Hopefully we get some rain here in north alabama soon i have some goldenrod trying to bloom here. Last year it bloomed in dry weather and no nectar from it. You have really done a great job expanding your business and Hopefully you have a great harvest.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Thanks Michael!
@philipmontgomery5626
Ай бұрын
I love your videos. I'm a lifelong businessman. I started with four hives in the spring I am now up to 15. Be blessed man of God.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Thanks Phillip!
@sidelinerbeekeeper
Ай бұрын
Discovering the "power" of the syrup pump. Its timing can release the bees' full potential.
@briand4279
Ай бұрын
Hey Nathan just because you go on vacation we still need our Sunday episode...... Just kidding hope you had a good time.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
😆
@noahG82
Ай бұрын
We are experiencing the best summer flow I've seen in last 5 years. I'm at 1950' and bees work 1800' to 2200'in elevation. You can see every Sourwood tree in bloom on our ridge tops. Upon inspection they are doing the same thing and backfilling the second deep brood box. I plan to take some from that box this year. Congrats on the Sourwood location!
@BucksBeesS.C.
Ай бұрын
Glad you have a helper that wants to help. I'm sure both of you will benefit. Thanks for your updates
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@3Beehivesto300
Ай бұрын
My best yards this year. Spring nucs made early in a single deep with an excluder. They made an unbelievable amount of honey. The rest of my operation is 2 deeps and no excluder. I found the doubles harder to manage.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I find bigger hives a bit easier to overwinter, and they have more girth for splitting in spring, but a compressed broodnest makes more honey during the flow.
@claybunner1059
Ай бұрын
I had the same thing happen in Virginia this year. I was seeing all this nectar coming in with no rain I couldn’t figure it out because the clover was gone. I drove my 4 wheeler on the mountain across the street and you could smell the sweet smell all through the woods. I’m going to keep it separated and see if I can bottle it as sourwood. Great video!
@illumi-Nate
Ай бұрын
You have done a pretty dang good job of getting combs drawn the last couple years!!! You've got some serious infrastructure accomplished! ...I have all the boxes /frames , equipment etc but not nearly enough drawn combs, & that sure does hold everything back bigtime, i bet it's gonna take me a whole nother season just to get to 50 -60 hives, & that's without buying nucs, just from splitting what I got
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Comb is a struggle.
@Steele_Wings
Ай бұрын
I feel your pain with queen excluders slowing honey production and bees back filling brood box. My bees swarmed before filling 2nd super.
@TexasBeekeeper
Ай бұрын
Congrats on the Sourwood!
@Trinityoaksfarms
Ай бұрын
I agree with you on the Italian and Caucasian differences. 3 years ago i decided to try and move darker. I have been grafting from dark carni/caucasian queens for the last 2 years. The italian drone side/caucasian queen mix last year was great. When i grafted from caucasian again this year over dark drones i ended up with mostly caucasian and i noticed a tremendous change. Lots of backfilling in the briod nest and a much smaller colonies. The good side is they will require less feed but honey production suffered greatly. I will definitely be putting some italian back in next year.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Agreed! I think a hybrid is good, but I like the yellow bees.
@Trinityoaksfarms
Ай бұрын
Yes! And those lighter queens are so much easier to find.
@researcherAmateur
Ай бұрын
See, that's good beekeeping. You go on a break and come back to that. It would be great if they didn't had to draw.. but when it's unexpected... it's still great that its sourwood. Nice present when you need it. It will be much easier when you get enough frames...
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I’m afraid it’ll be years before I have enough frames. Wish I could find someone reputable who was downsizing and had drawn boxes for sale.
@researcherAmateur
Ай бұрын
@@DuckRiverHoney yeah, I get it but I wouldn't trust it when it comes to drawed frames or wood. It would really have to be someone l know and believe. One time I bought a big batch of those black frame feeders you guys use.. used from a beekeeper. In stacks. Every stack had only the ends cleaned up. He sow l'm in a hurry and took the opportunity. A friend of mine got wax in bloks for a great deal and found a nice big rock in every block. But the diseases are to be scared of. People get careless until AFB spreads. Than you light a nice fire and start to wash and disinfect everything.. praying it won't come back. Scared for a couple of years. It's not a nice experience. I actually know how it is for you. My father will melt everything he finds older than 5-6 years. I have to keep my equipment hidden away from him. It used to drive me nuts when I was younger 🤣. Took me years to make reserves. The plastic foundation saved me.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Two or three years of good flows would solve my issues, but that’s hard to plan.
@gregcundiff
Ай бұрын
You're making me jealous with the sourwood... I'm at 1,200 ft and have very few around, I'm at the foot of Appalachia in northern Pulaski County, Ky. The remnants of Hurricane Beryl looks to be tracking toward you in a few days, if you don't mind, send some of that up my way, we are in desperate need of rain. It looks like you have a pretty good helper with Parker, he seems to be doing quite well. Keep up the great work.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Thanks Greg! Parker is a fine young man.
