Dr. Leo Sharashkin: Agroforestry and Wilderness Beekeeping for Conservation and Profit

[@FrederickDunn]

Ok, I was born and raised in Missouri and after all of these years, I look in on this video to learn that my own State hast he Honey Bee as the State Insect! Wow, how little I know about my own State. I never get tired of listening to the wisdom and practices of Dr. Leo. Thank you for sharing!

[@fredstumpf178]

This is saying something special about Dr. Leo. Fred Dunn is an great bee keeper in his own right.

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

So dumb

[@keithtex]

I have watched and listened to Dr Sharashkin and read his books. He comes to us with a great deal of common senses and proven expertise. A wind of change in the beekeeping world driven by Dr Sharashkin and others.............

[@richardd8352]

I started growing vegetables this year in a meadow where I keep bees! I never really considered the effect of bees on my vegetables. I found myself laughing while harvesting my climbing beans. Hands down the best crops I've ever had! Also I had some broccoli that I neglected and left too go to seed, this was amazing because I found when ALL other food sources had long gone my broccoli was still flowering and when the temperature permitted the bees were working them. And in the same meadow I caught a swarm with a box in a tree, not from my hives either. I was at the field at the time. I was watching bees coming and going from the woods scouting my box and a couple of days later I watched them come in over head. I happened to be staying at my meadow during the days the scouted and came. A lovely sight.

[@vincerieger6143]

Looking forward to meet you. I live in elkland mo. I like the way you work with bees

[@markbaker9459]

In just 5 years , I had caught over 500 swarms and cut-out hives to build my little farm of 220 hives .

[@bza069]

god damnnnnn that is impressive. well done dude

[@markbaker9459]

@@bza069 in the area: Kohala District of the Big Island, we had a real problem with Too Many Bees, swarming and taking over the community. This worked out well for us since although I was a Jorneyman Carpenter, I now had my aging parents to provide help and healthcare for. Honeybees were not only providing a means of support for my remaining at home to care for the folks, it turned out to be very beneficial: I no longer got sick ! Bee products: honey , beeswax, pollen were making me healthier! I haven’t been sick since starting into beekeeping, over 25 years.

[@smashmcg]

This is amazing, im interested now in collecting wild bees and raising them.

[@sylviafoust9545]

What a wonderful presentation. Thank you for sharing this. Your son had a sweet dream. Think this is the way I'm going to go.

[@lokiji108]

Love Dr. Leo Sharashkin

[@larryniidji]

I have been interested in beekeeping, but was concerned about super weight and my back. You have given me a project and a smile. Thank you.

[@Nobody-11B]

Look into top bar beehives. Very natural, very easy.

[@terry2346]

Layens hives would be the way to go! :)

[@markbaker9459]

Hawaiian climate means there’s always another flowering about to occur and there’s no less than 6 productive climate zones to place your hives. Within these zones, our bees produced 24 different honeys in bee yards, which sold out weekly at the 17 stores we had it sold at and 2 farmers markets. Kiawe(Mesquite) Honey was the main crop, coming in from 20 hives in the Hawaiian Honey Forests of South Kohala. Each 2 weeks, these hard working bees put out a total of 1200 pounds or gauging harvests by 1 hive per year =1560 pounds and we never had a storage problem, it sold out at market as fast as we produced it bottled. Of the other 2 seasonal honeys: Macadamia Nut Honey and X-mas Berry, these came in at a slower rate during their flowering season and were steady production. 21 other types were Rare and got a crowds to our farmers market stands even with the price ranging from $8-25 per pound, 25-30 years ago, they always sold out. Now with today’s prices for the common Kiawe Honey at $15-20 per pound, I can only imagine what the rare honeys might be selling for if anyone offered them. We had to move to another island and then to the San Diego area.

[@markbaker9459]

My hives , when on that land of the Big Island, yielded 1560 pounds per hive per year, but needed to be harvested each 2 weeks or it would crystallize in your combs and not be harvestable. So, we harvested 1200 pounds from 20 hives 26 times a year and than let it go 'rock hard' in each 5 gallon bucket[in just 3 days] and run it through a champion juicer set up to Homogenize cycle and than it sold out as fast as we bottled it.

