Your son is the sweetest kid ever. So adorable and polite. Something we don’t see enough of these days; plain ole fashioned manners. Thank you for instilling good values in your son. Great job guys. ❤❤
The pigs look so happy!! You really know your bees!! Thanks for sharing your precious little boy! God bless you and your family. Happy Mother's Day to your wife! ❤️🙏❤️👍
Wow, another great video. You do it all don’t ya, chickens, pigs, bees, that’s great!Your little boy is a real gem! Well, anyhow, keep up the good work I love your videos
You have a lovely boy. For some reason I find it very funny that he doesn’t have your accent yet 😂. If you’re looking to increase your hives & sell your honey, you might want to build a Swiss bee house. You can work with your hives at any time or in any weather. The guard bees are protecting their entrances on the outside of the house, so when you come in from the back (inside the house) they barely notice. You can also store all your beekeeper stuff inside with your hives. I just found out about them & if I am ever able to keep bees, that’s how I’d do it.
I think I would have brought a couple of leftover breakfast biscuits with me to do a real test on the honey. Looks great. 😁 Really great video. Good variety.
The pigs look happy rolling in the wallow. Turning up the soil for roots to eat, the pigs are the very best to clear a lot of brush and weeds. It's a pig pen and truly lives up to the name.
I'm always amazed at how much you can do. When I first started watching you, you had a little sawmill sitting on the ground. You've come a long way youngster. God Bless.
Happy piggies in porcine heaven? Your Kubolta sure gobbles up brush and wild growth. I have learned a lot about honey from your explanations. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you brush cutting under the trees. The first video I saw of yours was one of those with the old tractor several years ago. I’ve loved your channel ever since.
Really interesting about the hives. I always enjoy your posts... never know what we are going to see and you always seem willing to try new stuff. Keep smiling and God bless your family.
you could use the other side of the tyre you used for the feeder base and attach your sheet iron roof to it with roofing screws for an easy attach/detach roof. Should sit nicely on top of the barrel!
Hi don't mean to poke, but, few Ideas : 1 : kinda like a queen separater but a bit more compact like grill in the bottom of the box that you shave the wax into might help so as you work it starts to separate already, 2 : see if you can string up some shade cloth up or around your field with a gutter @ the bottom so even though it might be dry when the morning & late night mist comes through you can collect on some moisture for your seedlings
Learned the hard way myself...don't drink and clean chickens!! Still have the scar on my L thumb for a testimony!! Thank you for the great presentation!!
I'm 5'2" and my hives are tall like yours. My only issue with my langs is i just keep stacking and can't lift any of them off. So frame by frame to pull anything thats capped. Extract and put back on to refill. Extracted about 15 or so capped frames from 2 hives last month. Time to do it again. All mediums 6-7 boxes high and no excluder. Standing on nuc box to get the top off. I have a few top bar hives and one horizontal lang hive too. My stacks don't swarm but my top bars did.
The queen excluder. I don't use them either and I agree they can be a hassle and might cause more issues than needed. I actually found that my colonies will make their own line where they determine where the queen stops and honey begins. I have a lot of colonies and going through every single one to check on swarm cells with excluders is time consuming and a hassle for the bees as well. People often forget bees are a natural thing and they need a little help but generally they know what to do better than we do
Thank goodness no flat tires or hornet's nests! I saw vines on the trees falling down - are any of those vines poison ivy, oak or sumac? It gave me the willies since I am so allergic to those things. I was jealous of the honey tasting you got to do.
I have 8 hives I use queen excluders and average 80 lbs of honey per hive and no wax moth issues in my supers because they have never had brood. Just different methods of bee keeping.
Fellow bee “manager” here. 😉 I have three hives all with queen excluders on them. I like your reasoning concerning them. Being in the middle of the flow, what are your thoughts on removing them? I’m here in Central Virginia. Great channel, btw. 😎👍🏻
You mentioned that one hive was a caught swarm. Are all your hives caught swarms or just that one? I’ve been told that native bees or caught swarms do better than package bees. From your experience what do you think?
