Beekeeping UK 10 Things to Identify in a hive, best hive inspection!

[@drtoy2355]

Very interesting video John you are doing a great job by sharing these wonderful videos and explaining how these wonderful creatures should be handled. Superb job keep it up.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks for watching, and thank you very much for your kind comment john

[@JohnShanley-m4h]

Thanks John nice and easy to follow keep up the good work you and your wife are doing for us new keepers 👍

[@Icarusfalconryholdenby]

We love your videos! So knowledgeable and easy to learn from Thank you John Beeman Saunders 😊

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thank you very much for watching and for your kind comment, happy beekeeping to you john

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

My brother Pete does falconry, Freebird of reason KZbin

[@paulwalker9732]

Always good to learn from someone who knows.

[@timcoomber3259]

Brilliant intro for the beginner - will follow your informative videos

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks Tim , glad it helps, I like the Land Rover in your picture, I’ve had several in my lifetime great fun, happy beekeeping from john

[@nicholasbrown2637]

Great video of the inspection. Perfect for newbie like me!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Great you have taken up beekeeping, so much fun, please relax into beekeeping and try not to worry about anything , that’s were I went wrong when I first started this lovely hobby, I do have a lot of videos on my channel so hope you will take a look at some of them, see you from John 🤓

[@bradgoliphant]

Really sweet bees and great job handling them. This is a lesson for a lot of beekeepers what continue to rough handle their bees and wonder why they are aggressive. Slow and steady and mindful, just like this video demonstrates, is the name of the game with bees. Great video

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Brad, I appreciate your kind comment, I completely agree with mindful handling of our bees 🐝 I also think they remember if we are rough with them the next time we open them , Happy Beekeeping hope all yours are doing well , John

[@bradgoliphant]

Well my friend, my hive did excellent this year. They completely built out 8 frames from natural drawn comb that are 18.5" deep. So its like they build out 16 deep frames! And they packed in the honey---wow. And the best part, ZERO VARROA!!!!!!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Great Brad, good beekeeping from you , I bet the bees are very happy on them lovely frames, nice to hear good news in beekeeping as it doesn’t always work out, for me anyway, regards john 👏

[@graemehunter5063]

Hi I am in joying you’re videos very much, your speech and style of explaining what you are working on is a very good teaching style.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Graeme Hunter I am so grateful for your comment it is encouraging thank you, happy beekeeping regards john

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

If John isn't a science teacher...he should bee... ;)

[@sirkildalot8409]

Just ordered my first hives and nucleuses and soaking up as much info as possible. This has been one of the most interesting and easy to watch videos so far. A great explanation of how the hive is structured and what to look for. In particular it was interesting to hear about what might suggest the hive’s about to swarm, what might suggest mite, the differences between capped worker cells and capped drone cells etc. I learnt a lot very quickly. Thanks to you and Lynne.👍

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Great news you are getting your first nuc,of bees, im so happy my viseo has help a little, the bees themselves seem to be the best teachers of all, hands on beekeeping that is, from John x Lin.

[@michaelpitman7609]

Great video John! Very informative. Can see that you are very passionate about Bees. Thanks for helping educate the rest of us! Keep it up.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Michael, I do love bees, thanks for your nice comment John.

[@j6honeybees539]

New subscriber here from America, I like how gentle you are with your bees. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Welcome and thanks for subscribing and commenting happy beekeeping to you from ,John.

[@rodneybutler9266]

Seriously John, are you well .? I enjoy your utube vids and have learned much from you . There are so many american bee vids and I guess they are useful in their way , but to have your vids , in a calm way and from an English climate is a blessing . ...I also live in England which is a far cry from florida . For a while now you have been such a regular poster and it is a bit concerning that so little of your output is new . I'm not on social media tho , perhaps you are posting elsewhere ? Anyway , thanks for all you have given , I hope you are well.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Rodney , what a lovely comment thank you for your concern, I have been away for a few weeks having a holiday with my wife Lin, hopefully in a couple of weeks I will be able to get back in doing my videos, how nice of you to be so concerned, I really appreciate your comment and hope you are well also have a lovely year, I did film a little episode with collecting oil seed rape I am hoping that I might be able to put it on KZbin see you John & Lin 👍

[@pratimapokhrel2594]

I'm from Nepal.very impressive video.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Namaste , happy beekeeping to you from John 👏👏

[@johnboy1236]

Brilliant and very informative video , as a new bee keeper I am finding your videos and guidance so helpful ... Thank you.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Johnboy, thanks for watching and say hi to your family from me, and are you in the uk and how many hives do you have please, happy beekeeping to you from John.

