Pollen Traps & Finding Problems
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Finally got the opportunity to work with my bees after Hurricane Ida, and was looking forward to it. Well, it didn't go as well as I was hoping. So here ya go, let's see what I found.
Thanks for joining me in my bee yard here in Louisiana as I share how I maintain my beehives. My videos are not meant to be 'How To' videos, but simply me sharing my experiences in beekeeping as I learned it from my mentors, teachers, and studies.
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Welcome back!!! Onward & upwards!!
Thanks!!
Glad you are back up and running! if you need anything just give me a hollar
Thanks!!
Welcome back brother!
Thanks! Great to be back in the bees again.
Thank you. I see you have a true love for bees. God bless you brother!! God is Great!!
Thanks Richard!
Good to see you’re coming back strong. That viewer comment was funny.
Yessir, good to back with power and normal ops at home. No internet yet, but that’s minor, and actually, good for the eyes and mind.......
Glad you are back up and running! More importantly glad to see y’all safe. Stay the course.
Thanks!!
Glad to see you got everything cleaned up. God bless
Thanks Peter. Good to be back to normal for the most part. No internet, but that’s been good for us...lol😂😂
Good to see you are back on the air! And getting back to normal!
Thanks Brian!!
Thanks, Mike for the video.
You’re welcome Rick and thanks for faithfully watching!!
Those sure were some big big trees. Your yard looks nice and clean now. It's great to see you healthy and happy. Take care Mike.
Thanks Russell. Yes, they were very well aged!!
Now those are FRIENDS. I once had a priest tell me that true long lasting friends are so rare, that most people are lucky to have 2-3 of them to count at the end of their lives. Now he was not talking about friendly acquaintances that you care deeply for - he was talking about someone who would drop everything and come running if you needed help. Someone who would grab a weapon and stand back to back to you. Who would think nothing of putting their own lives on the line to save yours.
The video was great, and I am so sorry about the SHB and wax moth problems! I know you will stop it as soon as possible, but yes, damage is damage, have to deal with that too.
But for me, I could not get past those two lifelong friends of yours. God blessed you mightily. I am so happy to see that!
Wow Julie!! I’m telling you, I actually edited out of the video, what you said, almost word for word, at least the first few sentences. Literally the same words. Only 2 or 3 in a lifetime, drop anything and come, friends, not acquaintances, etc. I have the edited video to prove it. Yep, he was correct and they came straight over. One couple cancelled their Labor Day trip to the mountains to come work. Well, hives weaken and pests take over. It happens and so my role is to get back after it and refine ways to keep it from happening again.
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Truth is truth!
And you will get your colonies where you want them again, most people don't realize when a hurricane hits you directly like that it can take years to get things back to order. You got the foundation elements all back together in record time, now you will need months to a year to get the colonies there again. One thought: I was wondering if you were slowly growing yourself out of the hobby stage? If so, you could combine and get yourself back to a few less colonies - but the ones you combined might fit what you are looking for in a pollen harvestable colony. But I think you have already achieved a life time goal on best friends - though you may still find another. Cherish those two!!
Glad to see your safe and back up and running Mike. You might want to look at Bob Binnie two videos applying Apiguard. I am going to try it next year because you can very the dose size depending on temperature or size of the hive using the malt-dose pale. Using the Hive Lifter is still looking good to me it sure is saving your back. I am trying to very my mite treatment products also, I have use Apivar, Formic-Pro, and will use OA in November and December when the hives are brood less this year. In the past years I have been using OA doing multiple treatments week after week a lot of work and I lost a lot of hives last winter, so I am trying this new treatment strategy to see if I have a better over winter survival rate than I did last year with less work. Take care Mike maybe I will see you at Kamon Reynolds Hive Life Conference and Tradeshow 2022
Charles, I have watched those videos and that is kind of what got my gears turning. That and as you said, the work in the dead of summer heat going out week after week. Didn’t lose a lot of colonies and have had great success with the OA, but just so much work. Also, and I’m not sure I conveyed this in the video, but if I had treated with an in-hive treatment, they would’ve been good thru the storm. But now, the storm interrupted my OA regiment and it has to be started all over again. I think that is kind of the final straw for me. I could’ve started earlier and left them alone with something in the hive. Family and property had to come first. I truly wish I would’ve gotten video of us lifting my friend’s hives for storm prep (we did in fact save them. The water went to the entrances only). But it worked like a champ and made a 20 minute job with lifting full deeps into about 5 minutes and no lifting. I will be installing 3/4” strips on all my homemade deep boxes and using a 3/4 router bit on all future boxes so I can lift everything with the lifter.
