Excellent stuff Bob. I love these Vlog style videos. I could understand if you thought they were simple or repetitive, but I learn something from every one. You’re helping to make beekeeping careers achievable for the next generation, and that’s a big deal.
Bob, Nathan keep these videos coming. I'll be honest you two have greatly impacted my decisions moving in the direction I am and I'm certain quite a few others feel the same. We enjoy the content and how they are presented.
Oh I feel the stress of the split, trying to manage all the variance with a crew. Those colonies look fantastic. Excellent video, keep up the good work
Bob, I love your attitude towards your employees! Your employees are very lucky to have the opportunity to learn from you! I hope they all realize just how lucky they are and use their bee skills to teach others like they are or were taught. I’m not saying for them to go into the bee business but keep a few hives and mentor folks that wants to learn.
Thanks again Bob for what you do and how you take the time with your employees and how much you help others to save the bee's for our future for younger generations..
Hi Bob I just wantted to say "a big thank you " from the uk, your expert knowledge, videos and your team are fantastic. Two years into my beekeeping journey following in my grandfathers footsteps I have 20 hives and counting. Queen rearing is this years challenge. You have been so much help. If you ever find yourself in the UK be sure to say Hi ! Thank you all again. x
Hello Bob, On the subject of Pollen, some viewers may be suprised what bees will collect pollen from. One year hear in the UK, I watched bees collecting pollen from Dacyilis Glomerata ( Cocksfoot ) grass. I believe it was an orangy yellow colour, but since this was around 50 years ago, I can't be sure. Kind regards, Tony Marsh.
This is my favorite bee channel. I have been a bee keeper for 4 days now, but a lifetime bee fan. Your information is invaluable for aspiring bee keepers.
Bob that is one thing I learnt from you last Spring, learn to watch the trees and plants. The trees and plants will show you when to start watching and working the bees. I think Evergreen trees bloom a little before Maple, in my area you can use them 2 as a seasonal timer. Ty much Bob and crew another great video.👍
Bob Binnie, I have seen your lecturer and it is amazing job. if you add how we can prepare the been box, still we use the have of traditional. we do no how to prepare the latest have. please add this one.
Thanks to yall helping me figure out how to "take care" of my bees....they pulled thru winter strong and in past two weeks I've been turning 5 into 10 with double screen board method:) I pray for yall and thank God for ya.taft,tn
Mr. Binnie you have become my new go to for bee hive information. Thanks for putting all the work into helping other beekeepers. With that said, I was in Columbus, Ga over the past week (March 22 & 23)for our son's AIT graduation at Ft. Benning, I noticed a LOT of green leaves on trees with blooms and honeybees everywhere in that region of Georgia, I tried my best to get my wife let me make a wide eastward swing around Atlanta coming back home to Bee Lick, Ky but I just could not sell her on the notion, I may have to plan a solo roadtrip... Thanks and keep the videos coming!
Hate we didn’t get to meet on Wednesday when we stopped by. We really enjoyed our visit to your store. Hope you were able to taste the honey we brought by from Northwest Florida.
Excellent movie, All info what is needed transparently provided. Thank You for Your work. I am learning from You a lott and waiting for MORE ;) Best regards
I appreciate that you continue to make videos on topics you've covered before. I watched the video of you demonstrating this splitting method to a crowd 3 years ago but seeing this video of you and your people doing it in the field really helps me get a good grasp on the concept.
Another great video well worth the time investment. Thank you for taking the time to share your hard earned wisdom. SO many people benefit from it. You also set a fine example of how to teach and manage.
Wow, nice. That’s such a nice method to use. Saw it in another one of your videos. Production made simple and methodical. Very slim to no chance of queens leaving in a nuc box. Thanks for sharing. 🙌🐝💪🏻
I remember in one of your videos you said you taught Selena how to work the bees with no gloves on. Could you teach us sometime, maybe a short video with some pointers? I run about two hundred colonies, but I still wear gloves, and I would like to get them off!
Great video Bob I thoroughly enjoy watching you and your team work and your commentary. Thank you for the education. Would love to come check out your operation some day. You and your team are first class.
