Log Beehives are a MAJOR HIT!!

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Log Beehives are a MAJOR HIT!!

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"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen" When you get those comments you start to believe you're doing something right. Let's get back to nature and have our honeybees work and provide for their queen and brood without our constant interference.
Making honey and growing brood requires an average hive / nest temperature of around 95 degrees. Every time you open up the hive / nest surely alters that temperature and gives the honeybee more work to regulate the temperature back to optimum?
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@18Bees 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Please hit "like" and "subscribe" and share the video around - it helps me out SO much. Please consider supporting my work swarm habitat project. I don't charge to install log hives or swarms but rely on donations of any size from supporters of #swarmhabitat: Patreon: www.Patreon.com/18bees Paypal: paypal.me/18bees

@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I see this I am amazed by it thanks for another great video my friend have a great day.

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother. Always glad to see you here and to visit your channel. Have a great weekend and God bless.

@LarryLeesBees 4 жыл бұрын

That log turned out pretty dang awesome!!! I don’t care what California thinks! LoL!!! 🤣Those bees are gonna love that natural environment! Well done Sir! Well done! 🐝😎

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂. You’re my kinda bee friend.

@LarryLeesBees 4 жыл бұрын

18 Bees - The way I see it, I served 24 years of military service for your freedom of WHATEVER you want to do. Unless it brings harm to you or someone else, then it’s no business of anyone. And the busy bodies need to just keep their nose out of things that do not concern them or affect them in any way. It’s unfortunate that we have raised a society of tattletales. “See something, say something” doesn’t mean rat out your neighbor for raising honeybees. LoL!!!

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

Larry Lee’s Bee’s Amen. Before I became a citizen I had to study American history, the Bill of Rights and pay all the fees. Then I was asked to swear allegiance. I take that oath seriously.

@LarryLeesBees 4 жыл бұрын

18 Bees - For sure! Me too! My oath of enlistment didn’t end just because I retired. 🇺🇸 🐝😎

@petermurphy6216 4 жыл бұрын

Hello mate , great video, them marching into the entrance is always amazing to watch , I done a cutout last weekend from a neighbours front porch roof space I really would have liked to have left them there but she is allergic to bee stings so it was either me or the exterminator and I got the job just installed them into a 9 frame brood box and you never get tired of watching them march into their new house. Thank you great vlog I hope your swarm bees like there new house too .

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. Do you ever take videos of your work? Would love to see it.

@petermurphy6216 4 жыл бұрын

18 Bees hi again , nope never done any videos my phone is an old model iPhone and I’ve not got any good camera stuff only a lowly paid scaffolder 😀 with a mortgage and 2 growing boys to feed oh and the missus , maybe one day my friend I’d would like to make videos or some photography that’s why I’m always interested in what other beekeepers are up too , your work with the tree logs totally fascinates me. Thanks for replying , Pete.

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

peter murphy that’s awesome mate. Family first. I’ve read a couple of reports on nest/hive temperatures needing to be around 95 degrees for healthy brood development and honey production. Maybe opening the hive so often isn’t really a good idea.

@Legion-xq8eo 2 жыл бұрын

What’s a 9 frame brood box? An 8 frame with ground down frames to fit in an extra or a ten frame box with a 9 frame honey divider in it? Figured it’s the later but if so then im just curious why you would use that in the brood box? It’s designed for supers so the bees can draw the comb out wider, it’s real helpful for those who decap and spin frames.

@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan 4 жыл бұрын

So cool.... Natural hive to swarm to your boxes?

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

I’d have to grab a few bees to send off to a lab to find out their genetics. I’m glad you asked that question. Now I’m going to do exactly that. Thank you.

@KennethGriffith_International Жыл бұрын

The hole is way too big. You can tack a block of wood into it to leave them a 3/8" by 3" slot near the bottom. They will be able to defend the hive better that way.

@18Bees Жыл бұрын

In nature I film wild honeybee nests with much larger entrances and they have survived for years.

@BuckeyeHuntingAndFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Very neat concept. Might get interesting getting honey out of there.

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

Hey buckeye. This is a study on honeybee survival. I have a regular langstroth hive for honey. My langstroth hives die every year.

@ethanwerner6705 3 жыл бұрын

@@18Bees if you keep the hive tilted at a 45 angle and plug the bottom you can unplug it to extract the honey comb while the queen and her brood will be at the top of the log hive

@18Bees 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanwerner6705 thanks for the input.

@beatrichebeesandhoney6303 2 жыл бұрын

@@18Bees If you are in an urban area and not actively upkeeping on IPM and managing varroa your bees will die every year. That unfortunately is the state of beekeeping these days unless you keep your bees outside of the range of any other beekeepers in your area i.e. 2-4 miles. Very hard to do unless you live rural and away from agriculture and other foraging sources.

@18Bees 2 жыл бұрын

@@beatrichebeesandhoney6303 untrue blanket statement. these log hives are in urban settings and have survived for years. if you're a commercial company looking to commercialize the honeybee a bias can be detected. When you're not messing around with the bees the bees Nest conditions are optimum for survival. As I've said on a previous comment of yours "Why do nests survive for years in trees IN URBAN SETTINGS?"

@martenapperloo1055 3 жыл бұрын

So how do you open it and extract the honey

@18Bees 3 жыл бұрын

This log hive is only for pollination and research on varroa resistance and propolis. But I’m working on a log for honey extraction.

@brianpollington5654 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure you live in Washington? It’s sure sunny all the time.

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂 not telling.

@LarryLeesBees 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Pollington - You Sir obviously haven’t been to Washington. LoL!!!

@lancasterfoodforest Жыл бұрын

Log hives are illegal in my state. All hives have to have all removable frames. Any suggestions?

@edmartin875 4 ай бұрын

Move. States that would do that are likely over regulating citizens lives in other ways too. Oregon is making it against the law to have small farms or backyard gardens these days. Your well does not pump up your water, the ground water belongs to Oregon. And they don't want you to use their water for your family or livestock. This does not apply to farms that are huge corporations. Oh, and they are monitoring every landowner via satellite to enforce these laws.