Saving The Fish Tank Beehive: Transferring To A Flow Hive | The Bush Bee Man

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @davidbock2863
    @davidbock2863 2 года назад +71

    Did you identify the queen, or are you just kinda hoping she survived the sticky mess and moved into the flow hive?

  • @Pacorcrull
    @Pacorcrull 2 года назад +62

    This is the messiest way to get honey that I’ve ever seen!

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 6 месяцев назад +5

      also placing the honey into a black nasty looking box

  • @thepykey
    @thepykey 2 года назад +258

    Looked more like a massacre than a rescue to me . You must have taken a load of stings . Cant fault you cheerful attitude though. Hope the new hive works out.

    • @carolewarner101
      @carolewarner101 2 года назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing...that they must have stung his hands badly!

    • @ozdadev
      @ozdadev 2 года назад +5

      Well, that's a massacre to me too... I personally try my best to not hurt 'em while handling combs... btw his hands gonna itch for a long time. Anyway, here the situation is tricky though, at least at the beginning.

    • @paixaoportecnologia1321
      @paixaoportecnologia1321 2 года назад

      Poderia usar uma luva né? Kkkkkk

    • @paixaoportecnologia1321
      @paixaoportecnologia1321 2 года назад

      Um açougue de abelhas hahahaha

    • @princessamber18
      @princessamber18 Год назад +8

      I was cringing throughout the whole video! Poor bees :,(

  • @HDDynalowrider
    @HDDynalowrider 2 года назад +17

    That was beautiful comb. To bad its a smushed by your extraction.

    • @iditarod4081
      @iditarod4081 2 года назад +2

      Yeah he could have sold that intact comb for twice what he could have sold the honey for

  • @Sasuke81a
    @Sasuke81a Год назад +13

    10:00 I watched another Channel called: 'Texas Bee Works' and the Bee keeper had found Beehives in a Old Suitcase, Abandoned Toilet and a Derelict Washing Machine and she's very Gentle with the Bees and the Bees love her too for giving them a new home.

    • @EndingSimple
      @EndingSimple 2 месяца назад +1

      She's famous. She's like a super hero without a cape.

  • @AmulekkofWOW90
    @AmulekkofWOW90 Год назад +30

    This man is just so freaking jolly!!! 😊😊😊 Also, wears a full suit and uses smoke...places bare on the hive 😂

  • @vickisgardenadventures14
    @vickisgardenadventures14 2 года назад +34

    Wish a little more care can be taken for the lives of the crushed bees!

  • @Kernovian1964
    @Kernovian1964 Год назад +3

    That's the best comb honey I've seeen in over 40 years!

  • @juliana7204
    @juliana7204 2 года назад +21

    This man is the human Winnie The Pooh so adorable

  • @mandipbohara5355
    @mandipbohara5355 2 года назад +39

    Seeing this kind of rescuing beehive for the first time. This really looks like massacre .

  • @Trapper_Al
    @Trapper_Al Год назад +6

    I truly don't believe it's a failure of the bees nor the fish tank... it's clearly a lack of care and maintenance mate! Poor bees...

  • @dillydanny-o8807
    @dillydanny-o8807 6 месяцев назад +3

    I find it fascinating and amazing how they’re able to build comb to the depth and thickness and shape that is just right for airflow and uses like brood or honey! I wish I could keep bees and let them build how they want but sadly it wouldn’t be inspectable. Sometimes I wonder if frames make them more vulnerable to pests vs the natural wavy patterns they build.

  • @Clawdiatherescue
    @Clawdiatherescue 8 месяцев назад +9

    This man is charming but I question that bucket he's putting the honey in😅 doesn't look the most hygienic to me but this was so enjoyable to watch though.

    • @EndingSimple
      @EndingSimple 2 месяца назад +1

      He said at the beginning it was an 'observation' hive. He had a video recording camera in the hive itself. I don't think he actually ever intended to harvest honey. I think he was just using the fish tank for the bees the same way it was meant to be used for fish - for just looking at them and seeing how the hive got on. The problem was that the hive got very successful to the point where the camera was obscured by comb and couldn't see out. He wife wanted him to clear it out because it got unsightly. So now he's transferring an unexpectedly successful hive to a Flow Hive because he now wants to harvest honey. I don't think he can use that honey that's there now. And I'm not sure if he accidentally killed the queen or not.