As a second year beekeeper i try to extrapolate what triggers the bees getting started with various things, and then compare with my local terroir and conditions. Would you mind telling us about the temperature and general weather as well? Then I can compare and hopefully be better at predicting bee behaviour. Thanks for the videos by the way! I watch all, learning loads and am very grateful. Best fram Bavaria Germany :)
Thanks. Our current high temperatures are averaging 50°f to 60°f and lows in the 20s. I should state temperatures in my videos. Thank you for the idea.
Great Video Bob. Met you at Hive Life. Second year beekeeper here. I’m definitely going to save this for future reference for when I start doing splits at some point in my career as a beekeeper. Thanks for doing these videos. Keep them coming!
A few weeks ago back in April, 1958 my first two hives were Caucasians. and they were genital But they propolize everything heavly. I switched to Italian later and then back in 2021 I switched to Cordoven Italians mainly because we have AHB in my area of Southeast Texas. The last day of April this year I hived a swarm of Caucasians, Yesterday when I checked them I remembered why I switched, I am still getting propolis off of everything including me. :)
Oh I long to work a long bee working day. I miss that tired feeling. Question, because you see pine pollen, would patty feeding provide benefit? Or does the SHB prevent that ?
I'm sure the type of patties you are using would help but you're right about hive beetles. Plus other pollen sources are about to happen. You're lucky you don't have a beetle problem because you need those patties much more than we do. 👍
That's my favorite method of splitting. Usually I go back to the hive after a week from moving the queen down and I find queen cells. For some reason, those cells are fewer and better quality than the cells when the split is left completely queenless.
It's always a treat on Sunday to see the latest video. Especially on these cold mornings (22 degrees in TN) Question: I noticed that in most of the hives you pushed all of the frames to one side but in the nucs you centered the frames. What is your reasoning for the difference?
Hi Al. We push frames to one side when there is an inside feeder to hold the walls of the feeder from bowing out. In nucs and boxes without feeders we typically center everything although we may miss one occasionally.
Good morning from Cleveland county. Thanks for sharing Bob. We been working on splits here as well. Just wanted to say that your clover honey is selling like madness here in cleveland county. People love it and they love mine as well. Lol.
Our yards hold 64 colonies on 4 way pallets. We organize them with a big focus on minimizing drift. I feel like i would a good chewing out if i arranged our bees like your yard is arranged. What techniques do you use to prevent drift?
I have another question for u if u do not mind when the flow starts do u remove the suppers and check the brood and the queen every week to 10 days Thanks enjoy all your videos wish they were longer and more of them they are great Thanks have a blessed week
Hello Bob. This year is really odd. The Red Bud trees and the hybrid cherry trees are starting to bloom here. Which is at least a couple of weeks early. February was a warm month. March has been kinda cold. It's supposed to drop down to 22 degrees Fahrenheit tonight. So the buds on the trees will be frozen and die. I'm interested to see how it all plays out. Have you placed any honey supers on yet?
Just a bud usually doesn't freeze, it is when they start leafing out is when frost will kill the bud. Sure hope the frost doesn't hurt the southern beeks too much.
Thank you Mr. Binnie, my operation is way too small to even consider spliting for nuc sales, etc but love to watch these videos and dream. I'm sorry if you've already addressed this is another video, but what is the logic behind the in-hive feeder vs the top bucket feeder. Please feel free to refer me to another video if you don't want to type out all of that here. Thanks, Conner
The in hive feeder is great for gaining weight fast with a strong colony. With the buckets we are able to meter the syrup out over a greater period of time for stimulation, i.e. brood rearing comb building, etc. Check out this link if you haven't seen it yet. ua-cam.com/video/aN428TJpDuw/v-deo.html
How many days the hive stays with the nest and over nest for later you make the hive with 06 frame, and in the nest above with the screen to make new cores
I use my 4 frame boxes for that.. they stack nice on 10 frame box and build up probably 25% faster in those boxes .. then I'll add second box they just explode . Pull 5 frame nuc and drop a new queen cell in what is left .
