What do commercial operations like yours do with all those splits? Out of 1000 colonies let's say you will get 700 extra splits? 600? Do you cull that many a yr ? I know you make a lot of nucs but just seems like on a yr like this you will have an extreme excess? So blessed, especially after last yrs struggles!
Yes, boxes will be filled. Combining after culling. Once my battery is full, I’ll sell brood or bees. This business is all about managing numbers through surges
Ian! Your colonies are huge! The weather in N.J. has been ideal and now i have to split my splits! Supers are on and OIives are in bloom. Thanks for all your helpful videos!
Kinda expected that Manitoba would have been later than us in northern Ontario Sault STE Marie. But based on the grass growth and brood development, I'd say we are about two weeks behind.
ive been catching tons of swarms this week. never mind that 2/3rds of them are from my own hives... hoping i can still make some honey this spring, its going to be a long swarm season.
we finally got back to warm weather, now its swarmagedon. cut out calls have been through the roof also. now we are into wonderful rainy days for the next 10 days or so the weather man says. already seeing some good nector here in sw pa. keep up the work!
If i were to put patties on here in Florida i would have beetles coming out my ass! You are lucky to not have to deal with that in the colder area! Your bees are nice and strong! 😀
Weather isnt helping in central sask the girls are poking their heads out but dont leave the hive and there was a huge pollen flow until the rain and snow started ..
You mentioned approximately 4 lbs of supplements per colony , how much sugar have you added to them since they have come out of the shed? Your bees look amazing! Job well done !!
I think this is my 4th spring with you, with no two at all similar. And not a beekeeper. I say that to qualify my opinion. That emotion you are feeling and its magnitude....it is NOT measured against last year's nadir. I have watched you enough to argue that you measure against what is possible rather than what has been the history. That feeling you are feeling is because what you are tending to this year is so near optimum. (There may be apiaries doing as well as you, but none are doing better.) The party pooper then says, "no one ever won a game in the first quarter". I look and wonder if you should pull in an extra pair of hands for this front end? When you find yourself running the rapids, an extra paddle can make a lot of difference.
What do commercial operations like yours do with all those splits? Out of 1000 colonies let's say you will get 700 extra splits? 600? Do you cull that many a yr ? I know you make a lot of nucs but just seems like on a yr like this you will have an extreme excess? So blessed, especially after last yrs struggles!
Yes, boxes will be filled.
Combining after culling. Once my battery is full, I’ll sell brood or bees. This business is all about managing numbers through surges
"What a treat" - for sure. Last year was such a struggle. You might be able to sell a few bees this year.
Ian! Your colonies are huge! The weather in N.J. has been ideal and now i have to split my splits! Supers are on and OIives are in bloom. Thanks for all your helpful videos!
When you pull them up reminds me of my house Christmas Day,,,
Привет! Сильные у Вас пчелосемьи.
i love bees
I wish I had me a nice worker like you got. !! She is a good hand
to deal with the mud, suggest you build a trailer for hauling boxes to the yards with a tractor when the trucks make a mess
We drill holes in the 4 ways for drainage. Or have a 1/4 inch gap between side strips and back Bees looking great!
Kinda expected that Manitoba would have been later than us in northern Ontario Sault STE Marie. But based on the grass growth and brood development, I'd say we are about two weeks behind.
ive been catching tons of swarms this week. never mind that 2/3rds of them are from my own hives... hoping i can still make some honey this spring, its going to be a long swarm season.
we finally got back to warm weather, now its swarmagedon. cut out calls have been through the roof also. now we are into wonderful rainy days for the next 10 days or so the weather man says. already seeing some good nector here in sw pa. keep up the work!
Keeping it real as always great to show your mistakes and educating everyone
Was going to comment on how nice this is from last year then you did.
Of all the elements that bees have to deal with I think being wet is a big one.
Yeah! exciting!
Imagine if you could get to the almonds with 1200 hives
Hope that isnt Kerry's nice bright white coat she had on the other day 😂
Probably!
Oh it is!😂 but its a work jacket and they are ment to get dirty.
If i were to put patties on here in Florida i would have beetles coming out my ass! You are lucky to not have to deal with that in the colder area! Your bees are nice and strong! 😀
Just in time. They will change their mind, if there was some thinking about it...
You better buy Kerry one more jacket
those are a crap ton of bees wow looking good holly molly
Great job 👍
living life to the fullest
Weather isnt helping in central sask the girls are poking their heads out but dont leave the hive and there was a huge pollen flow until the rain and snow started ..
You mentioned approximately 4 lbs of supplements per colony , how much sugar have you added to them since they have come out of the shed? Your bees look amazing! Job well done !!
Approximately 2 gallons
Absolutely worth it .
Building huge colonies makes huge honey crops
Now motger nature will do her part the trees are starting to produce 🎉
Look at that green grass
The lovely white bee jacket didn’t last long😅
Ian are you going to rebuild your Nuc Battery and get your genetics and new traits that you bought in back into your internal breeding program.
Oh ya. I’ve adjusted my battery up from 1/3 to 1/2 so we are going to be busy
With the size of the colonies, if you have any empty nucs to set as swarm traps?
Do you find it easier to manage varroa by keeping the colonies to just one brood box vs 2?
box by box year is position A...
If you in the flow why do you have feeder tubs on top?
Not in a flow
on your blog you said your in a flow but ok
Seen this coming months ago..
What type of grass are you stomping on up there?
Green Canadian grass
@@barkersbees😂 ns
@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po haha well… it is :)
Check out this new vaccine for honey bees
I’m going to trial it this year
No drain holes in your pallets🤦🏻♂️
I think this is my 4th spring with you, with no two at all similar.
And not a beekeeper.
I say that to qualify my opinion.
That emotion you are feeling and its magnitude....it is NOT measured against last year's nadir.
I have watched you enough to argue that you measure against what is possible rather than what has been the history.
That feeling you are feeling is because what you are tending to this year is so near optimum. (There may be apiaries doing as well as you, but none are doing better.)
The party pooper then says, "no one ever won a game in the first quarter".
I look and wonder if you should pull in an extra pair of hands for this front end? When you find yourself running the rapids, an extra paddle can make a lot of difference.