Unwrapping an Abandoned Hive - First inspection in Years - How are the Honey Bees?

We were gifted a hive on honey bees from a neighbor. They had been left behind when a home transfer ownership. What is the condition of these bees? Will be able to salvage any of the rotted equipment. Will they be too defensive to keep. Join us to find out.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

I don’t know why the KZbin algorithm gave me this video, but I’m glad it did. Fascinating! I’m glad the hardworking bees kept their society going despite abandonment and will be able to continue. I’m also glad you got some reward - healthy bees and lots of honey - for your kindness.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Sometimes I think Google knows us better than we know ourselves, which is scary. Model trains are my new obsession, thanks KZbin.

[@wilfredkube8570]

You wondered, at the start of this video, what you would find inside this hive. So did I, and I was pleasantly surprised that the bees had so much honey, and that the amount of burr-comb was not extremely excessive. I do not have “years and years” of experience as a beekeeper, but I do have a few, and would like to comment about several things which I observed about the way you did this inspection. You used the smoker, gently, to pacify the bees, in an appropriate way. When you wished to remove the first honey frame, you did use your hive tool to separate just a couple of the frames from each other. I believe that in a situation like this, when there was a fair amount of burr-comb on top of the frames, and also some wild comb bridging between frames, that it should have been highly desirable to use the hive tool to break all of the seal between adjacent frames, and to compress all of the frames to one side of the hive box. In this way you could have gained a little more space around the first frame that you removed from the hive box. I was surprised to see that you just flicked the burr-comb onto the ground when you removed that excess wax from the honey frames. There are two reasons why I say this: Firstly, while burr-comb in the hive is a hindrance to a beekeeper, the wax is a valuable byproduct, and can easily be refined for use. There are many uses for beeswax, which is much more valuable (weight for weight) than honey. Secondly, by scrapping that wax onto the ground, encouragement is being provided to pest-species which can feed on it. But after making these observations I wish to express my disappointment about one other thing. I know that is difficult to avoid crushing some bees when the hive boxes are being manipulated. At the 8:25 mark of the video you placed the yellow-painted hive box directly onto the flat migratory cover of the adjacent hive. There were many bees on the bottom of the honey frames in that yellow box, and you just dropped that yellow box onto that flat surface, crushing many bees in the process. This was not a thoughtful act! I say this especially because you acknowledged that these bees may have good resistance to mites.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Wilford, Thanks for watching and commenting. Let me try and answer it all. Hit me back if I miss something or if want to discuss this further. I knew these bees would be full of honey our fall had a tremendous flow of honey dew (aphid poop). What I wish I had spoke more about was the lack of bee bread in the hive. I maybe saw a dozen cells of pollen and should have emphasized that. The queen should of had a larger brood patterns, but there was nothing to feed them. I am glad we got them when we did. I do not think they would have lasted another month without intervention. There was no young to replace these rapidly aging foragers. Hopefully she will respond and start laying more now that they are on wet and dry pollen substitute. They aren’t out of the woods yet, I’ll check again in a couple of weeks. If she hasn’t responded and started to lay by then we will use them to merge with a moderate hive to make them strong. If she responds I will find a weaker hive to boost this one. We have 3 weeks to get all of our hives to an eight frame average so they make the grade for almond pollination. I used the hive tool to crack the boxes open, the propolis holding the boxes together was dry and old (not sticky). Once I heard the crack and felt the release it was easy to remove. The frames in the brood chamber weren’t going to budge from lifting off the super. Those deep frames were glued in there tight as you can see when I moved on to the deep. We have a couple hundred hives behind the camera. We police the area at the end of each work day and pick up any old wax and propolis. At 8:25 - I believe there is a 3/8” gap between the bottom of the frames and the bottom of the super. This space is left so bees can move between boxes, for better ventilation and feeding. When the boxes are in contact with the ground we put them on their sides. I don’t want grass or dirt getting stuck to the bottoms. Grass hanging out the side of a box can get a whole load of bees turned around at the California border agricultural inspection station. I wanted to shake those bees out of that box so I could not do it on the brood chamber. We routinely place these on other hives to work from, knowing the bottoms have the correct bee space. This prevents bees re-entering the super from the bottom as well, critically in the spring when we are making splits and need to keep the queen down below. Look at the lid when its removed. The bees walk off. With all this said, I need to be more aware of my audience and slow down for some of these demonstrations. We have to go through hundreds of hives in a day and that need for speed does kill some bees. I wish I had the time to really slow it down and keep everything single bee alive. Thank you for watching and your thoughtful comments. I have a lot to learn and I encourage the comments. I really want this channel to be interactive. I know there is so much for me to learn from the KZbin community. Hopefully I can teach a little too or at least entertain.

