I learn a lot from these 1 on 1 style work-through of your hows and whys of working your bees, Thanks much Ian. We might be in different regions, sizes but our goals are the same Happy, Healthy, Productive Honey Bees. Have a great weekend Ian. Blessed Days...
gorgeous full frames! 🐝👀 SO excited to see your full flow coming on! Funny all those people who were so upset about the new bee stock... guess they didn't think you'd reproduce your own good stock in the process.. :) Keep up the STELLAR work Ian!
The extraction frenzy looms... It's pretty exciting to see all the work, prepping, fretting, and fussing culminate in 4 to 5 filled supers per hive. Means it was all worth it.
Awesome video. I started beekeeping 6 years ago. I caught a wild swarm now I've multiple to 8 hives threw those 6 years. I love it. Beekeeping is awesome keeps you in tune with the world's beautiful nature. Maybe one day I can have a bee farm like you. Keep up the amazing work your awesome. Oh yeah I plan on doing some grafting to so I hope that goes well. Thanks for sharing your amazing videos
Hi Ian, how to save time: shake all bees from the broodframes, put the frames in the nuc box. Then shake the same amount of bees from above the exluder in the nuc box. Best regards from Germany, Jan
Love the updates. Always educational. Was wondering if you had considered which way the scales would tip if you pulled honey a week early and didn’t feed prior to winter? I know you know what your doing but wondered how it would look on a spreadsheet and if it would be overall cheaper. Having pondered more I realized they wouldn’t have the benefit of your rocket fuel.
Not looking for a count down in the chamber, it is what it is at this time of year. Just pulling a good frame from big ones . But it’s between 6-8 frames
You stated that you were going to replace the package queens because you did not want to have too much new stock in your yards you wanted to use your old stock. Isn't the reason you had to by packages due to your old stock.
He have thousands of hectares of monoculture available. rapeseed has a lot of nectar flow, the honey is of poor quality for consumers, but the quantity is important. nothing spectacular.
@@apiproductapiproduct2492 As honey goes, how many people can distinguish canola honey from clover honey? Personally, I think the man is doing a spectacular job as a honey producer. One has to have robust colonies to bring in the nectar.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog thanks for the informative videos you're uploading. Please let us know what's the situation on the honey market the last year in Canada. Have you noticed a drop of demand on the bulk honey market or price drop?
Brought in some VSH F1 harbo and F1 VP virgins .. no wonder they are mite resist going 12 days still not laying...I know they got mated on day 5 seen it happening.. got some F1 latshaw coming next .. mine normally laying by day 7 .. guess they get brood breaks during queen replacement supersedure... Nuc bank getting bigger and bigger.. one more round of splits then I'll let them fatten up on the fall flow
I learn a lot from these 1 on 1 style work-through of your hows and whys of working your bees, Thanks much Ian.
We might be in different regions, sizes but our goals are the same Happy, Healthy, Productive Honey Bees.
Have a great weekend Ian. Blessed Days...
gorgeous full frames! 🐝👀 SO excited to see your full flow coming on! Funny all those people who were so upset about the new bee stock... guess they didn't think you'd reproduce your own good stock in the process.. :) Keep up the STELLAR work Ian!
The extraction frenzy looms... It's pretty exciting to see all the work, prepping, fretting, and fussing culminate in 4 to 5 filled supers per hive. Means it was all worth it.
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Awesome video. I started beekeeping 6 years ago. I caught a wild swarm now I've multiple to 8 hives threw those 6 years. I love it. Beekeeping is awesome keeps you in tune with the world's beautiful nature. Maybe one day I can have a bee farm like you. Keep up the amazing work your awesome. Oh yeah I plan on doing some grafting to so I hope that goes well. Thanks for sharing your amazing videos
Very good quality Queen.
Keep up the good hard work, you do a great job.
1:47 that is nothing short of fucking gorgeous!
Hi Ian,
how to save time: shake all bees from the broodframes, put the frames in the nuc box. Then shake the same amount of bees from above the exluder in the nuc box.
Best regards from Germany,
Jan
That’s the plan
Love the updates. Always educational.
Was wondering if you had considered which way the scales would tip if you pulled honey a week early and didn’t feed prior to winter? I know you know what your doing but wondered how it would look on a spreadsheet and if it would be overall cheaper.
Having pondered more I realized they wouldn’t have the benefit of your rocket fuel.
Tested at 19% here yesterday on day one. It’s go time. Boxes taken off now will be fully cured.
I tested a 19% also. This week we will start!
Ian, do you have a drying room that will draw the moisture down similar to Bob Binnies? Your flow is so awesome, I hope it goes for awhile longer.
how can you have 4 supers filled up already dang.
Well if you lift enough of those boxes I don't know!
شي رائع
كثافة النحل جيدة
من اي دولة
وماهي سلالة النحل؟
I presume these aren't on Canola? When on Canola, are you robbing every week to 10 days to avoid candied frames?
Boa tarde amigo, por gentileza qual e a umidade ideal no mel para ser um bom mel? Obrigado.
2.45 minute mark left hand side of frame 1/4 frame down from top queen having a wander
You have better eyes than me lol
That's because he has no life he has to watch TH-cam video beekeeping
Hey ian, how many frames of capped brood per colony are you looking for this time of year?
Not looking for a count down in the chamber, it is what it is at this time of year. Just pulling a good frame from big ones . But it’s between 6-8 frames
Are you running only saskatraz bees?
No. We have our own stock, but we do have some saskatraz queens.
You got about 7 to 8 weeks left a good warm weather going to start getting cold on you you better get her done
You stated that you were going to replace the package queens because you did not want to have too much new stock in your yards you wanted to use your old stock. Isn't the reason you had to by packages due to your old stock.
No, everyone has their turn
Weather and disease , not queen issue
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Sorry I miss understood the problem
5 boxes for honey. How? 😁
5deeps to
He have thousands of hectares of monoculture available. rapeseed has a lot of nectar flow, the honey is of poor quality for consumers, but the quantity is important. nothing spectacular.
@@apiproductapiproduct2492 As honey goes, how many people can distinguish canola honey from clover honey?
Personally, I think the man is doing a spectacular job as a honey producer. One has to have robust colonies to bring in the nectar.
Oh canola is sold as a premium white creamed honey. It seeks top dollar
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog thanks for the informative videos you're uploading. Please let us know what's the situation on the honey market the last year in Canada. Have you noticed a drop of demand on the bulk honey market or price drop?
Brought in some VSH F1 harbo and F1 VP virgins .. no wonder they are mite resist going 12 days still not laying...I know they got mated on day 5 seen it happening.. got some F1 latshaw coming next .. mine normally laying by day 7 .. guess they get brood breaks during queen replacement supersedure... Nuc bank getting bigger and bigger.. one more round of splits then I'll let them fatten up on the fall flow