Those are what I'd call 🤨perplexed facial reactions.😂 I like Jack, Jack teaches me things about plants. Thanks for sharing your time with us Bob, Blessed Days...
Another great educational video! We have invasive Korean Perilla mint here in the eastern ozarks. Last year bees made fall harvest for us. I liked it personally. It was dark, flowers are blue. Not sure if that makes a difference.
🤔Can you be a Bee King and a Honey Judge at the same time😁Bob Bennie The a Judicious King of Honey Bees.👍 Thanks much Bob, I really enjoy your videos. Blessed Days...
Good Morning Bob Binnie! Happy Sunday to ya. Jack is a world of knowledge on plants and flowers. He has a great speaking voice. Kinda like morgan freeman. Thanks for sharing sir!
Great video Bob, thanks! I’m getting ready to take a few supers of honey off my hives here in NE Pennsylvania. You energized my curiosity as to what the flavor will be like! Thanks again for another wonderful insight into your operation!
Hello Bob. Last year some honey was naturally infused with Horse Mint and I was surprised to find it. The taste was amazing. We have areas of Horse Mint that cover acres and acres here in N Texas. We receive no measurable rain for a month or so.
@@susanrowland8915due to low content of mint the test/flavor is noticeable but no noticeable color. I see the ladies testing the mint honey there at the Bob store and they didn’t have a fast straight answer which makes me think that the honey was probably not 100% mint honey. Anyway the mint honey is very delicious also.
We have mountain mint here in California at 2,750 ft. elevation in a big lower meadow about 100 or more yards from where I kept my colonies of honeybees for years. It is in full sunlight even though many conifer trees surround the area. There's a lot of winter rain runoff that accumulates in the spring and it grows well despite that. The bees, butterflies, and other local insects flock to pollinate it while also gathering ample nectar from the flowers. The deer and rabbits don't seem to bother it very much. I will pick some leaves and chew on them when walking down through the fields where the plants grow to the small pond below it. I grab sprigs to bring up to my hives early in the morning to rub on my hands, arms, and face to keep the mosquitoes away. Quite aromatic when you rub the leaves between your fingers. And I will often chew a bit in my mouth to sometimes help with heartburn and digestion. Will hang and dry out some cut plants too for mint honey lemon tea for later in the winter. Lots of individual florets when blooming over a period of time around the bud, kind of like the beneficial weed plantain that grows here that the bees also go after for nectar pollen that you mentioned in a previous video. So appreciate the knowledge and footage about how mountain mint grows in your area, the taste when rendered into honey, and to all those that shared the specifics on the plantings next to your home and neighbors. Thanks, Gary. 🐝
Katie is impressive. Instead of wine, she's a honey expert. I guess every region has its unique flavors. Each year our local honey tastes a little bit different.
Amazing 😃 really interesting to learn about rare north American honeys and their plants. See your team was definitely gun shy about the green honey 😂 I had a interesting honey experience myself yesterday, helping a hobbyist with three hives, unfortunately he left the queen excluders on a single deep management, lost one colony completely, so I pulled the deep honey super off that but the bee's had quite a bit of burr comb capped on the queen excluder and it's a lot lighter than thyme honey so I tasted some and it was eucalyptus and thyme mixed, a neighbor of his has quite a stand of eucalyptus growing for firewood harvesting and it's not a bad mix, thyme and eucalyptus honey. Novel experience pulling a capped honey super in mid winter though😂 25 kilos or 55 american pounds, not bad for a inexperienced first year beekeeper👍 just gotta help him fine tune a few things and he'll be on fire 👍🔥 great video 👍👋
Hello Bob here in central NC I had a different taste of honey this year in just PART of my spring honey an have never had it before . It was kind of like a medicine taste . That is the best thing I can think of for the taste an it was real real clear but after a few weeks it does have a little red tint to it an that medicine taste seams to go away some an the first taste when uncapping was not good at all . I do not think was privet mixed in became it comes at a different time an our weather damaged it but I did get a little bit of privet. Ya for sure every year is different. Thanks
Good info bob as always I made a honey this year that had a buttery taste kinda like the old kings syrup for pancakes I don't know what it was may even been a honey dew
I must say good day Bob. It's 2PM here. That doesn't look at all like the other varieties of mints... they mostly have blueish flowers and hairy oily leaves. I grow a lot of them and oregano for teas and pizza mixes. I even export to US oregano for pizza that actually is 3/4 oregano and 1/4 mint. They like poor soils and full sun. It's like a blue carpet when they flower.. usually with a little of black berry flow l can get a super or two. But mint where l am can flower many times in a year if it gets enough rain. If the competition knew how many times l extract mint and oregano l would be constantly surrounded with hives in trailers. The honey is almost transparent.. like black locust
My bees made a good amount of spring honey this year, I’ve been struggling what to call it, light green hue, tastes like freshly split cherry wood smells, I think a mix of wild cherry and black locust
I have a small patch of mountain mint near my apiary but I rarely see honeybees on it. I see mainly bumble bees , wasps and bald faced hornets working the mint.
