If you suck bees up directly into the buckethead vac, they will bang against the 90 degree bend at the top of vac and a lot get smashed.
@UTsnowsailor
8 ай бұрын
Mean people suck! Thanks for your video
@buithuc2848
Жыл бұрын
I use the size 1 and 1/0 Mustad hooks to freeline for snook kzitem.infoUgkxzXmlErSqVAEGWFEKO530BvTqFDw53QW3 and they have been fantastic. The points are super sharp, and the hook is small enough to blend with my baitfish, yet large enough to land fish 30" or more. I also use these hooks when I'm pier or surf fishing with my kids. They tend to catch tons of smaller snapper, whiting, and catfish, and we get far fewer gut hooks with these Mustad in-lines, which means more of them survive after release. I was actually using these hooks when I caught my friend too, but I think that had more to do with the bait I was using ;-)
@paint8927
Жыл бұрын
What does the thermal mass do? Literally absorbs heat and radiates it?
@mattodd5169
Жыл бұрын
Should have put a washer on the rivet
@ronfleming6701
Жыл бұрын
It's all good
@lorus511
2 жыл бұрын
Just one point, how do you get the bees from the bin into the hive, because as I see it as soon as you lift the top off the vac all the bees will fly out.
@sylvialeigh5789
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. I wanted a Bee Vac without too much fuss for making one, this I can handle. Thank You.
@rstlr01
3 жыл бұрын
It is an injustice how few views this video has gotten in 7 years. Seriously the simplest and super effective bee vacuum ever. Come on KZitem algorithms you can do better!
@sigma_kappa
4 жыл бұрын
Do you know Melissa means bee in Greek?
@rhkennerly
4 жыл бұрын
That's the reason I chose it. You're the first to comment on that, however.
@homesteadingatkookergehoft8131
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks to your video, I made a bee vac for two of our recent hive relocations. I linked your video at 12:33. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1aiG1GuOsJiUfKA
@goodcitizen3780
4 жыл бұрын
Where are you getting those numbers on how many miles bees must fly to make wax? And how is it that bees which have never left the hive produce wax? I'm very interested in your sources. I research wax production and have never come across these figures. I have, of course, come across the old wives tales of , "it takes (3-20) pounds of (honey/nectar/feed) to make one pound of wax", but of course we know that was never factual. If you still monitor this channel please let me know where you found these figures. It may prove valuable to my work. Thank you sir.
@rhkennerly
4 жыл бұрын
geez, it's been too long. sorry. I was reading all of the popular bee mags at the time, bee culture, etc. Probably from there.
@goodcitizen3780
4 жыл бұрын
@@rhkennerly thank you. I'll try another archives search at the popular rags
@KS_Realtor
4 жыл бұрын
Do not use the vacuum tube that comes with the bucket head. It isn't smooth and will hurt or kill the bees as they are being sucked through. Buy a rubber 1.25" clear tubing at Home Depot. It fits right into the vacuum and gives the bees a smooth ride into the bucket. I have a video of the one I made. Search for The 5th Journey KZitem profile and look under the Bees folder on the channel.
@xshanghu
4 жыл бұрын
Great, I will try a series of small holes with cork or rubber plugs
@kellypalmer3661
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for information you forgot several points but your DYI IS GREAT START
@gopibble
5 жыл бұрын
How is beekeeping naturally disrespectful again?
@lewiscleveland4661
5 жыл бұрын
Holy cow I just realized how old this.
@lewiscleveland4661
5 жыл бұрын
1) just add a gate valve over that big ass hole I use a thin piece of ply wood riveted in one corner. 2) build a bee trap to install ahead of vacuum intake. Plenty of videos. If you want a really good bee vacuum system Dadant markets my uncle's design. Look at all components you get from home depot/lowes except the long hose comes from a commercial vacuum supply. +++ You can use the thin wall PVC from the box stores to make any combination length extension vacuum wand unless your of sound body I wouldn't recommend >20ft. I can only imagine that using your design creates a whole new set of problems.
@clergyurge
5 жыл бұрын
Helpful tip: when using the hole saw to cut plastic buckets, start the drill bit forwards , then reverse to cut the hole backwards. It is a little slower, but it burnishes the edges an leaves them neat and tidy.
@Pippa1272
5 жыл бұрын
Use a honey gate to adjust suction... it works really really well!!
@jejones910
5 жыл бұрын
In your next video will say “My names Forrest, Forrest Gump”
@adriandecker7340
5 жыл бұрын
don't you need to remove the filter and screen the exaust port to vaccum the bees
@baddestbees5924
5 жыл бұрын
Needs a BIG VENTILATION HOLE WHICH WOULD HELP IT BEING TOO POWERFUL ALSO
@RaySarasin
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing liked and subscribed can you do the same to me cheers my first year next year at Bees
@robertwolenski8058
5 жыл бұрын
If you run the drill backwards it won't jerk your hand and make a neat hole.
@mrsqueaksqueak8686
6 жыл бұрын
It would have been an idea to have used washers on the inside, with the rivet-heads on the outside. I suspect a second screened hole would have been a good idea to ensure the airflow is always reduced to some extent. I've seen a beevac configuration with a second (outer) bucket where the airflow is adjusted by rotating the outer bucket.
@riccardobaldi6438
6 жыл бұрын
Hello, excellent invention! But I ask you a question, the bees are not stuck in the blue bag under the vacuum cleaner? Should it be removed? Thanks so much
@rhkennerly
6 жыл бұрын
You could. But with the vacuum adjustment hole on the side of the bucket, cover hole for more suction, uncovers for less, you really don’t have to. I usually set mine so that it just barely “lifts” a bee off of a surface and into the hole. Anything much stronger and you end up with bee purée.
