I went ahead and moved the divider, gave them a few more frames, and closed off the other entrance until the colony grows a bit larger!! My camera really overheated and I was unable to show you all this part!!!! Happy keeping my friends!
Your detail to inspection overview is super. We that follow can learn by both visual and your easy talking on what your are completing. You Tube has opened the screen for schooling lots of viewers. Thank you so mush for making it fun to LEARN and RELEARN.
Those was some of the most beautiful frames I've ever seen! Awesome colony and I'm very excited to see what you think of a long langstroth hive as time goes on!
It's very exciting to sit here in the Middle of Europe and watch you beekeeping in US! Bees connect the world :D. Thank's for sharing your wonderful and very interesting videos! All the best and keep going!
Because of you and JP and Yappy, I see queens so quickly in videos. And because of your channels I am no longer afraid of honey bees. I am still allergic to stings, but a few weeks ago a honey bee was asleep on my toe and later was walking on my hand and arm. I got video of it. I have finally got to the point in my life that I have a peaceful frequency so I can coexist with bees. Great job to all of you and your colleagues.
Love the way you care about little ones! Very nice I switched to long Lang just to avoid squashing my bees when returning boxes…make me feel sick days after
Nice to see someone else's long lang. Mine was made by Brushy Mtn and I'm not so thrilled with it because I can't use typical entrance reducers with mine. To stop the bees from building burr comb on top of the frames, I laid a piece of canvas over the tops of the frames and under the feeder boards. The bees propolize it but its easy to peel back to do an inspection. To move the divider and add some frames, all I need to do is peel the canvas back just that much. That way the whole rest of the colony isn't disturbed. I really like a well made horizontal hive. I'd like to build myself a Layen's style horizontal hive. Those look to be the bomdiggity.
They're 'the girls' because the boys don't do any of the work! That's excellent brood. What an amazing queen. The burr comb under the frame at 9 mins 10 looks a bit like a swarm cell from way over here. But the mood of the girls is so calm I don't think they're in any mood to swarm any time soon. You did so well to catch them in the bucket
You are single-handedly helping me conquer my fear of honeybees. Truly, I'd love to eventually keep them. If you'd told me that a year ago, I would have laughed you outta the room!♥️♥️♥️
omg same! now whenever I see/hear bees I’m like “aw hey” and just be aware not to like disturb them and not step on them (at school waiting for the buses to come I’ll sometimes see a couple since there are weeds and flowers around in the grass) so now my reaction is to be calm and I actually get happier when I see bees
Do it. I was very afraid of bees, but we decided to start keeping them and now I'm not afraid at all. I have a healthy respect for them and understand why they decide to sting. I love those little creatures now.
Hi Bethahy from Australia, Yes K is a Queen of bee's and if you have some $'s or looking to learn have a look at ruclips.net/video/FgFb0xxHYcA/видео.html, They have an online coarse (I think its free). Their hives are costly but you don't need to pull the frames to get the honey or have extraction equipment. Maybe JP the Bee Man, Mr ED and Dirt Rooster might help you. Cheers, BEEEEEE safe and happy, Ian
your videos have started to make me see bees in a whole different light. whenever I see them now I’m calm, and just more aware so that I don’t mess or step on them. It also makes me happier whenever I see them getting pollen🙂❤️
looks like perhaps a queen cell on the same frame as you found the queen on. opposite side from where you found the queen. ~12:08 does it also seem like her entourage are running her around?
Wow what a great laying pattern. Would you mind showing a little more detail about the Lang long next time? Like how the divider is made and stays in place, maybe a little about the hive construction - home built or bought. Things like that. Thanks!
Awesome video once again Kaylee. They’re doing excellently, great laying queen. Love the close ups of the hive especially the bee emerging from the cell. Love the bees 🐝. With mine my wife always says Trev’s with his girls again, whenever I’m working with my bees 🐝. Thanks again TrickyTrev 👍🐝🐝🍯🍯
Awesome videos. How many colonies do you have? Do you use them all for honey production? Are you trying to grow your setup? I am in the area and would love to come see you yard. I've got 20 hives.