40 to 48 is about the limit that I like but I actually prefer 32. We're slowly getting down to that as we downsize. Although over two miles is best we do have a few as close as a mile. We're working on that too.
Bob, Great video. Quick question. What syrup ratio do you use to draw out foundation after the flow? 1:1 or something less? I have heard you mention a lesser ratio. Although most people do 1:1.
Bob l have a question about the Metcalfa crickets that are from US and central America. I just made 3 deeps of their dark honey in 2 weeks. Here it's considered a medicinal honey that I can sell for people with diabetes. It's very rare to have a good year for it. So far it's only in Italy and the south of Croatia. I remember you saying that those kind of honeys don't taste good over there and people don't like it. It's so strange to me. Do you ever get that honey ? Or the other kinds of similarly made ones ? It's actually pretty expensive here. It made my year much better
I know that honeydews from around the world have different tastes. My experience with it is from aphids. When I lived in Oregon it came in late summer but in this area it comes in in late May and early June. Both are from aphids.
@@bobbinnie9872 from what I can find Metcalfa is a cicada. I imagine we imported it from Texas or some other place that has a lot of container ships traffic with our ports. Yes it's aphids that give the honeydew here too. But never in the early months.. it has to be hot summer conditions and where l am it's rare to get it. Maybe every 5 years. The Metcalfa is a new one and it gives much more and faster. I was lucky that I keep scales under a couple of hives in every yard. I got a message from the scales on my phone and run to put boxes. It's still going on in three yards. Thanks Bob
I think it's a very good honey actually improving my lavender crop and my black berry. It's very rare that I can get it clean of other plants. There's at least oregano with it.. they flower at the same time and are similar looking. But you can't taste the mint in mint honey.. not in the mints used for tea and oil production
Thanks for the video Bob! I was wondering if you have a video on different types of honey and their different characteristics? I know you explain a lot about honeys in your videos,just wondering if you have one that is honey specific. I see lots of colors of honey in my hives and would like to have some idea what it might be😂.
Hi Mr Binnie. You mentioned to me about hive beetles and pollen patties other day this time of year in augusta ga and I wholeheartedly agree. What is your opinion of dry pollen from man lake in a feeder for my small yard of bees? I have never used it
Very cool vid Bob! Always learn some good stuff.😁
Those are what I'd call 🤨perplexed facial reactions.😂
I like Jack, Jack teaches me things about plants. Thanks for sharing your time with us Bob, Blessed Days...
Another great educational video! We have invasive Korean Perilla mint here in the eastern ozarks. Last year bees made fall harvest for us. I liked it personally. It was dark, flowers are blue. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Jack is such an amazing man. His knowledge is incredible. Thanks Bob for the video and have a great week.
🤔Can you be a Bee King and a Honey Judge at the same time😁Bob Bennie The a Judicious King of Honey Bees.👍
Thanks much Bob, I really enjoy your videos. Blessed Days...
Good Morning Bob Binnie! Happy Sunday to ya. Jack is a world of knowledge on plants and flowers. He has a great speaking voice. Kinda like morgan freeman. Thanks for sharing sir!
Thanks for the info
Another great video- Jack is a volume of knowledge! Really wonderful for you to make these videos on specific flower types.
