Mow Your Bee Yard Without getting stung NO ANGRY HONEY BEES no bee suit

In this video, I share how I mow my honey bee yard without a bee suit and without being stung!
That's right, it's electric. By using an electric push mower, no grass gets discharged on the landing boards, no puffs of hot smoke form the exhaust, no gas powered motor vibrating the ground around the hives. Just the purr of the electric motor and the swoosh of the grass cutting blade. No hearing protection required.

Electric Mowers and Electric String Trimmers are your best grounds-grooming friends when it comes to the bee yard. It's just like walking through.

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[rawkusrex]

Mr. Dunn, i would watch/listen to a video of you reading a phone book. your voice has a calming effect.

[StephenBiggers]

Personally the best thing is the start up. I injured my shoulder last fall from trying to start a gas mower. I bought an electric weed wacker already (bees not that happy with it's vibrations), but next will buy the electric mower. My shoulder is still feeling the pain. Thanks for your videos.

[johnmcneill]

Seems like I find more new gadgets on your channel than anywhere else. Gr8 endorsement.

[alteregos]

😂 Totally hear the enthusiasm in your voice about that mower! I’m guessing you were excited to get it and go out and mow. Glad, you found a tool that does a great job and makes you happy to use it. I’m guessing the ease of use and the bees not stinging you are a huge incentive. Thought about buying the Snapper XD 82v self propelled mower. It’s a beast and I need the self propelled model. Great video! 👍🏻

[carloshernandez]

Great idea! I recently purchased an electric mower for my house and did not consider using it at the apiary/farm. Thanks!

[sojourner]

Good choice. All of my cordless tools are Ryobi 18V Lithium. I have a couple 40V Ryobi tools as well, and have a five-year-old version of this mower. I find that the width of cut needs to overlap somewhat. Two caveats with a cordless mower, 1) keep the blade sharp, and 2) be careful not to slam the 40V battery into the socket in the mower. It can be difficult to remove if it jams.

I also have the Ryobi 40V line-trimmer. 😎

[mddiygp]

I've been switching over to electric everything over the past few years...mowers, (even the Ryobi rider), wackers, pole saw, chain saws, (the Kobalt 80 volt packs a punch!) Still have my Stihl saw for the biggest jobs, but even then I rarely use it anymore. I like not having to mess with the oil, gas, higher maintenance, etc., and they're a lot quieter to boot.

[marthalofton]

We
Watched this you tube and found it very interesting. I make my husband's now around our new boxes. But he looked this mower up and seen on at Home Depot .and he went and got it. Of course we just cut the yard but it will grow fast .thanks we love this mower .

[shaunroberts]

That is a Bad to the Bone mower for sure. Wow..Outstanding

[beefcurtains]

Pretty cool fred I love you channel. Thank you again for putting out great content ya da man fred🤙👍

[otnt]

Thankyou Frederick! A VERY informative video. I have thought about the very same mower myself. From Down Under!

[danskisbees]

Fred, that's pretty cool, but what I need is a battery powered tiller for the walkway in my native wildflower apiary.

[gsmWF]

I’ve been using that mower since last year and agree, works great around the hives. Also the weed eater that uses the same battery works great at close touch ups! I stand to the side and for over a year only had a curious guard bee or three. Not stung yet, but wear a hood while trimming to avoid the first one. Lol

[Deep]

Yeah these are awesome Fred. I have the top Stihl electric mower since last year. It sounds very similar to your one in how it adjusts throttle and the mow time. I can't recommend this sort of technology enough!

[HaroldKeiner]

I have one also, can't beat it. Also have the trimmer, hege trimmer, many of ryobi's 18v tools. Also another brand electric chain saw. Getting older and get tired of pulling ropes to start the gas yard tools.

[stansmith]

I have been using a cordless electric mower and weed eater for years near my hives and never had a problem!

[MisterBech]

Hey, Fred. Commenting from down here in Texas. I have a new colony started this spring with a nuc from Beeweaver in Navasota. We are first time beekeepers so we have one Flow hive of our own. We have also leased 8 hives from a local company over in Brenham, TX. The reason for leasing is as rookies, we did not want to take a chance of messing up on 9 hives. The beekeper is responsible for the other 8 which are the subject of this email. Just some background for those who might wonder why the heck did we not just wait to get some confidence and then get 8 more of our own. Well, here's why. In Texas, you can get an agricultural use property tax exemption for things like cows, AND BEES!. Since this property did not have an exemption when we bought it we need to build up history for 5 years. For the size of the property we need 8 hives to qualify for an intensity of use level. That's why we leased so we would not lose a year on the tax calendar.


Now to those 8 hives. The grass has gotten very long around them. The hives are on two pallets of 4 hives each on the ground. While the bees are flying in and out through the tall grass, it would be better if they had a clear flyway leading to each hive. Two weeks ago I took my trusty walk behind field and brush mower to attempt to cut. Too hot for a bee suit. The local sheriff would have spotted some Texas buzzards circling over my deceased body by about Tuesday in our weather. So I decided to take my chances and see if I could make a quick run pas the 4 sides of the group of hives. Well, I made it down one side and up the other but not across the fronts of either pallet. The bees were not happy. Maybe the machine sounded like a bear prowling. Anyway, had to high tail it out of there. No stings!


So today, you video link popped up in the corner of my screen and I decided to watch it to see your secret. It turns out I have the larger version of the mower with multiple batteries for it and my battery powered mower. I may give it a shot. Thanks for the demo. Then again, I might call the bee guy and ask him to come out 30 miles from Brenham and mow around the hives like he said he would.


Either way, it is going to get done.


Great video!!

[downbntout]

Love my Ryobi 40v mower. Sucker STARTS.

[mihaiilie]

I am dreaming to make a small desert patch in my garden surrounding the beehives .It will have salty soil and 2 types of really rare bushes wich bear edible fruits.One makes salty fruits and the otther has just stems, no leaves and verry high nectar ield.Because it has no leaves its good to watch the bees foraging on the flowers.
Until then il use the traditional hoe to cut the bushes near the hives :).

[hadrast]

This was actually a big consideration for me since we hire people to mow and leafblow our lawn. My solution was to install my hive on a (2nd story) deck. That way I have easy access, and the bees are up and out of the way of noisy lawn-related activity (and people in general). Of course, this wouldn't work so well if I had 9 or more hives...
That mower you have also reminded me of another similar alternative; iRobot (the makers of Roomba) announced a while back that they're developing an automated battery-powered lawn mower (basically a lawn Roomba). If you don't mind the grass dropping where it's cut, that could work too, and you wouldn't even have to leave your chair!