You guys are the best. I’ve followed you for years but haven’t watched from the beginning. Ariel is awesome and Eric is so so talented. The best thing; they don’t ask you to hit the subscribe and like button❤️
@greg7781235 жыл бұрын
You’re videos are addicting. I will watch almost all of them. Cool stuff
@frasersgirl43833 жыл бұрын
Wow!! What a great job you did!! I’m living vicariously!!!!
@lilybee_3 жыл бұрын
New sub binge watching to catch up. Ya'll are amazing! I can see why working and homesteading wore you out. It's impossible for ya'll to not give 100% to whatever you do. I love the out takes and banter between you, your pups and your reasonable approach to everything you do.
@julieenslow59153 жыл бұрын
Your bees were in a state of torpor - it's two years later so of course you know this. But while in that state they can not move so brushing them away was good. I have never seen an install with bees in torpor! Makes it so much easier!! Edit: OH! You sprayed them with sugar water the night before! But your cabin is warm and I hope the temperature that day was too or that they had dried off. They were huddled together for warmth! I hope these were Alaskan raised so the temperature was not a shock! I can see there is a lot of differences in how you will handle your bees than how we do in Florida! Glad you have some local beekeepers to ask questions when they come up. Welcome to beekeeping!
@MNms-ny1gl3 жыл бұрын
I used to get stung several times every summer by every kind of bee, wasp, hornet, imaginable. It hurt and the odd thing is that for the most part, they didn't bother anyone else in the family--I was the primary target. When my father took up beekeeping with honey bees, I never got stung again. Normal bees--not the Africanized aggressive bees--are very gentle. To this day, I sometimes pick them up on a finger and just watch them till they buzz off. So long as you are not swatting at them, they are totally non-aggressive--mosquitoes and gnats are a bigger problem. One of the reasons why I never got stung once we took up beekeeping is because the honeybees would not tolerate foreign hornet/wasp interlopers and would run them out of Dodge.
@ramil62193 жыл бұрын
Super video. Milan from Přerov CZ.
@Bamaman14k4 жыл бұрын
I think you did just fine. The bees are pretty hardy, you did exactly what you are supposed to, dump as many as you can, and then put the open shipping container in front of the hive. I get all my stuff from Barnyard Bee's, he has a KZbin channel also. Really caring guy, family-owned company. Great job, Jimmy
@New.Explorer7215 жыл бұрын
Interesting project. New to beekeeping here so the setup/tips/tutorial will keep me glued to the progress for sure. Like how you are starting small and economizing everything; think this is the tried & true method/best practice to go esp. with a new venture. The bees look happy and settled in their new place, seems like the surrounding area would support an plethora of nectar-filled flora and nice to see Hunter making a cameo! Appreciate giving us the tour.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
J K, thank you! We are happy to dive into beekeeping and are of course learning ourselves :)
@rick914435 жыл бұрын
How cool. French wife(not really country type,) has just, over the past two years, gotten into bee-keeping, and loves it. Keeping bees in Alaska must be not the easieast thing to do(not that I know anything about the subject.) Really enjoy finding your videos...cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.
@RonSafreed4 жыл бұрын
There are several bee species that can adept good to the subartic climate of Alaska & "packaged bees" that will live only for the season & die-off in winter. They can "over-winter" but they need to be fed in the late winter/early spring & seems that some will die & need to be replaced in the spring.
@campbellj204 жыл бұрын
Keeping bees is very easy up here IF** you get new bees yearly
@tarras32924 жыл бұрын
Mother Nature, Beautiful and amazing guys ❤️❤️
@elflordsjourneys5 жыл бұрын
BEE IGLOOS, so interesting seeing bee keeping in various parts of the country.Great video,I love how you guys explain everything you do.😀
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Elf Lords Journeys, bee igloos, I love it! 😂
@jeffkish49455 жыл бұрын
Glad to see young couples like yourself getting into bees. something you might want to do before winter to also help with thier survival is build a wind break. Look up waddle fence simple cheap and replaceable. Ideally on the north and windward side.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Kish, thank you for the suggestion :) we planned to do something before winter but I really like that idea!
@Tomhohenadel5 жыл бұрын
Beetastic, great info video. Best of luck with the bees
@johnthompson66564 жыл бұрын
On future assemblies you can use a medium large set of "channel lock pliers " also called "water pump pliers". Use them to squeeze the thin nails into that soft wood.
