Part Time Income With Hobby Beekeeping
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I can think of eight or ten ways to make money with beekeeping right off the top of my head. Some are more profitable than others but anything helps when you have the expense of a hobby that can become somewhat consuming. Some beekeeping equipment can be kind of expensive. In this video I just touch on one way to make a little part time money with beekeeping.
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Nice collection: All my hives were stolen, Organic honey is pricey.
I been trying to start over.
A Hobby for me, I forget the problems of the world when I work with the bees.
Man that's awful. I hate a thief. I hope you are able to build back without much out of pocket expense.
Beekeeping is relaxing. I get in trouble for spending too much time in mine when I should be doing something else.
so cute "safety Sally's" gotta love it, and your love/concerns over him;)
A hobby that makes a little income is better than most hobbies
True
Wil Morris Extremely true.
Dirt rooster I've been a beekeeper and sometimes more like a bee Haver for quite a few years now, really enjoy it I make pretty good money from
my honey sales.... just wanted to say I have watched hundreds and probably thousands of beekeeping videos but absolutely love and enjoy watching yours ...you seem to put and have a lot of fun in it and it shows and comes out in your videos
Thanks so much Mr. Conner. I do like to have fun and keep the videos light.
"something is better than nothing and it's fun to do " well put and good videos
I wish every person venturing out on a hobby with the intent to make money had the advice you give for beekeeping. If you venture into a hobby because you want the hobby, you're on the right track. The fact that you might recover some of your expenses later is a blessing!
It is definitely a blessing. Thanks for the comment.
I have been interested in beekeeping for a while now. this video gives me assurance to go ahead with it... P.S. youur dad ROCKS... Handling those bees like a King... Love it ! Thanks for your videos.
+Shuga Shack Have fun with it.
you guys are my hero's. I have been following for months. I'll be keeping for the first time in spring. can't wait.
Gonna be fun!
+628DirtRooster I notice many of your hives are plywood, i guess the rough surfaces aren't that big of a deal. how long do these hives last? no dovetails, just nailed plywood right? lastly where do you guys get frames?
I would love to see your comon hive gear, where you get it, and opinions of the so called good stuff vs the diy stuff.
Thomas Shue How long it all lasts is 100% dependent on how you care for your equipment but I've got boxes that are over 10 years old and in good shape.
We bulk order frames from Dadant. I recommend buying frames and boxes precut and assembling them yourself.
Thomas Shue -I plan to start bee keeping this coming year as well and I've been watching Randy's videos like CRAZY since I found his channel last week! I've also found some other good keepers out there on TH-cam. I've even found a couple of arrogant pricks as well. LOL Unfortunately, they exist in EVERY hobby! Good luck to you in your bee keeping endeavors!
any hobby is a blessing when it provides something back. food and money sounds good to me....besides making friends with people that are interested in a hobby that you are.
+brendahere Absolutely! Thanks Brenda.
I just found your channel. I love it. I'm beginning my beekeeping education. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure Mr. Gordon.
IM the same as You Greg, I have also found this channel very helpful. :)
Ive watched several of your vids today and I gotta say.... Good Job!!! I'm a subscriber now.
Thanks for the sub and support.
Good presentation of the pros and cons if a person is thinking about jumping in.
Thanks for sharing. I enjoy your videos. Keep them coming. Been watching your videos for over a year now.
I love your videos. Today I plan on blasting your videos across social media!
lol Thanks Teressa. That is very kind of you. Have a great weekend.
Next 2 days off, so its 628DirtRooster binge wantching time!!!
Good Job up there in the video---(If you look after them well you can make up to 20 boxes out of 5 boxes within 2 years... and if you catch up with the regional seasons (flowers...etc) every each hive may give about 27-30 kg honey.... the more you care for them the more they will care for more honey---its ablosutely a life style...
Thanks Mr. Kara and you are right. They multiply fast if you manage them well. They can be little money machines.
