Yeah the weather man sent that rain of yours to us. Coming down in 50 gallon drums today! We could use the rain here. Tulip poplar and locust are still in tight bud so bodes well for the floral bloom and nectar flow. Further south of us (40 miles) the locust are in full bloom. Just celebrated our 11th as well! Have fun with the young'n.
Nathan, If you have a 7 pin trailer connector on the rear of your truck, you can exchange your battery clips for a female 7 pin and use the truck battery to power your pump. Keep from having a battery laying unsecured in the bed with the metal framed hose reel, and one less thing to lug around and remember to charge. I use a 40 gallon spot sprayer tank with this arrangement, and also have a diesel tank and pump setup this way. Your pump should only draw 1 or 2 Amps under load, so little risk of killing your truck while you are out working, provided your battery is good.
Love my bucket feeders I bought from Greg. The main difference for me is they don't take the feed as fast as the frame feeders. Sometimes that's nice. Other times I use the frame feeders too, especially for fall feeding. Buckets are great for Nucs!
Dipping a comb in water when it is straight off the extractor may well promote fermentation in any honey residue. I'll be interested to follow your processes this fall. Great series.
Another great video. Thank you. I was watching Gus Mitchell last summer. He stores his drawn comb outside by alternating the boc orientation so that light and air get into each box. I live in the vicinity of Lansing Michigan and stored my drawn comb that way last winter. I’m pleased with the results.
I think that works best with frames that have never had brood in them. The wax moth is looking for protein in the cocoons, not the carbohydrates in leftover honey or just plain wax. I don't know if small hive beetle ever gets into stored frames.
Why does the honey off a hive tool always taste better than out of the jar??? Being able to eat that fresh honey directly out of the boxes is a huge reason why I love the trade of beekeeping!!!
I use certan but you need to let the bees clean out the comb first and spray. Also did I miss a video on your spray ridge and with the pump do you need to pressurize the drum? Sounds like a great video. Happy Anniversary
Certan works great. U have to spray it on the frame not dip the frame onto the water. You can leave the frames than onto the suppers vertically so the comb dries from the spray max 24 hoyrs and you can stack the supers with the frames in a dried place. Works fine, 3rd year using it.
@@DuckRiverHoney I spray each frame from both sides and also a quick spray of the box. Leave them max 24 hours to dry out and then stack boxes on each other. Very simple and very efrective. No issues at all with the wax moth. Have also trued to stire frames with honey and no issues on them also. Bear in mind to make the mix correct as described in the label
I will agree the two I had that was hot the one bad year I had they did make one more box of honey but it was not worth the bite so they got new moms and I got my shorts and t-shirts back
Thanks for the update. Are you in line with making as much or more honey than last year? I know it is tough to make honey and bees. Have a good time on your anniversary.
Thanks Russell! It’s a little early to tell. I think I have 30 or 32 strong production colonies left from the 40 I started with. Had 22 last year. So if the flow is good I should make more. I’ve grown from 40 to somewhere around 80-85ish hives as well.
Hi Nathan, thanks for sharing your progress. My question is regarding wet supers. Do you allow the bees to clean them up or what. You mentions dipping after extraction for Certan application, but how about normally?
You have mentioned that you possibly will treat with OA and check mite drop before adding supers. Would you still do that after introducing new queens 3 weeks ago? earlier earlier
FYI , your OA treat and check drop method works. I have 22 hives and did treatment before supering. After 24 hours, 22 hives had 3- 15 mite drop count. Not bad for a whole Colony. The other 2 had 81 and 93. Yikes! More treatment on the way... Thanks for the info!
Your medicinal honey description sounded like wild cherry... But I know Tennessee and you probably have several minor flows depending on topography.... Have you considered using better bees honey test? I wonder if a honey label with actual scientific contents list would help marketing strategies. Interested in your thoughts.
I’ve really been thinking about sending some honey off for testing. More for my own knowledge than marketing. I didn’t know that betterbee was doing that.
At 15 minutes into the video and after, you talk about shade and how it causes bees to grow more slowly, and have more small hive beetle pressure. I have read that about the Beatles before. But then you say something that makes it sound like they make more honey in the shade. Is that true?
