How Do Bees Build Honey Comb?

In this video I show you how bees build honey comb when they are left to do it the way they like.

[@TheHelpfulDM]

It’s so cool how the bees trust you and are completely chill with you bee-ing there

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thanks for the kind comment.

[@Midnight-rails]

Ok kool pun

[@olin1034]

Thats a bee-utiful pun

[@AlexB-pp7dc]

Bees are shown to have a relationship with their bee keeper. They understand the deal. The bee keeper builds a perfect home for them to be able to grow their colony, make wax, and honey for food. In exchange the bee keeper takes a percentage of honey from them. They get used to the bee keepers scent. If the non bee keeper approaches the hive or starts pulling out rows like that they’d get stung to shit because they would see the person as a threat. I e watched a few documentary’s on this and it’s really amazing

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thanks for the comment.@@KrepCake

[@piratekit3941]

Bees: We're big into DIY, we decided to renovate while you were away.

[@iulian844]

hahahahaha

[@shara_burns]

Bee-I-Y

[@twistedpixel2558]

You not wrong. That's how bees do.

[@marciabarabash2749]

It's amazing how precise each cell is. It's beautiful. 😊

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

It really is!

[@aiwi9498]

Very cool 😎 thanks for sharing the organic artwork of bees 🐝

[@annebruecks7381]

Each bee only produces a small amount of wax? That's an absolutely amazing fact!

[@captnwinkle]

Same with honey. They produce a fraction of a spoon of honey

[@Drakuba]

bee also lives like 30 days, not much time to create wax

[@jmp814]

Best practice is admitting our mistakes & moving forward a little wiser. Well done.

[@mazder360]

The almost perfect pattern of the comb is amazing, some ture natural art

[@waves889]

Very interesting thank you for sharing your experience

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I appreciate the kind comment.

[@RhainEDaize]

Those are some gorgeous bees.

[@mantidream8179]

It's interesting to see these smooth, oblong shapes made from interlocking hexagons. A testament to the efficiency of these creatures, they can make great use of space on both a large and small scale

[@GogiRegion]

To be fair, they don’t create them as hexagons. They just build circles as tightly together as they can, which ends up pressing together into hexagons.

[@aspopulvera9130]

These bees are more chill than the ones we had here

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Yes, I am blessed to have calm bees.

[@betsyelee4434]

I couldn’t be a bee keeper,because,I’m afraid of them.I think guys are more fearless than women?It”s nice 👍 to have honey 🍯 from the bee”s,though!We like them for this!

[@Anisa-wi5zj]

@@betsyelee4434there’s a female bee keeper on KZbin that’s scoops up bees right in her hands with any safety equipment. U should just her out if u are interested

[@lui8221]

​@@betsyelee4434Guys are more fearless then women?? 😂 what a nonsence, you probably have never seen all the great days of saving the beeeeeez

[@arnaubasulto4448]

@@lui8221that is not a woman. That is not a human.

[@sherbert3297]

I love you pull it out with your bare hands 😮 And shake them off is great😅

[@gardenstate235]

Amazing to see how much they built in just one week

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Yes, at the peak of the season a strong hive can make 50 pounds of honey in a week. They are amazing.

[@Drakeyanimates]

The way you throw them off the comb is just pure bravery!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thanks, but I don't think of it that way. I know my bees very well and I know what they will tolerate without getting mad at me. So more skill than guts.

[@Drakeyanimates]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 👍

[@tf-ok]

"BEAUTIFUL!" *Proceeds to yeet the bees*

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

You know they can fly right?

[@tf-ok]

​@@petrhermanadventures9509 don't get sassy with me Petr 😡😡

[@cye2310]

​This person forgets that bees can fly.

[@BigPanda096]

Used to love harvesting honeycombs omw home from school and eating them. Idk what it is about the texture of the combs but man there just isn't anything quite like a perfectly crunchy yet aoft comb full of honey.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I agree, but how does a school kid harvest comb on the way from school? Sounds like that must be an interesting story.

