I am praying you are ok, i know that hurricane ripped thru your area, also wonder about all your workers ? Let me know what you need and i will see what i can do
You are the only one who has shown the check back for emergence cell pinch off during a queen introduction. I do the same. I install the queen, Candy release then check back in 10 days to strike cells
Bob, I see this hurricane has the potential to really cause your area some major flooding. Sending you and your entire operation good vibes over the next few days that Mother Nature goes easy on y'all.
We had no power or internet for several days leading up to Sunday and couldn't work on or upload anything. Still don't have power at home but the shop is good now. Should be good for next Sunday. Thanks.
Ha Bob always look forward to watching your videos, I hope this makes sense. I know winter bees are being layed now, but when does the queen stop laying winter bees and start having summer bees again, I am feeding buckets still and giving pollen sub we do not have any flow here. my bees line up like beautiful dogs eating the pollen it is just so cool to watch and see. there heads in a streight line. They eat it so fast to. I wish my location was better but that is ok my bees do fine. Thanks for everything have a blessed week again I wish u had or would put a thanks button up there so I could give you a gift of money for in my way to say thanks to you for your gift to me sharing your knowledge of bees have a very blessed week.
@@ehsanpartovi I knew someone was going to catch that. She was actually a worker, we had a few workers marked in these colonies when we went through them. I am pretty sure I know who the jokester is who did this.
If you cage the old queen first for a week or so. Then go in and remove her in the cage. Put in the new queen in the cage and they should not have made queen cells as the old queen was still there for that first week.
@@MinnesotaBeekeeper hi, the method Alan porter outlines means there are not two queens in the colony at the same time. Day 0 put existing queen in a cage. On day 7 remove caged queen from colony. The colony is now hopelessly Queenless. Later on day 7 introduce the new queen. The hopelessly queenless colony no longer has the option of raising their own queen. They are much more likely to accept the new queen.
Good morning BOB. Stopped by the shop yesterday & left you a little bottle of hot honey to add to your collection & made a purchase as well. Are these queens you raised or if not where are you getting them from? Thanks Bob!
What kind of probiotics do you feed that mann lake carries? Thats where i buy my supplies. Thanks Bob i always enjoy your videos and that lady that works for you in the bee yard is a dandy bee keeper, she is more brave than me 😂 the guys do great job also!
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob! K appreciate you taking time to reply! I plan on coming down from ky and buying some queens from you this spring lord willing.
She was actually a worker, we had a few workers marked in these colonies when we went through them. I am pretty sure I know who the jokester is who did this.
As someone else mentioned too. I saw a green dot queen on frame two, she was on the right side of the dark side of the frame. You see her at 1:29 of your video. Interesting they were building cells with that marked queen walking around.
Hello Bob… reaching out to you and others for advice. My neighbor sprayed for insects and successfully killed half my hives or 26 hives. Should I destroy all the brood comb on these hives? Any and all information is appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
Where do you get your replacement queens this late in the season for those hives where the queen wasn't accepted? Or, do you have your own supply of queens?
We have a number of queen mating nucs left over from the summer if we need them. The ones that are left at the close of the season will be put on a double screen board over a strong colony for the winter.
Bob, what do you do with the frame feeders going into winter? Do you pull them off and replace with foundation or comb? Or do you leave them in during the winter?
When i replace queens, i just squeeze the old queen on the new one’s cage, then i put the cage fully closed for 2-3days. Then i open the cage, so the bees can eat the candy, so the new queen can escape. With this method acceptance this year was 95%. (I dont check for queen cells)
We had some backup queens to install and try again. We'll check for acceptance for them on our next visit. If they aren't accepted we'll take away the entire box and add it to a colony in another yard.
Morning Bob, just happened to notice what looked like a marked queen on frame 2 at the 1:30 mark....just wanted to let you know after hearing you say you were requeening for an experiment.
Good morning to you Bob and crew, I'm curious whey you choose 1.25 for your rim size. I have been making rims out of 2x6 (ripped down to 3/4 in thick yields 6 pieces out of a 2x6) and end up with a 1.5 rim.
@@bobbinnie9872 We had better light yesterday and I found eggs in what was the queen right box. The other one is still aggressive. Maybe they are just taking longer to realize they have a queen. I'm going to try to start a queen bank this next season.
