Starting A Beehive For Dirt Cheap & Setting Up Beehive For Success (PART 1)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Starting A Beehive For Dirt Cheap & Setting Up Beehive For Success (PART 1)
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Pavel, a native of Russia, has over 30 years of experience with beekeeping, highly recommends these items when first starting out, visit this link to see which ones and why ---- kit.co/annakra...
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Deep super boxes, frames, and natural beeswax foundation:
--- 2 - Unassembled Hive Deep Super Boxes for 10 Frames (KD-800) $16.75x2 www.mannlakelt...
--- 2 - 10 Unassembled Frames - Wedge Top & Split Bottom/Holes Endbars (FR-921) 15.95 www.mannlakelt...
--- 2- 10 100% Beeswax Wired Foundation (FN-260) $14.95x2 www.mannlakelt...
Pick up at local home depot or online: homedepot.sjv.io/KEOey
--- 1 - BEHR quart size Premium Plus Exterior/ Semi-Gloss-Paint & Primer in One (Color: Galway M390-3) 14.98 (1gal. 34.98 - bit.ly/ExtPaint... )
--- 1 - Round Pipe 7" X 24" (Model# BCP7x24) $ 4.98 (for roof) bit.ly/RoundPipe
--- 1 - 36" X 84" Brite Aluminum Insect Screen $8.28 (for feeder box)
--- 1 - Long Nails 8d 2-3/8" used to assemble hive bodies & super (you need qty:100+) $4+ bit.ly/2Uz6smI
--- 1 - Medium Nails 1 ¼” used to attach top bars and bottom bars to end bars (HD-220) $1.30 bit.ly/2D8cO1S
--- 1 - Small Nails 5/8” used to attach wedge back to the top bar (HD-250) $1.47 bit.ly/smallnails
--- 2 - Concrete Blocks $2.90
--- 1 - 8’ X 4’ Thick & Coated OSB, about $11, cut in to 7 pieces:
2 - 24” X 16 ¼” (Top and bottom)
1 - 20” X 16 ¼” with 4 X 4” center hole (feeder box bottom)
2 - 6 ½” X 20” (feeder box sides)
2 - 6 ½” X 15 ¼” (feeder box front & back)
At Home Find 1-quart size glass canning jar with lid (for sugar syrup)
Basic beekeeping tools and cane sugar to make sugar syrup:
--- 1 - Stainless Steel Smoker w/Heat Shield $14.49 amzn.to/2CCx3Ev
--- 1 - Mask/Suit $21.99 - amzn.to/2YjGF07
--- 1 - Gloves 8.26 - amzn.to/2Om2is0
--- 1 - Stainless Steel (sturdy) Hive Tool $6.99 - amzn.to/2YkI1HS
--- 1 - 10-LB Organic, Non-Gmo, Pure Cane Sugar: amzn.to/2U7DglQ $20.14
How we battle mites, ants, and beetles if the problem arises. We always recommend highly effective natural products over chemicals - Using chemicals may affect the health of your bees and the quality of your honey. This is what we use:
---- For Varroa Mites -- Tea Tree Oil $28.00 & Thyme Oil $39.33 Used Together (directions & food grade oils: kit.co/annakra...)
---- For Ants: Diatomaceous Earth - amzn.to/2GuMHTA
--- For Beetles - www.mannlakelt... use with beetle oil -- www.mannlakelt...
Where to buy bees?
It’s better and usually cheaper to buy bees from a local beekeeper - www.craigslist.com (search: bees for sale)
*** If you can’t find local bees, you can order them online, it may be a little more expensive: www.mannlakeltd.com
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Wow Great Video!
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Started Beekeeping with this kind of hive and have been following you and Pavel. My bees are happy and Thriving. Thank you!
That is great news! Hope everything goes well! :) thank you for watching!
Anna,
I love your Dad! I'm a 4th year Beekeeper but I have learned so much by watching a few of your videos than all the Bee Club meetings I have attended. Just good practical information take it or leave it! (No speculation or debate....) You BOTH keep up the great work!!
Thank you! I'm very happy to hear that! :) Thank you for taking the time to comment to let us know!
Hi Pavel & Anna: I re-watched the first video and found the supplier. Thanks again.
Love the beehaive paint color. Looks like lots of work but it's rewarding if you love bees.
Thank you!!!
Thank you so very much for all of your videos. This is my first year as a beekeeper and I am overwhelmed by all of the videos and advice from other beekeepers. Your videos are easy to follow and my wife and I absolutely love your dad. Thank you again for all of your helpful videos and for sharing your father with the world.