[@BigPanda096]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 eh, not really. Where I used to live there was a massive abandoned orange grove. They left the bee boxes and I guess due to a long period of neglect the bees also built nests all over the trees. There were some that looked like the stereotypical hornet hive almost, and then there were some on an abandoned shack that I could lift the floorboards on, of which there were MASSIVE combs from I'm assuming years of buildup. The bees were always so chill as long as I wasn't rough. Sometimes because I was a kid and didn't have finesse, but while trying to get a comb sometimes I'd accidentally bust it up and get honey everywhere. Would watch the bees clean each other off because id accidentally get it all over them. They didn't seem to mind at all. Now that I'm thinking about it I wonder if that grove is still there. Probably not it's been about 40 years, last time I seen it I was about 15 I think. I miss it, there truly is not many things as good as a nice honey comb..

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

That's beautiful!❤

[@tilanawest1613]

Thank you for what you do. Bees are the most important creatures on this earth

[@mustafagunes.09]

Your video is very nice, thank you.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I appreciate the kind comment.

[@alesakline1168]

Beautiful.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

I’ve done that more times than I can count. Thanks!

[@joshgrove1042]

That is a lot in a week!

[@RKNancy]

They are fast builders. There used to be a hive just outside the window of my classroom at my old school. The school used to remove the hive all the time but they came back every few months and kept rebuilding it. The rebuilding part often took no more than 7-10 days.

[@TheHelpfulDM]

How do you give the wax back to the bees?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

The frames in the hive have plastic foundation stamped in the pattern of the cells. It comes from the factory with a very thin layer of wax on it. I melt the old wax and add it to the foundation so the bees have less work to do in drawing out the frames. I show it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXbY6qqedCpqZo

[@StaceLovin]

​@@petrhermanadventures9509can you post the link only please. It's not clickable.

[@glkaniho]

Your bees look very healthy!

[@XanderFields]

And now I want some honey comb cereal

[@michaelmulheran2223]

When you read about all health issues, diseases, parasites and the massive kill off of these ESSENTIAL creatures it's absolutely beautiful to to see all of these keepers doing amazing work.

[@tttmmm-lo3mf]

Amazing......🍯🐝🍯🍯🍯👑....🙏🙇🙏📿🐐

[@bilqisyasintamirza-rz1kx]

Wow2 is so sweet and yummy gyasss❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kateps1874]

But, question: isn't honey the food they've made for winter, themselves and their offspring? I've been watching the Texas Bee lady and she doesn't harvest honey for that reason, so now am curious. In other areas (I mean, Texas has winter, but some areas hardly do, like Southern California, Florida, Hawaii, and probably other warm areas), is there bee food year round? And other than comb, beautiful thing that it is, do bees use beeswax for something other than making comb?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

bees are amazingly productive. A strong hive can produce a big surplus. My area is not awesome for honey production, but I can still harvest about 50 pounds per hive without affecting their winter stores. Bees also mix wax with tree resin to produce propolis, which is like a glue that they use to seal up cracks and rough areas in the hive.

[@jaimeherreraregalado7149]

Felicidades ¡¡ 👏

[@nanaybelenvlogs9597]

wow fantastic ❤

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@billslaughenhoupt5669]

Yep, same thing just happened to me 2 wks ago. Should of replaced them as soon as I took them out but dummy me.!!!😊😅

[@BitSmythe]

… should *HAVE* …

[@lyncorpuzremzcorpus-hl6yf]

Wow nice

[@angelalewis3645]

They built all of that comb in only a week!? Wow!

[@amandalong1749]

I wish my bees worked that fast!!

[@misterwolf9227]

I love Honey and I love ,bee's.

[@amylarson3958]

Been there, done that. Still do it.

[@aamirsaleem3693]

Happy

[@consueloharo-4911]

Yes, delicious honey!

[@nancygonzalez781]

Dost the honey of the bess. Get bad yes or no

[@consueloharo-4911]

@@nancygonzalez781 I’ve seen it turn grainy like sugar when not eaten while “liquidy”, but I haven’t seen it go bad yet, honey bought at store or street vendors…

[@oc174]

Can’t say God isn’t real… 👏🏻

[@annacassisa9151]

Just ONE of GODS miracles. SA

[@ElizabethLivingston-to6ws]

Bees works 24/7

[@user-jk2hb5qq8r]

Interesting, how do you melt the wax and give it back to them? Thanks

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

new frames for the colony are made out of plastic. I paint the salvaged wax on to these frames to make it easier for the bees to make new comb.