Just the one unfortunately. Yes, swarms from "native" or wild colonies are better. This hive tends to overwinter with a small population, saving honey. Right now they're producing like crazy. Package bees (at least mine), tend to overwinter with a large population, so they eat more honey. Also, some wild hives are more mite resistant (not sure if this one is because I treat them all).
Not that often really. Maybe once every month or two. Just depends on the season. I can learn a lot about what's going on inside a hive by watching the activity outside of it. I can learn just about everything about the hive by looking at a brood frame.
@@falllineridge thanks, my wife and I are interested in getting into honey bees. I went to a seminar, put on by a local bee keeper's organization a few years ago. I think I've been learning more from your videos.
No. Killing queen cells won't prevent swarms. They will build more cells and swarm anyway. You'll likely miss one, and it's labor intensive finding all those cells. I have heard that you might even end up with a queenless hive if they decide to swarm anyway.
Can you please let me know that putting honey into a beehive will it attract honey bees because I just started a beehive out of a Styrofoam cooler so please let me know thank you.
No, it will just attract pests. The only way to catch bees in a box is to catch a swarm. You can use some hive frames with comb on them and a swarm lure. However, if it is not swarm season in your area you probably will not catch anything. You need to find yourself a local beekeeper who is willing to be a mentor. He or she might also be willing to give/sell you a hive to get started. Let me know how it goes!
😰😰stop digging in to the middle of the comb, I have a feeling the bees think it’s rude! 😂 if I was a bee I’d be like dude, if you gotta dig in, dig to the outside 😂😂
@@falllineridge I know the same way back home in South Georgia...it's rare you see them which is sad ...when I waa a kid in the 70s quail hunts where awesome
There are two types of swarms. One is the standard spring swarm which how the bees create other hives and spread. In that case, the bees make several queen cells to produce a new queen. After the queen cells are capped, the hive swarms with the old queen...they find a new home and start a new colony. At the mother hive, the first new queen to hatch will destroy the others. She will fly out of the hive, mate with drone bees (the males), then come back and never leave the hive again (unless she swarms later). The second type of swarm is an overcrowding swarm. Basically, the bees run out of space due to too much brood or too much honey (or both).
That's a pain in the butt. I'd leave the loader on and put up with it. It ain't going to hurt nothing it's a tractor it's made to do that. Or that would be a good job for old blue.
Thankfully I don't live in prime bear habitat! There was one sighted about 3 miles north of me a few years ago, but I've never seen one in my neck of the woods.
Skip to the bee stuff: 10:07
Good video all the way.
Thanks for all the experience talk, learned a lot.
No! Haha
Your son is the sweetest kid ever. So adorable and polite. Something we don’t see enough of these days; plain ole fashioned manners. Thank you for instilling good values in your son. Great job guys. ❤❤
The pigs look so happy!! You really know your bees!! Thanks for sharing your precious little boy! God bless you and your family. Happy Mother's Day to your wife! ❤️🙏❤️👍
Thanks, Dianne! Mrs. FLR says thanks!
I am addicted to your bee content!!
Bee hive yourself 😂
Get the bisquit flour ready...here comes the 🍯 honey 🐝 👍🎯💯
Your bee videos are my fav! Thanks again for sharing your experiences
You have a beautiful piece of land, a beautiful lifestyle and a beautiful family. God bless you all.
Wow, another great video. You do it all don’t ya, chickens, pigs, bees, that’s great!Your little boy is a real gem! Well, anyhow, keep up the good work I love your videos
YOUR BEES ARE ADDICTIVE!
Really enjoy your content, to my knowledge, I have never missed one yet. Would like to see the progress on your remodel.