[@beebob1279]

Yep. It makes me wonder how experienced this guy really is.

[@bricelarie6527]

@@beebob1279 Well, he may allow some time to scrap propolis from the side the frame shoulders later, and push back honey frame splitting the brood during winter till ... He find out priorities ... And what's fast, what's not . Just can't find yet what's the interest putting the whole yard at risk not observing small quarantine ... leaving thoses on their own ... Treating them if needed ... He don't even know if that honey is good for bees consumption ... Hopefully, really looks like good frame watching the wood coloration ... Just another one making its way without help caught by the industries ... Was it even great at some point ??? Sure ... Always on the moves, thoses great captains ... The heck !

[@IWH777]

I AM SO VERY GLAD THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU OUT THERE THAT CARE ENOUGH TO HELP THE HONEY BEE POPULATION OUT THERE... BLESSINGS & BE HOPE FILLED FOR ALL THAT YOU DO... FRANKI

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Thank you. We sure love them.

[@ThatTracyJuneStafford]

Well what I think is, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! Wow!!!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Oh my, Thank you. We will keep them coming. Thanks for watching.

[@jakerogers2766]

Awesome Gary! I'm thrilled to see you on KZbin. Just subscribed! To viewers: This is our second year working with Gary where he manages numerous hives on our property. He is fascinating! We are so thankful to have found him.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Awe thanks Jake, I love that I found the bees and I am fulfilled with work that I find meaningful again. Working with great folks like you and your family is the cherry on top of the sundae.

[@gregmckay666]

If you suspect the hive is infected with mites since they haven't been managed, is it wise to place it so close to one of your regular hives? Aren't you worried about transferance.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

In a perfect world I would quarantine them somewhere. This hive was within a mile of another yard of mine, with forage scarce right now I’m sure they’ve been in contact. Also we have been consolidating our apiaries to get ready for spring and almond pollination hives from 80 small yards have been brought to this same place over the two weeks prior. Now that we have them all back together we’ve performed some spot checks and have been getting mostly 2 and 3 counts. So time to treat them all. Last check, mid November, before we started moving bees around we were finding zero’s and one’s. Thanks for watching.

[@roboMike33]

Great video thank you!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

[@seedsandarrowsfrontier9224]

Strong looking hive! That was a lucky find! I just found your channel and staying tuned for more videos!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Welcome aboard! Thank you for you kind words, we will keep them coming.

[@matejkubis]

Cool video! Sending love from Czechia

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Many thanks. I once heard in your country 1 in every 250 people are beekeepers. Is that true? I always thought that it was an amazing stat if true.

[@matejkubis]

@@honeybeesunlimited Yes, keeping bees is very popular here for a long time. Nothing is better than buying honey from someone local right.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

@@matejkubis Yes indeed. Support your local beekeepers!!!

[@dorisslaybarber6881]

Great video will watch again

[@honeybeesunlimited]

You are the best, thank you for watching and all the support.

[@chickenwhisperer8410]

Nice video. I have recently noticed several abandoned hives where I live. They are in worse shape than the one you opened. I think I will have to get new hive bodies and probably frames as well. As soon as I get permission from the landowner I will get them. One of the hives tops is sprung open and the bees are coming and going from there as well as the bottom. I may have to get some ideas for how to handle them

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Just suit up proceed with caution. Always good to plan for the worst and hope for the best. You would be doing a good dead.