Thanks for checking. I was unable to post but everything is OK and our store is open again. We should have a video this coming Sunday with information on the storm.
Hope you don't mind I'm going to start quoting you. "There's no such thing as normal when it comes to nature, there's just an average between the extremes."
We use them when applying extended release oxalic acid pads then later for Apiguard treatments and also upcoming sugar cake feeding. They come off when we put on honey supers.
We had no power or internet for several days leading up to Sunday and couldn't work on or upload anything. Still don't have power at home but the shop is good now. Should be good for next Sunday. Thanks.
@@bobbinnie9872 oh man I'm sorry to hear that, I completely forgot about the store in the path of the hurricane. I hope that you get power soon in your store and up and running again. Best of luck with everything.
Hello Bob,I am a successful queen breeder from Switzerland and I breed Buckfast! If you would like to try out my queens, I would be happy! Regards Benjamin
Bob, have you had SHB problems in the feeders that have caps and ladders? We're finding that in Connecticut SHB is becoming more of a problem in general, and feeders with caps and ladders are sometimes becoming breeding grounds for SHB. Hives with feeders that have no caps and ladders seem to be less of an issue. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Your point is valid. We actually see the most issues with small colonies when the feeder is some distance from the brood nest which is why at times we'll pull the brood close to the feeder or avoid using the feeder if possible until the colony is larger. Well populated colonies seem to keep the tubes much cleaner. In years past I had sheets of 1/4 inch hardware cloth folded in an accordion shape to act as a ladder and keep the feeder from warping inward. I've been tempted to go back to it.
@@bobbinnie9872 Moving a brood nest closer to the feeder is an interesting idea. I'd like to try that in some of our colonies to see how it works in the northeast. The accordion-shaped hardware cloth is also an interesting idea, and if it helps with warping, all the better. The most effective approach I've found so far is simply removing the cap and ladder, allowing for easy inspection and, if necessary, cleaning of the feeder before refilling.
I haven't been beekeeping very long but wouldn't the 2nd year be a Queens best year theoretically? With late season Queens I would think it lets them get in and the foundation started but not geared into full production, saving that for the 2nd season. My seasons are so short that I wonder how well they rolling that 1st Summer, they are only in working good for 1/2 of it. I haven't seen much anything of Drones for a month, maybe more. My girls seemed to want to get ready for Winter earlier this year, I decided it was a good idea to listen to them. Thanks Bob and Crew, Blessed Days...
Your reasoning is perfect. The main concern is whether or not they have gone through two spring buildups. In my opinion, and in our area, that is the main thing that makes them middle aged and on their way to being over the hill. It's not just the age, it also depends on the mileage.
I am praying you are ok, i know that hurricane ripped thru your area, also wonder about all your workers ? Let me know what you need and i will see what i can do
Thanks for checking. We're doing OK and our store is open again. We should have a video this coming Sunday with information on the storm.
@@bobbinnie9872Glad to hear you all are ok!! Most of us understand. Take your time and take care!
We’re glad to hear you guys are ok!
Bob, always look forward to your videos and didn’t see one this Sunday. Hope you and your staff are ok from the storm?
Thanks for checking. We're all OK.
You are the only one who has shown the check back for emergence cell pinch off during a queen introduction. I do the same. I install the queen, Candy release then check back in 10 days to strike cells
Perfect. In this case we came back five days later to check queen acceptance and actually found a few more cells.
Glad to see you're safe and sound and back on. I was worried about you! Thanks.
Thank you for learning all these trips for us!😊
Good Job Bob!! Good stuff :) Stay safe during the Storms. Have a great day Bob 😁👍
Hola Bob que lindo trabajo y verlo con esas ganas👏👏👏👏👏🐝🐝🐝
I hope you are ok after the hurricane, looking forward to your next videos
Doing fine, thank you. Our next video will address the storm.
Morning Bob and crew, always good information. Thanks for sharing.
Bob,
I see this hurricane has the potential to really cause your area some major flooding. Sending you and your entire operation good vibes over the next few days that Mother Nature goes easy on y'all.
Thanks. The hatches are battened down.
Hope you are all doing ok after the hurricane. Sending prayers for you, yours, and everyone down there affected.
