Ha Bob I always enjoy your videos, I wish they were longer u could tape the hole day and I would love it. I have queens walking around as well I was worried they were no good. I have others with 4-5 frames of good brood. I am equalizing all my hives I have learned so much from you thank you for every video u do. God Bless you and your wonderful family and crew
Hey Bob ..Lynn Hughes here from southeast Alabama … first year bee keeper as you know ..I just left my yards and I was thinking ..”man something doesn’t seem right ..brood patterns look diminished in some hives ..now you made me feel a little bit better ..thanks Bob ..see you soon !!!
Last Summer we had about 6 weeks so hot, there was no pollen. Even my Buckfast stopped laying. Good thing against varroa though. We had fewer winter losses than usual in Germany. Best regards, Jan
G'day bob, I run 850 hives in Australia, would love to see some videos when you're putting in mite treatments,trying to learn more on it before it arrives where I live. cheers Andrew
Things are good in Michigan looks like will be over our 200 unit goals exactly like you said.. life to short be making Aug splits when your in goldenrod area they miss it .. July they bulk right up .. 13" of rain in July I expect huge goldenrod flow bring it on ..
You should do a video on how to handle and mark queens… you guys make it look so easy… I’ve been practicing this. Have had a few supercedures unfortunately but I figure it’s all part of learning. I’m am torn between holding them by the back legs or the thorax. I’m thinking you hold their legs? Thanks again for all you do for the beekeeping community
Same thing here. Noticed reduced laying, little pollen coming in. Pollen dearth and can’t use patties. Hopefully we’ll have some late summer pollen coming in soon.
I have the same thing here in Southeast Michigan. Brood production is very slow but the workers are filling the boxes with nectar. Thought it might have something to do with the Canadian fires interfering with their communications but other keepers aren't reporting the same. It's always something ......
I noticed there was some Sericea Lespedeza just off your right shoulder in the video. It blooms around the same time as goldenrod and makes a great flow for the bees. We also raise goats and they love it too. It's one of my favorite plants, but it's very invasive so some people are not as happy as I am when they see it.
Hey Bob! Greetings from Hellas Greece! I wonder if you put syrup at nucs when it has low pollen input, how much can affect the comb building?! Thank you for your knowledge, keep up the good work!
Bees can still build comb in a nectar flow or with a light sucrose syrup feeding but of course they're in better condition to do everything with fresh pollen coming in.
Hello Bob. All 20 queens I purchased from yall on July 1st was accepted. On Sunday July 9th I noticed yellow pollen coming in. Some had almost emptied a gallon of syrup and some hadn't taken much of it at all. Im undecided on feeding again this weekend. They are 5 frame nucs. I'm wanting build them up to a five or five configuration.
"Gone walkabout". I saw some bees raiding some stickies i had left in the rain, weird thing was they were focusing on some crystallised canola in a small area not the runny honey left in most of the cells . Disease risk😮 so i put the frames in the shed.
Bob, do you think a lack of pollen is the reason the Queens have slowed down, if so, do you think just some dry pollen sub would help? I feel the same way that you do about pollen patties this time of the year!
Our sumac is about to start blooming here in Dandridge which the bees love. Plus the thousands of sunflowers I planted on my pasture is starting to bloom which the bees are getting pollen from which has helped a bunch. Does the sumac produce much pollen and if so is it good quality?
We like at least three week old queens. You like our video "Queen Acceptance and Queen Supersedure" . I explain why. th-cam.com/video/xI_FL3xwXNM/w-d-xo.html
I've seen videos of dry pollen substitute being "community fed" in a mostly enclosed container to keep it dry. Would doing that prevent the Small Hive Beetle problem caused by putting moist pollen patties inside a hive? Can dry pollen substitute be put inside a hive without Small Hive Beetles thriving on it?
I got just the opposite going on in Wisconsin. I have top bar hives and the hives have 25 frames of brood surrounded by honey. And none of the bars of honey they have are capped yet. My bees just keep making bees. Thought my second year with them I would get honey. Nope.
I don’t get what the big deal about Kamon is anyway. I think Bob has so much wisdom to share, I’ve adopted a few of your ways and they have helped me immensely. Both Bob Bonnie and Darren Jerome at Jerome Bee Farm and Homestead have influenced me a lot in my beekeeping. Thanks to both! 😊🐝
@bobbinnie9872 I understand. Let me ask you this: Can you put a cell in too early? I remember your video about placing, i think, 3 - or 4-day cells. Is there any advantage to waiting until they are about to hatch?
