Beginning Beekeeping: Learning to Install the Nuc Hives - GSB S1 E1

Espen, The Golden Son Beekeeper, took a road trip to meet with a beekeeper friend of mine. He has been preparing a couple of Nuc hives for us to start our season with. Alvin, the beekeeper, was so full of information! We spent over three hours in his Apiary learning as much as we could. This video was edited down to about twenty minutes and was mostly focused on those things that Espen would need to know for installing his Nuc the next day.
The next Golden Son Beekeeping episode will be of Espen installing his Nuc all on his own. I, Daddykirbs, will take the roll of camera guy :)
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[@BigggRoss]

He gave a TON of good info. Glad I got to see this ty

[@daddykirbs]

BigggRoss He really was full of information. We could have spent all day with him, but the drive was long.

[@danhamakua9757]

Beekeeping is an extremely valuable skill to have. You have to be very knowledgable.Great video.

[@oakland002]

Yeah I could have watch an hour of that easy .. Can't wait to see the next video...

[@daddykirbs]

oakland002 I had an hour of video! LOL I'll post more of it later. This episode was focused on the installation of the nuc. He showed us a "super hive" and also talked us through inspecting a weaker hive.

[@LindaPenney]

Thank you for the lovely update

[@valiindustires5470]

Beautiful nature!! Love it!

[@naturallivingdesigns2383]

Great info Blake! The Golden Son Beekeeper sure seems to know a lot about bees already. I look forward to the honey harvest. Thanks for sharing.

[@daddykirbs]

Eco Oasis Espen spends a lot of time researching the bees. He'll make a great beekeeper if he can stay with it :)

[@MAShurts1]

How interesting!! I look forward to learning more!

[@daddykirbs]

Marie s There will be more ;)

[@freakygeaktwo]

I hope those bees are always that tame, congrats on the new adventure thanks for sharing and Happy Easter to everybody.

[@daddykirbs]

freakygeaktwo I hope so too! :)

[@jeffreyrumpf6841]

Great Video! Great mentor! Thanks so much!

[@roraaa11]

LMAO THE MUSIC WITH THE "SUPER SUIT" MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

[@daddykirbs]

I'm glad I could make your day just a little better :)

[@robprince6242]

Very interesting, those bees seemed calm, As did you also. Wow

[@TheBlueMeanie]

Awesome video. thanks!

[@CarterFamilyof8]

This was super informative and fascinating. I'll never get to bee keep, but it's amazing to watch.

[@buddyschipano2374]

WOW! Very informative. I always thought the queen was in one place and did not move. Great Vid.

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you very much for interesting Video! I enjoy it very much! Best greetings from beekeepers! Good luck, Victor

[@daddykirbs]

+Dr Victor Fursov - Entomologist & Beekeeper Ukraine Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@VictorFursov]

good luck!

[@AlohaPrepper]

Love it! I just picked up 2 packages of bees today, too! :)

[@theTORTUGAZUL]

That's how we roll in Texas . Even our golf carts have a gun rack .

[@daddykirbs]

SELF-RELIANCE STRONG COMMUNITY You bet :)

[@jamiebyrd8336]

Great Video Blake, Has A Lot Of Great Info

[@PermacultureHomestead]

its nice to see you including your son in the homestead, and not talking down to him like most parents. Next year im doing nucs, they are more ready to get working then packages. congrats and good luck.

[@PermacultureHomestead]

Your son seemed to know more than this guy.... you should be proud.

[@daddykirbs]

Permaculture Prepper Our experience with package bees last year was so bad I didn't even want to post videos about it.

[@George-nx5lo]

That is A+ for sure

[@bamhook6496]

great video! keep em coming! starting out this year with bees. wish us luck.

[@daddykirbs]

+barb holbrook That's very cool! I wish you the best of luck. :)

[@TheItalianGarden]

that will be me here in a few weeks getting my hive build from scratch. Some of those Texas bee's man they can be mean as all hell lol seen some videos of them just relentlessly going after bee keeper's.

[@daddykirbs]

TheItalian Garden I'm always a little concerned about the bees turning sour, but so far it's been a good experience.

[@TheItalianGarden]

yeah i would be too i forget the cross breed but its a breed out of Texas that is like that. i hope you didn't get those lol.

[@baddestbees5924]

TheItalian Garden Its not just Texas although I won't put up with that I got double an triple deeps no veil just sunglasses

[@trevorfillmore698]

Great video I would start to keeping bees a guy at work went in to winter with 25 hives he thinks he still has 12 to 15 left.

