Hello Friends! I purchased 4 gallons of your Tupelo a few years back and after sharing far and wide, I’m down to 1/8th of my last gallon. I researched natural medicinal food sources for years after losing my Dad to colon cancer. He was a concrete finisher by trade but an orchard keeper on our land, where I grew up, in his down time. You’ve been keeping bees for as long as I have been alive, Bob(1981)! I bet you’d have been pals with my dad if you had ever come across him. We’re in the PNW and I’ve only visited Georgia once but should I ever come again, I’d love to see your operation! When I got interested in honey as a superfood I looked into medical journals and decided on Tupelo & was then blessed to find your company! I hope you continue to thrive and if you consider a social media presence beyond TH-cam, I’d love to help that along!! God Bless🙏🏼
Thank you for this timely video! I dealt with way too many swarms this last week, and I decided it was time to 'girl up' and learn how to mark queens. I just did it how Salena showed us....thank you so much, you rock gurl!!
I only have a hobby apiary with about 7 hives so I am quite unprofessional in my approach. I use a clear plastic clip to catch the queen - always carry the clip in my breast pocket of my suit so it is nice and handy - and the basic plunger devise for the actual marking. This has worked well for me for over 12 years of beekeeping, but is of course much too time consuming if you are a commercial beekeeper.
We use the little round screen with nails, well a similar one, it’s very useful to mark and keep queens aside together with the frame if you find them during a “routine inspection”. Otherwise if it’s during queen caging we use our fingers, thanks for the video Bob! Good Sunday
Great video! I’ve been trying to grab all 6 of her legs and that doesn’t work. I’ll have to give this method a try. I also like the idea of gently holding her down on the comb while sliding your fingers up to grab her wings. If you don’t know how to do these things, these videos sure help by watching someone that knows what they’re doing.
The one time this year I didn't 'dob' the pen on something else first after taking it out of my pocket, it of course 'puked' all over the queen I was marking. Four days later they had queen cells... (sigh) Syleena sure makes it look easy,! You should have had someone like me who can palm a basketball do the video-- even now in mid summer it usually takes two/three tries to get the queen. Bob, I suppose that's why we didn't see your sausage, man fingers in action. LOL! Great video as always!
Thanks for this video. Wow, Syleena makes marking queens look so much easier than it is. Whenever I try working the bees without gloves, sooner of later, I get stung in the fingers. I usually get stung when I am holding the frame with the queen causing me to drop one end of the frame. Then, once stung by a bee, the other bees target the stung hand. Syleena also makes soap making look too easy!
just to add my two cents, ive liked the one handed catcher before i learned to do it with my fingers. the groves let the workers you catch with the queen wiggle out eventually which is nice, the plunger type doesn't. ive mostly only used the stainless steel catchers just because i thought i would break the plastic ones in my pockets. you do have to check the steel ones once in a while to make sure the bars havent been dented, a queen can get out if they are pushed in. i've had that happen when swarm catching. if i can find her, i'll put her in a cage and then rubber band it to a foundation frame, usually makes the swarm stay in the box i give them. but i have come back later and found the box empty and no queen in the cage to later figure out the bars were dented.
Always something to learn so now to learn to mark our Queens. We are also going to go to replacing our Queens every other year in hopes that it may also help in her laying and honey production.
Keep up the great work... Salena a is good people. We met her a year or two ago and she probably deserves a raise lol. Thank you for everything. God Bless
Great technique as it was pinch down I was waiting for any other worker to sting her fingers… It was so easy I was left with the anxiety of seen her going thru at least 5 nucs . I want to see more not just .. great Job… Bob the splinter removal should be another video…😂
Hi Bob, Neat video today, thank you both. I was taught many years ago a "local" way to remember the year colours. Which Year Raised in Great Britain. I made a couple of those ring of nail catchers 30 years ago as a bit of fun and used it once. I find the plunger useful for old fingers and as a place to put a queen for a few minutes. I've not bothered with the other gizmos. 😂😄
Would love a indept video more about the double screen. Maybe with more about how to get them to make queens in the top box and abit more about what to do after the split of the top nuc. 🙏🙏
I use the cylinder plunger type it does good I use it every chance I get and I have never hurt a queen yet that I know of like anything the more ya use it the easier it is
I don't mark mine, I generally can find mine pretty easily. I know marking them is a good idea because it can tell you how old they are or if the hive has requeened itself. I'm not trying to go big, just a hobby beekeeper that works multiple jobs.
excellent video Bob I actually marked some this year I did do some in white for my eyes to see them better. did some red as well for last years, queens. it is not easy at all I tried the nail thing u showed. My queen looked like the one Bruce did I gave her a bath. but she has done good, But I find her really easy. but I have to say I am still afraid to pick her up. I had 1 to fly off to that was interesting to say the least. actually, that happened 2 times so far. but I did like it. if was just so easy to find her the next time i went in there. . any way good video all your videos are great II look forward to seeing them every Sunday. I hope you and your family and crew have a blessed week. Thanks for all your videos sharing your wisdom and knowledge
Morning, Bob. When you introduce new queens to your larger production hives, do you pinch the old queen and add the fresh one immediately and do you notice a reluctance to accept the new queen? If so, do you use the hardware cloth cages?