A little off topic question about the bee yard. Do you have a video about preparing a yard with electric fence and weed control? I notice the weeds seem dead or knocked back and 2 to 3 strands of fence. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Bob. It has been a great deal of hp to me. Working smarter not harder. I'm going into my 7th year and still struggle with making some decisions on management of splits.
I just read an article about removing the queens mandibles so they don't fight each other and u can have multiple queens in one colony . Wondering if King Bob has done it and if it's hard to do or not
Hello What are the ingredients of the protein candy dough? I want to try it for the first time, but it will have exact ingredients and strong ingredients for bees Experienced people who are experienced in their work, I hear from you And thanks everyone
We use "Ultra Bee" from Mann Lake. I don't know exactly what is in it but I found this online. Highlights Emollient: Helianthus Annus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen), Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil. Emulsifying: (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen) Perfuming: (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen) More items...•Jan 7, 2022 Ultra Bee All In One Honey Balm ingredients (Explained) incidecoder.com incidecoder.com › products › ultra-bee-all-in-one-.
Past videos he’s shown the plugs. He has holes drilled in the plug. Since they are interchangeable he has plugs with different numbers of holes. Some for light feeding and others for a heavier feed.
Bob 1 Question the buckets on the top 30s here at night still is it ok to put buckets on top mid 40s and above days your thought please the buckets are yours and the plugs are yours as well thanks again and have a blessed day
Hi Bob, I’m in Northeast Pa. The April weather isn’t necessarily bee working weather…. My question is, is it ok to do the brood management and Queen excluder for splits then one week later put the divider board in and install queens?
@@JosiahGarber I used to buy them from Walter T Kelly bee supply but since they were bought out by Mann Lake they don't carry them anymore and I'm having a hard time finding them too.
Hi Bob, we noticed none of the team wear gloves but have a full suit or jacket with veil. I'm wondering how often someone is actually stung, if much at all? Thank you!
Hi Bob, Just curious...Will you be selling the nuc in the woodware or transfer them into a corrugated box. Thanks again for the great video's and sharing your wealth of knowledge!! Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm
Thanks for sharing! If you see queen cells in a colony, do you break those to prevent swarming? Do you place queen excluders on top of broom box before giving them honey supers?
If we see swarm cells we usually split the colony. This doesn't bother me much because I consider that a harvest too. We only use excluders on singles. If managed properly it doesn't effect honey production. We rarely use them on a double deep because we make less honey with excluders on doubles.
It depends on the size of the nuc and temperatures. Small nucs in cool weather will get a jar. These will get a one gallon bucket because they're stout enough to handle it even though the nights are still cool.
It depends on the circumstances. If the cells are very far along we may split the colony. We only remove them if they haven't swarmed yet and we think we can keep them from doing so without another visit.
Hi Bob, I recently split colonies by shaking brood to bottom box added a Queen excluder on a Thursday then Saturday removed excluder replaced with divider board and installed queen cages with tenders, this was last Saturday, I checked today only 2 of the 6 queens were present no queen or eggs in the other 4 colonies. Any suggestions on what I may have done wrong?
Sorry to hear of your trouble. It sounds like you did the same as we do and we generally have high acceptance rates. Not having been there I couldn't say for sure what went wrong. One small thing is that acceptance is generally better when there are no attendants in the queen cage but it would be a minor thing in this instance. If you have any robbing at all that can cause problems and then of course the queens could have had a problem like being banked for a long period before shipping or poor queens in general.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you Bob, I wondered if the weather played a part we had 3 no fly days after installing queens including the day of. One had two emergency cells but that was the only frame. Thank you for your response, happy beekeeping! One other thing they’re all bringing in pollen so it’s possible I missed the queen and she just hasn’t started laying yet!
I’d love to know when you have queens! I’ve taken over a business and they’re colonies have big losses! I NEED to build fast to have a crop. Need some queen help. Thanks Ray
Wow, very strong hives. Curios to know mr binnie, iv been feeding my bees sugar water but not for strengthening the hive, iv been putting 2 peppermint candies in the sugar water, dissolving them and letting the bees drink it, all hive beetles vanished, do you believe my honey will taste like mint or should I keep up the good work🤣
I prefer division board feeders for quick weight gain but buckets for colony building. When we used to migrate every double deep colony automatically had an inside feeder.
