Bees Pollinate California Almond Orchards - Beekeeping, Farming & Agriculture
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Follow along as Jose Uribe, a Northern California Commercial Queen Breeder and Broker, heads to Colusa County, California to meet up with Eduardo Martinez Jr. who is a Commercial Beekeeper out of Stanislaus County.
First, Eduardo and Jose exchange honey and a California Beekeeper hat before heading into the almond orchard to scout the bee drops. Jose chats a little about "mummies", mud, best practice in order to not get lost within the trees, current progress of the buds, why and how to "flag", and much, much more.
Stay tuned through the end of the video when Jose visits a local taco truck and has a quick bite to eat before heading back home to Butte County, California.
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I wasn’t before, but I’m hungry now! Thanks for posting this interesting pollination video.
You are very welcome Zelma🙌🏼🌮🙌🏼
Nice to sunshine and light jackets because we are still frozen up! Heading out for tacos at my favorite place tonight.
It’s coming my friend! Spring time in your area before you know it. What do you have planned with your bees this spring?
Enjoy the tacos Scott😃 What’s your favorite?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper yes sir! Hoping to raise my own queens for splits this year.
Never had a taco I didn’t like but if I can only order one kind forever it’s pot roast -birrio? I think it’s called. Would definitely try the ones you had if I ever see them.
Dang I love some tacos!!!! Almond pollination was pretty cool too!!! LOL
We have something in common my man 🌮💛
We where out in Modesto and Medera area in November and the second week of January prepping hives for almonds. It was my first year out there and it was amazing. I can see why you love your career. Looking forward to next year!
Definitely love what we do. Are you from California or here for the pollination?
That is cool seeing how you are laying out the orchard. Dang them tacos look amazing
Happy you enjoyed watching the behind the scenes of pre-pollination placement. Let me know if there is anything that might interest you about pollination.
I 💛 tacos😋
Looks like a good time Jose! Always appreciate you sharing your journey in the Almonds with us.
Anytime my friend, Anytime 🤙🏼
My little friend. We are good family
Jose, good luck! 🍀
Thank you Manny🤙🏼
Next season, Lord willing, of course, I want to fly out and do a video with you on moving bees into the aaaamands, and of course have you bring me by some of those taco trucks. Of course I'll be there to work as well, but shooting a little video and eating real tacos will be the cherry on top....
Mike you make it out here and we will get you some awesome almond pollination content. Semi trucks, forklifts, late nights, tacos and fun moving bees into trees. Let’s talk closer to plan it right Mike 🙌🏼
Ship me some of those tacos!! Looks so good. I've had some really good tacos in Texas but not so much in MN. LOL
Wouldn’t that be something 🌮✈️😆
Looks good my kind of eaten
Amen!
Appreciate you watching Dave, now let’s go get some tacos😁
SO interesting thank you.
It’s our pleasure sharing this stuff🙌🏼
Good stuff. Interesting… those orchards are huge!
This one was a decent size. Takes 588 hives💪🏼
Oh man now I have to go help you just for the tacos!!
Dude! If you work for tacos, you can come help anytime man😆🌮💪🏼
Wow ! Pollination sounds lucrative. I’m glad that commercial beekeepers are United in taking care of the almond growers. Those orchards are HUGE! Good bee coverage is a must for sure . You provide some really good info and logistics of pollination. Keep up this great work ! Doing good !
Yes Christian the pollination can be worth wild if one is up for the hard work to get the bees looking good for this big event. Our agriculture is very important and it’s important for everyone to work together in order to have a successful pollination.
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Your channel rocks!! I need to learn how to edit!! See you on the Mountain beekeeping!
Thanks my man🤙🏼 watch TH-cam to learn how to edit 🤙🏼
The entire process is so fascinating! Those orchards are huge. Thanks for bringing us along. Definitely on our radar to send some bees out that way one of these days.
Dawn, it’s a lot of work and long night working the girl up to this point. If you get the opportunity to jump on a semi with others it will definitely help your girls blow up with population and be another Avenue of revenue to help grow your guys apiary. If you all ever have any questions reach out through email or give us a call🤙🏼
I had to go eat after this vid. The orchards look unreal. Awesome as always.
That’s awesome! So what’d we go eat?
These orchards are incredible and such a puzzle to figure out . Always important to scout your orchards.
Jose great update thank you 👌👌😉
Almond trees looking close to get flower 👍👍👍
Yes very close indeed. Thanks Sebastian
Them tacos looked good, in my family we stuff the pig stomach with meat , then brown it with onions and peppers and make a gravy over rice, ( stuff gog )
Yum
Hello Jose from Illinois, 17* here this morning. Thank you for sharing the almond orchard layout. Good luck on the 2022 beekeeping year!
Absolutely! Always a pleasure sharing with you what we are doing and taking about pollination. What would you like to know more about almond pollination?
Thanks for watching?
Thank you for the best wishes this 2022🤙🏼
That made me want tacos thanks for all the information really like seeing how the setup is done seams like the better the preparation the easier the placement. Thanks and good luck.
It’s our pleasure sharing the our process heading into almond pollination. Thank you for watching and go get some delicious tacos😆🙌🏼
Seeing Bruce load his up and now seeing you in the orchards is great. I need to make it out next year or the year after, would be awesome to just be a shadow and watch this process. Man, we don’t get Tacos like that. .