@@jeremybauer4756 The video you mention is about using 48 hour cells which actually works great if the nuc isn't too small. The bees accept those very well and finish them out. If using mature cells I've noticed the best acceptance when the nuc has been queenless about 6 to 12 hours and the cell is mature and ready to hatch soon.
Bob hi from australia mid winter and I had a coffee watching the hive working and 100 orientation and I spot the queen on hive landing , she after 10 seconds flies out for 10 feet and returns into hive, is this a normal behaviour I thought they only leave to mate or swarm any opinion thanks
Awesome video! So is this the first time you have checked them since you put the QC in? You said 5 weeks since you did. I have some nucs with QC and I was wondering how long I should wait to get in. Sounds like you waited 5 weeks. I will do the same!
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Ha Bob I always enjoy your videos, I wish they were longer u could tape the hole day and I would love it. I have queens walking around as well I was worried they were no good. I have others with 4-5 frames of good brood. I am equalizing all my hives I have learned so much from you thank you for every video u do. God Bless you and your wonderful family and crew
Hey Bob ..Lynn Hughes here from southeast Alabama … first year bee keeper as you know ..I just left my yards and I was thinking ..”man something doesn’t seem right ..brood patterns look diminished in some hives ..now you made me feel a little bit better ..thanks Bob ..see you soon !!!
Yes a middle of the week video I love it! Thanks Bob for sharing!
Thanks for passing your knowledge forward, your an outstanding teacher.
Last Summer we had about 6 weeks so hot, there was no pollen. Even my Buckfast stopped laying. Good thing against varroa though. We had fewer winter losses than usual in Germany.
Best regards,
Jan
Dave from north Florida.
I thought I didnt have any queens then saw what you saw. We have rain so we put sugar on them today
Maybe the rain will pick things up a bit.
G'day bob, I run 850 hives in Australia, would love to see some videos when you're putting in mite treatments,trying to learn more on it before it arrives where I live. cheers Andrew
Hi Andrew. We will be treating soon and will show what we do. I wish all Australian beekeepers good luck withy this new challenge.
Bob. Loved to see you find this one. You knew she was in there!
I was counting on it!
Thank you Bob.
Things are good in Michigan looks like will be over our 200 unit goals exactly like you said.. life to short be making Aug splits when your in goldenrod area they miss it .. July they bulk right up .. 13" of rain in July I expect huge goldenrod flow bring it on ..
You should do a video on how to handle and mark queens… you guys make it look so easy… I’ve been practicing this. Have had a few supercedures unfortunately but I figure it’s all part of learning. I’m am torn between holding them by the back legs or the thorax. I’m thinking you hold their legs? Thanks again for all you do for the beekeeping community
I recommend practicing on drones, a lot of them. We hold them gently on one side, holding all three legs so she can't twist.
@@bobbinnie9872 so your grabbing all 3 legs on just 1 side.?
@@reck9953 Yes, but she's cradled between the thumb and finger.
Same thing here. Noticed reduced laying, little pollen coming in. Pollen dearth and can’t use patties. Hopefully we’ll have some late summer pollen coming in soon.
I have the same thing here in Southeast Michigan. Brood production is very slow but the workers are filling the boxes with nectar. Thought it might have something to do with the Canadian fires interfering with their communications but other keepers aren't reporting the same. It's always something ......
I noticed there was some Sericea Lespedeza just off your right shoulder in the video. It blooms around the same time as goldenrod and makes a great flow for the bees. We also raise goats and they love it too. It's one of my favorite plants, but it's very invasive so some people are not as happy as I am when they see it.
In our area the bees only get a slight bit of nectar from it.
Thanks Bob!!!
Hey Bob! Greetings from Hellas Greece! I wonder if you put syrup at nucs when it has low pollen input, how much can affect the comb building?! Thank you for your knowledge, keep up the good work!
Bees can still build comb in a nectar flow or with a light sucrose syrup feeding but of course they're in better condition to do everything with fresh pollen coming in.
Hello Bob. All 20 queens I purchased from yall on July 1st was accepted. On Sunday July 9th I noticed yellow pollen coming in. Some had almost emptied a gallon of syrup and some hadn't taken much of it at all. Im undecided on feeding again this weekend. They are 5 frame nucs. I'm wanting build them up to a five or five configuration.
A good pollen flow is great. Glad the queens were excepted well.
Bob, please specify how many families in an industrial apiary can or should be served by one beekeeper?
