Whats up guys?
How you all doing?
For today's video I'm going to show you bee keeping equipment
What use, and probably what most of the beginner bee keepers have to have.
Let's check this out.
First of all, of course, the protection.
This suit is the best.
I used to have different suit, and I would sweat so much after working five hives, my whole suit would be sticky
I would be so sweaty because it was just super, super hot and it would be full body suit.
This year, I got an upgrade, and I wish I didn't waste my money on my other suit
because they cost about a hundred bucks.
And look at this suit.
As you can see, it's a see through, and it's like a mesh inside of it
and that way it's really really thick, but the air can go through really easily so that way
it's not that hot to be working in this kinda suit.
So, I really fell in love with this suit, I've worked in it a couple of days now, and it's amazing, I love this suit the best.
So, if you're a bee keeper, or trying to get into bee keeper, make sure
get this kinda suit.
You won't regret getting this kinda suit, because some days
it's gonna be hundred degrees out and you have to suit up like that it's just giant coat
and you have to lift boxes, putting them back, look around
move around
and it just gets way too hot.
And also, I love this right here because you can just
Put over your neck
and two straps right here, BOOM
super easy, and there is velcro and everything right here
so that way they can not go through
into you either
all the bees
and of course, I got here, gloves
This is a good glove as well, because the air can go through over here
Most of the time
bees don't even attack me, but
they do get
sometimes riled up and they can just swarm you, and you can get stung like fifty, or hundred times
so I like to work in a bee suit
some people don't use the bee protection, because they've been working bee hives for so many years that they
get stung probably hundreds of times that they don't even feel it anymore
I like to have a suit, just in case.
Because, "Safety, is number one priority!"
For the next gadget, we got a smoker right here.
so what we're going to do is open it up like this BOOM, and then you can put it in there like umm maybe
sawdust, dry grass, or this kinda stuff so that's stuff that is kinda going to smoke really good
Boom
just like this
and I also love to use the butane torch, because it's easiest way to start it, just like that
and boom, you see, then you press it right here and start to smoke it
for a minute, you're just gonna blow it like that, once it's smoking pretty good you can close it, and boom
so let me show you how it's used
let's open this hive up
and boom, you see how much bees there is, so what i would do
I would smoke them a little bit so they would run away so that way I put the box back on
I don't squish that many bees
at all
This is what the smoker is for.
Also, you get them to calm down, so when you open the hive, they don't attack you as much either.
For the next gadget, I got this little tool right here
they actually come different sizes and different shapes, but I got this kind
So what this tool for. The hives gets really sticky, so what you're supposed to do you have to open it like that,
and then you lift it up smoke out the bees a little bit, you see how they run away
Let me check on this hive
this is not the strongest hive, so let me see how it's doing
Boom
look at that, there is, all that is nectar
so they bringing the honey really good
so, where do I put this frame? Usually I would have to put the frame, umm the extra frame, like this.
so I have space to take out more frames.
Makes sense, right?
Let's see how this hive is doing.
nice, they have lots of nectar
In this frame as well
lots of pollen, also I'm looking for if there is any beetle
I don't see any beetles
so, I'm going to put it back.
there's actually even a couple brood, like the bee eggs and stuff
so, I'm gonna put it back like this
but, what I kinda don't like to do, putting the frame like that, it looks like it might fall off
So, there's another gadget is like this, let me move this a little bit
what you would do is put it like this on the side of your hive, and you can put this frame down here
even though it looks like you can put a lot of frames down here, I wouldn't put more than two or three frames
down here because one time I kinda hit this with my arm, and it's kinda flexible
so, the frame was sitting here and it fell down, and I think it even killed the queen egg.
So, I would not put more than one or two, honestly, like that and you don't need more space than to take one out
now you can actually go to the hive a lot easier now, I wouldn't even put more than two over there anyways
because look how much space I have to work with the bees.
and you see, I use my tools to separate the frames. Let's pull em out
Nice, looks like pretty good brood right here, the queen is laying good
wow, nice nice
so looks like they will multiply in size really really soon.
once again, I don't see any beetle, so that looks good, I'm gonna put it back
so we're doing a hive inspection pretty much right now
I'm gonna do just one more frame
and I'm not gonna bother the bees that much, anymore.
You don't wanna get in to the bees too often
that looks good as well
let's see if i can find the queen too
wow, these bees are doing strong
even though this is my weaker hive this hive is doing just fine
I see lot's of young bees, lots of larvae, lots of eggs
so that's awesome, I'm just going to put it all back together
by the way, every time I take out the frames, I have to put it back the way it was, it must be.
you see how the bees kinda getting agitated and flying around and attacking me
so you can smoke it a little bit, not too much, just a little bit
to get them to calm down
that's what you use the smoke for.