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching and your feedback. We love hearing comments like this one. :)
Your Dad knows his stuff. A very informative video for new beekeepers. I just use a 3/4 inch starter strip of wax foundation in the top of the frame with fishing line for support and let the bees draw their own comb. I can do 10 frames with starter strip from one sheet of wax foundation without the wires. Go to the oops shelf in the paint department, you can get the sample 1/2 pints for $.50 if you're not particular about the color. You can get free shipping from Mann Lake with orders over $100.00.
Good to know! Thank you for watching and commenting :)
Thanks for the videos, Anna. I'd like to suggest a theme for a future video: your father could talk about the differences of beekeeping in Russia and now in the west. Also, how the old timers did stuff the newer generations do diferently. I really enjoy your videos. And thank your father for sharing his knowledge with us all!
Thank you for watching and commenting! Comments like this one makes me happy! I absolutely love those video ideas!
You are lucky u have such a great dad, to pass on his knowledge of honeybees. And life in general.
Thank you! Yes, very lucky, he is a great dad! :) thank you for watching and commenting! :)
Thanks for Sharing this with us Lady
Thank You! There is a lot of great information here - especially with staying within a small budget. That’s helpful because too many videos on RUclips are about people spending a LOT of money buying tons of stuff, or building everything from scratch - which requires to the tools and skills of a cabinet maker. You are doing a smart thing by buying boxes and frames from Mann Lake and saving $ by building the cover and base.
Thank you for understanding! :) That's exactly what we were going for. That's how I started, and it was an easy process!
I'm not a bee keeper yet but i want to start this video is helpful since I dont know what I'm doing and how much money will be wasted
You should! It’s fun! Thank you for watching!
Links to all parts, tools & bees are in the description section!
very cool! this is awesome thanks for the video! 👍
Outstanding thank you
@@anthonybosworth4141 Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
@@AnnaKra , your dad has a unique perspective of bees and I love his sense of humor. The way he gets excited when he's teaching about bees.
@@anthonybosworth4141 Thank you! I'm happy to hear this! I think my dad is very knowledgable! :)
Best wishes for your new beehive to be blessed!
Thank you for watching!!!
Great advice
Thank you for watching! :)
Hi Dad, you are awesome 😎, you both work together as a team so well. Plastic is no good, so glad you enjoy the natural chemical free stuff, I love it 👍
Yeah we don’t like plastic! Thanks for watching!! :)
plastic does work if you coat them good with wax. also the main reason i like plastic is to help stop the beetles/mites from going frame to frame so easily. they can't go through plastic like they can with wax foundation. if they need to move, they have to go around. going around they will get fucked with by the bees more.
This is a great video to help the beginner get started cheaply. I will send it to some of my friends. Wish I had seen it when I started. Kudos!
Nice! Thank you! Part 2 is coming soon for this video!
Mann lake is my go to, however we have a local farm store Randall’s old mill, where I got my 3rd recent hive for 70 dollars with 5 frames included, inner cover, top cover and bottom board of which I needed in a pinch for my recent swarm. Your hives is beeutiful! The flowers near door entrance of hive are Lovely just like your videos. I love watching! you make learning funn😀I will always come to you guys for information. I enjoy✌️❤️🐝
Nice! Sounds like a deal! I’m glad to hear that! Thank you! :)
New subscriber and new bee keeper. Enjoying your videos!
You're very welcome! :)
@@AnnaKra :)
Very informative video. Had no idea you could start taking care of bees so affordably. I like the be hive you've made, great color =) Thanks for sharing and good luck with your bees!
Thank you for watching and commenting :)
Thanks for sharing this informative video. I am looking to start a Beehive.
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching! :)
Nice way to avoid the bottom board expense. See if you can find some foam tape to put on the bottom of the brood box, to act as a weather seal for water intrusion and for wavy plywood or box cuts.
Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
Not needed, bees will use propolis to seal every nook and cranny.
@@mark-wn5ek That is very true! Thank you for commenting!
Great work! Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching! :)
GOOD INFO!
I love to see young people learning to keep bees. Good luck Anna.
Thank you! I will need it :)
Thanks you guys are so practical And keep it simple. Love your dad he’s the bomb! I’ve already used he’s techniques on my hives
thank you! That's awesome! We appriciate your comment! :)
love it!
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Budget beekeeping is a must! Thanks for sharing
You're very welcome! :)
Another suggestion, Anna: varoa and other pests. How did they use to manage it? And how does he manage it now?
