I'm in my 70s and had bees for most of my life until it just got to physically hard to properly take care of the hives. I still have 3 hives for our use and I don't think I could ever not have my bees.. I've watched your operation and I'm not sure if it means anything to you ,but you have the best operation I've ever seen and you have to love your bees to work as hard as you do caring for them . I hope your son thinks about following in your shoes. We or I should say the world needs more bee keepers with your passion and work ethics for the bees. I'm truly enjoying watching these videos and I wish I was still able to travel ,I'd make the trip from Oregon just to see your operation and to meet you in person. Well done young man your parents did an exceptional job of raising you and instilling the values you have as a bee keeper and father.
I am a beekeeper in Iran and I have a master's degree in agricultural engineering, animal sciences and specialization in beekeeping. I enjoy watching your videos, thank you for making your beautiful videos.🤗
Im 2minutes in and impressed and thankful for the added feature in this video. The index, the temp range, and date stamp I've often looked up when going over your vids for perspective. Such a resource. Thanks Ian.
Hi Ian! I watch your videos from Russia, the Republic of Bashkortostan! I really like your approach! Our climate is about the same! You're doing great!
I can’t tell you how much this helps. Your decision to document your entire beginning makes this video one of the very best for learning. It surprisingly is the only bit of information I’ve run a cross that’s left me confident to do this. Thank you again
Thanks Ian for that video This is basically the best lesson any one can get Thank you for recording and showing how much it takes for successfully raising and looking after the any apiary
I'm glad you show the good the bad and the ugly. Keeping it real so I understand I'm not the only one not having total success. I'm doing that in my posts to our local bee club pages now because of you. It's so easy to only show the good as most show that but it makes us feel like we're a failure at times. Thanks alot for keeping it real.
A true inspiration Ian thank you you're sharing of knowledge is truly inspiring I have followed you from the star of my beekeeping endeavour and you have been more helpful than I can show so I say again thank you Ian legend
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I'm perfectly happy with that. Might take me a day or two to finish between kids and work, but.... This is definitely happening. 😁 Thanks again, stay warm over there!
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog absolutely NOT Ian!! The long ones are the BEST ones. If the number of views for a video count every time I watch them over and over and over again, you are going to be a VERY wealthy man. Along with Brad at Faith Apiaries, Bob Binnie, Kamon Reynolds, Nathan at Duck River Honey, and a few others. 😁🤑🐝
I don't care about these I don't care about the nukes I care about these little children in this video and how their father's taken care of that's what makes a family almost makes you want to cry how excited they were with that dandelion honey I appreciate your videos I appreciate you and I appreciate those fine young people you have produced into this world now we see the newer videos and they're grown
Another great video carrie doing all the work Ian flying by the seat of pants running million dollar operation .. Btw the way thanks for putting it all together .. Alot work im sure .. Love how it shows the date and temp .. That alone must alot extra work
Ian...thanks for the videos. I am trying your 3x6 frame nucs this year to see if I can get some sourwood honey in late June/early July from my splits. This past season 2020 I also had a lot of issues with weather interfering with queen mating as well here in central GA. This year looking at starting splits a little later to see if the weather will be more forgiving. Thanks again for what you do!
I made insolated fillers that take up space of 2 frames. I never used a Nuke box i always did it that way. Made it easy to remove or add frames as needed
I really enjoy your videos and all the information you share. Do you ever have bear problems or are there no black bears in your area? I haven't noticed any electric fencing around your bee yards.
I have always did walk aways. Being i will swap hives to Horizontals this year i will have some boxs. A small farmer wanted a few hives of mine set by his place so i will graft some maybe 10 and set up 10 splits by his place with cells this year then after flow give hives away "Keeping a few to over winter" to a few local friends/family minus equipment. Every year it seems i give away a few Queens or hives to locals LOL
Ian. Ive watched every video and have learned so much from your methods. Question, do you keep written notes and with the “rewind” videos do you notice things that you will do differently this year? If so, would you do a video that outlines the changes you will implement and why? Thanks. Andy
Well I know nothing about 🐝 But I do know I love them for the fact that they make honey and they are lovely. I hate to see a colony die. It's heartbreaking it's worse when it's because the amateurs. Alex is great oxxxxo.