@NodoughAcres5 жыл бұрын
I've been told each hive should have a different design painted on it. That way the bees have a visual identifier which hive is theirs. Great job and good luck. God Bless
@RaySarasin4 жыл бұрын
May ppl run white only i took 20 boxes to the local art class in the local school. Bees have built-in GPS so i think to each there own bees know were they live lol
@bettinah.74295 жыл бұрын
I saw those in the background of your previous video,since they were purple I figured they were hives.....you did a great job for your first time. It must be quite daunting in the beginning.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Bettina H. Thanks, we were both a little nervous but they are actually pretty easy going, although I probably will use my jacket when doing work on the hive.
@bettinah.74295 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I would definitely use the jacket. You had a lot of them sitting on the back of your hood! Could they sting through your jeans?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Bettina H. Yes they can and one did on a different occasion (but I was deserving of it). They generally are pretty calm, we recently haven't used jackets or gloves when checking on them but for invasive stuff I will most likely wear the jacket and gloves :) Also there were a lot on me that day because I was installing them so they were disoriented, we found that they don't cling to us anymore.
@AlmostHomestead5 жыл бұрын
You guys are a homesteading machine! Haha! Great to see you two getting so many things set up. Very interesting seeing how this type of hive goes together. Have a good one!
@babyhuey18785 жыл бұрын
Your sugar water should be of heavy viscosity. If you're feeding patties, i wouldn't feed them sugar water. Since you're still in a colder weather pattern, your modified patty should be sufficient. When you buy your patties from a store, take about a pound for each pattie, add a fistfull of old pollen then about 1 or 2 tablespoons of ProHealthy. Mush your patty for a minute or two and you're good to go. P.S. I would also add an electric fence around the hives. Predators, mainly grizzly bears can be a pain in the arse.
@joeblow45965 жыл бұрын
Since my wife won't move to "where it's cold" I have to live vicariously through you guys and use a secret account because I have to sneak and watch at work. Anyways, y'all are seriously living my dream. I was wondering about there only being a screen bottom to your bee boxes? I have never seen that before. Also, all these comments about the bears.....I have some excellent bear dogs, a good truck and do not care one bit to make the drive from TN back to AK to help with that problem should it become an issue. LOL
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Joe Blow, I forgot to mention that since that is the norm to me but yes they are screened, there are local beekeepers that use these rather than flat bottom boards for increased ventilation.
@elkhunter765 жыл бұрын
Snow on the ground and skeeters coming out crazy. Really enjoy your videos. YOu two are quite industrious! Been to Alaska once on a caribou hunt. Great country and if I was younger I would move there. For now Wyoming will do.
@txhypnotist5 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks for sharing your plethora of knowledge you are acquiring along the path.
@normanadams23183 жыл бұрын
Wish I lived closer have been a beekeeper for a very long time and would love to help. It is not easy, hang in there,OK?
@janie2shoes5375 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of these hives before, Thanks for sharing.
@jonathangriggs91235 жыл бұрын
Just found you and have been bing watching over past few day. Congrats on a wonderful series ,you sure have a good eye for a photo. Dad keep bees over here in England at 52 degrees latitude and enjoyed it until the rape and varroa got the better of him. You may be aware of this already mark your queen so you can identify them/find them easily; also he kept copious notes.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Griggs thank you following the channel ☺ Varro mites can be an issue here too, hoping the hives stay strong 💪
@kurthansen43622 жыл бұрын
Drift snow and snow in general performs as insulation material, and protects early perennial buds from frost bites. Well snow around the bee hives would do the same as long as they get a bit of air.
@selisahue12684 жыл бұрын
Love the bees! Keep on keepin' on!
@jimlong5275 жыл бұрын
We learned a lot ...thank you.
@da.27365 жыл бұрын
You can make your own pollen patties significantly cheaper. It's just some flour, regular bread yeast you'd get from the store, bee protein powder (AP23 works great for me), and some sugar.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Daniel L. Thanks for the recipe, I know the owner of the store we buy from will only buy from one company that has a higher percentage of pollen but that is awesome for us to have on hand ☺
@bohemiangypsy995 жыл бұрын
WOW so many bees lol. I hope they give you lots and lots of honey guys. It's great to see the snow melting so you can get your hoop house done and plants into it for future food. Michelle
@carolynmoody94605 жыл бұрын
amazing..love your videos
@TheRancherAndTheWife5 жыл бұрын
Glad we found your channel! Cheers from some homesteaders down in Idaho :)
@susannegalligan86005 жыл бұрын
Now I know why you painted the polystyrene! Added insulation, so smart.