[@johnboy1236]

@@johnbeemansaunders6567 Hi John, thank thank you for you reply. I currently have one hive at home in North Yorkshire and I have introduced 4 hives at work as I work as an environmentalist for a large company and I have brought in the bees to enhance our work office and have positive environmental impact in the area. I have always had a very keen interest in bees and certainly found your videos my number one go to for help and advise , so thank you so much .

[@privatebubba8876]

Queen Layalot is living up to her name. what a marvelous colony I'm looking forward to seeing their honey production. Thanks for another interesting presentation of a day in the beekeeper's life and how a colony lays out it's hive.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

thanks for your comment, hope we do get some honey, this will be that queens real first year so we will see, john.

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

Another great video!! Looking forward to understanding how the hive is set up for honey and wax, so much to learn!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks again for watching, it is like everything else in life, once we have learned how to do something it becomes easy so hopefully one day you will have your own hives, and be able to taste that delicious honey straight from the hive, and of course make some candles 🕯 john 🤓🐝

[@freebirdofreason1994]

As usual we enjoyed the talk. Thanks for your time. happy bee keeping.

[@paulcuttiford5122]

Well done a excellent video for beginners.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

thanks Paul,

[@briansimms8141]

Thanks for that John it sounds like a very professional camera no wonder your videos are always so clear. Good luck with your bees this season Brian.

[@rogerbarnes7093]

Thanks John for another great video

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Roger my Texas friend, keep well john .

[@genecarine4388]

Loved it John!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks from John and Lin 🤓👍🐝

[@Emberswoodcraft]

I have just got my bees... same set up as yourself in this video...very informative mate and I look forward to more 👍

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Jason, great you have your bees , hope all goes well , john

[@paulmulks]

Great video, I would maybe suggest getting your partner to hold the camera that way we can see everything you are showing us and she could also zoom in at certain times

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks good idea,

[@jayingram6437]

Hey , from the u.s a ! Always enjoy your beekeeping videos, can't wait to get started with my own , Thank you for your time .

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Jay, Thank you for commenting , hope you and your family are all keeping well at the time, great you are taking up the wonderful craft of beekeeping, John.

[@jacocoetzee7275]

Hi John thanks again for a very good and helpful video! Regards Jaco

[@massachusettsprepper]

A lot of good pointers especially for the new beekeeper. Thanks for sharing my friend.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

thanks my friend ,

[@ПчеловодствоЛенобласти]

Great video!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@georgemale2085]

Good evening John & Lynn, I was just watching your video, where you marked queen Lay-a-lot. Have you ever tried using a "single handed queen catcher?" Unfortunately, I've had a few major strokes, which has left my right hand unreliable. Simply place it over the queen, wait for her to walk in, then slide the shutter across. Gently use the plunger, so she is held against the slide, then mark her. It takes the worry away about the unreliability of my hands. I saw that you were using a water-based pen. You can get oil-based Posca's which last a lot longer. Once again, many thanks for your videos & thoughts. Hopefully Lynn is a lot better now. Toodlepips m'heaaarrties.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi George , thanks for the info, I have used a plunger to mark queens and find that easier as I have A neurological disorder that causes my hands to shake , good idea about the pen I thought they were all water-based I’ll look out for oil based , hope you will get some improvement in your arm and hand after your stroke , i used to be a volunteer in the stroke club where I live so understand it is quite awful to have this debilitating thing happened to you, happy Beekeeping for 2022 John

[@leeclark8790]

fantastic,informative video,thankyou very much!

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

thanks Lee,

[@robertmarden5976]

Well John, as you know I'm not set up yet but watch all your vidoes with much intrest. Excellent video this time! Seems to be so much going on in this hive. Looking forward to seeing more of this one

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Robert, thanks for your comment, I tried to do one for new beekeepers, John.

[@dovinedrake6482]

Hi Mr. Saunders. How are you and your wife doing? How is Isolde and her hive? Glad to see you again.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks for commenting, sorry only just found this , isolda, doing great thank you ,John.

[@roystheboy]

Ive watched this again as i found it very interesting to watch

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Happy New Year Roy, it will not belong and we be working our bees again, this year will be good for you as you have established hives, I’m am looking forward to see how you get on . John 🤓

[@roystheboy]

A very explained video again john you could be my online mentor

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

ok Roy ,

[@alvincannon73]

Thanks folks .. the video has pretty much everything in it and concisely explained as always .. I was wondering what your plans are this year for new additional colonies ? Also what do you consider to be typical winter loses, knowing this as a rough guide, do you generally go into winter with extra colonies to offset the dead outs .. love the videos as always .. thanks John & Lin !

