Dude, 8 hives? Very proud of you for sticking with it. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey. You have surpassed my expectations from this channel. I'm a 12 year beekeeper from texas. Notes are absolutely necessary. Good job, bud. You must have a good mentor.
@jntd41605 ай бұрын
Couldn't have said it better myself! It feels like he just started beekeeping yesterday. I feel very proud too, and amazed.....he's brilliant! 👏👏👏 💞From Saline, Michigan🌼🐝🐝🐝
@maxmichalik35385 ай бұрын
@@jimbob2826why do you think hes lying
@deepstatecia5 ай бұрын
I got 9 hives.
@CB-xr1eg4 ай бұрын
@@jntd4160 Why would you be proud of Alex? It's not like you're related or anything. 🤷♂
@txbirdman014 ай бұрын
CB-xr1eg has a point. As a fellow beekeeper it feels like a sort of pride, but to be clear, I do not know Alex personally. I'm joyfully impressed?
@kalle96435 ай бұрын
You are beguining to look really confident around the bees. I’m proud and impressed of your progress!
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
Thanks Kalle! Still making lots of silly mistakes but learning with each one! Hope your season is going well in Sweden.
@kalle96435 ай бұрын
That's the nature of beekeeping-there's always a new mistake to be made.😀 We're having a pretty terrible season here in Sweden. Unless a miracle happens, we're headed for a record-low honey harvest.
@esthersanchez22645 ай бұрын
@@just_alexWOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW YOU KEEP A RECORD OF The goings on of each of your Box Stations. WHAT U FOUND, WHAT U DID, WHAT EVER!!! ? SO MANY PEOPLE ARE VIEWING YOUR CHANNEL 👍🏽. BEE 🐝CAUSE ❤
@wow-roblox83705 ай бұрын
@@esthersanchez2264Please don’t shout, you will give us a headache
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
Ah that’s a shame. Is it the weather causing this? Or another factor?
@benjamindejonge36245 ай бұрын
I’ve got also a bad memory , that’s why I use a QR on the every hive so I can see all the info on my phone
@redwojak51825 ай бұрын
This is the best idea I've seen, thx mate
@chester63435 ай бұрын
What app do you use for that?
@fthfhhdf3 ай бұрын
@@chester6343 maybe you can just link the qr code to a google drive doc and edit it !
@mgharvey36575 ай бұрын
2 in a week? Thank you Sir!
@kraken_egg62615 ай бұрын
23:12 "your grace" - "my queen" - "your highness" love the workers interacting with her 😁
@ahmedbounce30535 ай бұрын
Because of Alex and his first video of beekeeping I got encouraged to start beekeeping i've always wanted to but thought it was impossible for me, right now i have 2 nice Beehives!
@hamoostaffat5 ай бұрын
Great work bro! 👏👏👏 You never fail when you try something new and make a mistake you just learn new tricks and techniques ✌️😊 Hopfully it will be you on here one day sharing your journey for the next lot of peeps 🤘😉👍
@julieguleff85245 ай бұрын
BRAVO! 1st year beekeeper here. I started with 2 nucs. Then added 2 hives, and caught 7 swarms! Huge start with learning. 14 full colonies doing great,harvested 10 GALLONS of honey. Thanks Alex for your amazing, clear, and great videos...a huge help in learning for us new keepers! ❤
@EliseiTr4 ай бұрын
I started the year with 2 bee colonies, and today I have 10. Two of the colonies are smaller, but I believe they will grow by autumn. I follow you with great interest; I really like the way you tell stories-it's very relaxing.
@Enderman04155 ай бұрын
the strategy you apply is genuinely insanely impressive, i feel so blessed to have such a cool guy making such amazing videos about such a wondrous hobby.
@ilikeit2ful5 ай бұрын
High Alex. We are from South Africa and we eagerly awaits each new video your bring out. We like the enthusiasm your portray in your videos. The different between bee keeping and gardening that you touch is inspiring. Keep up the good videos and best of luck with your endeavors.
@diagobenjamin64565 ай бұрын
hi im also from south africa and love the vids
@ilikeit2ful5 ай бұрын
@@diagobenjamin6456 Hay Diago. Good know. So interesting to see people from the same country, watching the same videos from an overseas guy. I see on your channel that you also like beekeeping. Are you also checking out the Black Mountain honey? Stay warm and keep up the beekeeping - we need you young people in this business. (No, I am not a beekeeper, just a fan of it.)