I'm sure the hurricane took out (or laid down) a lot of the pollen/nectar sources which could account for the "weakened hives". Ida came through here too (south central PA) and laid down the jewelweed which bees love so I've started feeding as cold temps will be here in four weeks and up here one need to have two medium supers of capped food stores for winter. Is what it is and keep on keeping on as my uncle used to say! Friends like yours are priceless!
Absolutely Nancy. I was going to be mentioning that in my next video as well, that everything just got wind blasted and now rain for four days from tropical depression, so no forage, at least for another week or so. Have to get the new stuff blooming in order to get back on track. Or feed of course.
@@MikeBarryBees You've got the seasonal warmth and grow time down south for the flowers to recover... up here we are fast running out of time in south central Pennsylvania. I've already fed back the deadout honey/syrup from last winter, added in thawed capped frames from the freezer and then due to robbing issues, thawed and extracted the remaining mix of honey/syrup freezer frames and fed that back to the bees and they are still light on food stores. Making syrup now and planning on purchasing prosweet too then hoping there is some fall flow to make up the difference needed. Have already done fall mite treatments but will try a round of OA as a last opportunity before bees cluster up for winter.
Sir do, here in my country old people say "if it pass you it didn't miss you", however, in your case I'm glad to see it missed you and I'm also glad you got help with the cleanup, stay healthy to do beekeeping 😁 👋.
Thank you my friend!! I was a bit concerned watching your last video. I will comment on that my question.
Hi Mike - Glad to hear you're getting back on your feet. I wish I could have come down to help with the cleanup. Give Mike a Thumbs up everyone
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happy all is in order and you are getting back to some state of normal. I have been trying to find a decent trap that will work for me, I believed I have tried that yellow/brown model you have but didn't get much results from it. I recently found one that I like so will be going with that model. Pollen collect seems tricky so I will need to study how best to collect from the colonies but that will take time.
I think your current traps are really nice. Just not sure my pollen season will be too good. Not much out right now due to the storm and not having good colonies for collection is an issue. I have another colony I might install my Sundance on to. Appreciate the comment!!
Mike, I really hate that you lost a hive but as the old say goes “don’t cry over spilt milk”. If you keep bees you are going to lose a hive occasionally. I am happy that you have power and have your place back in order, I realize that it just eats at you when the place is damaged and things are at a disarray. Hopefully you will have a decent fall flow and your bees will put away enough for the winter. Thanks for the video and you and the wife stay safe!
Thanks Don!
I knew you pull thru .. glad you did ...it's hot up here
Yea, we got bumped around pretty good, but time to get back on track now.
Hi Mike your back. Thank the Lord for your amazing friends, we really love your not how to vlogs because you know we are all learning so much from your tips and tricks we are always learning your 10 years of experience is always gold dust, I had a small colony wiped out due to robbing and the damn wasps just yesterday opened up the lid and the wax moths had already moved in. Thank you Mike for sharing your vlog with us mate and godbless to you my friend.
Mark, sure appreciate the comment! Good to be getting back to normal. Just need internet now. It was all about timing that I was able to upload this video. But we’re back to beekeeping and other items around the house. Yea, it’s no time for those moths to get busy on those frames. Aggravating!!
Mike, so happy your home got spared from the tree. The pollen trap, did you see the traps Kayi Farms used? They are Beeflower and go on the front of the hive so no lifting of the hive. My local place has the same traps as you, I just don’t t want to lift, but you have that fancy lift so. . LOL
I feel like this landing board would be a issue for the recent trap I tested. need a 3/4 - 1 1/2 landing for it to fit stable I think.
