Amazing how the beekeeper works with the bees beautiful creation of God's and I love honey. God Bless you and Blue Ridge Honey Company
@bobbinnie9872
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jeffjunkans4076
Жыл бұрын
Another great video, thanks for all you do.
@privatebubba8876
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice setup, looks like you have a good crew helping.
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@davidmcleod6032
3 жыл бұрын
Someone who agrees that poplar honey is one of our better honeys.
@karlfriedrich75
2 жыл бұрын
Great videos. Thank you for that help to learn more!
@MattSpooner69
4 жыл бұрын
We use bee excluders all year. No searching for the queen at all. Makes for some fast (and probably dirty) shaking. 6-8 of us end up shaking 900 2 lbs or 700 3 lbs packages a day. But that's with 6 shaker boxes/ funnels and 2 guys on scales the whole time
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds good.
@kellycarpenter9350
Жыл бұрын
This is cool .I've been straying my bees with water then measuring them with a big cup .A scale is way better .
@rajbeekie7124
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. You make this thing look so easy.
@530beekeepers7
4 жыл бұрын
Raj Beekie because it is lol
@rajbeekie7124
4 жыл бұрын
@@530beekeepers7 Well, I must be doing something really wrong. My bees are always trying to kill me. Yes, I do smoke them a bit and move slowly. Yes, it is easier working without gloves, but after 4-5 stings the gloves go back on. :)
@dadu63
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Bobby!
@mirkokrasko1
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. It's amazing to me to see you work guys....
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
I like to see the crew work too.
@honeydropfarm1605
3 жыл бұрын
I get faster at working bees all the time, but when I see you... Yup, I've got a long way to go.
@FelipeAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! If I do what you are doing it would equal getting stung 10 times in the hand per hive and killing every single queen!!
@TheHmye
3 жыл бұрын
Looooool
@johnpatterson788
4 ай бұрын
Bob where did you get your Shaker funnel for on top of the wooden package?
@bobbinnie9872
4 ай бұрын
We built them ourselves. The frame is 3/4 inch lumber and the sides are aluminum flashing. The base tube is 3 inch PVC.
@kevin_6217
4 жыл бұрын
Quick question, there is a bit of bur comb on the lids of most of these colonies. Is there too much space on the top? I assume you don't worry about it too much unless they are sticking stuff together.
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
We use these lids with a 3/4 inch rim when we feed pollen patties in the off season. In our region it's important that the bees can surround the pollen patties so hive beetles can't get between the lid and patty without the bees getting to them. Sometimes they don't get switched back in a timely manner and we do end up with bur comb. Usually we have flat lids on.
@tifreire1
4 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming the drone comb in each hive is due to the proximity to the mating nucs. Do you ever freeze any of it as part of a treatment program and also do you leave it in year round?
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
We do keep them in year round. We generally keep them against the wall so when the bees are done raising drones they can just use it as a honey frame. We like them for two reasons. We do like lots of drones for mating and we like to give them comb for raising drones so they will be less likely to add it to our worker combs. If you look closely most of our worker combs don't have drone cells in them. Freezing works but we don't use them for that.
@markcunningham6611
Жыл бұрын
Bob, old video but still a question. Do you put the same frames back on the hive in which it came from? Probably not but you never know. Thanks, Mark
@bobbinnie9872
Жыл бұрын
Most of the time yes. But a few switched here or there wouldn't matter much.
@hermitholllerhomestead2080
2 жыл бұрын
At the 6:50 mark Bob found the queen in the top box when there was an excluder between the top and bottom box. He marked her and released her in the bottom box. I'm confused.
@bobbinnie9872
2 жыл бұрын
We put the excluders in a few days earlier. When we came back we knew which box the queen was in by where we found fresh eggs. It makes it faster and easier to find the queen.
@jasonhough8361
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, tight and organized crew. How many lbs of bees per hive do you think you average?
@bobbinnie9872
2 жыл бұрын
3 to 9 depending on how many times we choose to shake. The colonies in this video only got shook once, averaging 3 or 4 pounds, and produced one nuc before going on to honey production.
@bradgoliphant
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Bob, I see none of your guys are wearing any gloves? How often to you get stung in the hands? And did it take you some time to build up to not wearing any gloves? Thank you. great shake method.
