BEEKEEPING 101 | How to Keep Bees for the Absolute Beginner Beekeeper

This video is a mini beekeeping course. Learn about the beekeeping equipment you'll need, how to inspect a hive and what the beekeeper does.
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Why I recommend a Langstroth style beehive to beginners in the U.S. & the parts of this hive
01:23 - What you need to buy
07:30 - Safety gear & my recommendations
10:50 - How much honey to leave your bees over winter
12:42 - Honey harvesting methods
14:45 - How to buy bees
23:30 - How to inspect a beehive
31:41 - Pest management
36:15 - How I got started beekeeping and everything that went wrong
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[@pritamseemakaramthasingh4091]

thankyou for sharing your story. i am inspired to keep learning about the bees. im fortunate to know a experince beekeeper thats willing to share knowlage with me. i have found a love for bees. i started making 1 home made trap. and i got a swarm. den i got sime old equitment well hive. now i have 2 colinies. i like making the boxes but the frames more tricky. i still havent got a suit or a vail. my friend taught me to remove the swams witout it. but i will need to get those. i surly see the need for the bees. im glad i saw this video.. i will defenitly be shadowing my friend. oreven joining a class. thankyou.🙏 and i love your bee kind tshirt.😊

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Great! Sounds like a great start to beekeeping for you.

[@damonlinthwaite4671]

I bought a package of bees and an extra queen and split the package between 2 3 frame nucs and I now have 2 double deep 10 frame hives with 2 honey supers and am loving it

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

That's great!

[@GillFarmsDairyGoats]

Love the video and info! This will be our first year with bees and your video has helped a lot!

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Thank you! I'm glad it helped. It's nice to know my videos are doing some good :) Best of luck with your bees. Do you have any questions about getting started?

[@GillFarmsDairyGoats]

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple can I start with just one deep instead of two and one medium then add mediums as needed? Or do I need to start with 2 deeps?

[@LaryssaKw]

@@GillFarmsDairyGoats I run my hives with just one deep and then shallows. That's the way the farm I used to work for ran their hives. I find it WAY easier on the back. In my opinion, you can use whatever size box you like. I don't think it matters much to the bees. Some people run all mediums. This definitely makes it easier for making splits and swapping frames as needed. If the weight doesn't matter to you, some people run all deeps and get more space from fewer boxes. If you're somewhere in the middle - you're ok with picking up a 45lb box, but would rather not pick up a 75lb box, then 1 deep and the rest mediums, is a good option. I talk about different hive body configurations in this blog post - www.beekeepingmadesimple.com/blog/medium-super-deep-hive-body . Hope it helps!

[@samuelmuchanemuchai4557]

This is great. Thank you for the comprehensive information about beekeeping.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sraike]

Great information and very well done. Thank you!

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Kriswixx]

thank you. this was enlightening,. thank you for sharing your world with us.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

You are so welcome

[@LuckyFigFarm]

Thanks for your informative video 😊

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

My pleasure 😊

[@danielbrooke7457]

Hi Laryssa thanks for the video its full of great advice. I am in Southern Australia where we are just coming into spring and yesterday I caught my first swarm and successfully got it into my single box hive. I have no idea or very little knowledge about beekeeping yesterday was day one. So looking forward to what's ahead and fully expecting some disappointments but keen to learn. This is something I have wanted to do for a few years and now and am very excited. Hope my new bees are still there at the end of the week. Thanks again and looking forward to learning as much as I can from you.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

You're welcome! How are the bees doing?

[@cedilloc31]

Thanks!

[@kathmandu1575]

Excellent video - thanks!

[@thehappycanadian3459]

Thank you for the information!

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

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[@jamiechen7863]

where do you store your extra honey frames after you extracted the honey? And I was given some old 9" and 6" frames. some of them were found in the tall grass, with weeds , mud on and some frames were chewed, will you re-use them ?

[@brucesbees]

Just found your channel. New subscriber here. Good stuff!

[@markburke2533]

Banana plants behind you. I moved from central Illinois to north Florida . I am not familiar with summer or fall necter runs, are there any? Good starting video, it's very helpful information.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

In Florida you might see the Brazilian Pepper tree. That is the biggest source of honey for us on the Big Island. Produces a honey that takes a really long time to crystallize. Bees also love the citrus trees and mesquite. Here in HI, we also have macadamia nut honey and silver oak.

[@beekeeping4708]

🌷

[@djl2304]

Great video thank you 🙂

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevenroper1668]

Thank you! !!

[@RobinPoe]

I'm investigating keeping bees. I live in a forested area, so I think there is a good supply of nectar in the area. Also, I am planting clover in my back yard for the dry times. I live in an area where the winter is long, cold, and wet. I was looking into Hoover hives, which seem to cater to those in Northern areas. I was wondering what you think of Hoover Hives. Also, I am thinking about buying an empty 5-frame nuc. Our local beekeeping association has swarm parties, and I might be able to keep some bees in a good nuc, at least temporarily. Does a good nuc count as one of the 3 beehives?

[@PR-lw2oq]

Wow no response….

[@nicholasmercorella5318]

I just got a Hoover Hives setup. Great quality and the beeswax coating it came with is outstanding in a high rain area like I have (North Florida). Came with some extras that were not on the description list, metal mouse guard and a super escape. Very happy with our purchase.

[@NKYHoneyBees]

*Your channel is truly great! New sub here. I like the instructional videos on many subjects. You definitely answer many new beekeepers questions. Awesome!*

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Thank you! Are you a new beekeeper too? Where are your hives? Let me know if there are topics you'd like me to cover!

[@NKYHoneyBees]

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple Going into my second spring now. It's actually nice to go to videos and just listen about any subjects. We always learn

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

@@NKYHoneyBees It's why I still love beekeeping after 10 years. Even when I was working full-time for a bee farm, I still wanted hives on my own to play with on the weekends. You never get bored!

[@NKYHoneyBees]

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple That's amazing. I will never be without bees. Once you start you are in for life 🙂

[@pepperKingdom]

👍👌🐝

[@mehmetsaka4724]

🐝

[@garyS7308]

Question : what can I do if frogs are in the area of keeping bees?

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Depends on the frog, I suppose. The frogs in my area do not bother the bees. They are active at night.

[@puneetmoudgil6868]

Love you

[@azurebapiaries6730]

Ideally,catch a prime swarm in a bait hive to begin the journey... #swarmstead

[@HUNZY-qo3cv]

You got more adds than super bowl Sunday. Hope your harvesting that youtube cash. 😂

[@beekeeping4708]

Cood luck beautiful

[@khaledzaitoun7321]

Nice looking Darling ❤️🌹👍

[@avonwoodequestrian2685]

If you dont look at every frame, how can you be confident there arent queen cells/preparing to swam?

[@lapismosi8065]

Could you possibly wear a mic so you could be heard?

[@MrJeepmarine]

That is a good idea, I too had difficulty hearing her.

[@jasonhancock9328]

Sound quality is not loud enough

[@eurscher1]

12-02-2021 : Can you tell me what a "nuc" is ? -Seclusionos Exalogicianos .

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Nuc is short for nucleus hive. It is what we call a hive with 4-5 frames of brood and honey along with roughly 5,000 worker bees and one laying queen.

[@wickkidwilly]

Low volume. Better mic?

[@AngeloDSouza]

Your volume is too low for some devices.

[@mojo888x]

Are you a Capricorn?

[@cthulhu9136]

No, this is Patrick

[@stevenmartin4111]

HEY GIRL . SOUND WAS LOW MINE WAS HIGH. COULDNT HEAR.