@marywickenheiser2628
Ай бұрын
Always something going on in beekeeping- hurray for your sourwood flow. Hope you get lots of drawn comb, too. I’m trying a couple of double mediums this year in Michigan with extra food ready for winter.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Thanks Mary, good to hear from you.
@Steele_Wings
Ай бұрын
Get that honey quick.
@davidwear1461
Ай бұрын
What a wonderful unexpected oddity to have so much sourwood. PNW Washington blackberry flow is still going strong and my 6 colonies are looking strong.
@carpenterandhisbees
Ай бұрын
You look refreshed. Dont see the stress you showed in previous videos. In my experience it could of been perfect sleeping weather and you still wouldn't have gotten any sleep at the cub scout camp.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I generally sleep ok camping out, at least after the first night.
@robertstwalley3662
Ай бұрын
Running double 8 frame medium brood boxes on 20 package bees shook April 20. All in same yard, few working on 3rd super most on second super, and a few have no honey above the excluder. Currently I am seriously consider replacing those zero honey queens. The rest of my overwintered bees are going gang busters on honey right now.
@daverowden-RowdyBeeFarms
Ай бұрын
I'm just worn out... Thanks for the video
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog
Ай бұрын
1/3 bigger than a single would be ideal
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I think it would work quite well.
@researcherAmateur
Ай бұрын
Yeah. Remember when that crazy old beek a couple of days back wrote.. I'm about to get an unexpected flow. I will put them all on 7 brood frames, an empty feeder and one frame on the outside. And no way they will be allowed to lay more. I would absolutely pull that as a variety. It's what we do here. Always extracting and moving on. I'm happy for the gift you got. Imagine if you prepared for it. Who knows maybe there's something to learn about the surroundings. People here always time they spring for black locust. And that year they get the flow.. well then we put only 6 frames for honey super. Did you ever seen honey frames that thick ?
@howardperson6341
Ай бұрын
Enjoy the good help!😀
@haroldmarsh5156
Ай бұрын
what a pleasant SURPRISE only if you could rinse and repeat
@user-zt1pq7hq6y
Ай бұрын
That sourwood looks beautiful-do you have a web site where you are going to sell it?
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I have a website - duckriverhoney.com - but not sure I’ll sell it as a varietal yet. I may have it tested for purity.
@stubbshomestead1316
Ай бұрын
Ive had black widows under the lid before but...can they get threw bee gloves? How many hives total do you have now?
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I work gloveless almost all the time. Not sure if widows can bite through gloves but I would suspect not.
@jamesdavis3600
Ай бұрын
What scale system are you using on your hives?
@daltonrobinson253
Ай бұрын
I have some honey flowing in right now that looks just like the sourwood honey you are getting. It’s very clear and my sourwood trees are full bloom. I’ve tasted it and it’s mild with like a citrusy flavor. I’ve never had good sourwood before but I feel like it’s either basswood or sourwood but do not know the difference in flavor. My sourwoods have been in bloom now for roughly 2 weeks. Do you have any guidance on the favor difference or color differences between basswood and sourwood?
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Basswood is easy to identify, it has a mint flavor. Sourwood is also easy to identify once you’ve tasted good sourwood you won’t forget it.
@daltonrobinson253
Ай бұрын
@@DuckRiverHoney okay good to know. This definitely doesn’t have a mint flavor that I’m getting
@user-zt1pq7hq6y
Ай бұрын
Women and Homosexuals have taken over the former Boy Scouts-how is the cub scouts....is it still normal?
@3Beehivesto300
Ай бұрын
Spray foam the outside of the shipping container then put a siding on it.
@3Beehivesto300
Ай бұрын
You won’t lose square footage I’ve even seen people paint the foam after spraying the outside of the building. This protects it from the UV.
@honeypineacreschannel7619
Ай бұрын
Not sure how you call a hive with three boxes a nuc. Maybe I don’t understand the definition. Congrats on the sourwood!
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
It was a hive I made in the spring.
@russellkoopman3004
Ай бұрын
I like the idea of knocking the three down to two brood and adding an excluder. Similar to Ian's shaking down his doubles. Nathan, you look like a load was taken off of your shoulders. Hope things keep going good for you.
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Russ a tough honey year got a little less tough.
@Steele_Wings
Ай бұрын
Hot at the beach also.
@austinwadsworth4991
Ай бұрын
How are you selling your honey now that you have grown the business. My operation has also grown. Got 30 5gallon buckets of quality honey. You selling wholesale? Just looking for some ideas on how to sling
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
Yep, I’m wholesaling.
@austinwadsworth4991
Ай бұрын
@@DuckRiverHoney who do you wholesale to? What price/pound you getting
@Bourbonsouth47
Ай бұрын
I would need to see it tested esp at 700 ft elevation & that much hmmmm
@DuckRiverHoney
Ай бұрын
I won’t market it as such unless it’s obviously a very high %.
@Bourbonsouth47
Ай бұрын
@@DuckRiverHoney wouldn't mind a jar looks like it will be wonderful! Glad ur getting a good flow it's dead over my way mostly (Polk Co Tn)
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