Yea Garry, it’s a banner year for sure, even with an average to slow tallow. That spring harvest really boosted us down here. Glad you got your work done. Soon we’ll be cruising for winter. Take care my friend!!
@@MikeBarryBees I have one of those videos. The best part of mine as the ladder almost came out from under me is hearing a number of colorful word choices coming from the homeowner while she filmed.
I am so glad you decided to go get your jacket an gloves . Ya my bees are also touchy this time of year. I finished up my first round of treatments today. 🤞🤞🤞so far I have had 0,3,5 but I did have one that was a 13 so I will do a few more rounds. Thanks
i get to tackle something this weekend ive never seen before: an open air colony! pretty rare for up here in NY. shes about 20 foot up in a pine tree, so i'm going to wrangle up some help and cut it down with a pole saw into a bucket on a paint pole. hoping i can salvage some of the come that they've made
I’ve yet to do one and I hope it went well!! I had one in a tree at the house and it was so high that I left it. Hurricane Ida knocked it down and destroyed it. I was bummed but in the end, it was just not possible for me to get it.
@@MikeBarryBees it did not go well unfortunately :( the homeowner rushed me into figuring out how to get them down or else they were going to call someone else, so i had to use the idea i came up with. the branch twisted and fell out of the bucket, splattering on the tarp i had underneath it. none of the comb was still viable, all the brood got caked in honey, and the workers ignored all of it. i did some how manage to the the queen ALIVE in the box once i got it home, so happy ending!
It’s just my observation and another thing that seems to confirm it with me is that colonies in that condition almost always fail that fall or by summer the next year. Bad queens is what I’m figuring.
Great stuff as always Mike. I peeked in on mine yesterday. Was just checking quickly and adding probiotics to some of them. They were nasty! Of course as the day progressed it got cloudy. And I didn't use smoke much of the time. But goodness!
Since you and I have a lot of the same “fun” bees I’m scared to go into mine tomorrow 😩 two weeks ago one in particular left 5 stingers in my suit and gloves
Welcome to the dearth… or the way they act at least. Beez are a buzzing the mic. Crocs and beekeeping is a nogo 😂. Man I bet you had some itchy feet after that. You can freeze and save the pollen for other colonies or do you think it is sick? Glad to see a video from you :)
Mike I've been super busy and like you ignored my hives for over a month. Yesterday went in and one hive tore me up! Stung six times through the pant legs. LOL There were not happy.
I just believe that when left alone for a long period of time, coupled with their instinct of knowing it’s robbing season, they simply get defensive. My videos show my bees being ferocious in February, calm in March thru June, and then ferocious again in the dearth. They be ok in September and October again when they have pollen and nectar flowing. It’s all timing I figure😁😁
I liked seeing your view on things this time of the year in your area. I went to a bee seminar a few years ago at Dr Leo's place and he claims that mashing out old pollen, bee's bread and consuming it as a youth helped to keep him heathy. He sells it for high dollar prices, likely snake oil in my opinion but, who knows. He sells out every year. I brought it up to one of your fellow Navy men that we both know, and he was either being deceptive or just didn't understand what I was telling him. Officers tend to be that way at times, they don't like to be proved wrong on their take of things, and some will dig themselves into a hole to in their minds to seemingly prove a point at least in their minds.
Never heard of that, but I wouldn’t doubt it. Pollen harvested is considered a superfood and there are a lot of claims about its benefits. Bee bread is mixed with even more enzymes and royal jelly. Can’t imagine it being anything but good for you if pollen on its own is. Not sure who you mentioned that too, but I agree with the last part of your comment. Seen plenty like that…..
I have a couple colonies that are on other side of my land so I rarely inspect them & they are booming out of control too, I think just leaving them alone they get wayyy bigger..us humans probly slow most colonies down from their true potential
I don't know why my bees never punch under the belt. It's like they don't see it's the same animal bothering them. I would love to have those pollen frames. I actually cage queens in Jun so they can fill the single brood box with pollen for the summer. Lavender flow doesn't give much pollen and if we get those American Metcalfa crickets/ aphids and their flow there's no pollen at all. I always end up in a drought whayting for fall feeding back the pollen l collected... You're almost done for the year. Lucky. My season never ends. Maybe those 50 days from Christmas to February
I’m glad to see it slowing down. A few more boxes to harvest when I get home if they’ve not gotten robbed or crashed because of mites. The it’s time for cleaning the honey equipment and spreading out stores for winter.