@scotthargraves5765 жыл бұрын
The polystyrene also will degrade in UV light so the paint adds protection.
@belesariius5 жыл бұрын
If you have willow native to Alaska, planting some of them in that back pasture would help tremendously with the bog/water. Where I am from (west scotland) we use willow (and water reeds) to dry out bog area. Also, Have a look at ''flow hive'' australian invention of how to harvest honey from the hive without disturbing the bees.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
belesariius, great suggestion! We would love to plant native plants here in the future, Willow is quite prevalent here too.
@jeep4ron5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been wanting to do some bees. I’m concerned about the bears here. I was going to put an electric fence around it when I do. In a year or so. Are you concerned of the bears there? So cool to see you do this in Alaska.. what wii you do with the hives in winter? Get to have some fun wheeling around the yard too.. Love the purple. So exciting to see how this works. I have wanted bees for a while now. Those hives’s will last so much longer also. Less maintenance too.Looks like you are doing a great job to me..!! Ya. Feed it to the chickens.. Have a fantastic day you two..!!
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
living Off Grid McGarvey style, I think you would love bees! Both of us are really enjoying it, bears definitely could be an issue, we will have electric fencing on the property and could bring it to that area. So far I have not heard of or met a beekeeper here that does use electric fencing but they obviously could do some damage very quickly. The polystyrene is new to me but they are great for overwintering in, we will post more on it as we approach that season since it is still new to us as well :)
@sin46ned5 жыл бұрын
I have homesteaded with my grandmother in Southeastern Alaska on an Island named Sokoloff 10 nautical miles from Wrangell. I want to tell you that you are both doing a great job. I see that you are having a hot summer up there. As you go along, you will learn new things. My grandmother and I raised chickens - they were Rhode Island reds. They are a very hardy breed very good for alaskan weather. They lay brown eggs and have red combs. Their dark meat is a bit darker than other breads, but they are very tasty. We did not have refrigeration, so we canned them, ate them fresh and sold them to a local grocery store. We put Seine netting over the top, but any small weave netting will do. If we didn't do this the eagles would scoop them up. Good luck with your homestead and keep on trying ways to do things. Maybe think about solar one of these days. If this was available to us at the time it would have helped power up the hen house. Instead we used Colman lanterns hung from the ceiling to give them light and help keep them warmer.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Sandra Camp hello! Wow sounds like an awesome place you live! Rhode island reds are one of my favoriate birds. Thankfully we have not had any eagles come around yet but I'm sure they will in time. We do have a 2000 watt solar system that has been working great for us so far! Have a great day 😀✌
@greenrage24845 жыл бұрын
Glad you are getting into bees. I am a bee keeper and I love them.. I do not have those kind of hives but I have watch videos of people who have them.. Might be instrumental in wintering them. Love the color. Do they have hive beetles or wax moths there? I would totally not use that much pollen patty.. Maybe the size of a 1/2 dollar.. If you do have wax moths or hive beetles, it will feed them.. .. If not, bees have a lot of food.. This will be interesting to follow your progress with this adventure. You did great installing your packages.. I was wondering what your temperature was.. that will slow them.. Hope you have grand success.. Bees are so essential to our living.. Happy Bee keeping.. :)
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Green Rage, the polystyrene was not my first choice but after talking with local experienced beekeepers I wanted to go with what would be the best for them to overwinter. We do not have hive beetles and I don't believe wax moths are an issue here. I also kinda thought it was a lot of patty but they used most of it, they may have carried out the last little bit though. The day we installed them was maybe in the 50's. I plan to do a new video soon to talk about how they are doing. Thank you for following and your input :)
@greenrage24845 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleLivingAlaska - looking forward to it :)
@ourselfreliantlife5 жыл бұрын
Great information. I like the care and thinking you put into the placement of the hives. The foam material was a new one for me. I always assumed they were made out of wood.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Green Dream Project, this material is common in Europe and other notthern climates but relatively newer here. It seems like the best way to go to overwinter the bees although we know we will still have losses.
@angiehorn32803 жыл бұрын
It's crazy to me that you have snow and mosquitos. Here in Georgia, USA we look forward to cool weather because the mosquitos go dormant.
@bertpons65005 жыл бұрын
There's a mix-up, an inner cover is different from a queen excluder.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Bert Pons thank you, I can't edit that part but did figure that out ☺
@beccal79503 жыл бұрын
Y’all are such badasses.
