I'm happy to see your new bees doing their orientation flights for their new homes, congratulation my friend. May God bless you and your family as well as your business.
Thank you so much. I’ll take all the blessings I can get. Already it’s a challenge to keep these bees safe. More on that in the next video. I appreciate your support and thank you for the kind comment. God bless you and your family as well. Take care and I hope to talk to you again soon.
Hi Brent! Congratulations! Oh it's going now. So cool and very happy for you. All the hard work setting up for the hard working nature keepers has finally arrived. My friend, when the honey flows,,,,I'm in for 2 liters,,,,I use a lot of honey instead of sugar. Oh yeah! Shelbee Honey Farm now operational! Very cool! Take care.
Thank you for the support my friend! I really look forward to hearing from you. Things really seemed to get off to a great start but it has been a true struggle after that. You’ll see more in the next video. I won’t give up though. I can’t wait for the first harvest and to get that honey to you. I’m so blessed to have you watching and encouraging me. God bless you always.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Oh no my friend. You cannot give up. You have come a long way to give up now. Especially the bee hives are all set up. Great job to all your Shelbee Honey Farm Team. I will only support local or in country bee keepers. And to you my friend will for sure support you. Take care, focus, God Bless Us All.
Thank you again for the support and the encouragement. Don’t worry. I won’t give up. It’s much more challenging here than in the United States but it should be worth the effort. Thanks again.
Happy thanksgiving Cathy. I hope you and your family and your bees all have an amazing day. Yes I’m really happy the bees are here but only a few days in it has already been a nightmare. You’ll hear about that in the next video. I’m still grateful though. Loving life every day and praising the Lord. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
Hello again, I’m Gerald and glad to see that you have your Bee’s. My wife and I are now in the Philippines and I am interested in seeing your operation. I’m a 15 year beekeeper and my wife is 9 years now. If you’re interested in meeting up just message me. We are from Florida so pretty much the same temperature as here. Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hey Gerald. Welcome back to the Philippines. Are you originally from here or are you an American expat like me? What island are you on? If you’re ever in Leyte I’d be happy to show you the farm but honestly it’s not that impressive yet. We are just getting set up here. I have a big business plan but we are starting small and trying to build up as fast as we can. What part of Florida are you from? I’m excited to talk to you more. If you want to have a private conversation email me at bkip2022@gmail.com. God bless you brother. I can’t wait to hear from you again so we can exchange info and share stories.
You ARE breaking ground!!! Might be the first foreigner to come over here and setup shop for bees. Got my fingers crossed for you buddy. #pagpalainkaPARDS!!!
Thank you so much for the kind comment and support. It’s been a rough ride but I finally have my business permit and next week I’m going to extract my first honey harvest. Please keep watching to see all the ups and downs of how I got to this point. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
Thank you my friend! Wait until you see the next episode that I’m editing now. Things immediately take a nasty turn right off the bat. I find out that keeping bees here is way harder than at home in the USA. God bless.
Thank you so much. Just a few days in and I have new challenges already to share with everyone in my next video. It has been very frustrating already but hopefully I have it under control. Allow me to say, welcome home to the Philippines! I’ve been missing your comments lately. I understand you had internet issues though. I’m glad you have that resolved. I’m loving your new videos. You have a beautiful home and property! It’s a shame that your water is leaking in the cistern. I hope you get that fixed easily. God bless you my friend. It’s so nice to know you’re home. Bee well.
WOW! Finally you got the bees going my friend. Thank for the seller info, I need to buy too as soon as I have all my equipment arrives from Chicago in balikbayan boxes and all necessary things prepared just as you did. Good luck to your endeavor and your bees. God bless.
Thank you for the kind comment my friend. Tell Edwin you heard about him on my channel. I know he will take good care of you like he did for me. How much equipment did you send from Chicago? It seems like no matter how much you send it's never enough. LOL Good luck to you too. God bless and I hope to hear from you again soon.