Great video Bob, thanks!
I’m getting ready to take a few supers of honey off my hives here in NE Pennsylvania. You energized my curiosity as to what the flavor will be like! Thanks again for another wonderful insight into your operation!
Hello Bob. Last year some honey was naturally infused with Horse Mint and I was surprised to find it. The taste was amazing. We have areas of Horse Mint that cover acres and acres here in N Texas. We receive no measurable rain for a month or so.
When you had a good bit of horse mint, what was your honey like? Thanks!
@@susanrowland8915due to low content of mint the test/flavor is noticeable but no noticeable color. I see the ladies testing the mint honey there at the Bob store and they didn’t have a fast straight answer which makes me think that the honey was probably not 100% mint honey. Anyway the mint honey is very delicious also.
Have Jack give a seminar on identifying honey plants at the Bee Expo
We have mountain mint here in California at 2,750 ft. elevation in a big lower meadow about 100 or more yards from where I kept my colonies of honeybees for years. It is in full sunlight even though many conifer trees surround the area. There's a lot of winter rain runoff that accumulates in the spring and it grows well despite that. The bees, butterflies, and other local insects flock to pollinate it while also gathering ample nectar from the flowers. The deer and rabbits don't seem to bother it very much. I will pick some leaves and chew on them when walking down through the fields where the plants grow to the small pond below it. I grab sprigs to bring up to my hives early in the morning to rub on my hands, arms, and face to keep the mosquitoes away. Quite aromatic when you rub the leaves between your fingers. And I will often chew a bit in my mouth to sometimes help with heartburn and digestion. Will hang and dry out some cut plants too for mint honey lemon tea for later in the winter. Lots of individual florets when blooming over a period of time around the bud, kind of like the beneficial weed plantain that grows here that the bees also go after for nectar pollen that you mentioned in a previous video. So appreciate the knowledge and footage about how mountain mint grows in your area, the taste when rendered into honey, and to all those that shared the specifics on the plantings next to your home and neighbors. Thanks, Gary. 🐝
Katie is impressive. Instead of wine, she's a honey expert.
I guess every region has its unique flavors. Each year our local honey tastes a little bit different.
As always something interesting on a Sunday morning. Thank You for the fun and informative videos!
Good morning Bob, thanks for all the videos! I love seeing you guys checking all the different yards
Amazing 😃 really interesting to learn about rare north American honeys and their plants. See your team was definitely gun shy about the green honey 😂 I had a interesting honey experience myself yesterday, helping a hobbyist with three hives, unfortunately he left the queen excluders on a single deep management, lost one colony completely, so I pulled the deep honey super off that but the bee's had quite a bit of burr comb capped on the queen excluder and it's a lot lighter than thyme honey so I tasted some and it was eucalyptus and thyme mixed, a neighbor of his has quite a stand of eucalyptus growing for firewood harvesting and it's not a bad mix, thyme and eucalyptus honey. Novel experience pulling a capped honey super in mid winter though😂 25 kilos or 55 american pounds, not bad for a inexperienced first year beekeeper👍 just gotta help him fine tune a few things and he'll be on fire 👍🔥 great video 👍👋
Good morning Bob and crew, thank you.
Good morning.
Hello Bob here in central NC I had a different taste of honey this year in just PART of my spring honey an have never had it before . It was kind of like a medicine taste . That is the best thing I can think of for the taste an it was real real clear but after a few weeks it does have a little red tint to it an that medicine taste seams to go away some an the first taste when uncapping was not good at all . I do not think was privet mixed in became it comes at a different time an our weather damaged it but I did get a little bit of privet. Ya for sure every year is different. Thanks
It might be Wild Cherry.
Good info bob as always I made a honey this year that had a buttery taste kinda like the old kings syrup for pancakes I don't know what it was may even been a honey dew
I must say good day Bob. It's 2PM here. That doesn't look at all like the other varieties of mints... they mostly have blueish flowers and hairy oily leaves. I grow a lot of them and oregano for teas and pizza mixes. I even export to US oregano for pizza that actually is 3/4 oregano and 1/4 mint. They like poor soils and full sun. It's like a blue carpet when they flower.. usually with a little of black berry flow l can get a super or two. But mint where l am can flower many times in a year if it gets enough rain. If the competition knew how many times l extract mint and oregano l would be constantly surrounded with hives in trailers. The honey is almost transparent.. like black locust
My bees made a good amount of spring honey this year, I’ve been struggling what to call it, light green hue, tastes like freshly split cherry wood smells, I think a mix of wild cherry and black locust
Jack has such a distinctive voice, did he work in radio or tv? Another great video Bob! Always enjoy watching your videos!
