@@530beekeepers7 Well, I must be doing something really wrong. My bees are always trying to kill me. Yes, I do smoke them a bit and move slowly. Yes, it is easier working without gloves, but after 4-5 stings the gloves go back on. :)
We use bee excluders all year. No searching for the queen at all. Makes for some fast (and probably dirty) shaking. 6-8 of us end up shaking 900 2 lbs or 700 3 lbs packages a day. But that's with 6 shaker boxes/ funnels and 2 guys on scales the whole time
Quick question, there is a bit of bur comb on the lids of most of these colonies. Is there too much space on the top? I assume you don't worry about it too much unless they are sticking stuff together.
We use these lids with a 3/4 inch rim when we feed pollen patties in the off season. In our region it's important that the bees can surround the pollen patties so hive beetles can't get between the lid and patty without the bees getting to them. Sometimes they don't get switched back in a timely manner and we do end up with bur comb. Usually we have flat lids on.
I'm assuming the drone comb in each hive is due to the proximity to the mating nucs. Do you ever freeze any of it as part of a treatment program and also do you leave it in year round?
We do keep them in year round. We generally keep them against the wall so when the bees are done raising drones they can just use it as a honey frame. We like them for two reasons. We do like lots of drones for mating and we like to give them comb for raising drones so they will be less likely to add it to our worker combs. If you look closely most of our worker combs don't have drone cells in them. Freezing works but we don't use them for that.
3 to 9 depending on how many times we choose to shake. The colonies in this video only got shook once, averaging 3 or 4 pounds, and produced one nuc before going on to honey production.
This was very interesting it was a great video where/what did u do with the packages of bees did you sale them and why did u not take the queens from the hives and put them in the packages instead of using new queens for them just asking is this the way most places do there packages of bees. 3rd question do u still sale packages of bees. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend
Hey Bob, I see none of your guys are wearing any gloves? How often to you get stung in the hands? And did it take you some time to build up to not wearing any gloves? Thank you. great shake method.
We rarely wear gloves and yes we get stung sometimes. It takes a little while to get what we call "somewhat" immune. New employees usually quit using gloves within a few weeks. I encourage this but am not insistent. Not wearing gloves instantly makes you a better beekeeper.
At the 6:50 mark Bob found the queen in the top box when there was an excluder between the top and bottom box. He marked her and released her in the bottom box. I'm confused.
We put the excluders in a few days earlier. When we came back we knew which box the queen was in by where we found fresh eggs. It makes it faster and easier to find the queen.
Nurse bees are actually able to begin taking cleansing flights while they are still nurse bees. I've read that this can happen anywhere from 6 to 14 days old.
Just wondering why don’t you use a queen excluder in the shaker basket yes you found the queen but nobody wants the drones when they are buying packages
You're right, nobody wants drones in their packages but believe or not we rarely see enough to be concerned and have never had a complaint. Maybe it's because we definitely avoid shaking frames that have a lot of drones on them. Also, shaking and moving bees through an excluder quickly is a bit hard on the bees and we are more worried about having dead bees on the bottom of our packages than keeping every drone out. Although there are some package producers that do use excluders, for better or for worse, most of the large package shakers I know do not.
Wait a dog gone minute there... The odds of supercedure on a package are high but let's say it's 50:50. It is. It either will or it won't. Those drones could be needed in about 18 or 20 days after install. I've seen where they let a queen lay 12 eggs , kill her, and supercede. You want the drones.
Ours is home made and don't know where you can purchase one. If you look close ours is made with wood ends and sheet metal sides with a piece of PVC pipe at the bottom.
Every time I see you working bees I'd like to spend a week with you as an unpaid volunteer. I say unpaid because i'm afraid I'd look like dead weight if I was on your crew. Maybe I could run a second camera.
Another great video, thanks for all you do.
Amazing how the beekeeper works with the bees beautiful creation of God's and I love honey. God Bless you and Blue Ridge Honey Company
Thank you
Someone who agrees that poplar honey is one of our better honeys.
Great videos. Thank you for that help to learn more!
Awesome video Bobby!
Very nice setup, looks like you have a good crew helping.
Thank you.
This is cool .I've been straying my bees with water then measuring them with a big cup .A scale is way better .
Awesome. You make this thing look so easy.
Raj Beekie because it is lol
@@530beekeepers7 Well, I must be doing something really wrong. My bees are always trying to kill me. Yes, I do smoke them a bit and move slowly. Yes, it is easier working without gloves, but after 4-5 stings the gloves go back on. :)
We use bee excluders all year. No searching for the queen at all. Makes for some fast (and probably dirty) shaking. 6-8 of us end up shaking 900 2 lbs or 700 3 lbs packages a day. But that's with 6 shaker boxes/ funnels and 2 guys on scales the whole time
Sounds good.
Wow. It's amazing to me to see you work guys....
I like to see the crew work too.
I get faster at working bees all the time, but when I see you... Yup, I've got a long way to go.
Wow! If I do what you are doing it would equal getting stung 10 times in the hand per hive and killing every single queen!!
Looooool
Quick question, there is a bit of bur comb on the lids of most of these colonies. Is there too much space on the top? I assume you don't worry about it too much unless they are sticking stuff together.
