So how do you cut the sides on the table saw or jointer?

Good question, Mr. Gillis.

Hillco out of Minook IL has an extractor called the Minimax I believe . Does both Layens and Langetroth. A bit pricy but mine works really good. Got it in 4 days. Delivered right to my door

Everyone want free extractions? That is my experience .Lot of work though.

Learned a lot, you have great command of your subject. I didn't know about early vs late swarming, and i love the Layens hives and like to see the different versions. I think the cover boards approach can help give the bees the sense that they are not disturbed even while a hive inspection is ongoing... love your view hive too. I love the natural "follow the bees' lead, no need to wring out every drop of honey"... thanks, cheers.

My bottom boards have screens in them. Based on what you said about how small an entrance will work for beetles should I change my bottom boards as part of adding the guardian. I’m a newbie that just lost both my hives to shb

Came for the Layens Hive beekeeping, stayed to see your Chicken Kingdom: well done! My only thing is, I always hate to see a dog excluded from his pack: they are by nature pack animals. If he has to stay outside, could you not consider getting him a companion dog--rescue a middle size perfectly good dog from the pound to give your boy a pack when you leave him (and no,, chickens do not provide pack to a dog)... I'll be back, thanks for the tour of the lovely Chicken/Tool compound.

Excellent advice and demonstration! Love your Layens Hives, hope to see lots of videos tracking their progress. Thanks! Subbed.

I really appreciate the tips. They will all be used in my next build❤

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I learned a lot from this. Thanks for taking the time to make it!

I really like your videos but in this video you made a big mistake: you had your observational hive next you for a long time and you never showed us a single thing in it.

I noticed the wax moth damage to your box. I lost two hives over winter/spring to wax moths. Thank you very much for sharing from your years of experience.

I agree with you on insulated hives swarming early. Thanks for sharing

I sincerely request your thoughts after using both Layens and Lazutin boxes. I use Layens boxes exclusively, but am only two year into my beekeeping journey. I'm in the same climate zone as you.

Busy busy multitasking🙂

Why did you add background music? The sound is no longer 150hrz😢

That's not sawdust it's man glitter!

I've noticed in older videos you had quite a few hive beetle in the past. I realize you probably didn't do a scientific comparison from before and after, but can you give a ballpark percentage on how much fewer beetles you have? Please and thank you.

Can you do an overview of this hive? I've read most of Dr Leo's recommended books but seeing them in person is more enjoyable.

Another very informative video from you. Last year moved from NY to Arizona, now I am constantly fighting with Africanized swarms, so aggressive but very productive. Still missing EastCost. Any aggressive colonies in GA?

Goodmorning i was wondering if you have made a video building the lazutin hive thank you

Good morning Gene, I was drinking coffee this time yesterday watching a big swarm from my 25 frame insulated swarm. Unfortunately they bivouacked 75' up in an oak tree...almost 20 hours after they flew up there and rejecting my swarm trap, they flew off to a better place across the swamp. Thanks for sharing, Brice

Well done! I had my doubts at first but you always come thru.

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Are you able to divulge what this herbal supplement is? Thank you for your detailed, simple insulation method is.

Do you ever notice any wood movement with this specific hive? I ask because with plywood, it shouldn’t have near as much as solid wood would have.

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We are beekeepers and we have 12 hives. They are right outside our back door and on our patio and we love listening to the buzz. We love our honeybees. ♥️🐝🐝🐝

Amazing 🐝

Thanks for the video. I have a similar gable roof on a horizontal hive, and I used some old drawer pulls as lift handles.

I may be 3 years late but thank you for sharing this

shud be 152Hz as base is 76Hz 💓

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New beekeeper what materials are suitable for starter strips

8k subscribers later the plans arent out there yet like you said. just a picture of some cuts. you ask for 10 bucks or a membership

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Thanks for this review! I like that you help us know how to make it work properly. I have been frustrated that the Guardian company has not provided this helpful information.

I put beetle barns on the unoccupied side of my horizontals to kill the SMB rather than just closing it up and detouring them so they eventually find a way inside the occupied side. I use them on the occupied side also plus oil traps. There’s a sandpaper trap you can make yourself that mounts under the entrance to trap larvae before they drop out of the hive and into the soil to break the lifecycle. I’ve never tried it myself. Basically 4 pieces of wood screwed together ( 2 long, 2 short pieces) to make a rectangle and a window screen floor for rainwater to pass. Line the inside of the wood walls with sandpaper. The larvae apparently can’t climb sandpaper. Info of it is on ResearchGate (SHB sandpaper trap) I’d put the link here but KZfaq deletes links. I don’t know how well the sandpaper would hold up in an area with high rainfall. You could probably just staple both ends of the sandpaper together and drop it inside the trap creating a somewhat oval shape instead of attaching it to the wood. That would prevent them from climbing up a 90 degree corner. I don’t have them bad enough in my area to try this yet.

I agree with your comments and I love your videos. Guardian Hive Beetle entrances are a good product, however I wish they would use some kind of plastic that does not deteriorate from exposure to the sun. I have had problems with them cracking and then crumbling due to sun exposure. Other than that, I love them. Thank you for your videos, I find them very educational, interesting and informing. I have implemented several of your suggestions and I thank you. Please keep them coming!!!!

I noticed you used a slanted landing board under the Guardian. I saw another video where the beekeeper complained about bees losing pollen by being able to crawl through the holes in the bottom of the Guardian. I use a level landing board, bees can get under the Guardian but don’t have enough space to be able to crawl through the holes.

I do like the chain and S hook idea. Also I liked that you leveled your box and mentioned that the bees use gravity to plumb their wax building. I would like to add that studies conducted by Dr. Tom Seeley suggested that facing an entrance to the South or South East is preferred by the bees because it warms their entrance sooner and obviously if we can have sun hitting the box as early as possible it gives the bees a longer day. Temperature is their alarm clock.

I hit a honey bee w car. He was very disoriented. Walking in circles. Got settled and thought: I have to go get him now! And I'm allergic. Lol. I found he made his way to my doorstep! Put him in dark box for concussion. But now he's trying to fly and can't. Hoping this helps him! ❤

Nice video, great attitude!

Thank you for the video. I caught a Wild Bee Swarm in June 2023. This was the beginning of a new challenge, how to work with the bees. I recently performed my first inspection of the Layens Horizontal Hive (video is on my channel) the bee colony survived the winter without any problems.

so beautiful! Thank you.

How do you deal with dead bees and debris building up at the bottom? Do you have to pull all the frames and turn the hive upside down?

I also use the Eco staind. However when I went to my local Home Depot they had no idea what I was talking about in terms of tint. Out of curiosity what color is your tint? I prefer that.

Hi I came here looking for a video showing how to make the actual roofs/covers, but stayed anyway as I do want to put metal on top. Could one do hospital corners rather than cutting triangles out? Seems to me this would be better for two reasons - 1) no sharp bits, and 2) more waterproof as I imagine driving rain could find its way inside those cut corners at the top. Thanks for the video!

Holy smokes this was a helpful video. I have Lanstroth hives and just got an insulated Layens hoping it would be better for bees during our wet Oregon winters. Was looking for an alternative to full wax foundations. I will be trying your method. 🍻🐝🐝🐝