In the smoker right? Yeah I'm going to go out and start experimenting with different materials. Too much dry coconut husk was really bad, not enough was also really bad. I had pretty good luck later on with adding in damp palm fronds. I'm going to try a few different things next time to see what works best. I sure do miss pine needles when it comes to keeping a smoker lit for a long time. Take care and bee well.
You’re so lucky! Those aren’t killer bees. There are no killer bees in the Philippines. What you probably have are giant bees known scientifically as Apis Dorsata. They live in trees and in overhangs of caves or buildings. They make tons of honey and massive amounts of wonderful bees wax. I wish I had some on my property. I can’t wait to try to work with them and collect their products. Your workers might know a local honey hunter who can make a very smokey fire to drive the bees away and then maybe you can split the honey and wax with him. It’s a shame though because when they do this they will often force the bees to leave and then the whole hive is harvested and destroyed. It’s hard on the bees. Good luck with it. I hope you’ll include it in your next video if you do anything with them. I hope to hear from you again soon. Take care.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 I wish i can keep them but i need to burn at times unwanter debris around the house. I know we need them to preserve the environment.
I get it completely. No problem or argument there. I’m just saying it would be best if you can find someone who can harvest all that wax and possibly some honey for you before you drive them away. I have an older video on how to process all the wax for free with things you may have in your kitchen already. You might be able to make some nice candles. Good luck and I hope to see it on video sometime. God bless.
LOL! yeah that's what happens when you're cheap and don't want to spend a lot of money for things. You learn to do a lot yourself. God bless you my friend. I'm glad you're here.
That’s awesome! Did you tell him you heard me talk about him in the video? What kind are you getting? I’m sure I’ll be buying queens for a while until I can get a bunch of drones in the area to mate with. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
One of my freind send it your video now only. Iheard you thank him mr madrid. I ordered last april 2022 of new queeb to mr madrid. Apis Millefera on my apiary.
Lol. One problem at a time my friend. One problem at a time. In a couple days when I post my next video you’ll get some insight into my first devastating obstacle. It has been a nightmare already. God bless you my friend. Please keep watching and thank you for the comment.
Hey Andy. Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it. Feel free to ask any questions that you want. I'll take the time to fill you in on anything you want to know. I'm glad you found it interesting and hopefully entertaining. Happy Thanksgiving to you too my friend. God bless and bee well. I hope to hear from you again soon.
With Yekyek and Noy Digoy around I'm always in good hands. We've had rain almost every day for the past couple weeks and all the coconuts I thought I could use are just soaked. God bless you my friend. Happy Thanksgiving to you too. I have to say that even if we don't celebrate Thanksgiving over here officially, every day is Thanksgiving to me. I never forget who blesses me every day to live in this amazing place on this gorgeous planet, and I'm thankful every day. You take care and I hope to hear from you again soon. Please keep the comments coming.
Arch, thank you again for the information. I had no idea there were so many different types of flowering trees that were bee friendly. I’ve been concentrating for the last 3 years on planting fruit for them because I thought it logical to have a second future source of revenue. I hope the forest already has some of these that you mentioned. People don’t realize that more honey is from trees in bloom than ornamental flowers so I’m excited to hear and learn about these that you listed. God bless you always.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 collect environmental fees from visitors when the trees are in bloom while your bees collects nectar. You can also sell flowering ph native trees seedlings for parks development.
congratulations on gettting all set up .mission accomplished.. i cant beelieve you didnt get stung ..they must not like white guys.lol (joking) im guessing that in addition to their recalibrated GPS they can find their own hive from the queens scent? they each have their own high rise condo now to expand into .. very cool thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind comment my friend. I'm so happy to hear from you. Yes! Mission accomplished indeed, but this was the easy part. I'm learning fast that keeping these little bugs alive is actually way harder here than in the USA. You'll have to keep watching. It's incredible how nature works for the good and for the tragic. I'm happy for the bees mostly. They were so gentle. None of us got stung when we were installing them into the hives. I thought they might be grumpy from the long move, but they were really nice. They actually find their way home by sight. They navigate by the sun and by landmarks which is why they fly in circles so long as soon as they come out of the box in a new location. They are fascinating! Pheromones play a really huge role inside the hive to communicate and to alert other bees to threats. If I live 2 more lifetimes I'll never know everything I want to learn about these bugs. Take care and God bless you buddy. I hope to hear from you again really soon. Keep the comments coming.
