Thank you to everyone for watching and supporting our videos! If you have any questions about our videos, please check out our list of FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS on our website, which can be found at honeybee.uoguelph.ca/videos/frequently-asked-questions/

@bigweb0311

5 жыл бұрын

UoG Honey Bee Research Centre where Brook??😍

Your probably the only beekeeper that is easy to understand and very detailed about how to handle bees. I have been to 4 bee clubs and seriously all my education has been self taught or watching your tutorials. Thanks for helping us new beekeepers to learn our passion while giving the bees a fighting chance.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven. Happy to be able to help you and your bees!

Wow. Best of KZread!! Incredible that this level of information and instruction are available for free. Thank you!!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your enthusiastic support! We started the video project with a small crowd funding campaign and have carried on in that sharing spirit.

@LadyElk1

5 жыл бұрын

your programs are my go to source for all my info

I love how you "immediately" showed the effects of your manipulations. That really helps to put everything into context.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

I was happy too about how this worked out. It's so rewarding seeing new comb being built over time. Thanks for your encouragement Owen.

I am always amazed that you work the bees with no protection.

@David_Talks.

2 ай бұрын

I just started a new hive(cordovans) and did my first protection free inspection. Open the hive and switch feeders each day with no gear but this was a true inspection. It was a totally different feeling and I was much more conscious of everything but it was also super rewarding and made me feel closer in a sense to them. 🙏 Edit: no stings from them yet and I say a lot is due to guys like this teaching how to move

I believe I’ve learned more from your videos than most I’ve watched.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your generous comment Johnny.

As a brand new beekeeper this spring these videos have been a great tool. Informative and explained so clearly; it's giving us the kind of confidence that we can really relate to. Looking forward to watching them all. Thanks so much.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Its very rewarding to hear we have helped. Good luck with your bees.

Paul, I've watched this video around 5 times to remember how to do it. Thank you for being "that guy" I tune into for help.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know we've helped! I really enjoyed doing this video over time intervals as comb building is great fun to watch.

Mr Kelly, you have the best Beekeeping videos of all time! Thank you from North Georgia for bringing more of your great videos.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

You are very kind sir! Thanks for your support.Hello in North Georgia Jim.

This is the most informative video on comb building I've seen on the internet. This was absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it. Seeing what happened over the weeks is wonderful

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your very generous comment! We really enjoy sharing - that's part of beekeeping.

For all the "New Bees"...this man is like the master beekeeper of the world. Words from my grandkids. And me. Watch, shut up, turn your devices off and listen. Intently...

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Stan. Great to hear you and your grandkids enjoy learning about bees together. We appreciate your kind (and too generous) comments :)

It was so much fun watching the weekly check progress. Thank you.

You can tell that he is a professional, look at how graceful and fast he moves without stirring the bees up.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan Thanks for the kind thoughts! it's the bees that are impressive.

Excellent... You address all scenarios. Consistently sold and concise information from y'all.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated J !

Thank you for the explanation of moving the comb around in the hive to get them to build it out better. I struggled with understanding it last season (my first) and now it makes sense! Thanks again!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 ай бұрын

You are most welcome Julie. That was a fun video to make! I get why you found it hard to follow in your first year. Glad it makes sense now, and that you are enjoying learning about bees.

That was an amazing episode, something I haven’t heard anyone talk about before and an info I have been seeking for a while :) ... thanks a lot!!! 🇨🇿🇬🇧🇨🇦

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome Ondra! Glad you found the information helpful.

Absolutely love how you go straight to the next time your in the hive and we can see the results of how you did certain things to make them draw comb!!!! Very informative for me cause this is my first yr and I have ZERO people locally to talk to on what to do. Thanks a lot!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Catchemalive Thanks. I'm happy to hear you found the video helpful!

Mr Paul YOU can be a Doctorant in Apiary.Your style to taech is Unic.God bless you.You are the best teacher for apiary.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Well thanks Geani. Very kind of you to say so.

@geanitsucuneli4791

4 жыл бұрын

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Mr.Paul Have the Best!

Another very helpful video for the beginners and very well done, as well. Thank You. 🐝🐝

Hi from Turkey.You are sharing perfect videos.Thank you Mr.Kelly.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hello all the way over in Turkey VaRol! Thanks for your supportive comment.

Nice detail and flow of the lesson. Comb awareness is important. Bees being able to draw comb is a wonder of of the world. All All the best this season.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Iaz! It is amazing to see comb building. All the best for you and your bees too.

Excellent video, especially for beginners. Love how you made the effort to come back twice to show the growth of the comb on the frames. I've shared this with our FB beekeeping group.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing our videos Barbara. This one was fun to do over time as we got to watch the progress too. Thanks for your positive thoughts!

