When those nucs get where they're going, beeks better be putting them in a 10 or 8 frame box. Those nucs are busting at the seams. Looks great, as your stuff always does Mr. Bob.
Just got my shipment of Sourwood and Tupelo honey. Also tried some Tupelo for Laniers. Yours had the same yet slightly stronger (wrong terminology) flavor. Crazy how I could tell the differences from all three wonderful honeies. Amazing what natural honey can taste like when you start to treat it like fine wine. Hoping to keep my first hives around long enough to harvest some honey... lol .
The reason certain species produce what appears to be an abundance of seed is often to counteract poor germination. Sometimes, mechanical scarification can increase the percentage of success, although is generally applied to larger seed only. Chemical scarification is a massive benefit with species that have an unusually impermeable seed coat, basswood, both Americana and cordata comes to mind .
I absolutely love your talks/videos. I did some research and realized I bought 5 nucs from you in 2013. They turned out to be the absolute best production hives I ever owned. Very good temperament, honey production, and longevity. I'm in southern NJ.
Your NUCs look great. Glad to see you are going the extra mile and strapping your boxes and lids together. That would have saved one of my hives. Nice upgrade to the process. Please keep up the great videos.
That cheese plywood made some real nice nucs, if the bees are as nice looking as the boxes, ppl are getting a good deal. I agree always put forth your best, I like how you package up those nucs, wish ya was still up here in the NW. :) Ty for sharing Blessed Days...
I'm from Nebraska, and I've been really happy to see you mention the state, and have Kevin from Nebraska in your last video. I've watched all of your videos, and I think you have provided the very best series of videos on beekeeping that I have found. I'm getting my first four nucs next weekend from a commercial outfit here in central Nebraska, and i'll be installing them in some used migratory equipment I purchased in good shape. I really appreciate the content you are creating, and I look forward to your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them Bob.
What a great company you have Bob . I have been watching your videos for a while now and there are great amounts of WORK and CARE and LOVE I see you put into EVERYTHING that is done there . It would be great to get nuc from you . I live just a few states north of you so maybe next season I may be able to get some of your nucs . Thanks for all you do.
A pleasure as always, great to see what goes into a package. Box and all, it looks like quality. You seem to have some great folks working for you, all a reflection on you and your leadership. Thanks for sharing and informing. Take care
Hello Bob. I just got done checking my queens. I picked up from you last week. All of them are doing well except two of them. The two I lost was completely my fault. I split them in the same yard. I didn't have much fly back and I didn't have enough stores in the splits. Those two starved out. ☹️ I should have given them a jar of syrup but I didn't. I've never had this to happen before, but it won't happen again. We all learn from mistakes. Thanks for the Tupelo Honey. It's really good. My honey customers love your mountain wildflower honey.
With all the care that you take in preparing your nucs and the amount of bee's in them I would feel very good about the value for my purchase. I plan on trying your procedure for queen rearing later on this year. Thanks Bob.
Looks Great Bob 🙂 My queens I bought from you one year ago made it through winter very well up in northern Indiana/Michigan Can’t thank you enough for your videos and your guidance to me last year! Jeff Albright
I always enjoy watching your videos! I'm to the point where I need to start selling nucs as my Backyard bee yard has gotten abit large for me to keep up with. I wouldn't want to loose my equipment so I'm gonna have to figure out how to handle this. I'm thinking about having customers bring their own boxes. I'm a small time beek that's looking to stay hobby sized. I appreciate you sharing! Thank you sir.
Hello Mr Binnie. Thanks for all your videos. Not being from the States, i don´t know the prices for nucs. But seeing all the manhours and care invested for making and dispatching them, i think they would be paid in gold over here. I'm assuming the nuc-boxes don't return to you? I wish you a good season, beautiflul queens and full honeypots!
Hi Karl. Yes, the nuc boxes don't return. They are inexpensively made from used plywood. Nucs here are selling between $150.00 and $225.00 US dollars. They sell for less in southern states, more in the north. These went for $185.00 which we consider a good deal. Next year they will probably be more.