Thanks. Jack has no training. He just sounds that way.
I just discovered this on my property in the last month. Not a ton of it but they are interesting looking that's for sure
That’s a smart plant guy
I have a small patch of mountain mint near my apiary but I rarely see honeybees on it. I see mainly bumble bees , wasps and bald faced hornets working the mint.
I actually just saw that in my area of southern indiana
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Cool😊
Hey Bob when you say you like to have 40-48 hives a yard about how far spaced out have you found is ideal. I guess by how the crow flies?
40 to 48 is about the limit that I like but I actually prefer 32. We're slowly getting down to that as we downsize. Although over two miles is best we do have a few as close as a mile. We're working on that too.
Bob,
Great video. Quick question. What syrup ratio do you use to draw out foundation after the flow? 1:1 or something less? I have heard you mention a lesser ratio. Although most people do 1:1.
1 to 1 will work fine and gain weight also. Using something thinner will actually stimulate more brood production which you may or may not want.
Want some to make mead!!! Would be interesting to age it for sure and see how it tasted after 6 mths.
It could be good. You never know.
My 3 yr old grandson would probably go wild on that mountain mint we cannot keep him out of my wife’s mint plants 😂
Would mint honey go well with lamb as a sauce?
🤔
That would be good for green tea.
Bob l have a question about the Metcalfa crickets that are from US and central America. I just made 3 deeps of their dark honey in 2 weeks. Here it's considered a medicinal honey that I can sell for people with diabetes. It's very rare to have a good year for it. So far it's only in Italy and the south of Croatia.
I remember you saying that those kind of honeys don't taste good over there and people don't like it. It's so strange to me. Do you ever get that honey ? Or the other kinds of similarly made ones ? It's actually pretty expensive here. It made my year much better
I know that honeydews from around the world have different tastes. My experience with it is from aphids. When I lived in Oregon it came in late summer but in this area it comes in in late May and early June. Both are from aphids.
@@bobbinnie9872 from what I can find Metcalfa is a cicada. I imagine we imported it from Texas or some other place that has a lot of container ships traffic with our ports.
Yes it's aphids that give the honeydew here too. But never in the early months.. it has to be hot summer conditions and where l am it's rare to get it. Maybe every 5 years. The Metcalfa is a new one and it gives much more and faster. I was lucky that I keep scales under a couple of hives in every yard. I got a message from the scales on my phone and run to put boxes. It's still going on in three yards. Thanks Bob
Good Morning Bob !
Good morning sir!
Is mint good for the honey??
Good question but I don't know.
I think it's a very good honey actually improving my lavender crop and my black berry. It's very rare that I can get it clean of other plants. There's at least oregano with it.. they flower at the same time and are similar looking.
But you can't taste the mint in mint honey.. not in the mints used for tea and oil production
I wonder how it would be in a mint tea, or any tea.
I don't think it's the variety for tea. I grow and harvest mints for tea and that doesn't look at all like that
Thanks for the video Bob! I was wondering if you have a video on different types of honey and their different characteristics? I know you explain a lot about honeys in your videos,just wondering if you have one that is honey specific. I see lots of colors of honey in my hives and would like to have some idea what it might be😂.
That would be a good subject for a video but I have not done one. Perhaps a winter project.👍
@@bobbinnie9872 sounds great! 👍🐝
Hi Mr Binnie. You mentioned to me about hive beetles and pollen patties other day this time of year in augusta ga and I wholeheartedly agree. What is your opinion of dry pollen from man lake in a feeder for my small yard of bees? I have never used it
@@davidwhitman9182 It could work but honestly I have not tried that in summer so I don't know for sure.
One day i will be the first comment lol