In the beginning of your video, you reference that it was too cool in the morning and had to wait until the afternoon to do the splits. At what temperature do you draw the line at when doing splits?
Hey Bob-I need your help. One of my hives, a double deep, has very little pollen store and even less brood. There were about 500 capped workers but zero eggs to what I could see. We are just now in our very first days of spring with dandelions and daffodils up but nothing else yet. Pollen is just now coming in in every bee. Could it be that the queen was waiting on more bee bread stores? She’s a new queen. What are your suggestions?
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From the Middle East, the land of tragedies and wars, I thank you for the interest you provide.. You are the best.. 🌹
Nice sharing i love it
It's a pleasure to watch a man who knows his craft and does it well.
Excellent stuff Bob. I love these Vlog style videos. I could understand if you thought they were simple or repetitive, but I learn something from every one. You’re helping to make beekeeping careers achievable for the next generation, and that’s a big deal.
Yes, thank you also!
PS I'm counting on you to coordinate a discussion between Bob and Cory! 🤞
Thanks Nathan. Ditto to you.👍
Bob, Nathan keep these videos coming. I'll be honest you two have greatly impacted my decisions moving in the direction I am and I'm certain quite a few others feel the same. We enjoy the content and how they are presented.
Μεταγλώττιση.ελλινηκα
Oh I feel the stress of the split, trying to manage all the variance with a crew.
Those colonies look fantastic.
Excellent video, keep up the good work
Haha you're just chomping at the bit. I still got snow too in NY. We'll be at it soon
Thanks 👍
Bob, I love your attitude towards your employees! Your employees are very lucky to have the opportunity to learn from you! I hope they all realize just how lucky they are and use their bee skills to teach others like they are or were taught. I’m not saying for them to go into the bee business but keep a few hives and mentor folks that wants to learn.
they are blessed to have each other
Thanks Don. I'm lucky to have them too.👍
Thanks again Bob for what you do and how you take the time with your employees and how much you help others to save the bee's for our future for younger generations..
Great video as usual Bob. You have a great crew working for you... especially with Mr. Happy behind the camera! 🙂
Hi Bob I just wantted to say "a big thank you " from the uk, your expert knowledge, videos and your team are fantastic. Two years into my beekeeping journey following in my grandfathers footsteps I have 20 hives and counting. Queen rearing is this years challenge. You have been so much help. If you ever find yourself in the UK be sure to say Hi ! Thank you all again. x
ok thanks bob it's my friend Paul from Mi that bought a commercial operation recently. good luck this year.
Hello Bob,
On the subject of Pollen, some viewers may be suprised what bees will collect pollen from. One year hear in the UK, I watched bees collecting pollen from Dacyilis Glomerata ( Cocksfoot ) grass. I believe it was an orangy yellow colour, but since this was around 50 years ago, I can't be sure. Kind regards,
Tony Marsh.
This is my favorite bee channel. I have been a bee keeper for 4 days now, but a lifetime bee fan. Your information is invaluable for aspiring bee keepers.
عمل موفق ورائع جدا بالتوفيق والنجاح الدائمين أخي الكريم
Bob that is one thing I learnt from you last Spring, learn to watch the trees and plants. The trees and plants will show you when to start watching and working the bees. I think Evergreen trees bloom a little before Maple, in my area you can use them 2 as a seasonal timer. Ty much Bob and crew another great video.👍
Bob Binnie, I have seen your lecturer and it is amazing job. if you add how we can prepare the been box, still we use the have of traditional. we do no how to prepare the latest have. please add this one.