Thanks for speaking to the brand new beekeeper without any resources.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

Thank you, this site is going to shorten my learning curve! wow!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you find our videos helpful Jeremy! You are very welcome.

A most valuable video for the beginner/novice beekeeper. Thank you. Kia ora from New Zealand.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi There in NZ Robert. Our pleasure!

I have top feeders with rafts. I have lost countless bees from getting under the raft. I don't use them any longer. I noticed you have straw in yours. Great idea. I'll give mine another try.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

2 жыл бұрын

Straw works great! I built our feeders with covers and a float device. Pitched them out long ago as I had the same problem you mention.

I’m getting my bees (Nuc) tomorrow, and as a new beekeeper this was very informative! Keep up the videos, love em.

Awesome tutorial, as usual.👌 Thank you for making all that knowledge and experience available on youtube.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Vincent. Thanks for your encouragement.

Not a beekeeper but I did enjoy your presentation...mellow, viewer-focused and easy to follow one comment: Move the camera in close to show what YOU see rather than dedicating all that lens space to background shots of trees/hives, etc. Close is better. Kudos!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dan Glad you found the video interesting. I agree, we should have done better with close ups.

Spot on love ya work cheers thank you for your time.

I have thoroughly enjoyed every single video you and your team have produced. Thank you for al of the time and effort! Scott from NW Indiana

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott Thanks for your enthusiastic comments! We appreciate hearing that we've been able to help.

Beautiful technique. Very informative, logical, and easy to follow. Thank you. 😎🐝🐝🐝

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary!

Love seeing the progression and how you evaluate it. Super valuable Paul.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi CC Nice to hear you enjoyed seeing the progression. I did too!

I learned so much from this video.

I’m a need beekeeper, this video is very helpful. Thank you!

I enjoy looking at your videos during my Christmas holidays, i'm in the center of France. Very good videos!!!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lili Nice to hear from you in France! In the winter we can learn and plan for the bee season.

Hi from Scotland, Glad to see you have uploaded some new videos, love your videos they are really well done looking forward o more!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi in Scotland Dundonian. Thanks for your encouraging comments!

Fantastic, thanks Mr. Kelly for another fine video. As an experienced bee keeper, there's nothing here I didn't already know BUT I still enjoy watching all your vids. I never get tired of watching a master bee keeper and it's nice to keep everything fresh on my mind going into bee season. Thank you again sir, very happy to see you guys produce new content!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Brent Thanks for letting us know how you experience our videos. We are hoping that the videos will appeal to a broad range of beekeeping experience so your comments are appreciated.

@Digger927

5 жыл бұрын

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre You're welcome. There's always room to learn, I love seeing how everyone else does stuff and makes decisions and determinations so there is always value to what you post as far as I'm concerned.

I have learned so much from this master beekeeper. 🙏. I get my nucs this Friday.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy! Good luck with your nucs.

Many thanks from Australia. I have a newly installed top bar hive, but the core principles taught apply equally to me. The big difference is we only put in naked top bars for the bees to build on rather than frames that have a sheet to make a start from. I guess the process takes longer hey!!

I wish it was this easy on my first year lol so far i dealt with artfical swarm them cast swarm (poor weather, one day late on removing other queen cell) re-uniting re-queening queen mating catching a cast swarm and marching them into a nuc with queen. I started with 1 nuc, 5 frames of bees, i now have two full hives and a nuc lol. Never had so much fun in my life, Im glad i spent a year researching it all first. Your videos are top quality and helped me a lot.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Liam Well you are getting a lot of experience all packed into your first year! Nice to hear we could help. Good luck with your bees!

This video is a gem of knowledge. Thank you

Hi Paul , Another excellent video !!!. I look forward to seeing more. Thank you again Darren from New Zealand

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi in NZ Darren! You are most welcome.

The lack of a veil or suit is a flex 😂 thanks for the video! Very helpful!

Awesome video. One of the most informative I’ve seen

Great tip about moving the empty end frames in to the middle. Thank you for making these vids. If you ever gets hit with budget cuts you could crowdfund these vids. Eric.

@nathancaswell7861

5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you here, G Fork. Big fan of your channel.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi GF That's good thought in case it comes to a budget shortfall. We started the videos project with a small crowd funding campaign and have carried on in that sharing spirit. Great to hear you appreciate our efforts. Thanks.

Paul, glad to see you guys making videos again.! I'll have to manipulate my frames like that, for some reason I never did.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug. Always some new things to try. Keeps beekeeping interesting!

Just finishing my first year as a beekeeper. Thanks for confirming that I was doing it right shuffling the undrawn frames around like you did to get the bees to draw them out. It just made sense to me, but I always wondered if I was doing it right. Another great video!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi David You have good beekeeping sense. Keep up the good work! Thanks.

Thank you for helping me to be a better bee keeper

Love these videos from you guys. Always learn something from Paul. Thx

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks RRS We appreciate your kind comments.

