Back Down to Singles, First Prep on Winter Nests - August 11, 2020

[@claudesully]

"Emily watches my videos" pause for dramatic effect "Do you watch my videos?" lol

[@aremedyproject9569]

Zero like a boss ha. It would be exciting to watch this in real life. Hearing the whine of the machine, the scrape and skwich of the hive tool, lifting the frame for the reveal and nest inspection, each box a present to open, then the excluder drop and return of the harvest to the hive. A fascinating process of man and nature together. Love it.

[@rodolflinner4201]

Hi

[@tammycarrolltrimble9697]

Wow , that's how the big boys keep bees ! You never cease to amaze me.

[@southswedishhighland3618]

It is wonderful to se a well working way to work with bees, ian, you are making the sience of beeing an apiarist in to a, kind of an entertainment. Pls keep up the good work...

[@mikeries8549]

I'm in central illinois. The bees are slowing down and compacting their brood nests already. At the same time they're orienting like it's spring due to all the brood hatching out. My queens are slowing down because there's less daylight and less resources coming into the hive. They're not dumb. Mites are starting to show their ugly heads. It's that time. I'm pulling all my honey too. Every beek should know that the first day of summer is the longest day of the year. After that it's downhill. For me it's around 2 minutes per day less daylight. You don't notice it but them queens do.

[@wrfarms9741]

Good to see that you got the box. Hope they work as good for you as they have for me and others in my area who have tried them. They do have an "unusual" smell don't they. 👍😁

[@jimmyjapa6368]

GOOD TO SEE U,,, TIMES ARE CRAZY,, BUDDY,,, Watching You Is My Sanctuary

[@pnwRC.]

Kamon Reynolds Did a video on those patties. He says they DON'T build the colony up as fast as the other patties, but his bees do consume them well.

[@beekeepersguideforpollenid5194]

I like your method of quick assessment👍

[@TimS366]

That young lady who watches your videos and works for you is a keepeer!😂

[@gw6376]

Thanks Ian for another great video. Always learn something every time I watch a video of yours.

[@iowasenator]

At the end of the video, I was tickllllleeeeeeeeed pink that you had no mites!

[@rrussellco1176]

Ian, watch for random superseding after those algae patties. The bees will eat them but they also change the pheromone imprint in the colony for a while..

[@JakeBeesos]

Your helpers are eager to work. It must be good not having hive beetles to worry about!!

[@ThePracticalBeekeeperMelbourne]

You're lucky to have no SHB, we have it now as an endemic pest in Victoria Australia, hope you manage to keep it out.

[@glgardener4972]

I am a new beekeeper....so much to learn!!! I live in Michigan and still have golden rod to come-it is just starting plus hopefully a few sun flowers....would I wait until the golden rod flow ends to then put them into just one box? Do you make your own patty? How long will you leave that patty on? I have learned a lot from your videos. There is a lot more to beekeeping then meets the eye.

[@bunkysbees1294]

So you run all the bees out of the supers and overwinter with a single brood chamber? Do you ever have issues with swarming after you get them all down in the brood chamber?

[@brandonottenhof2341]

While pulling boxes off how do you notice the colonies where the queen has squeezed through the excluder? Will the bees refuse to go down through the escape and stay in the box above the escape?

[@townsendassvlanche7956]

i run my boxes over my belt sander at a 45 degree angle to make them seal up better. This wont work if they are warped but for normal wear and tear it is a quick and easy fix.

[@jonathanhofer5050]

Good job, How do you clean your bee escapes?

[@tonyfox5422]

Anecdotal comment from Tennessee commercial keeper on algae patties is that brood doesn’t develop as quick as using standard pollen sub. I would like to hear your comments down line.

[@JohnVK5JAK]

Kamon Reynolds is using the algae pattie too. I think he's been trying it for a month or so..

[@mattsara2802]

I just tested my hives and had one really bad with mites out of six.

[@venemautube]

As you put the excluder right on top of the broodbox, driving all the bees from the supers down, are you giving the bees still enough space ? I did the same back in June and immediately the hives were going in swarm mode.

[@pnwRC.]