Thank you very nice of you
Today is R&R just watching some blogs, Thanks for sharing Cheers
Thank you. I have learned more about keeping bees and how to split them in this video, than I have from a lot of reading and watching other videos. Also your accent is very easy to listen too. I,m a Irish woman living in England. If the video starts off with, Hi Guys, it is a real turn off, because I know someone is going to be shouting at me while I try to learn from them. I am subscribing to your channel as you don't do that. Thank you.
+noillucS 33 Thanks for the sub from and Irish American. :)
My Mother was born in America then brought back to Ireland.
noillucS 33 My great great grand father and grand mother came over through Ellis Island. McCaffrey
I am looking into my family tree at the moment as I want my sons to have knowledge of the huge Family they come from. McCaffrey I have seen a few times in my research. I am going back to Ireland next year to do further research. Can't promise anything. However, it would be no bother to look for your tree if you know which part of Ireland they come from.
noillucS 33 My dad did all that several years ago. He has it stuffed somewhere but it was pretty interesting. He even got a copy of the manifest from Ellis Island listing our family members that came in.
Too funny!!!! I have a bunch of pink paint myself because it was clearanced, lol BTW nice of you all too help her out .Like i said before, TH-cam has the best mentors :)
+Charles Coleman Thankfully we're all out of pink paint but we still have a bunch of pink equipment. Looks like a ladies beekeeping club.
Most bee keepers that I know that do it for a living have 500 hives.
Ask don the fat bee man how many he has. The problem is that the market is getting saturated with people selling honey and bees. One bee keeper can cover a large are. If one or two people start a company in the same town it doesn’t work out well.
Thomas I hope you became a keeper.
Randy aka (628 Dirt Rooster) was my first you tube keeper I found when I started 3 seasons ago.
He's still my favorite along with Jeff and a few select other ( not Yappy though ) lol jk.
Keep up the great work randy.
We're up to 11 hives now and selling honey.
Thanks so much for the support Shaun. Glad your apiary is doing good and has been profitable. :)
You are so right, it is cheaper to buy your honey. Not much money in two or three hives.
wonderful work!
+my Creative Channel Appreciate it. :)
Great video. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed and hope it was a help.
Good video and right to the point.
Have you seen - someone invented a valve to drain honey from hives without taking out the frames?
***** Yeah, the flow hive...it's a pretty amazing invention, but I think it's just a fad. Apparently there are lots of flaws in it, so it couldn't be used for commercial bee keeping - just for the hobbyists.
Amelia de la Motte I don't think we'll ever see any form of it in commercial beekeeping.
Did you get all the nucs out of one hive, and if it is different hives does it matter if the queen cell is foreign. or will any bunch of bees look after any queen cell once they realise they are Queenless?
Nice video, don't worry about what some people think about your grandson around the bees. I have two 4 year olds they are always helping with my 11 hives, they even refuse to wear their beesuits.
Hi John
I think it is so neat to see kids in their little bee suits getting into the hobby. My niece has been working with bees since she was about eleven. She does wear her suit though. I only commented on my grand son like that to reduce the number of ignorant people who would come on here and make ugly comments that I would just have to delete. Keep those boys going with it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thanks, actually boy and girl.
Such a pretty shade of pink on those nukes lol.😊
At about what temperature do you start grafting?
excellent information bud!!
Thanks Tyler
Very informative. Thank you
Sir. Does your state require you to be inspected every year?
I'm in Arkansas. We have to be inspected every year.
that be true! its not a fortune, but it comes in handy if you get in a pinch or have the resources available;)
I just bought 4 acres of land and I will be keeping bees for the first time this upcoming Spring! Hope I can do business with you've helped us all with your videos and you deserve something for all of your hard work.
Awesome. Best of luck with your new place.
KC Luu beekeeping now?
awsome vid mate enjoyed
Thanks bro
Nice video, mate. I've been selling some beeswax products, such as lip balm, chap sticks and moisturising cream. There's not a lot of money in it, but it helps offset the costs of the hobby.
