Why Would Anyone Make a Beehive from Concrete?

Shelley Hive Co (@ShelleyHiveCo) contacted me for feedback on their AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) beehive. Initially, I was skeptical, but I relented and installed a Shelley horizontal hive. In this video, I captured the setup of the hive and the installation of a honeybee colony. For more information about the Shelley hive, visit their website at https://www.shelleyhiveco.com/. Subscribe to Shelley Hive Co on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShelleyHiveCo When purchasing a Shelley Hive, promo code SAVETHEBEE100 will give a discount of $100, and 10% of the purchase price will go to Save the Bee (https://savethebee.org/). The promo code is good through 12/31/2025. Track: "Don't Look Back", Soundlad Music provided by https://slipstreammusic.com Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/Ek0k6i If you find value in my videos would you partner with me and provide support as a Patron? I appreciate your monthly commitment at any of the 3 Patreon levels: $2 - Supporting Sodbuster $5 - Official Sodbuster $10 - VIP Sodbuster See my Patreon page for the exclusive benefits available to members at each level. Thanks, in advance, for your support! https://www.patreon.com/suburbansodbuster Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ssodbuster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_sodbuster I grew up on a farm on the edge of the Nebraska sandhills. A cattle ranch that bears our family name, founded in the late 1800s by my ancestors, is still owned and worked by my cousin. Life events have put me in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area in middle America, where my wife and I have raised our two kids. It's in this environment that I work to make as sustainable a life as I can, converting much of our backyard to grow food, including a garden, fruit trees and bee hives. I attempt to use natural methods, as much as is possible, in my gardening and beekeeping. I garden organically and continue to learn to work with the soil and the plants, without the use of chemical supplements, herbicides or pesticides, to improve our harvest. Our honey bees are sourced from local colonies through swarms, trap-outs and cut-outs, and are kept, using treatment-free, natural methods, in Layens horizontal hives. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suburbansodbuster Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ssodbuster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_sodbuster