Thanks so much for the education. Your video was really helpful as I am a new beekeeper

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Our pleasure.

great teaching

Good video! I see you knocking all the bees out of the queen excluder without looking to see if the queen is up there. I have found the queen walking on that frame plenty of times before.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

2 жыл бұрын

Hi There I quit looking on excluders for queens years ago. Instead I smoke the bees through the excluder. With smoke and light exposure the queen moves down onto the comb.

These are great videos. Easy to follow. Thank you.

Finally I have the answers. Flow for our area. Flowering Dutch clover. Thank you for this video. I’m in my 4th yr and possibly my last do to losses every winter. I found the hard way that feeding pollen patties during winter is a bad idea. Cheers to 2019 from Elmira

@beebob1279

5 жыл бұрын

Jay, watch your heavy losses and the relation to varroa mite loads. If you have had high might loads and the hives have crashed the comb needs to be irradiated to kill the viruses living there. I found this out also. My colonies were robbing out other untreated colonies in my area and bringing back mites and viruses. Later in fall before my last treatment of the season the viruses took over very fast. After that even keeping my mite loads low I had trouble keeping the colonies alive through winter. This last month I spoke with someone who is up on bee diseases at our club meeting. He mentioned that viruses from mites can live on comb for up to fifteen years. So, if you re-load the frames with new bees, they eventually succumb to the viruses and not the mites. I trashed my comb because it was old anyway and am starting over with new frames and foundation. I'm hoping this works for me because if not, it's my last season too.

@jayl8813

5 жыл бұрын

15yrs. That’s pretty crazy. Maybe that’s the issue for everyone’s losses over winter ?? I will give it another go. I have new frames I can use so see how this winter goes.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hello down the road in Elmira Jay! Bob's right mite control is probably the most significant concern but we have a number of options. I'm not a big pollen patty fan either.

@beebob1279

5 жыл бұрын

@@jayl8813 Good luck. I hope both you and I keep up the hobby. It is a lot of fun.

@jayl8813

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ppl. I have 3 nucs on order. Will look at mite control more seriously.

Great video again! Only thing I notice when moving foundation around in the honey supers is sometimes if you move a foundation frame up against an uncapped frame of honey, the bees will simply just draw out that already filled comb super deep. The simple fix is just to ensure they have started capping the drawn frame prior to placing the foundation frame up against it.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Good tip Shawn. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Best of KZread!Thank you

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Well gee, what a nice thing to say! Thanks for your support.

For a minute at the beginning, I thought you were wearing a kilt. Kept thinking to myself, wow, it takes a real man to do beekeeping in a kilt.. ;)

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

No Kilt! The apron does give that impression though.

I’ve just discovered your channel. We are new and live in the south. So we certainly have a different ecosystem and weather. But I’ve really learned a lot from your channel. Plus the accent makes me crave some Tim Hortons. Ha. Thanks for a good channel.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mopar 92 Good to hear you've found our videos helpful. Thanks! ps I take my Tim Hortons coffee with cream and honey!

Great video I am going to be learning this stuff when I get my bees I find your videos very interesting.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark Good luck with your bees!

Hi Paul, Thanks again for another great informative video. I'm just starting out here in Australia and you seem to just know how to answer all my questions. I started late in the season with a cut out from an upturned bath in a field. I'm feeding with a Ceracell top feeder and using 50/50 Sugar syrup at the moment to try and build the food stores. Will possibly switch to a stronger 2/1 mix soon. I'm interested to see how it all goes. All in a ten frame full depth single brood honey box at the moment. Checking every few days to see how the syrup is taken up so as to know how much to feed. Great, great info thanks for taking the time to post this, Cheers, Nigel

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi There in Australia Thanks for your kind remarks and your story of entering the bee world. That was an interesting way to get started! Cheers Nigel.

Great video and thanks for the good and clear instructions...

So brave...man wish I was this brave with bees

This just reminds me why I prefer 8 frame boxes.

Another excellent video from UoG and of course Paul.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks E for your encouraging words!

I have tried putting foundation frames between drawn frames in a super before, but I find that the bees draw out the existing comb to fill the space instead of drawing out the foundation. Not sure if that's because I have plastic super frames or not. Thank you for the invaluable knowledge in these videos. It was one of my main sources of beginner info when getting started, and I still refer to them often.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

Жыл бұрын

I see some of that too but if it doesn't work one year it will work the next.

After watching a tons of video's and planning I was wondering if this would work to build up the hive/ comb fast, only difference was the feeder style. I'm getting my 1st bee's in a 6 weeks and could have saved a few brain cells if I'd seen this first. Great content thanks for putting it out there. Starting from scratch is gonna suck, but be so rewarding can't wait

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your bees Scott!

They are great videos ,everyone interested in bee keeping should watch and subscribe, thank you again.