I didn't even think of those money makers. We are only limited by our imagination.
628DirtRooster Friday night I made a batch of beeswax leather dressing. Lamb tallow (home rendered), lanolin & beeswax. I've given some to a mate who makes stock whips and he's going to give me a report on how it goes.
I've also been selling a bit of the moisturising cream to friends and their friends. Everyone who tries it loves it.
How in the heck do you mark a queen bee for identification? Do they make Sharpees that small? LOL
Thank you for sharing this video. It's very informative, and very well done.
Great video in a sense here its clearly mentioned it's not goose that lays golden eggs. with all possibilities any enthusiast how he can manage and make money....thank you sir...
So many ways to make a few extra bucks. I learn new ones every time a see someone a craft fair or farmers market with a new flavored honey or face scrub.....
Thanks for the video. Learning questions: How much do you sell your honey for a lb? How much do you charge for hive removals? Looking to make a living here in Montana with bees, I have 20 hives right now
Most people around here sell their honey by the pint for $8 to $9 retail and not by the pound. Wholesale $6 or so a pint if you buy by the case.
Just found your channel. Good video, Started 2 hives last spring and have split them 3 times. Hope to catch a couple of swarms to try our top bar hives.
628DirtRooster
Thanks to you, I am a new beekeeper for 3 weeks now.
Everything is good here so far.
When do you know if you can split a hive?
Can a installed 3 pound package be split the same year it was installed into a new hive and frames with new foundation?
Thanks again for a good video.
Feed them and you can split them once they are about 80% full in their box.
Thank you so much for your response.
With 80% do you mean 80% of the frames drawn with comb?
Today, I just put another deep brood-box on top of the original new box because it had about 75% drawn comb and many bees hatched already. I got about 7 frames with brood mixed with nectar and pollen. Looks like # 8 frame will be all nectar/honey on one side ( not capped yet).
Today, me and my wife seen a bee hatch while doing inspection before adding another box, which took only a short time for the bee to hatch. I must say that a newly hatched bee is about the same size as a fully grown adult.......AMAZING......!!!!!!
Did you get any honey from the split hives the same year you split them? Great videos. Thanks
Yep. How much depends on how much drawn comb you already have.
Just subscribed to your channel, really, really informative. Thank you very much for all this honest information. Quick question, if you will, when you said you hear the queen pipping, what is it indicative of? Thanks again.
D.
Thanks for the sub. Hope you enjoy. I'm not sure why she does it but it's like she's singing a little song to her kids.
lol.. I hear that.. Been checking out your other vids...very cool. Keep'em coming.Thank ya'll.
If you can somehow manage to reduce bills to three hundred per month then you can actually work for yourself utizing twenty hives set up correctly. An income of $1200 hundred dollars can be made each and every month the temperature remains above forty five degrees. it really depends on how much work to want to place into it. if all of your work hours are dedicated to bee keeping you can make six times that much or more.
YELP.... NICE VIDEO THANKS FOR POSTING
What is better.
To use a swarm queen or to use a emergency queen?
Same if both are mated properly.
Potentially frequently asked question: besides cash, obviously, what is currency for y'all helping out folks? You mentioned grafting queens etc what would be polite to exchange for bee help
Whatever's fair for someone's time.
Very Informative video. Thanks.
Do you make your own hive boxes?
Not any more. We order pre-cut material and then assemble them our selves. We have limited time and it's not that much cheaper to build your own unless you are getting free lumber. We do build or own tops and bottoms.
My grandfather had several hives but he was stung so many times that he became very allergic later in his life. How do you keep from being stung??? I would think at some point you'd accidentally crush one and that'd start an attack of some sort...
Very interesting video I would like to become a beekeeper I live in Riverside California where can i buy the boxes and the frames and all the tools
There are lots of places but here are some that we use.
www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/
www.mannlakeltd.com/
www.dadant.com/
When you find a queen cell, does it only contain one queen larvae in it?