[@Dulari4820]

Really interesting, thank you! You mentioned that you encourage beekeepers to not wear gloves because it's helpful in learning how to handle them better. That the bees will teach you. That's amazing! What kind of signs, positive or negative, would a person look for in terms of bee.... posturing? Behavior? Is there a large variety from hive to hive? Thank you in advance!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

First sign is the noise they are making. Gentle bees are normally quiet. When queen-less they have a strong hum about the entire hive. Not knowing these bees it would have been better for me to use gloves the first time in. I think these bees will settle down. Removing the super took a lot of force and jolted the hive disturbing these bees. We don’t tolerate highly defensive bees in our yard, some [people like them for honey production we prefer less active gentler bees. We re-queen defensive hives with gentler stock. So yes there is a large variety in behavior from hive to hive. Most of the ones we keep are calm. I do not recommend no gloves if you have highly defensive bees. They will always sting you when working with them.

[@fanatamon]

Good vid nice bees. Interesting they survived varroa alone.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Many thanks. We just peaked in them today I’ll post an update later.

[@doctortcbkk2027]

The bees were so “flighty”, I was sure they were queenless.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

They were restless for sure, didn’t have that queenless hum. We moved them in the night before they were orienting still, also no telling when they were last worked. The propolis between frames was hard as a rock.

[@asunnybizzybee]

so fun to bee a part of this!!!!!! :)

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Thanks for your help!

[@tonyjenkins272]

Hope ya didn’t kill queen some rough handling

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Hi Tony, Thanks for your concern. We will know soon enough. Hopefully she responds to some pollen sub and gets to laying, if not we will cull her and merge them into a viable hive. I don't want those workers to go to waste if she doesn't respond. The hive was starved of pollen. Those queens are pretty resilient. We shake them around all the time. We are careful not to roll them when removing frames for inspection. How would you recommend we change our technique? We go through hundred of hives in a day and we are always looking to be more efficient while not hurting our livelihood.

[@nickharwood1181]

Man your rough on em. Must be a commercial keeper lol

[@honeybeesunlimited]

You guessed it that may have been the 100th hive I looked at that day, trying to tone it down. Thanks for watching.

[@markspc1]

Woo wee tough Liberty Valley beekeeper !

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Thanks for watching

[@vboutlaw6537]

May I ask what part of the country you are in? You mentioned the CA inspection station in one of your comments so you must be somewhere close to me.I am planning to start beekeeping this spring and looking for a keeper close by to learn from.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

We are in North Texas. We truck the bees to the Central Valley in California each February for almond pollination. Even with high trucking costs its worth it. The almond pollen is very nutritious for the larva. The hives get a 6 week head start on spring and the hives come back ready to split 3 or 4 ways. We call it “The Almond Effect”.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Figure out who is selling the most bees in your area. You want to mentor under someone that has bees to sell each spring.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

just wondering, you took away the rotten entrance, but I didn't see that you left them another entrance, the box looked flat

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Good eye, thats the rear of the hive now. I installed them on a 4-way commercial pallet bottom board. The entrance is on the other side. I'll try and do a quick video talking about it. Seems to be a new concept to some small scale beekeepers.

[@wazza33racer]

the buzzy bees were saved.........instead of being sprayed with diesel fuel. A win for sure!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Yes indeed, thank you for watching

[@dammitamber]

How do you get honey out of that!? What’s the honey… extraction process??

[@honeybeesunlimited]

We are not going to extract this honey for human consumption. I do not know the history of the hive, if or when they had any treatments that could’ve gotten into the honey. Too risky. Thanks for watching.

[@beckyroark9281]

This is really great! I wish I could do this.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Take the plunge. It’s a good time to start learning. Then get some bees in the spring.

[@michaelmosley254]

I was wondering do bees freeze when it gets bad cold nice video

[@honeybeesunlimited]

They are pretty hearty, but yes. We don’t get into our hives if it is under 55f. Small colonies have trouble maintaining their heat. Large colonies due just fine. Thanks for watching.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@honeybeesunlimited For northern climates, would a layer of styrofoam around the hive during the winter months be a good idea?