[@edwincollazo6868]

I'm from Brooklyn I think you're awesome very educational I for one am allergic to bees but it's so tempting to learn more and to do it myself thank you I appreciate it your your input you're totally awesome

[@robertkuskin4975]

Dr. Sharashkin, I thoroughly enjoyed your talk. I am about 6 months into beekeeping and have only one hive. I am using the standard Langstroth hive and do not want to treat my bees. I am quickly realizing that everyone is being taught the commercial beekeeping model and it is not good for the bees. I am on the West Coast of Florida. What is the best way to start to capture bees? How can I get a horizontal hive? Is there a difference between catching a hive that shows up in someone's soffit vs capturing a hive in the woods (something we don't have a lot of)?Thank you - Robert

[@billiamc1969]

Put out used hive boxes baited with old combs. Swarms in the general area may move right in and then moved into your apiary.

[@18Bees]

If you don’t have enough comb a local beekeeper will be glad to give you a couple of comb frames to use. We are all here to help each other.

[@patrickpurcell3]

Dr. Sharashkin, thank you for your presentation. I started with Langstroth stacked hives and two years ago started converting my hives into "Long Langs". I tried a Kenyan Top Bar Hive, but was frustrated with the odd shape. My new horizontal hives can use the same Langstroth frames or straight top-bars. I use a mix and cover the top of the frames with canvas or linoleum, then a hinged roof. I must disagree with you about the adaptability of the Italian Bees. This South Pacific island nation was introduced to Italian bees sometime in the 60's by Australian (or maybe New Zealand) agriculturalists. Until last year there had not been any other European genetics introduced. So my bees have survived and adapted over 6 decades to this tropical climate. They are gentle and easily worked. Unfortunately, they, like their keeper, have gone a bit tropo over the years. There being no winter or even long spells of dearth have reduced their honey production to less than half. But that still works fine when you are on Pacific time! You have inspired me to set out a couple of bait hives around my apiary. Thank you.

[@18Bees]

Patrick Purcell have you tried a log hive?

[@brianwild4640]

he said adaptable to cold thats all. all life is adaptable but its slow if you keep them they will adapt the problem is when people dont keep the ones that survive and split from them but just buy new imported bees from a different climate.I think that was the point

[@barrydavis7025]

I have been following Dr Leo and l live in a South Africa we only have suppliers of Langstroth hives. How can l get Horizontal hive plans- to import hives here is too expensive! Regards Barry

[@carolrocky9803]

great informative video thank you

[@willythemailman3911]

Great video! How do you extract honey from half a deep frame without disturbing the brood in the bottom half?

[@brianwild4640]

you dont the brood frames usually have 3 to 6 inches of honey on them this is what they need to survive the winter. sfter the brood frames stop there will be plenty of frames of just honey those you harvest

[@waynestarr6705]

Great source of information, thanks!

[@markbaker9459]

If you come to Oahu, look me up. I'll bring you to our wild hives here.

[@markbaker9459]

Hawaii has the world's first declared Honey Forest, so stated in the 1915 Nat. Geo. .

[@markbaker9459]

My 220 hives were all chemical free, as is my little back yard hives on Oahu.

[@kathygrin1072]

Please, how do you deal with varroa mites?

[@poormanscowranch3194]

Dr i live in south south east texas and my problem is dealing with africanized bees how do i exclude their genetic?

[@fishmanfairclough7530]

You probably don't want to they have advantages but the aggression can often be exacerbated by hybridisation when they first moved into an area and made worse by other bee keepers who keep other subspecies that constantly hybridise with localised Africanised bees.

[@skylarkenwood1422]

Wow I wondered about that one.

[@BrianJMader-sz7jw]

Great video 👍

[@markbaker9459]

Aloha , there from Oahu !

[@dksallak]

we have had massive fires this season, approaching 500,00 acres. how quicklly will bees return to set iup house?

[@skylarkenwood1422]

When they have food.

[@naturalgardengrows]

I have a honeybee hive starting in my greenhouse. It’s a poly tunnel style high poly tunnel greenhouse with a metal frame. And they have started to build a nest behind the tarp flap of the slipper door on the metal frame post. It’s still very small. But when I was in there today, I noticed about 15 honeybees in there, and when I went to go investigate, I saw a little bees nest, starting with larva in it. I would love connect with the speaker somehow, maybe via email? So I couldn’t discuss what I am to do with this. I would love to have feral bees on my property, and naturally let them do their thing. I am not sure how I should do this.

