Commercial Beekeeping Wood Shop
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2021
- A tour of the wood shop and equipment we use for producing our own commercial beekeeping woodenware.
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Bob your story is so inspiring,and enlightening,
I'm just hoping young people would lend a listening ear.
I tell you something in about the year 1958/59 whilst attending Public school ORACABESSA ST.MARY ON THE NOTHERN SIDE OF JAMAICA,
I had to attend what was called the Emanuel wood work training center where I was introduced to wood work types of wood grains and so on.
Fast Forward to 1980 I started keeping Bees,
Scrambeling around for Beekeeping materials,I bought a second hand OHIOFORGE table saw ,my Nephew who was a woodworker joking Laugh at me,
Today I'm able when time permits to cut every piece of material used in the Beekeeping industry,
Of course I'm 75 yrs,Old now still going.
You'll out last the table saw
I love this video! I am pretty poor at my woodwork skills! My collègue is like you! And has a wealth of experience! It’s just passing it on that’s so important! I can do basics to
Make nuc boxes but like you showed in your last video there is always a better way! Thanks for sharing! Very much appreciate it!
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I was a woodworker before I was a beekeeper and I agree, that training has allowed me to build some very nice equipment for not only myself but for a few others. My winters are spent in my woodshop, which, although being a nice shop, doesn't hold a candle to your operation. Thanks for the tour, Bob!
Bob, thanks for sharing. Your an inspiration for us small beekeepers on how hard work and perseverance can pay off. Makes me realize that someday my $75 used table saw could turn into a full blown wood shop:)
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
- Kenny Rogers
That's you, to me in bee keeping.
New subscriber.
Thank you for your time.
Sawstop table saw, along with being safer, is a very high quality saw. I love mine as much as I love my ten fingers.
You only have 8 fingers
Awesome shop. Thanks for the history lesson as well. I didn’t know that about DeWalt. Stay safe!
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God bless you for the long time, Sheikh.
Making some of your own bee equipment isn't too hard if you have some tools. But of course my drill press is a 20v Dewalt drill. LOL Today I built one of your double dividing screen board since I only had one last year. I sure wish I had your shop but it would be way under used. You're right about being careful around those saws. Everytime I start the table saw I think of my friend who took off the end of his thumb, when he came home from the hospital his cat was still chewing on it. Now he really doesn't like cats!! True story LOL,
Thanks Bob.
Hey Russell, that's what I use too, I love my DeWalt tools! 😀 Happy New Year!
Funny story. Not so funny for him though.
Bob you just like me.
This is also my favorite time of the year when I get to play my woodshop.
Give me a break playing with the Bees 🐝
Awesome to see a lifetime of sweat and experience in action.
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Wow!! When you do something, you do it properly! 💪 I'm incredibly jealous of that wood shop!! 😁
That planer looks like a beast! 😳
Good day Bob
Once you're feeling tired take a break from the saw,
Concentrate at all times on what you're doing in a serious way.
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Another awsome video, thanks for sharing.
Thank you Bob. This is great information!!
Awesome workshop 👌👍
Awesome shop love seeing it
Great video showing your behind the scenes operations!
Nice wood working shop, I really like the dust recovery system!
You are a very smart man . You have the same fence on your table saw I have . I would love to have a wood shop like yours . Thanks for all the great videos you put out . Thanks Gene - NC
Thanks Bob, your advice and knowledge are a great help. When researching and planning the expansion of an apiary it's hard to find folks willing to share their lessons.
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Thank you for ALL the informative videos and am enjoying the Sourwood Honey
Brilliant insight to a workshop thanks
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BIG shout-out from Oregon!
Thank you for your excellent videos.
Hope you have a great year!
Thank you and the same to you.
Bob you have an amazing operation. I built some double screen boards like you build yesterday. I'm going to try them out on some splits this spring like you showed on a previous video. Keep the videos coming.
Really enjoyed this video!!! your attention to detail is inspiring 👏 hope to see you in Tennessee!
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Love your videos and wood working. That planer will make a mess in your clean shop. Lol I’m sure you know all about that though.
Hi Bob, Love the shop. One thing I do and yes it is another step but I like the extra knuckle room. When cutting the 3/4 dado handhold place a box length piece of 5/8 against the fence, set your top of handhold measurement, make your cut, pull the 5/8 shim, make another pass. The 5/8 makes for a overlap of the dados and you get a quick clean wider handhold. Repeat...Repeat...Repeat....you know the drill.