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I’m not the o be to ask. I just don’t have the experience with colder climates. I’ve seen a lot of stuff on the market, but don’t have cold weather experience.

[@Beekeeping_Bro]

Did you do alcohol wash for varroa ?

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Yes, We use the Veto-Pharma Varroa EasyCheck. When we reach a threshold of 2 mites per hundred we treat the yard. The only time of year that we treat without checking is late summer when we pull supers. We change up the treatments seasonality try to minimize any mite resistance to treatments.

[@collegeguy14]

You throw them a jar of honey or something for thinking of you?

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Usually we are doing them a bigger favor than them us, but in this case everything didn’t end up in the burn pile. I agree and think this warrants some good local honey. Thanks for keeping us honest.

[@SOU6900]

I was honestly expecting to see a hive that was over run by wax moths.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I knew it had bees and honey from carrying to the location, it was so heavy.

[@SOU6900]

@@honeybeesunlimited As much as I hate to say it if you were to go through the hives I got still alive in my back yard I guarantee you'll find them full of wax moths.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

@@SOU6900 Sad day, The cold usually fight back the moths. Maybe its not too late to turn around this survivors. The wax moths come after some other reason has caused them to decline.

[@SOU6900]

@@honeybeesunlimited Mine have wax moths because I quit taking care of them...😓

[@beebob1279]

Some questions for you. How long have you been keeping bees as a migratory beekeeper? What is your number of colonies managed at this point of winter? Most of the other questions in the comment section were already asked so I'm not going to repeat them. I'll watch a few more of your videos before deciding whether to subscribe or not.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Hi Bob, Thanks for the interest we haven’t been doing it long. This year I get to use red for the second time if that helps. We incorporated in 2019 when we decided to go for it and turn the hobby into a business. As you know it a hard business, always fighting attrition. We peaked well over a thousand this season and now we are struggling to get enough strength for two truckloads to the almonds, our COOP partners will make up the difference. This is our 4th season heading out to California. I wish I had turned on the camera much sooner when we started, I didn’t feel I was credible enough to speak on the topic. I would in no way claim to be an expert. I have so much to learn. We need to get out an introduction now that this channel is getting some traction. We hope this to helps the sideliners that are contemplating making the jump to commercial. I also hope to learn from other beekeepers critiquing our efforts. I know we have to earn your viewership. I know I will get things wrong and know that there are so many approaching to managing bees. I hope this is a fun new journey for us. Thank you for your interest.

[@Hive5Bees]

You’ll definitely want to treat the crap out of them … mite bomb!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

We did, without hesitation. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@richardkuhn4358]

I didn't see you leave them an entrance???

[@honeybeesunlimited]

It’s a 4-way pallet. It has the entrances facing out. What was the front is now the back. I like to do that when I move a hive so the the foragers are forced to reorient.

[@beebob1279]

@@honeybeesunlimited I was wondering the same thing. You removed the bottom board but didn't replace it.

[@thechels724]

@Bob He’s putting it on a 4-way. Duh.🙄

[@beebob1279]

@@thechels724 Just because it's a pallet doesn't mean it's set up for hives. He removed the bottom board, so this question is legit. Why be so nasty to the person?

[@temijinkahn511]

This is basically a feral hive. It has survived multiple summers and winters with varroa, small hive beetles, wax moth threats and naturally swarming each year. They shut off their own venting. Didn’t get robbed out. It was December and they had a massive honey supply to get them through. These bees did great on their own just like feral hives do in nature. I believe we have too many videos by commercial beekeepers who keep too many hives in close proximity which causes the hives to compete with each other for available food in the area. You don’t find ten+ hives within a 100 yards of each other in nature. The problems of commercial beekeepers are not the same problems of hobbiest beekeepers like myself. I have three hives that I only enter to take a small a mount of honey from each for my family and friends each year. I don’t feed them sugar water or pollen patties. I run double deeps with medium on top for my honey of which I take about half. I never open the deeps.

