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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:09,526 --> 00:00:20,903 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 2 00:01:35,011 --> 00:01:38,213 OH MAN, BEAUTIFUL! 3 00:01:38,281 --> 00:01:45,254 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 4 00:01:45,321 --> 00:01:47,523 HI, I'M JERRY DUNBAR. 5 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:50,192 I'VE BEEN KEEPING BEES FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS 6 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:53,395 AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE FOUND SEVERAL METHODS THAT ARE NATURAL 7 00:01:53,463 --> 00:01:56,398 AND NON-DISRUPTIVE TO THE HONEY BEES 8 00:01:56,466 --> 00:01:59,768 AND ALSO METHODS OF KEEPING BEES SO THAT IT'S EASY 9 00:01:59,836 --> 00:02:03,338 FOR US BEEKEEPERS TO HARVEST THE WONDERFUL PRODUCTS 10 00:02:03,406 --> 00:02:05,474 THAT THE BEES MAKE FOR US. 11 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:08,977 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU A FEW OF THE PRODUCTS 12 00:02:09,045 --> 00:02:13,782 THAT WE CAN BE RECEIVING OUT OF THAT BEEHIVE. 13 00:02:13,850 --> 00:02:18,754 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 14 00:02:18,822 --> 00:02:20,556 OK, TO START OFF WITH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU 15 00:02:20,623 --> 00:02:23,659 A TYPICAL BEEHIVE THAT I'M CURRENTLY USING 16 00:02:23,726 --> 00:02:25,594 AND THE WAY I'M USING IT. 17 00:02:25,662 --> 00:02:28,497 STARTING OFF AT THE BOTTOM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT 18 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:32,201 THE ENTIRE BOTTOM IS SCREENED SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT 19 00:02:32,268 --> 00:02:34,570 OF VENTILATION COMING THROUGH. 20 00:02:38,741 --> 00:02:41,043 WHAT I DO IS TAKE A SUPER, 21 00:02:41,110 --> 00:02:44,880 MAYBE ONE OF MY OLD SUPERS AND CUT IT INTO A FRAME, 22 00:02:44,948 --> 00:02:48,217 STAPLE ON THE SCREEN, SCREW ON A LANDING STRIP 23 00:02:48,284 --> 00:02:51,253 LIKE YOU SEE HERE. 24 00:02:51,321 --> 00:02:54,723 AND NOW I HAVE A BOTTOM BOARD THAT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE 25 00:02:54,824 --> 00:02:59,394 AND USEFUL FOR THIS PARTICULAR METHOD OF BEEKEEPING I'M USING. 26 00:03:00,163 --> 00:03:02,798 NEXT COMES TWO DEEP SUPERS. 27 00:03:02,866 --> 00:03:07,069 THESE TWO DEEP SUPERS ARE THE BROOD CHAMBER. 28 00:03:07,136 --> 00:03:12,975 THE QUEEN IS IN THESE TWO SUPERS, IS LAYING HER EGGS, 29 00:03:13,042 --> 00:03:16,411 PRODUCING BEES, AND THE BEES ARE BRINGING IN POLLEN 30 00:03:16,479 --> 00:03:20,115 AND STORING HONEY AND ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED 31 00:03:20,183 --> 00:03:22,451 TO KEEP THAT BEEHIVE GOING. 32 00:03:22,518 --> 00:03:27,289 ABOVE THE TWO DEEP SUPERS IS A QUEEN EXCLUDER. 33 00:03:27,357 --> 00:03:32,861 THIS METAL THING YOU SEE HERE IS A QUEEN EXCLUDER. 34 00:03:32,929 --> 00:03:38,367 IT HOLDS THE QUEEN BACK SO SHE CAN'T GET UPSTAIRS AND LAY EGGS 35 00:03:38,434 --> 00:03:42,304 UP IN THE HONEY SUPER WHICH IS ABOVE IT. 36 00:03:42,372 --> 00:03:48,176 THIS GRAY SUPER YOU SEE HERE IS A MEDIUM HONEY SUPER. 37 00:03:48,244 --> 00:03:51,280 AND OF COURSE ABOVE THAT IS THE COVER 38 00:03:51,347 --> 00:03:56,218 AND THE COVER ON TOP OF COVER THAT I USE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT 39 00:03:56,286 --> 00:04:00,155 OF SUNLIGHT BAKING DOWN ON THE TOP OF THE HIVE. 40 00:04:00,223 --> 00:04:02,925 OK I'M GOING TO REMOVE THE COVER, 41 00:04:02,992 --> 00:04:09,431 FIRST REMOVE THIS SECTION, 42 00:04:09,499 --> 00:04:12,000 THEN THIS, 43 00:04:12,068 --> 00:04:16,838 AND NOW WHAT YOU SEE IS A FOOD GRADE FABRIC 44 00:04:16,906 --> 00:04:22,511 THAT IS USED TO STORE WHEAT AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT. 45 00:04:22,578 --> 00:04:24,479 THIS IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL. 46 00:04:24,547 --> 00:04:26,515 BECAUSE IT'S SCREENED IT HAS TOTAL VENTILATION 47 00:04:26,582 --> 00:04:29,484 AND I DON'T NEED TO VENTILATE THE TOP. 48 00:04:29,552 --> 00:04:33,155 AND ALSO WHEN I INSPECT IT I CAN JUST LIFT A CORNER. 49 00:04:33,222 --> 00:04:35,123 I DON'T HAVE TO DISTURB THE WHOLE THING, 50 00:04:35,191 --> 00:04:38,894 AND I CAN SEE IN A CORNER WHAT'S GOING ON. 51 00:04:38,962 --> 00:04:40,562 I CAN SEE THE PROPOLIS. 