Great video!!

love bees, have a rooftop...hmmm.

Intresting stuff ... well covered

What happens when someone in their building who is allergic gets stung? I've watched enough Law and Order to know that Jack McCoy will prosecute you for manslaughter or at least criminal negligence.

Only in Williamsburg

Very well done, great job!

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Okay, I feel I need to make the public aware of a few miss leading actions / statements.
- smoke should be used as much less, a common mistake of a new beekeeper is to over smoke their hive. Smoke should not be directed down into the combs. You don't want ash in your honey. I actually only smoke for shows, smoker competitions, and rainy days that require me to open a hive.
- Bees are not "pets", they are not domesticated, they should be respected at all times.
- A triangle escape board is highly recomended to get the bees out of the honey supers with out chemicals or smoke.
- a hive gets up to 70,000 to 80,000 bees *2 is not 250,000
- 4:26 do not feed store bought honey to bees, it could carry and spread disease
Hope this isn't taken negative, just trying to help people be in the know. Great work guys, hope you have a good winter,
Brian

lol.

as pointed out in the reply above by Brian, it is preferable NOT to use smoke ... it does 'calm' the bees down a bit but you keep giving them unneccesary stress ... a lot of stress makes them weak towards diseases ... honey is a product that easily takes smells over, causing an unnatural scent to your honey ...

Supercool

a nice video remembering my beginning in 2002.
As you, i stored my first hive in the center of a city (nimes FRANCE)
i recognize the color of a new hive not been painted, the yellow color of the young wax.... all little things showing new bee colony/ new hive....
great story but i didn't understood everything.
bees are in danger and cities maybe the last sanctuary for these wild animals....
i never lost any colony in cities but in countryside that's not the same thing.
insecticides ? guilty or not ? but in my opinion that's not the only reason.
i've just extract the honey.... so good
it's marvelous moment i sometimes share with friends.

ps : answering to andy, smoke is the only thing you can use.
it is stress for bees that's why they are going to eat honey and then as us, when we have to much eaten for thankgiving ( for example) we don't want to do anything but stay and wait...
too much smoke is worst than no smoke but practice learn you to feel it....


you can share my latest beestory in souther france

vimeo.com/29192035

Awesome work guys!! Reminds me of myself a few years ago when I dive myself into the bee's world and now I'm doing a master on bee diseases...
Keep the great job but more important get as much information as you can to do improve it!!
Thumbs up for you!!

!!!, bel video, e bravi gli apicoltori!