Unwrapping 12 Neglected Beehives - First inspection since? - How are the Honey Bees?

If they bought the hives for $600 for 12 hives they still got a good deal in equipment alone . Make splits in the spring and grow a few more hives. Good video thank you.

Easiest inspection ever! . So sad that these bees were abandoned and left to die..

I'm sorry to see a story like this one. But it does serve to open your eyes to a problem that exists even in the beekeeping business. There's always someone out there ready to take advantage of an uneducated public. Thanks for sharing this story. As painful as it was to watch, it needed to be told.

Good view of mites in drone brood.👍 Pretty easy inspection. Interesting.

In the past six months or so, I have been drawn to watching bee videos. i find it fascinating and therapeutic to watch. We live in a village in rural France. We have friends that are beekeepers. Their garden is about an acre. They have 27 hives there. Others in different spots around the village. They also keep some in a wood 20 miles or so away. In total I believe they have 100-120 hives. They produce lovely honey (it's a business for them). Until we visited their home, I hadn't realised that different honey was produced at different times in the year. It had just not occurred to me. They probably have about 8-10 different types of honey they sell, including Dandelion, Chestnut, Rape, Sunflower, Spring Flowers, Summer Flowers. I wasn't aware the bees would forage as far as 10 miles from the hive. Our friends said it was about 3 miles, but I suppose it depends upon the quantity and quality of pollen and nectar available. Many people here have fruit trees in their gardens. We have 4 types of plum, 3 cherry, 4 apple, a peach that doesn't do well, plus a lime or linden tree which is smothered in flowers every year and many thousands of bees. That's without the oak, silver birch and many shrubs all in half an acre. I'm seriously thinking about bee keeping, although not until we get settled as we are looking to move.

"The name "foulbrood" is used to describe the bad smell associated with colonies infected with European foulbrood or American foulbrood, though not all diseased colonies have a bad odor. A beekeeper may smell a SOUR, rank, or rotting smell when they open the hive if there is a high level of infection".

It's a shame we don't have more information. $600/ is a fair price for healthy colonies, painted new quipment, leveling and putting down gravel and block. I find it hard to believe they agreed to care for them for that price. $30-$40/mth/hive is what I hear people are charging.

This is such a cool educational video. It's 3am Tuesday morning and I'm convinced I gotta get bees. =) Need to learn tons asap. Thank you so much for this video! Subbed.

You always get out what you put into it with beekeeping.

Im so happy there was bees

It took yall longer to suit up than to work all those hives. Lol. Keep on beekeeping!

You are the first beekeeper that also uses animal dung for smoker fuel. I found horse manure even better than cow manure. It's more fibrous. I break it up into 25mm pellets. But you are right, it doesn't smell good. I made the mistake of using it in a house during a cutout, oops! Don't you just hate scammers. The empty one makes it really plain that he was one. If I was the woman, I would keep the 2 best because they obviously can survive. That smelly one is a concern.

I’m an Alabama beekeeper and that is a sham that people do that to good people I have 23 hives that are all thriving

There you go Honey Bees Unlimited. Another day of saving the bees! It's really sad that so many bees have been abandoned....

That's a shame but I would love all that comb.

So sad that these bees were abandoned and left to die.

I'd test them for AFB if you're getting a sour smell.. definitely smell it before you can see it

$2400.00 in equipment now they need to and 10 nucs at $240 per nuc and then it would be a good bee yard

So do you go in and clean it out or put new frames in? I just love watching stuff like this.

Look into horizontal hives and swarm traps. My dad has several hives and never bought one. He just catches the feral ones.