52 00:04:40,630 --> 00:04:43,632 LOOK AT THE WONDERFUL PROPOLIS THAT THE BEES ARE COLLECTING. 53 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:51,473 THEY STICK THAT PROPOLIS ONTO EVERY RAIL BELOW 54 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:53,909 THE FABRIC THAT I'VE GOT. 55 00:04:53,977 --> 00:04:56,545 EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO HONEY FLOW 56 00:04:56,612 --> 00:04:59,982 AND NO CAPPED HONEY IN THERE AT THIS TIME, 57 00:05:00,049 --> 00:05:03,852 THE BEES ARE STILL COLLECTING PROPOLIS AND ADDING VALUE 58 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,191 TO THE BEEHIVE BY BRINGING IN ALL THAT PROPOLIS. 59 00:05:09,258 --> 00:05:12,327 HERE WE GO. 60 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:15,063 SEE THE QUEEN EXCLUDER? 61 00:05:15,131 --> 00:05:22,571 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 62 00:05:22,638 --> 00:05:24,406 OKAY, IN THIS BEEHIVE WE ESTIMATE 63 00:05:24,474 --> 00:05:28,010 THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 BEES. 64 00:05:28,077 --> 00:05:29,277 THEY ALL LOOK HEALTHY, 65 00:05:29,345 --> 00:05:31,947 THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. 66 00:05:32,015 --> 00:05:34,149 YOU CAN SEE THEM BRINGING IN POLLEN, 67 00:05:34,217 --> 00:05:38,353 BRINGING IN WHATEVER NECTAR THEY CAN GET, 68 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:45,894 AND WORKING VIGOROUSLY TO BRING TO US WONDERFUL, 69 00:05:45,962 --> 00:05:52,034 BEAUTIFUL HONEY AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THIS BEEHIVE. 70 00:05:53,870 --> 00:06:02,210 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 71 00:06:06,315 --> 00:06:16,291 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 72 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:26,368 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 73 00:06:26,869 --> 00:06:30,305 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO START A BEEHIVE. 74 00:06:30,373 --> 00:06:34,709 ONE IS BY TAKING A PACKAGE OF BEES YOU RECEIVE IN THE MAIL, 75 00:06:34,777 --> 00:06:36,711 AND INSTALLING IT INTO A BEEHIVE, 76 00:06:36,779 --> 00:06:38,213 AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A MINUTE. 77 00:06:38,281 --> 00:06:41,750 FIRST, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY AND THAT'S BY CATCHING 78 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:43,351 A SWARM OF BEES. 79 00:06:46,222 --> 00:06:57,732 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 80 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,402 [ beeping ] 81 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:18,787 LOOK AT THAT. 82 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:23,525 THAT'S A POWER LINE RIGHT THERE. 83 00:07:29,198 --> 00:07:33,568 THESE ARE BABIES, CAPPED OVER, READY TO HATCH OUT 84 00:07:33,636 --> 00:07:35,537 AFTER METAMORPHOSIS. 85 00:07:35,605 --> 00:07:39,574 THE DRONES ARE OVER HERE ON THIS FAR SIDE. 86 00:07:39,642 --> 00:07:43,011 THIS COMB HERE IS FILLED WITH REGULAR WORKERS, 87 00:07:43,079 --> 00:07:45,914 THIS ONE'S FILLED WITH REGULAR WORKERS. 88 00:07:45,982 --> 00:07:48,316 NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS CUT THESE OUT 89 00:07:48,384 --> 00:07:52,053 AND PUT THEM INTO ANOTHER COLONY. 90 00:09:12,568 --> 00:09:16,905 NOW I'M GOING TO LAY MORE COMB ON TOP OF THOSE RAILS. 91 00:09:25,698 --> 00:09:27,732 OKAY, THIS IS HONEY ON THIS SIDE. 92 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,938 ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU CAN SEE DRONES, ALL CAPPED OVER. 93 00:09:33,005 --> 00:09:35,507 SEE THOSE DRONES? 94 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:48,153 THIS IS BASICALLY HONEY, MORE HONEY. 95 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:33,632 WE NOW GOT MOST OF THE BROOD IN THE CHAMBER HERE 96 00:10:33,699 --> 00:10:35,600 AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE QUEEN. 97 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:39,104 I'M NOT SURE IF THE QUEEN IS IN THERE OR NOT BUT IF SHE'S 98 00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:44,309 IN THERE THE IDEA IS THAT THE WORKER BEES COMING BACK 99 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:46,945 WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND THEIR HOME 100 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:50,315 BUT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SENSE THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT, 101 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,917 THAT THEIR HOME IS NOW IN A NEW LOCATION. 