Thanks to yall helping me figure out how to "take care" of my bees....they pulled thru winter strong and in past two weeks I've been turning 5 into 10 with double screen board method:) I pray for yall and thank God for ya.taft,tn
Mr. Binnie you have become my new go to for bee hive information. Thanks for putting all the work into helping other beekeepers. With that said, I was in Columbus, Ga over the past week (March 22 & 23)for our son's AIT graduation at Ft. Benning, I noticed a LOT of green leaves on trees with blooms and honeybees everywhere in that region of Georgia, I tried my best to get my wife let me make a wide eastward swing around Atlanta coming back home to Bee Lick, Ky but I just could not sell her on the notion, I may have to plan a solo roadtrip... Thanks and keep the videos coming!
Thanks. Bee Lick, Kentucky. I love it!! 👍
Hate we didn’t get to meet on Wednesday when we stopped by. We really enjoyed our visit to your store. Hope you were able to taste the honey we brought by from Northwest Florida.
very efficient ,hard work
Excellent movie, All info what is needed transparently provided. Thank You for Your work. I am learning from You a lott and waiting for MORE ;)
Best regards
Awesome video! Thank you!
I appreciate that you continue to make videos on topics you've covered before. I watched the video of you demonstrating this splitting method to a crowd 3 years ago but seeing this video of you and your people doing it in the field really helps me get a good grasp on the concept.
Thank you
Thank you for putting the date in the video. I’m in the same region as you and tells me what I need to be looking for when I know the date.
I love your video, bob
Great Video Bob greetings from Belgium
Greetings, thank you.
Great information on splitting. Appreciate the video. Take care.
Ha Bob this was great I always look forward to seeing videos from u. I hope You all have a blessed week
Poetry in motion.
Thanks Bob. Great video and info. Love seeing those strong hives, especially when mine are covered in snow yet.
I wonder how many feeder holes he is using now in his bucket tint plugs?
Thank you! I've learned so much from your videos.
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Another great video well worth the time investment. Thank you for taking the time to share your hard earned wisdom. SO many people benefit from it. You also set a fine example of how to teach and manage.
Wow, nice. That’s such a nice method to use. Saw it in another one of your videos. Production made simple and methodical. Very slim to no chance of queens leaving in a nuc box. Thanks for sharing. 🙌🐝💪🏻
Thanks Richard.
Congrats my friend, nice work
Beautiful looking colonies.
I remember in one of your videos you said you taught Selena how to work the bees with no gloves on. Could you teach us sometime, maybe a short video with some pointers? I run about two hundred colonies, but I still wear gloves, and I would like to get them off!
Great video Bob and glad to see Jesse back at with the crew!
What healthy looking Bees you have. I can't wait to get started this year.
Another great video. Great explanation for the newer beekeeper to understand and easy to follow.
Excellent job sir
thanks
Great video Bob I thoroughly enjoy watching you and your team work and your commentary. Thank you for the education. Would love to come check out your operation some day. You and your team are first class.
As a second year beekeeper i try to extrapolate what triggers the bees getting started with various things, and then compare with my local terroir and conditions. Would you mind telling us about the temperature and general weather as well? Then I can compare and hopefully be better at predicting bee behaviour.
Thanks for the videos by the way! I watch all, learning loads and am very grateful.
Best fram Bavaria Germany :)
Thanks. Our current high temperatures are averaging 50°f to 60°f and lows in the 20s. I should state temperatures in my videos. Thank you for the idea.
Thank you! Beautiful
Great Video Bob. Met you at Hive Life. Second year beekeeper here. I’m definitely going to save this for future reference for when I start doing splits at some point in my career as a beekeeper. Thanks for doing these videos. Keep them coming!
Thanks. 👍
A few weeks ago back in April, 1958 my first two hives were Caucasians. and they were genital But they propolize everything heavly. I switched to Italian later and then back in 2021 I switched to Cordoven Italians mainly because we have AHB in my area of Southeast Texas. The last day of April this year I hived a swarm of Caucasians, Yesterday when I checked them I remembered why I switched, I am still getting propolis off of everything including me. :)
Bob I always learn from your videos and love to watch them!!!!
Thank you.
Благодарю, Боб.
Bob is majestic asf!
Your a great crew leader Bob and your crew is very enjoyable 👍
Thanks 👍
Oh I long to work a long bee working day. I miss that tired feeling.