Yeah, we have more videos coming soon on these topics!
We live in Albania and we just started to hives thank you so much for your videos keep it up
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I really like your feeding box set up. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! :)
thank you for this video Anna. I enjoy listening to both you and Pavel.
God job loved bée and your butefiull vison
Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
Cool! That a wealth of knowledge your Dad must be! We’re looking forward to watching 👍
Thank you for watching! He is indeed very knowledgable! Looking forward to your videos also!
Great video and very informative I will be watching a lot of your all’s videos on here as we are starting are bee adventure together this is awesome and you explain things very well.
This is great! I'm excited to hear this! Thank you for commenting! More awesome videos coming soon! :)
Thank you for sharing content to start bees, it’s autumn here in Australia, winter in June. Spring in September so making my own bee boxes from ply wood and scraps of timber, currently makeing some 5 frame nucs and going to try make some frames as well with cheap timber , I’ll have them all painted and ready before spring, then I’ll be hunting for bees to go in them , that’s the plan anyway. 👍
Thant is a great plan! Thanks for watching! :)
Hey sis good vedio I love it!!😊
Thank you Marina, you're the best!
wow really good tips! thanks for the video, I really liked how well you both explained about everything on how to start and take care of a beehive :) 👍
Thank you XDsuzi!!
looking good! Great job on the video!
Thank you for watching!!!
I love the way you're explaining things.
Nice! Thanks for watching and commenting!
look on Craigslist, people are always buying and selling bee equipment usually cheap as they're a pain to store
That is a great suggestion! Thanks for posting! :)
Love the color of your boxes!! I went with yellow. Yes we will learn together :)
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Love the detailed info! Good to know for sure. You did great And you look hawt 😎 Dad did great too 👍👍😁
Thank you Lenchick!!!! That is a big step for me lol
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New beekeeper here! Thanks for the videos. What are your thoughts on using pressure treated material for the roof and bottom boards?
Yes, he thinks this is a good idea! Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
I love this video but I am concerned about the OSB. This wood chip board has many chemicals and will off-gas for years. I know it is a bit more expensive to buy higher quality wood but isn't that better for bee health? Are you not worried about these chemicals in the cheap glues? We will be building hive boxes very soon and I really appreciate the detailed instruction!
Sorry for the late response. You are right, we make sure the treated side is towards the outside. Also, this video is for people who can't afford the more quality wood. Better quality wood is always, always a good idea. Thanks for watching. :)
When I do have to feed my bees, I make the sugar syrup and I also add chamomile I grow organically, to the nectar as it helps protect against varroa mites. Have you or your father tried this method? Instead of having to by varroa mite medication. Thank you again😊
We have not tried the chamomile. We don't use medication on our bees either. We use thyme oil and tea tree oil if the need arises.
Do you use the tea tree oil the same way you use the thyme oil, in 4 ounces of olive oil? And how many drops?
Hi Anna, I want to start, but I live in Texas and don't know if where you are and don't know if it matters. It'l July and it's 95 outside today. I would like to know if you are on twitter for more DM to you. I am ready to start and will buy some of what you are showing to buy. Thank you !
Great information 👍
Well I just found your channel and I did subscribe. I am planning to start beekeeping myself and I orienting into the theoretical/practical side. Your vids are good and informative. Check out Vinofarm as well, as he started in 2016. I would suggest adding your season and episode numbers, so it's easier to binge watch them ;) Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I will definitely check him out! :)
Hello. I'm about to get some bees here next 10 days and been watching videos on bees like crazy. Your channel was reccomened today and you guys give out a lot of great great tips and information. Everyone I watched so far says you have to place the bee hive entrance towards the South. Your dad says to place towards the east, can you explain why East? Thank you ahead! :)
Hi! This is a great question! My dad said, that the Russians have experimented with this and have documented that placing the hive towards the east gives you a few advantages. One, east is where the sun rises, therefore the entrance warms up first, the bees from this hive start working earlier, up to two hours earlier than the hives that are placed towards the south. One or two hours every day can add up quick. Therefore, they should bring more honey. He extracts up to 3 gallons of honey per hive, per year. Second, facing the hive towards the south during the summer days is not a good idea. Most part of the day the sun shines from the south, this may over heat the entrance for the bees, and the bees have to ventilate more, work harder to keep the hive a certain temperature for the brood. He has read this experiment in a Russian magazine and ever since then he has put all his hives towards the east and it has worked for him for many years. If you have found a different kind of research, please post here. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
That makes perfect sense! Thank you! :)
Great video. I have a couple of questions. I noticed the holes for the bees to access. Does it help with the hive beetles? Also does it allow good ventilation?