@campbellj204 жыл бұрын
Just a pointer from a fellow Alaskan Beek. Don't bother shaking them out of the container. Remove the sugar can and put the whole box inside the hive. They will work their way out towards the queen. Return in a few days and remove the empty shipping container.
@quietkate5 жыл бұрын
Glad Hunter left the area.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Us too, the bees are surprisingly friendly or I guess don't sting as much as one would think.
@elizabethjohns61085 жыл бұрын
Love honey, scared of bees! Awesome video though.
@bobbijonichols56515 жыл бұрын
Hello! I am loving your channel. Alaska gorgeous place to be & live. I was wondering why do you have to paint the hives? Here is Arizona they are usually just white. Keep up the great work. You two are doing an amazing job!!
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Bobbi Jo Nichols we were told by a local bee keeper that it would prolong the life of the boxes, plus we like the purple 😀
@babyhuey18785 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleLivingAlaska It prolongs the life of your boxes and it also helps the hive to maintain proper temperature, mainly in the summer. In Arizona they have their boxes white due to extreme heat. And since white color is basic and neutral, it helps to stave off extreme heat by maintaining cool environment for the hive.
@marissaalonzo79975 жыл бұрын
Going to try a horizontal hive...havent picked it up yet. im partially disabled so thought it may be easier for me.
@RaySarasin4 жыл бұрын
My second year Bee Keeping now at 8 nives cheers and good luck if i can ever help look me up cheers Canada here Alberta we also get brutal cold in winter --
@explorewithrodrigo3 жыл бұрын
are some of the chicks in the kitchen with you, while making the pollen patties?? I can hear them haha, cute
@Crosbhealach5 ай бұрын
Those are some lethargic bees. Vino farm made a super unsulated bee barn. I woukd question the lack of ventilation on his his original design but ut may work for your new location tho even better would be a bee house(google bee houses in Switzerland)
@thetraveler57985 жыл бұрын
Awesome ✔✔☺✔✔
@jrbailey32085 жыл бұрын
Hey there again, I like your videos and most of the time the attitude of you both, HOWEVER, I must say that after watching quite a few of your videos (and yes, I'm subscribed and the bell is 'dinged'), I have to say in some areas, you and your husband definitely meet the standards for the old axiom: "Penny wise and Pound foolish." What I mean by this is that you are NOT figuring your TIME as a Financial Cost!!!!! The prime example in this video is your remark about not using a stapler gun in putting the frames together; you assert that 'hand hammering' is saving you money, when in FACT it is NOT saving you money! It is also harder on the wood of the frames than the staples from a staple gun would be. Staple guns are NOT expensive; if you have a Harbour Freight store near you, you can pick one up on sale often times for UNDER $20. Normally they would be between $20 and $30. A box of staples usually costs anywhere from $5-$10 and that's for 1,000-3,000 staples, which go a LONG WAY for a multitude of projects. Lastly, and this is the key point of my comment, a staple gun allows you to finish a frame in SECONDS rather than MINUTES! It does a more secure job than just nailing AND it is LESS destructively impactful on the wood being staple than nailing is. Your time IS money! Utilizing time saving tools really DOES save money, both on a daily basis and in the long run! Work smarter, not harder! Cheers from a crippled up old Neanderthal in the Oil Patch of Central Wyoming!
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
JR Bailey, cannot deny your reasoning however our reasoning is that we left our full time jobs to have more time to use as we please so time is not a huge factor in our decisions (hence we live the way we do, although simpler, it does in fact take more time for even the smallest of things). You do not have to believe in or agree with why we do what we do nor do I preach that to others on our channel but only try to offer an explanation behind our thought process. We also do not have harbor freight in Alaska, believe me we did in fact look into buying an affordable compressor staple gun however all the money we spend is carefully weighed in our minds and some things we skip out on, even if it may be temporarily, it all adds up. I might add that we do appreciate your words of wisdom, recommendations and of course following along on our channel. I do like to point out to our subscribers that not every decision we make is a clear one, there is almost always a process where we weigh our options :)
@JamesCouch7775 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleLivingAlaska you are doing a great job! You are the best channel in Alaska!
@unacamper91235 жыл бұрын
Bears love Honey!!!!
