Expanding Your Apiary Part 1

[@burleybeeyard]

I got into bees around the time Bob started releasing videos. Started with 2. Have over 50 right now. I wouldn’t have that many without these videos. Most helpful resource out there.

[@HalfQuickFarmer]

Everything on the channel is like gold. I’m on the quest to 200. Some I’ve watched a couple times just for the value involved.

[@georgetaylor9154]

same bro, same.

[@neighborguy5351]

Agreed. Bob's voice is great to fall asleep to as well.

[@dadu63]

Wow! Bob this is a great video sir. As I was in my hives yesterday and making splits I was thinking I can't wait til Sunday morning for Bob's video. Thanks for sharing this and again I love your Sunday morning videos. Thank you sir. Happy mother's day to your wife!

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thank you.

[@ChrisFiggatt]

Another great video! I enjoy these types of lecture videos just as much as your weekly beekeeping update videos. Thanks for sharing Bob.

[@barrackndegwa9097]

I am a beekeeper from Migori County, Kenya. I have been relying on the natural way trapping swarms. This was a great video how we could expand via splitting. I have never tried splitting. I give it a shot.

[@dcsblessedbees]

Thanks you for sharing this Bob, I have learnt so much from you over my short 3 years.👍 Blessed Days Bob.😁

[@Peekul1]

This is really great information and makes sense. I'm 45 and probably won't make the leap to sideliner but beekeeping is the most interesting thing I've gotten involved in to date. Learning how the bees behave, harvesting honey, rendering wax, learning to market your products, learning basic woodworking, learning to think on your feet. Beekeeping has it all.

[@aileensmith3062]

WOW and this was a beyond excellent video .................... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Our goal is to get up to "only" ten or possibly twelve hives. Then this video was such a gem and a wealth of information contained. Can't wait to listen to the question and answer session!

[@jtlearn1]

Excellent Bob! It would be neat if you and Ian Stepplar compared notes on business growth approaches.

[@ec9596]

Great video thanks for sharing all you hard work and treats of experience i learn the most from your videos

[@framcesmoore]

Bob this was fantastic I am trying for 60 I am retired from my job so I believe I can do it. I went from 40 to 63 and trying to get honey as well. everything you said was and is very helpful to me thanks so very much. I am looking forward to part 2. I wish you would share more videos like this. Hope u and your family have a blessed day

[@TennesseeTim73]

First time I’ve disagreed with you, I have yet to hear a boring video of yours sir, and I’ve watched your videos, most, multiple times gleaning what I can. Really good presentation sir!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I am trying to use some of what I got from you.

[@framcesmoore]

Bob is great

[@jacobharrington5467]

I wouldn't say boring. Educational/ informative. I personally enjoy them, plenty of really good information that your able to share from many years of personal experience. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing the wisdom.

[@goldenbee9978]

Thanks for this great presentation!! I want to grow from 25 to 50+ this year. Thanks for all your videos!!

[@keithspillman]

Great video Bob!!! Key word...."good"........good product, good service, good equipment, good plan = good money!!!! Thanks as always!! Looking forward to Part 2.

[@mapache_del_sur]

This is an incredible wealth of information. Thank you so much. I will be listening to you closely.

[@paulgroth5414]

Definitely money in bees and honey...some make money and some go broke...seems normal to me! Bob this is a great explanation of expansion opportunities!

[@beefitbeekeeping]

GREAT video Bob, thank you for sharing!

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

This was very informative, thank you so much!! Blessings!!

[@user-mi4fj9rq7v]

Timely, so appreciate this presentation. Thank you very much Bob!

[@drliptak1]

Sage advice...buying quality (the best you can afford) has made me so much more successful. Great vid!

[@briancraig6468]

Extremely wonderful and informative video as always.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Cool can’t wait to watch this on Saturday morning

[@Zeldasmojo]

What an education! I can’t thank you enough.

[@danielcollins9628]

One year into my journey to commercial started with one hive got up to 18 before wet season (subtropics australia) down to 8 now from shb and my crappy carpentry (all hives built from free pallets) interesting learning curve cant wait to see what next year brings .thanks bob your my mentor

[@bobbinnie9872]

Sounds like you are ambitious with the bees. Good luck.

[@gregcundiff]

Phenomenal video with TONS of great info!

[@sourwoodbranchbeefarm6515]

Awesome information Bob thanks so much for sharing.

[@jack00scarecrow]

none of your vids are boring Bob!

[@nancynolton6079]

Excellent as usual!

[@dianetaylor6751]

Notching is a form of emergency cell but produces queens as good as supersede cells. Some springs as good as the swarm cells. In the north it's about the only way I can produce earlier queens. Pull a 5 frame nuc with a queen ( for customers that are want that early nuc and willing to take last years queen) from a double and notch. Come back and split up those notched frames 10 days later. This year that did bite me in the backside. Because we were hit with 2 weeks plus of high winds and rain. So yup I chased little virgin swarms. Swarm magnets and traps....thank God for swarm magnets and traps!

