California Bee Treatment After Almond Pollination
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This is our second day of work in California. We stayed hopping the whole time we were out there. I would have liked to meet up with some folks but time wouldn't allow. Next year I'm hoping to go out a little earlier to maybe have a couple of meetups. It'd be nice to put some faces with some names of some of our regular or long time commenters and subs.
Music is from Epidemic Sound
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I forgot to mention in the video that the white powder was Melliferaboost from Bradshaw Honey Farms.
You need to pin this
I scrolled down looking for this too. :D
Thanks, was going to ask if it was insecticide. They have no bee mites out there in CA?
That is exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.
And yes. Please pin this!
Thank you so very much for your video. I always learn so much from you. Not only do you admit you don't know everything but you're willing to learn. Because of you I have even more respect of these than I did before. No I'm not a beekeeper. But I can actually now pick up bees which I was sorely afraid of 😁
Last season Almonds are called Mummies. I grow almonds now learning about bees.
Looks like Central Valley Almondville California. Almonds are budded off peach roots and the English walnuts are commonly grown in western states, where they are typically grafted onto the roots of the native California black walnut
Order off the senior menu. Enjoy the bargains!
I think it's really cool to see part of the process that helps feed us all that most people are unaware of.
I couldn't help but notice all the comments about your photography. You have a god given talent for photography along with Hornet King. Must bee a be thing .
I wish! God made me work many years to finally reach mediocre status. lol
Some of Vincent Van Gogh's most beautiful paintings are of almond blossoms.
It is really cool to see my local California scenery through the eyes of someone who did not grow up around it. There are so many crops up and down the Central Valley and they need bees. I just never thought about the commercial bee keepers that much before.
The bees have to be moved out of that entire area or they would starve to death...they also have to heavily feed all 1.6 million colonies while on almonds for the same reason
@@billiamc1969 With all those blossoms....do almond blossoms not produce nectar? The bees are only moving pollen from tree to tree, not drinking nectar? I'm not a beekeeper, so totally new to this. Thanks!
@@Doxymeister - The bees will bring in nectar and make honey from the almonds but it is mostly fed back to the bees for their consumption. It is a little bitter and not a lot of people like the taste of the almond honey.
@@LarryLeesBees Okay, thank you!
Head out to Oakdale, many of the traveling bee keepers stay out there. The hotels are always packed in late winter with their trucks. There’s still many local bee keepers that sell the honey either in front of their property or at the farmer’s markets.
Besides the business you’re there to do, you take really great photos. Nice composition and really capture the interaction of people and the work they’re doing while maintaining a truthful yet artistic lens...which is important to document for the future. Great job.
We would be lost without bees. Great scenery out there.
Randy thanks for bringing me along a real education for sure not only the bees but the keepers have way to hard a life for the work they do thanks again 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Continued prayers for you Dad! Loved the video. Beautiful shots & video. Thanks for posting.
Randy you are becoming one of the best photographers on TH-cam. So much fun watching all the sites!
Man that’s a long way to haul bees next year hope. All go’s well 👍😎
Beautiful countryside and flawless music accompaniment I wish there was more variations of different pollens for the bees, someday hopefully growers will allow wild flowering borders around and between the rows of trees to help feed the bees naturally.
If they did that the bees would not choose to pollinate the almonds as a priority... they would opt for the more nectar rich flowers...
Hey Jan I believe bees tend to choose well, borders of wild flowers would simple add different pollens and make varied beebread, they would certainly always gravitate to the most abundant pollen source such as the almonds. I am just saying we could make their job easier on the bees themselves.
That had to be a strange feeling to find all the hives gone.
Almond pollination is certainly a different side to beekeeping. Love your photos of the countryside. And keeping your dad in my prayers.
Central to Northern California are some of the best places to get lost and see great scenery. Wouldn’t live there, but I’ll visit.
Breathtaking!! The shot through the shed into the orchard was heart strings. Also the one down the rows of baby trees to the mountains. LOVED it all but those made my heart jump. Thanks for taking us!!
Yesterday I visited my sister in Pomona. She has a bird bath and lots of flowers. The bees were going crazy over the lavender. I was in heaven.
Thanks for showing us that side of bee keeping. Very interesting.
The “still” photography is awesome. Enjoy your trip and thanks for taking us along.
Being a filmmaker, I think it's fair for me to say, Randy, you missed your calling as a cinematographer. You have an amazing eye.
The dream job! I'd love to do that. Thanks for the compliment.
@@628DirtRooster I thought the same thing. I love photography and you have an amazing eye for film and video.
That was educational, and the series of photos of the scenery as well as the guys at work was
quality. National Geographic should hire you!
Great photography ! A different side if bee keeping thanks for the education!
Cool adventure!...thx for sharing
Super awesome still picture and music score combo. I was mesmerized and watched that half a dozen times. Thanks for taking the time and effort to put it together!! Great job!!