@diagobenjamin64565 ай бұрын
@@ilikeit2ful yeah im also whatching Black Mountain honey`s videos and some people in south africa vids like bushvel bees and my mentor Garick Campbell`s videos im from the western cape in hamlet and now doing bee swarm removals near me.
@rei76635 ай бұрын
Ended up super randomly on this channel when I was taking a nap and woke up mid a video of his and right away I went into a deep dive of his channel and watched all the bee vids. Now I want a bee hive too 🥲 never even thought ab bees like that before that nap🤣
@lauraflores16505 ай бұрын
I am doing the same thing right now!!!! I wish I had the space for beekeeping!!!
@nilandic20365 ай бұрын
Hive at 17:16 I would recommend double brood boxes as you have an Italian strain it should elevate pressure and too ensures they don’t swarm place a queen excluder between floor and brood box hope this helps
@Pat66485 ай бұрын
Alex, the first hive you inspected looks like it may have American Foul Brood or European Foul Brood, as I thought I could see sunken brood capping's and what appeared to be 'melted' larvae. Of course, hopefully this isn't the case, but it may be worth doing some further investigation as it may be the reason that this particular hive is not going as well as your others. By the way, I love your videos and really look forward to them all the way from Australia!
@Unislash5 ай бұрын
Hmmm, doesn't seem like it to me. Of course it's hard to tell with just a few closeups of random brood, but I don't see any perforated caps, nor scales, and I don't see the 'melted' larvae that you do. Might still be something Alex should be looking for in his next inspection though. All that said, what I didn't see *any* of is pollen/bee bread. They should have plenty of access to pollen at this time of year, but if I wanted to boost that colony I would give it a pollen patty. You do have to be careful about when you increase population in the season though; it takes about a month to go from egg to effective worker, and if that puts you in the middle of a nectar dearth then there's no sense in it. Even so, I know that Alex gets a late nectar flow from english ivy so increasing population now seems like a fine thing to do. Good luck with the rest of your bee season, Alex!
@crazieken73705 ай бұрын
Sending love from 🌲 ALASKA ❄️.. I found you only a week ago and fell in love with your vids (I rarely dig in YT) im glad your bees are keeping you busy, and your energy is just as thoroughly energetic ❤❤😅
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
Ta! :)
@neu_trino5 ай бұрын
I knew nothing about bee keepers until I saw this channel - love it, fantastic to watch you at work on the hives.
@PeterPanbe5 ай бұрын
499k subs!!!!! Start prepping the cake 🙂- Congratz and so well deserved with this lovely content. Thanks!
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! :)
@mason09145 ай бұрын
POST MORE VIDS! I look forward to your content more than any other youtube I follow. You are phenomenal at what you do.
@hussanalrubayie30205 ай бұрын
For anyone that didn't know, those yellow masses on the sides of the bees are pockets. Bees have pockets that they fill with pollen to make pollen bread!
@coolingchips14104 ай бұрын
nice bee movie reference
@heatherbailey85943 ай бұрын
Like little Golden ugg boots 😊
@miriamsi-cx4tf5 ай бұрын
The engagement with the audience makes it feel like a community.
@HonigWächter2 ай бұрын
You’re doing an amazing job! Your beehives are absolutely beautiful, and it’s clear that you put so much care into your beekeeping. Keep up the great work! 🐝🐝🍯
@shadowstrike39414 ай бұрын
I cant believe the growth. 8 hives in a few years?? your smashing it man
@brucklay2275 ай бұрын
WOW Alex you’re one away from that magical 500k of subscribers; a tremendous feat, yet deservedly so for your content is full of interesting fact and it’s fun and entertaining to watch. Personally I would love to see you take on and master a long hive next. Its a challenge but a very good instrument for culturing brood to support weakening colonies.
@qwatta5 ай бұрын
Hi Alex, your journey over the past year made me also become an beekeeper. This weekend I am in for my first harvest of honey ever !! thank you for the great explaination and motivating clips!
@BrightestBlessings78995 ай бұрын
Such an accomplished Beekeeper! Well done ,Alex!