Всегда с удовольствие слушаю Боба. Смотрю как работает его команда.
I hope you are all well in the wake of the hurricane! 🙏🏻
I hope Mr. Binnie is alright? This is the first Sunday he has missed.
We had no power or internet for several days leading up to Sunday and couldn't work on or upload anything. Still don't have power at home but the shop is good now. Should be good for next Sunday. Thanks.
@@bobbinnie9872 Glad to hear you are alright! Thank you, we were concerned.
@@bobbinnie9872 good to hear that you are ok,
@@bobbinnie9872 Phew! 😅
Hopefully Bob your bee yards didn't sustain bad damage. News coverage depicts devastation in the south east. Stay safe folks!
I requeen every spring thanks to you Bob. Thanks for all your help thru the years. God bless you and your family and work family.
Ha Bob always look forward to watching your videos, I hope this makes sense. I know winter bees are being layed now, but when does the queen stop laying winter bees and start having summer bees again, I am feeding buckets still and giving pollen sub we do not have any flow here. my bees line up like beautiful dogs eating the pollen it is just so cool to watch and see. there heads in a streight line. They eat it so fast to. I wish my location was better but that is ok my bees do fine. Thanks for everything have a blessed week again I wish u had or would put a thanks button up there so I could give you a gift of money for in my way to say thanks to you for your gift to me sharing your knowledge of bees have a very blessed week.
Hi Frances. Thanks for the kind words.
I've been waiting for you Bob, have a great week.
Thank you, you too.
Bob I saw a green marked queen on the first frame you removed from the 1st hive. You had two queens in that one
Actually she was on the second frame
@@ehsanpartovi I saw it too! LOL I was like "wow wait a minute!" I can't confirm if it's a queen though, I just see the green dot.
@@ehsanpartovi I knew someone was going to catch that. She was actually a worker, we had a few workers marked in these colonies when we went through them. I am pretty sure I know who the jokester is who did this.
If you cage the old queen first for a week or so. Then go in and remove her in the cage. Put in the new queen in the cage and they should not have made queen cells as the old queen was still there for that first week.
Same
What prevents the old queen from killing the new? There is a reason professionals do it this way. But darn I'd like to see someone do that.
@@MinnesotaBeekeeper hi, the method Alan porter outlines means there are not two queens in the colony at the same time. Day 0 put existing queen in a cage. On day 7 remove caged queen from colony. The colony is now hopelessly Queenless. Later on day 7 introduce the new queen. The hopelessly queenless colony no longer has the option of raising their own queen. They are much more likely to accept the new queen.
I like the John modified hive tool!
He loves it!
That is some interesting and believable info about the swarming, all my hives swarm and I hate it
Good Morning Bob !
Good morning sir!
Hey Bob. Tell John I like his bent hive tool lol . I’ve noticed it before just didn’t mention it.
👍 He prefers it that way.
Good morning BOB. Stopped by the shop yesterday & left you a little bottle of hot honey to add to your collection & made a purchase as well.
Are these queens you raised or if not where are you getting them from? Thanks Bob!
Thanks for the gift, I'll see it tomorrow. The queens are POL-line from Merrimack Apiaries in Louisiana. We made the order several months ago.
Looking good
Thank u sir!
Thank you for the great info. How do you make your queen candy?
We make it with powdered sugar and Karo Syrup.
Good morning Bob
Good morning!
What kind of probiotics do you feed that mann lake carries? Thats where i buy my supplies. Thanks Bob i always enjoy your videos and that lady that works for you in the bee yard is a dandy bee keeper, she is more brave than me 😂 the guys do great job also!
We're using Strong Microbial probiotics. Mann Lakes may be good but I have never used them.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob! K appreciate you taking time to reply! I plan on coming down from ky and buying some queens from you this spring lord willing.
Frame two has a green marked queen on it in the first hive you are inspecting.
Good eye Charlie.
I saw that also, came below to see if anyone else saw it!
@@TerryRomanko Yes Cajun homestead Brad and Bourbon South 47 saw The Green Queen
She was actually a worker, we had a few workers marked in these colonies when we went through them. I am pretty sure I know who the jokester is who did this.