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Well done Mr. Bob!
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Thanks for sharing form TEXAS have 6 hives with out trying. this little ladies are very interesting. Share the honey with family and friends.
Great shop Bob, I'm no where near as big of a beekeeper as you but I love spending time in my shop building bee stuff! I work as a construction supervisor and like you I pick up anything that I can build something with. I get quite a few FREE HDO plywood signs that we have in front of all our job sites, both 1/2 and 3/4". by the way we call the "through table cut off saw" an "up cut saw".
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Hey Bob, big fan of your channel and your view and experience as a beekeeper. I am going to keep this to bullet points, but jump in if you think I have a flaw in my spring strategy. I live in Richmond, VA btw.
1. March 1st, the target is to equalize each hive to 6-7 frames of brood frames
2. 21 days later, add supers, and use double screen board, and split the mother queen, putting her up top above the double screen board(above the supers) with 3-4 frames of brood and food.
The idea is to accomplish:
*honey production- by making all bees below forager bees
*Swarm Prevention
*Colony expansion-if any of the hives below successfully make and have mated queen.
Very nice shop Bob. I have been in construction almost 30 years. Mainly trim carpentry. Speaking of hundreds of thousands of cuts made on mitre saws and table saws, I’ve found the most dangerous tool is a utility knife. Lol. All of my worst accidents have been with a utility knife. Thanks again for the video.
I would have to agree with that.
I have my own wood shop too Bob. If it wasn’t for that I probably would not have got into the Bees
Really nice...when I look at your entire operation, the first thing that comes to mind is money...lots of money. The old saying, good stuff ain't cheap and cheap stuff ain't good....surely applies. At 63, I'm a bit long in the tooth to invest in a shop full of equipment....but I sure can appreciate good tools.
Tools are one of addictions.
Create video Bob. Happy New Year !
Thanks. Happy New Year.
Do it right the first time! Good advice.
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I build everything except for frames. I find scrap like you did. With so many people going into beekeeping they’ve innocently inflated equipment prices along with package prices.
Great video!! Really enjoyed it 😊 happy new year to you!
Thanks, Happy New Year.
You have an interesting channel.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob, learning a lot from your channel. I have watched every video 😊👍🏻
I bought a 12" 5 deg neg rake 120 tooth AGE (American German Engineering) balde when in US over 10 years ago and it's still sitting in its packet unused I do plan to put it in a compound slide mitre saw one day
I am writing this comment from Central Point, and yes, it HAS grown significantly lol
They just recently built a new Costco just down the street from the truck stop by the fairgrounds, among many other things.
Now to get my truck through the snowy mountains to Klamath Falls!
Another enjoyable and educational video, though I wish you would use push sticks on the table saw lol
Hi Ben. I lived there up until 35 years ago. Actually lived in Rogue River. Thanks.
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Really great operation Bob. I live in Greenville SC, am a beekeeper and would love to come and work with you for a day. Thanks for the tour!
Hi Rodney. If would be fun to have you for a day. March would be a good time. My Email isBobBinnie19@windstream.net.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob. I will email you the first of March to set up a day.
i got mechanical doing dados yesterday,,,, middle finger and ring finger got to know the stack better than i ever hoped them too. will be a few weeks before i finish my supers this year.
doing the rabbit for the frames. end of the day after doing about 38 boards worth of box joints, switched to the rabbits and second board it did spin and took my hand into the blade,.
Ouch, I'm sorry to hear that.
@@bobbinnie9872 was a lesson learned, just glad they are not missing. Gives me time to plan some stuff to plant i suppose. leaning towards vitex and kwanzan cherry blossoms along with some texas sage. I do have a question though, Is 1/16th gap or less between boxes a big problem? i live in west texas so winters are mild at best with it rarely going too far below 32f
@@D4m4g3d 1/16 won't cause the bees trouble but they will close it with propolis or try to chew it out bigger so they can pass through.
Make a video on your old powermatic 18 planer… please 🙏🏻
Problem now are the lumber prices. We will all be dumpster diving soon to get scrap boards 😜
Hey Bob could you give little more detail on construction of your through fence dust collection on your radial arm saw.
Thanks, Bob, for all of your informative videos. Can you please give details on the hole saw you're using on the drill press?