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Alvin, additional colonies, I will be doing some small scale grafting with queen cup i made myself, if I get any good hives swarming i will do a split with a queen cell, swarm collection as im on the BBKA swarm list collection, I also have two swarm traps out, Typical winter lose, in the last ten years I have only had three loses but this year alone I have had three loses in this last winter and one small hive put down to all the rain we had in the spring, I do not keep many hives myself as I sell them, but now i am retired I plan to upscale my operation. I do not go into winter with extra colonies but this year I am going to over winter two Nuc's if I have them, this will be my first attempt to over winter nucs, thanks for your comment John.

[@beyaricilik]

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[@ianhannant5468]

Hi John, your hives always look so clean, whereas mine are covered with propolis, which makes it hard when inspecting, getting it all over my gloves and tools, any ideas why they are so messy, your comments would be appreciated thanks. Ian.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Ian, I have had hives with lots of propolis some thick and sticky i think you must have a tree somewhere close by they collect it from, I find each year different with the amount of propolis so maybe yours will in time collect not as much. also could be, bee genetics. some collect more than others . Comment from john to viewers please help Ian with this question if you know the answer, Thanks John.

[@ianhannant5468]

@@johnbeemansaunders6567 thanks John

[@briansimms8141]

Another good video John nicely explained especially for beginners and I'm so glad to see that you don't turn your frames upside down to examine them like so many seem to do these days. Curious to know what camera equipment you are using as your films are always nice and clear. Best regards , Brian.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Brian, thanks for your comment, the camera, is a Canon EOS 60D the Lens is 18-55 mm macro , funny thing is a have struggled with the filming but over time go a bit better its like beekeeping regards john.

[@barryduke8329]

Thanks for the video, well explained for any new beekeepers. Is there a reason you mark white, it was green last year.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Barry, I have marked the queen two times before and it had came of not just that queen the green pen was cheap on ebay and the paint was no good, the white paint pen has good paint in it plus i can see white better, regards John.

[@micla6221]

Hi John and Lin Another very informative video. Its nice to see your hive is healthy and thriving well. Do you recomend a brood and a half for all hives at this time of year or just for stron colonies? It does seem to be a good remedy for expanding colonies and swarm prevention. I have supers and excluder on all my hives now but they dont seem to be doing anything in them. Maybe if i took the exluder out and let the queen lay there, what do you think? Bye for now and am already looking forward to the next Beeman installment 🐝🐝👍👍

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi Mike, I think every beekeeper has, his or hers preference, mine is double deeps on Nationals, but at the moment i have mostly brood and a halfs , a single brood box i find the queen will fill the hole box fine but it is unable to lay eggs in the normal rugby boll shape. I think it helps with swarming as you say, I have a hive in my garden and they are putting no honey in the supper so I took the queen excluder out 5 days ago to see if it made any difference I may film it , so not sure about that, thanks John keep well

[@tobiasxvii2399]

hi there, was wondering what breed of bee this was and how to get some as they seem very gentle and non aggressive.

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Hi, It has taken me many years of selective breeding to get none defensive bees, I not sure what breed they are now, just cross breeds, I still get the odd year with a hive that are a bit grumpy. also i get the odd sting, I hope you do well with your bees, John.

[@keranst1]

Great video John. Especially for a beginner like myself. Are you using some kind of camcorder, the videos are of great quality. Thanks

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Thanks , I have a Canon 60 D and a Rodes mic all on a stand, happy beekeeping, John.

[@hobboskins949]

Why not just use 14X12 brood boxes and get rid of the 1 & 1\2?

[@motoernest7890]

Can a queen bee fry away?

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

Yes, but when the queen is in full laying she is fat with eggs and she would find it hard to fly a long way , some beekeepers clip her wing , when they swarm the Queen is thinned down ready to fly , john 👍

[@motoernest7890]

@@johnbeemansaunders6567 thanks, man. So if I take a frame with eggs and put them in a new box. Will the hatching been then make one of their eggs hatch a queen?

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

@@motoernest7890 If you put eggs from one hive, into a box full of bees they will make a new queen, but this Would be an emergency queen , and they are inferior and not worth producing,regards john

[@motoernest7890]

@@johnbeemansaunders6567 thank buddy. Asking because there are no places in East Africa where they sale queen bees. Was just thinking of how then I can multiply my hives from the one I have

[@johnbeemansaunders6567]

@@motoernest7890 first you could put some swarm boxes out with a frame of old comb if you have any also put in some lemongrass oil if you have any , next if you don’t give your hive too much room they should then swarm naturally, once you see the start of queen cells , before the queen old queen goes put her with a frame of brood and a frame of honey and some bees in a hive that’s one hive , then split the old hive into 4 nucs with 2 queen cells in each , you will then have 5 hives plus any swarms you catch in your swarm boxes , if you do this you will have no honey but lots of bee hives , john

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