Whoooooh! Finally! I'll be praying for your success alongside many others. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, the bees you have are all subspecies of A. mellifera? Or are they separate species entirely? Also you seem to have an Arctic Warbler in the farm, right around 8:45. I think it's hanging out around the coconuts. :) A few other species too were distracting me from your commentary hahaha...
Thank you so much. I’m going to need all those prayers. This is already proving to be a huge challenge. You’ll see more in the next video. All the bees are apis melifera, just 3 different subspecies, Italians, Buckfast (named by a monk Beekeeper from the Buckfast Abbey) and Caucasian. Sometimes I get distracted by the beautiful bird calls too. I wish I had the talent to be able to identify them like you. God bless you my friend. I appreciate the kind comment as always. I hope to hear from you again soon.
LOL. Got one. I brought it with me from the US. I just have to find a good sneaky spot to install it. LOL Great idea my friend. God bless you! Please keep the comments coming. I enjoy hearing from you often.
Absolutely, I already have them put away under cover to use as swarm traps or queen mating nucs for when I'm ready to start breeding some new queens. They are great little light weight boxes. God bless you my friend. Thanks for watching. I hope to hear from you again soon.
Good evening. Thank you for taking the time to comment. No I don’t sell colonies. I haven’t had much success in expanding my apiary. If you’re looking for colonies please contact Edwin Madrid. You can find him on facebook. Good luck.
Well, like I said in the video today I’m not a scientist but I believe if memory serves me scientists have identified over 20,000 types of bees in the world. Of course they aren’t all honey bees. I hope that answers your question. God bless you friend. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. Take care.
JB, if you're interested in buying bees, please contact Edwin Madrid. He has so many available whenever you want to get started. He delivers anywhere in the Philippines. He's on Facebook. Let me know if you can't find him. I'm really going to be breeding for additional stock for honey production. That's my focus. Edwin specializes in professional breeding and selling of bees. Thank you my friend. God bless.
You know - there are native stingless bees which provide honey - please consider invasive issues. I applaud you and your efforts but please be mindful.
Ithank you for the comment Patrick. I know what you mean but these bees are from Manila I didn’t import them. There are thousands of European bee colonies all over the Philippines being raised for honey production and of all the bees in the country these are the most difficult to keep alive and propagate. There is no chance of these taking over and pushing out other native species. I’m very aware of the stingless bees but I have no experience in raising them and they produce very small amounts of very expensive honey. My goal here is to bring a product to market that can satisfy the demand for pure natural honey for my community at an affordable price while returning a profit that can support my family. For me, this is the best way I can achieve that goal. Thank you so much for your support. I really appreciate it. God bless you my friend. Bee well. I hope to hear from you again soon.
I'm happy to see your new bees doing their orientation flights for their new homes, congratulation my friend.
May God bless you and your family as well as your business.
Thank you so much. I’ll take all the blessings I can get. Already it’s a challenge to keep these bees safe. More on that in the next video. I appreciate your support and thank you for the kind comment. God bless you and your family as well. Take care and I hope to talk to you again soon.
Hi Brent! Congratulations! Oh it's going now. So cool and very happy for you. All the hard work setting up for the hard working nature keepers has finally arrived. My friend, when the honey flows,,,,I'm in for 2 liters,,,,I use a lot of honey instead of sugar. Oh yeah! Shelbee Honey Farm now operational! Very cool! Take care.
Thank you for the support my friend! I really look forward to hearing from you. Things really seemed to get off to a great start but it has been a true struggle after that. You’ll see more in the next video. I won’t give up though. I can’t wait for the first harvest and to get that honey to you. I’m so blessed to have you watching and encouraging me. God bless you always.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Oh no my friend. You cannot give up. You have come a long way to give up now. Especially the bee hives are all set up. Great job to all your Shelbee Honey Farm Team. I will only support local or in country bee keepers. And to you my friend will for sure support you. Take care, focus, God Bless Us All.