@@bobbinnie9872 Okay. That´s a diferent price tag. They sell over here (Germany) overwintered 10-frame colonies cheaper. There are offers at 125 to 160 € for a 10-frame hive made the year before and overwintered (without the box). I don't understand the calculation of this... I think a colony ready to fill supers should get a better price.
You show a hole in the bottom as well. When I look at your video on building Nucs, you have just a single hole at the top. I see the comment below that says you add an extra hole on top for ventilation and I assume that is the same for the hole on the bottom. Do you only put that hole on the bottom for Nucs that are going to be transported? Or is that something new that you now add to all of your Nucs. Watching all of the videos allows me to piece various things together and wanted to see if all your Nucs now have a hole on the bottom. Thanks for any context of working Nucs vs shipping Nucs if they are different.
We only put the hole in the bottom of nucs that are being sold and transported although I don't think it would hurt a thing if it was in every box we made.
We put an extra hole in for ventilation if needed. If it's cold and they're traveling on a truck we leave the caps in. If they're going in a car we may take the caps out and staple screen over the holes. When it's warm we do what you see here. We love that machine too!
@@bobbinnie9872 That is a simple solution. Drive north! But not too fast. Going into the low 40s for day time highs in 2 days. Weather still running a roller coaster schedule.
Those are nucs beekeepers dream of getting I don’t want to see cells I want it loaded with bees so when they go in the hive they can have the workforce to defend regulate temps manage brood and forage whoever gets these is gonna have a beautiful start
Hi Bob how many has Steppler ordered 😀 Need a bit more in depth look at those nucs and screens can’t see how that could be more efficient than those core flute boxes with the disc’s looks like a ton of work with all the nailing???
They actually don't take long, they're stapled together. The reason we did it this way is the wood was very cheap. With labor and plywood they were still cheaper than anything we could buy..
It looks like you use a lot of staples to hold the mesh in place on the roof and entrance. Do the staples remove easily or do the buyers have a bit of a chore on their hands when they release the bees? Can't tell how long the staples are and maybe they easily pull out once you can grip the mesh and pull.
@@bobbinnie9872 for a commercial operation trying to expand… 5 frame nuc box or 5 frames and a frame feeder nuc box? I’m making my own and consider the bigger box.
@@3Beehivesto300 I have several friends that use bigger nuc boxes with an inside feeder and like them a lot. Less moving parts that way but bigger boxes to move around. I prefer the normal size and feeding through the top. The obvious drawback to that is keeping track of jars or buckets.
Great video bob!! thanks!! quick question....Hi Kent… this time of year with bees backfilling frames with nectar and taking space away for the queen to lay. Some say to just throw another box on with empty frames. Is it a good thing when you do that to pull up a few frames from nectar filled frames to the new box? I know not to ever mess with the brood cluster but wondering if just adding a box is the best remedy? thanks so much Kent!!
Hey Bob...love the video! so you dropped cells 3 weeks ago on those....when you drop cells do you go back in a few days to check for emergence or just check back in 2 weeks?? thanks!!
These nucs were made with mated queens and we did check back in about ten days. When we make them with cells we like to wait at least four weeks before selling them. That gives us a chance to judge the queens performance.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob....when you drop cells do you go back in box in a few days after expected emerge date and check for emerge success and then check back in another 2 weeks see if mated (eggs) - :)
We do. Call our store at 706 782 6722 for current pricing. See a sample in our video "Feeding Bees Part 3 - Types of Sugar Syrup and Feeders We Use". ua-cam.com/video/zjUjzHDqUtA/v-deo.html
Everything about your operation is first class
I wish everyone treated their business and employees like you did. The work place would be a better place.
Top notch, benchmark for everyone 👏👏👏 you are setting high targets for ever one 👍👍👍
Top notch outfit. I haven’t ever seen that much care for the customer satisfaction. Congrats
When those nucs get where they're going, beeks better be putting them in a 10 or 8 frame box. Those nucs are busting at the seams. Looks great, as your stuff always does Mr. Bob.
Very nice nucs! First class.