Question, because you see pine pollen, would patty feeding provide benefit? Or does the SHB prevent that ?
I'm sure the type of patties you are using would help but you're right about hive beetles. Plus other pollen sources are about to happen. You're lucky you don't have a beetle problem because you need those patties much more than we do. 👍
Went out this morning just to look at things and low and behold there was a big ol swarm hanging from a limd. I wasn't expecting it
Hello from Gemany, very similar way of working as in southern germany with zander frames and beehives
Wondering where you buy feed buckets, thank you for the videos!
That's my favorite method of splitting.
Usually I go back to the hive after a week from moving the queen down and I find queen cells. For some reason, those cells are fewer and better quality than the cells when the split is left completely queenless.
Very interesting Bob, thanks for sharing your experiences. TrickyTrev 🇦🇺👍🐝🍯
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It's always a treat on Sunday to see the latest video. Especially on these cold mornings (22 degrees in TN) Question: I noticed that in most of the hives you pushed all of the frames to one side but in the nucs you centered the frames. What is your reasoning for the difference?
Hi Al. We push frames to one side when there is an inside feeder to hold the walls of the feeder from bowing out. In nucs and boxes without feeders we typically center everything although we may miss one occasionally.
Good morning from Cleveland county. Thanks for sharing Bob. We been working on splits here as well. Just wanted to say that your clover honey is selling like madness here in cleveland county. People love it and they love mine as well. Lol.
👍
As always good content an leave’s you waiting for the next vid
Our yards hold 64 colonies on 4 way pallets. We organize them with a big focus on minimizing drift. I feel like i would a good chewing out if i arranged our bees like your yard is arranged. What techniques do you use to prevent drift?
One day I’ll be as smooth as Bob marking queens
I have another question for u if u do not mind when the flow starts do u remove the suppers and check the brood and the queen every week to 10 days Thanks enjoy all your videos wish they were longer and more of them they are great Thanks have a blessed week
Hi Frances. Once the supers are on we only remove them if we suspect a problem. Thanks.
Hello Bob. This year is really odd. The Red Bud trees and the hybrid cherry trees are starting to bloom here. Which is at least a couple of weeks early. February was a warm month. March has been kinda cold. It's supposed to drop down to 22 degrees Fahrenheit tonight. So the buds on the trees will be frozen and die. I'm interested to see how it all plays out. Have you placed any honey supers on yet?
Just a bud usually doesn't freeze, it is when they start leafing out is when frost will kill the bud. Sure hope the frost doesn't hurt the southern beeks too much.
Thank you Mr. Binnie, my operation is way too small to even consider spliting for nuc sales, etc but love to watch these videos and dream.
I'm sorry if you've already addressed this is another video, but what is the logic behind the in-hive feeder vs the top bucket feeder. Please feel free to refer me to another video if you don't want to type out all of that here.
Thanks, Conner
The in hive feeder is great for gaining weight fast with a strong colony. With the buckets we are able to meter the syrup out over a greater period of time for stimulation, i.e. brood rearing comb building, etc. Check out this link if you haven't seen it yet. ua-cam.com/video/aN428TJpDuw/v-deo.html
Thank you!
Good Morning Bob !
Что боб сказал . Можешь перевести на русский язык .
Good Morning sir.
How many days the hive stays with the nest and over nest for later you make the hive with 06 frame, and in the nest above with the screen to make new cores
Thank you- what is the lowest temperature at which you will do this type of work?
About 45°f but we don't leave anything exposed very long.
I use my 4 frame boxes for that.. they stack nice on 10 frame box and build up probably 25% faster in those boxes .. then I'll add second box they just explode . Pull 5 frame nuc and drop a new queen cell in what is left .
A little off topic question about the bee yard. Do you have a video about preparing a yard with electric fence and weed control?
I notice the weeds seem dead or knocked back and 2 to 3 strands of fence.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Bob. It has been a great deal of hp to me. Working smarter not harder.
I'm going into my 7th year and still struggle with making some decisions on management of splits.
