Making My First Pile Box Beehive for Japanese Bees
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Ryunohara is going to be natural farming garden + farm-to-table cafe, so we'll need honey! There were bees all around last year and I think we have a good chance of getting a swarm. This is my first pile box beehive, made to measurements that Japan Natural Beekeeping ( / @japanesenaturalbeekee... ) very kindly made available. It's not done yet, that will be in the next video!
About Ryunohara: I'm Lee, I'm 31, Singaporean, and have been living in Japan for almost 10 years. I'm taking a leap into the countryside to run a farm and in the near future a farm-to-table cafe in Ryujinmura, Wakayama Prefecture. I'm experimenting with natural farming techniques and will be making tea this year. In the meantime the 2 properties on the farm need a lot of restoration work. One's at least 60 years old and has a leaky roof, and the other is 120-years-old with a good thatched roof but wonky floors. With the help of my friends I'm going to make this work somehow so subscribe to get updates about Ryunohara the natural farm every Wednesday. ryunohara.com
Bees need all the help they can get right now, I love it that you’re going to keep bees too. Can’t wait to see the bees making their home in it.☺️
I’m almost 60 years old and I believe this is one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever seen. Wonderful work and so informative.
You my friend are an inspiration. I’m going to give this project a go myself. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words James. This beehive design seems to work because I got a swarm this year (they are still here). Please make quite a few and spread them about for a better chance at attracting bees.
hey, guy this amaze me, I looking for this type of hive for a time, it so popular in japan and other country. traditional bee hive in japan are great
Hey boss greetings from Tennessee. My family has been raising bee’s since 1850s and i am happy to see others love making their own boxes. Its my favorite part especially since I am terrified of bees😅. Stepped on a hive and well..
Wow the 1850s! 🐝🐝🐝
Very good english. Have you tried checking out american bee hives. I would be interested to see how they work in your country, Japan. Thanks for sharing and showing us what, not only what you can do, but what your willing to do to help the Bees in the world. I'd say very good job.
Hi! Thanks for watching. Japanese bees have different preferences from European bees so the pile box design, or hollowed-out Japanese cedar or cherry blossom designs are used here. The bees here seem to prefer homes that are as close to a hollowed-out tree as possible.
I'm going try to make one myself. I am in NY in the United States. Great video!. I like the Japanese way of bee keeping n it looks better than the USA way.
Hi Ian! These are built for Japanese bees, who behave slightly differently from European bees (which have been exported to the US). I’m not sure if you’ll get a swarm with this design but let me know if it works for you!
sir may i know the exact inside dimention of your box. thank you very much
Wow! 龍の蜜！😄
That would be scary - Dragon Honey??
I’m so curious how beekeeping is going for you?
I think I featured the occupied bee hive in some of the videos after this one. I harvested some honey too (not featured on RUclips, just on Instagram). Bees have entered a different hive this year.
I am still wondering if we need to put queen excluder to stop queen from putting brood on the top part of the hive ?
I’ll let you know when bees actually populate these pile box hives! According to others who are using the pile box, the top box is always for honey only, and the brood is always further down. It’s probably because the top box is furthest from the entrance and hence more difficult to access (the babies need loads more attention and therefore easier access?)
Can Japanese honeybey be taken care of with ordinary methods as well?
The traditional methods seem so much slower and labour intensive to be honest.
What do you mean ordinary methods though? This is the ordinary method in Japan…
nice job! greetings from Serbia! I am wondering one thing. How does winter, cold weather up to -10 -15 "C applies to this beehive please? I would like to try this method. Thanks in advance
Hello! My bees froze when it got to -9.6°C this year. They were alright up till -6°C. I think they will need a good blanket of straw if they were to survive.
you are correct. Maybe we can use Styrofoam board as well. I am about to make the Japanese hive and in case I find natural swarm in the forest I will bring it in and try. BTW I am using Dadant Blatt Bee Hive house which has 20mm thick sides. Thank you for your quick reply!@@Ryunohara
Thank you for this wonderful video. I want to make this one too. Have you had any luck catching a swarm? I would love to see more
No luck! The bees here like the natural beehives better (hollowed out tree trunks). Also a local woodsman tells me to hang them on a cliff next year (!!!) because the bees want to be safe from bears and they know if the hive is in a good (inaccessible) location or not. I’m making more boxes to prepare for next year’s swarming season. Stay tuned!
I hope you make more , following
Made another 5 this year!
I hv got insects phobia & especially bees!!! 😖 I salute U!! 💪🏽🤟🏽🐉❤️
Maybe that will change when you visit :)
at first part of bee hive after burning it I see that you didn't fit the 4 pieces firmly. it is still space between. At 9:58 min you can see clear the mentioned situation.
Hi! Good eye there! Yes the first beehive was a bit of a struggle. I’ve since fixed the gap by clamping the wood together more firmly, and the other beehives use wood that the local carpenter provides, which is planed to much higher quality so there are no gaps when I fit the sides together.
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you can attach them by making channel in one and opposite in other. than they will fit without any nails. Than you put only the wire.
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Actually how many Inches of length & breath needed to cut to made that box
日本では養蜂用のミツバチはどこで買えますか？
Hi! You can’t buy Japanese bees; they have to enter the hives naturally
make sure u got protection.
Yep i will! But first the bees will have to swarm!