The extraction process goes smoother in hot weather as the honey flows better in warmer temperatures, but that means that I am stuck in a hot shed for a couple of hours.
I set up at least one powerful fan to move some air around, which has the added bonus that stray bees are less likely to land on me.
Below is my setup that I used recently. Cancel Comment. You need to leave some honey for the bees for the winter. I place the empty supers that I just extracted on top of the hive so they can fill them up with late season nectar to last over the winter. It depends on where you live as to how much honey bees need to survive. The further north you are, the more honey they need. In looking at your list of needed items for a honey house, do you have any changes or additional suggestions since you made this list in ?
Do you have a preferred vendor for getting these items? I already have an extractor on order….. On one side you will see a white sugar based paste. You will want to remove the cork on the sugar side of the queen. This will make the bees have to eat the sugar and work to get to her. Gently pinch the queen bee box between frames 2 and 3 while holding the tab not letting her fall. Remove the top to the bee box so the bees can find the queen.
Still holding the tab set the excluder and top cover on the brood box. Ensure the queen won't fall when you let go and then place the top on the hive. Time for another gentle puff of smoke. Hold the tab on the queen bee box and lift the top. Again it might be useful to attach a clamp or pliers here. With the top of the box off see if the queen is still in her cage. She will be longer than the rest. Plus you should be able to see a big hole where they ate the sugar to get to her.
If she is out set it to the side. Remove the bee box from the hive. This will probably have several dead bees and a few stragglers in it. Set it to the side and the living bees will find their way home. Replace the 5 frames you removed and close up the hive. There is much debate on feeding your bees.
I chose to do a organic cane sugar and water mixture to get them started. I live in the city limits. My city does not have an ordinance against keeping bees. You should check with yours as well.
I also decided to buy this very cool sign. I did not actually have a no trespassing sign and now I have a much less threatening one. Plus as an added bonus I'm telling people to please stay away from my hives. Some of my neighbors were really freaked out initially. But to be very honest these guys are docile. I only wore gloves as protective gear. I might need a hat or suit at harvest time but that is too be decided. I can sit on my bee hive platform and watch them fly in and out carrying in pollen stuffed in their back legs with no issues.
Nobody has been stung yet. Our family is excited. Our flowers are happy. And grandpa is ecstatic to tell his grandson all about the wonderful world of bees. Here is a quick video of the bees on a warm sunny day. The jars in the front are the organic cane sugar solution. The bees love their new home - and you can see even standing this close they don't bother me.
Very nice instructable! I hope this will inspire others to keep bees themselves, also for the sake of our crops. Reply 1 year ago. Keeping bees will also greatly increase your understanding and appreciation of nature. Great experience for kids too if handled well. Just started to look up everything for beekeeping, and I am very glad to have found these instructions! Thanks from AZ. Reply 3 years ago. Obtaining your first bees is an important step in continuing your hobby.
Buying packages of bees and starting with a swarm are both unpredictable although I'd prefer the later. You simply put on your bee protective clothing and transfer the ten frames from the cardboard box, into your hive.
The colony has already accepted the queen, and they have mated with her so you have varying ages of brood ready to mature and take over as older bees die out. Skep — Long ago, beekeepers used something called a skep to house bees. This is no longer used because it is hard to remove the honey from the skep and this type of hive is difficult to clean and can become unsanitary. Although they are no longer used, skeps can be a decorative addition to a collection of vintage farming equipment.
Top Bar — The Top Bar beehive looks similar to a trough used for animal feeding. The bees make their own comb by drawing it down from the wooden bar inside the top of the hive.
Langstroth — In many parts of the country, the Langstroth beehive is what you will commonly see. The Langstroth consists of wooden boxes called supers, stacked on top of each other.
They are sitting on a base called the foundation board and topped with a lid or cover. Inside, the bees create their comb and fill the cells with honey on waxed frames that hang vertically inside the super. Langstroth is the type of hive we chose to use. Warre — The Warre has been compared to a cross between a hollowed out tree and a top bar hive.
I actually think I would like to try one of the Warre hives one day. No matter which type of hive you start with, use cinder blocks, a table or stacked pallets to raise the hive up from ground level. We chose a spot for the beehive that received sun but was also in some shade to protect the colony from overheating. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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