[@Terrenitup01]

I know this is one of your much older videos but is there any way you would be willing to pass on contact info for your friend Alvin? I’m in dallas and would love to have a resource like him to learn from and get some nucs myself to get up and running. If not, I understand. Just came across your channel a few days ago and have been watching and learning a LOT. It’s been great just to watch you do things in the hives, it’s like being literally right there next to you while you work. Thank you for posting these videos.

[@joesmith7427]

how many hives per acre should there be?? how far does a bee travel from the hive to get the pollen? to profit $1,000, how many hives would I need with average production?? how many hives can a person service total? i.e. one man, 500 hives! whats the ratio? thanks!

[@daddykirbs]

+TODD FISCHER Wow, I wish I knew all those answers. The Golden Son Beekeeper and I are still early on our journey. In Texas, for an AG exemption, you need a minimum of 5 hives on 5 acres. I know there are beekeepers that keep well over 100 hives on their own. I have no experience managing more than 3 right now. There is a local beekeeper that has 170+ and I have a friend that keeps about 40. I'm not even going to try to answer the question about making money. There is a lot of investment of time and money up front so it would take a while to be able to make that back. You have to expect some loss.

[@dick2829]

Look at the road

[@baddestbees5924]

you see drone capped u got 3 weeks max probably less especially in nucs

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

HAPPY EASTER- very cool bees are so interesting . - Ruthie

[@sarivata]

I'm a ginger. I have heard that bees like to sting gingers. Any idea how much facts in that I just built my first hive

[@Raven-jb9od]

Actually you put one empty frame then a full one one empty frame then one full one and so on

[@ayshaphakdy9553]

Raven 1237 no

[@a-m-kapiares-austenhicks8651]

Definitely not. Checkerboarding is a no no

[@kevinbijsterveld9156]

thank you very much for this video. next month i will start to construct my own hive boxes and in spring will aim to start of with 10 colonies. i am fortunate enough to know a beekeeper to help me out but there is a language barrier. So this is really helping me get a head start. i'll be sure to watch the next episodes as well.

[@daddykirbs]

+Kevin Bijsterveld I wish you the very best experience in your upcoming beekeeping adventures! :)

[@kevinbijsterveld9156]

thank you very much :)

[@meehan302]

I wish Espen my best wishes with this adventure.

[@michaelmoore5233]

candler,n.c. blueridge mts. I think from what I see here I could have split that hive about 3 times easy and had a good chance they all could have there own queens .

[@The.Chiefman]

Good Video Thanks for Sharing

[@joejon5761]

Do you have the unedited version on line? I don't care if it is super long.

[@daddykirbs]

+Joe Jon I don't, sorry.

[@chrisfry7915]

Great video!

[@denniszuchelkowski4587]

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[@markoc8616]

Thanks

[@markoc8616]

Np i' m going to do what you are doing in the near future got my nuc box two days ago. Will need to paint the box and you can paint inter side as well Never knew either way . Seen other sites and they always said don't do that well different Beekeeper say different things just got to know what's real and not but Beekeeping about real as it gets Nice timing on your account Daddykirbs

[@nathandeneault5778]

Getting my first tomorrow. Do you have any advice?

[@daddykirbs]

Nathan Deneault Talk to your supplier. Ask lots of questions. Find a couple good sources local and online for information. Don't allow yourself to get overwhelmed by the hundreds of possible ways to do this. Keep it simple. Don't be afraid to fail. ... how's that? :) Good luck buddy.

[@nathandeneault5778]

Hey thanks my man! I got them, they are installed into the beginner hive :) Just a deep right now, I did put the inner cover on just to make sure I could get the Tele cover off. So tiny, compared to what you would think they would be, only had 1 going at my hood.. wasn't happy, did it with jacket, hood, and gloves in shorts, no problem, most of the girls just wanted to work and didn't mind the transfer.

[@daddykirbs]

Nathan Deneault Was it a 5 frame nuc installed in a 10 frame deep box? Good plan putting the inner cover on. What breed did you get?

[@nathandeneault5778]

Italians :) and I was hoping it would not be too hot. You know something Blake? It is SO DARN COOL to have bees.. it is a neat feeling :) Yes it was a 5 frame going into a 10 frame deep. I didn't put another level on it, waiting for them to fill it out. I am going to go get some organic sugar and feed em, the breeders said that they will go into build out mode if you do, if you don't will take longer for them to get going. I don't plan on harvesting honey this year, since I got a late start with them, plan on getting another one soon also. I wanted 2 to bee-gin with :D lol I will have to show you what I am up to when I get things a bit more completed.

[@daddykirbs]

I'm excited for you Nathan Deneault