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Yeah the weather man sent that rain of yours to us. Coming down in 50 gallon drums today! We could use the rain here. Tulip poplar and locust are still in tight bud so bodes well for the floral bloom and nectar flow. Further south of us (40 miles) the locust are in full bloom. Just celebrated our 11th as well! Have fun with the young'n.
Thanks Nancy! Hope you have good flows this year.
Great video Nathan!! You gotta take time to enjoy the buzz!!!!!
Thanks Keith!
Nathan, If you have a 7 pin trailer connector on the rear of your truck, you can exchange your battery clips for a female 7 pin and use the truck battery to power your pump. Keep from having a battery laying unsecured in the bed with the metal framed hose reel, and one less thing to lug around and remember to charge. I use a 40 gallon spot sprayer tank with this arrangement, and also have a diesel tank and pump setup this way. Your pump should only draw 1 or 2 Amps under load, so little risk of killing your truck while you are out working, provided your battery is good.
Thanks! I’d heard of that but haven’t fooled with it yet. I do have a 7 pin.
Nathan..another great video! Thanks for a tour around your yards!! Hope y’all have a great anniversary!! God Bless!
Thanks Meloney!
Happy anniversary. Enjoy the camping trip. Life goes on.
Thanks Barry!
Keep yourself breathing by checker boarding and injecting drawn frames into the brood nest
Thanks John!
Happy anniversary! Enjoyed the video. Glad your getting some flow. Your yards are growing and your working hard. Thanks for sharing. Take care.
Thanks! I appreciate it. I have a bottle of your honey and I remember meeting you at Hive Life, but for the life of me I can’t remember your name?
@@DuckRiverHoney Garry Atkinson.
I’ll remember this time Garry!
Nice seeing you work with Cory Steven’s. Looking forward to seeing more from that trip
It was a fun trip and I learned a lot.
Very well done video!
Thanks!
Love my bucket feeders I bought from Greg. The main difference for me is they don't take the feed as fast as the frame feeders. Sometimes that's nice. Other times I use the frame feeders too, especially for fall feeding. Buckets are great for Nucs!
Thanks Nick, I need some for divided nucs…need to feed both sides and buckets fit the bill.
Dipping a comb in water when it is straight off the extractor may well promote fermentation in any honey residue. I'll be interested to follow your processes this fall. Great series.
I’d have to run the combs back through my drying room.
Happy anniversary 😊
Thanks!
Another great video. Thank you. I was watching Gus Mitchell last summer. He stores his drawn comb outside by alternating the boc orientation so that light and air get into each box. I live in the vicinity of Lansing Michigan and stored my drawn comb that way last winter. I’m pleased with the results.
I’ve seen that on Gus’ channel. I’m reluctant to try it.
I think that works best with frames that have never had brood in them. The wax moth is looking for protein in the cocoons, not the carbohydrates in leftover honey or just plain wax.
I don't know if small hive beetle ever gets into stored frames.
Not during winter but they would go after full frames.
Why does the honey off a hive tool always taste better than out of the jar??? Being able to eat that fresh honey directly out of the boxes is a huge reason why I love the trade of beekeeping!!!
Good stuff Tim!
I use certan but you need to let the bees clean out the comb first and spray.
Also did I miss a video on your spray ridge and with the pump do you need to pressurize the drum? Sounds like a great video.
Happy Anniversary
Thanks Malcom, I haven’t done a video on my syrup rig yet.
Certan works great. U have to spray it on the frame not dip the frame onto the water. You can leave the frames than onto the suppers vertically so the comb dries from the spray max 24 hoyrs and you can stack the supers with the frames in a dried place. Works fine, 3rd year using it.
Do you spray boxes or each frame?
@@DuckRiverHoney I spray each frame from both sides and also a quick spray of the box. Leave them max 24 hours to dry out and then stack boxes on each other. Very simple and very efrective. No issues at all with the wax moth. Have also trued to stire frames with honey and no issues on them also. Bear in mind to make the mix correct as described in the label
@@VENAL Where do you buy Certan?
Thanks!
I liked the video. It was interesting seeing all your locations. Thanks for answering my question. Hope you don’t have any swarms that get spicy. 😊
Thanks Dave! Good to hear from you.