[@LaughingInTiny]

I've never seen such rough handling of a hive. Those are not a "product" they are living creatures that you're stealing from. You should at least respect them. Good thing you're not Cali based or that wasted propolis (in the middle of winter, wtf??) would likely be killing that strong hive while this horrid weather plays out. Hope you took them back to Texas and didn't leave them in the almond crops...

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Hi, thanks for watching and support our channel. This bees are livestock and our livelihood. Stealing from? It’s pretty symbiotic. We provide housing, feed when they need it and treatment from pest and disease. The farmers we are in touch with are very very grateful to finally have some significant rain for the date. Yes the flooding and loss of life is unfortunate. The almonds haven’t bloomed yet. That happens in February, we are almost ready. I said in the video these would be going, but they aren’t strong enough due to neglect, but they have turned it around with intervention. We don’t waste propolis. It’s all picked up at the end of the day. Again, thank you for your concern. I assure you we love our bees and keep them safe and well fed. Thank you for watching and keep buying California almonds. Commercial beekeepers depend on it. Good day!

[@PamLinebaugh42]

Texas beeworks is m favorite youtuber she no that rough or uncaring of her bees

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I know who you speak of . We are a completely different operation. I do a lot of outreach in the state, mentor and stay active with clubs on local and state level. I think it is great that she brings a lot of awareness to the plight of the honey bees. Not all hives behave the same some are way more defensive than others. I think it is highly irresponsible to make people believe that you can perform honey bee removals with no personal protection gear. Someone is going to get hurt or killed watching her videos and thinking they can remove bees from a home without the right protective gear if they just stay calm. I get the entertainment value she brings, but I fear it will give people the wrong idea. I have yards that I can get away with minimal protection, just a veil. I would never work unknown bees without protection, its just not wise.

[@getthesage8635]

I'm not a bee keeper so I apologize for not knowing but it seemed like you were being awfully rough at a few different points in the video. Scraping the wax off, setting the box on it's side on top the other box, forcing the one board back in, fumbling the boxes around. It seemed very haphazard. Is this behavior from bee keepers normal?

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Burr comb is stuck on well comes off easier with some force behind it. Scrapping it away restores space between the boxes, saves bees when feeding or treating from getting crushed. This hive had some old hard burr comb. We always set the boxes on their side when inspecting, this preventing dirt, grass from sticking to the propolis between the boxes. Keeps it cleaner. The frame was forced in between other honey frames. If the comb was uniform it wouldn't be the case. We move comb around a lot in hives. The bees will correct it, making it more uniform and easier to inspect. The whole point of the langstroth hive is being able to bee keep within the bounds of the respected bee space. Before langstroth the hives were destroyed when honey was removed. This normal behavior for me, I can't speak form other beekeepers as to what is normal. The bees in this hive are now thriving. I think they would be dead or in decline without our intervention. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@getthesage8635]

@@honeybeesunlimited So the force used was necessary. Thank you for letting me know! The process is really interesting. I've read a few more comments as well. Having a whole field of bees must get overwhelming sometimes. I get sensory overload easily, it's a symptom of ADHD. I don't think I'd be able to handle so many bees buzzing around my head. I've never been stung by a honey bee but I have by some hornets. Where's the most painful area you've been stung?

[@honeybeesunlimited]

@@getthesage8635 Yes for this hive, there is a lot of old dried propolis between the frames. Ears and temples seem to be the worst.

[@Dcolbyable]

You seem to be a bit “cookie” and were rough with the hive. You need to move more slowly and be understanding of the bees

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I don’t know what you mean by cookie, its a baked good here. We have a need for speed when going through hives. We have too many to dilly dally, If I can’t move through them fast and make quick decisions then we need never make it through all our hives. This channel has taught me there is a need to slow down for these types of videos. Most beekeepers are small scale that with and have time to meticulously inspector their hives. I wish I had the time most days. I get it would be better to slow when I have time. Hard to switch gears. Thanks for watching.

[@user-gm3lo5cq8i]

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[@honeybeesunlimited]

Nope, Hive did great and we put it in our operation.

