Summer beekeeping update - the honey is coming in and we now have 8 beehives!

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It's been a busy summer looking after the bees and despite the bad weather, the nectar flow finally started and it looks like we might have a honey crop in the next few weeks. This year my plan was to expand my apiary and my plan was to have 1 beehives by the end of summer. In this video I show my 8 hives and after this video was filmed I actually picked up 2 new colonies from a beekeeper in Devon so we now have a total of 10! If we can get them through the winter then next years honey crop should be much larger!

[txbirdman]

Dude, 8 hives? Very proud of you for sticking with it. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey. You have surpassed my expectations from this channel. I'm a 12 year beekeeper from texas. Notes are absolutely necessary. Good job, bud. You must have a good mentor.

[kalle]

You are beguining to look really confident around the bees. I’m
proud and impressed of your progress!

[benjamindejonge]

I’ve got also a bad memory, that’s why I use a QR on the every hive so I can see all the info on my phone

[kraken_egg]

23:12 "your grace" - "my queen" - "your highness" love the workers interacting with her 😁

[rei]

Ended up super randomly on this channel when I was taking a nap and woke up mid a video of his and right away I went into a deep dive of his channel and watched all the bee vids. Now I want a bee hive too 🥲 never even thought ab bees like that before that nap🤣

[ahmedbounce]

Because of Alex and his first video of beekeeping I got encouraged to start beekeeping i've always wanted to but thought it was impossible for me, right now i have 2 nice Beehives!

[julieguleff]

BRAVO! 1st year beekeeper here. I started with 2 nucs. Then added 2 hives, and caught 7 swarms! Huge start with learning. 14 full colonies doing great, harvested 10 GALLONS of honey. Thanks Alex for your amazing, clear, and great videos...a huge help in learning for us new keepers! ❤

[Pat]

Alex, the first hive you inspected looks like it may have American Foul Brood or European Foul Brood, as I thought I could see sunken brood capping's and what appeared to be 'melted' larvae. Of course, hopefully this isn't the case, but it may be worth doing some further investigation as it may be the reason that this particular hive is not going as well as your others. By the way, I love your videos and really look forward to them all the way from Australia!

[nilandic]

Hive at 17:16 I would recommend double brood boxes as you have an Italian strain it should elevate pressure and too ensures they don’t swarm place a queen excluder between floor and brood box hope this helps

[Enderman]

the strategy you apply is genuinely insanely impressive, i feel so blessed to have such a cool guy making such amazing videos about such a wondrous hobby.

[PeterPanbe]

499k Start prepping the cake 🙂- Congratz and so well deserved with this lovely content. Thanks!

[ilikeitful]

High Alex. We are from South Africa and we eagerly awaits each new video your bring out. We like the enthusiasm your portray in your videos. The different between bee keeping and gardening that you touch is inspiring. Keep up the good videos and best of luck with your endeavors.

[EliseiTr]

I started the year with 2 bee colonies, and today I have 10. Two of the colonies are smaller, but I believe they will grow by autumn. I follow you with great interest; I really like the way you tell stories—it's very relaxing.

[crazieken]

Sending love from 🌲 ALASKA ❄️.. I found you only a week ago and fell in love with your vids (I rarely dig in YT) im glad your bees are keeping you busy, and your energy is just as thoroughly energetic ❤❤😅

[neu_trino]

I knew nothing about bee keepers until I saw this channel - love it, fantastic to watch you at work on the hives.

[miriamsi-cxtf]

The engagement with the audience makes it feel like a community.

[rachelmcconnell]

If you do any treatments for the varroa mite I’d love a video abt it! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!

[shadowstrike]

I cant believe the growth. 8 hives in a few years?? your smashing it man

[hussanalrubayie]

For anyone that didn't know, those yellow masses on the sides of the bees are pockets. Bees have pockets that they fill with pollen to make pollen bread!

[BrightestBlessings]

Such an accomplished Beekeeper! Well done, Alex!