Thank you very much Dr.Seeley I hope you are fine and healthy.
@gordonspond5 ай бұрын
10-year beekeeper. I never treated my bees. The first few years I had up to 60 percent loss in a given year. These were mainly purchased bees. I caught many swarms over the years and produced more colonies from those swarms. Now I lose about 10 to 15 percent in a given year. Some of that is due to learning from experience and becoming a better beekeeper, but I am convinced the genetics of my colonies are getting more adapted to the local environment as a result of my refusal to treat. I also used to run Warre hives. I believe the Warre hives are better for the bees due to the smaller overall cavity size and the ability of the bees to better regulate their temperature in the winter.
@tomahawkmissile24111 ай бұрын
sorry to hear about your loss in 94-95 and happy that the research brought a spark back of hope.
@thomasmills3934 Жыл бұрын
Your a great man. Thank you.
@adriaofcourse Жыл бұрын
Your videos are so helpful to me right now! I had a neighbor reach out about having lots of bees in her yard over the past few years & wants them out of her & her kids & dogs living space in the summer. I made a bee box out of a cardboard box & using your techniques I was able to bait them & track their trajectory. I have to go back again tomorrow, but I’m confident that I’ll find them. I just hope they aren’t in a neighbour’s beehive. Thanks for all your research! Very helpful! 🤗
@przemyslawmarek7313 Жыл бұрын
In Poland last 500 years we have been hives in tree trunks You can get all answers from people having them in polish woods
@przemyslawmarek7313 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j89xesp20MvJdnk.html
@stevecoultas19002 жыл бұрын
why don't you use horizonal hives? far less disturbance to the colony
@timothymitchell83102 жыл бұрын
I have followed a lot of your ideas here but, have only found neighbors each with two or three hive and that’s all because there is not enough hour in my days. Thank you and I have now subscribed and am looking forward to more. When ever I am out mushroom hunting I’m also hoping to find wild bees here in Japan. I know that they are out there.
@anthonyc99112 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the height of wild colonies making a nest is because it affects chalkbrood? As the ground in spring is wet and ripe to throw spores. Being closer to the ground may affect spore transferring to the hive.
@dmjdwebactivity68272 жыл бұрын
Thank you…I learned so much.
@adrianprzybyek57582 жыл бұрын
Bees can prefer higher places because of low humidity and larger radius of flowers smell
@jagodalotz30342 жыл бұрын
Campus bee tree story is so inspiring! Bees are realy everywhere!
@jagodalotz30342 жыл бұрын
Sir, when bee wants to show where to go she does "the waggle dance". What when she wants to warn her sisters not to go somewhere. Do they perform something opposite to waggle dance? I am not talking about beeping the waggling bee by another bee. Regards!
@thesloppyscientist44282 жыл бұрын
Now to find a location where I won't find a fellow beekeepers yard!
@wadebarnes67202 жыл бұрын
How mine has a round 3/4 inch hole in the front I was thinking about trying up down to see how that works
2 жыл бұрын
Very useful. Thank you
@raymschmidt60322 жыл бұрын
Love your talks. Am trying to be a natueal beek. You and Dr Leo Shariskan have my attention with anything you put out. You have done so much specific to bees research. I however call it natural, not Darwinian. So many thing darwin couldn't connect the dots on, without God in the picture. Have a blessed day!
@GreatUncleBuck2 жыл бұрын
I guess the Armenian Hives are the closest to Darwinian Beekeeping. Co-incidentally Armenian sounds like Darwinian ;) Link here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n96ZocaFu8m6oHU.html and here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8iDf6lqtuDNqHk.html
@giuseppegaetani18842 жыл бұрын
Grazie Tom, dalla liguria in Italia. Bellissima e interessante lezione.
@vwbusguy2 жыл бұрын
At the margins of varroah mite endemic populations in cerana has anyone asked the question as to why those populations managed to stop the spread for so many years previous to the 1980-90 , so why did varroah not keep spreading maybe those colonies at the original margins have an answer for you
@johnmiglautsch45873 жыл бұрын
Dr. Tom. I've been working on a small layens poly hive (I don't think anyone in the world makes one). Its pretty much based on your principles of Darwinian Beekeeping. I wondered if you'd like to hear more about it.