Just got my shipment of Sourwood and Tupelo honey. Also tried some Tupelo for Laniers. Yours had the same yet slightly stronger (wrong terminology) flavor. Crazy how I could tell the differences from all three wonderful honeies. Amazing what natural honey can taste like when you start to treat it like fine wine. Hoping to keep my first hives around long enough to harvest some honey... lol .
The reason certain species produce what appears to be an abundance of seed is often to counteract poor germination. Sometimes, mechanical scarification can increase the percentage of success, although is generally applied to larger seed only. Chemical scarification is a massive benefit with species that have an unusually impermeable seed coat, basswood, both Americana and cordata comes to mind .
I think this went on the wrong video lol, I'm hopeless with computers. Supposed to be on, obviously, the sourwood video.
Great looking Nucs! I am Amazed at the care that you are putting into packaging them up.
Thanks, we try.
I absolutely love your talks/videos. I did some research and realized I bought 5 nucs from you in 2013. They turned out to be the absolute best production hives I ever owned. Very good temperament, honey production, and longevity. I'm in southern NJ.
what beautiful woodenware craftsmanship ,great job guys,GREAT NUCS
Your NUCs look great. Glad to see you are going the extra mile and strapping your boxes and lids together. That would have saved one of my hives. Nice upgrade to the process. Please keep up the great videos.
Those nuc boxes look amazing . Customers gotta love it
The attention to the details is great 😊
I also found a queen cell capped in one of my supers, crazy bees, love the bees love your work!
1 of the best nuc box setup for shipping I've seen ! Really nice
I love the people at blue ridge honey. Always have been treated so nice and I just love this place. Can't wait to get back up there real soon.
Wow great job
Love those boxes
That cheese plywood made some real nice nucs, if the bees are as nice looking as the boxes, ppl are getting a good deal. I agree always put forth your best, I like how you package up those nucs, wish ya was still up here in the NW. :) Ty for sharing Blessed Days...
I'm from Nebraska, and I've been really happy to see you mention the state, and have Kevin from Nebraska in your last video. I've watched all of your videos, and I think you have provided the very best series of videos on beekeeping that I have found. I'm getting my first four nucs next weekend from a commercial outfit here in central Nebraska, and i'll be installing them in some used migratory equipment I purchased in good shape. I really appreciate the content you are creating, and I look forward to your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them Bob.
Your process is ready Professional
What a great company you have Bob . I have been watching your videos for a while now and there are great amounts of WORK and CARE and LOVE I see you put into EVERYTHING that is done there . It would be great to get nuc from you . I live just a few states north of you so maybe next season I may be able to get some of your nucs . Thanks for all you do.
You do an incredible job. They look amazing!
A pleasure as always, great to see what goes into a package. Box and all, it looks like quality. You seem to have some great folks working for you, all a reflection on you and your leadership. Thanks for sharing and informing. Take care
Hello Bob. I just got done checking my queens. I picked up from you last week. All of them are doing well except two of them. The two I lost was completely my fault. I split them in the same yard. I didn't have much fly back and I didn't have enough stores in the splits. Those two starved out. ☹️ I should have given them a jar of syrup but I didn't. I've never had this to happen before, but it won't happen again. We all learn from mistakes.
Thanks for the Tupelo Honey. It's really good. My honey customers love your mountain wildflower honey.
Very nice nucs. Queens doing great. Thanks for the information.
I'm from Northern Alberta (Canada) I wish I could get nuc from you they look so good/ Strong and well maintained.
Amazing attention to detail! I bought 2 from someone who sells them in Pro-Nuc’s. I wish I coulda got a couple dressed up like yours!
With all the care that you take in preparing your nucs and the amount of bee's in them I would feel very good about the value for my purchase. I plan on trying your procedure for queen rearing later on this year. Thanks Bob.
God Bless.. they are Gorgeous.. !
Looks Great Bob 🙂
My queens I bought from you one year ago made it through winter very well up in northern Indiana/Michigan Can’t thank you enough for your videos and your guidance to me last year!
Jeff Albright
Good to hear, thank you.
You do a great job on your nucs Bob (and your crew).
The two nucs I got last week are doing great! Thanks Bob and crew.
How much was it?
You run a real professional operation Bob! Great job!
