920pmwhere do you purchase queen excluder and other tool for topbar hives?
@johndrieman3115 Жыл бұрын
You have to make them yourself, I think I showed how in one of the videos.
@stanislouse41682 жыл бұрын
What a mess! And NOTHING is sterilized. Who in their right mind would do this?
@lalitsingh92352 жыл бұрын
Nice Golden Honey
@butterontoast72 жыл бұрын
How many frames of brood do you allow for in front of the excluder?
@johndrieman31152 жыл бұрын
I think it was about 1/3 of the total frames for brood.
@butterontoast72 жыл бұрын
@@johndrieman3115 Thank you! I will have other questions I'm sure. Do you by chance have a way of contact like a business email?
@johndrieman31152 жыл бұрын
@@butterontoast7 No, it was a hobby but it did not work out for me. Have had no bees for quite a few years now.
@runningdogapiary50093 жыл бұрын
Are your hives still going?
@user-lt3gc9bs7w3 жыл бұрын
سلام جميل
@ralfputz60763 жыл бұрын
Did you make the top bars if so how did you put the V in?
@ralfputz60763 жыл бұрын
How long were the bees in the Nuc before you transferred them?
@inspire7344 жыл бұрын
A Kitchen Mixer would crush that easily. For medium size batches. That is what I would use. Then strain it afterwards.
@fishmut4 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is amazing, 4 weeks judge colonies in those hives. Feeding them does really boost them up. It shows . Unreal . 👍
@weirjwerijrweurhuewhr5884 жыл бұрын
Why do you harvest brood frames?
@charlesezell89854 жыл бұрын
Don't shake Queen cells !
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
OK Captain Obvious.
@guardiandogoargentinos13854 жыл бұрын
What is the purpose of excluding the queen in a top bar hive?
@ramhemi754 жыл бұрын
Same purpose in a regular hive. Keep her from laying eggs in the honey comb
@waynetaylor72854 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video and learned a lot .
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I no longer keep bees, but keep the videos up for people who may benefit from them. Cheers.
@vcagande79984 жыл бұрын
I’m sick with a sore throat and I can’t stop watching videos about honeycomb and I’m really craving it even though I’ve never tasted one before
@fishmut4 жыл бұрын
V Cagande ...there is nothing better than natural bee honey, i to can’t wait to get some bees, I had bee hives years ago and sold them, now I’m regretting it and going to have to Start again.
@timothymitchell99564 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. No bees yet but , I am tracking wild bees in my area of Japan and setting up traps of bamboo and grass skeps that I have made my self . Caping off old pipes and making narrow entrances hoping to catch several swarms. This is a new adventure not owning but building and hopefully catching bees myself. Some people reduce the space for the winter . Maybe check your records of their progress and determine when to reduce living space or when to feed them their own honey) I like that!) thank you h or this informative video! How have they fared since then?
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
I made 2 splits that summer, but all 4 colonies starved to death the following winter, even though there was still honey in the hives. They just could not get to it because the winter was steadily cold. Due to the grand solar minimum? Who knows. I gave up bee keeping. I tried catching wild swarms too, but no luck, maybe you will have more success.
@timothymitchell99564 жыл бұрын
I think the answer is insulation winter and summer because, insulation mean cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Please don’t give up , try the leave them alone method until harvest time.
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
@@timothymitchell9956 I did all that, insulation in winter, not hot here in summer. They did not die from a lack of trying on my part. Hey, check out these climate crazies who think "global warming" is responsible. Have a good laugh. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5mag7KSmKjNZJ8.html
@guardiandogoargentinos13854 жыл бұрын
@@johndrieman3115 get back in it. Do it all natural this time.
@neologian17834 жыл бұрын
WAY more steps and parts to cleanup than I prefer. You've got multiple racks to clean and a million bits of wax in the honey requiring a multi stage process. Far easier to cut your capped comb into a bowl or bucket then crush to rupture all the comb cells. Pour that mix into a nylon net bag made for honey extraction and let it drain into your storage container. Two steps, and done. The wax stays behind in the nylon filter bag where it can be rinsed clear of honey residue and melted down for whatever you want to use it for. Beautiful top bar comb though!!
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
Good luck with that.
@123brizy4 жыл бұрын
Is there any pros to extracting honey using this method as opposed to the modern method? Seems wasteful and inefficient
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
Can't use a centrifugal extractor because there are no frames. Nothing is wasted, all honey is extracted and wax is used for candles. Its not inefficient, just time consuming. But then this is a hobby, not a business,
@weirjwerijrweurhuewhr5884 жыл бұрын
You can taste more flavors of honey. If you extract it only makes sense to extract twice a year with all the work cleaning etc. So the different type of honey flavors will be mixed. Crush and strain makes more sense if you want to harvest smaller batches, and some people say pressed honey tastes better.