@jeahanandmelaniestipp82505 ай бұрын
Hey Alex. I am following you for a few months now. All the way from from Cape Town, South Africa> Really like your videos and all you help. With your videos I started beekeeping myself and really want to do big scale over time
@Christhulhu5 ай бұрын
Love Planet Wild. I'm supporting them since over a year now. :3
@Daniel-i4b7i5 ай бұрын
Amazing how you are so different with keeping bees compared to when you started a year ago. Well done 👏🏻👏🏻
@lindadez55325 ай бұрын
Always look forward to your excellent videos on your bee colonies and the progress you continue to make. Thank you Alex. These are so well done and informative. Well done you!
@thequeenmothermonarch18135 ай бұрын
Thanks Alex for the great relaxing content. I just joined Planet Wild. Thanks for the 1st month free. Now back to my Just Alex marathon. 😊
@stephenb5jones4765 ай бұрын
Have been following Planet Wild since you first mentioned them some time ago. Love their ethic, their work, and their projects! Thanks for highlighting their work.
@WoodsleeSummercraftwoodturning5 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your success with your splits, this year ive gone from 2 hives to 5 hives, the honey flow has been slow so far this year but they have been busy building and growing . Great link to share!! Take care Rob (woodslee Bee’s)
@257ersSupport5 ай бұрын
Clover also is very good for the soil. It binds Co2 from the athmosphere in organic form right at it's roots. Enhancing soil structure while also fertilizing nearby plants!
@MikeA1520621 күн бұрын
lol, and everyone in the US thinks it’s a weed and kills it in there lawn.
@robinfereday65625 ай бұрын
absolutely fantastic what you achieve with the bees throughly fascinating to watch thank you for keeping the planet alive 👍
@CharlesLechmere_the_Ripper5 ай бұрын
Your content has always been on point, absolutely love it. Very enjoyable and im learning tons! I even wanna keep bees myself some day, who knows, but you helped with that too! Last compliment.. Ofc no one likes ads but man you even nail those, must be the first ad i didnt skip and it actually fits perfectly in the content you are making. You deserve so much more imo, but for now thank you for everything so far!
@Phillcalvert-k4x5 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your videos, Entertaining and educational. I especially like the bees, Keep it up, Thanks, Phil.
@nicholasnarcowich91635 ай бұрын
Thank you for your Hands On videos; bees have been an interest to me, mostly because I like to garden & bees are part of that :-) Thank you for sharing.
@muhammadmustafotojimamatov11725 ай бұрын
Let's Hit 500K+ this month, way to go Alex :)
@hrausss5 ай бұрын
Hay mate. I love gardening ,self reliance, sustainability and more. Your videos have taught me a amazing amount about bees. What I love the most is you care for the bees for the bees sake . Money can do many things but money makes most humans bad . Your passion is bees life food and life. The bonus for you is income but not the main motivation of your content and story's keep safe thanks again from Australia 🌏🦘🎉
@Grumfuttocks5 ай бұрын
All looking fantastic Alex and the bees doing some great work. Informative content as always and looking forward to the next update 🇬🇧👍
@craigpartridge1015 ай бұрын
Hi Alex. Got given a hive at Christmas and started watching your videos in preparation for getting a nuc, which i eventually got from Lawrence of Black Mountain Honey. Following your journey with its highs and lows, and watching how your confidence has grown over the past couple of years is truly inspiring. Please keep the videos coming, I learn something new each episode. That said, your beekeeping is better than your skiing!
@_Justin03054 ай бұрын
I have Italian bees ordered for next May. Watching your videos has helped relieve some anxiety on taking on the hobby and job of bee keeping. More excited about it now.
@rachelmcconnell15615 ай бұрын
If you do any treatments for the varroa mite I’d love a video abt it! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
@roybongalon4754 ай бұрын
just found out ur channel randomly in yt, watching your in bee keeping + gardening makes a chilling vibe everynight when i watch ur vids, keep this up bro, more more gardening vids and bee keeping!!!
@AnjaMay4335 ай бұрын
I don't think I've ever commented, but I knew I liked you for a reason other than your awesome content plant wild is amazing!
@bobhond39765 ай бұрын
Hi Alex, I just wanted to say that your videos give me so much joy. The beekeeping and gardening is such inspiring! I love it. Thank you for making those videos!
@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn5 ай бұрын
I've been beekeeping for over a decade and I'm always learning something new! Great video, Alex!
