Beekeeping for Beginners, Location, location, location

[@sUASNews]

The algorithm bought me here and as a noob this is the most common sense and reasonable video so far, subbed and looking forward to learning. The electric bear fence made me chuckle, leopards here in Africa.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Yikes! Do they also like honey/bees?

[@Hedge-z4x]

I'm just starting to watch your vid. I'm blown away by your neat tidy organisation of your work space. Very impressive. Now to watch the rest........

[@Dragons_Novel]

Thank you. I'm getting bees for the first time, and this video was very helpful for finding the best place in my yard to place the hive.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Enjoy!

[@timmilburn-ei5mk]

Awesome! First hive coming in June...this helps tons thinking about where to locate it...I am north of you in NS Canada...

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Good luck!

[@martyrose]

Thank you! This was very helpful!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bushveldbees]

Awesome thank you 🐝🐝🐝

[@onevalewa1131]

Very helpful thanks

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

You're welcome!

[@ahmadghanem2414]

Fantastic information

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sylviafoust9545]

Thank you for your videos

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Thank YOU for the comment!

[@angiemolla]

these have been really helpful--thank you!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Glad you like them!

[@everydaylavan]

Thanks for this info. I would like to ask, how many feet from the hive is it safe to push a mower or drive a tractor? Considering the noise they create…

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

That depends upon your definition of safe! If it is to avoid stings at some times of year you could go right up to them, then at others 5 yards is too close. I wear a veil if I need to mow close. Otherwise just don't knock them over with the tractor!

[@mehmetburakaykenar]

great explanation thanks. what is your suggestion of the time interval checking and opening hives? 1 or 2 week is enough?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Yes I would say that's perfect. I encourage new beekeepers to peek in as often as they enjoy. Yes each time you open the hive it is setting them back a bit, but you learn so much it out weighs the setback. But don't take apart every frame, just look at enough to understand what's going on.

[@grungygardener1956]

I feel like you were drawing our backyard with the exception is missing a hill. Where you have the treeline and north in your picture we have a wooded hill. Mature 30+ foot trees and a platform are at the top of the hill and we are adding fruit trees this spring to the slope of the hill. The bottom of the hill is a flat meadow area. With that in mind, where would you locate the bees on this hill? Top, bottom, or possibly somewhere on the slope if we can get a level space? TIA!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Near the tree line but in the sun. Think about the wind.

[@lordmike9384]

in south eastern Massachusetts we have abundant sweet pepper bush which is arguably a stronger flow for me in august than my entire 3 month spring flow. sweet pepper bush is a wet woodland shrub. we have gallberry shrubs that make an intense flow in june. my forest apiaries aren't bad at all.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I'ld like to plant some of that in the wet woodland around me. I have friends who recount flows of 400lbs per hive in that area with sweet pepper bush and sweet clover!

[@lordmike9384]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer what region is that in? i definitely believe it because last year, my first year beekeeping in the swamp, one hive drew out 8 combs of foundation and capped 6 of them completely during the 6 week plethora flow.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

@@lordmike9384 He was in RI.

[@jessmartin5095]

I have been learning so much. In central Washington, I get -20 in the winter and almost 100 in the summer. I live in a very windy mountain area. Should i be more worried about the heat or the wind? I have a couple of mildly shady areas, but they are fully exposed to the north wind.

[@lawrenceearle4134]

Thank you for the video. How far apart would you place your hives when laying out a small bee yard? I want to have stands with two hives on each stand and I want a total of 6 hives.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Just make sure there is sufficient room to get to at least one side (not front or back) of each hive to work them.

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

We have chestnut trees here, bees will die if the pollen is consumed. But if you feed during the blooming period. The bee’s will be okay.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Never heard of that issue!

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

It’s not the normal chestnut. Native bee’s from the area are not affected. Just packages and nuc’s from other area’s. Glad your trees are not poisonous like ours.

[@chief613]

what do you think about "Bee Barns" where the hives are in a small enclosed building with hive entrance on exterior walls, year round. Sorta lined up like file cabinets. Or bringing a hive into an unheated building for the winter. There was a home in maine i heard about that actual had a hive designed into the exterior wall, wish i had an interest of bees when i heard about it, i would have gone to check it out,

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

The bee barn you describe would work great. Access with those can be awkward. Moving bees indoors on the other hand, is much more complicated, with strict control of light, temperature and particularly humidity required. Ian Steppler (a Canadian Beekeepers blog) does some great videos about that.

[@debbieblair6238]

I live Clarkdale Arizona, should the hive still be in the direct sun?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Rather diffeent from Maine! Here the more sun the better, I'm sure your bees would do better if they had shade in the hottest hours.

[@joshstubbs7582]

Where would you recommend putting Catch hives for swarms?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

5' or more off the ground, If you are in a warm climate in light shade or in Maine in the sun.

[@attilaelekes5534]

Hi, Southern Massachusetts location for hive should also be exposed to sun?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I would say mostly sun, especially in the am maybe some noon time shade but these bees do well in FL so I would say full sun is still OK as long as there is water nearby.

[@attilaelekes5534]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer thank you!

[@conraddevera4786]

will be keeping be dangerous to your neighbors? they are usually not aggressive right?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Neighbors will not usually see any difference unless you have quite a few hives or their swimming pool is their watering hole.

[@Jraab18]

Is a pile of dirt a good wind break?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Depends upon the size and shape...some solid wind breaks like that cause a down draft right onto the hive, therefore a broken structure tends to work best.

[@Jraab18]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer Gotcha. I think I will try to make something and use plywood. I get winds up to 40-50mph

[@3172bees]

What do you think about entrance reducers in winter up in northern Maine?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I sensible addition as is the upper entrance, mouse guards and insulation.

[@johnhofer1433]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer where can I buy the black insulated cover to use for winter and bees?