  • @timothinking9855
    @timothinking9855 2 года назад +10

    Okay he is the embodiment of Winnie the Pooh... His high pitched exclamation. I'd love for him to say "oh bother!"

  • @wadebarnes6720
    @wadebarnes6720 2 года назад +11

    Too bad you didn't have a clean bucket that's enough honey for a whole neighborhood

  • @zincfive
    @zincfive Год назад +2

    "And they don't like it when you put your hand in their honey pot, and they sting ya..." True, that.

  • @jillmondt5398
    @jillmondt5398 Год назад +3

    🤣The way that adorable man said in his accent “don’t forget to like, click, and subscribe, and all that crazy shit you do out there on the internet…” 🤣👍

  • @WheelerRickRambles
    @WheelerRickRambles Год назад +1

    Wives rule the world! All the way down to fish tank beehives!

  • @Azalynnnnn
    @Azalynnnnn 2 года назад +11

    When ya start cracking the lid and frames off and there's that shot of the comb and honey.... It looks so amazing. Clean and pure and so tasty! Looks SO full of honey!!

  • @ObservationofLimits
    @ObservationofLimits 2 года назад +28

    Wow that's a first year hive you said? That's insane.
    This is why frames go all the way around (which I realize would block the view into the box) to help the comb stay regular and make for easier removal.
    Like other people said, a bread knife would help loads in comb removal. But full frames would be best.

  • @christivbosch565
    @christivbosch565 5 месяцев назад +3

    If not for this man's jolly, positive attitude, i would have clicked off of the bee/honey squish fest. So sorry for the 🐝 that died in the making of this video 😅
    Hopefully there's a happy update for this hive...I'll be searching for it. Happy jolly bee man, ya got me 😊 I subscribed 😘 i just hope the rest of the videos on this channel are much more gentle and less squish

  • @L2FlyMN
    @L2FlyMN 2 года назад +12

    Could/should have used the horizontal Layens hive, deep frame method, where the frames could have helped to alleviate most of the cross combing mess? Sad for the bees!! 😞

  • @Dragon-Slay3r
    @Dragon-Slay3r Год назад +3

    This is why they found nothing
    Thanks uploader 😎

  • @nonamehowisgoogleusingourd886
    @nonamehowisgoogleusingourd886 10 месяцев назад +2

    Winnie the pooh ♥️ I just hear that song in my head while watching this. 👀 lol he's stealing the honey.

  • @kburnicci
    @kburnicci 3 месяца назад

    This bloke is amazingly cheeky 😅

  • @alanaaites8292
    @alanaaites8292 Год назад +1

    Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you. My daughter and I just love your video and lovely accent.

  • @oogalook
    @oogalook 2 года назад +2

    That was fantastic. Thanks, my Aussie Bee grandfather.

  • @benjamindejonge3624
    @benjamindejonge3624 2 года назад +6

    This is the most entertaining beekeeping video I’ve ever seen

  • @Blackheathenly
    @Blackheathenly Год назад +1

    I enjoy watching you so much. Bloody wonderful! xxx

  • @AdrenalineTheory
    @AdrenalineTheory 2 месяца назад

    Mark, you are incredibly entertaining. lol

  • @AmsNl2BcnEs
    @AmsNl2BcnEs 4 месяца назад

    I grinned all the way through this video. Brilliant. Newly subscribed 👍

  • @michaelfike7542
    @michaelfike7542 2 года назад +8

    They made a lot of honey in that tank. I have watched the live video of it for awhile i guess until they covered the camera up. Let us know how much honey was there. ❤️🐝👍

  • @tookmyhandle2
    @tookmyhandle2 2 года назад +1

    What a delightfully odd video. I can't say I know how or why I'm here, but I'm enjoying it!