@izabelasiczek35475 ай бұрын
You an early bee Alex upload at 7am 😉 thank you what a lovely video to wake up to and drink my coffee to
@Kyla949344 ай бұрын
Love planet wild, that's great that you're paying for the first month of membership for some people! I joined a few months ago, I love what they do
@Fishfriend0013 ай бұрын
I live for every bee update! I love seeing all the ups and downs of your journey, I hope I’ll be able to keep bees one day as well 🐝 💕
@tomassilva1193 ай бұрын
i cannot sleep well until i have another bee update😭😭 he said another one was coming a month ago and my only thought is that he died
@soniayoung75315 ай бұрын
Heyy Alex you're doing great with your bees keeping, the hives look so healthy you address your bees beautifully, awesome elephants thanks for sharing stay safe
@Ambees_Honey5 ай бұрын
Bees are looking good Alex! Hope your honey flow and harvest is good this year!!
@amosfour5 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to watch the honey extraction already! Definitely buying some this year if possible!
@debbieperfect16165 ай бұрын
Thanks
@debbieperfect16165 ай бұрын
I'm like you, been beekeeping for a few years now. I've expanded to 6 from 2 hives and have also bought from Laurence too. You are fun to watch. X
@petermcfadden94265 ай бұрын
Love your enthusiasm! Greetings from Conwy Honey Fair. 🤩
@dezmondw79275 ай бұрын
Great job Alex.. 8 hives!!! Less goooo! Love from Southern Oregon
@MatthewLRothon4 ай бұрын
This content is brilliant, I never thought I would be so interested in Bees! Thank you Alex
@TheLudwiga5 ай бұрын
Wow that's a lot of bees! So cool seeing this grow
@kb1sxv5 ай бұрын
I love the progress. Thank you. Your videos have helped me get started with my first year of bee keeping in CT USA. I'm very happy to see it's working out for you and I really enjoyed the new video.!
@jasonj30042 ай бұрын
Holy! Your hives are getting almost too much to handle man. I hope you can stay on top of them 👍🙏🏼
@rovingrods5 ай бұрын
You've done it Alex.... Half a million subscribers... Well done!!!👏👏👏
@Socrates21stCentury4 ай бұрын
Nice Job!
@davidmaloney27245 ай бұрын
You are doing so good. Just a wee tip. Start taking out two frames from the brood chamber to make it easy to go through and best two to take out are start three frames away from the cluster of bees. That way you never hurt the queen
@goldenegg10635 ай бұрын
I Really want a beehive one day but one of those bee friendly hives that allow you to extract honey without harming a single bee 🐝 :) . . Bees are one of my top favorite flying insect 😊
@Hargitasimplyliving5 ай бұрын
wow wow wow! Not just the bees doing a god job!
@alisonvorster79465 ай бұрын
Sending love from South Africa 🇿🇦 it’s so cool to follow your journey!
@AndrewAHayes5 ай бұрын
I watched a few of your bee videos, I was sure I knew who you were and then it dawned on me, I used to read about you and your brothers fishing exploits in the angling press!
@Indhel99575 ай бұрын
Love the bee videos! You make me wish I could try beekeeping.
@marinav51055 ай бұрын
I love your videos so much! Wishing you all the best ❤😊
@LaplandYurts5 ай бұрын
Wow! The colonies look great! 🐝🐝🐝
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
Thanks, hope you are keeping well in the north!
@JeremyFuller-nh7lt5 ай бұрын
Well done Alex ,I really do learn alot with your videos.
@daviddeane72935 ай бұрын
Nice one Alex it's nice to see your bee's doing so well and looking so healthy, amazing work, Alex, as always 🐝🐝🐝 😁👍
@josephtyus64065 ай бұрын
Love your content. My Grand father had several hives. You have inspired me to try my hand at beekeeping also. Cheers mate!
@lisaharper18273 ай бұрын
Just fascinating! Your talent with the hives is impressive and growing! Sorry you got stung.
@iammeniece5 ай бұрын
Love watching you videos I miss your longer ones I looked forward to those long videos from you.
@arno44825 ай бұрын
Greetings from Australia. Great video Alex! You’ve certainly come a long way since your first year of beekeeping video. I’m essentially at the same experience level as you, also in my 2nd year of beekeeping, however I use the FlowHive system. Keep up the great work!