@@MikeBarryBees o yeah it's time to treat.. from now on those bastards multiply... every week is like a month in spring. This is the time.. no more whayting for flows. Only if you whayt for a varroa flow. My summer always has dearths so I cage queens and put oxalic strips at the same time. After 25 days it's very difficult to find a varroa in my hives. It works beautifully. I can say I don't have a varroa problem anymore with that combination of treatment
Yes, when we enter the dearth and the weather is super hot, they just get a bit aggressive. Not to the point of dangerous, but more just defensive because of the threat of robbing.
Dang heat and humidity, with apiguard was rough on mine this year. Got 4 yards. Stopped after 2. Had 7 colonies abscond ughhhĥ😢. Gonna hold off till Mid September given some OA???
Hate to hear that. I did the 35 on the second. Greg from at the NC conference found three treats at 35 was getting good results with less absconding. I’m a do OAV in December. Hoping none absconded on me. Hadn’t been home in a couple weeks. I used to always do OAV starting September 1st and did 4 treat 4 and 5 days apart and had good results. Just a lot of work…
That sure was a lot of brood for you in July. Hope your schedule loosens up in the future. Thanks for the video. You must be looking at a record crop this year?? Honey Money. LOL
Yea Russell, I was quite surprised at the brood. She should be rolling down production any day. The honey was record setting this season, only due to the fabulous spring flow we had. Tallow was average at best. I’m thrilled with it!!
I use the crystals usually right after the frames come out of the freezer. I tried ten frames with certan and I did take them directly from the freezer, sprayed them, and the hung them on the rack. We shall see what happens.
Do you have to worry about hive Beatles in your suppers. I just got hive Beatles this year any information on that would be helpful maybe a video on it 😊 Thanks I enjoy watching your videos
As long as I’ve got strong colonies and there are a lot of bees, then I’m not terribly concerned. As the summer goes on and the flow is over, then I begin to get concerned the longer I leave the supers on. That’s because the queen slows down and the bees begin to move down in the supers. So if the beetles are numerous, it gets harder for the bees to guard the supers. That’s why most of us in SE Louisiana try to have supers off before August. I’m having to leave a few on u til August and I’m nervous. Strong hives are the answer although there is a new product up for approval that will allow traps with beetle poison in it. We shall see. Also as the comment said, ground drench with guardstar (permethrin) or grub-X.
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It's funny how them mean bees always seem to make lot's of honey!😁
You ain’t kidding Steve O!! It’s like they got some sort of grudge or something.😁😁. Thanks for stopping thru!!
Nice honey year Mike. I’m like you it’s been a crazy busy year. Finally got my harvest done. I’m glad you had a banner year. Take care.
Yea Garry, it’s a banner year for sure, even with an average to slow tallow. That spring harvest really boosted us down here. Glad you got your work done. Soon we’ll be cruising for winter. Take care my friend!!
Crocks + Holes in Britches = Classic Beekeeping Video Viewing
Yep, and also if there is a swarm and a ladder involved….always have the camera rolling…
@@MikeBarryBees I have one of those videos. The best part of mine as the ladder almost came out from under me is hearing a number of colorful word choices coming from the homeowner while she filmed.
Nice job Mike!!! Thanks!
Thanks Rodney!
I am so glad you decided to go get your jacket an gloves . Ya my bees are also touchy this time of year. I finished up my first round of treatments today. 🤞🤞🤞so far I have had 0,3,5 but I did have one that was a 13 so I will do a few more rounds. Thanks
Pretty clean and one high out of the rest sure isn’t bad. I’ll probably randomly check some in the fall and I’ll be hitting them with OAV in December.
i get to tackle something this weekend ive never seen before: an open air colony! pretty rare for up here in NY. shes about 20 foot up in a pine tree, so i'm going to wrangle up some help and cut it down with a pole saw into a bucket on a paint pole. hoping i can salvage some of the come that they've made
I’ve yet to do one and I hope it went well!! I had one in a tree at the house and it was so high that I left it. Hurricane Ida knocked it down and destroyed it. I was bummed but in the end, it was just not possible for me to get it.