@@TheHoneystead ya, I did most of the video in one long take and the camera shutdown from overheating and the file was corrupted. Had to trash the entire video. I usually stop recording multiple times, just didn't that time and it bit me. Live and learn, right?
Hi, I made a langstroth hive box but have few questions, hope you can help me. 1. Is it a must you must have 10 or more frames when you start to use it? Can't you start with just 5 frames? 2. To make it less heavier, can I reduce the width and/or length of the box? 3. Can I start the box only with the brood chamber first and add the honey super later when the brood chamber is full ? 4. Can I harvest part of the honey combs from the brood chamber? Appreciate you help to answer these questions for me please. Thank you in advance.
I did!!! I gave them a few more frames and closed off the other entrance. I just realized that I didn’t show that part due to my camera getting overheated!
She is a Trooper!!!💫 I so love the clean pretty beauty of a fresh new hive!! These girls are exceptional!!🤗💛🐝 You and your mom are marvels the camera couldn’t take the heat yet there you guys are in bees suits tending the ladies🥵🥰 How many frames did you give them to expand?
Did you use all foundation frames? I just put together my first hive and I am debating on starting it with all foundation or half without. It's a horizontal hive that holds 30 frames, but I'm starting with 10.
I'm on my 5th inspection(?) to be honest I've lost count a bit!) since the end of May and I still haven't found the Queen, should I worry? Both hives seem happy enough, just need more frames in place.
Rutgaur. Queen ? Where are you ? Do I need to worry ? Tip : When you are doing an Inspection, take some close up photos with your mobile phone, then at leisure, you can zoom into those cells to see eggs (like grains of rice on end in each cell) and or small comma 'grubs' and bigger, larvae. To "see" the Queen, read your Frames like a Book. Left to Right: eye scan each row of cells, then go down a bit, scan left to right etc etc... like you would reading text on a page in a Book. That way you will see the Queen 'she will just suddenly pop into view' ! [ Unlike darting your eyes all over the place. 👀 ] Also if you go through each Frame watching each side, place it ,after 'eye scanning' it, leave a big space on that frame, to the next one. That way the Queen won't scuttle quickly onto the next frame (where you say, wow, where's she gone ?) Having big gaps mean, as you check she cannot scarper onto the next, cos she can't jump or fly (!) Also take your time. If necessary, go back over each Frame, close those gaps. And close up the Hive ! # I have one Queen who will stay on a Frame, scuttle onto your hand, and go about being nice (!) Another is a really annoying so and so. Won't show her face, is like Willow the Whisp, taken me x3 weeks to spot her, get my camera focused. Bother, gone just like that !!! Darn, however she is a good layer and the hive is busting with Honey... Character v. Traits I guess.....🐝 Hope this helps. 🤗 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
No watch the video, it is a long hive hence it is like a hollow tube in a tree that has fallen down, K removed a blocker board and gave them more frames, hence more tree to use. K could turn that Long-Lang into a 2 x 7 frame "Flow Hive" by putting 2 x "7 Frame Flow Hive's" on top. A '7 Frame Flow' matches a '10 frame Long-Lang' but K has a 22 frame Long hence need a divider board between the 2 'Flow Hives' above the "Long-Lang" below. K probable only need 1 "Flow Hive" above the main honey store and close to the entrance to free flow about 45 pound or 20Kg of honey from 7 Flows of honey.
@@ianmackintosh7278 yes I watched the video and did see the blocker board being removed, but when that whole hive has full frames do you remove honey filled frames and replace with empty frames or do you stack a super on top.
Hi K, Kayley, please learn something NEW, lol, please look into "Flow Hives" for you "Long Lang". Those girls, yes I agree, the girls do the work, even though I am a man I also call them my girls. To me, a 7 frame "Flow Frame" centered over the entrance would give you easy honey to harvest but mean you need to cut and shut your top covers and roof. Not hard when you think of harvesting honey without extraction or a spinner.