Here's the link to the Kamon's video I was talking about kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5CkqWBjm9t-es0

[@gibbsadventures12]

Ian do you have much Golden Rod in your area do your bee forage on it much? I am moving a few of my hives to take advantage of the golden rod bloom.

[@tonywinsor4639]

Ian during your initial inspection if you find a hive that the queen has died at this time of year and the girls have made emergency cells cull them out or is there time left for a new queen to recoup before winter?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Cull out

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Ahhh yes spicy dill patties! What's next? chips and a sandwich? lol Too bad there is no easy way to test those against yours. It blows my mind you are building fall nests already. It seems so early... makes me nervous for my bees. I know we a re a little behind you seasonally though. Thanks Ian!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

@LowJack187 I was thinking spicy jalapeno! :)

[@harrygthang7389]

Hi Ian, how many pollen patties did you give your hive? I gave mine like 3, and the bees just inhale them in a week also. Do I need to provide them with patties until they don't eat it? When did you stop giving them patties?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Just as they set the winter nest

[@deblayne1791]

Hello again, The boards ur using, does it give the bee's access to the top boxes?

[@marksipes7919]

No, those are his bee escapes to get them down.

[@camranhvietnam]

sorry but what was the name of this algae patties ?

[@cliffordallan1393]

Pro tip...use a bandaid on your phone speaker on windy days!

[@julieenslow5915]

Your bees are not just "organized and well-defined" in how they build their nest. I am thinking we need to look for a new type of bee. An officer of the queen's court you might say: a General. And no, it doesn't have to be a drone - but that would be interesting. These girls are as organized and capable as the Amazons, so it could be worker bee that got a promotion. Look for a star on her wing, if you see five stars, well - that would surprise me. But i am ready for it, get a picture!

[@rodolflinner4201]

Thats right julie may be ur problem in the bees

[@julieenslow5915]

@@rodolflinner4201 Clue: it is a joke.

[@rodolflinner4201]

Nice joke

[@julieenslow5915]

@@rodolflinner4201 Thank you sir.

[@peterlightbody8443]

Are we allowed to know the exact formula for the patties, not the pickle one, to help me and others ????

[@peterlightbody8443]

Is that a YES or a NO ??

[@ryandavis8939]

@@peterlightbody8443 No

[@peterlightbody8443]

@@ryandavis8939 ah well you carnt say i didnt try , better luck next time

[@Hive5Bees]

Cool covers - custom?

[@codykelly3559]

What % of alcohol do you use in ur mite washing

[@LazyDogsRanch]

I ordered up Healthy Bee patties as a trial about a month ago. I ran some tests in the yard, putting one half Healthy Bee patty and one half UltraBee patty into the hives. The girls have, so far, gone for the Healthy Bee patties first, hard and fast, and then the UltraBee. I did a further test on about half the hives when the girls had eaten the Healthy Bee patty and switched to the UltraBee by putting another Healthy Bee patty in. A subsequent check showed the girls abandoned the UltraBee patty and went back to the Healthy Bee patty. This is, of course, not a rigorous scientific experiment, but if they're going to take down the Healthy Bee patties like that, it's what I'm going to give them. The pickle smell you're getting is I'm pretty sure from the thyme oil (thymol) in the mix. It's rather pungent - and thymol is also supposed to help combat varroa. So, I'm sold on Healthy Bee. Not sponsored by them, this is not an ad. It's just that I've found the bees like it a lot and I'll be using those going forward.

[@popquizzz]

Ian how are you going to clean all the wax and propolis off of all those queen excluders?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Hi Glen, We shake them through a hot water bath

[@Jack-zm6gp]

Whats up with the blankets over the hives after the escapeboard is added?

[@russellkoopman3004]

robbing

[@stevenkeegan6260]

Does the patty supplement taste transfer ultimately to the honey, that is, can the pickle taste of the new patty impact honey flavor?

[@BeesBikinis]

Because the supplement is under the escape board, bees wouldn’t be travelling from the brood box to the supers anymore. So the capped honey wouldn’t take on any additional flavours at this point.