@@MikeBarryBees it did not go well unfortunately :( the homeowner rushed me into figuring out how to get them down or else they were going to call someone else, so i had to use the idea i came up with. the branch twisted and fell out of the bucket, splattering on the tarp i had underneath it. none of the comb was still viable, all the brood got caked in honey, and the workers ignored all of it. i did some how manage to the the queen ALIVE in the box once i got it home, so happy ending!
Crocs ! Got mine on all the time. Hahaha great video Mike.
I get brave/stupid and feed the girls pollen in open feeders in flip flops and running shorts notice the term running shorts…
I wear them from time to time. Bees seem to let my feet alone….except this time😂😂
Good catch, questionable nuke❤
Thanks and yes, sketchy at best…
Interesting!!
Thanks, glad you liked it!!
Thanks for the observation... pollen bound means the queen is not keeping up. Makes great sense!
It’s just my observation and another thing that seems to confirm it with me is that colonies in that condition almost always fail that fall or by summer the next year. Bad queens is what I’m figuring.
Great stuff as always Mike. I peeked in on mine yesterday. Was just checking quickly and adding probiotics to some of them. They were nasty! Of course as the day progressed it got cloudy. And I didn't use smoke much of the time. But goodness!
Since you and I have a lot of the same “fun” bees I’m scared to go into mine tomorrow 😩 two weeks ago one in particular left 5 stingers in my suit and gloves
Thanks Bruce!! Yea, I just believe they know their chances of being robbed is high so they get defensive. Guess I can’t blame them😬😁
Welcome to the dearth… or the way they act at least. Beez are a buzzing the mic. Crocs and beekeeping is a nogo 😂. Man I bet you had some itchy feet after that. You can freeze and save the pollen for other colonies or do you think it is sick? Glad to see a video from you :)
I’ve tried freezing it and they have never used it. It turns dark and they never touch it. I throw it all away now.
😊
Thanks for the support!!
Mike I've been super busy and like you ignored my hives for over a month. Yesterday went in and one hive tore me up! Stung six times through the pant legs. LOL There were not happy.
I just believe that when left alone for a long period of time, coupled with their instinct of knowing it’s robbing season, they simply get defensive. My videos show my bees being ferocious in February, calm in March thru June, and then ferocious again in the dearth. They be ok in September and October again when they have pollen and nectar flowing. It’s all timing I figure😁😁
I liked seeing your view on things this time of the year in your area. I went to a bee seminar a few years ago at Dr Leo's place and he claims that mashing out old pollen, bee's bread and consuming it as a youth helped to keep him heathy. He sells it for high dollar prices, likely snake oil in my opinion but, who knows. He sells out every year. I brought it up to one of your fellow Navy men that we both know, and he was either being deceptive or just didn't understand what I was telling him. Officers tend to be that way at times, they don't like to be proved wrong on their take of things, and some will dig themselves into a hole to in their minds to seemingly prove a point at least in their minds.
Never heard of that, but I wouldn’t doubt it. Pollen harvested is considered a superfood and there are a lot of claims about its benefits. Bee bread is mixed with even more enzymes and royal jelly. Can’t imagine it being anything but good for you if pollen on its own is. Not sure who you mentioned that too, but I agree with the last part of your comment. Seen plenty like that…..
I have a couple colonies that are on other side of my land so I rarely inspect them & they are booming out of control too, I think just leaving them alone they get wayyy bigger..us humans probly slow most colonies down from their true potential
I beleave sometime we do too much
Yep, I heard it said the biggest threat to bees are the beekeepers 😂😂😂
I don't know why my bees never punch under the belt. It's like they don't see it's the same animal bothering them. I would love to have those pollen frames. I actually cage queens in Jun so they can fill the single brood box with pollen for the summer. Lavender flow doesn't give much pollen and if we get those American Metcalfa crickets/ aphids and their flow there's no pollen at all. I always end up in a drought whayting for fall feeding back the pollen l collected...
You're almost done for the year. Lucky. My season never ends. Maybe those 50 days from Christmas to February
I’m glad to see it slowing down. A few more boxes to harvest when I get home if they’ve not gotten robbed or crashed because of mites. The it’s time for cleaning the honey equipment and spreading out stores for winter.
