The Art of Log Hive Making

[THESHOMROM]

Wonderful! My Dad kept 5 large hives and I grew to love bees and have never feared them. Neither of us were ever stung and I remember sitting in clover and allowing the bees to land on me while spending lazy afternoons watching them collect. Some became so laden with pollen I WAS AMAZED THEY COULD FLY. Thank you for a great video.

[Solarbeez]

I've done three log hives now and have never had the luck of pushing out big chunks of wood like you did. Well done. I have ALWAYS had to use a 'sledge and spike' method...a real labor of love. Three log hives have all attracted natural swarms with a little honeycomb, melted wax, and lemongrass oil. It's a sight to see when a natural swarm decides to move in.

[braulioperez]

Thanks so much for your honest contribution to mankind throughout these efforts. Without bees, there will be no food. You are helping saving millions of lives. Thanks much.

[isaacikaika]

Even with the production chain you use on your saw, you can get away with running canola, or corn oil, and it works fine, as long as you are not running it all day. 

[vonHannersdorf]

Perfect! One of the most beautiful videos on youtube ;-)

Greeting from Czech Republic

[chefgiovanni]

What a great video. Thanks for sharing. We love the bees as they help our tomatoes and basil plants and without them, there would be less food ! Keep up the good work. Time to cook.

[benheatherman]

Man, using the nose of a saw aways sketches me out. really cool regardless.

[Cancun]

Here's a trick:
Don't screw the router into the circle jig.
Fit the jig with a hole that fits the router's guide bushing.
That way, you can just stick in the router and it can rotate inside the circle jig.
Result: No cable hassle because the rotating router's position stays the same in relation to your hands!
In essence, you just need to move your arms back and forth, a bit like like a piston, while the jig translates the motion into circular like a crank.

[Gaiabees]

thanks. Either way, they can be inoculated with propolis and bees move in by themselves, or one could move a swarm into it.

[DrWoodyII]

Gaia Bees: Very interesting concept, thank you for sharing. How do you harvest the honey without destroying the hive?

[abdallahhaouari]

Travailla d'un vrais professionnelle.Merci pour cette méthode et technique.(Morrocco).

[abdallahelhaouari]

ta méthode est unique et elle ma donné une aidée de fabrication de ruche traditionnelle.morrocco

[mistersmith]

This guy is great with a chainsaw. The job is absolutely awesome. Thanks for the video!

[DeDraconis]

Are these to let the bees come in and just fend for their own? How do you access the inner bits to check on the Queen/brood, presence of mites etc?

[Laura_M-]

Bees will make a home in virtually anything they can fit inside. I don't think they care if it's a hollowed out log, a box, or a Weber grill. Still, that's pretty cool.

[thisissoeasy]

Thank you for sharing this interesting video... Cheers from Outback (I have a very large "dead" palm tree which I will try and convert into a bee-"house")

[nerymiriam]

uma casinha natural para as abelhas, interferência mínima, excelente!

[barryo-swkk]

That was really cool, but how do you harvest the honey?

[YvesBodin]

very nice vidéo and very good job ... from France..

[bradleykloeckl]

Beautiful. I used a 4' chunk of cottonwood, maybe a bit larger in diameter. Thank you.