I'm sure it would be an editing nightmare, but may I suggest a video to help people spot "the queen"? A montage (sort of) of different queens on different frames; shown for 5 to 10 seconds (giving viewers a chance to look for her). Then highlight her so that the viewer actually sees her. Start with shots where the queen is easy to spot; then progress to shots where she is increasingly more difficult to spot. And if that wasn't difficult enough for you... give each segment a point value (based on how difficult it was to spot the queen), and give levels (or grades, so to speak) from "beginner" or maybe something like "Boy! Do you need help." And move up to more prestigious things like "Pro", "Ace" or "Queen spotting god". I suggest this because your videos are some of the clearest and best detailed that I've seen. If anyone could produce a spotting aid like that, it'd be you. Teach us something old. 😉
Unless bees are perturbed for whatever reason, there is no reason for a real beekeeper to wear gloves which are clumsy and lead to crushed bees and clutziness. Bare hands are best while treating the bees gently with judicious smoke.
I went ahead and moved the divider, gave them a few more frames, and closed off the other entrance until the colony grows a bit larger!! My camera really overheated and I was unable to show you all this part!!!! Happy keeping my friends!
I noticed they looked like they needed more space
Good 🧡😄😄😄😄
I love that you are working with your mom and dad 🙏
Your detail to inspection overview is super. We that follow can learn by both visual and your easy talking on what your are completing. You Tube has opened the screen for schooling lots of viewers. Thank you so mush for making it fun to LEARN and RELEARN.
very cool!!! thanks for showing a horizontal langstroth!!!
Definitely a cool hive!!!!
@@TheHoneystead I built my own from scratch and also all the frames from scratch. There are not many beekeepers on youtube doing horizontal hives.
@@HisWayHomestead psst, Doug. . Lol
@@CastleHives I said “not many”, not “not any”…. 🤣😂😅
@@CastleHives besides, size matters…. Her apiary is much larger than yours…. 🤣😂😅
Those was some of the most beautiful frames I've ever seen! Awesome colony and I'm very excited to see what you think of a long langstroth hive as time goes on!
Wow...they did all that so fast!! Theyre doing great!! Thanks for the update
It's very exciting to sit here in the Middle of Europe and watch you beekeeping in US! Bees connect the world :D. Thank's for sharing your wonderful and very interesting videos! All the best and keep going!
Thanks so much for getting me excited about being a beekeeper again. You are truly an awesome educator.
💛💛💛 thank you
Look into ruclips.net/video/FgFb0xxHYcA/видео.html Flow Hive and make harvesting HONEY, EASY
Because of you and JP and Yappy, I see queens so quickly in videos. And because of your channels I am no longer afraid of honey bees. I am still allergic to stings, but a few weeks ago a honey bee was asleep on my toe and later was walking on my hand and arm. I got video of it. I have finally got to the point in my life that I have a peaceful frequency so I can coexist with bees.
Great job to all of you and your colleagues.
My favorite is finding queen🤣this lady is very gentle in handling bees, if I die and reincarnate as bee I want this lady as my keeper😊
Please update this hive I’m guessing you are quite happy with the horizontal hive…looks amazing and what happy bees you captured here!
How amazing to see new life emerging. These little creatures never cease to impress me
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Ditto
Wow! They are doing great!
Wow !! What a beautiful hive well done .
Love the way you care about little ones! Very nice
I switched to long Lang just to avoid squashing my bees when returning boxes…make me feel sick days after
Wow that is a strong colony. We are inspecting for the first time today with my Bee friend.
Wow that looks great! Make the divider out of 3/16 plywood it will give you more room
Swarm looking good, be blessed
To avoid flattening Bee's my grandpa told me to place the board down lightly and jiggle a bit and any Bee's under will move before getting squished.
That comp was utterly perfect!
So beautiful!
It was flawless!!
Nice!
What a wonderful video of this hive….thank you.
Ditto
That's so wanderfull
It was heartfelt , when you said HBD Girl 🐝. Good work , good intent and Keep it up . Liked and Subscribed 👍
Nice to see someone else's long lang. Mine was made by Brushy Mtn and I'm not so thrilled with it because I can't use typical entrance reducers with mine. To stop the bees from building burr comb on top of the frames, I laid a piece of canvas over the tops of the frames and under the feeder boards. The bees propolize it but its easy to peel back to do an inspection. To move the divider and add some frames, all I need to do is peel the canvas back just that much. That way the whole rest of the colony isn't disturbed. I really like a well made horizontal hive. I'd like to build myself a Layen's style horizontal hive. Those look to be the bomdiggity.