If we have the time (we usually don't) we will leave the colony queenless for half a day and then introduce the new one. We almost always put a piece of cheap masking tape with a small hole pricked in it over the candy to increase the time it takes to release her. We do occasionally use push in cages for valuable queens.
Great Video Bob. As a suggestion for people practicing Queen marking with drones... use a different colour marker pen so you dont end up with a dozen drag Queens next time you open your hive.
Good suggestion. About ten years ago we had an incident where we had a new employee practice on many drones from the same colony and then the next day without thinking about it we made a couple of nucs out of that colony. Three weeks later the person that ended up with those nucs was on the phone asking what in the world was going on? After hearing my explanation we had a good laugh over it.
@@bobbinnie9872 always love stories like this, a video of just stories, like epic fails, or crazy harvests/flows that you can't keep up with. If your like me it's hard to think of stories unprompted tho.
I marked at least 300 queens. The first 100 I marked with all the tools you can imagine. The last 200 I marked with my bare hands. I can assure you that I injured far more queens with tools than bare hands.
Nice video! As my finger arthritis has progressed, I find I’m not as dexterous anymore and am now finding I injure queens more. I will start using a tube, dropping the queen inside. I have a question. Your outfit never seems to wait for the paint to dry before putting the queen back on the frame. It is commonly recommended to wait as the wet paint may be unacceptable to her workers. Do you find the bees are aggressive to the queen if the paint is wet?
If your not changing the queen, do you wait for the paint to dry before releasing back into the hive. Will the workers clean the paint off, if she gose back in to soon.
“Will You Raise Good Bees”is how I remember the colors….the capital letter of each word represents the color. White, Yellow, Red, Green, and Blue Question…do you know of a way to recycle the JZBZ cups?
Mr Binnie David in augusta I am thinking about putting a few empty supers and extractor and bottling bucket outside for the bees to clean up so I can store the comb. My property is heavily wooded so I can only put them a few hundred feet from my hives. I'm feeding now in cap and ladder feeders and couple have jars. Have been very careful as I have watched you about getting robbing started and have none so far. Will this putting supers out nearby be a problem?
Anyone else have the problem where you're holding the queen and she suddenly goes limp like shes dead? I have had this happen several times this green year. I do the marking, then put her down on a top bar or the comb and they'll just lay there 'dead'. The workers come out to attend, and some have taken many minutes before their thorax will begin to move and they regain consciousness. Some I have waited forever and had to just put her back in and carry on. Only to check days later fearing she's dead, to find her just fine!?? Are all Carniolans Dramatic Queens. Or am I just becoming ham handed?
We see this occasionally but not often. We just say the queen fainted but I really don't know what's going on. Or maybe as you suggest you could just call them drama queens.
@@bobbinnie9872 Not only that, but Bob is wearing a shiny white bee suite and Syleena's looks like she's been wrestling with a bear. Great video, I just got done marking a few drones.
Hello Friends! I purchased 4 gallons of your Tupelo a few years back and after sharing far and wide, I’m down to 1/8th of my last gallon. I researched natural medicinal food sources for years after losing my Dad to colon cancer. He was a concrete finisher by trade but an orchard keeper on our land, where I grew up, in his down time. You’ve been keeping bees for as long as I have been alive, Bob(1981)! I bet you’d have been pals with my dad if you had ever come across him. We’re in the PNW and I’ve only visited Georgia once but should I ever come again, I’d love to see your operation! When I got interested in honey as a superfood I looked into medical journals and decided on Tupelo & was then blessed to find your company! I hope you continue to thrive and if you consider a social media presence beyond TH-cam, I’d love to help that along!! God Bless🙏🏼
Thanks, look forward to meeting you if you come this way.
Impressive with the finer touch.
Thank you for this timely video! I dealt with way too many swarms this last week, and I decided it was time to 'girl up' and learn how to mark queens. I just did it how Salena showed us....thank you so much, you rock gurl!!
queen bees are awesome
Syleena is good at catching and marking queens, she makes it look so easy. Blessed Days you all thanks much...
Thanks to you and your wonderful team. I learn so much and am warmed by the respect and quality relationship you have with one another.