+Paul Petrea Yes but twins would be cool.
I live in Yorkshire, UK, which is a mix of industrial and farmlands. Where I live is too built up for an Apiary in my garden, but I was going to ask a few of the local farms if I could place 2-3 hives on their land. What do you think would be a fair offer for using their space?
I get so many people begging me to put hives on their land. You shouldn't have to pay anything but a couple of jars of honey is fair. Doesn't have to be a big place either. The bees will travel to find what they need.
Great video.
Thanks Robert
So true! With the killer bees, everyone gets alarmed any time they see a bee! I must have the hives far away from people.
I get calls, your bees are in my yard. My last hive is at my home. I was involved in a court case, took years before it was over. Beekeeping insurance is getting to be a must. I was cleared of any liability, any person gets stung, it must have been one of my bees.
How long can those cells be away from controlled environment, for that fact how long can any brood be away without a detrimental loss of temperature?Really cool of you to share this video , Once again shows that you and your family are tight with your community :)
+Charles Coleman We appreciate y'all watching. You can keep queen cells out for several hours depending on what stage they are at. The older they are the longer they can be without the heat of the hive. We usually wrap them up in a tshirt or something and try and keep them a little warm when transporting.
I understand what you're saying about " i want to do it for the honey..". We have chickens. People say oh the eggs. I tell them. If you want pets they are worth the work but if you just want eggs you're better off buying them at the store.
its crazy how your dad can stand in that swarm of bees like its nothing and everyone i know runs at the sight of one bee. lol anyways great video like always keep up the good work!
Thanks Taylor
Don't be ashamed, bees like pink too
Thanks for having my back Wil.
yea its kind of unusual in maryland
My bees will pay for themselves when I start. Here in Pennsylvania the tax laws are such that if you own a 'farm' with livestock (like bees) you don't pay income tax. I'm not sure how large my operation might get. My wife is very allergic so I have to be conscious of that, and I'm not interested in having satellite yards.
That's a good question. If you're yard is well planted with pollinating plants, on say, half an acre, how many hives could you reasonably expect to have? I'm going to place mine in a small orchard, apples, pears, figs, etc. and a bunch of honeysuckle.
You can’t plant enough to sustain even one hive on a half acre. They will harvest far beyond that.
@@628DirtRooster Cool, I figured that would likely be the case 👍
Hey rooster, I have a question for you. Those are plastic foundation right? If not, Id like your recommendations how to take out queen cells out of a plastic foundation. If those are plastic foundation, I'd like to know if your method has changed over the years? I've seen people using metal screen cages to put over the queen cell and wait for her to hatch and then do what you want to do with her. What do you think of this method?
Cages are good. If I need them for splits I can usually remove swarm cells pretty cleanly with an Xacto knife.
@@628DirtRooster Thanks a lot for the reply I really appreciate it !! Much love from CAnada! You rock and I learn a lot from you!
pretty cool!
some nice old cars out there
They have potential but need a new home.
Good day 628DirtRooster... You mentioned $125.00 for the bees but what I was wondering is....For the box, frames. Package deal with the bees what is the average rate for it all if one does not have anything to bring in like the new frames to trade off and so on? Thank you Sir in advance.
+John Rideout We get $340 for one ten frame deep with an established colony, a screen bottom with an oil tray, an extra ten frame deep, a ten frame medium for a honey super, a queen excluder and a cover.
OH ! So you sell the whole set up ! Awesome!!
John Rideout Yep, we have to because we get so many calls for nucs from people who have nothing. Most of them don't even have a suit and smoker when they come pick up the hive.
Oh wow!! True blue newbees
When a hobbyist as hive removal from another person's home, do they need to have insurance to do that? what kind of insurance do you get much does that cost? I'm hoping you tell me that you do not need to be insured. If so, I was wondering how you work that?