@jacksfacts205 ай бұрын
I would be cautious about the optimism about elephants being deterred by bees from crop raiding. I was with one of the first researchers who studied this in South Africa and they were trying to replicate the study by putting bee boxes around watering holes to see if they would be deterred. Needless to say, it was not working as the elephants were drinking water right next to the bee boxes. I even have a photos of the elephants next to the bee hives without reacting to it. Now, a paper in '16 suggested it was bee activity that helped as you need big, active hives to help deter elephants. Trust me, I want a way of deterring elephants from crop raiding more than anyone so there is less conflict between humans and elephants but I really don't know if bees are the answer.
@Tuvy_Tuvemue5 ай бұрын
Interesting input because I live in Namibia and we farm in an area where the elephants have recently made their new home 😭 they are so aggressive and have torn our yards and put their tusks through our water tanks multiple times🥲 we are literally competing with them for our boreholes. We had plans to expand into horticulture and use bees to deter the elephants, but given that your study I think we need to find a better way of getting rid of them.
@jacksfacts205 ай бұрын
@@Tuvy_Tuvemue I feel for you, it's hard to deter elephants without harming them. I don't want to totally deter you from using honeybees against elephants as some studies suggest they do work, I just want to make it clear that it's not a silver bullet. Also, don't forget selling honey is a great supplement to your income as well! you may need a multi-layered approach like honeybees and spicy peppers grown around the area. Keep trying and don't give up!
@fishwithcarl5 ай бұрын
Congratulations on 500K subs bro!!!! Nice bees too
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
cheers bro, couldn't have done with without ur help!
@fishwithcarl5 ай бұрын
@@just_alex ❤
@peggyday2365 ай бұрын
Your bees look so healthy, great job!
@MelissaEllenx5 ай бұрын
Keep up the amazing content!
@ravchik_thor5 ай бұрын
Congrats on 500k! Love your content😊
@anjafenk92075 ай бұрын
omg!!! so happy to see you uploaded! been waiting patiently for a new video! happy to see ur back :))
@randym89635 ай бұрын
Hi Alex, its Randy from nwh. Love those full sized hives...
@SpanielshuntingtrialingNZ5 ай бұрын
Always appreciate and enjoy your videos Alex, thank you.
@XMarkxyz5 ай бұрын
25:31 The nectar must flow: my bees, my clovers, my honeyyy!
@rovingrods5 ай бұрын
You'll hit 500k today mate👌
@just_alex5 ай бұрын
yay, that's quite a lot of people!
@feliciawhite77285 ай бұрын
Yay! So excited you posted. Its 1:30am, but im staying up to watch. I was wondering how the bees were doing.
@jimmywhiteog5 ай бұрын
YEAH ALEX UPLOADED!!
@OMGitsSleek5 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work Alex!! Congrats on 500k 🎉
@orlandotorres59793 ай бұрын
Try Alex to use a frame with queen cell and make a split, they look like very busy bee hive goon jeans to keep. Happy beekeeping
@KnucklesGaming245 ай бұрын
YESSSS, I LOVE YOU ALEX!
@yumecheckmate55513 ай бұрын
Love it
@EndingSimple4 ай бұрын
you make it look easy. I'm happy for your success.
@beccasomersmith68075 ай бұрын
Hey Alex, I enjoy your videos because I love your attitude to life! Can I ask you to do something around your bee endeavours? Can you look into natural aka low intervention beekeeping? I'd like to see you become a bee colony protector rather than a honey farmer (which weakens the bees 😢) cheers
@chelleb30555 ай бұрын
Beekeeping suits you! And it's really fun watching as a new beekeeper myself. I cheated and bought a Flow hive though lol. ♥
@rugglez5 ай бұрын
Thanks Alex. And it is not often I see an advert on youtube that I actually want to know more about.
@davidprice63345 ай бұрын
Congrats on half a million subs!
@YippeePlopFork5 ай бұрын
Fantastic job Alex! Well done.👏
@HomesteadAce5 ай бұрын
In regards to moving frames: I thought maybe it makes sense to put a fresh frame every 2 frames; that way you increase the chance of survival for the isolated frames and still achieve your goal. I'm not a bee keeper at all; just something that popped in my mind.
@Vgardener4 ай бұрын
I enjoying watching your channel so much. I learnt a lot too. Thank you for sharing
@izaaksom5 ай бұрын
I love this beekeeping videos. I don't have bees but I hope someday I can.