102 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:55,053 SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 103 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:57,355 I'LL LEAVE THIS HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS 104 00:10:57,423 --> 00:11:02,927 AND SEE IF THEY ALL MOVE INTO THE NEW HIVE HERE. 105 00:14:51,524 --> 00:15:01,499 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 106 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:12,877 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 107 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:34,732 AFTER YOU GET YOUR COLONY OF BEES ESTABLISHED 108 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,435 IN YOUR BEEHIVE, WHILE THAT'S GOING ON 109 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,103 AND WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING UP, 110 00:15:39,171 --> 00:15:41,105 WHAT I DO IS TAKE MY HONEY SUPER, 111 00:15:41,173 --> 00:15:46,811 AND PREPARE MY HONEY SUPER SO THAT WHEN THE BEES WORK IT 112 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:48,713 THEY NOT ONLY PRODUCE EXTRACTED HONEY 113 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,782 BUT THEY PRODUCE COMB HONEY. 114 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:04,395 OKAY, NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT A HONEY SUPER 115 00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:07,865 ON ONE OF THE COLONIES THAT IS BOOMING 116 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:11,336 AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S READY FOR A HONEY SUPER. 117 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:18,109 SO THIS HONEY SUPER HERE HAS FRAMES IN IT THAT USED TO HAVE 118 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:22,580 HONEY IN IT THAT GOT EXTRACTED SO NOW THEY'RE EMPTY. 119 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:27,752 AND I'M MAKING A HONEY COMB OR COMB HONEY SANDWICH. 120 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:34,392 NOTICE THAT FRAME HAS ALL THE CELLS DRAWN OUT BASICALLY 121 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,260 ALL THE WAY FULL. 122 00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:39,330 NOW I'M GOING TO PUT IN THIS FRAME WITH NOTHING IN IT, 123 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:45,303 NOT EVEN STARTER IN IT, AND MAKE A SANDWICH OUT OF THAT. 124 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:51,042 I PUT IT IN MY HONEY SUPER, THERE SHE IS, 125 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,144 AND NOW HERE'S THE OTHER PART OF THE SANDWICH. 126 00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:58,116 DRAWN COMB. 127 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:04,555 AND NOW I PUT IN ANOTHER FRAME, 128 00:17:04,623 --> 00:17:06,724 TOTALLY EMPTY. 129 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,760 THE HONEY BEES WILL FILL THAT UP 130 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:10,528 AND MAKE PERFECT HONEY COMB OUT OF THAT, 131 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:14,832 WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION. 132 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:22,240 SO HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER FRAME, ALREADY DRAWN OUT, 133 00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:25,410 PUT IT IN PLACE, 134 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:28,246 AND HERE'S ONE WHERE THEY STARTED AND THEY DIDN'T GET 135 00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:32,684 DONE WITH IT YET, BUT THEY BUILD THIS RIGHT FROM SCRATCH, 136 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,385 THE ENTIRE BEEHIVE. 137 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,855 THE HONEYBEE COLONY BUILDS IT RIGHT FROM SCRATCH. 138 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:40,525 THERE WE GO. 139 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:44,896 NOW THIS HONEY SUPER IS READY TO BE PLACED ON TOP OF THAT COLONY 140 00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:49,934 THAT'S GETTING READY TO MAKE SURPLUS HONEY. 141 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:14,225 OH, LOOK AT THAT, BEAUTIFUL! 