Awesome to see you in California Randy. I found my self watching the fields and bee yards for a rare DirtRooster spotting!!!!
Haha. I was blending in.
I just want to take a moment to thank you for what you do.
That picture stream at the end is very beautiful with the music and all. Touches my heart really. Thank you.
Welcome Home!! You've been missed! 😀
Hadn't checked in a while. Good to see the rooster still in the TH-cam game. Great channel you got there man. Cheers.
Your photography is exceptional!...♡ Interesting almond orchards. Quite lovely. 🐝🐝🌳🐝🌳🐝🌳🌸
That sure is a different kind of operation than what I'm used to. Great video, as always.
I love the wholesomeness and pure love for bees of this channel.
Also, amazing scenery and beautiful pictures. Thank you!
Bees are a spiritual connection. I spend hours watching them .my house is a mess.....who cares? I particularly love to watch the pollinators.
I am amazed you find this kind of chemical, pesticide and fossil feel dependent Mono cropped industrial agriculture beautiful or spiritual in any way. The bees are being factory farmed just like cows and pigs and it’s just as inhumane and bad for the environment
Looks you guys where around by Merced. Have a good one and take care
Looks like the valley from Merced, Oakdale, Escalon and Manteca.
@@mrscalifdreamer , I'm in mariposa. 👍👍
Awesome footage love the still frames too 💯💯💪🏾
My wife and I are new California beekeepers and we enjoy watching and learning from your channels.
WAS just going to ask what that white powder was...then I saw the pinned comment...saved myself from looking foolish!..LOL!
Very interesting. I've never seen anything related to this part of the bee industry.
God, this video makes me miss home so much! Can absolutely tell they're in NorCal. Those walnut and almond (ah-munds!!!, not ALL-monds) orchards are beautiful!
I was wondering if I was going to find some one to correct him on how to say it.
As long as I hang back I don't have to suit up... next clip right in for a close up. I'd like to see you all kitted out in that level of bee gear at your own bees just so I could hear Tommy and your Pa guffawing at you.
Really appreciate you sharing your California adventures with us Randy. I’m just a couple states north of the sunshine state and I know folks that send their bees south for the winter, but to actually see how they are doing it is really a site. I usually see the bees on the return trip. Thanks again for sharing.
P.S. How’s your dad doing? ❤️
Thanks for sharing, showing how things are from another angle. We are merely playing at it....
You truly are a good photographer!
Love all the pictures you shared. Great composition.
Beautiful photography. You have the artist's eye. Especially in your compositions. I see the concern in your face about the possibility of losing your bees. You don't need that stress. Keep making beautiful pictures.
When you said, "If Elizabeth heard about it she wouldn't let me bring any out next year." I got a good laugh, because though you're called the Dirt Rooster, you live with the same pecking order as the rest of us! Good to see you in terrain I see every day. Welcome to the land of fruit and nuts!
Hell yea, beekeeping on the road. Good to see important work being done, keep it up fellas.
I haul bees for a living. The pin drop screw up happens alot. We usually try to make sure whoever sends it does so with Google maps otherwise an iPhone and Android won't translate to the same spot
Yeah it was about a mile off.
I drove for Lyft and Uber and people couldn't drop the pin on their own location when the app shows you exactly where you are.
Love the chaps the guy was wearing sure beats my old bicycle clips.
Wow We have Almond trees down at our beach, but they are very different to these trees. The almonds are in a gold ball sized seed with the almond in the middle, take a hammer to them to get them out. Love 💕 from Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you for sharing your video. When I use to team with my husband I would see the bee hives at the end of rows of almond trees. Your video brought back a lot of good memories.
Nicely done Randy. You’ve got an eye for pictures and an ear for sound. Great job on the post
Omg ! JCPenny gasoline! That’s a new one especially for us Va boys . LoL
There was one in Valdosta Ga years ago.
Whole lotta fun, thanks for takin us along! Great video!!!!
Found your channel today and watched your trip to CA. Makes me want to move there. Just find your videos cool. If more people understood that bees are important the better it would be. Hope you make it home safe and sound and that your dad is feeling better.
I must have mist one Dirt Rooster. Last time I saw Yall you were in a traffic jam in the Snow😱
This is quite the operation 💥.
I have seen them shake the Trees at harvest time, really Cool!
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
Great video brother be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Amazing insight insight into industrial agriculture. Thank you for making this expedition out west!
I’d like to go walk through one of them almond farms
Very enjoyable vid. Loved the music selection at the end also. Hair was great. You nailed it.
Thanks for taking us along ✅😁👍👍🏴☠️
This is so interesting thank you so much. The footage is beautiful
New to your channel. Wow you are a pretty busy man. I started watching some of your older videos then came across this one. Glad I subscribe to your channel . Very interesting. Thanks for sharing .
It’s better as a hobby way of life for me
Thank you for sharing this, well done sir!