I wouldn't say to never get insurance but I don't have any and don't know anyone who does for hive or swarm removals. It would be beneficial in some situations. I have had companies tell me they couldn't use me more than just "this one emergency" because I was not insured only to have them call again the next year. Insurance for this can run $750 to $1,250 per year.
628DirtRooster Good to know. What about a business license?
I'd really like to start bee keeping but my wife is not liking the idea. Apparently my hobbyist are getting out of hand for her. Any thoughts on helping her see the light?
Ever think of stamp collecting? LOL My wife didn't like the idea when I started. She didn't mind if I started the hobby. She was just scared of the bees. I put my boxes a good distance away from the house and over the years she has gotten very comfortable around them. She doesn't do any beekeeping but she isn't scared any more. I have one box right next to her chicken house. Keep them at a friends house if need be. Happy wife = happy life.
I have many acres and could sent them up in a place she won't even know. I think she is afraid of them. Maybe more worried about money. She always worries about money.
Thank for the videos. I'll have to make some bee vids if I start doing bees.
Scott Cunningham Legit concern.
Where do you get your gentle bees from ?, I bought some from Lebanon tn and they are very aggressive, no fun. I'm going to re queen my bees with gentle bees, Your tapes are very clear and informative thanks for taking time to put them out. You missed your calling. When you make queens do you run the bees through a queen excluder to make sure no queen. put one frame with eggs in the bottom. do you use that way? Thanks again sir.
Michael Reynolds Most of my bees are from feral colonies. The queens that we purchase are Italian. We only use queen excluders below the honey supers and I don't use them very often. Thanks for watching. I hope I answered your questions.
Thank you sir very helpful. Love all your videos. First class.
Those cars in the background!
I'm looking into starting up :) So what do you do when you get too many bees? Like you have your colony where you want it.
You can split them and have two colonies or sell the split or let them swarm.
ok thanks. that's what I was thinking. thanks for your reply
Hey where are you guys located? The scenery looks like the Covington / Abita Springs LA area.
Gulfport
Thanks for the information!!! What do you use mark the queen?
The marker we are using is a Uni Posca PC-5M apple green. We got ours at a local hobby store. You can also get them through Amazon.
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=uni%20posca%20apple%20green
Cool, I always wondered what type of marker people used.
we have watched many of your videos we have 2 hives one of them actually swarmed in august 18 it was started out as a nuc we installed memorial day, we are starting our 2 year here in mo we will need to do some splits i guess in early april,i never did it but we will need to move the nucs the question is how far away. thanks Randy
If you just do a two way split you can leave them where they are. If you split several ways you can either close them for two full days or move them a mile or so. Most people say three miles which is what I do only because of the locations of our yards but I've moved them 1/4 mile and had good results.
628DirtRooster what is a 2 way split ,i am not sure
Randy Nelson Just splitting into two colonies and not three or four.
628DirtRooster thz we will let them make a new queen verse buying one. thz again
Do you tend to save more on taxes writing off beekeeping classified as a 'hobby business', or as a 'farm'? It technically could qualify as either depending on how serious you are. But particularly if you are doing land payments etc for acreage then you may need to try to push it as a farm (?)
We are set up as an LLC. I write off everything as a business experience including anything I use in videos or to make videos.
Thanks for your reply.
If you do it as an LLC, do you not have to worry about reporting losses too often like you would with it classified as farming, or similar?
There are cases where if its farming business if you have too many loss years in like a 7 year period, supposedly they may try to dispute your returns, and its messed people up.
But of course, farming and bee farming especially wow it can be volatile and weird. You never know if you'll keep your shirt if some big storm happens in your state.
Well thanks for your thoughts and videos. Really love seeing the bee yards.