[@wilkoone9155]

You couldn't do that with our native irish black bees!

[@rejilaanshad-]

😮

[@Rainwatercolor]

how do you "give it (the melted honeycomb) back to the bees?"

[@TimeSurfer206]

The pre-made frames are a wire mesh with a thin layer of wax already on. He heats the old wax and presses it onto the wax on the new frame. The bees will reuse what's there, instead of having to make more. (They have special glands that do that, kind of like a Spider's web glands.)

[@husniyatojiboyeva519]

😮😮😮

[@jerrypearson2773]

Longer then one lol 👍

[@Steve197201]

How are the sheet loaves made? Are they safe to eat? Also, why put the sheet loaves in the hive if the bees are just going to make their own little loaves anyway?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I said lobes of comb, but the subtitles come out as loaves :) We put the frames in the hive so that they are removable and re-usable. This allows the hive to be inspected for problems and for the honey to be extracted without destroying the comb.

[@Magnapinna4096]

The Forbidden Waffle!

[@WingoTribe704]

Honey packs 😍

[@amberwashington7500]

They don't sting you when picking up the honeycomb?

[@Guanjyn]

Where does it come from though? Like the bees mouths?

[@non-binaryjesus]

You know Dad was pretty messed up.... "Im gonna make bee vomit taste amazing! 😂" - God

[@Thewatcherinthering336]

Ok how is it they are not attacking you? Most people look at a bee sideways and they’re on you.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I move slowly and take care not to crush any bees. Bees react to fast movements, so as long as you do everything half speed, they hardly even notice.

[@maleface5693]

Happened to me too

[@lloyd2226]

Can't you put the comb on a new frame being hold on with some string while the bees glue it to the frame?

[@built_by_animals]

If I may ask how do you give the wax back to the bees.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Here is a link to a video I made about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXbY6qqedCpqZosi=TNm2qxXAj6j9mmkM

[@SoundIPeace]

How would it make it harder to inspect in the future?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

frames have to be individually removable to harvest honey and check on the bee health. These are attached to the lid. and would be later attached to the bottom as well.

[@houstonpromotion]

I cant even get within 5 feet of any bee before they start to attack me

[@stevencavicchio2772]

Did anybody else want to see him eat the honeycomb at the end with the bees still covering it?! 😄 🐝 😋

[@hamidvsBee]

yummy

[@ameliadevon5674]

Why dont they try to build the lobes in the frames? Do they just not have enough room? Or is it because of the comb frame that they just build on?

[@bumpkin7171]

تبارك الله الذي أعطى كل شيء خلقه ثم هدى.

[@achillesglacia7700]

real life robots of nature

[@smartiesubunk2thnubuts397]

But how do they make the hexagon shape?

[@mocalecha]

What tree is that in the background?

[@hothmandon]

Aren't you afraid they will sting your hands or fly up your sleeves?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I get stung rarely, but stings on my fingers have done wonders for the arthritic pain I was having. I only get stung when I accidentally squish a bee and not wearing gloves makes that less frequent.

[@sk8queen]

Well, I guess hes not coming back. Lets fill in this space!

[@lamenwatch1877]

How do hives not end up with a million dead bee carcases over time? Do they canibalize the carcases or do they just decay pretty fast?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

as their final service to the hive, most bees die out while foraging in the fields. Those that die in the hive get carried out by their sisters and dropped a short distance from the hive. Ants usually eat them there.

[@blcksh33p84]

Ok, so how do they not sting u when u shake them off?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

It doesn't bother them all that much. I get stung once in a while, but not often.

[@blcksh33p84]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 Man that is confidence at a whole other level. Respect to you.

[@zhenya_dota2]

Why you can’t take those leafs and put them into the frames? And let bees finish it in frames

[@malgorzatakus3442]

You know you can cut it off and place in a frame and don't have to destroy anything!?

[@ThesmartestTem]

If anyone is interested in what bee keeping looks like without frames, check out Natural Japanese Bee keeping. She keeps only native japanese honey bees and its crazy just how different everything is with them.