Well he is a professional bee keeper.
@@hollisfarmshoney :)
I always enjoy watching your videos! I'm to the point where I need to start selling nucs as my Backyard bee yard has gotten abit large for me to keep up with. I wouldn't want to loose my equipment so I'm gonna have to figure out how to handle this. I'm thinking about having customers bring their own boxes. I'm a small time beek that's looking to stay hobby sized. I appreciate you sharing! Thank you sir.
You might consider a deposit for the boxes your nucs are sold in. Enough to cover replacement if they are not returned.
Thanks for sharing Bob 👍🇺🇲🍀🐝
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Really great job🙂👍🐝
Really nice Nucs Bob you guys do a great job.
Hello Mr Binnie. Thanks for all your videos. Not being from the States, i don´t know the prices for nucs. But seeing all the manhours and care invested for making and dispatching them, i think they would be paid in gold over here. I'm assuming the nuc-boxes don't return to you? I wish you a good season, beautiflul queens and full honeypots!
Hi Karl. Yes, the nuc boxes don't return. They are inexpensively made from used plywood. Nucs here are selling between $150.00 and $225.00 US dollars. They sell for less in southern states, more in the north. These went for $185.00 which we consider a good deal. Next year they will probably be more.
@@bobbinnie9872 Okay. That´s a diferent price tag. They sell over here (Germany) overwintered 10-frame colonies cheaper. There are offers at 125 to 160 € for a 10-frame hive made the year before and overwintered (without the box). I don't understand the calculation of this... I think a colony ready to fill supers should get a better price.
Boy you just gave me a standard to strive for, thank you!
I like that setup for transportation.
Thats some nice NUCs. I like it when I can be proud of my product. Good for you Bob!
Thanks 👍
Bob, the nucs look fantastic. I'm curious - where do you get the 1/8" hardware cloth?
I’m also curious to where you buy your 1/8” hardware cloth 🙂
Those nucs at the start are beasts. Looks like there is enough bees in there to pick up and fly the box to their new home.
Very nice but also tricky. Thanks.
Absolutely beautiful nucs Bob!
Thanks.
Nice work, nucs looks great, nice jacket John.
We're still getting used to the jacket. 🙂
My package didn't look like that. My package looked cheap compared to those...
Oh well, mine are doing great!! Thanks
You show a hole in the bottom as well. When I look at your video on building Nucs, you have just a single hole at the top. I see the comment below that says you add an extra hole on top for ventilation and I assume that is the same for the hole on the bottom. Do you only put that hole on the bottom for Nucs that are going to be transported? Or is that something new that you now add to all of your Nucs. Watching all of the videos allows me to piece various things together and wanted to see if all your Nucs now have a hole on the bottom. Thanks for any context of working Nucs vs shipping Nucs if they are different.
We only put the hole in the bottom of nucs that are being sold and transported although I don't think it would hurt a thing if it was in every box we made.
Those are some very nice nucs!
I like how you designed and built those boxes.
Thanks.
Must be nice hearing those jakes nearby
That yard is next to a main highway but no one passing by can see the bees. I have two yards like that.
Apologies Mr. Binnie, was wondering why 2 top lid feeder holes?
Love that strapping machine!
We put an extra hole in for ventilation if needed. If it's cold and they're traveling on a truck we leave the caps in. If they're going in a car we may take the caps out and staple screen over the holes. When it's warm we do what you see here. We love that machine too!
Super mics Bob,
Nucs
Lol! I just had my first nuc pick up yesterday. Preorders going out in the next couple weeks. I am just getting started and you are finishing up!!!!
Soon we'll be wishing it was spring again.🙂
@@bobbinnie9872 That is a simple solution. Drive north! But not too fast. Going into the low 40s for day time highs in 2 days. Weather still running a roller coaster schedule.
Those are nucs beekeepers dream of getting I don’t want to see cells I want it loaded with bees so when they go in the hive they can have the workforce to defend regulate temps manage brood and forage whoever gets these is gonna have a beautiful start
Hi Bob how many has Steppler ordered 😀 Need a bit more in depth look at those nucs and screens can’t see how that could be more efficient than those core flute boxes with the disc’s looks like a ton of work with all the nailing???
