Is this a joke

[dano41]

He should make a few videos of someone teaching him how to be a beekeeper.

 

[Rooster007]

SO...

For the want of a better word......
...... watch this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrkYnaNW0RI

Good on you Phill... you do all the silly beekeeping stuff so ( most of us) don't have to!!

Chons da


But have to say the ripe banananas's skin seems to have got rid of the chalk brood!!!

He missed something off the title of the video on youtube.
4 letters and normally goes on the end of bull.

 

[thorn]

Is this fellow serious, or are his YouTube offerings spoofs?

 

[Ian123]

I fast-forwarded to near the end and it looked like it was being put back together with an extra box that was too large to fit on, leaving a nice gap for robbing bees and wasps.

I think he did suggest he was going to have a gap. It’s another great advantage with the Dow hive it’s not compatible with other Lang equipment.

 

[For want of a better word]

He missed something off the title of the video on youtube.
4 letters and normally goes on the end of bull.

Tail?

 

[Beersmith]

Below the video, there is a section where people post comments.

One person made some mild criticism about discarding burr comb around the hives.

To which the person who made the video replied, and this is an exact quote: -

"Nothing I know of eats bees wax"

 

[Poly Hive]

I sat and thought ok what eats beeswax.

Nothing around here does....so? Go on?

PH

 

[Beersmith]

I sat and thought ok what eats beeswax.

Nothing around here does....so? Go on?

PH

Well I may be about to make myself look rather foolish but I was thinking the discarded brace comb might attract wax moths? Are there regional differences? Perhaps less common in Scotland's cooler conditions?

 

[Fusion_power]

Well I may be about to make myself look rather foolish but I was thinking the discarded brace comb might attract wax moths? Are there regional differences? Perhaps less common in Scotland's cooler conditions?

Burr comb often contains a bit of honey. Tossed away in the right conditions, it can initiate robbing. If it happens to come from a hive with AFB, then the robbing bees get more than just a tad of honey. It is also worth enough money for the wax that burr comb is economical to render for wax. Yes, I tossed burr comb in the past, but over time I learned there is a better way.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Below the video, there is a section where people post comments.

One person made some mild criticism about discarding burr comb around the hives.

To which the person who made the video replied, and this is an exact quote: -

"Nothing I know of eats bees wax"

From the NBU
The larvae of both species cause damage to comb by feeding on the wax, though they cannot survive on wax alone; larvae fed on pure bees wax have been shown to stop developing. They rely on other impurities within the wax - particularly cocoons in old brood combs. One obvious sign of a wax moth infestation is a white silk trail left by burrowing larvae moving below the cappings of honey bee brood. In extreme cases the whole of the comb will be destroyed, leaving a matted mass of silk, frass and other debris.

So he is technically right but it's a moot point

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I sat and thought ok what eats beeswax.

Nothing around here does....so? Go on?

PH

Rats, mice, wax moth (clue is in the name) not to mention that traces of honey would attract wasps and other bees.

 

[For want of a better word]

Burr comb often contains a bit of honey. Tossed away in the right conditions, it can initiate robbing. If it happens to come from a hive with AFB, then the robbing bees get more than just a tad of honey. It is also worth enough money for the wax that burr comb is economical to render for wax. Yes, I tossed burr comb in the past, but over time I learned there is a better way.

I have to admit that I have met quite a few beekeepers who are *****

 

[Madge]

I skim-read this thread, and my impression is that it's filled with a lot of pompous jeering and sneering posts at Phil - and all Phil did in this video was to point out how ridiculous a flow-hive is!

One problem he pointed out - and one that I've not been aware of before - was the problem of decapitating bees when applying the turn key for extraction if the combs aren't fully capped. (And, in order to see if all the frames are capped, he had to lift the frames out of the hive which was a fiddly job. That's not Phil's fault, but the flow-hive's.) The other problem is that ivy nectar is expected to come in shortly and setting like rock.

The only solution to remove the honey out of the flow-hive was to switch boxes around. That's sensible. How else can you remove the honey from such a ridiculous hive?

Phil likes to experiment and try out new things. Don't jeer at him for being curious.

His flow hive is incomplete and the bees are getting through the queen excluder and running around the area where it is supposed to be safe to extract. There should be a bar that covers the area preventing the bees access.

Not having ever seen a flow-hive, I don't understand Anduril's comment. How can the bees store nectar if, as Anduril suggests, the bees aren't supposed to be there?

Got fed up of his inept fiddling a couple of minutes in.
Some beekeeper - supers on and feeding fondant!!!

As said above - the fiddling is as a result of the flow-hive's design.

Phil was quite clear later in the video that he doesn't feed when a flow is on. The tub was firmly attached to the crown board. It's clear it's been there for a long time.

 

[Antipodes]

Hi Mellifera,

What Anduril is referring to is the fact that the bees are coming up through the queen excluder and into the area where the extraction tubes are inserted, so when he opens the back removable panel, some bees are there. There is usually a metal strip in that region going from one side to the other which blocks the holes in the queen excluder in that area.... it does appear to be missing. Phil says it wasn't in the kit.

The bees can still get through the excluder into the main body of the super to store honey in the plastic frames.

 

[Madge]

Hi Mellifera,

What Anduril is referring to is ...

Oh, ok - thanks Antipode

 

[For want of a better word]

I have to admit that I have met quite a few beekeepers who are *****

Should have added...

Phil C is not one of them!!


Meur ras

 

[enrico]

Just wAached it all the way through. How true that people should watch it before thinking about a flow hive. Just proves how many problems there are. Well done Phil
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