As someone else mentioned too. I saw a green dot queen on frame two, she was on the right side of the dark side of the frame. You see her at 1:29 of your video. Interesting they were building cells with that marked queen walking around.
I was about to send a message
A lot of people have reported on that queen. Not every colony had cells and I'm guessing that one didn't.
She was crushing cells in that hive, unless they were just dry queen cups
@@jameszdepski8132 I went back and looked and you are right. It's a puzzle to me.
Marked Green dot queen at 1:30 , hope you get her so they don't kill your new queen.
I never saw a thing lol I am still working on my Queen, Eagle Eye skills.
Hello Bob… reaching out to you and others for advice. My neighbor sprayed for insects and successfully killed half my hives or 26 hives. Should I destroy all the brood comb on these hives? Any and all information is appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
Where do you get your replacement queens this late in the season for those hives where the queen wasn't accepted? Or, do you have your own supply of queens?
I got mine from Mann lake but I do believe he has his own stock
We have a number of queen mating nucs left over from the summer if we need them. The ones that are left at the close of the season will be put on a double screen board over a strong colony for the winter.
Bob, what do you do with the frame feeders going into winter? Do you pull them off and replace with foundation or comb? Or do you leave them in during the winter?
We'll be leaving them in for the winter. These colonies will become double deeps in the spring and may need feed at that time.
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Probiotics. probiyotikler
When i replace queens, i just squeeze the old queen on the new one’s cage, then i put the cage fully closed for 2-3days. Then i open the cage, so the bees can eat the candy, so the new queen can escape.
With this method acceptance this year was 95%. (I dont check for queen cells)
I know this is off topic but would love to hear from you on the flooding in your area
I'm going to try addressing it this coming Sunday.
The ones that don't get accepted do you just combine em into double deeps for winter then split em back down in spring
We had some backup queens to install and try again. We'll check for acceptance for them on our next visit. If they aren't accepted we'll take away the entire box and add it to a colony in another yard.
morning to you all,, i pray ya faired ok through helena, i hope everyone is ok,, we a wait your next video,,,be safe
Thanks for the kind words. We hope to have a video up this coming Sunday.
Morning Bob, just happened to notice what looked like a marked queen on frame 2 at the 1:30 mark....just wanted to let you know after hearing you say you were requeening for an experiment.
yep seen marked queen also
Thumb side, you all got good eyes 😊
I noticed the same thing, must be one of the 2 queen colonys he was talking about.
I see that. Good eye.
Where is it on the frame??? Just haven't been able to spot it.
Our fall flow was almost zero in NJ because of lack of rain 😢
Hi Bob, Are these your grafts or did you buy queens outside?
these are Pol-line queens that were purchased. I'll be reporting on them in time.
Good morning to you Bob and crew, I'm curious whey you choose 1.25 for your rim size. I have been making rims out of 2x6 (ripped down to 3/4 in thick yields 6 pieces out of a 2x6) and end up with a 1.5 rim.
1-1/2 inch is a good size and for general purposes may actually be better than 1-1/4.
The question is, where can one find a queen right now? I did a combine and it looks like the queen got killed. Not seeing any eggs.
I'm not sure where to get queens right now. Perhaps search online.
@@bobbinnie9872 We had better light yesterday and I found eggs in what was the queen right box. The other one is still aggressive. Maybe they are just taking longer to realize they have a queen. I'm going to try to start a queen bank this next season.
I’m not sure what it is but it feels like fall in your video.
It's beginning to feel a bit like fall. It's getting very close for sure.
Is it ok to ask what the research study is about?
I'll talk about it soon when I can give it some time for explanation.👍
Hope you guys made out ok with the flooding
Some damage but not as much as many others. Electricity just came back on. Thanks.
@@bobbinnie9872 grateful to hear bob was worried about you and your employees
Bob I noticed you haven’t released a video ina few weeks. Is everything okay after that terrible storm?
Thanks for checking. I was unable to post but everything is OK and our store is open again. We should have a video this coming Sunday with information on the storm.
@@bobbinnie9872 Awesome good luck with everything!
Hope you guy's are weathering this storm okay
Some damage but many others had it worse. Thanks.
Hope you don't mind I'm going to start quoting you. "There's no such thing as normal when it comes to nature, there's just an average between the extremes."