So just using a standard queen excluder will keep the two queens from fighting with each other through the excluder? You have a great system that I plan on reducing my double deeps down to single and then stacking medium supers on top right as the honey flow begins.
Good Morning Ian, I'm in Connecticut on the shore, did a quick resource assessment yesterday and needed to add feed. On several hives the cluster was against the sidewall, should I gently slide the frames containing the cluster to the center and position resource frames to replace the empty combs? Thank you
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog it's on now. It's usually always on. I think sometimes TH-cam glitches or updates and shuts It off from the TH-camrs end. So thanks regardless!
Ian, I remember you posting at one point about rendering propolis and sending it off somewhere. Do you send it to a university of a commercial outfit? Do you know what they are going to do with it? And about how much did you collect and send off? Thanks, Craig Fr. VA.
We have -7° F consistently during deep Winter in Northwestern New Mexico. Using the Insulated Apimaye System to combat that. (Pricey!) But nucs are running $200-$310 each here. Gonna try splits this year with crossed fingers.
Our bees would still be in bed at 5 am and back to bed before 9. Why you get those great honey pulls even compared to us in Central Ontario. At that time I would have loads of flowers out and many would already be finished. Lol
Will you have more nuks to sell next spring? I am in Alberta and looking for bees that are used to Canadian weather. I would be willing to take the drive to pick up the nuks if you are willing to sell in the spring
Farmer called me asking if i would sell him the hives i am going to set on his place. I have never charged anyone for a Queen or hive and wouldnt have any idea what to charge. I have always looked at it as a investment into my community and BEEs as they are needed to keep us alive. He asked if i would also mentor him. i am thinking 500.00 for the Box/equipment. Am i wrong for doing so and is that to much?
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Well Boxs lids bottoms i made so not much invested. The BEEs i see as a investment into the community is why i asked. Maybe with help the small farmer can grow more and one day be another IAN :)
Seems very cold to manipulate, is there a minimum temperature you don't disturb them at? Part 1 you open them up in snow etc? I've been told to leave them as they've sealed themselves in from draughts etc. Assuming you don't touch them at all Dec, Jan and Feb? Thanks
Hi I am from BC and want to start this business and need help if anyone can guide me as I am totally new know nothing about beekeeping. Thanks in advance!
A sting at tye cost of life Bees are stylish (benefical in general ) And most importantly they usually don't want to hurt people unless of course people anger them, Even if you panic at the sight of their stripes, bee sting only when they have to defend themselves and do so in very rare cases the reason Is simple a sting can cost the their lives .... After stinging the the insect tries to hide and it's understandable the bee flies away and the stinger stays inside the victim that have a elastic skin, but stings the other insects it's painless
I'm in my 70s and had bees for most of my life until it just got to physically hard to properly take care of the hives. I still have 3 hives for our use and I don't think I could ever not have my bees.. I've watched your operation and I'm not sure if it means anything to you ,but you have the best operation I've ever seen and you have to love your bees to work as hard as you do caring for them . I hope your son thinks about following in your shoes. We or I should say the world needs more bee keepers with your passion and work ethics for the bees.
I'm truly enjoying watching these videos and I wish I was still able to travel ,I'd make the trip from Oregon just to see your operation and to meet you in person.
Well done young man your parents did an exceptional job of raising you and instilling the values you have as a bee keeper and father.
I am a beekeeper in Iran and I have a master's degree in agricultural engineering, animal sciences and specialization in beekeeping. I enjoy watching your videos, thank you for making your beautiful videos.🤗
Wow what a lot of work compiling this Ian! Thanks! 💞💕💕
I study my videos to help assess the season behind, it helps put next year’s plan together
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog very very smart man my friend!
My name is Ahmed, from Morocco. I am 28 years old. I am looking for a contract in beekeeping with you. Can I contact you?
Im 2minutes in and impressed and thankful for the added feature in this video. The index, the temp range, and date stamp I've often looked up when going over your vids for perspective. Such a resource. Thanks Ian.