I think you would 100% enjoy this side of things and the tacos are just the cherry on top 🔥🙌🏼
We call the pig intestine hogmaw over here in WV. I love watching these and I am considering doing the almond pollination probably within the next 3-4 years. I'm looking at expanding to a commercial beekeeper status with 250-500 hives. Thanks for the video sir! I'm gonna go grab lunch ha!
Hogmaw!? I’ve heard of that before. How is that prepared?
I really enjoy sharing pollination videos with you all, just a portion of what we do.
You will get to your goals in no time with some good hard work and determination my friend 💪🏼
Now let’s eat! Thinking about all the hard work in doing increases with hives makes me hungry 😆
Jose, I love Tripa tacos. I worked in Mexico over 20 years and became addicted to them along with Barbcoa. All my family can’t believe I love them. Sometimes those tacos take away my Menudo consumption. BTW, those orchards look massive!
No way!! Where in Mexico did you live and work? For me tripas over menudo any day🌮😆
Yes, this orchard is a good size
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I managed a Maquiladora in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. We lived in Mission, TX and I crossed the border every day. I have lots of friends there. While there, I met two Mexican Presidents.
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Jose, send me a pm with your email address for some Mexico pics.
@@PapaBee165 thecaliforniabeekeeper@gmail.com
The whole pollination thing is pretty interesting. Maybe one day I'll do that
What questions would you like to ask about pollination?
Thanks for watching
I have quit a few questions about pollination do the growers expect certain amount of bees per hive how long is pollination and how does it pay
Is there a shortage of pollination services
Offal tacos are good eats. Where in Williams is that taco truck? Can imagine prescouting is key in those dark orchards, especially those big ones.
This taco truck is a block from the post office, in the parking lot of a grocery store
Man brother I wish I could go and help you!!!
You would have the experience of a lifetime 🐝💛
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper i need to build my hive numbers up and have you broker my bees!
Jose are you going to get into brokering some south-eastern bees? If you have the relationship with the owners...get ALL the money!
I would definitely entertain the idea. I am very careful who I broker from. I have a good standing relationship with the people I provide pollination for that I bring quality to ensure they are pleased with the service they want and need.
I likely eat the same in my chorizo tacos, just try not to think about it. Lol 🤣
Oh yeah! Chorizo tacos are so good. What’s amazing is refried beans with chorizo mixed into them!🙌🏼🔥
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper yum... Now I'm hungry. My fav is queso en fundido en chorizo on fresh tortillas. 🤤
Jose, I owe you one! You shouldn’t have eaten the tocos in the video! Theres an old southern saying “you flung a craving on me” and I can’t go find a food truck today. We have some around B’ham that serves tocos but probably not as good as those. Is the one with the intestines made from what southerner’s calls Chitlins?
I apologize 😆 I won’t fling anymore taco cravings but maybe some west coast burger joints😉
I honestly don’t know if they are the same as chitlings.
Thanks for all your videos,one question l hear a lot of coments on how almond pollination is hard on bees any comment on why that would be or not ,and if they were coming out of the northern climate would that be problem?
I will be dropping a video about the pros and cons or maybe make a video for everyone to send in their questions they have about almond pollination
Thanks 👍
Keep these coming. I know zero about bees in the almonds. Is there a nectar flow at all to capitalize on or just strictly for pollinating ?
I will make a video on what the bloom looks like, what the bloom produces for the bees and some more interesting details about pollination.
I know my question is like tomato tamato, but which is it amons or almond's LoL.... thanks man 👍 cool look into a part of the process 👍
It's "Amonds" because they shake the "L" out of them.
@@TexasBeekeeper see I knew that you were the man to ask,. Lol👍
A farmer once told me this
“Jose, around here we call them aamons because after harvest we have shaken the L out of them!”😆🤔
It’s a California farmer thing that has stuck into me and changed my lingo🤙🏼
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper thanks man I have heard a few others use the saying . I'm from Kentucky mountains and you better know what the right words are and use them. Thanks for the lesson I have never been west. Who knows I might hitchhiker out there sometime... LoL 👍
@@houstonsheltonbees814 you ever make it out west you definitely enjoy it and welcome to stop by. I’ll take you to the best Mexican spots😋
Curious about how large these orchards are as far as acreage? Those tacos that you inhaled looked delicious, but not sure about what was in them! Maybe dont tell me!
This orchard should be about 1000 acres. It’s separated into 2 blocks. Industry standards are typically 2 hives per 1 planted acre.
The tacos were extremely delicious and that’s all I will say😅
You def need to come HI. That is way to much clothes to have to wear. Cold here is 58...😆😅🤣😂
Tadd, I think we are do for a family vacation soon
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper lmk
Мабуть ви обговорюють з власеником план розміщення вуликів для запилення бджолами цього великого саду. Каліфорнія благодатна земля .
А нам ще до весни два місяці чекати.
Would be nice to know the date of the videoing of the video
Hi Bill, great idea! Forgot to put that into the description on this one. The film was shot 2 weeks ago. Bees have all been placed now and buds are flowering up here in Northern California.
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper thank you
Why don’t you stick with the same growers year after year?
That is a great question Ian! Some we do, some we don't- mostly depends on their budget and then some other factors.
Jose when the bees are sent to CA who takes care of them?
Depends on the beekeepers needs. The beekeeper can fly out or if he wants the broker will with a fee from the broker. Many different terms and details can be worked out between both.
Those look like some old tree's if so do you know what the life expectancy is of the almond tree
Most growers keep trees for about 20 years from what I’ve been told.
Why do Californians pronounce Almonds “Amands”?
Because they shake the L out of them
You nailed it🙌🏼