I like the way you explain ,I want keep bees for harvesting honey.thank so much coz I leant a lot.

Superb! Thank you.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Seeing your canvas inner cover reminded me I was going to buy some. Now if I can just find your FAQ again 🙂

@Alan-Painter

5 жыл бұрын

In a different he said, "#8 (18oz) Duck canvas". Hope this helps

@WilliamMcNett

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alan-Painter yep, found the FAQ, web links and order some ☺

@Alan-Painter

5 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamMcNett Could you share the FAQ and web links? Thanks

Great video Sir

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It was very informative, I have learned a lot!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Jazz. Nice to hear you found the video informative.

Glad you're doing videos again! I've been waiting for more :) This is an excellent video! Looking forward to seeing more from you this year!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nat!

This was great to keep doing the video like u did Thanks

Thank again for more great info and please keep them coming.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Den. Thanks for your support.

very helpful thankyou so much

Nice video! It answered a few of my questions that hadn't been answered through my club or mentor.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charles!

You are so professional and helpful thanks

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice thoughts Bob. We appreciate your comments.

That was so informative and very helpful. It answered lots of questions. Thanks!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Vera!

Thanks that's really been educational for me as a first-year beekeeper right now I have to brood Chambers and I'm thinking about going to one I live on the Central coast of California where the weather stays mildly cool all year round

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Nolan Have a look at our video on 'singles vs doubles' and consider if it will work in your area. Glad yo hear you found the video helpful Nolan.

Takes a lot of energy for bee to make wax. With 9" or 6" bare frames - give the bees a break and paint the foundation and super with bees wax. Melt it and paint it on.

Seriously, I think Paul is the true superhero with the real superhero powers! I think they smell my fear because even with the smoker they are trying to hurt me, and he isnt even wears a veil!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

No Heroics Milla but thanks for that generous thought! Our bees are the real heros :)

Paul, Fantastic video on comb building. Can you explain your process and what you are looking for to ensure the hive doesn’t become honey bound when you are feeding your new colonies in the Spring? In addition, while I have seen your video on feeding prior to Winter, do you ever feed your established colonies in the Spring? Thanks again for all your great videos. We’ve made a donation to your new Honey Bee Research Center because your work is so critical. Thank you.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Well gee thanks CavalierSpan! We sure appreciate your support and your kind comments. In a situation like in this video with new equipment we stop feeding when the main nectar flow comes on and the comb in the brood chamber is completely built. It would have been different if the comb was already built as you could create a honey bound condition by overfeeding. In our conditions we don't normally have to feed in the spring. This year is different as the bees started brood early when it was warm and then we had a lot of cold weather so the feed was consumed quickly. We fed what we hope is just the right amount until the weather gets the flow going. Not an easy thing to get right when you don't know what mother nature has in store! Cheers!

Excellent video, I look forward to all your videos

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Blake!

Great video love the info. The issue I have is they are not building on the new frames but they do build on the inner cover. I have about 7 frames of bees and thinking of adding a super

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael Thanks. 7 frames may be a bit early to super. Bees like to move up more than to the side so they don't get all the brood chamber comb built if you super too early. Good luck.

Great video..thanks

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charles!

Good heavens! I got a nuc in late June and I've been feeding them consistently, but they've been SLOW at drawing comb. Your bees act like little wax making machines!

Great video! I've recently hived a small swarm in a new lang body. They're coming from a top bar hive. They've had only foundation and have been really slow to build any comb and have built comb on top of the foundation as a separate piece of comb. Been a month, fed 1:1 and still slow. Just now starting to build a little comb on center of a frame.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Melissa Great name for a beekeeper! Small swarms can't do much. Better to add them to another hive. Nature doesn't always have the best plan...Sometime it's a wild bet on success.

Wicked. New too bee keeping for 2021 awesome!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

3 жыл бұрын

Good Luck!

Nice video. Great quality and very interesting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great videos. Very good instruction.

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan!

greetings from Belgium nice video thanks

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Well hello there in Belgium. As one of my mentors, Keld Brandstrup, in Denmark says ' beekeeping IS sharing'.

Thank u sir! Great video!

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

Thanks for the video

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Great video I’m getting my first two Nucs at the end of May

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck Jackie! Have fun with your bees. Thanks.

@swampcrawlerls1267

4 жыл бұрын

How did it go? You started beekeeping at the same time as me with the same amount of nucs

Another good video, sure wish I could get some of those queens down here in Indiana

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. B Trull. Ferguson Apiaries do ship some Buckfast to the US. I think they may be sold out now for this year. Ferguson Apiaries fergusonapiaries.on.ca/ (for CAN and US sales). .

So well presented thanks for posting

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Hi again Linton. Thanks for your support!

NICE TEACHER ,GREAT MAN THANKS

@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mohamed! :)

Thank you...🐝