I only have a hobby apiary with about 7 hives so I am quite unprofessional in my approach. I use a clear plastic clip to catch the queen - always carry the clip in my breast pocket of my suit so it is nice and handy - and the basic plunger devise for the actual marking. This has worked well for me for over 12 years of beekeeping, but is of course much too time consuming if you are a commercial beekeeper.
This is another thing you taught me awhile back Bob. I'm alot better at it thanks to you. Thanks to syleena also. Happy Sunday morning BRH!
Happy Sunday.
We use the little round screen with nails, well a similar one, it’s very useful to mark and keep queens aside together with the frame if you find them during a “routine inspection”. Otherwise if it’s during queen caging we use our fingers, thanks for the video Bob! Good Sunday
Thank you for keeping Clayton and surrounding areas pollinated. People really don't realize the importance of honeybees.
Great video! I’ve been trying to grab all 6 of her legs and that doesn’t work. I’ll have to give this method a try. I also like the idea of gently holding her down on the comb while sliding your fingers up to grab her wings. If you don’t know how to do these things, these videos sure help by watching someone that knows what they’re doing.
The one time this year I didn't 'dob' the pen on something else first after taking it out of my pocket, it of course 'puked' all over the queen I was marking. Four days later they had queen cells... (sigh)
Syleena sure makes it look easy,! You should have had someone like me who can palm a basketball do the video-- even now in mid summer it usually takes two/three tries to get the queen. Bob, I suppose that's why we didn't see your sausage, man fingers in action. LOL! Great video as always!
Thanks for this video. Wow, Syleena makes marking queens look so much easier than it is. Whenever I try working the bees without gloves, sooner of later, I get stung in the fingers. I usually get stung when I am holding the frame with the queen causing me to drop one end of the frame. Then, once stung by a bee, the other bees target the stung hand. Syleena also makes soap making look too easy!
just to add my two cents, ive liked the one handed catcher before i learned to do it with my fingers. the groves let the workers you catch with the queen wiggle out eventually which is nice, the plunger type doesn't. ive mostly only used the stainless steel catchers just because i thought i would break the plastic ones in my pockets. you do have to check the steel ones once in a while to make sure the bars havent been dented, a queen can get out if they are pushed in. i've had that happen when swarm catching. if i can find her, i'll put her in a cage and then rubber band it to a foundation frame, usually makes the swarm stay in the box i give them. but i have come back later and found the box empty and no queen in the cage to later figure out the bars were dented.
Always something to learn so now to learn to mark our Queens. We are also going to go to replacing our Queens every other year in hopes that it may also help in her laying and honey production.
Keep up the great work... Salena a is good people. We met her a year or two ago and she probably deserves a raise lol. Thank you for everything. God Bless
Good morning Bob.,yes the push in could be painful at times.thank you for the video.
Thanks Guys. Love all your videos. Such a great environment to work in!
Great technique as it was pinch down I was waiting for any other worker to sting her fingers… It was so easy I was left with the anxiety of seen her going thru at least 5 nucs . I want to see more not just .. great Job… Bob the splinter removal should be another video…😂
Hi Bob, Neat video today, thank you both.
I was taught many years ago a "local" way to remember the year colours.
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I made a couple of those ring of nail catchers 30 years ago as a bit of fun and used it once. I find the plunger useful for old fingers and as a place to put a queen for a few minutes. I've not bothered with the other gizmos. 😂😄
Would love a indept video more about the double screen. Maybe with more about how to get them to make queens in the top box and abit more about what to do after the split of the top nuc. 🙏🙏
Always great to see you , Bob. Shout out from up here in bee well country!
Happy Sunday Bob, another informative video. Thank you!
Marked queens are so easy to find in a hive
Thank you! It comes handy I want start making queens this year ❤
Good Morning Bob !
Good morning sir!
Hey Bob, interesting color of your two bee suits! Wonder what it says? 😂
😊
I use the cylinder plunger type it does good I use it every chance I get and I have never hurt a queen yet that I know of like anything the more ya use it the easier it is
Very nice.Thank You.
She’s a queen at marking queens lol
I don't mark mine, I generally can find mine pretty easily. I know marking them is a good idea because it can tell you how old they are or if the hive has requeened itself. I'm not trying to go big, just a hobby beekeeper that works multiple jobs.
excellent video Bob I actually marked some this year I did do some in white for my eyes to see them better. did some red as well for last years, queens. it is not easy at all I tried the nail thing u showed. My queen looked like the one Bruce did I gave her a bath. but she has done good, But I find her really easy. but I have to say I am still afraid to pick her up. I had 1 to fly off to that was interesting to say the least. actually, that happened 2 times so far. but I did like it. if was just so easy to find her the next time i went in there. . any way good video all your videos are great II look forward to seeing them every Sunday. I hope you and your family and crew have a blessed week. Thanks for all your videos sharing your wisdom and knowledge
Thank you Frances.
