The Art of Log Hive Making

[@THESHOMROM]

Wonderful! My Dad kept 5 large hives and I grew to love bees and have never feared them. Neither of us were ever stung and I remember sitting in clover and allowing the bees to land on me while spending lazy afternoons watching them collect. Some became so laden with pollen I WAS AMAZED THEY COULD FLY. Thank you for a great video.

[@Solarbeez]

I've done three log hives now and have never had the luck of pushing out big chunks of wood like you did. Well done. I have ALWAYS had to use a 'sledge and spike' method...a real labor of love. Three log hives have all attracted natural swarms with a little honeycomb, melted wax, and lemongrass oil. It's a sight to see when a natural swarm decides to move in.

[@braulioperez181]

Thanks so much for your honest contribution to mankind throughout these efforts. Without bees, there will be no food. You are helping saving millions of lives. Thanks much.

[@chefgiovanni]

What a great video. Thanks for sharing. We love the bees as they help our tomatoes and basil plants and without them, there would be less food ! Keep up the good work. Time to cook.

[@vonHannersdorf]

Perfect! One of the most beautiful videos on youtube ;-) Greeting from Czech Republic

[@Gaiabees]

thanks. Either way, they can be inoculated with propolis and bees move in by themselves, or one could move a swarm into it.

[@GustavoPou]

una maravilla ... buen trabajo

[@DrWoodyII]

Gaia Bees: Very interesting concept, thank you for sharing. How do you harvest the honey without destroying the hive?

[@isaacikaika]

Even with the production chain you use on your saw, you can get away with running canola, or corn oil, and it works fine, as long as you are not running it all day.

[@bradleykloeckl204]

I've used strictly canola oil even for milling...doesn't gum up.

[@DeDraconis]

Are these to let the bees come in and just fend for their own? How do you access the inner bits to check on the Queen/brood, presence of mites etc?

[@billiamc1969]

Wonderful!!!! I love log hives...

[@benheatherman2839]

Man, using the nose of a saw aways sketches me out. really cool regardless.

[@Cancun771]

Here's a trick: Don't screw the router into the circle jig. Fit the jig with a hole that fits the router's guide bushing. That way, you can just stick in the router and it can rotate inside the circle jig. Result: No cable hassle because the rotating router's position stays the same in relation to your hands! In essence, you just need to move your arms back and forth, a bit like like a piston, while the jig translates the motion into circular like a crank.

[@vanjagajic2702]

This works with resinous trees too? (like in this vid, what is that a pine or sth?)

[@abdallahhaouari8143]

Travailla d'un vrais professionnelle.Merci pour cette méthode et technique.(Morrocco).

[@Gaiabees]

Merci beaucoup.

[@abdallahhaouari8143]

Gaia Bees je vous en prie,bonne continuation et chance aussi.

[@Gaiabees]

J'amerais voir les abeilles natural en Maroque. Merci.

[@barryo-sw2kk]

That was really cool, but how do you harvest the honey?

[@salamamarubey2436]

Thank u for the formation ,can i get in touch with and get a log , or bay it i appreciate how you respect the bees ,Peace and Love

[@thisissoeasy]

Thank you for sharing this interesting video... Cheers from Outback Australia..... (I have a very large "dead" palm tree which I will try and convert into a bee-"house")

[@mgh9720]

This is super cool. Thanks so much! How long does it usually take a hive to move in?

[@8126926]

Are you using a ripping chain?

[@kestrel1633]

Using a rip chain to do those bore cuts?

[@momomohamed8091]

thank you so much u are very intelligent man thanks for sharing 😊

[@bigfootsasquatch-sl2mn]

nothing beats a stihl.

[@marcjtdc]

How do you stop birds from nesting in it?

[@mistersmith3986]

This guy is great with a chainsaw. The job is absolutely awesome. Thanks for the video!

[@aaronzimmerman1089]

Love it. That is OUTSTANDING! :)

[@hosseinhayati9820]

Well done, Sir!

[@Laura_M-16]

Bees will make a home in virtually anything they can fit inside. I don't think they care if it's a hollowed out log, a box, or a Weber grill. Still, that's pretty cool.

[@bradleykloeckl204]

Beautiful. I used a 4' chunk of cottonwood, maybe a bit larger in diameter. Thank you.

[@abdallahelhaouari4180]

ta méthode est unique et elle ma donné une aidée de fabrication de ruche traditionnelle.morrocco

[@YvesBodin]

very nice vidéo and very good job ... from France..

[@xxxxxPr0xxxxx]

can you carve it out using fire?

[@plimoth]

Bees do not like the smell of smoke.

[@xxxxxPr0xxxxx]

Thx

[@mianihtsham593]

beautiful work

[@kyrg]

Why not cut in down the middle after routing, a skill saw could cut down to the last inch then adz it out by hand to finish thickness, and nail it back together?

[@nerymiriam8994]

uma casinha natural para as abelhas, interferência mínima, excelente!

[@evaanuradha08]

I just got a beautiful log for this purpose, it is from an old Ash tree, about 50cm in diameter and 120cm long. Now I just need a chainsaw like the one in this video, they arent cheap, but i figure that i can earn the money back by making hives for others. What time is the best to work with the log? best when the log is wet or dry? since I dont know when I get a chainsaw, should I then cover op the log or leave it exposed to the weather - its turning winter now

[@Lesley246]

Amazing!

[@ExarKenneth71]

This is a great video I would like to try this with Hemlock which doesn't rot like pine does unfortunly most have been killed by aphids.

[@kouadiojeanmarieadjikouass2347]

Chaque jour je decouvre des choes etonnante sur l apiculture et de son evolution dans le monde,nous Africains avons besoins ces connaissances pour a

[@kouadiojeanmarieadjikouass2347]

avancer dans nos pays.

[@sislertx]

so....in the days before chainsaws how would they of done this?

[@rdreynoldsbanana]

Wow OMFG W-O-W!

[@barbarareid387]

Am wondering why more orchard grower don't do this? Lovely respect for the bees and non interference too. No supers is such a great idea, thanks.

[@deltafour1212]

I'm "stealing" this idea

[@dannersmyers]

Too bad we logged our forests to the point were we have to make hollow logs for bees.. Having said that I'm glad somebody's doing it!👍🏻 great video!! Thanks for the share

[@hankhankyourhankerin401]

It looks like sap resin wood

[@Daracdor]

Inspiring

[@abdallahhaouari8143]

les bonnes abilles sont des montagnes,je suis loins, des que j'ais l'occasion je filme,le miel Marocaine du montagne est médicale,car il y'a beaucoup de plante medicale.

[@Gaiabees]

Je comprend. Le miel es très unique et les montagnes sont un refuge pour les abeilles. Merci.

[@QNATURUNDHUND]

NICE

[@karelvanleer429]

take the chance and cut straight down into the round circular Mark around the tree when use cut make sure you cut down into your circular router take the chainsaw and make sure you go up and down all the way into the router then go diagonal after you bang out all the slots. take the chance and use it like a router instead of using that big metal chisel use the chainsaw and pretend it's a router

[@plimoth]

As stated in the video, he uses the chisel to avoid chainsaw bar oil in the finished product.

[@pizzashmoney]

Karel Van Leer if you did that yes it would be much faster but you'd get the chainsaw oil in the hive and that would keep bees suspicious of what it is and why it smells like that

[@altafhusain7298]

nice