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Hi Ian! I watch your videos from Russia, the Republic of Bashkortostan! I really like your approach! Our climate is about the same! You're doing great!
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
I can’t tell you how much this helps. Your decision to document your entire beginning makes this video one of the very best for learning. It surprisingly is the only bit of information I’ve run a cross that’s left me confident to do this. Thank you again
Thanks Ian for that video This is basically the best lesson any one can get Thank you for recording and showing how much it takes for successfully raising and looking after the any apiary
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
Stay warm Ian...-20F or so last night...You, me, and the bees can't wait for spring...
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
I'm glad you show the good the bad and the ugly. Keeping it real so I understand I'm not the only one not having total success. I'm doing that in my posts to our local bee club pages now because of you. It's so easy to only show the good as most show that but it makes us feel like we're a failure at times. Thanks alot for keeping it real.
I had somehow fallen asleep watching youtube and I wake up to this
Welcome to learning something new!
This is awesome!! Educational for sure and 1000 times better than any junk on tv. Thank you.
th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html I do Aveda like this
A true inspiration Ian thank you you're sharing of knowledge is truly inspiring I have followed you from the star of my beekeeping endeavour and you have been more helpful than I can show so I say again thank you Ian legend
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
I told my wife I'd come to bed after "just one more bee video" ... she wasn't expecting that you had Scorcese direct one.
LOL
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
Educational and entertaining especially family affair component. Thank you for sharing!
I've been SO looking forward to this one , thank you!!!!!
It’s a bit long
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I'm perfectly happy with that. Might take me a day or two to finish between kids and work, but.... This is definitely happening. 😁 Thanks again, stay warm over there!
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog absolutely NOT Ian!! The long ones are the BEST ones. If the number of views for a video count every time I watch them over and over and over again, you are going to be a VERY wealthy man. Along with Brad at Faith Apiaries, Bob Binnie, Kamon Reynolds, Nathan at Duck River Honey, and a few others. 😁🤑🐝
Spring time is in the air and temps are looking ideal for queen season drone build up
I don't care about these I don't care about the nukes I care about these little children in this video and how their father's taken care of that's what makes a family almost makes you want to cry how excited they were with that dandelion honey I appreciate your videos I appreciate you and I appreciate those fine young people you have produced into this world now we see the newer videos and they're grown
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Your video are amazing! Your getting me excited for queen rearing season 👍
I'm migratory and I am in FL right now and doing splits with queen cells on the 25th of February. Drones are among us!
Love watching your videos, a wealth of knowledge....
Another great video carrie doing all the work Ian flying by the seat of pants running million dollar operation .. Btw the way thanks for putting it all together .. Alot work im sure .. Love how it shows the date and temp .. That alone must alot extra work
Cheers 🥂
Excellent ! All this info In one place.
Ian...thanks for the videos. I am trying your 3x6 frame nucs this year to see if I can get some sourwood honey in late June/early July from my splits. This past season 2020 I also had a lot of issues with weather interfering with queen mating as well here in central GA. This year looking at starting splits a little later to see if the weather will be more forgiving. Thanks again for what you do!
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
I thank you for this video, this is wonderful I have learned so much from u have a Blessed week
I hit the like button during the opening ad, I sure hope this is good 😂
LOL more $$$ for me
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog 🤑🤑😂
I did too. I think its a safe bet. 😁
@@graemediesel2936 you got that right!!
who else ended up here after a long nap
LOL
Literally just opened my eyes😂😂
it's 5 AM
Nah facts lol
Fax 📠 😅
I am a honey beekeeper from INDONESIA...I really like honey, success is always for you....
Over 3 hours. I think I need a very good excuse (god forbid I’m running out of excuses) for my wife to be able to watch this in one go!
Ha ha don’t push your luck !
We’ll done Alex. Great presentation. Love your enthusiasm. Can’t wait for the next one 🐝bee emoji
Thanks for the recap. I really enjoyed it!
2:16:32 the joy ❤️
Thanks for sharing, I just starting my journey with bees and sharing in my channel.
My name is Ahmed, from Morocco. I am 28 years old. I am looking for a contract in beekeeping with you. Can I contact you?