@@KayiFarmJaHoneyBees Ah, good info. We'll see how the two i ordered fit.
Yes Brian, I did. They are nicer than my front entrance trap, but as he said, my boards would be an issue. Only thing with front traps is you have to be diligent in emptying them in case of heavy rain. But other than that, they work great. I used one last year and it did well.
@@MikeBarryBees Seeing how they performed for Kayi, and hearing you tried one as well, I’m looking forward to trying two next season.
You have a spring in your step now! When the video first started I thought is was from before the storm because things looked so clean in the background (yard). Beekeeping used to frustrate me to no end because of things you just found (strong hives become weak and get infested) but I finally learned I have to go with the flow, be flexible, try hard and don't take it so personal. One last thing... every time I saw you wave your hands or point I just cant help but focus and laugh at those big thumbs you have (gloves) :) Glad all is well and that God chose to spare you and the family!
Those gloves are so annoying! Guess I should get used to no gloves...lol!! Yea, I finally figured out that spending energy to be frustrated with the situation doesn’t help as much as using that same energy in figuring out what I can do better next time. I still get frustrated....we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t. Just can’t let that emotion carry me through the day or nothing gets corrected. Thanks for the comments!!
He's Back. . Welcome back Mike. .
Thanks Brian!!
I tell you, I'll take -40 every winter to not deal with those hurricanes! Glad you are ok.
Yessir, I’m growing weary of them. Been through a bunch and even Katrina and I lived in Pearl River at that time and it was a direct hit. We have looked at some houses in northern Minnesota, where we travel annually, but we know we aren’t prepared for that kind of cold.....but oh how we love it up there. Lake Superior and Grand Marais, the north woods in Ely, and all points east and west......I can dream. We are saving for a winter trip to Gunflint Lodge to do some dog sledding and winter activities to actually experience a north woods winter....
Mike - glad to see your getting back to normal. I've used Apiguard and had good results. I like actually like it as long as it's within the temperature. Randy Oliver has some great information on it and was useful. Bob Binnie has some good info on it too. I think I'm going to trap a little pollen next spring if they look like they are getting pollen bound. Take care!
Thanks John! Yea, the issues we have is the temp for when we need to treat. We should really be getting treatments started in august, but it’s consistently between 90 and 100 degrees F. That is a show stopper on most treatments. Listening to Bob Binnie, and what he states about the instructions for thymol, I guess I could go with apiguard. I’m going to research it further.
Nice to see you getting back to some normalcy anyhow! Sorry about the wax moths. Just curious if you saw or was able to capture the top bar hive? I know you weren't really tending to them much ,but wasn't sure if they were able to hang out in the busted hive, or if they just swarmed? Either way, just curious. I know with the damage from Ida you had to prioritize life a Lil different. Anyway, glad you're back!
They did not make it. I got out there after the storm and began cutting the trees off, and the robbing had already started. I had wanted to try to get them in a box at that location for a quick and temporary home, but then the saw bar twisted in a large tree and I had to wait for parts from an out of town friend. By the second day, most were dead due to the robbers and the colony was all but lost. I salvaged some of the top bar structure for sentimental reasons and was able to melt most of the wax, but the rest was trashed and full of beetle larvae within a week. Thanks for the comment and well wishes!!
@@MikeBarryBees I'm sorry to hear that Mike, I was just curious cus I'd seen so many videos with feral colonies in trees that get cut down, and they seem to be OK till jp, or someone can save them. But I guess with the weather, and other colonies around, it was too much for them.
I did love the artwork on that hive. I'd have saved everything possible too! Oh well, as long as everyone is safe. That's all that matters. Maybe. Making room for something else in the future. We'll be watching! God bless.
Had one of my nuc yards slip on me just like that. Went there expected to see huge colony's stuffed boxes full of pollen and honey. Well they weren't foraging like the other yards. Brood patterns looking bad. Good thing i had dropped apivar in aug but still had to feed them in strong goldenrod flow .. oct they looked little better but man I figured I'd lose half of them this winter. Lucky for me we had warm fall got couple extra brood cycles out of them. Did my final oav treatment in Dec on warmer day they look pretty good now. Still had to feed them twice as much as my other yard's. Takes a couple months get them healthy again .. this yards close to town surrounded by bee keepers I'm sure there's mite bombs going off so apivar really good treatment lasts 60 days just keeps killing even after I pull the strips still active. I like to split my production colony's get them tight then drop apivar. Using oav treatment in Dec after bees are brood less cleans up any mites that might build up immunity to apivar. I'll drop apivar mid March as the bees start brooding up that gets me thru July.