Thank you again for the support and the encouragement. Don’t worry. I won’t give up. It’s much more challenging here than in the United States but it should be worth the effort. Thanks again.
Yay for bees! Mine were doing cleansing flights yesterday. Today is Thanksgiving
Happy thanksgiving Cathy. I hope you and your family and your bees all have an amazing day. Yes I’m really happy the bees are here but only a few days in it has already been a nightmare. You’ll hear about that in the next video. I’m still grateful though. Loving life every day and praising the Lord. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
Hello again, I’m Gerald and glad to see that you have your Bee’s.
My wife and I are now in the Philippines and I am interested in seeing your operation. I’m a 15 year beekeeper and my wife is 9 years now.
If you’re interested in meeting up just message me.
We are from Florida so pretty much the same temperature as here.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hey Gerald. Welcome back to the Philippines. Are you originally from here or are you an American expat like me? What island are you on? If you’re ever in Leyte I’d be happy to show you the farm but honestly it’s not that impressive yet. We are just getting set up here. I have a big business plan but we are starting small and trying to build up as fast as we can. What part of Florida are you from? I’m excited to talk to you more. If you want to have a private conversation email me at bkip2022@gmail.com. God bless you brother. I can’t wait to hear from you again so we can exchange info and share stories.
You ARE breaking ground!!! Might be the first foreigner to come over here and setup shop for bees. Got my fingers crossed for you buddy. #pagpalainkaPARDS!!!
Thank you so much for the kind comment and support. It’s been a rough ride but I finally have my business permit and next week I’m going to extract my first honey harvest. Please keep watching to see all the ups and downs of how I got to this point. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 #BEEwell... yooooo!!! You just made your closing tagline for ALL future videos. Hehe #BEEwell
Absolutely. Sometimes I get carried away and forget what I’m saying but it’s all fun. Take care and again thank you for the kind support.
Hey man
Congrats on the bees
Thank you my friend! Wait until you see the next episode that I’m editing now. Things immediately take a nasty turn right off the bat. I find out that keeping bees here is way harder than at home in the USA. God bless.
Good luck 🤞🤞🤞.
Thank you so much. Just a few days in and I have new challenges already to share with everyone in my next video. It has been very frustrating already but hopefully I have it under control. Allow me to say, welcome home to the Philippines! I’ve been missing your comments lately. I understand you had internet issues though. I’m glad you have that resolved. I’m loving your new videos. You have a beautiful home and property! It’s a shame that your water is leaking in the cistern. I hope you get that fixed easily. God bless you my friend. It’s so nice to know you’re home. Bee well.
WOW! Finally you got the bees going my friend. Thank for the seller info, I need to buy too as soon as I have all my equipment arrives from Chicago in balikbayan boxes and all necessary things prepared just as you did. Good luck to your endeavor and your bees. God bless.
Thank you for the kind comment my friend. Tell Edwin you heard about him on my channel. I know he will take good care of you like he did for me. How much equipment did you send from Chicago? It seems like no matter how much you send it's never enough. LOL Good luck to you too. God bless and I hope to hear from you again soon.
Yes green grass or leaves
In the smoker right? Yeah I'm going to go out and start experimenting with different materials. Too much dry coconut husk was really bad, not enough was also really bad. I had pretty good luck later on with adding in damp palm fronds. I'm going to try a few different things next time to see what works best. I sure do miss pine needles when it comes to keeping a smoker lit for a long time. Take care and bee well.
nice one man !!! Love it
Thank you my friend. I really appreciate the kind comment. I hope you’re well and I hope to hear from you again soon. God bless.
Another Videos Awesome 👋🙌✌️👌👍👍👍
Hey Pia. I'm glad you could make it. Thank you so much. This is just the intro. I have so much more to share soon.
BTW, I have big killer bees on top of my tree!!! The colony is soooo big that my workers told me not to ever build fire near the area.