@kingrafa39382 жыл бұрын
I don't like bees but I love their honey 😂
@MountainCrestFarm5 жыл бұрын
The inner cover is not also known as a queen excluder. Thias is a queen excluder: www.mannlakeltd.com/shop-all-categories/hive-components/queen-excluders . It is placed between the hive body and the first honey super and allows smaller worker bees to get into the honey supers while restricting the larger queen to the hive body.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Mountain Crest Farm I really wish I could edit that part but we'd have to pull the video and do not have the footage anymore to reupload. I realized very soon after that was not a queen excluder ☺
@MountainCrestFarm5 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleLivingAlaska AWS S3 account. Use a Glacier bucket for long term storage. Cheap...VERY cheap, cloud storage. I have every frame of every video I have shot for 2 channels over a 10 year period stored there...less than $10 a month. It might be worth it for you.
@timmoore28263 жыл бұрын
So sorry to ask! What happened to the double axle on the Polaris .Tim in Cape Town.
@rodin3903 жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@fiveon404 жыл бұрын
Hoping to get started with bees, still doing a bunch of research but where did you get your hive?
@EnlightenedEndeavor5 жыл бұрын
Viewers, common, don't be stingy on thumbs up. Even if you can do better. Like, like, like!
@hollynla5 жыл бұрын
This is so interesting. Do you plan on selling the honey that you get from the hives?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Holly in the Ozarks, that would be my dream, right now we are starting small but hope to expand if all goes well.
@sebast0074 жыл бұрын
I live in a northern part of Canada, in Quebec, and I am also a beekeeper. I use Bee's box' polystyrene bodies for some of my beehives. I have never seen the type of beehive you use. Do you have a link or just the name of the product or company for me? Thx and great video I had fun watching it 5*
@SimpleLivingAlaska4 жыл бұрын
sebast007 I don't know the company name since they have no markings but I will ask the beekeeper I purchased them from this spring and try to mention it in another bee video 😃 thanks for watching.
@izby26525 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to have own hive, but can you explain why bees need help with foundation? In nature, they build their hives in tree trunk hollows.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Izby they don't need help with foundation in fact that is why we are foundationless. We did alternate frames with and without foundation at the beginning because if they don't have a guide they can draw cross comb and to be able to pull the frames out they need to be straight ☺
@williamwalter85545 жыл бұрын
Hi Arielle and Eric, Do you follow Doug and Stacy? Did you see the video on their beehives? It's a shame Doug didn't think about a wind block. I hope you get a wind block set up for your bees before winter sets in. Is it an option to move the bees into the green house after the growing season? Would that offer them the protection they need? Cheers, Bill P.S. Getting caught up on the backlog of your videos.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
William Walter yes we do have plans for a wind block, seems we are running short on time though! Been pretty busy lately but we will get to it 😀
@thecringelord14505 жыл бұрын
Hi it's Blake
@terryjp30505 жыл бұрын
will the foundation change as the the bog warms up(softer) or did you plan for that as to staying level?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Terry JP that's a great question, it is less soft now since the water has dried up, it is relatively squishy in spring and fall and hard again with frost in the winter. So far everything has stayed level.
@franswi30265 жыл бұрын
Hi , I don't know about Alaska but having kept bees for a long time in upstate NY temperate climate my bees always did well on the east side of a windbreak whether its shrubs or trees. I always kept the colonies out of the wind. I tried to face them east so they work earlier in the morning and in the afternoon they had some shade from the hot afternoon sun. Warmth and dry vs cold and wet made a huge difference in colony health and honey production. Also air drainage, ie the natural tendency of cold wet air to settle in low ground pockets is something to avoid, I always put hives on the leeward slope of a hill if I had a choice.Your conditions may call for some different practices but I would monitor the hives to see what is needed in your area. Good luck in your venture!
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
FranSwi, all those same ideas apply here as well :)
@mariahferguson58814 жыл бұрын
Where did u get your bee hives from?
@AnAlaskaHomestead5 жыл бұрын
That’s super cool! You guys have so much going on. Will the bees live through the winter or do you have to get new bees every year? I’m excited to see you guys get some honey this year. Just got to the over wintering section. Let’s hope these little guys survive the cold. Eric’s a bold man. I’d be standing a little further back😂 You don’t feed friends to the chickens 😂 You guys ha e a beetastic day too. lol
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
My Alaska Dream, that is the plan, we plan to do splits in the future and have more hives because it is common to lose some hives (not every year but I am sure we will experience this). I was surprised Eric was able to handle the queens and help out a lot without getting stung, he must have the magic touch! :)
@AnAlaskaHomestead5 жыл бұрын
Yup he’s got the magic touch👍
@dianebevans6864 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your supply’s. And what books or links did you get to make you successful. We are a zone 6 and I have wanted to do beekeeping for a while now. But totally ignorant.