Beauty and beekeeping
I am always impressed how the majority of the girls just go along and do their business.
Hey Kaylee, looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood ...
That really was amazing frames one after another.
I was so proud of them!
They're 'the girls' because the boys don't do any of the work! That's excellent brood. What an amazing queen. The burr comb under the frame at 9 mins 10 looks a bit like a swarm cell from way over here. But the mood of the girls is so calm I don't think they're in any mood to swarm any time soon. You did so well to catch them in the bucket
Yeah just a bit of wonky comb! These girls definitely impressed me!
Another great video, thoroughly enjoyed
You are single-handedly helping me conquer my fear of honeybees. Truly, I'd love to eventually keep them. If you'd told me that a year ago, I would have laughed you outta the room!♥️♥️♥️
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omg same! now whenever I see/hear bees I’m like “aw hey” and just be aware not to like disturb them and not step on them (at school waiting for the buses to come I’ll sometimes see a couple since there are weeds and flowers around in the grass) so now my reaction is to be calm and I actually get happier when I see bees
Do it. I was very afraid of bees, but we decided to start keeping them and now I'm not afraid at all. I have a healthy respect for them and understand why they decide to sting. I love those little creatures now.
Hi Bethahy from Australia, Yes K is a Queen of bee's and if you have some $'s or looking to learn have a look at ruclips.net/video/FgFb0xxHYcA/видео.html, They have an online coarse (I think its free). Their hives are costly but you don't need to pull the frames to get the honey or have extraction equipment. Maybe JP the Bee Man, Mr ED and Dirt Rooster might help you. Cheers, BEEEEEE safe and happy, Ian
Your videos are great to watch! You have definitely found your niche. Your hubby is a lucky man!!!!
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your videos have started to make me see bees in a whole different light. whenever I see them now I’m calm, and just more aware so that I don’t mess or step on them. It also makes me happier whenever I see them getting pollen🙂❤️
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Looking great. Swarms really build those frames out fast.
Yes because they carry a load for honey from the hive they are leaving.
Thanks again
Hive looked great
Love how much I learn from you.
looks like perhaps a queen cell on the same frame as you found the queen on. opposite side from where you found the queen. ~12:08 does it also seem like her entourage are running her around?
I should have pointed it out, but that was just some wonky comb ;)
Girl power!!!
Wow nice hive
That brood is amazing!
Loving your videos. Much respect from Australia.
Great Video!
Great video gal!!!✅👍🏴☠️
Totally amazing video and you’re totally amazing also thank you keep them coming
Ditto
Wow what a great laying pattern. Would you mind showing a little more detail about the Lang long next time? Like how the divider is made and stays in place, maybe a little about the hive construction - home built or bought. Things like that. Thanks!
For sure 💛💛
Love the update!! Thank you!!
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Love my Horizontal. . Mine is building faster than my 8 frame langs. Thanks for sharing the "Girls". Haha
I’m really liking it as well!
@@TheHoneystead It has been super easy to inspect, and has made my mom's journey back into Beekeeping worthwhile.
Ohhh that is wonderful
@@TheHoneystead ❤❤❤
The sour wood are starting to bloom here. My wildflower honey is really light in color this year. I will be extracting in a few weeks.
I can’t wait to see the color of this years honey!
Awesome video once again Kaylee. They’re doing excellently, great laying queen. Love the close ups of the hive especially the bee emerging from the cell. Love the bees 🐝. With mine my wife always says Trev’s with his girls again, whenever I’m working with my bees 🐝.
Thanks again TrickyTrev 👍🐝🐝🍯🍯
Love It
Perfect brood pattern at 8:48.
So what do you do after the 22 frames have brood and honey, do you add another 22 frame box on top of it ? Thanks.
Awesome videos. How many colonies do you have? Do you use them all for honey production? Are you trying to grow your setup? I am in the area and would love to come see you yard. I've got 20 hives.
Those girls are doing amazing! My camera gets over heated too. I lost an entire video from it.