The hole saw is a 71mm and is carbide tip. Ours is heavy duty and custom made at www.misenheimerinc.com/
but you can find them by searching online for less money.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks, Bob.
super votre matériels , cela vous permet d êtres autonomes.
If you are concerned about fingers and table saw you might consider getting a sawstop.
Thank you Bob! They don't make them like they used too.
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Hi Bob. Thanks for the very informative videos. I would like to try the double screen board for use with Nucs. As a North Florida beekeeper do you think your method would work with something other than two deep hive bodies? Maybe one deep and one medium underneath the double screen board.
Yes, the possibilities are many.
Hi Bob. I was making up some new bottom boards (BB) that I have patterned after your BB design. I was wondering if the reason you put the 14 3/4 in. block in the front and back of the underneath side of the BB creating a potentially sealed 3/4 inch air space, is for the insulation benefit in cold tempts when the BB can freeze due to condensation on the BB.
It could help the way you mention but the reason we do it is to give the BB more structural integrity.
I liked this video. Did you stop making boxes with corner box joints and switch to using the rabbeted corners? If not I'd like to see a production video of cutting the box joints
We haven't made boxes with finger joints for awhile. Lately we've been using Mann Lake boxes because I'm a dealer and get very good pricing. The reason we make our own nuc boxes is because I don't care for any of the designs available.
Thank you Bob. I love your videos. I have a lot of questions though.
1. Do you unbolt the power feeder from your table saw to remove it.
2. Do you use the same dado on your deep boxes that you demonstrated on your nuc video? Seems like the square bottom of the handle would collect water and promote rot. I got a 1” radius cove cutter to try out for this. I’m thinking that I might need to pair it with a slot cutter to get a good hand hold. A custom shaper cutter might be the best solution.
3. How do you cut box joints for supers? I’ve seen two methods. First is to use a dado, but to cut a stack of boards for efficiency. A fence positioner or some other kind of jig makes this easier. Second is with a multi cutter machine to cut all of the slots with one pass, either one board at a time, or a stack of boards.
3. Have you tried using a positioner like the Incra on a table saw fence? Seems like it would make setup a lot faster, and reduce the chance of mistakes. Setup time is not as big issue when you are running big batches, but for small batches setup time is more important. I have ordered the Incra fence, but they have a long shipping delay right now.
4. Have you tried building a clamping jig for body assembly. The clamping process in your nuc video seems to pretty time consuming.
I will be attending the conference in Tennessee next week, and I’m looking forward to meeting you.
We do unbolt the feeder base from the table saw when we're cutting bigger boards. It's not difficult and only takes a minute. We have bolt holes threaded into the table.
We use the same dado set for everything. I've never seen a rot problem in the handles. I have a friend that had a custom cutter made and likes it. It takes a little more horse power though.
In the Oregon shop I mentioned there were two opposing machines with multiple cutters on one arbor for cutting finger joints. They were a bruit but would cut boards as fast as you could stick them in there. I used to do finger joints on a table saw but it's a lot of work for producing quantities so now I just use rabbit joints.
I've not tried an Incra positioner.
A jig for the nucs would probably be helpful. Se you in Tenn.
Thank you Bob for sharing and teaching. I have two questions, 1. what length boards to you buy to have the minimum amount of waste? And 2. Why choose Pine over Cypress? Thank you again.
Longer boards have less waste but of course there has to be a limit for ease of handling. We like twelve feet. I prefer cypress but pine is usually more cost effective. It's harder to get good deals on cypress.
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Priveste atent pentru ca de la Bob ai foarte multe de invatat!
@@mihai.r-beekeeper5694 Aveti dreptate! Am urmărit și are un mod cald de a explica. Este pe înțeles!
Hello, many viewers from Romania!
@@bobbinnie9872 Yes, Romanians know how to appreciate quality👍
Hi Bob- thank you for your informative videos. I found a similar dewalt cut off saw. It is 3 phase - but I dont have 3 phase near our honey house. Would running a frequency converter be an option for the radial arm saw? What did you do?
We actually were lucky enough to find a single phase because we don't have three phase either. A friend of mine tells me the converters work well but I don't have any personal experience with that.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob.
Is MDF a bad choice for beehives? It has a lot of crevices in it and would those harbor pest? It's about the only type of plywood scrap I find around all these homes being built. Not my first choice but I can sometimes find pieces. I'm needing 6 hives.
The MDF that I'm familiar with is easily ruined by water so probably not a good choice.