  • @momentomori5263
    @momentomori5263 2 года назад +2

    I love this man he is so happy even he gets stung by bees God bless you

  • @amandarobb2856
    @amandarobb2856 2 года назад +8

    You are such a delight!! Keep up the hard work! Love, praise and respect from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

  • @alisonshanahan1237
    @alisonshanahan1237 6 месяцев назад +1

    A metal garden hand shovel would be excellent for digging out that honey 🍯 😍.

  • @johnhenke6475
    @johnhenke6475 Год назад +3

    I love that wired frame idea. Where I work some bees made a nest in a water valve box that is buried in the ground with a lid on top. My bright idea was to buy another box, put a bottom on it and screen off the openings for the pipe. Then I went to the box and just pulled off the lid, with the hive stuck to it and placed it on the other box that I had readied. It's been in my backyard for over two years now. I captured one swarm from it and dumped them into a top bar box I built. Since then that hive swarmed but I had nowhere to put them so they had to go find their own home.
    I built a better top bar going on my experience with the first one. I'm planning to get the hive out of the water box and move them into the top bar. The water box hive is so heavy I can barely pick it up. I harvested from my first top bar and took about twenty pounds of honey. Just getting ideas.

  • @simonzarate1248
    @simonzarate1248 Год назад +4

    People is starting to stop using smokers because cause Absconding swarm, now air blowers are being used. You can try and give us feedback!

  • @robinmartin4464
    @robinmartin4464 2 года назад +1

    The girls had fun while you weren't looking!

  • @angryhedgehoglee6363
    @angryhedgehoglee6363 Год назад +1

    That's such a great ide for an observation hive. Great for elementary schools in a smaller 10 or 20 gallon size.

  • @gyulamiklosi8810
    @gyulamiklosi8810 Год назад +2

    The fish-tank beehive seems to work :-) I really like the idea! Congratulations! Maybe small development with a few internal frames or maybe full plexi-glass inner cover would help extracting the honey :-)

  • @celticthunderfan16
    @celticthunderfan16 2 года назад +5

    This was utterly delightful! Thank you for posting!

  • @lamonthodges8805
    @lamonthodges8805 2 года назад +8

    very intresting i wonder if bees always comb east to west,or north to south.or if it depends hive to hive?i love bees.been watching vid for years.

  • @trungbeetv216
    @trungbeetv216 Год назад +4

    interesting! The bees built in the aquarium are very big and have a lot of honey. I really like your bee making

  • @TheSoilandGreen
    @TheSoilandGreen 2 года назад +4

    You remind me of a baby eating the cake on the first birthday.

  • @JamesCrouchX
    @JamesCrouchX 2 года назад +1

    Cameras on bees. A great idea. Technically challenging. Then there's the bees. Oh my.

  • @WordsPhotos
    @WordsPhotos 2 года назад +4

    Next project, raising fish in a bee hive

  • @BraveUlysses59
    @BraveUlysses59 2 года назад +7

    @17:43 you can see the silhouette of a bee on his back trying hard to sting him. You can see her abdomen going in and out trying to sting the evil monster destroying her home.

  • @bushveldbees
    @bushveldbees Год назад +1

    Absolutely love your energy 😅❤

  • @badgerman6666
    @badgerman6666 10 месяцев назад +1

    in your brood frame you have wire wrapped all over the new frame to help the transfer between hives, did you do the same thing for honey frames to act as a guide for bees to build their wax from when you first put them in?

  • @beesherald
    @beesherald 2 года назад +1

    i like you attitude buddy!❤

  • @davidwalz1371
    @davidwalz1371 2 года назад +47

    I think bees in a fish tank was a great idea. Just last week, the courts in California ruled that Bumble Bees were fish to protect them

    • @Lord_Volkner
      @Lord_Volkner 2 года назад +5

      Californians 🤦‍♂️
      If you could remove one state from the union to make the USA a better place, what state would it be, and why did you choose California?

    • @RICDirector
      @RICDirector 2 года назад +8

      They did not rule them fish. The rule said, in the section initially dealing with acquatics, that the rule applied to invertebrates as well, hence, bees.
      Clickbait titles got you again.

    • @Lord_Volkner
      @Lord_Volkner 2 года назад +3

      @@RICDirector Thanks for the clarification. That makes more sense.