Ohhh noooo
@@TheHoneystead ya, I did most of the video in one long take and the camera shutdown from overheating and the file was corrupted. Had to trash the entire video. I usually stop recording multiple times, just didn't that time and it bit me. Live and learn, right?
Very interesting hive… I’ll be interested to watch the differences of the long hive.
What gloves are you wearing? They look fantastic!
Great hive work. You mentioned 80/20 but didn't say what of.
Do you mean space?
Keep up the great work. 💪👷
With all of that brood the hive is going to bust loose. When they fill up the remaining frames in that box, is the only choice to make a split?
fantastic 👍👍💪
heya oh wouw never saw the burth of a bee. seen now a couple of queen's is it correct that you have different colored queen's ?
I know you quirks in the states are really exiting about the long hives, but wait till you see the zest hive in Europe
Great video thanks 🐝🐝 🐝 Sun + camera = meltdown 😆
Hahaha I know right!!! Lol
When are you going to start producing queens, cause that one is the one to graft from, is awesome. Great video.
I’m definitely planning on grafting from many on my colonies 💛
@@TheHoneystead LOL, the children are not clones of the Queen but like your children, have dad's genes too
Hi, I made a langstroth hive box but have few questions, hope you can help me.
1. Is it a must you must have 10 or more frames when you start to use it? Can't you start with just 5 frames?
2. To make it less heavier, can I reduce the width and/or length of the box?
3. Can I start the box only with the brood chamber first and add the honey super later when the brood chamber is full ?
4. Can I harvest part of the honey combs from the brood chamber?
Appreciate you help to answer these questions for me please. Thank you in advance.
Lindas abelhinha!
I love when you’re down and dirty in The suit 🥰🥰🥰 I love it
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Heya Lady's Farm. . Hope all is well. 🐝🐝
Are those comb foundations or the bees built them?
Interesting difference of color in capped cells (top of frame looked whiter than lower down. Wondering why?
Top was honey and lower were capped brood. The honey is to feed the young larvae if they have a shortage or after the capped brood hatches.
Hello from Republica Moldova
Nice video 🥰
Have you seen the Tik tok video of the guy that made a cup speaker so he could hear the 🐝🐝. Pretty Damb weird and cool
You can do migration anywhere place your bees??
Did you move the divider board? How many more frames did you give the queen access to?
I did!!! I gave them a few more frames and closed off the other entrance. I just realized that I didn’t show that part due to my camera getting overheated!
@@TheHoneystead A few being 2or3 meaning you need to be back in about 14 days.
She is a Trooper!!!💫 I so love the clean pretty beauty of a fresh new hive!! These girls are exceptional!!🤗💛🐝 You and your mom are marvels the camera couldn’t take the heat yet there you guys are in bees suits tending the ladies🥵🥰 How many frames did you give them to expand?
It was a bit steamy hahahah!! I gave them 3 more frames and plan on checking them in about 10 days to see if I can add more!
@@TheHoneystead so awesome!! Now I’m wondering about honey supers.... do you put on 2, 10 frame supers side by side?
Did you use all foundation frames? I just put together my first hive and I am debating on starting it with all foundation or half without. It's a horizontal hive that holds 30 frames, but I'm starting with 10.
What are you doing so that the Red bee does not harm it ?
I see you have ants in your hive, is this a problem, why, how do you remove them and how can you stop them returning?
I'm on my 5th inspection(?) to be honest I've lost count a bit!) since the end of May and I still haven't found the Queen, should I worry?
Both hives seem happy enough, just need more frames in place.
I would only worry if you don’t see any new egg! Sometimes those queens can be sneaky!
@@TheHoneystead Will look for new eggs when I do a Inspection tomorrow (UK weather permitting).
Rutgaur. Queen ? Where are you ? Do I need to worry ?
Tip : When you are doing an Inspection, take some close up photos with your mobile phone, then at leisure, you can zoom into those cells to see eggs (like grains of rice on end in each cell) and or small comma 'grubs' and bigger, larvae.
To "see" the Queen, read your Frames like a Book. Left to Right: eye scan each row of cells, then go down a bit, scan left to right etc etc... like you would reading text on a page in a Book.