They actually don't take long, they're stapled together. The reason we did it this way is the wood was very cheap. With labor and plywood they were still cheaper than anything we could buy..
It looks like you use a lot of staples to hold the mesh in place on the roof and entrance. Do the staples remove easily or do the buyers have a bit of a chore on their hands when they release the bees? Can't tell how long the staples are and maybe they easily pull out once you can grip the mesh and pull.
The staples are short so they come out easily. 1/4 or 5/16 inch.
Are you selling them with the plywood box? NM I kept watching and it answered my question. Looks like a crazy expensive shipping container.
It's used plywood that we got really cheap.
@@bobbinnie9872 for a commercial operation trying to expand… 5 frame nuc box or 5 frames and a frame feeder nuc box?
I’m making my own and consider the bigger box.
@@3Beehivesto300 I have several friends that use bigger nuc boxes with an inside feeder and like them a lot. Less moving parts that way but bigger boxes to move around. I prefer the normal size and feeding through the top. The obvious drawback to that is keeping track of jars or buckets.
Well I know where I’m getting my first nuc from!
those are strong nucs!!!!
Good
Sure wish I would’ve ordered one of your nukes the ones I got had an empty frame literally a wooden frame
Great video bob!! thanks!! quick question....Hi Kent… this time of year with bees backfilling frames with nectar and taking space away for the queen to lay. Some say to just throw another box on with empty frames. Is it a good thing when you do that to pull up a few frames from nectar filled frames to the new box? I know not to ever mess with the brood cluster but wondering if just adding a box is the best remedy? thanks so much Kent!!
Pulling up a few frames of nectar is OK. Especially if you can replace them with drawn comb.
🐝🐝🐝I'll bee doing splits today. Gonna have to start selling nucs myself or something cause I'm ending up with way more hives than I even intended LOL
Bee colonies can be like rabbits if managed well!!
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Thank you Bob! Where do you purchase your hardware screen?
Great stuff!! With those strong nucs sealed up with screens, how long can they stay like that without starving issues?
Some of these wouldn't last more than a week because they were mostly brood.
where are you guys located. Im in California wish we had people here that had high quality bee nucs.
We're in Georgia.
@@bobbinnie9872 Keep up the good work. Those bees deserve a good home.
Do most people return your boxes on their next order
Not unless they want too. The box is included in the price.
Hey Bob...love the video! so you dropped cells 3 weeks ago on those....when you drop cells do you go back in a few days to check for emergence or just check back in 2 weeks?? thanks!!
These nucs were made with mated queens and we did check back in about ten days. When we make them with cells we like to wait at least four weeks before selling them. That gives us a chance to judge the queens performance.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob....when you drop cells do you go back in box in a few days after expected emerge date and check for emerge success and then check back in another 2 weeks see if mated (eggs) - :)
@@texasfriendlybeekeepers8210 We actually wait about three weeks, mainly for the sake of time.
I’m trying to look at the blue ridge honey product list…. Do you sell 1 gallon bucket feeders?
We do. Call our store at 706 782 6722 for current pricing. See a sample in our video "Feeding Bees Part 3 - Types of Sugar Syrup and Feeders We Use". ua-cam.com/video/zjUjzHDqUtA/v-deo.html
Good morning Mr Bob. When you say you like to sell your nucs at 21 days, are you referring to after you introduce the queen?
Yes, 21 days after introduction. We can judge the queens performance before selling the nuc that way.
Canada has had massive losses this winter across the board. Wonder if they will open bee trade if enough farmers complain about the lack of bees.
I've heard a lot of news about losses up there. I wish you all good luck getting through it.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you, much appreciated :)
Looks like it takes a lot of labor to get nucs ready is it still profitable
Yes, and it also keeps rotating combs out.
How do you feel about 2frame mating nucs?
Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski 🙂
Dziękuję Ci.
@@bobbinnie9872 proszę bardzo 😌
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How much do you charge for a 5 frame nuc?
$185.00. It brings customers in to the store.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob Good plan!👍