With any business you can only show a loss for three years, I think, without raising red flags. If you are running it as a business that you never plan to make a profit with I'd just set up a new LLC every three years. LLC filings are cheap and easy. This is not advice from a tax professional. I'm 32 years self employed but I've never filed my own taxes and I don't stay up to date on tax codes. I always use an accountant.
Ideally you would begin to turn a profit at some point and wouldn't have to worry about all that.
@@628DirtRooster Thank you very much.
Very good video...
+Samantha Shaw Thanks Samantha
Things that make my day as a beekeeper are cheap sugar and free paint
Hi 628 Dirtrooster, do you see much intersted from people wanting 5 fram nucs this time of year (July - August) I just split my biggest hive into a nuc. When they make queen cells i plan to make about 4 more nuc splits and was thinking of selling them here in southwestern Louisiana... Any thoughts on that plan? Thanks for the video's
Marsh Prepper People want bees all times of the year but it does slow down when spring is over. Start advertising. You'll sell some if you get the word out.
Marsh Prepper If you were in my area I'd be all over a nuc. I'm in WV though.
Chad Ashton People say you can't start your beekeeping hobby this late in the year. No one can explain why. Someone has to keep them through fall and winter. I say you can start your hobby in the middle of winter if someone will sell you bees.
Yeah, I've asked around and I can't find anyone that will sell bees in my area. There's a guy that does cut outs all the time too and he won't even come off a hive.
Chad Ashton They all want to wait until spring and sell nucs from splits. More $$$ in their pockets.
one handed camera?? hell i just wanna to hear ya voice chirping :) nice vid tks Rooster
A friend of mine has 54 hives and last spring first harvest got a check for 24,000 from bluebonnet. looks like a lot of money to me!
Wow! That's nothing to sneeze at. He's doing more than just selling honey. He must be doing pollination contracts too.
no he said he just has to use their s/s barrels and he has to pasteurize the honey. they also had came to check his operation out to be sure he could pasteurize it. He did say he wanted to get into cali and the almond tree thing. but the thing that got my attention was lavender nectar flows he talked about his grandfather going to the Dakotas and getting many suppers per hive full of honey in fast time up there.
Md Seelbach That's a deal he needs to hang on to for sure. We've got a friend bringing bees back in from Cali. I don't know his total count but two truck loads came in when I was there last week.
Hi... I live in Salt Lake City, UT and I am ABSOLUTELY infatuated with Honey Bees and I would love to get into doing a hive in my backyard this year but I was wondering if it is even possible where I live at... Any information or pointers you have for me would be greatly appreciated thank you.... 628dirtrooster bees
Do you have a video on building your own nucs?
I don't but that would be a good one to do. I'll get around to it eventually. Beesource.com has plans for five frame nucs.
is there any body else having there bees sworming more than usual i have already cought 9 sworms allready this year and i live in maryland most are up high on limbs 1 sworm was about the size of a beach ball huge and most the size of a foot ball
+Ronald Forrest About normal down here.
Good video. Where are you located? Up in my area our honey flows are short. Only six weeks. It's tough to get the nuts started but it can be done. I'm running forty colonies. I am very different and allow swarming to take place since it's a natural process. Obviously, I don't harvest as much honey as I can but I'm building the colonies for next year with more queen rearing. In my state we have to be registered as a queen breeder or seller of bees. The state will inspect the operation twice a season to check for disease issues. Great policy and protects the purchasers too.
Keep them coming.
We are in south MS. We don't register here but Louisiana does. They don't inspect though.
I don't mind if a hive swarms as long as I catch the swarm. I missed at least three of my swarms this year already. The good thing about that is it gives you a fresh queen.
could you live off beekeeping with more than 200 hives?
Yes
I must say, hobby beekeeping, or even small business scale can be profitable, but it relies on a large nearby market for both the hive products and the bees themselves (the nucs). I don't want to toot my own horn, as I know it's very area dependent, and I'm just lucky to have a lot of outlets, both at my job and through community relations that sell my product. I always have a line waiting for honey when I harvest!
