Starting a New Bee Hive

[@Bennett_M_Lang]

This single video got me into beekeeping. I was 8 when I saw this now I’m 13, time flys

[@timeorspace]

Thanks Dan, I'm also in Colorado and starting my first hive ever in the backyard today. I appreciate the quick review before it's game time in a few hours.

[@harb9265]

Commented 12 years how does it feel to look back and did it work out?

[@timeorspace]

@@harb9265 It certainly feels nostalgic, as I miss the free time I used to have. Moving and home owning were not good changes for my bee keeping hobby. Time or space-you got to choose. Yes, my bees mostly worked out. My only significant disappointment was ants finding a 4 gallon bucket of honey before it could be bottled….ants taste really bitter.

[@garyphillips6086]

I have just purchased 45 acres and have always wanted to start up Bee keeping. Now that I am retired, I look forward to learning the art/joy of honey making. Thank you for the start up video. Cheers from the Atlantic in Nova Scotia, Canada

[@shdwfeather]

That's a really interesting video. I loved the new honeycombs that were visible when Dan pulled out the shelf near the end of the video. Fascinating peek into a bee-keeper's life.

[@UNIVERSITYHI]

That was fun to watch. I liked the landing ramp and the temporary defense perimeter.

[@steveninety9]

i am a bee keeper from uk . you did a good job, all the best. ignore the bad comments,,your doing a super job keep it up,

[@lateefmir496]

I also want to invest in this business and want to start...is this benificial plz answer

[@Annieuk09]

Excellent Video and great quality information. You have included many useful tips for the new beekeeper.

[@techno_techie2923]

I chuckled when you said "they don't like that." Very interesting video.

[@S0XF0X]

Did you know that bee's don't like things that put out electricity near their hive? Turns out the negative charge that builds on the bee's fur (static electricity) when they fly is often countered by other electric fields. This means that they can't as easily collect pollen (which is positively charged, so is attracted to the bee's negative static charge) and will desert hives where this is a problem. Great video, it's very simple and easy to follow!

[@7sistersfalls]

Good job it is a number of years since I worked with 150 colonies up here in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada

[@hdphoto]

3:30 "They don't like that." LOL! Too funny. Great video and thanks for the info. Today I discovered a volunteer bee hive under the lid of a plastic compost bin in my backyard. I went away for 4 days and when I came back there they were! So, I am learning about bee hives and seeing if I might want to get into it with a set of wooden bee hive boxes and transfer these bees into it. Not sure what I will do, but I like bees (+honey!) and want to let them have some kind of place here if possible.

[@musketman2008]

Good video. I would put the sugar syrup feeder inverted of the hole in the inner cover, then put on an empty super and then the hive cover on top. You want the syrup to be inside the hive.

[@hulashakingirl]

Going out to do this exact thing for five hives. Thanks for the visual information! Great job!

[@hassanane]

Brilliant and interesting. Thank you for uploading and good luck with your beehives!

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for nice video! Best greetings from Entomologist and Beekeeper in Ukraine! Looking forward for your new videos!

[@Gardenclips]

Great video, nice informative graphics throughout.

[@Elmon11]

Also small tip. When extracting honey bees can cut through a screen door given their are enough bees.

[@BigSkidMedia]

That's beyond awesome . Gonna do that this year.

[@FlowingDepths]

How informative! I like how you handled them, thanks for uploading this! I learned a lot.

[@SCP01986]

This was very enjoyable to watch! Excellent video and captivating footage. :D

[@walterbeech]

Thanks for posting this! I got a small orchard and am really wanting to start a hive for pollination. They had bees here years ago in Western Kansas but there is a lot of irrigated corn and I fear their pesticides will get them. I may try though, I have wanted to since high school.

[@nhiapthao]

Bees are so freaking amazing!!!!

[@RaySarasin]

I agree so I am building a fish tank onto a hive so I can watch them through the glass

[@cjissocool2]

This is great when combined with the soccer view mode!

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for interesting educational video. Best greetings from beekeepers in Kiev, Ukraine. :)

[@MSDosPrompt]

This was interesting, thanks from England.

[@martiwoodchip4518]

Dan I have been bee keeping for a few years now and long ago have hung up the leather gloves in trade for nice strong surgical types of gloves. For bee keeping a lighter colored or white gloves are preferred but I use the real strong black ones that can be purchased from an automotive parts store, they sell them for parts washing or just general auto repair work and they do perform great because you have excellent touch and feel capabilities yet the bees do not even try to sting them or be interested in them like bare hands or even leather gloves which tend to make it difficult to work on hives without injuring or killing some bees and as soon as you do crush or kill a bee or two they tend to send out an alarm pheromone which makes them even more protective and agitated. I urge you to try using a pair of latex type of gloves, of course they do not breathe well and your hands may tend to start to get sweaty depending on how warm it is but I think it is well worth the benefit of having a great sense of touch and not injuring any worker bees. I am talking about the disposable thin gloves and not the big thick up to your elbow type.

[@lampacafe]

good luck Dan, I have few hives with caucasian bees

[@GOP4USA]

Digging the 70' s head band!