I like your repair job on that box
"Back to my grumpy face!" LOL
That one had me laughing too 🤣
I made insolated fillers that take up space of 2 frames. I never used a Nuke box i always did it that way. Made it easy to remove or add frames as needed
I really enjoy your videos and all the information you share. Do you ever have bear problems or are there no black bears in your area? I haven't noticed any electric fencing around your bee yards.
Occasionally
I have always did walk aways. Being i will swap hives to Horizontals this year i will have some boxs. A small farmer wanted a few hives of mine set by his place so i will graft some maybe 10 and set up 10 splits by his place with cells this year then after flow give hives away "Keeping a few to over winter" to a few local friends/family minus equipment. Every year it seems i give away a few Queens or hives to locals LOL
Ian. Ive watched every video and have learned so much from your methods. Question, do you keep written notes and with the “rewind” videos do you notice things that you will do differently this year? If so, would you do a video that outlines the changes you will implement and why? Thanks. Andy
Good idea
I did a video like this th-cam.com/video/WudMCLp1EIs/w-d-xo.html
Living expansion right now ! First drone cell has stated !! Splits bare soon here in Sw Florida
Well I know nothing about 🐝 But I do know I love them for the fact that they make honey and they are lovely. I hate to see a colony die. It's heartbreaking it's worse when it's because the amateurs. Alex is great oxxxxo.
So just using a standard queen excluder will keep the two queens from fighting with each other through the excluder? You have a great system that I plan on reducing my double deeps down to single and then stacking medium supers on top right as the honey flow begins.
Good Morning Ian, I'm in Connecticut on the shore, did a quick resource assessment yesterday and needed to add feed. On several hives the cluster was against the sidewall, should I gently slide the frames containing the cluster to the center and position resource frames to replace the empty combs? Thank you
Tough call! It’s always best to leave them alone because disturbance dosent do them any good... but neither does starving !
Good stuff, homie. I learned lots.
In the jester nuc.. in a week if you had fresh eggs.. they are eggs for 3 days and then larvae for 4.. so you were seeing 4 day old larvae
Every time I see your nucs I can't help but think you should buy a few hundred more boxes and let Carey go to town.
Could you turn the closed captioning on please? Thanks for everything you do! I've been looking forward to this.
Not sure how to do that
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog it's on now. It's usually always on. I think sometimes TH-cam glitches or updates and shuts It off from the TH-camrs end. So thanks regardless!
Ian, I remember you posting at one point about rendering propolis and sending it off somewhere. Do you send it to a university of a commercial outfit? Do you know what they are going to do with it? And about how much did you collect and send off?
Thanks, Craig Fr. VA.
I send it to a private outfit.
I’m going to see if I can sell their product on my website
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I see more and more. medical facilities are using it for experiments with treatments. Thanks
Ian. Did i miss video of ezy loader after overhaul?
Not done it yet, still in welding shop
Yikes tell that welder 50,000 people are cheering him on and to hurry up!
With the huge pollen flows would it be wise to trap some for later feed?
Would putting tarps over the hives work if it’s winter?
Super
hello, how to treat for heavy Nosema? I'm in north Indiana USA. i have 70 hives but have heavy Nosema, thanks in advance
That’s a hard one... nutrition is the best I can suggest
We have -7° F consistently during deep Winter in Northwestern New Mexico. Using the Insulated Apimaye System to combat that. (Pricey!) But nucs are running $200-$310 each here. Gonna try splits this year with crossed fingers.
Can you make your own supplies?
What do you sell your queen cells for?
Craig Fr. VA
$5
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Thank you. Craig
Thanks.
Our bees would still be in bed at 5 am and back to bed before 9. Why you get those great honey pulls even compared to us in Central Ontario. At that time I would have loads of flowers out and many would already be finished. Lol
Why do you use frame feeders instead of pail feeders for the builders?
Easier to use when in and out of builder
Is it everyone removing the paper or the comb builders age group, would keep them occupied.
Will you have more nuks to sell next spring? I am in Alberta and looking for bees that are used to Canadian weather. I would be willing to take the drive to pick up the nuks if you are willing to sell in the spring
Beautiful brood
Goodiful Queen
I see you use a lot of plastic frames. Do you add more wax to the frames as you add them to the boxes?
