Bigger Teeth - (Building a Bee Business Vlog #43)

Splits, new queens, and growing pains.

[@gpawoodyshoneyhole]

Energy drinks and coffee, the official drinks of beekeepers lol

[@EfrataHoneyBees]

Glad for you that you got the order. May God give you the stamina to get that done and continue to grow your busines. Bee🐝 blessed!!!!

[@EagleNestApiaries]

Congrats on the larger order! Nice video. I appreciate seeing how the splits are working out.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks!

[@johnemmenecker4859]

8:30 is why I watch everyone….. eventually you come across gold…. That is treasure there my friend, thank you

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks John. I’ve actually sully had a swarm leave a brood frame I gave them and abscond, but I’ve never had one leave syrup.

[@researcherAmateur]

I had pretty good luck with my last grafts over the years.. with those plastic jester (or what's their name) nucks and only one brood frame, one honey and three sheets. In a flow.. control for mated queens and put aside in their yard and left them be.. slowly grow over the summer without me checkin them up until September. Many would surprise me with how strong they are without me doing nothing.. I think that actually is the key. I like experiments like that so I overwinterd 9 out of 10 of those plastic nucks this last winter.. and again 9 very strong nucks (one with moth larva) without tucking until March. They were about to explode and swarm on me. So l would say do the grafting. It's always good to have extra queens. They won't swarm into a summer dearth.. specially young queens. At least my carnies won't... I learned that from an old Italian beekeeper. He always made those last nucks with only one brood frame and one honey with min. bees

[@ChrisFiggatt]

Great video Nathan and congratulations on the large order! I’m thinking you should be in your main flow now. Black locust just started blooming here in West Virginia last week and tulip poplar should hopefully be starting this week or next. I hope they’re filling your supers fast!

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Flow started early this year! I think the start of the flow will be in next weeks video. They all run together for me.

[@TheGymboexp]

Finally caught up vlog 0>43 in 2 weeks. Enjoying your videos I’m probably 2 years behind you so I’m really enjoying your success. Thank you!

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Wow, that’s sort of surreal to hear. I have people binge watching me LOL. I bet my wife will be UNimpressed.

[@noahG82]

Congratulations on the order, Nathan. I'm sure you've figured it out by now because thats what you do. I just got a deal struck myself with a little retail store here in my hometown who plans to sell my honey on consignment. I am also in the works to get my honey out to the state parks here in WV as well. Thanks for the video and hope you have a stellar honey crop!

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks Noah!

[@russellkoopman3004]

That is great that you got the big order. I found in business the bigger the company the slower they pay so beware. Looks like your bee numbers are getting close to what you want. By now (2 weeks) later I', sure you are on a good flow. Some are saying it is their best year yet for honey so hang on to your hat. Our tulips are blooming and the apple trees should start blooming later this week. Take care and that was a nice bass.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks Russ! The flow has been good so far. I think we have one to two weeks left before it slows down.

[@ryanwalker388]

Great video. Lots of good information. In some a lot of ways, your milestones are aligning with mine over here in CA. I find that interesting.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks! Maybe we’re at a similar latitude?

[@illumi-Nate]

Some of my queens are that dark tiger stripe & I have a heck of a time finding them just to mark them..drives me crazy

[@eddybarker5072]

Congrats on the big order Nathan. That may have been what you needed to trigger you to step up your harvesting scale with larger and more efficient equipment. Time is $$.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Cash flow solves a lot of problems. I need a lot more cash flow to fund equipment scaling.

[@nancynolton6079]

Those darker queen will hone your queen sighting abilities and make you a better spotter in the long run! Like darker queens and try to keep them, just a personal preference. Tigers are especially nice and a dark chocolate is special!

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks Nancy! I told Cory Stevens we should use the CRISPR gene editing tool to put firefly DNA in honey bees so we can make queens that flash neon green.

[@nancynolton6079]

@@DuckRiverHoney Neon green marker is much better than the grass green one! Like the pink markers too instead of the red and light blue in place of the darker blue. When looking for new queens you usually don't know what color queen you will find and that makes finding new queens fun as well. Part of the reason I like making increases and selling nucs. This past week checking hives I've been finding two supers full of nectar! Don't know where they are getting it all but can only attribute to everything being in bloom, having good flight weather and strong populated hives... Added additional supers as the black locust and tulip poplar will be blooming soon... will be having a week on and off of rain so those buds will be bursting soon. Such a balancing act with many balls in the air!

[@marywickenheiser2628]

Congrats on the order, hope it helps you grow bigger teeth - be sure to have room to keep “wisdom teeth” 😁

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks Mary!

[@ScottReiser]

Hi Nathan. I realy enjoy your Vlog. Someone else commented on the Hill Co Bottler. I've seen several vidoe;s on it. From the research I've done, it seems reasonably priced. It might be an answer to your time issue. Good Luck

[@carpenterandhisbees]

Hillco bottler did wonders to cut my time bottling.

[@honeyandthecoop803]

Welcome to Coffee Time with Nathan, good content again today!

[@DuckRiverHoney]

I got my French Roast ready for the comments!

[@brianbennett4374]

Congratulations on order Great video. 👍

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Thanks!

[@caven930]

So if I want to requeen some colonies I can pinch the queen and throw a cell in with one of those protectors and I should be good? I assume this isn't ideal, but what would be the ideal cell installation situation?

[@EricMackey-en3rt]

At 17:40 I swear I saw 2 queens on that frame

[@sharonc.2207]

What is your preferred bee suit?

[@DuckRiverHoney]

UltraBreeze

[@sharonc.2207]

Thank you!! I'm thinking about getting a new one.

[@johniacomini8785]

Hey nice vid. Question: Can you tell us about your trailer? In the market for one and what I have seen so far looks like a blind monkey did the welds.......thanks.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

It’s just a 6x12 utility, but pretty good quality. It’s not what I want or need, it’s what I have.

[@howardhoffman7933]

Hi. what was the actual date of the recording? Live in Tenn not far from you and very interested in the dates for flow info. thanks.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

I post the dates at the bottom of the clips, and make an effort to say the date as well. Videos are running one to two weeks behind real life.

[@howardhoffman7933]

thanks again. been watching for a while now and awesome to see your progression

[@DuckRiverHoney]

I appreciate it!

[@haroldmarsh5156]

Help Wanted

[@DuckRiverHoney]

Yup

[@wadebarnes6720]

When you doing it by yourself you got to turn the camera around and say get to work

[@DuckRiverHoney]

👍

[@wadebarnes6720]

@@DuckRiverHoney I got my bees for pain management.

[@hermitholllerhomestead2080]

I'm concerned about you. Strive for balance in work, family and leisure.

[@NeuravnoveRS]

You don't need bigger teeth, you just have to chew smarter (and faster). If you get bigger teeth you need bigger mouth and a bigger head, your neck might snap from all that weight. Your friend Bob always says that he got lucky with big investments, start calculating your risks into those possible returns, you're not a venture capitalist, you're a startup.

[@DuckRiverHoney]

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