Thanks for showing us around, Bob. 👍😎
What is the power rating of your power feeder?
One horse. Seems to be plenty for this work.
Its long time since you posted a video. Am one of the bee keeping beginners and learn from you. Great video great knowledge. I hope if you can some info about area in hot climate. I live in middle east where temp reachs 50 degree C.
Again thank you for video and knowledge
Happy New year
Thank you and Happy New Year to you. Thank you for the idea. We have posted six videos since December 3.
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How big of a shop is that just for the woodworking part? It looks like plenty of room to work and grow. Thanks for all the videos.
The building is 40 x 90 ft but as you can see it's also used for storage. The part dedicated to machinery and assembly is probably about 40%.
Bob great setup but do have a question . Im over in Charlotte NC. and havent been able to find HDO ply any chance you can help finding some. Where do you purchase yours?????
Hi Jeff. We purchase from Mid South Lumber in Lithonia, Ga., just east of Atlanta off I-20.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks for the information .
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Once again a majority of my hives are empty at the new year. I've treated going into fall to drop the might loads. I fight them every year. I knock them down only to have them back up in a few weeks. It's almost as though I'm being purposely infected with them. I treated with Oxalic the beginning of December figuring that should take the rest of the mites. Instead my hives are disappearing. I try to keep the mite loads around 2 per hundred or less. But it doesn't seem to matter. I end up with PMS in the winter when I inspect the dead outs.
Do you have any suggestions? I'm thinking of hanging it up and moving the hobby up the mountains. I'll take my chances with the bears.
It sounds like you have a multi faceted problem. If your bees aren't completely brood-less in December that could affecting the impact of your Oxalic treatments and multiple treatments of Oxalic during the active season doesn't work as well as we are led to believe. Mites are public enemy number one for sure.
Curious to know your pallet dimensions? Or if I missed it, do you have a vid that discusses what's behind your pallet design?
After looking at your "Selling Bees" video and trying to figure out each measurement, I'm guessing 45" x 33", but would appreciate to know what's real.
I'm about to build a few, but I just can't figure out why so many pallet builds I've found on the internet leave such a large gap on the backside of each box; in turn, making each pallet 48" long.
Hi Jim. Our pallets are 33-1/4 inch wide which is for "W" clips and not "U" clips. W clips create a small space between the boxes and U clips do not which would mean a narrower dimension. The three 2x4 runners are 45 in. There is a 2 in gap between the two plywood bottoms in the middle and the plywood is short of the ends of the 2x4s by 1/2 in. You want this gap between front and rear colonies so debris won't build up.The two pieces of plywood are 33-1/4 across x 21in deep which makes the landing board section 1-1/8 in. The plywood being 1/2 in short of the ends of the 2x4s will create a 1 in space between landing boards whenever opposing pallets are stacked tightly together on a truck and creates some air flow and keeps the bees apart a little. When we load on semis we create a much bigger gap than that down the middle of the bed for lots of air. Many beekeepers like pallets with more than a 2 inch gap between the front and rear colonies on a pallet which does make it a little easier to work but also leaves loose boxes more prone to separate and move around when transporting. The 1x6 ground contact boards are set back 5 inches from the ends of the 2x4s which puts them inside the clips for better stacking. I hope I explained it well enough to make sense.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you so much for the info. You explained it very well and provided more than I expected.
Your channel is fantastic and I really appreciate the knowledge you convey. I've learned so much from beekeepers, like you, on UA-cam. Many, *more experienced beekeepers*, claim the internet is a bad place for learning; however, I believe their thought process stems from not understanding how to use the medium to it's fullest potential. After all, it was because of your UA-cam videos that I purchased my first book on beekeeping. Thanks for the great videos and for responding to my questions. I look forward to all that's to come.
Hello Mr Bob,my name is Arman,I come from Armenia.I love beekeeping and also I do woodworking.I have 25 colonies and this year I am going to make it 50.There are many agricultural products in the area I live and also sainfoin and alfa-alfa.My question is,can I have good result in honey if I keep very strong bee colonies working on a little far distance.Thanks.
Yes, most good locations can have 24 to 48 colonies in one spot.
Do you use glue when assembling frames and boxes?
Look at Bob's video dated Dec 27th. It shows them assembling boxes. Short answer is yes on boxes.
Yes, Titebond 2 on frames and Titebond 3 on boxes.