Here is a link to our video "How To Protect Bees From Bears" ua-cam.com/video/k8-tmulErMA/v-deo.html
Can we do a walk away split with a hive that has one deep and one medium box? Taking the frames from the deep to make the new hive?
I would say yes.
I just read an article about removing the queens mandibles so they don't fight each other and u can have multiple queens in one colony . Wondering if King Bob has done it and if it's hard to do or not
I honestly don't know anything about it.
Bob, do you ever use Pollen patties?
If so, what type of pollen do you use?
Have you ever tried spirulina pollen for your patties?
We occasionally use patties but I haven't in a couple of years. We use Mann Lake Ultra bee but have not tried spirulina.
Hello
What are the ingredients of the protein candy dough? I want to try it for the first time, but it will have exact ingredients and strong ingredients for bees
Experienced people who are experienced in their work, I hear from you
And thanks everyone
We use "Ultra Bee" from Mann Lake. I don't know exactly what is in it but I found this online.
Highlights
Emollient: Helianthus Annus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen), Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil.
Emulsifying: (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen)
Perfuming: (100% Natural) Cera Alba (Beeswax Honey, Propolis And Pollen)
More items...•Jan 7, 2022
Ultra Bee All In One Honey Balm ingredients (Explained)
incidecoder.com
incidecoder.com › products › ultra-bee-all-in-one-.
Was watching cooking show this morning for some weird reason.. lady pulled out jar of your honey.. I thought I know who bottled that
Have to ask about the buckets, I noted the fill plugs but did not see feed holes? are they in lid or in plugs?
Past videos he’s shown the plugs. He has holes drilled in the plug. Since they are interchangeable he has plugs with different numbers of holes. Some for light feeding and others for a heavier feed.
Here is link to our video "The Chemistry Behind Feeding Bees Part 2". I believe this would help. ua-cam.com/video/P96pK2aNpM0/v-deo.html
Bob 1 Question the buckets on the top 30s here at night still is it ok to put buckets on top mid 40s and above days your thought please the buckets are yours and the plugs are yours as well thanks again and have a blessed day
Hi Frances. I believe it's OK. We're doing much the same thing. If it's too cold they simply won't take it.
Another great video bob .
How many frames of brood do you like to see in colonies 6 weeks from main honey flow ?
Around four but keep in mind that we don't work our colonies as often as others so we have be a bit conservative.
Hello, when do we see the split
of colonies for 2004? TKS.
Mr Binnie how many feeder holes are you currently using in your bucket tint plugs?
Thank you.
Six to eight.
Hi Bob, I’m in Northeast Pa. The April weather isn’t necessarily bee working weather…. My question is, is it ok to do the brood management and Queen excluder for splits then one week later put the divider board in and install queens?
You could but much of the brood you put above could be hatched by then leaving limited assets to start a nuc with.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you, kinda what I was thinking. Calling for 60 and rain next weekend when I’m getting queens🙄
What type of bee suit are you using? I borrowed a jumpsuit style similar to yours and found it to be much cooler than I thought it would be.
I'm just using 100% cotton coveralls. Cooler than a polyester - cotton blend.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob. Do you have a brand you use? I can't seem to find 100% cotton coveralls in white.
@@JosiahGarber I used to buy them from Walter T Kelly bee supply but since they were bought out by Mann Lake they don't carry them anymore and I'm having a hard time finding them too.
Hi Bob, we noticed none of the team wear gloves but have a full suit or jacket with veil. I'm wondering how often someone is actually stung, if much at all? Thank you!
Hi Dan. Some days hardly at all and some days dozens. Weather plays a big role.
Hi Bob, Just curious...Will you be selling the nuc in the woodware or transfer them into a corrugated box. Thanks again for the great video's and sharing your wealth of knowledge!!
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We'll be transferring most of them them into corrugated plastic boxes.
Thanks for sharing!
If you see queen cells in a colony, do you break those to prevent swarming?
Do you place queen excluders on top of broom box before giving them honey supers?