Thanks.
I've been meaning to ask you what marker you prefer, thank you. Have a great Sun.
Morning, Bob. When you introduce new queens to your larger production hives, do you pinch the old queen and add the fresh one immediately and do you notice a reluctance to accept the new queen? If so, do you use the hardware cloth cages?
If we have the time (we usually don't) we will leave the colony queenless for half a day and then introduce the new one. We almost always put a piece of cheap masking tape with a small hole pricked in it over the candy to increase the time it takes to release her. We do occasionally use push in cages for valuable queens.
Great Video Bob.
As a suggestion for people practicing Queen marking with drones... use a different colour marker pen so you dont end up with a dozen drag Queens next time you open your hive.
Good suggestion. About ten years ago we had an incident where we had a new employee practice on many drones from the same colony and then the next day without thinking about it we made a couple of nucs out of that colony. Three weeks later the person that ended up with those nucs was on the phone asking what in the world was going on? After hearing my explanation we had a good laugh over it.
@@bobbinnie9872 always love stories like this, a video of just stories, like epic fails, or crazy harvests/flows that you can't keep up with. If your like me it's hard to think of stories unprompted tho.
I marked at least 300 queens. The first 100 I marked with all the tools you can imagine. The last 200 I marked with my bare hands. I can assure you that I injured far more queens with tools than bare hands.
I'm more so afraid of getting stung trying to do it by hand
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Nice video! As my finger arthritis has progressed, I find I’m not as dexterous anymore and am now finding I injure queens more. I will start using a tube, dropping the queen inside.
I have a question. Your outfit never seems to wait for the paint to dry before putting the queen back on the frame. It is commonly recommended to wait as the wet paint may be unacceptable to her workers. Do you find the bees are aggressive to the queen if the paint is wet?
We've not noticed a problem.
If your not changing the queen, do you wait for the paint to dry before releasing back into the hive. Will the workers clean the paint off, if she gose back in to soon.
We don't wait very long with the markers we're currently using and don't have much trouble. I have seen what you're talking about with other markers.
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We have Caucasian mixed with Carniolan and Italian.
“Will You Raise Good Bees”is how I remember the colors….the capital letter of each word represents the color. White, Yellow, Red, Green, and Blue
Question…do you know of a way to recycle the JZBZ cups?
You can use those cups a number of time if you're careful. They're easy to clean up with hot water.
Any advice on pens that seem to dump paint besides ,'get another one'? Seems to be an issue with my pen this year. It's getting old...
We also see it occasionally. The pens we are currently seem to do it less.
Is there any reason you don't clip a mated Queen's wings too?
No particular reason. It doesn't cause problems if done properly.
What brand of jacket and veil is Selina wearing?
It's the one we carry in our store. You can order by calling 706 782 6722.
I just fix her on the frame. No need to make so many maneuvers with the queen in my hand.
Mr Binnie David in augusta
I am thinking about putting a few empty supers and extractor and bottling bucket outside for the bees to clean up so I can store the comb. My property is heavily wooded so I can only put them a few hundred feet from my hives. I'm feeding now in cap and ladder feeders and couple have jars. Have been very careful as I have watched you about getting robbing started and have none so far. Will this putting supers out nearby be a problem?
A few hundred feet should be OK. The bucket and the extractor may be a bit of a challenge and be hard on the bees.
Thanks Mr Binnie. Will put supers only
Im assuming that color code is worldwide ??
I actually wouldn't swear to that. Could be.
I have a question Mr.Bob, does it matter to mark the queen before she has been mated or after?
I'm not sure if it hurts them or not but we don't take a chance. We mark them after they are mated.
@@bobbinnie9872 ok sir thank you
Anyone else have the problem where you're holding the queen and she suddenly goes limp like shes dead? I have had this happen several times this green year. I do the marking, then put her down on a top bar or the comb and they'll just lay there 'dead'. The workers come out to attend, and some have taken many minutes before their thorax will begin to move and they regain consciousness. Some I have waited forever and had to just put her back in and carry on. Only to check days later fearing she's dead, to find her just fine!?? Are all Carniolans Dramatic Queens. Or am I just becoming ham handed?
We see this occasionally but not often. We just say the queen fainted but I really don't know what's going on. Or maybe as you suggest you could just call them drama queens.
Shame on you Bob! I seen you in the shade and you put poor Syleena in the hot sun to catch queens!😁
I never noticed.😇
@@bobbinnie9872 Not only that, but Bob is wearing a shiny white bee suite and Syleena's looks like she's been wrestling with a bear. Great video, I just got done marking a few drones.
Hello sir, I am from Algeria. I am 29 years old. I have been working in the field of beekeeping for about 9 years. Do you need workers? Thank you❤🎉
Thank you for the inquiry but don't need any help at this time.
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