That way you will see the Queen 'she will just suddenly pop into view' ! [ Unlike darting your eyes all over the place. 👀 ]
Also if you go through each Frame watching each side, place it ,after 'eye scanning' it, leave a big space on that frame, to the next one. That way the Queen won't scuttle quickly onto the next frame (where you say, wow, where's she gone ?) Having big gaps mean, as you check she cannot scarper onto the next, cos she can't jump or fly (!) Also take your time. If necessary, go back over each Frame, close those gaps. And close up the Hive !
# I have one Queen who will stay on a Frame, scuttle onto your hand, and go about being nice (!)
Another is a really annoying so and so. Won't show her face, is like Willow the Whisp, taken me x3 weeks to spot her, get my camera focused. Bother, gone just like that !!! Darn, however she is a good layer and the hive is busting with Honey... Character v. Traits I guess.....🐝
Hope this helps. 🤗
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What happened to the angry hive where you replaced the queen? Too soon for results?
I’m hoping to edit that video soon!!!!
Can you stack long hives and have a single hive with 44 frames?
I’m still waiting & hoping for a wild swarm to find my trap. Nothing yet. Doesn’t help that farm fields near us are being sprayed by crop dusters. 😖
What brand suit do you use?
8:00 looks so good, it looks almost fake lol
Lol
One all the frames are full do you stack another box on top the same as traditional hives?
No watch the video, it is a long hive hence it is like a hollow tube in a tree that has fallen down, K removed a blocker board and gave them more frames, hence more tree to use.
K could turn that Long-Lang into a 2 x 7 frame "Flow Hive" by putting 2 x "7 Frame Flow Hive's" on top. A '7 Frame Flow' matches a '10 frame Long-Lang' but K has a 22 frame Long hence need a divider board between the 2 'Flow Hives' above the "Long-Lang" below. K probable only need 1 "Flow Hive" above the main honey store and close to the entrance to free flow about 45 pound or 20Kg of honey from 7 Flows of honey.
@@ianmackintosh7278 yes I watched the video and did see the blocker board being removed, but when that whole hive has full frames do you remove honey filled frames and replace with empty frames or do you stack a super on top.
How do you attract much bees your area?
What suit is that you’re wearing?
Hi K, Kayley, please learn something NEW, lol, please look into "Flow Hives" for you "Long Lang". Those girls, yes I agree, the girls do the work, even though I am a man I also call them my girls. To me, a 7 frame "Flow Frame" centered over the entrance would give you easy honey to harvest but mean you need to cut and shut your top covers and roof. Not hard when you think of harvesting honey without extraction or a spinner.
Be a good hive to use to bolster small weaker hives or build up nucs with all that capped brood
How do you fight varroa
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Even after they grow up, they talk their dads into braving death. 🐝
Hehehe
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Ihad.a.big.swarm.that.same.day.it.has.a.havf.super.allready.they.are.pretty.gental.julyfourth.is.when.i.use.to.take.honey.off.nice.hive.you.have.there.
I'm sure it would be an editing nightmare, but may I suggest a video to help people spot "the queen"?
A montage (sort of) of different queens on different frames; shown for 5 to 10 seconds (giving viewers a chance to look for her). Then highlight her so that the viewer actually sees her.
Start with shots where the queen is easy to spot; then progress to shots where she is increasingly more difficult to spot.
And if that wasn't difficult enough for you... give each segment a point value (based on how difficult it was to spot the queen), and give levels (or grades, so to speak) from "beginner" or maybe something like "Boy! Do you need help." And move up to more prestigious things like "Pro", "Ace" or "Queen spotting god".
I suggest this because your videos are some of the clearest and best detailed that I've seen. If anyone could produce a spotting aid like that, it'd be you.
Teach us something old. 😉
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First ? . . LoL
You are quick!
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I came down to do that lol
Unless bees are perturbed for whatever reason, there is no reason for a real beekeeper to wear gloves which are clumsy and lead to crushed bees and clutziness. Bare hands are best while treating the bees gently with judicious smoke.
Yeah… so I’m a fake beekeeper