You have a lovely boy. For some reason I find it very funny that he doesn’t have your accent yet 😂. If you’re looking to increase your hives & sell your honey, you might want to build a Swiss bee house. You can work with your hives at any time or in any weather. The guard bees are protecting their entrances on the outside of the house, so when you come in from the back (inside the house) they barely notice. You can also store all your beekeeper stuff inside with your hives. I just found out about them & if I am ever able to keep bees, that’s how I’d do it.
Love your hives mate!
You’re getting things nice 👍 for self sufficiency around there. You’ve done a great job around there from what I can see 😁👍
I think I would have brought a couple of leftover breakfast biscuits with me to do a real test on the honey. Looks great. 😁 Really great video. Good variety.
I was thinking the same thing on those biscuits GB ... and maybe a little butter too. 😋
My hive is loaded as well...checked it this morning.
Nice!
Well done . Informative 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
The pigs look happy rolling in the wallow. Turning up the soil for roots to eat, the pigs are the very best to clear a lot of brush and weeds. It's a pig pen and truly lives up to the name.
I'm just starting out with bees. You inspired me to start.
Cool!
Y'all are doing very good on your place with everything you are doing.......
Great video Wes. Please tell us in a future video what a 'robbing situation ' is. Take care and God bless you and your family.
I'm always amazed at how much you can do. When I first started watching you, you had a little sawmill sitting on the ground. You've come a long way youngster. God Bless.
Thanks, Mac! Always appreciate your comments.
Good knowledge about your bees. SWEET! Stay safe.
This was a great video. Who did the drone footage while you mowed? That looked like so much fun driving over all of the huge weeds.😊
Probably by himself. The drone has the function of following the objects :)
Thanks! I do all the filming myself.
That’s awesome looking hive’s there!
Watching your bee Videos about 3 years ago I finally decided to get bees. I also started raising my own pigs like you. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Awesome!
Very nice bee hive production.
Congrats for the pig feeder it seems great
Hooray for bees! I love the video!
Great episode
hello fall line ridge its is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
Happy piggies in porcine heaven? Your Kubolta sure gobbles up brush and wild growth. I have learned a lot about honey from your explanations. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you brush cutting under the trees. The first video I saw of yours was one of those with the old tractor several years ago. I’ve loved your channel ever since.
Thanks! I've still got the old tractor, this one is just easier to operate.
👌👍! Thanks for sharing!
You sure know how to make a man hungry with all that honey tasting. In few months you can have bacon,eggs,gravy and honey biscuits.
Learned a lot today! Thank you!
Really interesting about the hives. I always enjoy your posts... never know what we are going to see and you always seem willing to try new stuff. Keep smiling and God bless your family.
Make sure to tell your wife happy mother's day!! Love the videos, especially chickens and pigs and clearing land. 👍👍
Thanks! Mrs. FLR says thanks!
Beautiful dog!
thanks for the video, and the information on the bees and honey. have a great week.
Love all your videos! I enjoy that you don’t put music over anything. Very relaxing. Love the bee videos the best
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Your little boy is too precious for this world!!
I really look forward to your videos.
Takes my back 60 years to summers spent on a relative's farm.
I think you might need some goats...
I love comments like this, thanks for watching! Goats would probably help, but I really don't have any desire for any.
Thanks for the beehive explanation. Now I understand the hive system. I would like to try it someday.
you could use the other side of the tyre you used for the feeder base and attach your sheet iron roof to it with roofing screws for an easy attach/detach roof. Should sit nicely on top of the barrel!
Not a bad idea!
Love those bees!
Very interesting and informative video 👍🏾
Great explanations.
Get a chain mail mesh glove and use it on your non knife hand. Can find them in fish fileting section of sporting goods stores.
Yummy!! New honey!!
👁👄👁 bees coming back to see parts of their cells scraped lol
Oml cannot wait for the honey extraction videos !!!!