Help yourself. 👍
Why do you have the rim around the top of the hives? Thank you!
We use them when applying extended release oxalic acid pads then later for Apiguard treatments and also upcoming sugar cake feeding. They come off when we put on honey supers.
Hallo. What kind of protein do you provide to the beehives? Thank you.
We rarely give our bees any pollen supplement but when we did in the past we used Mann Lake Ultra Bee.
has anyone heard if Bob is ok from the flooding
We're doing fine. Thanks for asking.
Good to hear sir. My wife and I vacationed last year at chimney rock and Ashville, it's a sad deal.
What type of probiotics do you use and a possible source? TIA
We're using Strong Microbials DFM
Whats the powder your adding.
Probiotics
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks just looked it up I see mannlake has it imma get some.
How are you getting them mated with no drones?
They came from Louisiana.
Green marked queen on 2nd frame she pulled out on backside
How long has it been since you’ve removed honey supers?
Late July.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob, I was curious because I just removed supers today and no way I could do an inspection due to the population
requeen successful ? cages the queen 10day can requeen
Hey Bob, you didn't upload a video today
We had no power or internet for several days leading up to Sunday and couldn't work on or upload anything. Still don't have power at home but the shop is good now. Should be good for next Sunday. Thanks.
@@bobbinnie9872 oh man I'm sorry to hear that, I completely forgot about the store in the path of the hurricane. I hope that you get power soon in your store and up and running again. Best of luck with everything.
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00:12:11 Only one didn't take that last yard. I counted 23 colonies?
On this day 73 out of 75.
That's correct.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks 👍
I'm assuming you don't have any attendants in the cages, correct?
Correct. I could be wrong but with our casual observation it seems like we have better acceptance that way.
@@bobbinnie9872 good to know. Maybe it's just me but I feel like it's harder then ever to get queens accepted
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Hello Bob,I am a successful queen breeder from Switzerland and I breed Buckfast! If you would like to try out my queens, I would be happy! Regards Benjamin
I would love to try them but we can't bring in queens from out of our country. Thanks for the offer.
Bob, have you had SHB problems in the feeders that have caps and ladders? We're finding that in Connecticut SHB is becoming more of a problem in general, and feeders with caps and ladders are sometimes becoming breeding grounds for SHB. Hives with feeders that have no caps and ladders seem to be less of an issue. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Your point is valid. We actually see the most issues with small colonies when the feeder is some distance from the brood nest which is why at times we'll pull the brood close to the feeder or avoid using the feeder if possible until the colony is larger. Well populated colonies seem to keep the tubes much cleaner. In years past I had sheets of 1/4 inch hardware cloth folded in an accordion shape to act as a ladder and keep the feeder from warping inward. I've been tempted to go back to it.
@@bobbinnie9872 Moving a brood nest closer to the feeder is an interesting idea. I'd like to try that in some of our colonies to see how it works in the northeast. The accordion-shaped hardware cloth is also an interesting idea, and if it helps with warping, all the better. The most effective approach I've found so far is simply removing the cap and ladder, allowing for easy inspection and, if necessary, cleaning of the feeder before refilling.
I haven't been beekeeping very long but wouldn't the 2nd year be a Queens best year theoretically? With late season Queens I would think it lets them get in and the foundation started but not geared into full production, saving that for the 2nd season. My seasons are so short that I wonder how well they rolling that 1st Summer, they are only in working good for 1/2 of it.
I haven't seen much anything of Drones for a month, maybe more. My girls seemed to want to get ready for Winter earlier this year, I decided it was a good idea to listen to them. Thanks Bob and Crew, Blessed Days...
Your reasoning is perfect. The main concern is whether or not they have gone through two spring buildups. In my opinion, and in our area, that is the main thing that makes them middle aged and on their way to being over the hill. It's not just the age, it also depends on the mileage.
@@bobbinnie9872 Bob there's a green queen on the second frame in on the first hive that you inspected
@@sawmillcharliesbeefarm Lots of comments mentioning that. 😁
Bob I have yall in my prayers after Helene. Jody @Taylorboysoutdoors
Thank you. We're back up and running again. Sort of.
@@bobbinnie9872 awesome 👌