I did well at operated 500 colonies alone.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you, in Ukraine I served about 300. I think 500 is quite realistic in order to maintain and control bee coonies.
"Gone walkabout".
I saw some bees raiding some stickies i had left in the rain, weird thing was they were focusing on some crystallised canola in a small area not the runny honey left in most of the cells .
Disease risk😮 so i put the frames in the shed.
Oh my, a new suit? Nice!
Had to do it.
It’s gone walkabout!!! Baab…laughing emoji.
Ya beat me to it. Qld here
Love your videos Bob!
And me too I just order 5 queens 😁 thanks you
Thursday video!? I'll take it!
Bob, do you think a lack of pollen is the reason the Queens have slowed down, if so, do you think just some dry pollen sub would help? I feel the same way that you do about pollen patties this time of the year!
It could help but I'm actually OK with the temporary slow down before golden rod starts.
Our sumac is about to start blooming here in Dandridge which the bees love. Plus the thousands of sunflowers I planted on my pasture is starting to bloom which the bees are getting pollen from which has helped a bunch. Does the sumac produce much pollen and if so is it good quality?
Sumac may produce pollen but I can't say that I have ever seen any.
Ohio it never stops.... until it does.... Then we run for FL
1st time raising my own queens… How long do should I let her lay before I can use to requeen a colony? Or sale?
We like at least three week old queens. You like our video "Queen Acceptance and Queen Supersedure" . I explain why. th-cam.com/video/xI_FL3xwXNM/w-d-xo.html
I've seen videos of dry pollen substitute being "community fed" in a mostly enclosed container to keep it dry.
Would doing that prevent the Small Hive Beetle problem caused by putting moist pollen patties inside a hive?
Can dry pollen substitute be put inside a hive without Small Hive Beetles thriving on it?
Dry pollen can be brushed into open comb but I believe the bees will be OK in this instance until golden rod begins.
I got just the opposite going on in Wisconsin. I have top bar hives and the hives have 25 frames of brood surrounded by honey. And none of the bars of honey they have are capped yet. My bees just keep making bees. Thought my second year with them I would get honey. Nope.
What ya think about the Kamon thing?
I think Kamon will do just fine after this mess is over.
What happened?
@@aidanquick3151 Kamon and Dustin, his partner at hive life, have parted ways and Kamon says he will build a separate conference other than Hive Life.
I don’t get what the big deal about Kamon is anyway. I think Bob has so much wisdom to share, I’ve adopted a few of your ways and they have helped me immensely. Both Bob Bonnie and Darren Jerome at Jerome Bee Farm and Homestead have influenced me a lot in my beekeeping. Thanks to both! 😊🐝
Bob, can you share the type of smoker fuel you use. Thanks. John R
We use a combination of pine needles and hardwood wood stove pellets.
Hello Mr. Binnie,
When do you put your cells into the nuc? How many days after grafting?
Thank you so much for the videos.😊
If we're on time our cells go in around twelve hours before hatching.
@bobbinnie9872 I understand. Let me ask you this: Can you put a cell in too early? I remember your video about placing, i think, 3 - or 4-day cells. Is there any advantage to waiting until they are about to hatch?
@@jeremybauer4756 The video you mention is about using 48 hour cells which actually works great if the nuc isn't too small. The bees accept those very well and finish them out. If using mature cells I've noticed the best acceptance when the nuc has been queenless about 6 to 12 hours and the cell is mature and ready to hatch soon.
Bob hi from australia mid winter and I had a coffee watching the hive working and 100 orientation and I spot the queen on hive landing , she after 10 seconds flies out for 10 feet and returns into hive, is this a normal behaviour I thought they only leave to mate or swarm any opinion thanks
My understanding is that they only leave to mate or swarm. But then we are talking about bees after-all🤔.
How about open dry pollen sub feed like Ian?
It could help but I'll wait for the golden rod pollen.
Awesome video! So is this the first time you have checked them since you put the QC in? You said 5 weeks since you did. I have some nucs with QC and I was wondering how long I should wait to get in. Sounds like you waited 5 weeks. I will do the same!
We usually check at 28 days but in this case it was an extra week because we didn't have enough cells on the last round.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you!!!
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Would feeding 1:1 help?
They are already in a moderate nectar flow so I think they would probably plug the brood nest further.
On video she makes you hunt LOL
Just keeping it real. LOL
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What is a baby nuc?
A baby nuc is very small with only a few small frames and comb. Easy to find queens but you can't let a queen lay much before harvesting.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you!
Good info
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