They're a great hive, I really enjoy using it.

Thanks for the positive feedback

Thanks for your input. I’ll take some fill of the brood comb next time I’m in the hive. You can see lots of videos on KZfaq that can show you some brood. Look up cathedral hive or Backyard Hives

I'm glad you enjoyed the video

they always leave space so they can move around the combs, look up 'bee space'

They never attach the lower part of any comb like never ever period excepting when they ran out of space in a dramatic way but as you can see there are not so many bees in that colony

sorry, I dont read Japanese

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 A very unique hive! I will use it as a reference for next year's beekeeping activities! Thank you for the wonderful video!

@@user-qn9bc9ut1c Thank you for translating your comment to English and thank you for the good comment. Arigato

Its not my idea, I bought the hive from a friend. You can get the plans from www.backyardbees.com All the best with it!

Because the Brood is like Rigby ball it is usually in the middle and the side you find honey most of the time. Then the queen lays egg and stay in the middle, not interested on the side.

Yes its beautiful!

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I'm glad you got some inspiration from this. All the best for the build.

thanks you

Hi, thanks for your comments and questions. It's really impossible for me to tell you how much honey any hive can give you, It all depends on the colony, the amount of nectar available and many other factors but because the comb is crushed and strained after harvesting, I do get less honey than I would normally get from a Langstroth hive that I spin the honey from the combs. No I dont use wax foundation, the bees build natural comb. Yes, the most popular hive here in Australia is also the Langstroth hive.

Thanks Jason, they really are a great hive. All the best with the build.

Hi Willa, sorry about the late reply. You can get plans for the Cathedral hive from Backyardhive.com

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 Thank you, I was hoping to find a place to buy one. I don't do wood work.

@@willagrant7403 I bought mine from a friend but he wont make any more because they are very difficult to make.

thank you

Thank you from Australia.

I start to cycle out old brood comb about 4 years after I introduce a swarm and over a couple of seasons I manage to get it all out. usually the combs still have small amounts of brood and honey at the top so pulling them out completely doesnt feel right for me, moving them across slowly does the job just fine.

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I haven't made a round framed hive, but I have seen them online. some traditional hives in the Middle East are cylindrical and there is a modern hive with round frames but I cant remember what its called.

​@@beekeepingnaturally4580 A round movable bee frame with a central axis, like a bicycle wheel, most likely no one has ever made or tested!

And they're a great hive to work with. thanks for your comment.

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 i often do woodworking if i ever have to make some ill try a design like these

@@junksmith_wizard They are great, you can get the plans from BackyardHive.com

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 legend!

Sorry I don’t speak Spanish

All the best with the build, I was lucky enough to have bought the hive from a friend already populated. They are a beautiful hive to work.

I built one a few years back. They are not a beginners project, to be sure. But, take your time with the build and you'll be very happy with the results.

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Are you in Canada? I was going to buy the plans are well but the shipping is $41.52 USD. Not sure why the shipping is that much for just plans.

Thanks for watching and the positive feedback

Sorry, I dint understand what you have written. Thanks for watching.

thank you for your positive comment.

thank you

Hi Bart, I'm glad you like it! I bought the hive from a friend who made it using plans from Backyardhive.com

They are a beautiful hive

Thank you very much Gazim. I'm glad you liked the film.

thank you

Sorry I can’t read your language

Sorry Rob but I think Langstroth hives are absolute rubbish! I stopped using Langstroth hives many years ago and will never go back to using one again!

Langs are heavy as shit when they are full.

Hi, sorry I don't understand what you have written. Thanks for watching.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

What do they do to their bees coz my bees are wild things, am a beekeeper from Kenya and lemme tell you, my bees sting anything that moves. Even at midnight, I touch their hives and about 20 bees are on me in a second

@@josephmungai1799 African bees are way more aggressive.. I have similar problems in South Africa. Our flowering season begins from from August.. the bees are usually very aggressive from Aug to about Oct when they begin to settle down. I've had to run for my life more than once when they sting me through my clothes😂.. smokers don't help at all with those angry hives. The good part about the hives that are more aggressive.. those are the ones that will produce lots of honey. The mellow hives are the ones I worry about for their own survival

@@jansmit327 oh, I didn't know that. I have been watching these beekeeping videos from the US and Australia and it leaves me confused. Coz my bees, as you said, will absolutely sting you through your clothes, they go for the ears first, then the head.... But I agree, the most aggressive hives are the ones with the best quality honey. Another thing, our bees here do not make nice, perfect combs, mostly, they run against the bars and it is difficult to separate..

@@josephmungai1799 That is interesting. We sometimes have hives that work criss cross with everything connected.. to renew those hives by placing them in a new clean brood box is a nightmare. Lost a couple of those over the years.. but luckily it very rarely happens. I always smile at these video's from the US people.. they would shit themselves as they run for their lives if they had to work on our hives😂. Do you guys have a lot of beekeepers in Kenia?

I don’t have the plans for the Cathedral Hive sorry. You can go to backyardhive.com/ for them

I cut the comb out of the top bars and crush the comb through a sieve into a bowl. You can see how I use the crush and strain method on my other vide call "processing Honeycomb".

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 Thank you, I will look into it:)

Thanks for watching

Not too sure, I havent seen any in them.

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Thank you

Definitely not the queen.

Thanks for your positive comment. Curious to see your design and know more about how it works, where can i see it

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 I don’t have any videos but I’ll try to upload some photos to Imgur and share! The lid gives two inches clearance above the bars, all around plus there is additional clearance in the middle since it slopes from a point. So I could do a shallow cathedral bar set, replacing the flat bars I have now. I used all rough sawn cedar 2x4’s so it’s pretty well insulated.

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The holes are there to allow airflow and bees to move around easier

Yes its a great hive to work with

Yes, the combs are more stable in the warmer months but I’m finding it more difficult to keep the bee’s from cross combing even though the bars have quite pronounced wedges for the bee’s to work on.

Hi Rachael, they are European honeybees not stingless bees. I get stung sometimes but I try to avoid it as much as possible. Its got a lot to do with the way I interact with my bees, if I go in with respect and patience, move slowly and not treat them roughly I usually get out without a sting but that doesn't always work so sometimes I do get stung! Hahaha.

Eggs are laid towards the front of the hive near the entrance in the nest area where the bees can regulate the temperature around the brood. What your seeing are the honeycombs at the back of the hive away from the nest area.

too many to discuss, but one main advantage for the beekeeper is that when you enter the hive its from the back so you dont have to take the boxes off one another and disturb the brood area, happy bees and happy keeper.

@@beekeepingnaturally4580 so like the horizontal hives?

@@TheOnlyKingBee Yes, it is a horizontal top bar hive, same concept.

Hi George, you can get plans for the Cathedral Hive from Backyardhive.com

Thank you.