Nice vid Rooster, Please keep these pollinating videos coming! I am sure i am not the only one who wants/needs to learn how to put our bees to work pollinating blocks of trees. I have an opportunity to do so next spring and i am full of those beginner-level questions lol.
Beautiful photos👏👏👏
Awesome pics... didn't expect to see a Jc Penney gas pump being used out in the orchards🙏🙌🤙
I am so thoroughly enjoying this series. Bee chaps lol. I love his utility belt. I’m going to have to work on that. I carry a light too but it’s a PITA getting it out of my pocket. Broker bout got an ass whippin. lol. Crazy. It’s amazing how much agriculture is in that area. That was an awesome documentary. 👍👍🐝🐝
Randy I find it simply amazing what posting videos does. My random content attracts some ppl that I'd been so impressed with I couldn't approach them. I was so envious. Turns out these super rich fat cats envy our down home ways.
Amazing.
They long for the simple life.
Love your photography, seriously great. I’m not understanding how the bees got somewhere else. Thankfully found
Thanks for this good work, partner. Perfect way to justify a third cup of coffee this morning.
It was great to see how this is done. We are waiting on new bees up here in New York
Awesome job on the video 👏👏👏
Awesome videos of your trip.
Love your videos !!!
Great job .. Loved it
my first year working with a friend that has bees in almonds. lots of work, enjoyed all of it. just did 24hr run down there to work some queens, didnt shoot anything, sd card was full
I went unprepared as well. No extra cards and no way external drives. I thought I'd have time to make a run to Best Buy but we were busy the whole time. I would have shot more if I wasn't worried about running out of memory.
Great video that menu is the cheapest buddy 😆cool video
Rock on Randy.....
Hope you're home or getting close because Mr. Ed is going into the D.T's pretty quick if you ain't. The way you turn sometimes you look just like your Pop! Crabapples here are getting beed REALLY good and maple tags are fixing to fall. Son-in-law is a surveyor and wears snake leggings when he works in town to protect him self from all the hypos laying in weeds and such. Nice pictures and music too. GBWYall, Pal! Hurry home. We miss you!
Interesting. Watching from Falkville, Alabama.
I work for a commercial bee keeper in Maryland who used to send 2 tractor trailer loads of bees to California almond growers every year most years it was damn near impossible to get those CALIFORNIA farmers to pay. Then the hives started coming back with half the frames gone. People in California were splitting our hives. It's not worth the headaches to send bees to California here on the eastern shore of Maryland we have lots of cucumbers watermelon apple orchards. It's just not worth dealing with those CALIFORNIANS. Hopefully you get payed and your hives come back without being split
Thanks for the video. It was really interesting to watch, nice to see another side of bee keeping.
How is your dad getting on, wish him speedy recovery.Prayers from London UK.
Checked irrigation pipes on Almond farm in Australia 8klm long 6klms wide, that just a small one. Big cost bringing in beehives for pollenating as aparist lose the hives and charge accordinally
Thank you for sharing this, I was born and raised in California, left in 1979. It was good to see my home state again. Did you find out what was the powder that they were sprinkling on the frames?
Melliferaboost from Bradshaw Honey Farms
@@628DirtRooster Thank You 628DirtRooster.
Video quality is so clear with the device ur using
I had an idea when I was watching y'all vacuum what about if you take a vacuum at night put a bright light in a big funnel attached to the bee vac you could vacuum them overnight they would just fly into the funnel
Without bees, we don’t eat. Nice video!
Prayers to your dad
Love it!
Looking great there sir! Thinking of going commercial next year? This trip should help you decide! Now about that white powder they were feeding the bees?
Do more vids like this if possible! Thanks for the great vid!
I really like your diversity, keep on moving around sir.wish I could join ya.
Always welcome
Why was the one guy wearing snake chaps??
1st ! Really neat, TFS!
.22 shells? My guess, birds, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits.
Over com speaker: Dr. Rooster to the baturnity, Dr. Rooster to baturnity. (Bee maternity) XD
Almonds may be profitable, however they also compete for water resources as they use high volume water.
They do?
The number of almond trees just keeps increasing at the cost of depleted water tables.
I was going to ask about that. I know here in Oklahoma, we've started a program to try to eradicate the red cedar, as they suck up literally four times the water than any native tree (red cedars are an invasive species here)--it's a real concern since we're right on the edge of "semi-arid" in parts of our state. I think a lot of people don't consider the long term and hidden cost of some plant species.
that is BS. California's water problems are entirely due to allowing too many damn toilets while never allowing any new water retention to be constructed. agriculture WAS the back bone of California's economy but the liberals hate AG because too many republicans HAD ag businesses in the state now 3/4 of our rural towns are full of defunct ag businesses and homeless encampments. the libs love "big tech" and big tech wants toilets and they wont stop until the entire state is one giant toilet for them to shit in....the job is about 75% done imo.
English walnuts are grafted on to black walnut root stock because English walnuts have a weak root stock.