[@vk2ig]

We have a beehive, we also have "cellphones" (we call them "mobile phones" here), and we both do amateur radio - and our bees aren't dead yet! A lot of beehives are too stressed - they get moved around too much, or the commercial producers take too much honey from them. Our beehive hasn't moved since we put it where it is about 3.5 years ago. We take about four frames of honey twice a year - both during early to mid summer. Other times, we just check the hive to make sure all is well.

[@Lifeinsteps]

I'm glad this guy seems to like his bee farming. I'd have gone completely insane within half a week.

[@eyeofbast]

Very interesting...used to keep bees when I was a kid. Next time, make sure you put a muffler on your camcorder's mic to reduce wind noise.

[@goff8128]

Hi from England, thank you, very informative, good luck with the bear's

[@Thebestdrifterk60]

I Started bee keeping this year and have 6 hives. Some of the Video Responses are my bees!!

[@lonewulf44]

Thanks for posting. Starting a couple hobby hives this spring. Any tips?

[@workwithnature]

@xXDominoXx I think you are right, if everyone would have a hive or two in their back yard. Then we would have no problem with pollination. It is important though I think as you said, to really learn about handling bees, before you buy some bees. Otherwise you will be disappointed, if things go bad for your bees.

[@blueticecho]

Hell.. I was waitin for this guy to start singing 'it's a beautiful in the neighborhood.'.

[@frlouiegoad4087]

HI! Old beekeeper hear. I am in Tucson AZ. How to guard against thieves? All my hives were stolen. I had the hive changed locken down on a cement block. I have other secure ways, but the hive was pushed over, the bottom board was screwed from inside to a 2x4 one front one back. this has a drilled hole on the bottom. I drive rebar into the ground. the 2x4 is hammered down and scared through the 2x4 and locks in the hive..into the rebar. They left the bottom box. But took every thing else..

[@shwee17]

The way i do it is: Make the brood chamber 2 supers, then later on, come back and split the 2 supers and put the top brood chamber on a separate pallet. Then come back in more than 4 days and whatever hive doesnt have eggs in it is the hive that doesnt have a queen, so then introduce that hive to a queen, or queen cell and then you have two hives

[@wawabbit]

Very nice video! Thanks.

[@siruspool]

I am probably going to miss this years bee season :(. Bought all the equiptment etc, have the hive assembled protected in the garage. Needa find some bees to buy here in Canada b.c. Kinda hard to do.

[@mortvald]

The climate isn't optimal there.

[@crazyray4271]

Sousuke Aizen There is lots of Bee hives up here.

[@crazyray4271]

Nolan V www.beemaidbeestore.com/index.php

[@andonisr]

Νice video friend..thinking to start a new bee hive in the fall, but in my country as far as I know, they just don't ship them out through the post...you have to go get them and transport them yourself...urghhh...!

[@thegrannygun]

The bee amount, it's over 9000!

[@RamsesReturns]

This is great... Every block should have one or two.

[@goathiker]

Close to the house is ok but you will have some bees visiting you when you step outside or sit on your patio. Wear light colors, avoid black (like a bear) and they well leave you alone. Put out a dish of sugar water for them and they will be distracted to this treat and pay you no attention.

[@arendschrikbarend]

I'm allergic to bee-stings, but this was really awesome.

[@masterpalladin]

I just got 2 warre hibves today.........they don't have the pre made combs, pretty sure they naturally can build them themsleves

[@adiageorge4668]

wow amazing keep up the good work your just earned a subscriber!

[@averageillegalmemesdealer]

Great video, and very informative!

[@SorinPetcuStoplaStup]

Hello Dan! please tell us if you use only new frames with just bare foundation when you start a new one, or do you help them with some frames with combs? Thank you!

[@orangejuiceman]

i did not know bees were so calm

[@gwrace]

If you just set the package of bees inside remove the can and place the queen cage inside a near by frame no shaking is required. In two days all the bees will have left the package along with the freeing of the queen.

[@LilyISay]

those hives look nice and new! I like the idea of the pallets. How do you store them in the winter?

[@mohamedfaroukbalouli7809]

Precious video, i learned a lot

[@utopia159]

damn, there is detail in everything, even to get them to accept the queen. imagine you buy a queen and she runs away, or they dont accept her. its funny thinking that of bees, but quite an advanced social structure.

[@BrianJDykstra]

@BotanyVideo yeah we got to take care and learn to respect all bees

[@Nantosuelta]

i really want to start bee keeping i think it would be super fun!

[@meowey55]

nice you should keep doing updates on this video

[@RobLeepopart]

excellent, and no smoke too.

[@OrejasParalelas]

Wow thanks so much for sharing! This is exactly what I was looking for! :) Would you be able to share where did you get your hives and where you got those bees? Thank you so much!

[@2Manolo3]

Recent research found out that bees are doing much better in cities then in rural areas. And that the bees in cities are healthier and have bigger colonies. The reason is agriculture. In rural areas there are a lot of monoculture crops. The bees honey has more or less pollen from 20 species in cities it's 200 species. More diversity is better health. Plus people don't use pesticides in cities or at least a lot less.