@rick914435 жыл бұрын
Suddenly, thinking BEARS???
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Richard Rider we don't have problems with bears presently.
@raincoast90105 жыл бұрын
Are you not worried about bears getting into the hives? A solar powered fence perhaps?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
rain coast, not horribly at the moment, there are bears here and we do plan to have electric fencing other areas so it would be easy to add some here.
@lvsaltwater4 жыл бұрын
I like all your video's :) You used a lot of bee terms in this video ,,, I have no clue what those terms mean ,, wish you would have gone into that for us ,,
@r.blakehole9325 жыл бұрын
Yes, at the temps you guys are messing with the bees in this video the chances of getting stung are very low as....they cannot be very active at those temperatures. I did some beekeeping as a kid in Oregon and, I had never heard of pollen patties! But, makes sense in Alaska to get the bees going as early as possible. But, my big question is how do you keep bears from tearing up your hives?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
R. Blakehole the pollen patties are helpful here and yes you are right it was a cold day for install. We have not had an issue with bears but would like to extend our electric fence that way in the future.
@grimes70825 жыл бұрын
Where did you get your bees from
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Logan Time, I ordered them a local beekeeper in the Mat Su Valley however they are brought up from California.
@michellejew14165 жыл бұрын
The bees were cold, that's why they were so inactive/ lethargic. Should have waited until the day warmed up bit and worked quickly to get them into hive and closed up. If there is too much space for the bees to keep warm with body heat they get cold and die. You placed smoker slightly upwind from hive so smoke was drifting into/over hive. Do not even do that with African bee's I work with as it taints the honey and is not good for bee's. Enjoy yourselves.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Michelle Jew thanks for the tip about the smoker. It didn't get warmer that day and the bees had potentially been in their packages for 4 days so we felt it was best to get them installed, I could have probably worked quicker but was a little hesitant the first time working with them ☺
@Dave-ge1uu5 жыл бұрын
Don't quite understand the reasoning of using the 3/4 inch nails attach the foundation cleats instead of a stapler. you indicated that you didn't have a stapler but it the 16: 27-minute mark there is a stapler laying on the pallet by the smoker.
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Dave 1947, that stapler is actually not the appropriate type for bee frame assembly, we would really need a compressor powered type. Great question :)
@Miko_Jones5 жыл бұрын
That wooden top board is NOT a queen excluder! A queen excluder is a precisely spaced mesh (normally metal or plastic) that is just too small for the queen to pass through but just big enough for the workers to squeeze through. The top board goes on the top (clue is in the name) , a queen excluder would go where you have put the top board. photo of queen excluder ;- cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-5bblj3/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/814/1385/STAINLESS_QUEEN_EXCLUDER__74469.1440766253.jpg
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Miko Jones, thank you! I did think that was incorrect when I said it, now I know. Top board it is :) Also see what your saying because I noticed she would be able to leave that area through the top board opening. I hadn't seen a picture of one and haven't been introduced to one yet, thanks for the link.
@40intrek5 жыл бұрын
What about the bears??
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
40intrek, no beekeepers that I know have their bees protected in this area but we may extend our electric fence out there in the future since there are bears here.
@maineshire5 жыл бұрын
Bears?
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
mainshire, we will most likely add an electric fence around the area in the future.
@patriciachuchian12555 жыл бұрын
What about bears????
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
verdonne amoureux, we have not had a problem with bears but would like to extend our electric fence over that way.
@user-tw8ov4 жыл бұрын
Umm bears bees equal honey honey equals bears
@JennyHogan-q1vАй бұрын
I love bees but they are the death of me.
@Washkeeton5 жыл бұрын
Only complaint... you painted all your hives the same color... you need to make them all look different in some way so the bees can identify which hive they belong to .. and yes this is something and not a joke. You don't want them to get confused and end up going into the wrong hive... one reason for a high number of bee deaths...
@SimpleLivingAlaska5 жыл бұрын
AK Washkeeton, I am aware of this and placed the hives at a different orientation which I read will be fine so that should minimize drifting. If we add on more hives I am going to add more colors in but now that you mention it, I will add a rock or another differing item on top :)
@jedidiah51315 жыл бұрын
Just an observation; I know nothing about bee keeping....but I stopped in at commercial honey producer and asked a few questions...The owner told me as long as the hives are orientated even just a few inches in difference and a few feet apart from the other hives the losses will be minimal....Great vids...thanks.