My dad said, he doesn't think it will help with the hive beetles. He uses the inner cover with the screen as shown in the video to ventilate the hive. That should be plenty of ventilation for the bees! The screen on the inner cover easily passes air in and out. Most tops/roofs for beehives are not tightly sealed on to the hive and have small holes in the wood where air passes through easily. Also, we suggest making one entrance hole on the second deep super (one should be plenty on the second deep super additional to the bottom entrance holes) for even better ventilation. If bees don't need that hole they will cover it up with propolis! Hope this helps! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Can you start a new beehive with only a Queen and no workerbees?
just love your videos. you and your father are awesome for sharing all you do so thanks for that. i dont know if its possible now that the video has been released but the link on a later video that you did concerning when your new hive swarmed during the video. i think you know the one. just so you know the link to get me to this video is not working. i still got here though by searching for it. just thought you would like not know. ill be watching. :D
Thank you for letting me know. Thank you for watching and commenting! I’m glad to hear comments like this! :)
time stamp?
Love your videos but do you actually show the assembly of the hive boxes in any of them?
We have not posted that video yet, it’s coming soon!
Ok thanks thought I was missing it.
Now days, packages and Nuc are close in price. Swarms are free and the best method of all.
Yes! Thanks for watching!
you were using thyme oil with coconut oil..treatement of varrora mites..i want to ask you can we use another edible oil for this purpose other than coconut oil..please suggest
Yes, you can use mineral oil. Check out the description section for more details under the video that is about thyme oil. Thank you for watching!
@@AnnaKra thanks ...but this time nector flow is...so it would be good to use in saseme oil like.. i found varrora in my apiary
having total 60 hives this time..
Is your channel more along the lines of *beekeeping*? Or is it more like a general self sufficiency / homesteading channel?
Probably both! Thanks for watching!
Today I founded many mal in one beehive, what does that mean?!
Another suggestion, Anna, perhaps you can do it if you want to grow your audience. I don't know if you are familiar with the CRAZY RUSSIAN HACKER - he's got a very large audience on internet. And for the last 2 years he's been trying to beekep without much of a success. Who knows if you reach out to him (he seems very friendly online) and, being your father also russian, perhaps he'd be interested in featuring you two in his channel or something like that. Just an idea. Hope your channel grows and you keep the videos coming!
Yeah, I’m subscribed to him! I wish lol. I want to grow a little more! Before I reach out to collaborate. Thank you, great advice! Keep it coming :)
Lovely video, as you point out it would be very easy to spend hundreds of dollars to start beekeeping. I have been considering starting for a few years now and have been trying to contact the local beekeeping association this year without success, broken email link.
At what point in the year would your father suggest it is too late in the year to acquire a nuc and start the process?
No, it's not too late! May is still a good month to start. Some people start during the summer and some even start in fall. He recommends starting in springtime! I'm happy to hear this! Thank you for watching! You will like part two, It's coming out soon!
@@AnnaKra thank you for the quick response, it is encouraging that I have time to start this year. The first video of yours I watched was how to get bees to build honeycomb faster, then this one, I have not seen the subject covered elsewhere. In looking at the playlist I see a video titled Best time to start Beekeeping, I will watch it now it might have saved me asking the question and taking up your time!
The local beekeepers association seems to have a very structured calendar with classroom lectures starting in February and hands on experience starting beginning of May, I have managed to find an email link that appears to work so hopefully I can talk to local keepers as well as follow on videos, with thirty years experience your father is worth listening to and I like his accent and approach.
@@fuzielectron5172 Nice! Thank you for watching and commenting! :) I hope you enjoy our other videos.
Павел ,Анна всё интересна и подробно видио понравилось .
That hat is great always just a little crooked. You guys are doing a great job.
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Thanks for feedback! :)
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Your dad is too cute!
Kim thank you, for watching and commenting! :)
I now make my inner cover to be like his. Put the screen the same to make safety.
Nice! We love them like that! :-) Thank you for watching!
U r young so u should glue and use screws andurboxes wwill last ur life time, Osb is not going to last very long
Yes, you are right! Part two is coming soon! This video is about what parts we use and where we get them. Part 2 is about how we put it together! OSB lasts longer than plywood and its very affordable for an average American. Thank you for watching and commenting!