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
We rarely wear gloves and yes we get stung sometimes. It takes a little while to get what we call "somewhat" immune. New employees usually quit using gloves within a few weeks. I encourage this but am not insistent. Not wearing gloves instantly makes you a better beekeeper.
@honeydropfarm1605
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Binnie, that was very interesting. How many packages do you sell in a year?
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
We have sold as many as 1500 but we are just selling a few hundred now because we have moved more towards selling nucs and colonies.
@dagoparra3366
3 жыл бұрын
Muy Buen video 👍
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
Gracias.
@bradgoliphant
3 жыл бұрын
When you shake your boxes, are the package of bee all from the same hive?
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
No, we mix as needed without issue.
@framcesmoore
4 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting it was a great video where/what did u do with the packages of bees did you sale them and why did u not take the queens from the hives and put them in the packages instead of using new queens for them just asking is this the way most places do there packages of bees. 3rd question do u still sale packages of bees. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
Every package producer I know provides a new, fresh queen with the package and we sell our packages at our store.
@framcesmoore
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobbinnie9872 I never knew that Thanks and have a great day
@kaistumer198
4 жыл бұрын
Any advantage of shaking single frames agains shaking whole boxes, into a big tub and just volume fill the bees into packages?
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
Less dead bees and debris in the package but it is more work.
@530beekeepers7
4 жыл бұрын
Just wondering why don’t you use a queen excluder in the shaker basket yes you found the queen but nobody wants the drones when they are buying packages
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
You're right, nobody wants drones in their packages but believe or not we rarely see enough to be concerned and have never had a complaint. Maybe it's because we definitely avoid shaking frames that have a lot of drones on them. Also, shaking and moving bees through an excluder quickly is a bit hard on the bees and we are more worried about having dead bees on the bottom of our packages than keeping every drone out. Although there are some package producers that do use excluders, for better or for worse, most of the large package shakers I know do not.
@mikeries8549
4 жыл бұрын
Wait a dog gone minute there... The odds of supercedure on a package are high but let's say it's 50:50. It is. It either will or it won't. Those drones could be needed in about 18 or 20 days after install. I've seen where they let a queen lay 12 eggs , kill her, and supercede. You want the drones.
@jamesritchie8540
4 жыл бұрын
NO dirty language!!!!!
@bobbinnie9872
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely not.
@fionmor4893
3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if Nurse bees can't fly.... how do they do a cleansing flight?
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
Nurse bees are actually able to begin taking cleansing flights while they are still nurse bees. I've read that this can happen anywhere from 6 to 14 days old.
@fionmor4893
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobbinnie9872 oh thank you... I was just curious about that
@mikef9966
2 жыл бұрын
can u show how to make the box for packages
@bobbinnie9872
2 жыл бұрын
We purchase the package boxes and don't make them.
@markspc1
4 жыл бұрын
Insane !
@davidizaguirre5060
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your videos so we'll put together and very informative. I was wondering where do you get your syrup cans from? Or do you make them?
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
We purchase them pre-filled from Rossman Apiaries in Moultrie, GA
@denniscrutchfield3395
2 жыл бұрын
i would like to buy one of them funnels . any suggestions?
@bobbinnie9872
2 жыл бұрын
Ours is home made and don't know where you can purchase one. If you look close ours is made with wood ends and sheet metal sides with a piece of PVC pipe at the bottom.
@decaturridgebees8761
5 жыл бұрын
Do find this to be a decent swarm prevention method?
@bobbinnie9872
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. With a strong colony it buys you two weeks.
@530beekeepers7
4 жыл бұрын
If you got swarm cells coming in shake em good I personally only will leave 2-3 pounds of young bees if the eggs and brood pattern are good
@mustafaceylan2284
3 жыл бұрын
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@user-qt3bn8qg2j
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you need to hire workers? I have raised bees
@bobbinnie9872
3 жыл бұрын
We have enough helpers at this time, thanks for asking.
@user-qt3bn8qg2j
3 жыл бұрын
I like bees very much, can you please introduce me to those in need, thank you
@zone6beekeeping197
3 жыл бұрын
Every time I see you working bees I'd like to spend a week with you as an unpaid volunteer. I say unpaid because i'm afraid I'd look like dead weight if I was on your crew. Maybe I could run a second camera.
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