[@NowellHolmes]

Always good to be 'Bear Smart'.

[@TheIHCS]

Also its not Drones in the cage with the queen. It is other female worker bees called attendants. They take care of the queen while she is in the cage. Feed and clean her.

[@merrimac291]

very educational. i feel like i want to start a bee hive.

[@RobLeepopart]

how soon do you change the entrance reducer.? how crucial is the levelling of the hive support?

[@homertalk]

Please make a follow up video for the bee's, thanks

[@av1611preacher]

@brokenshackles101 We started a new hive in Georgia in the spring and we fed them for about 2 weeks. They actually prefer nectar to sugar water, and so when they start ignoring the sugar water, then they are good to go

[@kaisaerpren]

@mafiascaglione049, hi, european honey bees are generally calm, Wasps which are also yellow and black are not calm, most "bee stings" are actually wasp stings. bees die when they sting you. wasps not only survive but can sting you multiple times in one attack!

[@KoriLuvsNuggets]

Quick question!! At 3:44 when he sprays the sugar water on the bees wouldnt that hurt them? the water on their wings i mean. if u can answer that would help!

[@Tlactl]

lol 4:02 pouring a stream of bees into the box

[@jett888]

Very nice Dan, thank you- i'm wondering- nice Bear protection- I'm wondering- how do you protect the hive from ants-with that sugar water and their eventual honey? We don't have a bear problem in San Diego, but we sure have ant issues. I so far have used cans of water and oil at the feet of the tables-but ants still seem to be a problem- especially for the young hives. thanks!

[@Elmon11]

Me and my dad used to keep bees. Nowadays we are not able to keep a hive alive longer for a year. The one time we did it was eaten by a bear.

[@alejandroturner6472]

What company did you buy the bees from?

[@XayadethDennis]

I live in Sacramento California and I've seen some of the bee hives being shipped out from here, it's pretty cool watching the hive sitting in the fields...What part of California did you order the hives from?

[@CharlesMartel676]

Goatman, what DON'T you do????????? ;-) Thanks for raising bees. We sure need them.

[@normalil]

Fascinating. Thankyou.

[@kotoroshinoto]

smoke makes them want to eat but it doesn't work very well if theres nothing in the hive for them (this is a new hive after all)

[@cicilieanettemeland421]

great video. thanks

[@6rona]

thank you

[@RivardMatthew]

This makes me want to have a bee farm.

[@BrentGeorgeson]

When is the best time to start a beehive? And where is the best place to get a beehive thanks?

[@astiles0404093]

How far would you recommend putting the hives away from your home? I have a toddler and I am afraid she will panic and get stung, but my husband and I would love to have at least two hives this Summer. Also, when do you recommend setting up a hive?

[@kenutter1]

thank you. how did you know that the queen flew away the first time?

[@afbatts]

Great Video!!!

[@baukiki]

How to make 1 colony into 2 or 3 colonies? I heard about requeening, anybody know where I can google this information? Thanks

[@Tom6093]

There was a bee that came in through my window about 15 minutes ago and landed on top of my computer,WHILE I was looking at bees on the computer. How is that for a qoincidence ? I just sat there looking at it, and it probably sensed it and flew right out the window again. I think the bee and I had a moment of understanding.

[@namekman01]

this is bee one million, tower, do i have landing clearence? roger be one million, landing pad is clear lol, love the landing pad joke btw, watching someone shake the bee hive is alot scarier than the guys who cover themselves in the bees

[@JCsBees]

Bees are very important to our existence. If people would practice more organic growing methods it help out with a lot of problems.

[@Reverseflush]

Very interesting. BTW you mentioned they came from CA did you mean by mail?

[@Subparanon]

Question, I thought you guys used a screen to keep the queen isolated within the hive so she doesn't deposit eggs in the honeycomb you intend to harvest. I didn't see you install or mention one with this hive. Is that because you want to maximize reproduction because they are new?

[@BrileyBeelo]

What would you rather bee or a wasp???

[@doughauf]

@garibah Where do the bees live? In between the hive boards?

[@dollarbill11]

how are queens made? that got me wondering

[@Craft2974]

a fall that small even for a bee wouldn't kill them. I have a beehive in a tree nearby and bees dead everywhere, but if i accidently touch them they walk about. everybody who makes a hive puts bees in a box.

[@rogersprinkle6140]

when do you put on a second super of a new hive?

[@siimsiim3]

A queen gets an entire cage? Wow, what luxury :D

[@CaptainCalrissian]

Does rain effect em any kind of way?

[@Cyprodite]

So can you recommend a better one for beginners?

[@mgfurst]

Great video, thanks

[@JimmyFatz]

hey! you said the hive tool did it all! whats up with the pliers!?

[@Elmon11]

When the worker bee is a larvae they feed it royal jelly which makes them a queen. Sorry for the poor explanation. Queens are made when the former queen died or the hive intends to swarn to a new hive. In both situations they prepare multiple bees. They fight and the survivor will start mating with the other bees.