You don't wanna just smoke em' too much
and then look, right here I'm just going to grab this frame and put it back in
and bees are less disturbed this way
nice
OK this hive is doing just fine
I'll leave it alone.
And don't forget to take this out before you put a new box on top of it
boom
there you go
awesome, this hive is doing really good
it was super weak
now
they multiplying really good
Oh no, it's starting to rain, I might have to take a break
I wanna show you another gadget, it kinda stopped raining, almost
so, I'm gonna do it really quickly
and I also wanna check on this smaller hive right here
smoke em' up a little bit.
you see there's another example this is sticky, you see I tried to lift it up
they like to uh plug everything up
boom
open it up
woha, this hive is getting good and healthy
so I'll probably will have to come back and give them another box pretty soon
but once again, I use this tool to open it up. Let me smoke it up a little bit so they bees
give me some space to work with
and then you see, I would usually have to open it up like this, and it's pretty uncomfortable to get the frame out
so there is another tool, is like this. Usually it's ah opens it up and you hold it but one of my springs came off
so I have to fix it
but, what you could do is just hold it like this and pull it out
boom
this is a much smaller hive, you see, they haven't build up anything over here
then once again, you have to pull it up like this
so it's not sticked to each other anymore, then you grab it like that and pull it out
they bringing lots of nectar
I wanna see if this bee is laying good, because this is my weakest hive right now
so, a couple weeks ago
I didn't see that much of ah
eggs
I mean I did see eggs, but I wanna see if it's continuous growing well
if there is good brood over there
OK, once again there's lot of pollen, there's lots of nectar, they bringing lots of nectar to store it for the winter
I'll put this back in... You see, this tool is actually really good.
That way I don't even have to use my hands
I disturb the bees
much less, I love this, I should be using this tool a lot more
Nice
well
looks like this uh brood is not too bad
yeah, this is actually good brood right here
she layings really good look at this capped off honey right here, and there's full nectar all over, over here
and once again, I don't see any mites on them, I don't see any beetles
very healthy hive
even though it's very weak hive
usually, the weak hives are the ones that are suffer from beetles and mites
the best protection from mites and beetles is keep your hive really really big and strong
when they weak
that's how they get attacked easily, by mites and beetles
nice, look at that brood
doesn't look too bad
It would be nicer if it was all capped off
brood even thicker but that does not look too bad either
Look at that, capped off honey here too
you know what guys, I think I'm gonna bring a second box and give them more space
because very soon they going to
hatch
so
they will need a lot more space
so then I can just use like this, this tool grab it, and move it up together
that's what it's used for.
and i can jsut push it up together
and the last one right here
beautiful
my weakest hive is not weak anymore, it looks healthy, they multiplying in size
amazing
Looks like they don't like this any more
I don't know why
You see, they getting a little bit agitated
so im gonna smoke them up a little bit
thats why we use a smoker
allright
ok then im going to cover them up
once again
I got stung right through the jeans
I'm just going to cover them back up
this hive is awesome I'm definitely going to have to give them a second box
just like this one
if i don't give them a second box in time, what they will do, they will make a new queen
and they will actually will swarm and split and I will loose half of the bees
so that's why i cannot be late and I have to give them a second box really soon
also it's raining right now, so I'm gonna finish this video up in the shop
and the last gadget right here is made for the super, you got here ten frame hive
what I'm going to do it just take out two frames and take em' away
but
I'm gonna spread this around, like this
and it's just simple separator, I just go like this a couple of times
boom
and as you can see
you have
perfect spaced out eight frames,
and this way, on your super, you'll get way more honey
than with ten frames, because they have a lot more space
to make the the comb much thicker and longer
so you'll fit way more hives than having ten frames inside of a super
so this is what this gadget is for, just
spreading this frames
in a perfect space
equal amount
awesome isn't it
I really like this gadget, I acutally
using this gadget first year
pretty soon, I'll be harvesting honey
I don't need to use it, so I'll put it back
Cool huh?
one more gadget I forgot to tell you about right here, it's a bee keeping brush
you can brush off bees before you put boxes together
I don't really use it that much, but maybe when I catch a swarm it will be pretty useful. But so far, I have not used it once
so hopefully one day I'll catch a swarm
and I will be able to use it to brush off the bees
maybe in a box or something like that we'll see
well guys hopefully it was somewhat helpful and interesting video, because some of you might be becoming bee keeper
so now you know what you need to get
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Also going to put a play list for bee keeping videos, if you wanna see more that I have done , probably more than fourteen videos with my bee keeping
well guys, that's pretty much it, thanks for watching, don't forget to give this video a thumbs up, and I'll see you next time.