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Introduction and Initial Hive Assessment

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WE MESSED UP BIG TIME! WATCH TILL THE END FOR HONEY BEE EDUCATION!

What happens here

The video begins with the beekeeper, already wearing a full beekeeping suit, explaining that he's going to show "what not to do" when trying to extract honey from honeybees. He states that it's late in the evening, which is an unfavorable time for this task, and he has already been stung. He approaches the beehives and highlights the tall grass in front of them and the large number of active bees clustered on the hive exteriors, indicating potential overcrowding or agitation. He briefly shows his wife, Mrs. Stoney Ridge Farmer, who is also dressed in a bee suit.

Goal: Understand the context and initial state of the beehives before intervention.

Tools and materials

  • Beehives — The source of honey and the bees
  • Beekeeping Suit Triad Bee Supply — Protection from bee stings

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I've already made this video I made this video about 10 minutes ago and I'm going to show you what not to do when trying to steal honey from your honey bees we're robbing the bees today it's late in the evening it's a dumb time of day to do this I've already been stung I'm going to show you what not to do I got stung it sucks but come along with me we'll show you what not to do and later on in the week we'll show you what to do sometimes farming's failing guys hey guys this is Josh Stony Ridge farmer and this is Mrs Stony Ridge farmer hi she's not paying attention we're going over here we're going to get the honey out of the Beehive today so today is honey bee Harvest day I want to show you what is on the front of these beehives and I'm pulling up here to them right now this is a lot of stress okay this is one of the most stressful days stressful times when you're working with the honeybees I'm trying to drive and talk to you at the same time sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't so anyhow we're getting everything all backed up here going to use the old Mrs Stony Ridge for quite a bit of this have some fun I got me some fancy new Casey niack glasses here Walmart special $10.99 whatever Casey your $300 sunglasses this is farming this is a real Vlog Bridge Stony Ridge [Music] Farm W all right so guys first thing we got to do is we've got a weed eat right around here where the bees are because it's just too much grass for us to mess with so I'm going to weed eat this I'm going to put my bees suit on and I'm going to weed eat it see if we can get theah see if we can get the bees good and pissed off before we go over and start trying to extract the honey cuz that's the smart thing to do woo the grass is really high in front of the Beehive and I just haven't had time to get out here and weed eat it down but look at the front of these beehives guys it's insane uh we'll show you zoom in on there really good these are some active bees look at the front of these beehives this is going to be an adventure to work with these bees so I'm really not sure how aggressive they're going to be there's so many bees on the front of this Hive it is insane let me take the Cera in here really close so you can see and let you check them out hopefully it doesn't scare them all away when I start to uh um doing the weed eating look at all the bees on the face of these hives and they're just basically working diligently on the front of the hives here and this one doesn't have quite…

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