@rhauser77314 жыл бұрын
Honey comb centrifuges have been around for at least a couple of centuries. Such would be much faster , much easier, much more efficient, and much cleaner than the approach demonstrated here.
@RaySarasin4 жыл бұрын
Subscribed please do the same I am in Alberta cheers and best to you
@MReynolds1014 жыл бұрын
Take it out to the bee’s and let them clean up the extra honey in your wax before you use it.
@MReynolds1014 жыл бұрын
You can render the all wax even the queens eggs wax
@allglad5 жыл бұрын
Idk why you wouldn’t feed the bees being down hives.
@lifeonsibuyanphilippines72125 жыл бұрын
How wide and long are your top bars?
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
16 inches wide at top, 4 ft long, as described in this book www.tbhsbywam.com/
@davecavana10312 жыл бұрын
Great question mate.
@lifeonsibuyanphilippines72125 жыл бұрын
You do a good job of explain WHAT you are doing, but it would be so much or rewarding to watch if you explained WHY you are doing it. I asked WHY so many times in this video. I think if you explained WHY you are doing things as you do them you would have many more subscribers.
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I was just sharing my hobby with others. I no longer keep bees, too many problems with mites and starvation over winters.
@BoysWithNature5 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@abellotambfiblo39375 жыл бұрын
Excelente miel de cera pura
@ryansaul98675 жыл бұрын
So satisfying
@MegaDavyk5 жыл бұрын
I just cut a rectangular hole in a follower board and nailed a piece of queen excluder over it. If your entrance is right at the end of the hive that is where the queen will lay and you should not need an excluder anyway.
@johndrieman31154 жыл бұрын
Yes, that would work, but I wasn't using follower boards.
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@dergartenimker5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Nice Video Viele Grüße aus Deutschland
@brianwhite95555 жыл бұрын
Could you compensate for wind noise? I missed some of your comments. What was the top bar with the screen used for?
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
That's a queen excluder.
@Daniel-nf8pp5 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Thanks. ✌
@beemarkchannel86795 жыл бұрын
I am wondering why did you harvest those honey with brood? You should leave those combs alone. I had been working on top bar hives for 17 years and usually those combs right at the back (roughly 10 to 12 combs are all without brood).
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
Those are not brood combs. Without a queen excluder the queen will lay eggs in some of the honey comb, mostly drones in this case. It is a good idea to remove some drone comb to manage mites. I never harvest honey from brood comb.
@beemarkchannel86795 жыл бұрын
@@johndrieman3115 Thank you very much for the explanation. Keep up the good work. :)
@billychaney45815 жыл бұрын
Hey John do you think you could do a vidio on how you started your nuc colony or perhaps do a voice over for a lil more info?
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
I did a video here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrllYNRmtc7GqX0.html
@danielhy065 жыл бұрын
Hi. I am amazed at the tranquility of their bees. What does it do to make them so calm? yes i can know
@am26625 жыл бұрын
Where did you get you're queen excluder? Thank you!
@johndrieman31155 жыл бұрын
At a beekeeping supply store. You need to cut it to shape, see the video on that topic.
@ahorsley10275 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that! A wonderful video and it answered a lot of questions for me! Keep up your good work!
@labella92915 жыл бұрын
A potato masher would probably work better than the plastic spatula.
@inspire7344 жыл бұрын
Kitchen aid mixer.
@georgegarcia50525 жыл бұрын
That was by far the most beautiful comb I have ever seen in a top bar video. The color was so vibrant!
@ratpackcolorado6 жыл бұрын
Hay u need a fruit press.
@stacyadams1126 жыл бұрын
Nice video.. thanks!
@shonitagarcia32226 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Honey
@dalesman45306 жыл бұрын
Could you make the excluder “taller” and not bother with wood top?
@johndrieman31156 жыл бұрын
No, you need to leave bee space on either side of excluder, which is 3/8 in on both sides, so wood top is 3/4 inch wide.
@dalesman45306 жыл бұрын
John Drieman Of course, silly me - always avoiding woodwork. Guess I could have loose spacers. Thanks.
@davecavana10312 жыл бұрын
@@johndrieman3115 John your videos are great I've learned loads
@seanmcguire79746 жыл бұрын
Can't you just smooth the way threw like a cheese cloth to get the xtra honey
Did you bother to do a little research and find out you don't use excluders in top bar hives? That is part of top bar hives -letting the Queen have full access as she sees fit and having a more natural hive? God Bless you.
@johndrieman31156 жыл бұрын
Research is what gave me the idea to do this. You can do what you want with your topbars, there are no rules.
@justthinkalittle89135 жыл бұрын
Your right, I was looking for the way top bars exclude without excluders when i came across this video. As I understand if you use an excluder in this hive your bees are going to have a bad time.