Price of frames keeps going up and up. Did you ever make frames? Do you have a book or video you would recommend. This year I'm good next year is going to be Tuff to write that check. I am growing. I'm at 22 boxes fixing to go to 70 . next year depending on weather I want to be around 175. Maybe this fall you can show how you did it or would do it. Thank you Bob.
Hi Kevin. I did once make frames. It was when I first started out and was broke. After a couple of years I started buying only end bars and was still making top bars and bottom bars because they were the easiest. These days my time is worth more so it pays me to buy them.
@@bobbinnie9872 sorry I missed you Thursday when I picked up the 45 queens. Just finished installing them. I was surprised some where lighter brown in color. I figured they would all be black. You have an amazing operation over there. Also the staff was kind and helpful. Thanks for what you do.
Bob, I can not find the link to your Facebook page
Do you have backup generators in your workshop
My moto is it’s better to have it and never use it, than need it and don’t have it !
Search for "Blue Ridge Honey Company" on facebook.
Bob, after watching many of your videos and just now this one, I would like to introduce myself by phone and to you more specifically an opportunity to bring together your passion for woodworking, bees and learning; all of which I share albeit not at the same bee scale for sure. I have in my possession a modified (not impregnated) SYP product that experiences 80% less shrinkage-swelling than SYP KD-19 (e.g., translates to better coating adhesion), little to no internal stress to twist/cup/warp, 25 to 50 years ground contact (no rot) and termites avoid; yet I have no reservation using it as a toothpick (I do) because of the lack of toxicity. What I have is not for sale and thus this is not a solicitation for sales, but rather an educational discussion and a potential non-monetary driven opportunity (on my part) for you and I to discuss. Like you, there is now a lot of white in my beard; and while I have no need for hive components to last 25 years - my passion of youth is still there. For non-hoax validation Google "felty 8906466"; and if you wish to discuss further, just reply for me to call your listed business phone number as you will be expecting to receive my contact information.
Did you ever get that Planer up and running?
Yes, and it works great.
Do you make your own frames
I did at one time, when I was really broke and had to make everything, but these days we purchase them unassembled.
Hey, I'm from Poland and I'm taking your example, I can't speak English, I always turn on subtitles with translation and sometimes when you put pictures with some text, I can't understand it, is there any contact to you other than comments under the movies?
The email address on our "About" page.
@@bobbinnie9872 hey how did my e-mail get there? because I sent it to the address from the website;)
Hey Bob! I have a question that has nothing to do with this video. I was looking at the hives and my small apiary this afternoon, and all my bees have made it this far! I was wondering if it is advisable to feed them a little sugar water this time of year? I'm sorry, sugar syrup.😊 I'm in the North Carolina Piedmont at the foothills of the mountains.
Hi Jeremy. We are actually beginning to feed our bees that are on the Georgia piedmont. We are doing it to stimulate early in order to give us stronger colonies in late March for splitting. We are also feeding pollen supplement patties to accomplish this. If you don't want to have extra bees early and your colonies are strong and heavy it's not necessary.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks for the reply!😁
Too bad we can't go back and compare this to the workshop you had 25 years ago.
Big difference.
Hi bob. I'm from Indonesia. I have a questions for you. I want to buy caucasian bees colony. Are you sell bees colony?
Hello Bayu. We don't have any colonies for sale at this time
@@bobbinnie9872 Ok. Can i have your whatsapp number?
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I started last year with no job and no money and now have 7 hives.
Kind of like raising rabbits.
@@bobbinnie9872 yes it is! They just keep multiplying LOL
Help me am indian bee keeper
Bob, you need to get a helical head for that power planer, you'll thank yourself when you can hold a civil conversation with your out-feed buddy while you're running rough cut wood through it. The helical heads are not that expensive and will save you loads of time by just replacing broken bits vs. sharpening and setting blades.
That may be a good choice, I have that on my jointer. This planer is an interesting machine though. It has a factory knife sharpener on it. The last owner said it works great and I'm looking forward to trying it.
@@bobbinnie9872 for sure, we have a slightly larger model in our woodshop (I'm a Tech Ed teacher) and the sharpener does make the job much easier, just thought I'd throw that out there.
I doubt it you can put it on this particular thickness planer, Bob beat me to it but I was going to say, you don't really have to take off the blades to sharpen them on this beast, non the less, it works like nobody's business, lol.
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