[@linda51464]

There are many KZbin videos that demonstrate how to move a bee colony into a hive. Wishing you the best in your venture.

[@alibamshamsy5885]

I am interested for beekeeping

[@vincerieger6143]

Very interested in your videos I'm just getting in bee keeping.

[@racekrasser7869]

Is it possible to let my bees swarm to help populate wild bees? I live in an area where I think there aren't any wild honey bees.

[@skylarkenwood1422]

If there is not water close by or orchards or wild flowers or gardens they will not stay from what I understand. They need a place of protection to make their home.

[@buttsbeesllc4063]

Honey bees are not native bees in North America. Most swarms do not survive, about 90% according to studies. But they can and do survive. If they have forage you can let them swarm but It doesn't mean you will be left with a hive in the end.

[@russsherwood5978]

thet was great,, thank ya fer the tips an encouragement, now ai need ta git on the ball an start ta build the bee traps an hives,,, thank ya fer the video

[@jakepollen6839]

Dr. Sharashkin beekeepers can collaborate with native pollinators but they need to realize that there is not enough habitat because there are too many people in the world using it for industrial applications

[@brianwild4640]

if more people keep local bee esp farms then they will grow more diverse habits to help the bees which in turn helps the native pollinators. most farms or homesteaders wont do it just to help the native pollinators( I wish they would) but if they are getting something out of it which helps them make the money they need in this money driven world then they will

[@markbaker9459]

Last note : Hawaii has no less than 9 Races of Honeybees, Dutch Bee ,German Bees, Russian Bees[hard to focus on, they are always rushing around] an d more.

[@80Chris100]

How does one extract honey from the Layens frames? Just cut off the caps and let it drain?

[@russianhorde]

I've seen it done that way. There are also some extractors that can fit layens frame sizes, though they are harder to find.

[@bladeflapUH60]

So I’m wondering, how do you extract the honey 🍯 from these extremely deep, wide frames without destroying the honeycomb.

[@richardanderson4920]

When I read about Layens frames a several years ago, there was not a way to extract honey without destroying the comb.

[@melissanielsen8215]

I think that the slow spin on the honey frame ,either centrifically placed or otherwise is the important part to keep honey frame safe

[@russianhorde]

Many of the frames I have seen have either steel or fishing wire wound I three vertical lines throughout the frame. This encourages straight comb and additional stability when putting in into a centrifuge. Finding an extractor that fits the deeper frame size is a little more of a challenge, but not impossible.

[@tammysteahouse]

How do you weigh bees? Well I be darn ❤

[@darrenmoney4130]

Have you studied the Zest Hive book?

[@georgemayfield4563]

Do you insulate the sides of the haves too

[@russianhorde]

On his website he has plans that use raw wool as insulation, but also another of plain wood. However, both plans call for 1.5 inch wood sides, which is much greater than the standard Langstroth hive would use. This greater insulation helps in both summer and winter.

[@brianwild4640]

@@russianhorde the original Langstroth hive was also 1.75 to 2 inch thick but all the hives nowadays are very thin due to the commercial Langstroth hive but rev Langstroth did not make it this way

[@skylarkenwood1422]

What is going on with hundreds and hundreds of hives disappearing? I mean the bees are gone. No moths no beetles. Is it poison in the plants? Is it microwave? Cell phones? No dead bees just gone. One owner had 90 hives all gone. Happening all over world.

[@brianwild4640]

the Aliens are beaming them up. most Aliens are bald and need dead bees for the hair tonic

[@justforfun4623]

Hey why don't you come to pa and find me some wild colonies to set a box near. I would love some actual wild honey bees.

[@davidwilliams4615]

to the guy with the first Q you may have to feed your bee's when they can't find it for them selves

[@SchutzReborn]

This is my favorite new Sacha Baron Cohen character, a Russian bee keeper. Brilliant!

[@Murphis55]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🐝🐝🐝

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

Leo captures wild hives and then kills them. That's the cycle.

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

It would be hilarious to listen to Leo make his assertions in the presence of legitimate experts like Bob Binney with a response to each of them. He'd look like such an idiot.

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

Anyone ever heard a Russian who went der der der? His horrific accent would be passable if he weren't pushing so much misinformation.

[@oksobasicallyimmonky]

Misinformation?