    • @Bramble20322
      @Bramble20322 Год назад +1

      @@Lord_Volkner If you removed California, the US would fall below China in the world economy ranks, just saying. California alone is the 5th biggest economy of the world.

    • @Lord_Volkner
      @Lord_Volkner Год назад

      @@Bramble20322 That's not exactly true.
      A) California's economy is collapsing thanks to progressive policies. Businesses are fleeing California at an alarming rate.
      B) Most of California's economy is goods going through California. It's a giant shipping hum for goods coming to the US and going from the US. Remove California and those goods would still ship, just through other ports. Removing California wouldn't even be noticed.
      P.S. ... and what you said isn't even true. I just looked it up. Even if you assume that none of that commerce would go around Cali (which is a stupid assumption) the US economy would still be bigger than China without Cali.
      US economy 25T
      Cali economy 3.3T
      China economy 18T
      25 - 3.3 > 18
      ... and don't thumbs up your own comments, especially when you're wrong.

  • @bryan.meijer
    @bryan.meijer 2 года назад +3

    Almost 300 episodes! Great video again fellas, pretty funny to watch you up to your elbows in honey :)

  • @niccoreinhold1696
    @niccoreinhold1696 2 года назад +12

    Amazing! I'm looking forward to the flow hive videos to come!

  • @Ultimategecko
    @Ultimategecko Год назад +2

    You are quite interesting to watch. if the bee's are staying on the porch just leave the sticky mess and they will clean it up for you.

  • @yahsephhawkins9503
    @yahsephhawkins9503 2 года назад +19

    Great video and great job.
    If you ever have something similar to the fish tank, you might try using a long bread knife.
    So you can cut the comb better.
    Please keep the videos coming.

  • @Aquadus214
    @Aquadus214 Год назад +4

    6:41 that container looks dirty, isn't?

  • @dennisshoemaker2789
    @dennisshoemaker2789 2 года назад +2

    Yes, I enjoyed this video very much. Entertaining and informative. You earned a new subscriber today.

  • @philonena
    @philonena Год назад +2

    So fun, the messiness on this vid

  • @captainwinky
    @captainwinky 2 года назад +1

    Dude are freaking hilarious I love watching your showman.

  • @FILTHY-MANGO
    @FILTHY-MANGO 2 года назад +4

    this was great to watch also I brought some of you honey online and it was really good thank you

  • @pling501
    @pling501 2 года назад +3

    I love this guys energy!

  • @racutis
    @racutis Год назад +1

    Did you find the queen? The hive looks like the works of a healthy queen.

  • @jameslcoble248
    @jameslcoble248 2 года назад +6

    Great to see new videos. Hope all is well. Be great to see new bee rescues and such

  • @theresavandever1387
    @theresavandever1387 Год назад +2

    You should carry a sharp bread knife for cutting the comb. They are long and works alot better and it's cleaner then a dull scraper. You wouldn't have had such the mess. It's especially good to use when cutting comb to fit the frames. I hope you will consider this because that scraper just isn't doing it. It's just making a mess of the comb.

  • @jessestone4650
    @jessestone4650 Год назад +1

    Watching from USA..

  • @ciginia99
    @ciginia99 Год назад +2

    the bees think you are a big polar bear raiding their honey

  • @Sth0r
    @Sth0r 2 года назад +8

    I would love to know how you makes sure you are not killing the queen in this case?

    • @TheBushBeeMan
      @TheBushBeeMan  2 года назад +10

      A lot of smoke because she'll head towards the brood and once you reach the brood going carefully

    • @jasonjohnson1984
      @jasonjohnson1984 2 года назад +1

      Hey Mr. Bushbee man let's do it again and see if it works out with frames without the mess lol glad to see that it works lol keep it roll forgot the dung ding ding saying lol

    • @kathyhathaway8823
      @kathyhathaway8823 2 года назад +2

      I think it worked out well . You have done quite a few bee removals where the comb has gone the wrong direction and you are getting better at it . I think it would have worked better if you had used checkard board using frames to keep the comb going correct. Thanks for bring us along in this cut cut cut cut cut cut cut out . Good to see you have time to do video again . Thanks

  • @safyany9191
    @safyany9191 Год назад +1

    Your method reminds me of my grandmother's recipe when she used to prepare the bread dough in the south, so much more than that dough👍👍

  • @PenumbranWolf
    @PenumbranWolf Год назад

    I have never wanted to eat the contents of a fish tank more in my life.