@@MikeBarryBees o yeah it's time to treat.. from now on those bastards multiply... every week is like a month in spring. This is the time.. no more whayting for flows. Only if you whayt for a varroa flow. My summer always has dearths so I cage queens and put oxalic strips at the same time. After 25 days it's very difficult to find a varroa in my hives. It works beautifully. I can say I don't have a varroa problem anymore with that combination of treatment
July 6th my Birthday. I was worried about that hive that got whacked by the tree. Good to see them excelling.
Happy belated birthday! Yep, they came back as strong as ever.
Mike, I like how you tell everyone where you are located because not all areas are experiencing the same things at different times of the year.
Absolutely! Beekeeping is so regional and we’re considered the Deep South and things are very different down here.
Hi Mike, I've read that they get defensive at this time of year to protect their honey, you found that in the past? Thanks. Andy.
Yes, when we enter the dearth and the weather is super hot, they just get a bit aggressive. Not to the point of dangerous, but more just defensive because of the threat of robbing.
@MikeBarryBees thanks a lot Mike. First year at this and enjoy your content.
Thanks Mike, have a great week ahead, God bless.
Thanks brother and you as well!!
cool video mike!! what moisture did you have initially
with with all those drying out?
Capped were running 17 to 18 percent. After drying uncapped was 14 to 16 and capped was 16 to 17.
Mike great video as usual.
Thanks Bryan!
Dang heat and humidity, with apiguard was rough on mine this year. Got 4 yards. Stopped after 2. Had 7 colonies abscond ughhhĥ😢. Gonna hold off till Mid September given some OA???
Hate to hear that. I did the 35 on the second. Greg from at the NC conference found three treats at 35 was getting good results with less absconding. I’m a do OAV in December. Hoping none absconded on me. Hadn’t been home in a couple weeks. I used to always do OAV starting September 1st and did 4 treat 4 and 5 days apart and had good results. Just a lot of work…
@@MikeBarryBees ye p I do 3 rounds of 25-30 grams. Just so hot 🔥 🥵 😫
That sure was a lot of brood for you in July. Hope your schedule loosens up in the future. Thanks for the video.
You must be looking at a record crop this year?? Honey Money. LOL
Yea Russell, I was quite surprised at the brood. She should be rolling down production any day. The honey was record setting this season, only due to the fabulous spring flow we had. Tallow was average at best. I’m thrilled with it!!
My grandfather had a grocery store in Lexington Tenn and sold the Fanta grape in the 60’s. Love your videos! What happened
to your help?
Well, everyone was just busy this year. Just had to gut it out. Thanks for the support!!
👍👍👍
Thanks Brad!
Mr. Mike could you merge that qless colony with that strong one to give them more room
I surely could Jason. Basically a split would be what you’re talking about.
Hahaha Mike ive got a spicey hive or two too.
Love your vids !Keep em coming.
Thanks Tim!!
Been open feeding pollen daily yes the bees are angry in the dearth
I figure they know when robbing season is heat and they get very defensive. I would too I suppose.
Do you freeze your frames first and let dry before spraying the certan on frames for storage
I even use ice crystals during the storage.
I use the crystals usually right after the frames come out of the freezer. I tried ten frames with certan and I did take them directly from the freezer, sprayed them, and the hung them on the rack. We shall see what happens.
Do you have to worry about hive Beatles in your suppers. I just got hive Beatles this year any information on that would be helpful maybe a video on it 😊 Thanks I enjoy watching your videos
Grub x and gard star ground drench helps me.
As long as I’ve got strong colonies and there are a lot of bees, then I’m not terribly concerned. As the summer goes on and the flow is over, then I begin to get concerned the longer I leave the supers on. That’s because the queen slows down and the bees begin to move down in the supers. So if the beetles are numerous, it gets harder for the bees to guard the supers. That’s why most of us in SE Louisiana try to have supers off before August. I’m having to leave a few on u til August and I’m nervous. Strong hives are the answer although there is a new product up for approval that will allow traps with beetle poison in it. We shall see. Also as the comment said, ground drench with guardstar (permethrin) or grub-X.
Do not put treatment put other honey supper on until August an collect one more supper full of honey
There no nectar coming in so that would not work out. We’re heading into a dearth.