We get twice the bounty as you in the south. Alberta is one of the top producers of honey for the shortest period of time. We have 90% alfalfa and 10% wildflower honey. I sell my 500 ml jars for $15 and I sell out in less then a month . A good problem to have. Swarm season is just starting. That how big of a difference we are.
@@GoneWildKennels Wow that's very interesting to hear! Swarm season came early for us this year. This time it came late Feb/early March whereas last year it arrived mid/late March through early April.
Oh wow yea that makes sense! I've never been to Alberta but have been to northern Saskatchewan twice in the middle of the summer. I remember how cool it still felt in the morning even in July up there. I would imagine beekeeping is much more difficult just due to the short warm season for you all.
At Apiary # 1 most of those entrances are the Apimaye bottom board entrances. For all the others it is just your standard wooden entrance block. Thanks!
all your hives look great. nice paint bottom boards, api kits nice. top covers etc. i would be concerned with a 2x4 streeched with all that weight on them, smiles. they can snap as supers fill out and what a mess that would bee. would use a thicker board, 4x4 or something a bit thicker. Or support with more blocks no more than 5-6 feet apart. Good luck with your harvest. My 12ish hives are in the NW Oregon, wet and chilly. I cant use 2 frame nukes as there to chilly in the spring even if packed out with bees. Have to use 4 frame to get the brood going. I do a split and the 6 frame nukes i have with packed out bees move up to the second box deep or super to help keep the brood hot until about june sometime. I use 6 frame poly nuke boxes they have an R value of 6 VS 0 for wood wear. stack them upto 3 boxes and then transfer to 10 deeps in june, haha. and move some back in the 6 frame for winter depending on numbers of bees. We beekeepers on the west coast all loose hives in March, freezing and days about 60s so bees come out of cluster and then freeze. Wish i had Georgia weather, except for the tonados. smiles. Well i rambled to much . Thanks for the video.
Yep pending on which apiary yard you are looking at some are on 2x4's and others are on 2x6' boards. They are all pressure treated so they should hold assuming the hives don't get any taller/heavier which they shouldn't now. I will be harvesting in next week or so and they are all going to shrink down substantially. I've never been up NW Oregon way but I'd imagine you do have to take a lot of different weather and temperatures considerations that I don't have to do in Georgia. Thanks for the watch!
I agree. Whether on a2*4 or 2*6, they're on the flat side, so it's only 1-7/8" holding up potentially hundreds of pounds. Turn them on edge, and you'll gain a ton of extra strength. Atleast doubling in strength.
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Nice looking apiary and box setups. I like it.
Lot of great looking hives, good luck with the honey havest
Thanks, same to you as well! I hope you all are going to get a good one too!
We get twice the bounty as you in the south. Alberta is one of the top producers of honey for the shortest period of time.
We have 90% alfalfa and 10% wildflower honey.
I sell my 500 ml jars for $15 and I sell out in less then a month . A good problem to have.
Swarm season is just starting. That how big of a difference we are.
@@GoneWildKennels nice
@@GoneWildKennels Wow that's very interesting to hear! Swarm season came early for us this year. This time it came late Feb/early March whereas last year it arrived mid/late March through early April.
Hi! Apimaye bottoms are really perfeckt. I am using for 8 years.
From Türkiye.
In southern alberta we are just starting to take of the syrup. That’s the difference between the south and southern alberta
Oh wow yea that makes sense! I've never been to Alberta but have been to northern Saskatchewan twice in the middle of the summer. I remember how cool it still felt in the morning even in July up there. I would imagine beekeeping is much more difficult just due to the short warm season for you all.
What are your entrances? Nice apiary
At Apiary # 1 most of those entrances are the Apimaye bottom board entrances. For all the others it is just your standard wooden entrance block. Thanks!
all your hives look great. nice paint bottom boards, api kits nice. top covers etc. i would be concerned with a 2x4 streeched with all that weight on them, smiles. they can snap as supers fill out and what a mess that would bee. would use a thicker board, 4x4 or something a bit thicker. Or support with more blocks no more than 5-6 feet apart. Good luck with your harvest. My 12ish hives are in the NW Oregon, wet and chilly. I cant use 2 frame nukes as there to chilly in the spring even if packed out with bees. Have to use 4 frame to get the brood going. I do a split and the 6 frame nukes i have with packed out bees move up to the second box deep or super to help keep the brood hot until about june sometime. I use 6 frame poly nuke boxes they have an R value of 6 VS 0 for wood wear. stack them upto 3 boxes and then transfer to 10 deeps in june, haha. and move some back in the 6 frame for winter depending on numbers of bees. We beekeepers on the west coast all loose hives in March, freezing and days about 60s so bees come out of cluster and then freeze. Wish i had Georgia weather, except for the tonados. smiles. Well i rambled to much . Thanks for the video.
Yep pending on which apiary yard you are looking at some are on 2x4's and others are on 2x6' boards. They are all pressure treated so they should hold assuming the hives don't get any taller/heavier which they shouldn't now. I will be harvesting in next week or so and they are all going to shrink down substantially. I've never been up NW Oregon way but I'd imagine you do have to take a lot of different weather and temperatures considerations that I don't have to do in Georgia. Thanks for the watch!
I agree. Whether on a2*4 or 2*6, they're on the flat side, so it's only 1-7/8" holding up potentially hundreds of pounds. Turn them on edge, and you'll gain a ton of extra strength. Atleast doubling in strength.