If we see swarm cells we usually split the colony. This doesn't bother me much because I consider that a harvest too. We only use excluders on singles. If managed properly it doesn't effect honey production. We rarely use them on a double deep because we make less honey with excluders on doubles.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you
Great video! Do you prefer to feed the nucs with a gallon bucket or 5 pound jar?
It depends on the size of the nuc and temperatures. Small nucs in cool weather will get a jar. These will get a one gallon bucket because they're stout enough to handle it even though the nights are still cool.
Do you go by the selected color each year or do you use whatever pen you have on hand to mark?
For marking queens we go by the selected color and for marking kids we go by this years color once we begin marking queens with it.
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Do you knock down the swarm cells if you see them?
It depends on the circumstances. If the cells are very far along we may split the colony. We only remove them if they haven't swarmed yet and we think we can keep them from doing so without another visit.
Hi Bob, I recently split colonies by shaking brood to bottom box added a Queen excluder on a Thursday then Saturday removed excluder replaced with divider board and installed queen cages with tenders, this was last Saturday, I checked today only 2 of the 6 queens were present no queen or eggs in the other 4 colonies.
Any suggestions on what I may have done wrong?
Sorry to hear of your trouble. It sounds like you did the same as we do and we generally have high acceptance rates. Not having been there I couldn't say for sure what went wrong. One small thing is that acceptance is generally better when there are no attendants in the queen cage but it would be a minor thing in this instance. If you have any robbing at all that can cause problems and then of course the queens could have had a problem like being banked for a long period before shipping or poor queens in general.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you Bob, I wondered if the weather played a part we had 3 no fly days after installing queens including the day of. One had two emergency cells but that was the only frame.
Thank you for your response, happy beekeeping!
One other thing they’re all bringing in pollen so it’s possible I missed the queen and she just hasn’t started laying yet!
I’d love to know when you have queens! I’ve taken over a business and they’re colonies have big losses! I NEED to build fast to have a crop. Need some queen help. Thanks Ray
Our early queens for this spring are sold out.
Im wakin up to 21 degrees,3" snow on hives,,Ashtabula,Oh
We’re 19 where I am. Just can’t get in the hives just yet. I only check food reserves
And it looks as if thevtub is slightly larger than a super so it gives more room to shake without banging the frame and injuring bees 🐝
Wow, very strong hives.
Curios to know mr binnie, iv been feeding my bees sugar water but not for strengthening the hive, iv been putting 2 peppermint candies in the sugar water, dissolving them and letting the bees drink it, all hive beetles vanished, do you believe my honey will taste like mint or should I keep up the good work🤣
If you don't feed when the bees are making your surplus honey crop I don't think the peppermint taste will be there.
@@bobbinnie9872 awesome news, thank you very much.
Bob, do you prefer in-hive feeders or the bucket on top?
We started with buckets and went to in-hive bc it's so much easier when moving bees.
I prefer division board feeders for quick weight gain but buckets for colony building. When we used to migrate every double deep colony automatically had an inside feeder.
what temperature did you start working them at
45°f.
Is the bucket on top of the hive filled with water?
Sucrose sugar syrup for growing the colonies.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you for your reply. So it will be helpful. Do you put the same sucrose in the feeders in the first hive?
@@中曽根雅也-r8l We only feed the colonies that are too light on food or need to grow.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you! i will try it.
In the beginning of your video, you reference that it was too cool in the morning and had to wait until the afternoon to do the splits.
At what temperature do you draw the line at when doing splits?
45°f but we don't leave anything exposed long at that temperature.
Hey Bob-I need your help.
One of my hives, a double deep, has very little pollen store and even less brood. There were about 500 capped workers but zero eggs to what I could see.
We are just now in our very first days of spring with dandelions and daffodils up but nothing else yet. Pollen is just now coming in in every bee. Could it be that the queen was waiting on more bee bread stores? She’s a new queen. What are your suggestions?
We've seen a little of that too. I would give her a chance and see what she does when pollen starts to come in again.
@@bobbinnie9872 thx Bob. Alway great leaning from you
Bob, do you have a special way of collecting spring honey harvest without triggering swarming impulse?
Nothing special. Not peaking too soon, young queens if possible and plenty of room.