[@iplay2l821]

I was this many years when...I feel so dumb. 😆 I always thought that an abandoned hive was abandoned by the bees not the beekeeper.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I guess it could be used both ways. Or maybe you call that type an absconded hive. I'm pretty sure it can be used that way. Thanks for watching.

[@Cockyspanial]

you need a brush and some patients , squashing bees and driving them to attack all over the place.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I'm not a fan of brushes, in my experience they make them even more defensive. This hive is just defensive by nature, now that I have worked it more than once. Thanks for commenting, I hope you were able to watch the update on this one. Cheers

[@petervandermolen9835]

Nervous bees, too much honey, no closed brood... bet those eggs are random, multiple eggs in a cell and badly placed... looks like queenless to me.

[@honeybeesunlimited]

I did not observe multiple eggs in a cell and that were badly placed. All I saw was a small tight pattern of single eggs, about the size of a baseball. This hive was starved of pollen, we haven’t had anything blooming in about 6 weeks. There was a tremendous mid fall flow of honey dew that plugged up most hives in the area since it was unsuspected. I’ll look in this week to see, they’ve been treated now for mites so I’m not concerned about merging them or helping them at this point with a queen-less hive to merge. Hopefully with protein now they can raise some brood and come back. I’ll try and post an update. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@bricelarie6527]

I just think all you did was shame ... But, all ok them ... You're moving boxes pretend to care anything give disrespect at its fullest n «value» ... Heck a great mindset ! Even for Ca ( California ) you just pick up yhe honey pretending the bee need for space ... Which is an obvious lie ... Pretending to care, while putting back honey frame in the middle the supposed brood ... Pretending to care while putting them back just u turned from the way you grab them ... Disrespect, pretension at their fullest ... Like if rape was some kind a valued salvation down there ... But hey ... All right, they're brave bees n only ... Not some sort a threatening freak show in disguise ... Sure, ... I'm thinking ... How easy is that ???

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Bryce, Not sure what you are getting at. Do you think it’s best to leave them unattended? They were surely heading for collapse with no pollen stores. We don’t use mediums they are useless to us. It would not allow us to configure the load properly on the semi. I don’t care for honey dew honey, oh wait y’all call it forest honey across the pond. It’s just aphid poop to me. That’s was our flow this fall it was heavy I had an idea what I was going to see due to experience in our area. As for California honey off the almonds, it’s pretty terrible. Do your research. Please keep watching and commenting. It’s helps the channel. Cheers

[@bricelarie6527]

@@honeybeesunlimited I just don't get why you take your apiary at risk not simply proceeding with minimal caution ... A 15 days quarantine to find the time to treat them to check if they're not carrying any disease you'll have to fight against later ... To let them know about their new environment ... They're a slight difference in between your words n your acts ... Didn't I watch you caring their space while cutting the brood pattern in half ... during winter times with a full of honey frame ... And call it caring ??? Which you the best that wedding !!! Thank, but no thank you ... You're not a lucky I need . You're just another one ... Wannabe !!! Sure, you got words to describe the point down your cherished cali !!! From France with .

[@bricelarie6527]

@@honeybeesunlimited They'll certainly won't collapse at all ... You succeed in protecting noone from nothing ... Great deal it is ... It's a natural behavior they stop laying eggs during winter, and sure in the only aims to have them "on point" for almond tree ... You kinda outta act like this ... You force them to ... Whatever, can't see the strengths the owner exchanging its freedom for money using rape as a leverage ... Does that make it clear for you ? Tyrant servants and tyranny is all you build up ... Granny ! All yall build up ! Keep it strait ... Dry your so called brain at it !!! And keep the resource boosted thru porn ... You'll win the feedback !!! Lot of squirrels in reserves ??? Sure, ways to proceed sir !!!

