50 Years of the Sustainable Apiary - Mike Palmer - What changed?

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Celebrating 50 years in the beekeeping industry, Mike Palmer, a famous beekeeper in Vermont State, walked through his apiary with Dr. Humberto Boncristiani for an interview on the InsideTheHive.tv podcast. The two discussed the changes in the beekeeping industry over the last 50 years, including the shift from American foulbrood to trachea mites and later on Varroa mites. The conversation also touched on the effects of pesticides on bee populations, with Mike sharing his concerns about the high levels of atrazine and other herbicides found in pollen samples collected from hives in row crop agriculture areas.
For a long time, Mike didn't believe pesticides were affecting his colonies, but this is not the case anymore. Mike described why he changed his mind and explained why he thinks pesticides are indeed a big problem for beekeepers.
Mike also shared his approach to beekeeping, which includes the use of dedicated brood factories to rapidly expand the brood nest. These factories are not meant to produce honey but to quickly grow the population of nurse bees. By using this method, Mike can maintain high production levels without having to use production hives to stop his cell builders.
This podcast provides valuable insights into the world of beekeeping and the challenges that beekeepers face today. It highlights the importance of understanding the needs of bees and the impact that human activities can have on their survival.
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[@justinsorenson]

Can't say enough good things about Mike. He completely changed the direction of my life. Great to see him.

[@khatpaufridaytalks2670]

Respectfull 50 years experience Salute.

[@OutdoorsandCountryLiving]

Another example of where big farm dollars get what they want and the small operations suffer. Mike has a lot of knowledge and has a true genuine love for bees and what’s best for them. We appreciate the video and sharing. Blessings to you all & our bees.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Sorry to hear that. The fight continue.

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

Mike is THE beekeeper. We've all learned so much from him. I understand how hard it is to keep the best going at our age. Keep it up Mike.

[@nunyah64]

What can you say that he hasn’t already! I’m lucky as far as the pesticides are concerned . I live so far back in the hills of Eastern Kentucky there’s almost no farming ! I can watch videos with Mike Palmer talking and learn something new each time!

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

But it only takes one farmer to spray their hay or crop for pests like army worms or weeds and your bees are just as dead as mine were. You may not be in the clear either. I wasnt.

[@ericduncan3028]

I miss that crew! Hope you’re all well. The best 2 seasons I’ve had were sweating it out with French Hill Apiaries. Mike’s the best.

[@18Yoav]

You stayed in that trailer or was that you sleeping in the car?

[@FrederickDunn]

At 10:20 I'm very interested in the impact that corn pollen may be having on my bees here in PA. I also have pollen traps at the ready. If they want samples from my neck of the woods I'm in a great position to provide them. I've often thought that it's impacting the brood, but the tests were performed on the adults when they were clearing the corn pesticides. This is very interesting, thank you.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Hey Fred, l will let them know. Great to see people intrested in pesticide exposure.

[@JCsBees]

Awesome video! Mike knows his stuff about bees! Very excited to hear the results of the pollen test.

[@jejewa2763]

I worked for awhile in 1969 for a beekeeper and still have fond memories of it...

[@mikeyd5969]

You’ve done more than something Mr Palmer . A lot more and we all thank you .

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for video. Best entomological and beekeeping greetings from Ukraine! Best wishes!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

So nice of you

[@8pumpkin18]

Bee world is better and better everyday!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Great video with Mr. Mike Palmer. Thank you for doing this👍🏼

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Our pleasure!

[@RePetesBees]

Love gettin Mikes perspective. Great stuff! 3rd year beekeeper with 15 hives and still goin strong all thanks to videos like these, packed with good info.

[@neilbush9873]

That was cool, stir up these old guys, they have so much to teach us if we are willing to listen.

[@Loglakeliving]

Excellent interview! I appreciate how you let Mr. Palmer dictate the style and flow, only interjecting when necessary. Well done!

[@johnboyle4062]

Happy 50 anniversary mike from Ireland

[@jack00scarecrow]

mike the legend!