@lewiscleveland4661
5 жыл бұрын
If you remove the vacuum filter the bees will get sucked into the motor and slaughtered on the way to exhaust.
@shantaymadison5581
6 жыл бұрын
Great place to learn how to make it yourself much much cheaper. Just google for 'Avasva' website:)
@VeganPatriot
6 жыл бұрын
Good information on wax melting. I didn't know about the need for a thermal mass. I'm going to try this and see if I can get good, clean wax. Shame about the Warre hive, I use both Warre and Langstroth hives and I really like the Warre hives more. The bees like it too and in my opinion, while it's true it does use up more wax I don't think it's disrespectful nor harmful to the bees and I will explain why. Warre hives are managed different from Langstroth hives. New boxes are added to the bottom, unlike adding new boxes to the top as you do with Langstroth hives. So it's nadiring rather than supering. As bees expand their hive downward, the brood chamber moves downward with it and the old brood comb makes it's way up with each new box expansion becoming room to store honey. It's probably going to be two years before that new box is ready to be harvested for honey and that's about the time it's recommended to replace old brood comb anyway. Overall it's better for the bees health to not reusing comb over and over so it doesn't become a vector for disease, and the queen gets to keep laying in new comb as she prefers. At the same time, Warre hives don't get supered with dawn comb like Langstroths do for extra honey, so the harvest is less and therefore they can draw out more wax because they aren't losing as much honey from the harvest. In addition to that, the Warre hive was designed with careful attention to honey bee behavior and the dimensions of the hive as well as the design features of using telescoping, peeked roofs with an air buffer, on top of a breathable quilt box with absorbent material give bees more control over the temperature of the hive and it keeps out moisture. The bees spend less energy keeping hive temperature and there isn't the dead space a rectangular Langstroth has. Just my observations and study, I'm very fond of these hives and my bees do better in them.
@jasonrobbins21
6 жыл бұрын
I was skeptical because of the simplicity of this, but it works great! I made one of these this afternoon and used it to remove a hive that had taken up residence in the basement ceiling of a house.
@carmelinakatzman1863
6 жыл бұрын
I think you can see how to make it on Avasva . This is just an advice ;)
@caster2534
6 жыл бұрын
Why cut that big ass hole and screen it when you can just drill a bunch of 1/8” holes? That way no screen or rivets or glue.
@rhkennerly
6 жыл бұрын
you could. easier to cut a hole and screen it then use tape to control the draft.
@watjejanssen7535
6 жыл бұрын
is a dimmer switch an idea ?
@woodywes4093
6 жыл бұрын
Jump to 4:50 for the meat of the video.
@JasonPunani
6 жыл бұрын
place paper towel on the dirty tray then the wax on the paper.....the paper filters the wax and then can be used as a fire starter.
@michaelsmith7425
Жыл бұрын
Beat me to this comment. I use paper kitchen towel, works great with just one run through melter.
@debjack12
6 жыл бұрын
I built this vacuum and used this twice before with great success. I used this today and dumped them into the hive before I was done with the job. The bees were not happy and a lot were on the filter. Unfortunately for me, my bee suit decided to separate at the zipper, and my face and head got bitten but good. Dumping these bees won't work and I need to figure out a better way to get them into the hive.
@rhkennerly
6 жыл бұрын
debjack12 I keep several buckets with vented lids on hand. I just switch the bucket head to a new bucket and put a vented lid on the original. Or, I’ll combine the bees in the vac bucket with those in a second bucket (if it”s a big swarm, remember to add some twigs for the bees to crawl up on to keep them from over heating). If you’re finding a lot of bees on the filter, the vacuum is probably too high. I’d move the tape on the outside & open up the hole, reducing the force of the vacuum.
That would be my hypothesis for this design. I use a bee trap and carry three traps to a job each trap safely holds 3lbs of bees.
@TiMmMAAaaa
6 жыл бұрын
Washers inside for the rivets to grab on to would work pretty well
@charleslane2735
7 жыл бұрын
Does this actually work?
@baconneggs2406
7 жыл бұрын
If i wanted to hear a waterfall i woulda typed that in the search
@markcarey5673
7 жыл бұрын
A double pane window is not necessarily counter indicated for this project. The heat in the melter comes from the light that penetrates the glass. Having a double or triple pane window will actually keep more of the heat inside the melter. If anything that could make the solar melter too hot. Keeping an eye on the whole set-up and venting excess heat from time to time would fix that. As you mentioned you don't want to get the wax too hot. Good video, thanks.
@offordscottASIC
7 жыл бұрын
I've watched a lot of "bee vac" videos and this one seems to be the easiest DIY solution.
@mattythejoker8760
4 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@frankbeimel1830
7 жыл бұрын
What Size is the hole you drill into the bucket?
@alfonsovickers9515
7 жыл бұрын
what size hole
@Les0613
7 жыл бұрын
Just followed your plan with much success. Had a cut out call and the vacuum worked like a charm. No bee soup but like you, we could have used a larger bucket. Thanks for your video.
@TubeNutriDoc
7 жыл бұрын
Built it with the help of a local college student, excited about gardening. Now we are in the early warm Spring season so ready to add the worms. Fun!
@alfonsovickers9515
7 жыл бұрын
what size hole saw great video
@toomanyminds1212
7 жыл бұрын
Did you screen the outlet on the vacuum top? It seems the bees could exit the bucket.
@hubolds1946
7 жыл бұрын
Thx for video. Paper towel will reduce this down to one melting. Cheers
@j.danaclark89
8 жыл бұрын
A piece of stainless Window screen melted into the bucket would be considerably more secure.
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