[@honeybeesunlimited]

@@bricelarie6527 we are not going to be pintrist perfect. I’m not to concerned about a quarantine. We buy and sell bees all the time move bees in a and out of our main yard. Maybe you are worried about AFB, but here in the states it hasn’t been seen for about a decade. These bees lived very close to other apiaries and would have surely crossed path many time. How do you split a brood pattern the size of a baseball on one side of a frame? Oh wait you may not understand that American reference Let’s say the size of your fist. Most of those frames are honey. It doesn’t matter if it goes back in the same order. You make a lot of assumptions and accusations. Must be a cultural thing that so don’t understand. Again. Thanks for watching and commenting. We love the engagement. Cheers

[@bricelarie6527]

@@honeybeesunlimited So, what's your so called concerns so far ??? Let's make sense about it ... Even if you were the one . I just won't trust any of your words ... If you find some to trust you enough so far : Already told you ... Wish you the best that wedding . Do I have a right to think by my own and not necessarily agree with all the so called "said" ... In the end, you weren't partitioning neither ... Were you . Cause I know bee could starve to death by cold even with some full of honey frames ... But it wasn't the point . I get you put some honey the closest the queen you could to force theses cleaning, eating, re-organizing, making proper space in their nest which supposedly helps or stimulate the queen to lay eggs ... You think you did great ... I don't ! You did it purposely focusing what you expect bee to do ... Using them as a tool and truly not caring anything but objectives yours ... What else bout propaganda sir ??? You outta ??? Great ... Your shit ... Not mine ! Have fun with it ! Wish you the best that wedding granny !!!

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

TERRIBLE inspection ! ..... 😱 Where your based ? But your giving folk the Wrong Idea !!! No idea of Weather Temps in F, or Celsius? DONT pop open a Hive like this on the 31st December ! And do such a quick bash and grab of defunct elements of a Hive. It may give a Newbie Beek or a Beek with limited experience : that it's OK to do this ! NO 😱 In the Bad manipulation of kit, you could of Bashed. Smashed the Queen. (Where are you going to get a Replacement?) Best Management : I would of left this Hive as it was. . 1) It was well Sealed Up with Propolis : for a Reason its Mid Winter ! Doh ! Propolis will keep that Colony safe and snug until Spring comes. 2) Please don't rip open a Hive like this, even in Warmer parts (of the USA) unless your in a Spring to Autumn Bee Season. Your asking for Queen / Colony demise if in Winter ! 3) Leave them as is, until days Temps are at least 55F /12C for when Bees can Fly out without harm. 4) Removing all that Propolis and Burr Comb has disturbed the Connectivity of that Hive big time. Bees will need so much Food Resources to Repair this again aka 'Glue' those Box bodies up again. It takes x5 amounts of Food to make new Wax ! 5) Just stupid scrapping all that stuff onto the ground like that. You can Spread Pathogens, Disease, Varroa Mite, Wax Moth, Small Hive Beetle etc. Why not collect it up, Freeze it (to kill all above) then keep for Melting down for own Wax Foundation ? Sorry. 🙄 This Video shows the worst way to inspect a Hive ! [Fast, Slap Dash, put back Clumsily (that Frame tightlu pushed back in would Kill a Queen right then and now!) Just saying. 🤔 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Tip : Why not give Location, Date, Temperature and Reason for what your doing as a Headline or Subtitle Text in your Video. So Folk get an idea of proper Conditions and Timings to do Bees "Correctly" ! 👀 If I did all this now, Here, in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 my Bees would be Dead (!) Too many folk watch KZbin Content without thinking ! To their locality. Hey this "Guy did IT" so I must be able to do it OK too ??? NO. 🥴

[@honeybeesunlimited]

Sorry you didn’t like it, the hive is thriving now. I believe they would have died out this winter without intervention. It’s was a nice 70F day. The bees had no brood due to lack of resources. The bottom on the hive bodies have a 3/8” gap. That means you can put them on a flat surface. We have to be in our bees this time of year, we are in north Texas getting ready to ship them off to California for almond pollination. It takes about 2 million commercial hives each year. We send a couple of truckloads. This is not beginner how to channel and isn’t advertised as such. We are here to help those trying to make a jump from small scale to sideline or sideline to commercial. Thank you for watching and supporting our channel, wishing you a sunny day so you can get out of the house and put a smile on. Cheers.