You’re so lucky! Those aren’t killer bees. There are no killer bees in the Philippines. What you probably have are giant bees known scientifically as Apis Dorsata. They live in trees and in overhangs of caves or buildings. They make tons of honey and massive amounts of wonderful bees wax. I wish I had some on my property. I can’t wait to try to work with them and collect their products. Your workers might know a local honey hunter who can make a very smokey fire to drive the bees away and then maybe you can split the honey and wax with him. It’s a shame though because when they do this they will often force the bees to leave and then the whole hive is harvested and destroyed. It’s hard on the bees. Good luck with it. I hope you’ll include it in your next video if you do anything with them. I hope to hear from you again soon. Take care.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 I wish i can keep them but i need to burn at times unwanter debris around the house. I know we need them to preserve the environment.
I get it completely. No problem or argument there. I’m just saying it would be best if you can find someone who can harvest all that wax and possibly some honey for you before you drive them away. I have an older video on how to process all the wax for free with things you may have in your kitchen already. You might be able to make some nice candles. Good luck and I hope to see it on video sometime. God bless.
You really are the Handyman 😂👍👌✌️
LOL! yeah that's what happens when you're cheap and don't want to spend a lot of money for things. You learn to do a lot yourself. God bless you my friend. I'm glad you're here.
Some of my New QueenBee coming from Mr. Madrid.
That’s awesome! Did you tell him you heard me talk about him in the video? What kind are you getting? I’m sure I’ll be buying queens for a while until I can get a bunch of drones in the area to mate with. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
One of my freind send it your video now only. Iheard you thank him mr madrid. I ordered last april 2022 of new queeb to mr madrid. Apis Millefera on my apiary.
That’s excellent! Good luck with the new queens. I hope they work well for you.
They have a good performance.
That’s what matters. Good laying queens are key to the colony survival.
oh i belive you forgot to tackle one major problem... the wasps in your surrounding trees and crevices.
Lol. One problem at a time my friend. One problem at a time. In a couple days when I post my next video you’ll get some insight into my first devastating obstacle. It has been a nightmare already. God bless you my friend. Please keep watching and thank you for the comment.
I have no idea what's going on but it's interesting to watch. Happy Thanksgiving !
Hey Andy. Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it. Feel free to ask any questions that you want. I'll take the time to fill you in on anything you want to know. I'm glad you found it interesting and hopefully entertaining. Happy Thanksgiving to you too my friend. God bless and bee well. I hope to hear from you again soon.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Oh yes, Happy thanks giving baybayanon
Thank God your smoker is working, finally. Let the Filipino figure that out your in good hands. Happy Thanksgivings!
With Yekyek and Noy Digoy around I'm always in good hands. We've had rain almost every day for the past couple weeks and all the coconuts I thought I could use are just soaked. God bless you my friend. Happy Thanksgiving to you too. I have to say that even if we don't celebrate Thanksgiving over here officially, every day is Thanksgiving to me. I never forget who blesses me every day to live in this amazing place on this gorgeous planet, and I'm thankful every day. You take care and I hope to hear from you again soon. Please keep the comments coming.
I have use of two and working on a third plot of farm land in the province
Try planting flowering ph native trees like banaba, bagawak, lagundi bees love them
Arch, thank you again for the information. I had no idea there were so many different types of flowering trees that were bee friendly. I’ve been concentrating for the last 3 years on planting fruit for them because I thought it logical to have a second future source of revenue. I hope the forest already has some of these that you mentioned. People don’t realize that more honey is from trees in bloom than ornamental flowers so I’m excited to hear and learn about these that you listed. God bless you always.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 collect environmental fees from visitors when the trees are in bloom while your bees collects nectar. You can also sell flowering ph native trees seedlings for parks development.