142 00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:01,205 OH YEAH, IT'S READY. 143 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:06,911 MAN, DOES THAT LOOK GOOD. 144 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:19,056 DID YOU SEE HOW THE COMB WAS BUILT UP ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP? 145 00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:23,194 THIS ONE'S READY FOR THE EXTRA SUPER. 146 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:45,309 AFTER THE HONEY SUPER IS FILLED WITH HONEY, 147 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:47,478 IT'S TIME FOR HARVEST. 148 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:50,915 I DO IT WITH A TRIANGULAR BEE ESCAPE AND A HIVE JACKER. 149 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:59,744 THERE IT IS, BEE ESCAPE IS IN PLACE. 150 00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:03,381 IN TWO OR THREE DAYS THE BEES WILL BE OUT OF HERE 151 00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,149 AND ALL DOWN BELOW 152 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,918 AND I CAN TAKE THE HONEY SUPERS OFF. 153 00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:19,563 OK, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TRIANGULAR BEE ESCAPE. 154 00:23:19,631 --> 00:23:24,001 THIS ENABLES US TO VERY EASILY HARVEST THE HONEY 155 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:27,538 WITHOUT EVEN USING SMOKE IN MANY CASES. 156 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:31,108 THIS PARTICULAR TRIANGULAR BEE ESCAPE IS SET UP SUCH 157 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:37,581 THAT WHEN THE BEES WALK IN THROUGH THIS HOLE 158 00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:41,852 THEY ARE UNABLE TO COME BACK OUT OF THAT HOLE 159 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,587 AND THEN ALL THE BEES ARE COLLECTING 160 00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:45,689 DOWN INSIDE THE BEEHIVE. 161 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:49,293 OVER HERE ON THIS HIVE WE HAVE ONE ALREADY SET IN. 162 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:52,997 I TOOK THESE TWO HONEY SUPERS THAT MY HAND IS POINTING TO. 163 00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:57,034 THOSE TWO HONEY SUPERS WERE PUT ON TOP THAT BEE ESCAPE. 164 00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:00,404 AND THE HONEY BEES ARE NOW DOWN BELOW 165 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,908 AND I'M ABLE TO TAKE THESE TWO SUPERS OFF 166 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:07,244 WITHOUT ANY DISTURBANCE TO THE BEEHIVE. 167 00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:23,127 OH, MAN THERE'S A LOT OF HONEY IN THERE! 168 00:24:43,381 --> 00:24:44,882 WELL, HARDLY ANY BEES THERE. 169 00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:47,618 LOOKING GOOD. 170 00:24:49,888 --> 00:24:52,790 LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S ONLY ONE LITTLE BEE THERE. 171 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,626 THIS CAME OUT PERFECT. 172 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:58,329 THE BEE ESCAPE'S DONE. 173 00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:03,767 WE JUST HARVESTED HONEY WITH NO SMOKE, NO FUMEBOARD, 174 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:06,170 USING A TRIANGULAR BEE ESCAPE. 175 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:08,572 AND I SUGGEST YOU USE A TRIANGULAR BEE ESCAPE 176 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,577 WHERE THE TRIANGLE IS RECESSED BELOW THE OUTER RIDGE. 177 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,613 IF IT'S FLUSH WITH THE OUTER RIDGE 178 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,483 IT STICKS ON THE INSIDE AND IT BREAKS APART. 179 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:01,859 SO NOW YOU HAVE YOUR HONEY SUPERS FULL OF HONEY, 180 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:04,728 YOU'VE BROUGHT THEM INTO YOUR HONEY HOUSE, 181 00:26:04,796 --> 00:26:07,932 WHICH IS IN MY CASE, THIS IS MY HONEY HOUSE, 182 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:10,467 WHICH WAS A GARAGE AT ONE TIME. 183 00:26:10,535 --> 00:26:15,139 I'VE REMOVED ALL THE GASOLINE, ALL OF THE LAWNMOWERS, 184 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:17,341 AND ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE ANY FUMES, 185 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:22,246 SO THAT MY HONEY SUPERS REMAIN FREE 186 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:25,549 OF ANY KIND OF FUMES OR CONTAMINATES. 