[@rodolflinner4201]

Hi dear great work can u give the mix of ur protien feed plz

[@marksipes7919]

What date did you plant your sunnies? Will you keep those nucs in nuc boxes through the winter or put them in 10 framers? Thankyou 🐝🐝

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Mid may

[@russellkoopman3004]

He overwinters the 6 as 6's.

[@campdavidsonfunctionaltrai8583]

sugar/hot water/veg oil/powder/ess oils?

[@deblayne1791]

Kamon Reynolds outta Tenn was using it, his has a video out on it.

[@pnwRC.]

Here's the link to that video kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5CkqWBjm9t-es0

[@Hardcore72-69]

If you take away their honey and all the space forcing all the bees into 1box won't that encourage the best to swarm

[@jimhopkins9675]

How do you clean your queen excluders at the end of the season? I have always found this a very time consuming and frustrating task. Thanks.

[@judicorbett9401]

We pop ours in the solar wax melter, cleans them right up.

[@bubba16430]

I use a heat gun. A Wagner I got at Home Depot, I think it works pretty good.

[@carriemartindale-wetherup5243]

We fill the old wax melter with water, get it nice and hot to melt the wax off, then scrub with a wire brush to remove as much propolis and filth as we can.

[@badassbees3680]

Have you tried the special additive in syrup ? Or will you?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

We have a syrup additive , rocket fuel

[@researcherAmateur]

Fish oil and lipids

[@thomasbacon]

Advertising in 2020, send free samples of your product to KZbinrs. Free production value, free audience targeting (minus the cost of shipping and the product). Unfortunately there's grouches like me who won't buy any product that advertises on social media regardless of how useful it may be!

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

They gotta watch, unleashed exposure is dangerous

[@polozgaierik9950]

Hello 😁 Escaping device paramter pls ??

[@larrytornetta9764]

Your videos should be required viewing for all employees whether they like their job or not.

[@dzfarms8110]

how many hives do you have?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

1500

[@ceciliashubert8737]

Wow already...

[@rodolflinner4201]

Hi

[@randyaz1134]

Please opt out on mid vid ads

[@rogierdikkes]

Agree, it's an annoying new thing from KZbin where you now have to opt out to prevent showing ads. KZbin really wants to sell their premium service

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

You are seeing mid video ads, ? I didn’t include them

[@rsjohnson2u]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog They're everywhere now. Kamon's got them as well. Just started a week or so ago on many channels.

[@rogierdikkes]

Yeah, Andreas Spiess made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5zci6SXqJKojcU

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

I’ll look into removing the mid vids Not sure right now how too yet

[@dogalarclk1541]

🇹🇷👍

[@villainousssb533]

Zero. Nice work 👍

[@uwaak]

Do you have a problem with swarming after you take all the extra room away

[@SuperAragoon]

Andrew Fultz up here in Canada our queens are already winding down. The bees know that if they swarm now they won’t make it through the winter. The bees often know more about what’s happening than the keepers do most times. We just try our best

[@matthewmccormick2417]

Kamon Reynolds a Tennesee bee keeper did a review on those pre made things IAN. Check it out please

[@pnwRC.]

The link, kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5CkqWBjm9t-es0

[@Bri_bees]

I put some food out today and they're ignoring it , must be something better out there.

[@downunderfulla6001]

👍👍

[@АндрейСмирнов-б4ф]

Привет из СССР !

[@THECRAZYLI0N]

Aren't your colonies way too big to fit into singles?

[@THECRAZYLI0N]

@Chip Altman that's not an answer on the question..

[@johnduvall5]

+1 to this question. With so many bees, I wouldn’t think they will fit in a single and would swarm.

[@THECRAZYLI0N]

@@johnduvall5 due to winter preparation bees should not want to swarm, but i think with overpopulation it can still happen.

[@ii-ne3oy]

i wouldn't buy honey from this guy, i have no knowledge about bees, but i'm watching this guy video, he has no respect for bees, when hes worker lifting hives just killing bees, and why would you feed bees?so you steal their winter food and feed them machine made crap? why you don't eat that Petty's ??

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Tell me what you really think lol

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Connect yourself to food production, it’s quite complex