodtuo Is the queen only one who lays the brood? Thus keeping her out of it (via queen excluder) insures pure honey?

[@sroodtuo]

@@masonthomas135 She is. There are circumstances where you can have laying workers though. That produces drone (male) bees. I personally haven’t seen the workers lay in the honey super, but I’m sure it’s possible.

[@masonthomas135]

@@sroodtuo should i put the honey boxes above the brooder box and excluder in between? -beekeeping for dummies ;

[@jovanvujovic3932]

Zanimljiv metod👍

[@beekeepinginaustraliabyala9825]

Very nice looking hive! What bees you got? They making large hexagonal shape comb?

[@sroodtuo]

This is normal comb. I do still have these hives but as of this writing they are empty. Starting them back up today!

[@beekeepinginaustraliabyala9825]

@@sroodtuo Tnx man just looked large maybe because frame is smaller

[@BonkersAboutAlice]

Where can I buy a mini hive?

[@stevenphillip1159]

Where did you get that mini beehive box?

[@sroodtuo]

The guy I bought it from shut down his store, but I think www.beezslc.com sells them now.

[@Makermook]

Did you populate this hive with a typical package of bees?

[@sroodtuo]

No, I added a couple frames with queen cells in early spring and allowed them to rear their own queen. That lasted two years before they got attacked by hornets this last fall and lost the war unfortunately :(. This spring I plan to introduce a typical package.

[@cynthiataylor8140]

Where did you get that little bee hive

[@titan9672]

...Eco beehives...

[@princebasnet7224]

Wow what a small frame i will also keep bees in my small hive

[@RoseaCreates]

Do you have to register a hive this size and tag it appropriately?

[@sroodtuo]

Depends on your local rules I suppose, but in Utah yes.

[@hiddencow3272]

why not get a normal size hive?

[@ffnightranger]

Where are you located? I am wondering if that can make it through a winter. Looks great!

[@sroodtuo]

Utah - over-wintered fine!

[@ffnightranger]

@@sroodtuo Very cool! I am around Philadelphia, so I probably a fair bit colder :P . Gives me ideas for if I move out west!

[@haziqsyazani7365]

What Species of bee is this?

[@TravelForFoods]

Too small! A good place to swarm! 🤪

[@JustOskarrr]

i have the same phobia as this guy whos filming. honeycomb isnt that bad tho

[@martijnmelaet8315]

Looks great! But what is the point for such a small hive?

[@lianaspandega1030]

If u just started then it’s good to start small . Once they multiply he will need bigger one but it’s kind of a starter thing I would think . That’s a super small colony so when they grow in numbers u can put them in bigger one but this is great as beginners bee keeping

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Starting THIS small is not ideal. They will outgrow it quickly and take a lot of managing to keep them in the hive.

[@titan9672]

@@SageandStoneHomesteadSmall and tight. Two frame nuces grow and make colonies fast.....check out Barnyard bees...great nuc builders.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@titan9672 yes and arguably nuc building isn't for beginners. I was responding to a replied comment on here.

[@sroodtuo]

In my case the first batch lasted two seasons. My lack of knowledge of Mite control at the time did them in toward the end of the second season.

[@Makermook]

How have they done so far?

[@sroodtuo]

They are doing quite well. They have grown into four boxes, we harvested in late spring, and they are hunkering down for winter now. They have successfully been fighting off a hornet invasion for the last couple weeks.

[@Makermook]

@@sroodtuo -- I watched this video earlier this year, right after I got my first bees, and I've built two mini hives myself. I really like this small size for ease of inspection and observation. I can't wait for spring :)

[@hasansobhi5456]

I'm keeping bee on my rooftop

[@pinballwizard6906]

✌️😎

[@WilderNest107]

Do you sell these hives

[@sroodtuo]

I don’t. The original manufacturer no longer makes them, but I think www.beezslc.com picked up the torch.

[@WilderNest107]

@@sroodtuo Hi Nate, i went to www.ecobeebox.com and they have a nice selection of mini hives.

[@sroodtuo]

@@WilderNest107 must be back in business! Good to hear!

[@titan9672]

...Eco bee moved to Canada but you can still purchase on line the owner investor has outsourced to a utah company.