[@notyetskeletal4809]

I wanna eat the honeycomb with the bees all over my face like a wild bear.

[@MrBrundog]

I remember making that mistake when I started keeping bees.

[@mandielou]

Why does it look like some bees were hanging on a long string when you were removing the top?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Great observation. You were paying attention. That is actually part of the comb building process. The bees hang in arching festoons and build the comb in the middle of that. This also allows them to use gravity and make the comb perfectly vertical.

[@mandielou]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 That's awesome 😎

[@GaneshRamasamy9128]

😋😋😋🤤🤤🤤🤤👌👌👌👌💖💖💖💖

[@michaelsilkwood6129]

Nooo really. I thought honey came from Winnie The Poo.

[@Reeadinia]

how are you not afraid of touching it without PPE? 😅

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

12 years of bee keeping have taught me what I can get away with. I prefer to work without PPE because it forces me to be slow and gentle or the bees remind me with pain to be nice.

[@Reeadinia]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 do they know you? Did you/they have a learning curve before you reached this point?

[@chrishar110]

@@Reeadinia Bees live up to 7 weeks. How many times will they see you in their life? Most of beekeepers open the hive once every week. If you don't have beard (to look like a bear) and you open the hive in a nice warm day, make very slow and gentle moves you don't have a problem. The best time is in the middle of the day that most of the older bees (the ones that can sting) are out of the hive.

[@tilanawest1613]

It’s kinda tragic when you realise how many bees it takes to make a teaspoon of honey.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

it's not really tragic, one bee makes about 1/2 teaspoon in her 6 to 8 week life. I give them a safe home and harvest the excess honey they produce.

[@mrofiqkhairuddin6948]

whats flower its?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

blueberry.

[@achillesglacia7700]

what if we reprogrammed bees to take out plastic

[@GGGONEXT67]

Buzz buzz

[@paveljelinek1022]

You dont have glowes? Are u Australian?

[@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu]

You sure did mess up now the honey will drip on the hive if you keep breaking it over the hive

[@alexi477]

I’ve done this before 😭😭

[@anatyphoon2896]

سبحان الله .. عظمة الله الخالق الواحد الاحد .. في القرآن سورة تسمى سورة النحل .. in name sorat AlNahel ..means the bees Quraan there is chapter

[@salonibanodha5831]

To be honest I don't like bees but when you are destroying whatever that is and you said that everyone on them can make a little bit of it I felt bad 😅

[@Mr2at]

In a week!. They are as busy a……

[@user-ek5ib1hv4q]

Im bee

[@kathyduncan40]

Yeah. They trust him. For what!?!? To take care of their overflowing hive when he is good and goddamn ready! If you’re going to be interested, do the work. If not, let them move on

[@Jeritavibez]

Do u ever get stung ??

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Yes, it happens. Probably about once a month. I've developed a strong immunity to the venom. There is little swelling and itching, but it always hurts.

[@Jeritavibez]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 geez z why don’t u always wear protective gear ? Cause once they sting u they die to

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

fi they want to sting, they sting the protective gear too and the end result is the same. Not wearing protective gear makes me a more careful bee keeper and the end result is fewer dead bees. @@Jeritavibez

[@Jeritavibez]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 thank you that makes sense 🙏🏽💯

[@Jeritavibez]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 how many sting you once a month ?

[@williamfleaher5834]

mind your own beeswax!!!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

lol, ok then, I will :)

[@__a8as]

Why they don't bite you?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I am nice to my bees and they return the favor. Not all bees are this calm, but mine are.

[@__a8as]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 what's the thing you poison your bees with so that they don't mind?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

@@__a8as I love my bees, no poison involved, just a little bit of wood smoke.

[@__a8as]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 🤣👍

[@mariamahmad4576]

He's not wearing gloves

[@shaanahmed5767]

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[@leelavid1477]

Bruh . What don't you catch?😅

[@nitingurjar3074]

Why bee did not bite you ? 😮😮😮😮 tell me bro

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

They know I'm the one that keeps them safe.

[@Iqamat_as_Salat]

Allahu Akbar

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

salam aleikum. I hope that's the right answer, I don't speak Arabic.

[@Aseelpetslovers]

Too much honey