Hi don't mean to poke, but, few Ideas : 1 : kinda like a queen separater but a bit more compact like grill in the bottom of the box that you shave the wax into might help so as you work it starts to separate already, 2 : see if you can string up some shade cloth up or around your field with a gutter @ the bottom so even though it might be dry when the morning & late night mist comes through you can collect on some moisture for your seedlings
Learned the hard way myself...don't drink and clean chickens!! Still have the scar on my L thumb for a testimony!! Thank you for the great presentation!!
Afraid to ask, but I miss the little Beagle!! Love those lil critters!! If it’s bad don’t reply!! You are doing good!!!😊😊
She's good! She's making an appearance in the next one.
@@falllineridge Whew!! Good news!!! Thank you!!!
I'm 5'2" and my hives are tall like yours. My only issue with my langs is i just keep stacking and can't lift any of them off. So frame by frame to pull anything thats capped. Extract and put back on to refill. Extracted about 15 or so capped frames from 2 hives last month. Time to do it again. All mediums 6-7 boxes high and no excluder. Standing on nuc box to get the top off.
I have a few top bar hives and one horizontal lang hive too. My stacks don't swarm but my top bars did.
Man, those forest floors are clean af. Almost as clean as the ones here in Austria
Love your videos. You should try a Goat in your pines
The queen excluder. I don't use them either and I agree they can be a hassle and might cause more issues than needed. I actually found that my colonies will make their own line where they determine where the queen stops and honey begins. I have a lot of colonies and going through every single one to check on swarm cells with excluders is time consuming and a hassle for the bees as well. People often forget bees are a natural thing and they need a little help but generally they know what to do better than we do
Yep! The old adage holds: Bees make better beekeepers than beekeepers make bees.
Trim the grass in front of the entrance for line of sight for the bees. Yes this important coming from experience.
You wouldn’t catch me within at least a mile of that bee hive preferably 10 miles.
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
kubota designed the loader to stay on the tractor. it does not hurt it at all
Piggies are growing
Yes, and fast!
You should hang a swarm trap. Could catch a wild swarm, nothing like free bee's!
I tried that a couple of years ago with no success. I need to try it again, I know it works.
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I love these videos about bees but I HATE it when you sample the honey my mouth runith over. Thanks some more...
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Thank goodness no flat tires or hornet's nests! I saw vines on the trees falling down - are any of those vines poison ivy, oak or sumac? It gave me the willies since I am so allergic to those things. I was jealous of the honey tasting you got to do.
Most of the vines here are wild muscadines...thats the one you saw fall. Though there's plenty of poison too.
I have 8 hives I use queen excluders and average 80 lbs of honey per hive and no wax moth issues in my supers because they have never had brood. Just different methods of bee keeping.
Fellow bee “manager” here. 😉
I have three hives all with queen excluders on them. I like your reasoning concerning them. Being in the middle of the flow, what are your thoughts on removing them? I’m here in Central Virginia. Great channel, btw. 😎👍🏻
You mentioned that one hive was a caught swarm. Are all your hives caught swarms or just that one?
I’ve been told that native bees or caught swarms do better than package bees. From your experience what do you think?
Just the one unfortunately. Yes, swarms from "native" or wild colonies are better. This hive tends to overwinter with a small population, saving honey. Right now they're producing like crazy. Package bees (at least mine), tend to overwinter with a large population, so they eat more honey. Also, some wild hives are more mite resistant (not sure if this one is because I treat them all).
Is it beneficial to plants flowers close to your beehives or the further the better ?? Just curious... Great vlogs!!
I really enjoy your videos!Do you still not use chemicals for mite treatment?
No, I use oxalic acid vaporization. I've never had stronger hives.
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What happened to the old tractor you used for brush hogging?
I still have it...but I really love the power steering on the Kubota. Plus, it's in need of some maintenance.
@@falllineridgeWould Love to see a video on that!
If you filled your bucket would it stabilize better while Bush hogging. And a frail mower be better.
