Upgrading to a Long Hive | You should too! | Horizontal Hive | Awesome Hive! | Moving our frames now
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2021
- We finally got out to the apiary and broke down one of our Langstroth Hives and moved the frames over to the Long Hive! This was incredibly fun, we had a lot of management to do since we just came out of winter.
Take a look at us upgrading to our long lang hive. Is this hive right for you? Do you like lifting boxes or are you worried about your back?
We build this hive on our own and it feels really satisfying to reap the rewards.
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that is the way i plan on going, THE LONG HORIZONTAL, i noticed that the "wild" BEES prefer a longer cavity/ natural hollow in the dead standing trees i find them in, no moer ladders, no heavy lifting, thanks for the tips
You’re very welcome! Hope it helps. Good luck!
Learned a lot from your video. Thanks for talking about the gloves. I do use nitrile gloves, but like the ones you are using with the bumps to help grip items.
Not a problem! Here's a link to the glove Mike uses if you'd like the same ones. Mike's Orange Gloves: amzn.to/3mh8Sku
Great review of the long hive! Thanks for the video!
Thank you!
In your Longhive, I tried beetle traps several years but with limited success. I did a major change on a deadout and put in oil pans/trays for SHB management works great and you can see in the trays what your bees are doing. Vegetable oil gets changed once a year or as needed. SHB problem solved but you need a screened bottom. Trays stay in place all year to control ventilation and light. If you treat varroa with OAV you slide out a tray under the screen, put in an empty pan, insert the OAV between the screen and tray and treat. Slides are the plastic bars for joining lattice. Good luck....
That's a beautiful build, would be proud to have one of yours in our farm yard! Will you move the frames back to the Langstroth hive this fall?
I can only lift one frame at a time and the Long Hive would be awesome, but our winters....
Looks forward to seeing how the bees like their gorgeos new hive!
Nope, this is their new home! We plan on building two more of these long hives. The only draw back I'm seeing is that we're limited on the amount of frames the hive holds. We need to find out what strategy we are going to use to make sure this hive doesn't fill up too quickly. The side walls are 2 inch thick. That should be warm enough even in your winters, but I would consult the local beekeepers and see what they say.
@@RascalApiary Good point about limited room to grow, have fun brainstorming your strategy on how to go about it.
@@RascalApiary all you have to do to make more room is make it longer.
Yes, but we’d have to build another one for that. It’s just not as easy as throwing another hive box on top like a traditional Langstroth.
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Tip :
I have a DIY Langstroth Horizontal Hive (made from an Ex Log Storage Box !) A Dead Chest Freezer Lid (Metal Sheeting stripped and turned Silver Side Out. To reflect Weather and any Heat, no often here in Scotland.🤣)
Oh and some Old Boards, as Inner Cover Boards : with x3 Inch Holes Drilled out, Plexiglass added as Viewing Ports, (so you can Peek at the Bees, on Lifting the HH Lid, see what's doing, with no Bees getting out !) 👍
And we used old Kitchen Cabinet Handles to lift these Inner Boards. And a Safety Chain, to stop Lid Flipping Out... Simple. Hive is so Heavy re Log Box, (it won't go anywhere ! 🤭 )
It's insulated with x 6 Inches of Sheep's Wool. 🐑in all the Cavity Wall spaces. (Between Log, and Inner Hive / Frame Box... ) Made using Marine Board. It also has moveable 'Divider Boards', and a Vertical Queen Excluder. Making the Left end... The Brood Area. The Right end... the Honey Super.
[Back Wall is where Beek Stands, no Bees coming or going at this position.] As they come and go at the South Facing Front entrance.
It has a Mesh Floor. And an external Lower Horizontal Chamber, for a Salvation 'Op Shop' Tea Tray 🤭 (As a Varroa Mite Board.) And it also stores my Smoker, Hive Tool, Rooster Wings (the best Bee Brush ever !) And dry Smoker Fuel, Clicker Lighter etc, etc ...)
Their are a lot of Sheep, here in Scotland. So Wool Works well ! 🤗
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So when going Horizontal, "think outside the Box !" So to speak. Use what you have, Log Box, Old Cabinet on its side, even a Dead Chest Freezer...
(👀see : Bush Bee Man in OZ on RUclips : He has a Freezer Hive ! 😆
Recycle, Upcycle all sorts ! Insulate with, Wood Shavings, Compressed Ferns/Moss/Dry Bark#. Anything to Hand.
Also see : Phil Chandler : RUclips (UK Beekeeper.) Top-Bar HH. He likes Bark... 😉
Happy Beekeeping 2021.
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Thanks for the shout out! Lol I have no idea who the honey spoon is 🤣
Oh no! We've been convinced that you made a new youtube name! Our bad!
😝 I was confused too I had no idea what that other person was talking about. I like the format of this video btw it seems like y’all are getting much more comfortable in front of the camera! Even tho I decided I’m not gonna be a bee keeper I still try to come back as often as I can to support your channel :)
My bad....only Mrs. Wray gets credit for the bee anatomy.
I was only the one that said "Way to go!!! I changed name and came back to congratulate under new name didn't mean to confuse.
I'm staying as honeyspoon beewrangler.
@mrs wray what made you make that decision to not become a beekeeper?
@honeyspoon beewrangler Ah ok!
Look into thermal mite treatment for honey hives!
I heard something about this year's ago, but it's about time to look again. Anything specific?
I have purchased the Greenbeehives: Victor!
@@danhardin7243 were on it!
I dont think thermal deally works
How do you build the horizontal hive do you have the plan you used
The plans are linked in the description of this video
ruclips.net/video/ulIwlL5bS_s/видео.html
After two years how is the hive working for you?
It worked great while we had it. We’ve since moved and had to sell all our hives. I can definitely see us building another when we get bees again at our new house.
Brand of your gloves please?
These are the gloves Mike wears amzn.to/3mh8Sku
@@RascalApiary thank you💗
You’re welcome!
4:50 lol
Uh oh....
Is this a style of video? Pretending to be interviewed?