Craig Fr. VA
Not as a rule but I know a guy who does
Thank you
So how many months that it can do before you can go and check to harvest.
Do you add brood frames to the cell builders through the season
On a weekly rotation
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog
Thank you and do you buy breeders queens or do you just use your best constant queens?
@@timoninnikolay5947 Both he does
Did you not pull any frames out of that really full box?
My name is Ahmed, from Morocco. I am 28 years old. I am looking for a contract in beekeeping with you. Can I contact you?
@@ahmedainou6379 You are a beekeeper in witch part of Morroco ?
Last question. Do you split every colony in Spring
Oh no, just the big ones . About 1/3 of them
The rest are equalized or few get culled out
Belo trabalho assistindo no Brasil
thật là tuyệt vời khi thấy những đàn ong rất nhiều mật
looking like a heat wave coming anything above 30 below is a heat wave now
got through it in one sitting
My bees, it’s 60degrees this morning and you expect us to fly in this kind of weather! My FL bees are very spoiled! 🥴
why don't you have a winter structure built to keep it easier to have them out or indoor? is it the pricing?
I've seen one do it on top of the box
Where can I purchase those type of covers with the holes in the them?
Just drill holes in them that will take a plug and screened for buckets or other concianters for suryp
Tóp este video são seus folhos ?
Que produto é este que vocês aplica nos palet.
Parabéns
Do you buy queens or make your own
Make
How do you correct wild comb frames ?
Farmer called me asking if i would sell him the hives i am going to set on his place. I have never charged anyone for a Queen or hive and wouldnt have any idea what to charge. I have always looked at it as a investment into my community and BEEs as they are needed to keep us alive. He asked if i would also mentor him. i am thinking 500.00 for the Box/equipment. Am i wrong for doing so and is that to much?
That I can’t help you with, I’d depends how much $$ you put on your time
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Well Boxs lids bottoms i made so not much invested. The BEEs i see as a investment into the community is why i asked. Maybe with help the small farmer can grow more and one day be another IAN :)
Hi I'm so sorry what happened to bees in winter I pray for to get new ones ok
it's normal they live only few weeks
Seems very cold to manipulate, is there a minimum temperature you don't disturb them at? Part 1 you open them up in snow etc? I've been told to leave them as they've sealed themselves in from draughts etc. Assuming you don't touch them at all Dec, Jan and Feb? Thanks
May 28 2020
Low 15°C High 9°C ?
lol yep
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I've watched the whole thing twice. Nicely done. ✅ 😊
Formula of Syrup in white plastic feeder buckets w 3” holes to hive
New subscriber
You do know that if you keep that grumpy face too long you'll get stuck with it,right? great video, thanks.
Marry ellen carter did she make the cut thiis year
Plentiful food
Beautiful brood
Indicating goodiful Queen
Very good my Friend. Brasil.
nhũng tổ ong khủng,mật chắc nhiều lắm
ASMR ALERT
Де переклад на словянскій
Where is part 1
th-cam.com/play/PLyDBTwXKg92E4sSbCedxzy4Z2vZ1Y1vCT.html
Thanks Ian
I wonder how many stings he got on his hands
I am finding these bee videos fascinating. How long have you been keeping bees?
Hi I am from BC and want to start this business and need help if anyone can guide me as I am totally new know nothing about beekeeping. Thanks in advance!
👍🏼
so much smoke to keep them calm
Were u located
Miami Manitoba
Do you happen to sell bee's wax ?
use hay to insulate them
A sting at tye cost of life
Bees are stylish (benefical in general )
And most importantly they usually don't want to hurt people unless of course people anger them,
Even if you panic at the sight of their stripes, bee sting only when they have to defend themselves and do so in very rare cases the reason
Is simple a sting can cost the their lives ....
After stinging the the insect tries to hide and it's understandable the bee flies away and the stinger stays inside the victim that have a elastic skin, but stings the other insects it's painless
If you had a better churn you could have Honey an butter 😂.
First!!!!