@OBG19523 жыл бұрын
Tom, don’t you want to come back to Charleston, SC? James
@andrijatrinajstic60073 жыл бұрын
@27:00, YO is almost halving the other bees timings. Is it possible that the bees are from two separate bee trees? Or maybe bees of different age operate at different speeds?
@girijaedwards3 жыл бұрын
You are a saint !! That is because of your gentle manner, respectful ways, tremendous caring for your fellow beekeepers and other dear folks. Your research, of course, is the best, regarding natural / Darwinian beekeeping methods. I cannot thank you enough for your dedication, I hope to help the bees and learn from them too, thus help the bees and the other inhabitants of our planet, that depend upon these invertebrate animals. You, selflessly, have lead the way. May 2021.
@kyroshariri25653 жыл бұрын
Thank you dear Tom Seeley for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is always a pleasure listening to you and learning. And it is far more than just interesting and useful, it is a treasure. Kind regards from Vienna/Austria Kyros
@kyroshariri25653 жыл бұрын
Thank you dear Tom Seeley for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is always a pleasure listening to you and learning. And it is far more than just interesting and useful, it is a treasure. Kind regards from Vienna/Austria Kyros
@kyroshariri25653 жыл бұрын
Thank you dear Tom Seeley for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is always a pleasure listening to you and learning. And far more than just interesting and useful, it is a treasure. Kind regards from Vienna/Austria Kyros
@wallafishagba3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, superb information as usual. I live in southern Spain near Portugal. Would you happen to know if there is any evidence that painting hives very different colours or with bold markings reduces the amount of drift between hives which are close together? Hives are normally the same colour within an apiary.
@mealfaisrahh3 жыл бұрын
Very very fascinating. Your videos are always great to watch!
@michelecottini97863 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, I have read your books and I am a big fan of yours. Would it be possible to subtitle the video in Italian? Thank you
@sylviafoust95453 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this. I am a beginner. Thank you so much
@bradgoliphant3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tom, do you have a video on "condensing hives for bottom entrances?" Thank you
@tonyjetton83523 жыл бұрын
Before we faithfully accept Dr Seeley's "Darwinism" as the only solution to what ails the honey bee we must consider that unchecked evolutionary stressors do not always lead to the success of a species. A strong enough stressor acting over a short enough time span leads to extinction. Evolution never taught us that simply allowing "bees to be bees" under the current circumstances would provide assurance of their continued survival. 10 thousand years ago the dire wolf was walking the North America continent "being the dire wolf" with zero management from mankind. The dire wolf is now extinct.
@FrederickDunn3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent presentation, I am thankful for your time and efforts! Thumbs UP of course!
@kinnibees3 жыл бұрын
Great presentation. I wish you wouldn’t apologize for the Darwinian style. It has a place in commercial beekeeping. Timely splits to mimic swarming can actually increase honey production.
@naturallive46253 жыл бұрын
Dear Tom, Thank you for this presentation. I come from the Netherlands. Last 2 year the Wageningen University did a field research about Varroa resistance. Also that shows that the bees now are almost all better resistant than some year ago. I did not treat my hives for 4 years now and have just few winter losses. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7h0arZkrN-1aIk.html I hope google will translate for you.
@mark-wn5ek3 жыл бұрын
Talks like a millenial. .emphasis on the last syallBLE. Most disTRACTING. Best to read his works, listenING will drive you NUTS.
I'm just discovering you tonight 11/15/2020, on KZfaq. I have a lot of catching up to do on who you are and your research on bees. I saw on a video (on another channel) your approach to allow bees to survive in a small hive without treating for mites and that sparked my interest because that's the same approach I've been using in my first 6 months or so with my first purchase of bees. Looking forward to learning from you. 😊
@spitrock333 жыл бұрын
No matter wild or not beetles, moths, and mites will come. I think, which is not epa friendly, the warre hive allows them to build what they can protect. But still warre brings its own difficulties of lifting ect. but over all the warre is like the wild more than any topbar and framed boxes.
@DrJim-cf5pj3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Thank you.
@rapa0173 жыл бұрын
Hello Tom, your work is great, Frank from Germany (www.greenhoney.eu)
@drrota3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Seeley amazing research! In the video you said there are about 20 things that wild colonies have over 'kept hives', and you showed some. Do you have the full list of the 20?