Here is my advice. Start small, and build on a cash flow basis. If you find you can't sell the honey for a decent rate, stop making honey. Maybe turn it into mead instead! If you're making splits/nucs and find you can't sell them, focus elsewhere. I make most of my money doing bee removals, selling full strength hives, and teaching beekeeping classes. The removals are good down here since Houston is about 3 million people, and there are A LOT of old, run down houses with little to no insulation in the walls, creating endless places for bees to set up shop. The classes are a great way to get my name out there for my services, and also a good outlet for my honey.
But again, my number one rule is to not get ahead of yourself. If you find you have 30 hives you are maintaining, and they aren't selling or making honey, then they are costing you money!
I intend to do a whole series on beekeeping economics as well just as soon as I can figure out how to put it together in a format I like. Thanks for sharing!
Well said. Similar to your situation, here in South MS there is almost nothing about beekeeping that can't be made profitable. I do a lot a hive removals myself both for extra income and for the fun of the challenge.
+628DirtRooster have you had to remove any africanized hives? are there any precautions for those compared to native ones?
GEODEAHOLIC M No Africanized bees here yet but they would be more dangerous to fool with. I certainly couldn't take those out wearing a ball cap and sunglasses like I do these European bees.
+GEODEAHOLIC M Yeah, look out, their all sorts of piss and vinegar! I've done a few that were pretty hot here in Houston. One point of professional caution: Once you start a job, you have to finish. Leaving them exposed only makes it worse. 80+ removals I've only had two that either had, or ended up sending someone to the hospital. Not proud to say it, but I euthanised both colonies as I am in a highly urban area and couldn't have that risk while I waited out a requeening effort.
Brueggens Bees That's all you can do with them some times.
Wish I lived somewhere that I could start this as a hobby but I don't think my neighbors would appreciate it much. Lol
Don't worry about the neighbors. They wouldn't even know unless you told them or unless they are in your back yard all the time.
In new Zealand its about $200NZ dollars for a nuc with bees
A little expensive.
Ramnight. Same $ in OZ.
Am so much interested in bee keeping but have difficulty in getting the equipment please help me out am in Nigeria. Thanks
Did u start
your bees seem very calm what gives ?
We tend Italians mainly and they are pretty easy to work with.
628DirtRooster The more i watch your videos and fat bee mans videos the more i want to get two hives this spring. you guys have some good bee vids.thanks
thatbme35 Jump in. It's a really fun and rewarding hobby.
i will.
Thank you sir.masha allah
haha, safety sallys :)
Older fella moving a little slow. Not easy hauling a set a balls around it takes to handle them bees like a boss. ☺
Do you get paid to take it out of someone's house?
Yes
Hey I have no problem crowding the bees so they will make queen cells. My problem is getting them mated successfully. I've made 10 splits and only 2 were successful. What am I doing wrong? They have plenty of food and bees and it's been warm at night. Are there that many predators? after them or are they not coming back? for some reason. I have plenty of drones and food and bees with a 14 day old queen cell. I come back 2 weeks later still no laying queen. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
You're checking them too soon. Don't check for 21 days after the day you know she is supposed to emerge.
I didn't know that. That's the kind of stuff nobody tells u. Thanks I'll give it a try.
Thanks for watching
I figured 14 days was plenty but evidently not. Thanks so much
I have heard on yours or someone else's videos that the money is in selling bees. Not in the honey.
Sales over honey but pollination contracts over sales. There still can be good money in honey though.
need to get that boy in a new video see how much he grew
Yep, he's getting big.
A mild sweet scrummy honey that's translucent.
People are asking when are ya gonna get more honey,I tell them I can't turn it on like a tap.
I try my best with the lil ladies they do me proud, knowing I'm helping our local Eco system with pollination.
High demand is a good thing.
Is it fun?
It really is. I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
Safety sallys! hahaha
That boy wants paw paws attention so bad! Lol
He has my heart. :)