  • @zekaiy.873
    @zekaiy.873 2 года назад +22

    As a beekeeper,with all my experience and knowledge i cant understand this;
    How an unmanaged colony made so much honey by themselves?I cant get it.

    • @Grgwhhehe
      @Grgwhhehe 2 года назад +23

      As another beekeeper, I don't get how you don't understand it? As long as the bees think their environment is right, they'll produce. One of my hives swarmed about three years back and I was too late to get to them. They took up residence in my old apple tree and I never knew because its on the backside of my property. Found out a year after and I check in when I harvest from my other hives sure that they'll die eventually. They haven't. They overwinter well. They produce even better. No matter how much of a beekeeper you are, you aren't a bee. A bee will always know how to do it better. They can manage themselves if need bee

    • @JamieS1992
      @JamieS1992 2 года назад

      bees been doing it longer then humans have been keeping them humans keep there hives limited with the boxes

  • @liquidrockaquatics3900
    @liquidrockaquatics3900 5 месяцев назад +1

    I am a fish tank hobbyist and….. just wow

  • @CRUNCHYBABY
    @CRUNCHYBABY 10 месяцев назад +3

    If Winnie the Pooh Bear was a person ❤

  • @defeatSpace
    @defeatSpace 2 года назад

    The girls be like "we gotta stop these creeps from peepin..."

    • @beeworld5968
      @beeworld5968 2 года назад

      My dear uncel participate The channel The world of bees

  • @ЕвгенийВоронин-р8е
    @ЕвгенийВоронин-р8е 2 года назад

    Винни Пух со стеклянной бочкой... 😂

  • @bza069
    @bza069 2 года назад +3

    i probably wouldve let them draw new comb in new hive... the trick is to get the queen in the new hive first and let the other bees follow her.

  • @Chinhnguyen0497
    @Chinhnguyen0497 2 года назад +1

    that's the massive bee hive

  • @WillyPete_
    @WillyPete_ 2 года назад +3

    I have the idea of finding a very nice ornate (non working) Grand Father Clock and transform it into a observation hive.
    I have found that very nice broken clocks are not cheep.... hmm.

  • @moondog4313
    @moondog4313 5 месяцев назад

    The honey and honey comb looks delicious 😋 😋, ive been wanting some good honey and honey comb for several year's now and it's hard to find someone who has it, i would like to try bee bread also

  • @barbaraturner2611
    @barbaraturner2611 2 года назад +2

    That was fun to watch! Good job fellas!

  • @ibraheemali9541
    @ibraheemali9541 Год назад +1

    excellent experience

  • @sherryortiz227
    @sherryortiz227 2 года назад +6

    I love this and will show my grandson. I have a large fish tank in my livingroom set up for 3 months ready for my observation hive for the winter. I already have a few top bar hives and will transfer some combs and bees to the tank. I'm not sure if I'll leave them in next spring though after seeing what your's has done. I'm mostly making it for hive air therapy for my lungs though after covid 2x has left me with breathing issues. Gosh I loved watching this video and how your bees did it their way

    • @iditarod4081
      @iditarod4081 2 года назад

      What are you talking about Hive air bees breathe the same air that we do

    • @sherryortiz227
      @sherryortiz227 2 года назад +1

      @@iditarod4081 actually inside the hive when it is closed it is more of a sterile environment. When a tube is placed in the hive and a person at the other end of the tube is wearing a mask with the tube attached they are breathing the hive air in. Studies have proven to increase lung function, cure pneumonia and bronchitis without medicine, help heal lung damage, help with asthma, copd and emphysema etc. My pulmonary Dr has suggested I try it for my breathing issues caused by having covid twice and having the lung damage it caused. When I'm breathing the hive air I was able to breath very well without coughing for up to 3 hours each time. That was a blessing as 8 had been coughing for 19 months from first Covid.