187 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:29,153 SO BASICALLY AFTER YOU GET YOUR HONEY SUPER IN, 188 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:32,156 YOU NOW HAVE, IN MY CASE THE WAY I OPERATE, 189 00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:34,725 I NOW HAVE TWO THINGS THAT OCCUR. 190 00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:38,896 IN EACH HONEY SUPER I HAVE EIGHT FRAMES THAT NEED TO BE 191 00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:43,567 EXTRACTED, AND PUT INTO THE EXTRACTOR YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, 192 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:48,405 AND I HAVE TWO FRAMES OF CUT COMB HONEY. 193 00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:22,265 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 194 00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:33,644 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 195 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:27,591 TINY LITTLE CLUSTER THERE. 196 00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:30,861 THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING IN THERE. 197 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,573 WHO KNOWS? 198 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:47,410 MAYBE THEY'LL SURVIVE. 199 00:36:25,216 --> 00:36:28,218 THE BEE'S CHECKING ME OUT. 200 00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:36,613 NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK INSIDE 201 00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:39,616 AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE TOP ANYWAY. 202 00:38:39,684 --> 00:38:42,419 NOT ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT JUST FROM THE TOP. 203 00:38:54,198 --> 00:39:01,171 NOW HERE WE HAVE, OK HERE'S-- 204 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:03,974 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINTER FEED THAT I GAVE THEM 205 00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:06,676 IN THE WINTERTIME, THESE TRAYS WERE FILLED WITH HONEY 206 00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:10,413 COVERED WITH CAPPINGS, ARE BASICALLY EMPTY. 207 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:14,384 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS GIVE THEM ONE LITTLE LAST BOOST 208 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:17,754 BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS IN FULL VIGOR, 209 00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:22,425 AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER TRAY OF FOOD RIGHT HERE. 210 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:36,139 NOW THIS IS BASICALLY EMPTY. 211 00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:53,556 IF THEY NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HONEY IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM 212 00:39:53,624 --> 00:39:58,628 BUT PROBABLY THE HONEY NECTAR FLOW FROM APPLE TREES AND STUFF 213 00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:02,799 WILL BE COMING IN SOON SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T NEED IT. 214 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:06,469 LATER ON I'M GOING TO REARRANGE THIS COLONY AND SET IT UP 215 00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:09,739 SO THAT THEY CAN PRODUCE THE SURPLUS HONEY 216 00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:12,042 IN SUPERS ABOVE HERE. 217 00:40:12,109 --> 00:40:15,845 BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S TEMPORARILY LIKE YOU SEE. 218 00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:24,254 SO I'M GOING TO PUT THE COVERS BACK ON, LIKE THIS, 219 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:36,166 AND THIS ONE'S READY TO GO FOR A WHILE, 220 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:40,937 AND I'LL COME BACK TO THIS AT ANOTHER TIME LATER ON. 221 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:50,847 IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY DID HERE. 222 00:40:58,089 --> 00:41:01,124 THERE IT IS! 223 00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:03,460 