We use these lids with a 3/4 inch rim when we feed pollen patties in the off season. In our region it's important that the bees can surround the pollen patties so hive beetles can't get between the lid and patty without the bees getting to them. Sometimes they don't get switched back in a timely manner and we do end up with bur comb. Usually we have flat lids on.
I'm assuming the drone comb in each hive is due to the proximity to the mating nucs. Do you ever freeze any of it as part of a treatment program and also do you leave it in year round?
We do keep them in year round. We generally keep them against the wall so when the bees are done raising drones they can just use it as a honey frame. We like them for two reasons. We do like lots of drones for mating and we like to give them comb for raising drones so they will be less likely to add it to our worker combs. If you look closely most of our worker combs don't have drone cells in them. Freezing works but we don't use them for that.
Muy Buen video 👍
Gracias.
Insane !
Nice video, tight and organized crew. How many lbs of bees per hive do you think you average?
3 to 9 depending on how many times we choose to shake. The colonies in this video only got shook once, averaging 3 or 4 pounds, and produced one nuc before going on to honey production.
Mr. Binnie, that was very interesting. How many packages do you sell in a year?
We have sold as many as 1500 but we are just selling a few hundred now because we have moved more towards selling nucs and colonies.
This was very interesting it was a great video where/what did u do with the packages of bees did you sale them and why did u not take the queens from the
hives and put them in the packages instead of using new queens for them just asking is this the way most places do there packages of bees.
3rd question do u still sale packages of bees. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend
Every package producer I know provides a new, fresh queen with the package and we sell our packages at our store.
@@bobbinnie9872 I never knew that Thanks and have a great day
Any advantage of shaking single frames agains shaking whole boxes, into a big tub and just volume fill the bees into packages?
Less dead bees and debris in the package but it is more work.
Bob where did you get your Shaker funnel for on top of the wooden package?
We built them ourselves. The frame is 3/4 inch lumber and the sides are aluminum flashing. The base tube is 3 inch PVC.
Hey Bob, I see none of your guys are wearing any gloves? How often to you get stung in the hands? And did it take you some time to build up to not wearing any gloves? Thank you. great shake method.
We rarely wear gloves and yes we get stung sometimes. It takes a little while to get what we call "somewhat" immune. New employees usually quit using gloves within a few weeks. I encourage this but am not insistent. Not wearing gloves instantly makes you a better beekeeper.
Bob, old video but still a question. Do you put the same frames back on the hive in which it came from? Probably not but you never know. Thanks,
Mark
Most of the time yes. But a few switched here or there wouldn't matter much.
NO dirty language!!!!!
Absolutely not.
When you shake your boxes, are the package of bee all from the same hive?
No, we mix as needed without issue.
At the 6:50 mark Bob found the queen in the top box when there was an excluder between the top and bottom box. He marked her and released her in the bottom box. I'm confused.
We put the excluders in a few days earlier. When we came back we knew which box the queen was in by where we found fresh eggs. It makes it faster and easier to find the queen.
Do find this to be a decent swarm prevention method?
Absolutely. With a strong colony it buys you two weeks.
If you got swarm cells coming in shake em good I personally only will leave 2-3 pounds of young bees if the eggs and brood pattern are good
Thanks for all your videos so we'll put together and very informative. I was wondering where do you get your syrup cans from? Or do you make them?
We purchase them pre-filled from Rossman Apiaries in Moultrie, GA
I was wondering if Nurse bees can't fly.... how do they do a cleansing flight?
Nurse bees are actually able to begin taking cleansing flights while they are still nurse bees. I've read that this can happen anywhere from 6 to 14 days old.
@@bobbinnie9872 oh thank you... I was just curious about that
Just wondering why don’t you use a queen excluder in the shaker basket yes you found the queen but nobody wants the drones when they are buying packages
You're right, nobody wants drones in their packages but believe or not we rarely see enough to be concerned and have never had a complaint. Maybe it's because we definitely avoid shaking frames that have a lot of drones on them. Also, shaking and moving bees through an excluder quickly is a bit hard on the bees and we are more worried about having dead bees on the bottom of our packages than keeping every drone out. Although there are some package producers that do use excluders, for better or for worse, most of the large package shakers I know do not.
Wait a dog gone minute there...
The odds of supercedure on a package are high but let's say it's 50:50. It is. It either will or it won't. Those drones could be needed in about 18 or 20 days after install. I've seen where they let a queen lay 12 eggs , kill her, and supercede. You want the drones.
can u show how to make the box for packages
We purchase the package boxes and don't make them.
i would like to buy one of them funnels . any suggestions?
Ours is home made and don't know where you can purchase one. If you look close ours is made with wood ends and sheet metal sides with a piece of PVC pipe at the bottom.
Every time I see you working bees I'd like to spend a week with you as an unpaid volunteer. I say unpaid because i'm afraid I'd look like dead weight if I was on your crew. Maybe I could run a second camera.
email me at bobbinnie19@gmail.com
Hi, do you need to hire workers? I have raised bees
We have enough helpers at this time, thanks for asking.
I like bees very much, can you please introduce me to those in need, thank you
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