I can see how that would work! Maybe some blocks or something. Thanks!
How often do you access your hives?
Not that often really. Maybe once every month or two. Just depends on the season. I can learn a lot about what's going on inside a hive by watching the activity outside of it. I can learn just about everything about the hive by looking at a brood frame.
@@falllineridge thanks, my wife and I are interested in getting into honey bees. I went to a seminar, put on by a local bee keeper's organization a few years ago. I think I've been learning more from your videos.
Do you kill the queen cells to prevent swarms?
No. Killing queen cells won't prevent swarms. They will build more cells and swarm anyway. You'll likely miss one, and it's labor intensive finding all those cells. I have heard that you might even end up with a queenless hive if they decide to swarm anyway.
Are those all supers how many brood boxes do you have
They're all mediums. The top 2-3 are the honey supers, the rest is the brood (3-4 boxes).
Do you ever split your hives
Can you please let me know that putting honey into a beehive will it attract honey bees because I just started a beehive out of a Styrofoam cooler so please let me know thank you.
No, it will just attract pests. The only way to catch bees in a box is to catch a swarm. You can use some hive frames with comb on them and a swarm lure. However, if it is not swarm season in your area you probably will not catch anything. You need to find yourself a local beekeeper who is willing to be a mentor. He or she might also be willing to give/sell you a hive to get started. Let me know how it goes!
You put diesel in a gasoline can? I try to keep those in the correct cans so there are no mistakes.
I do. I usually just grab whichever one is empty. I did put a cup or two of gas in my Kubota one day though, so I can see the danger.
They say don't go grocery shopping when you are hungry. Probably also a good idea not to check the hives when you are hungry.
😰😰stop digging in to the middle of the comb, I have a feeling the bees think it’s rude! 😂
if I was a bee I’d be like dude, if you gotta dig in, dig to the outside 😂😂
Ha! They'll fix it up! It would probably annoy me too.
Couldn't understand what you said at 12:25. CC not available when I watched.
Sorry about that. Captions are available now.
How many quail, rabbits and rattlesnakes did you find while mowing ?
One rabbit, no snakes or quail. Sadly, the quail population around here is virtually zero.
@@falllineridge I know the same way back home in South Georgia...it's rare you see them which is sad ...when I waa a kid in the 70s quail hunts where awesome
without the loader y'all got half a tractor visually.
Pretty much.
When a Hive swarms ,what is the actual cause of the swarm ? When a swarm happens how is a queen selected for the new colony
There are two types of swarms. One is the standard spring swarm which how the bees create other hives and spread. In that case, the bees make several queen cells to produce a new queen. After the queen cells are capped, the hive swarms with the old queen...they find a new home and start a new colony. At the mother hive, the first new queen to hatch will destroy the others. She will fly out of the hive, mate with drone bees (the males), then come back and never leave the hive again (unless she swarms later). The second type of swarm is an overcrowding swarm. Basically, the bees run out of space due to too much brood or too much honey (or both).
That's a pain in the butt. I'd leave the loader on and put up with it. It ain't going to hurt nothing it's a tractor it's made to do that.
Or that would be a good job for old blue.
Maybe...I just hate seeing it bounce around...seems really rough on it.
@@falllineridge tires take up alot of that anyway.
Do you still have Ole blue though??
Wes how do you live in prime bear habitat and they dont bother the hive? Asking for a non bee keeper.....
Thankfully I don't live in prime bear habitat! There was one sighted about 3 miles north of me a few years ago, but I've never seen one in my neck of the woods.
Do you get many comments about using a red can for diesel?
Just this one...I usually just grab whatever can is empty.
Instead buying from store buy it from other bee keeper. Also maybe do a trade one of your honey for one of theirs.
How does it feel when you do more in 1 day than Cody Crone (WankerStar) does in a month?:)
Cody was the one who inspired me to start videoing my stuff around here, I owe him a lot.