YOU CAN SEE THESE TRAYS WERE FILLED WITH HONEY 224 00:41:03,527 --> 00:41:06,963 COVERED WITH CAPPINGS FOR THE WINTERTIME, 225 00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,699 AND THEY BASICALLY EMPTIED THEM OUT 226 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:13,036 AND THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL. 227 00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:17,040 SO I'M GOING TO REMOVE ONE OF THESE TRAYS RIGHT HERE 228 00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:20,043 AND PUT A LITTLE EXTRA HONEY IN. 229 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:30,220 AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE BEES ARE VERY MILD AND GENTLE, 230 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:36,726 THEY'RE NOT STINGING ME. 231 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:39,295 THE BEES NORMALLY DON'T STING, 232 00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:41,531 AT LEAST THESE BEES RIGHT HERE, 233 00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:47,036 THEY'RE NOT AS DEFENSIVE AS SAY THE AFRICANIZED BEES, 234 00:41:47,104 --> 00:41:50,907 BUT THESE BEES CAN STING AND DO STING, 235 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:56,346 BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GO OUT AND STING SOMEBODY ON PURPOSE. 236 00:41:56,413 --> 00:42:01,151 THEY DO IT MORE ACCIDENTALLY THAN ON PURPOSE. 237 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:05,788 JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE OBSERVATION 238 00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:09,726 THIS HIVE SEEMS TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE 239 00:42:09,793 --> 00:42:12,128 AFTER WINTERING OVER FOR SIX MONTHS, 240 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:15,398 NOTHING BEING DONE TO THEM. 241 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:18,168 THEY'VE BEEN ON THEIR OWN FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS 242 00:42:18,235 --> 00:42:22,906 TRYING TO SURVIVE THE WINTER AND THEY DID JUST FINE. 243 00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:22,458 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 244 00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:31,934 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 245 00:44:33,304 --> 00:44:36,406 OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS OUT OF THE BEEHIVE, 246 00:44:36,473 --> 00:44:38,775 OUT OF THE HONEY BEE HIVE YOU GET HONEY. 247 00:44:38,842 --> 00:44:40,943 BUT IN ADDITION TO HONEY, 248 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:44,514 THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT BEEHIVE 249 00:44:44,581 --> 00:44:47,183 THAT ARE HELPFUL AND USEFUL TO THE PEOPLE 250 00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:49,319 AND COMMUNITY AROUND US, 251 00:44:49,386 --> 00:44:51,154 ONE OF WHICH IS MEAD. 252 00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:57,527 HERE WE HAVE HONEY THAT'S BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO WINE. 253 00:44:57,594 --> 00:45:01,764 ACCORDING TO HISTORIANS, MANKIND HAS BEEN DOING THIS 254 00:45:01,832 --> 00:45:04,834 FOR A LONG TIME PRIOR TO USING GRAPES, 255 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:06,769 AND MAKING WINE OUT OF GRAPES. 256 00:45:51,648 --> 00:45:54,016 FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT PERCENT RIGHT NOW. 257 00:45:54,084 --> 00:45:56,519 I WANT TO GET IT UP HERE TO 12. 258 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:07,630 I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MEASUREMENT WITH THE HYDROMETER. 259 00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:16,539 11 1/2, THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. 260 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:17,787 THIS IS THE FIRST TASTE OF THE MUST. 261 00:49:17,854 --> 00:49:21,390 THIS HAPPENS TO BE 12% ALCOHOL, 262 00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:26,696 AND IT'S READY FOR THE FIRST RACKING, WHICH WE'RE DOING, 263 00:49:33,136 --> 00:49:36,272 IT'S GOOD, EXCELLENT! 264 00:49:36,340 --> 00:49:39,976 TASTES GREAT! 265 00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:10,112 YOU'LL HAVE A FINISHED PRODUCT LIKE THIS. 266 00:54:26,663 --> 00:54:28,597 ¶ MUSIC ¶ 23946

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