Unsure how this got in my YouTube algorithm but......I now want to get some bees......chit seems way too easy.

Any bee keeping brahs here can chime in?



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I have bees on my farm. What questions do you have? Don’t start with more than 2, because more than that with new colonies and beekeeping, they can go south quickly. Two are manageable and if something goes wrong, they are less likely to fail and/or rob the other colony.

Starting livestock in pairs allows you to compare behavior and problems and you won’t have a big loss if that problem spreads

srs, where do you buy them from? What yields most flavorful honey? Could I feed them oranges and the honey would take on an orange essence?


Have you tried the Hive Flow? It was a kickstarter and srs I want to get 2 (only comes with one boot each) and just harvest that chit......

Louisiana clover honey crew. I don’t fukk with bees but a homie of mine does and I buy it from him.

Would be legit to have a hive but I’m not sure what the city ordinances are on beekeeping.

Bees are bred for the area they will be living in, like plants are. Check with your local beekeepers (they usually have a group in every area, and they offer classes and support) or find a breeder in your area. Beeweaver is who I used, and they have a store about an hour from me. They breed their own hybrid bee that is very resilient. I went with Italians because they are docile, but I lost two hives this year from robbing. Italians are known for rubbing, so spread them out if you go that route!!

Honey flavors and colors comes from the flowers in your area. Bees will travel many miles to find flowers, so it might be out of your control. You can plant some flowers around them, but it won’t be a huge change in flavor and color, just a little.

They collect pollen from flowers, then “manufacture” the honey, which is what the bees eat. They don’t eat anything else except for sugar water if they need to be fed, which they might need if it’s a new colony.

The Flow Hives are nice, but the wax that bees make for their own combs are naturally disease resistant. That’s the biggest downside to it.

The best and easiest route it to order Nucs (nucleus). They are young but established colonies with a queen. They are stronger and more mature than a new hive without a queen.

You will need a stand of some sort, brood box or “deep”, bottom, and lid to start. The investment for each hive is about $600 or so.

You most likely won’t want to harvest honey first year. They need to get strong and have honey stores to survive the winter. You might end up putting a second “deep” on if they grow fast the first year. The following year you can start splitting the hive, queening it, in order to start a new one. Splitting is the way to go for building your farm, but it’s not needed if you don’t want to have more. They might, however, grow and need more good boxes so they don’t swarm if they outgrow their current boxes.

A honey “super” is used for just honey. They are smaller boxes and you can also use a use a screen called a “queen excluder” that prevents the queen from laying eggs in the super.

Lastly; you order your bees in early fall (probably now because the ordering season is closing) so that the breeders have time to fill the needs of the locals ordering and to grow the needed colonies and queens. I suggest you take a class, because there is a LOT to learn. For instance, drones are the only males in the hive, don’t have a stinger, and go out and breed with other queens. If the number of drones goes up dramatically, that could be an indication your queen left the hive and the workers are trying to compensate with increasing the drones in the colony.

Just wanted to add; once they are established the first year, they are super low maintenance. Most people only check theirs a couple times a year and once or twice to harvest. Each colony can produce a LOT of honey, something like 30-40lbs. Its well worth the work that first year.

So…….sloots gonna sloot?

I should train bees...Then I could command them to do my bidding...

LulzHaha, that would be great.

A good colony should be docile. If they become aggressive, requeen them and in a few weeks they should be calm again.

Amazing info, copying pasting it. I am gonna get some land and want to forage and harvest what I can on it........

Right before you get your hive, take an intro class. They will take you out to one of their hives and let you get hands on learning and experience with the basics and you can ask questions. It was a huge help for me. This is only my second year, so I’m still learning too!

There should also be a beekeeping association in your area that does events etc too if you are really in to it

But what about getting fukked up?

There's 5-8 places near me that has hives I will def check them out to see what classes they offer or if they know someone that does!
I would like to do it the safest and healthiest for the bees, the honey would just be the cherry on top.

Use the honey to make mead?

I plan to do just that. just need to invest in the equipment