[@dianetaylor6751]

Love Mike! Love Inside the Hive TV!! Nuff said!!!!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

So nice of you.

[@altaylor293]

It is always great to listen to Mike. He doesn't do a lot of videos so I have watched each of them several times and always learn something. Thanks to Mike for his contributions to beekeeping and thanks to you for sharing this video.

[@richardnoel3141]

Great video. Mike is great and we all love him!! I personally have a lot to thank him for!! I really wish him well and hope he gets some results with those pollen traps! I hope to visit Vermont again one day very soon! Thanks for the interview! Excellent 👌🏻😎🙌🐝🐝🐝

[@cordovanbee]

Mike is so Awesome!!! Made me a lot better Beekeeper! Thanks Mike!

[@mgcbesterclan925]

Happy top see you again Mike your Videos are always so good Thanks

[@schulerimkereiobsflotwedel35]

Thank you Mike, always right words!

[@Avi-ow4wo]

Good luck mike we are all rooting for you. So much knowledge and success

[@ryanr8979]

We all fucken love u Mike palmer

[@EagleSoul]

Great video Humberto. Mike is a real trooper. Cheers from 🇺🇾

[@keithdiaz8166]

Truly enjoy listening to Mike talk about beekeeping.

[@stevenlouis1024]

Steve from Susanville, CA. Good job. Keep everyone informed.

[@cowdudy]

He isn’t kidding about that book. He really needs to put the knowledge in his head down on paper for the future generations.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

It’s coming. Part 2 and 3 of the interview are coming.

[@mellifera6247]

Love this!

[@mediteranskopcelarenje-tar1205]

Great interview Humberto!!!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks

[@jimjim7708]

Just another thank you.

[@lastphcm]

That was awesome. Thank you for sharing this. 😊❤

[@missionbeelieve3479]

Great interview. He's my inspiration. ❤

[@michaelremsen2002]

Congratulations Mike ya ole boot!! You've helped and encouraged countless beekeepers. Keep on keeping on....

[@KodavistaKommuneApiaries]

Mikes video and lectures are what got me into beekeeping… Thank you for making some content with the legend.

[@timami9456]

Extremely greater thanks to Mike and to yous work from Ru fans 🐝

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Much appreciated!

[@VaderSpade]

I need to come back and watch this whole video but I have honey to run. In the meantime I wanted to say I grew up in the business and AFB was absolutely our biggest threat in the 1970-80's. I dealt with more than my share as Dad's best friend was the county inspector. We ran 2,200 hives and had to burn a few every year despite a regular Terramycin treatment program. I have a theory that mites are the reason we see so little of it nowadays. I think the mites have wiped out the wild hives that were the spreaders of AFB.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Initially, mites may have contributed to the extermination of many wild colonies and also helped to slow down the spread of other diseases. However, it is uncertain whether this is still the case today, as true wild colonies are showing increased resistance to Varroa mites. This is an interesting idea to consider.

[@framcesmoore]

Thankyou so much for this video I just love Mike there is not many videos of him that I have seen with him bee keeping inspection of hives and the like. I do wish there was more he is great. I am so very sorry he is losing so many bees that is such a termendence loss, and I am so sorry. Have a Blessed day

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

So nice of you

[@jcallen6261]

Appreciate your contribution Mr.Palmer great information!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@18Yoav]

I really learned bees after spending a summer at french Hill apiaries...Mike is really one of the hardest working and cool folks around.

[@josephfydenkevez8839]

This is great video. Mr Michael Palmer is such a wealth of bee keeping information. I was up at the yard a couple weeks ago learning his method of raising queens. Michael Palmer is such a great man and is so willing to teach people.

[@richardreid2059]

Great to see another video with Mike. Thanks to both of you!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Our pleasure!

[@carriefry4341]

Thank you for this video!

[@washS0]

Parabéns meu amigo, espero que ele continue motivado e inspirando pessoas, ele está mudando a apicultura em muitos lugares por aqui pela América do Sul.