@axelheinz81473 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing the results of your research on wild living bees. Very inspiring. I’ve already transfered some of your “take home messages” in my way of beekeeping.
@muratgokirmak61323 жыл бұрын
Wow my brain is burning.. Thnx.. Long live Sir Tom Sheely ..You such a holy Man.. I have to share this Prof. Muhsin Doğaroğlu
@muratgokirmak61323 жыл бұрын
Yes you are %100 right. We hunt regularly wild bees in forest. grandfather was old style hives like basket .In basket hives bees never die winter. But he said when change hives turn modern beekeeping used langstroth hive 50 percent increased winter lost. Upper Insulation is very weak langstroth hives. He found empty honey comb and frozen bees. When we add top 4 cm insulation everything OK.
@peteGbee4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen colonies survive with high mite loads? Your suggesting killing off colonies with 10 mites in a count, but I've seen colonies survive with higher loads with no issues, and seems it takes the tolerance trait and balances out their colony with mites. What do you think?
@BondJamesBond792 жыл бұрын
He said 10 per cent-not 10 in ‘a count.’ If your count is 10 mites in 300 bees that would be 3.3 percent. If your count was 30 mites in 300 bees that would be 10 percent which he recommended euthanizing. He did also propose a beekeeper might euthanize at 5% or 2%. I think he was leaving it up to each individual where they might draw the line. Seemed like 10% was his personal max aka 30 mites in 300 bees.
@socialrecorder4 жыл бұрын
Thank You!!! I appreciate your opinion and your studies about the bees a lot!
@Muhundan4 жыл бұрын
Great to have a direct channel to share your knowledge. Much appreciated .
@joeclen794 жыл бұрын
Thank you from Joe in Northern Ireland. Any ideas for reducing drone comb in foundationless frames?
@tonyjetton83523 жыл бұрын
I am foundationless and have been for 15 years. A healthy colony is going to build a lot of drone comb on foundationless frames. You can cut it out but if they want drones they will build it back because that is want bees do to reproduce. I like drone comb. Many drones mean well mated queens and well mated health queens are critical to healthy colonies.
@joeclen793 жыл бұрын
@@tonyjetton8352 Thank you Tony for your reply. Usually people who use foundationless frames are concerned about the bees but I have more selfish motives. If I develop a method to get the bees to build worker only cells, would that be of benefit to you?
@tonyjetton83523 жыл бұрын
@@joeclen79 It would not be of benefit to me personally. I want lots of my drones from my bees in my yard. I see a benefit in saturating my bee yard with drones from my most desirable queens to insure their genetics are passed on. Many bee keepers do think negatively of drones. They eat a lot of honey and do no work. Any method you devise to limit drone production would be seen as favorable by them.
@joeclen793 жыл бұрын
@@tonyjetton8352 Hi Tony. What type of frames do you use. Do you use treatments. What do you do with the frames of honey. Have you any tips for getting the honey frames drawn evenly. Have you had any experience with the Layens type hive? You can answer as much or as little of this as you like, no pressure.
@tonyjetton83523 жыл бұрын
@@joeclen79 I use frames with the wooden wedge under the top bar as would be used with foundation but I only install a 1.5 inch wide starter strip of foundation. I also use foundationless frames which have a wooden guide under the top bar. Either way the bees get to build the comb they want. To get straight comb I insert an empty foundationless frame or a frame with a starter strip between two straight combs in the brood nest. The bees draw it out nicely. At present I harvest honey by crush and strain so all the crooked comb in the honey supers gets crushed, melted down and stored. I count mites using the sugar shake/roll method. If I have a hive with a high mite load I do not let it perish. I treat with oxalic acid when they are bloodless and MAQS when there is brood present. I treat the hive but kill then replace the queen with a queen know to offer some mite resistantance. I raise those replacement queens from colonies that show good mite suppression. This is exactly why I want the colonies producing drones. I want the drone congregation areas saturated with my drones so my queens can mate with drones of good genetics and not droves from colonies that may not be as mite resistant. There is absolute no need to destroy a hive as Dr. Seeley does. Just kill the mites, kill the queen and cut out all the drone comb and replace the queen with a better one. The bad genetics will end with that approach and the hive can live to try again. Killing the entire hive accomplishes nothing more than my method.