Yea, good thing when we find them in time. Guess if you’d a had a colder fall, might’ve gotten you in a jam in them. Bees keep us on our toes so much!!
Sick bees 🐝. I think I’m going to try and open feed with some thymol mixed in. Supposed to help… maybe 🤔
Yea, maybe it will. Don’t think it could hurt. There’s no colony growth right now either due to everything vegetative-wise being wind blasted, so feeding could surely stimulate some growth.
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Nice job
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@@MikeBarryBees sadly I watch them all regularly… I need a life.
@@philipbutler6608 so do I Phillip, so do I.....
I also missed too many opportunities to treat OA due to the heat, and have had my share of dead outs as a result. I went to investigating a fair bit, and found wax moth larvae in the top groove of my frames.. ALL of my frames in those colonies. Freezing may be a great option, however I suggest you scrape a couple foundations and pop the foundation out and investigate, I hope you find them clear, I did not. I have no idea what effect if any a decaying moth larvae would have after freezing, and I hate to destroy comb as much as anyone. Please name the product and dosage when you ground drench, possibly even do a short on it. I wonder if my method is effective, so any insight you can offer would be certainly welcomed.
Those frames were trashed. I got them all frozen and have had good success with killing everything on them with freezing in the past. Then if I need to take them out for space, I’ll take the good ones and store them sealed in paramoth. I will scrape the bad ones and salvage the rest. As far as ground drench for the small hive beetles, I use permethrin at 5ml per gallon. Usually two to three times a season depending on rainfall amounts.
Mike, Is it safe to use Apivar with honey supers still on the hive?
That I don’t know, but I’d venture to say no. Don’t know of but one at this time that’s approved and that MAQS. OA soon to be approved. I’ll know more next season on Apivar as I transition to strips or Apiguard.
@@MikeBarryBees thanks!
Barry was that you up on that tree cutting it down? Lol 😂
Yea, sure....not quite!! LOL 😂
What do you use for your ground drench?
Permethrin. Any farmers co-op or gardening store sells it. You can also get it from Mann lake labeled as guardstar.
Thank you for replying so quickly!😁
does that yellow pollen trap actually work?
It works pretty well. The landing board needs to fit it, but other than not collecting during storms, it works great.
That’s what friends are for (Proverbs 17:17)
Yes, yes, yes!! Absolutely. Amen!
You need a shirt that says “How I do” :)
LOL!! Yea, just making sure I throw a disclaimer out there...
Could bee a water treatment coming for mites, one time use. Can’t remember the name.
That’ll be interesting. I just need to find something a bit easier for the summer treatment.
I have the 2nd one but when it's to hot they'll start bearding on the front real bad.
I think they work pretty well and are so easy to install. I think if they get to bearding too bad, it wouldn’t be a big deal since it’ll be opened within a couple days anyhow.
@@MikeBarryBees when is your opinion on the best time of year to collect? Spring or fall?
@@BlanchardsBees I think year round. But I’m just not confident enough in my knowledge to know how much. Like honey, it’s easy and it’s very well published how much is needed by the bees. Not so much for pollen. That’s why I think I’d rather just dedicate a couple hives to pollen only, and if I get honey too from them, great. I thought also, take 3 days pollen, 3 days no pollen. I also thought a pollen sub to supplement, but then there’s the hive beetles. So really, I’m not sure, but surely spring into summer would yield a lot of pollen.
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Losing your touch John!
@@MikeBarryBees I was switching from phone to wifi,he can enjoy it,it won't happen again 😂🤣😂
Long intro man
Yep, I like to explain and it was about different traps. Can’t always just go out and go to work since it’s a VLOG. I appreciate you watching and thank for taking the time to watch.