[@jack00scarecrow]

i have two farmers that spray right next to my apiaries, farmers are law unto them selves. Devon, UK

[@paulschaefer5241]

I knnow why they get those huge numbers and still say it's not a problem. the corporations that are making huge profits on those chemicals are also sleeping with congress.

[@paulgroth5414]

Mike Palmer an American beekeeping pioneer!

[@SirSamsStinglessBeehive]

Lots of information. If I could only talk to him personally.

[@nicolaebulgaru]

thanks to you and Mike. greetings from romania. unfortunately everywhere is the same. chemicals all over and the bees are like the canaries in the coal mine.

[@IndianBuzzApiary]

He is my Hero Selute to him

[@usert0736]

Great thank you

[@ME_MeAndMyBees]

Hi. Can you explain more to how x2 Brood Frames are at that Wall (Centre.) I thought the all the Brood would be generally centred in each 'mid space' of each Nuc Stack. But Mike stated "its x2 Frames: on both sides closest to the middle Divider. (All close to the Mid Wall of both stacks. ?) Would love to get my head around these "Brood Factories." The workings of them generally. . . 🤔 Have really enjoyed your Videos with Mike Palmer doing Bees for all those 50 Years. . . Wow ! 🥳 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@beekeepinggarden165]

Fabulous interview massive thank you 😉 You should come to UK in the national honey show that will be very interesting 🐝🐝😉😉

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I would love to.

[@wadebarnes6720]

Yep they planted corn all around me this year I went into winter with 30 hives I come out with 28 and I'm down to 15 maybe I have some for next hopefully they don't plant corn again

[@scotthenderson4376]

You really have it down to a science. I just wish you didn't have to deal with such a high loss rate. I'm thinking of learning grafting but it just seems like I'd have to many queens and not a place to put them. You can;t just stack them in the same box.

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Ian Steppler of Canadian Bee Keepers Log lost 450 hives of 1500 hives due to nosema. His bees polinate his canola crop & more.

[@nkapiariesjeffbeezos796]

And the farmers are spraying their hayfields with herbicides and the manures have have residues of the herbicides. Then those manures inhibit the growth of most plants where it is used. Seems land grant universities are in the back pocket of big ag and don’t care about the health of the soil or people that consume their products. Glad to see Mike rant about the abuse of our land by these current policies.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Truer Words Have Never Been Spoken!

[@jimharrison42]

Thanks Michael. I have a question In your double nuc box how do you keep the queen from accidentally going to the other side?

[@yurimig253]

Is there a way to train bees to stay away from pesticide??? Some research that needs to bee done..

[@Steele_Wings]

Can't believe no one is saying this is a deliberate attack.

[@adam-bonticoubees]

I would love to test my bees pollen one day. I keep all the colonies a few hundred yards of the golf course I care for. We are extremely environmentally conscious but it would still be interesting to see.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

You should!

[@grounded7362]

When did you do this interview with Mike that it was still cold out?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

May 16.

[@IceBug1337]

Mike, you are even famous in Germany. The beekeepers here know you and you help us. Thank you.

[@melvynasplett3399]

Been a beekeeper nearly 50 years in2021 lost all my 16 hives bee inspector said it was varroa but I did not think so because I lost 60 % in 1993 when we first had varroa in England and I know varroa kill a beehive

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Herbicides kill plants by hormone disruption. Animals and honeybees are influenced by their hormones too. Atrazine and other Herbicides affect bees by disrupting hormones and pheromones in my opinion.

[@danielcollins9628]

Do you use stainless steel foundation fire wire in frames i heard its not great

[@beebob1279]

The chemicals by themselves may not be affecting the bees (even though I think they do). But the harsh reality is the cocktails of different chemicals of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides is likely the biggest issue. If a person takes a barbiturate and drinks alcohol, it's a lethal. So, the mites are becoming more viralant. Or is it a combination of the applied chemicals and their affect on the viruses in the mites? There are so many questions and no one wants to answer them.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

That is my main concern. The regulatory agencies can not predict the deadly combinations and once soething is approved it is very hard to take it from the market.

[@8pumpkin18]

Mr. Palmer Forgot more than most know.