I will agree the two I had that was hot the one bad year I had they did make one more box of honey but it was not worth the bite so they got new moms and I got my shorts and t-shirts back
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Thanks for the update. Are you in line with making as much or more honey than last year? I know it is tough to make honey and bees. Have a good time on your anniversary.
Thanks Russell! It’s a little early to tell. I think I have 30 or 32 strong production colonies left from the 40 I started with. Had 22 last year. So if the flow is good I should make more. I’ve grown from 40 to somewhere around 80-85ish hives as well.
You keep a record of how much syrup you pump in , Peter 🇦🇺
Not really. I fill the tank and then my feeders are 1 gallon so I can fill about 50 feeders before running out.
I’m seeing blackberries already blooming, big patches of them. Couple weeks early I believe
Blackberry is maybe a few days early here. Poplar a little early. Apple and locust late.
Did you buy all your bottoms or build them? Enjoying your journey. Thank you
I bought them from an Amish supplier in Ethridge, TN
You're lucky you don't have to worry about bears. They are a problem here in NJ.
They may move this way, but not yet.
Hi Nathan, thanks for sharing your progress. My question is regarding wet supers. Do you allow the bees to clean them up or what. You mentions dipping after extraction for Certan application, but how about normally?
In TN it’s illegal to open feed honey, ie let bees clean out supers 🤐.
That’s crazy. So how do you deal with them
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Are you lighting your smoker by just applying the torch to the outside of it? I use a torch, but blast it in from the top.
Yes I do.
Nathan, do you have a video with specs for the wax tank and using it?
Not yet
Ok where did you get the feed hose reel set up? I like that.
I put it together over winter.
@Duck River Honey you need to do a video on it...I have been fussing with for a couple of seasons and I'm still not there yet.
They’re aggravating but I think this system works OK. The pump is the weak link.
we dont call those wheel bugs but stink bugs.
Wheel bugs are assassin bugs…we’ve got Korean stink bugs too but they’re something different.
another great video of your journey....... could you please do a video onnyour long hive ??¿?
I need to do an update on it. I usually just get into it if the kids are along.
You have mentioned that you possibly will treat with OA and check mite drop before adding supers. Would you still do that after introducing new queens 3 weeks ago? earlier earlier
I don’t think I’ll treat my VSH virgins but probably will the other nucs while I have everything on the truck. Production colonies yes.
FYI , your OA treat and check drop method works. I have 22 hives and did treatment before supering. After 24 hours, 22 hives had 3- 15 mite drop count. Not bad for a whole Colony. The other 2 had 81 and 93. Yikes! More treatment on the way... Thanks for the info!
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Your medicinal honey description sounded like wild cherry... But I know Tennessee and you probably have several minor flows depending on topography.... Have you considered using better bees honey test? I wonder if a honey label with actual scientific contents list would help marketing strategies. Interested in your thoughts.
I’ve really been thinking about sending some honey off for testing. More for my own knowledge than marketing. I didn’t know that betterbee was doing that.
I usually wear surgical gloves.
🥵 Sweaty!
If dip your extracted comb in water and put into storage you'll get horrible mold
I’d run it through my drying room first.
Good video! Can you five a link or at least spell the name of the Caucasian queen Breeder you're getting the queens from? Thanks, Glenn
Tworivershoneybees.com
At 15 minutes into the video and after, you talk about shade and how it causes bees to grow more slowly, and have more small hive beetle pressure. I have read that about the Beatles before. But then you say something that makes it sound like they make more honey in the shade. Is that true?
No I don’t think they make more honey in the shade than the sun, but that shady yard did have a higher average last year. It’s a good honey yard.
Can you afford a film editor? I don’t usually have the time, but I recently had back surgery, so I’ve got some free time. I have modest experience, but a good eye and feel for film editing. I also have way more material than I have uploaded here. I use this simply as a support function, on occasion.
I would edit the first piece for free, and if you like it, we can discuss a price.
If interested, shoot me a reply.
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I probably can’t afford one. 😂 channel would have to be WAY bigger.
Too many commercials!
Thanks for the feedback. This channel is a lot of work without a lot of income. Less commercials = less income.