congratulations on gettting all set up .mission accomplished.. i cant beelieve you didnt get stung ..they must not like white guys.lol (joking) im guessing that in addition to their recalibrated GPS they can find their own hive from the queens scent? they each have their own high rise condo now to expand into .. very cool
thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind comment my friend. I'm so happy to hear from you. Yes! Mission accomplished indeed, but this was the easy part. I'm learning fast that keeping these little bugs alive is actually way harder here than in the USA. You'll have to keep watching. It's incredible how nature works for the good and for the tragic. I'm happy for the bees mostly. They were so gentle. None of us got stung when we were installing them into the hives. I thought they might be grumpy from the long move, but they were really nice. They actually find their way home by sight. They navigate by the sun and by landmarks which is why they fly in circles so long as soon as they come out of the box in a new location. They are fascinating! Pheromones play a really huge role inside the hive to communicate and to alert other bees to threats. If I live 2 more lifetimes I'll never know everything I want to learn about these bugs. Take care and God bless you buddy. I hope to hear from you again really soon. Keep the comments coming.
Whoooooh! Finally! I'll be praying for your success alongside many others.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, the bees you have are all subspecies of A. mellifera? Or are they separate species entirely?
Also you seem to have an Arctic Warbler in the farm, right around 8:45. I think it's hanging out around the coconuts. :)
A few other species too were distracting me from your commentary hahaha...
Thank you so much. I’m going to need all those prayers. This is already proving to be a huge challenge. You’ll see more in the next video. All the bees are apis melifera, just 3 different subspecies, Italians, Buckfast (named by a monk Beekeeper from the Buckfast Abbey) and Caucasian. Sometimes I get distracted by the beautiful bird calls too. I wish I had the talent to be able to identify them like you. God bless you my friend. I appreciate the kind comment as always. I hope to hear from you again soon.
Now buy a TRAIL CAMERA WITH 250 SSD CARD so you can keep an eye on those boxes
LOL. Got one. I brought it with me from the US. I just have to find a good sneaky spot to install it. LOL Great idea my friend. God bless you! Please keep the comments coming. I enjoy hearing from you often.
I have you seen any movies about gladiators?
Shirley you must be joking.
Keep your nukes boxes for new traps or splits
Absolutely, I already have them put away under cover to use as swarm traps or queen mating nucs for when I'm ready to start breeding some new queens. They are great little light weight boxes. God bless you my friend. Thanks for watching. I hope to hear from you again soon.
How do you go managing Varroa and Tropilaelaps?
Good afternoon sir.. did you sell a bee colony? Thank you
Good evening. Thank you for taking the time to comment. No I don’t sell colonies. I haven’t had much success in expanding my apiary. If you’re looking for colonies please contact Edwin Madrid. You can find him on facebook. Good luck.
How many types or breeds of bees are known to man ?
Well, like I said in the video today I’m not a scientist but I believe if memory serves me scientists have identified over 20,000 types of bees in the world. Of course they aren’t all honey bees. I hope that answers your question. God bless you friend. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. Take care.
would like to buy some new hive from you soon when you start your breeding process..
JB, if you're interested in buying bees, please contact Edwin Madrid. He has so many available whenever you want to get started. He delivers anywhere in the Philippines. He's on Facebook. Let me know if you can't find him. I'm really going to be breeding for additional stock for honey production. That's my focus. Edwin specializes in professional breeding and selling of bees. Thank you my friend. God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 thanks 👍
You’re welcome my friend. I hope you can get your bees soon. Please keep me posted. I’m interested in your progress.
And it begins……
Yes! Finally! I'm so happy. Now if I can keep them alive and working I'll be real happy. God bless you my friend.
You know - there are native stingless bees which provide honey - please consider invasive issues. I applaud you and your efforts but please be mindful.
Ithank you for the comment Patrick. I know what you mean but these bees are from Manila I didn’t import them. There are thousands of European bee colonies all over the Philippines being raised for honey production and of all the bees in the country these are the most difficult to keep alive and propagate. There is no chance of these taking over and pushing out other native species. I’m very aware of the stingless bees but I have no experience in raising them and they produce very small amounts of very expensive honey. My goal here is to bring a product to market that can satisfy the demand for pure natural honey for my community at an affordable price while returning a profit that can support my family. For me, this is the best way I can achieve that goal. Thank you so much for your support. I really appreciate it. God bless you my friend. Bee well. I hope to hear from you again soon.
Different honey. Ten times more expensive too.