[@سالمابوغالب]

استاذي هل في معهد تدريبي يسعدنا

[@ruesnow5989]

So do humans have increased pollen allergies or is it the chemicals?

[@bartworkman9049]

Need better lobbying for bees.

[@yurimig253]

Here is a geography question... Are there any places in USA or the world that have little or no mites ????

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

My pollen tests had shown Amitraz as the highest level of pesticide in my wax and pollen

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Do you mind send me the report?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

@@InsideTheHiveTV I’d need to dig that out, it is an old one 2013. I sent samples away during that spring yo figure things out off a heavy loss. Found 1 or 2 ppb neonic but more Amitraz than anything else

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog No worriers. Your words are enogh to me. What I am concerned sometiems are the labs performing these tests. I sent the same sample for 3 labs in the past and got 3 different results. Weird.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

ppb is a hard one, such a very small measurement.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

While I have you here. A while back a grad student was surveying beekeeper pollen as part of his schooling to find out why there was such a high lead content in beekeeper collected pollen. I participated of course in the study, He surveyed many beekeepers by giving out traps and collected endless data of land use from surrounding farms. He found very high levels of lead in some samples but not others. Guess why…. Galvanized pollen traps vs new SS traps. I think you can figure what I’m getting at here

[@garybrohard3144]

Need to teach that farmer about cover crops and now till. Get him away from fertilizers and all the other chemicals.

[@walterhiegel3020]

Why don't you do the whole thing in Spanish for all the beekeepers who speak Spanish?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I speak Portuguese. I don’t know Spanish enough. Sorry.

[@willowbeesnaturally]

You can do the captions in Spanish

[@beefuzzz8403]

We probably need to charge 200percent more for the honey and charge double pollination fee

[@beefuzzz8403]

Feed the people in that company the pollen

[@psilocybe4623]

hello to you guys, sorry to hear what you had to live trough....im just here to report that im building a case for my dead 140 hives from 2020... veterenarian, agroproducers, police, distric auturney, they all defend the existing system....if ur interested whats going on in Eu at the moment im willing to tell all about it....the stuff that agro producers use arent what they say it is and defenetly it isnt tested like it should be....all the best guys, im here if ur interested

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Tell me more about it please.

[@psilocybe4623]

@@InsideTheHiveTV ill better record a video matterial on my apinar, cause everythong lasts for long time now, so i will upload a video on my channell and link it here for you, ill try to make everythink tonight, its 16:09 pm in Croatia now...thanks for support, id do anything to open the truth for all goverment scammers in my country...this is my 4th total unusual death of all bees in 12 years...thanks again

[@ricksutton2902]

The way you found the bee industry please he always been a glory Hound he just crazy attention

[@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE]

Only just found your channel. I learned so much from Brother Adam He knew how to breed bees and hise Buckfast have stood the test of time. Can you guys look into this. On the sunject of contaminated pollen, We have the pro pesticide people saying its ok to spray sweet corn because bees do not go on it. That is totally untrue and I have filmed honey bees working sweet corn but they only go on it at certain times but they definitley do collect lots of pollen from corn. Also native pollinators go on it too not just honey bees. I only allow my hives on totally organic farms now and thats how I have been for the last 23 years

[@lenturtle7954]

The dual hive is a very cool concept makes total sense I will try it We put 4 together like that for Saskatchewans winter . We seperate them to make easier access in the summer But this would be great for making nucs .

[@leonardoarizmendi9044]

Muy buena y fructífera entrevista!! Saludos desde Pergamino, buenos aires, argentina!!!

[@spiritoftoad]

Mr. Palmer is an inspiration. Thank you for all you teach us! I think the Spanish word is "maestro"

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

You are very welcome

[@edersoncas]

Yes, I'm from Brazil... don't forget to put the subtitles in Portuguese... It would be great for Mike to publish a book or pdf with his step-by-step method. I'm learning little by little in the videos.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I think there is a subtitle now in every single language. Directly from KZbin.

[@russellallen9648]

Loosing battle... they are not going to stop spraying