    • @iditarod4081
      @iditarod4081 2 года назад +1

      @@sherryortiz227 interesting, is it a dry cough? Seems complex what do you use PEX tubing? Would be hard to get any air volume. Lungs breathe in lots of air it seems like you would circulate the hive air a few times a minute. I wonder if you might consider a trip to some wonderful vacation spot. There's all these old timey stories of people going to airy spots in the 1800s for rehabilitation or whatever they called it.

    • @joydixon3440
      @joydixon3440 2 года назад

      @@iditarod4081 how can I be a bee keeper in a apartment?

    • @joydixon3440
      @joydixon3440 2 года назад

      White people are more favored.
      I want to be a bee keeper I don't know how need help.
      I live in Dallas Texas in a apartment.🐝🍯

  • @FirstnameLastname-tg5iu
    @FirstnameLastname-tg5iu 2 года назад +2

    You ever think about costuming your tank like a divider and springs for water and stuff or like a little lounge or soething

  • @cheripierre9029
    @cheripierre9029 2 года назад +5

    What a joy to watch you. I can't wait to see how the new flow hive works on the veranda. Good luck from NC in the US

    • @TheBushBeeMan
      @TheBushBeeMan  2 года назад

      Thank you! We'll have an update soon ;)

  • @SmokyMountainLashBees
    @SmokyMountainLashBees Год назад +2

    Loved it thanks for sharing!! I’ve come to feel that if it’s a hollow space that’s dry and safe feeling for them then the bees don’t care they’ll use it lol.

  • @rjthewise182
    @rjthewise182 Год назад

    This is the first bee video i click the like botton.

  • @মৌসুমকৃষিঘর

    Good bee box

  • @afmlivingstoneyouth
    @afmlivingstoneyouth Год назад

    Almost sounding like Mr Bean 😂😂😂

  • @yolet6179
    @yolet6179 2 года назад +2

    That honeycomb looks sooo yummy

  • @JosephSastreShowsYou
    @JosephSastreShowsYou Год назад +1

    Gives me an idea to use my old 10 gallon fish tank as a nuc/observation hive.

  • @ffshivgaming988
    @ffshivgaming988 2 года назад +1

    Wow beautiful ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @tenchi20229
    @tenchi20229 2 года назад +6

    I hope you guys get the chance to do another live stream! I enjoyed the short one that you did during this!

    • @TheBushBeeMan
      @TheBushBeeMan  2 года назад

      I hope so too! Sorry the audio wasn't working

    • @tenchi20229
      @tenchi20229 2 года назад

      @@TheBushBeeMan I'm sure it will work out at some point. :) Was of that it kept going from good to muffled though. Like someone kept putting their finger over the mic.

  • @khione8044
    @khione8044 Год назад +5

    I think the fish tank idea still could have worked as a permanent hive, if you had built full frames for the comb to be built in, instead of just the crossbars at the top only.
    Also, in regards to the moving of the comb into frames, if you drill a hole through the wooden frame, you can run wire through the center of the frame, and just gently push the comb into the wire, instead of having to rubberband it against the back wire (look up Layens frames for reference of what I am referring to).
    Good luck with your Flow Hive!

  • @B4rberblacksheep
    @B4rberblacksheep 2 года назад +3

    Completely up to the elbows in honey
    "I think I've made a bit of a mess here"
    Understatement of the year there :D

  • @deborahwatson7292
    @deborahwatson7292 2 года назад +3

    Well Mark this is becoming quite an interesting group of videos. Great job and keep up the educational aspect of bee keeping. You let us make our minds up if we do or not follow your way of doing things. 🤔🤔😣

  • @Oskigal
    @Oskigal Год назад

    He looks like Winnie the Pooh, digging in with his hands!

  • @channel-ge7gs
    @channel-ge7gs Год назад

    Good afternoon nice job

  • @chosensheepkennels
    @chosensheepkennels 7 месяцев назад +1

    He sound like Winnie The Pooh 😂

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron4194 Год назад +1

    Cool tank

  • @hamzaahadaf4399
    @hamzaahadaf4399 Год назад +1

    Thank you