[@mrwonk]

Mr. Binnie, thank you for the great video and some important things to think about. I know you have talked in the past about how you find local permanent yards; can you talk a bit about how you have located and arranged temporary holding yards?

[@bobbinnie9872]

It's actually the same for me. The two spots I use as holding yards are actually existing bee yards. The main criteria are that they are flat, not close to human activity and easily accessed by larger trucks. Both properties are owned by friends of mine.

[@Beeyond-the-lake-honey-co.]

Another great video ! Thank you for all you do !!!

[@lenturtle7954]

Our wild fruit and dandelions are just starting to bloom in central Sask The pollen fr poplar and maple was great so far . It seems we are more than 2 months behind you and our bees are just starting to get wound up. I thank you for your videos .!

[@patthe14th]

Excellent presentation, just what I needed now as want to expand

[@AntonSteger]

Great videos Bob. My question is after making a split with a double screen board, can you over winter the split with the parent colony keeping the double screen board in place ?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Yes, we've done it many times.

[@blakechasteen]

Here with 6 and humble! Thanks!!!

[@markridgemr]

i keep 40-50 hives as a hobbyist/sideliner. I want to expand not my colony count, but my honey yield to a solid 1500# per season.

[@barkersbees]

Very helpful video 😊

[@steveholder7289]

Turned out great!

[@RawTheoryHoney]

Hey Bob, Thank you again for your insights. I am working to grow my hive count. I purchased a good amount of packages this year. Is it doable to grow the packages large enough to split in late June to be ready to overwinter (northern IL)?

[@blackberry5908]

Would be interesting in part 2 to tell us how does inspection goes when you have big number of hives. Do beekeepers actually inspect frame by frames for swarming, etc. Thanks

[@bobbinnie9872]

We usually don't look at every frame unless we see a cell or cells on the bottom bars of the frames when we lean the boxes back..

[@blackberry5908]

@@bobbinnie9872 thank you very much for the info

[@timbervalleyhomestead]

I have a video of us shooting a swarm out of our pine 😂😂 thanks for all if this great information ✨

[@jiub1000]

Hello Bob, I was just wondering what your stratergy/approach is to feeding light sucrose syrups (1.5-1 or 1.3-1 water to sugar,) How do you forcast when the next feed/inspection is due when using light syrups? or do you use them at times when feed demand is low such as spring build up? interested to hear of any methodologies you have when using different concentrations of sugar syrup.

[@bobbinnie9872]

You may want to watch our video "The Chemistry Behind Feeding Bees Part 1" kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3-XY2uKf9V3q9k I'm not trying to avoid your question but that video may give you the answers your looking for. Comment back afterwards if you like.

[@brianbennett4374]

Great info Bob 👍 Thanks

[@jwchitwood]

I apologize if you've mentioned this in a previous video already. Does the cover over your cell builder let you get away with rearing at higher ambient temperatures?

[@bobbinnie9872]

It could. I haven't thought about that because we don't get extremely hot temperatures here.

[@TheFamilyFarmHomestead]

I would like a bit more information on just how you treat your boxes against rot. A video on actually doing it would be helpful.

[@577bluegrass]

Thank you. I enjoyed the video .

[@WilliamBryan-q5q]

I started Oct 2 2022 with one 8 frame nuc and grew that to 12 in just under 2 years.

[@HereWeGoSteelers]

Bob I have seen several beekeepers in GA post comments stating the sourwood bloom is running 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. Are you seeing that where you live or around any of the yards you operate? Thanks

[@bobbinnie9872]

In our area it may run a bit early but it doesn't seem like it will be that much.

[@HereWeGoSteelers]

Thank you

[@framcesmoore]

Bob I watched this again been binge watching everything you have made I just had a thought/question if you would I hope u see this, Will a frame feeder stimulate the bees for growth more bees or should I use buckets only thanks, Hope u have a wonderful week.

[@bobbinnie9872]

The bucket works better because the syrup is metered out over an extended period. A frame feeder or hive top feeder dumps a lot at one time and doesn't have a consistent, long lasting affect.

[@lavenderlilacproductions]

"There's a lot of money in honeybees. The hard part is getting it out of them."

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Love your voice on my headphone

[@davidwhitman9182]

Hi Mr Binney. David from augusta ga. I am feeding my 6 hives 1.5 to 1 thin syrup now to try to get them to raise brood to possibly split some of them to expand and also to try.to get them to draw new comb. I have added a box to them and put a frame.of open larvae up into box. They have went up to them. Will this work that I'm doing and do I need to put an excluder on soon or not and keep feeding this thin syrup? They are really using it fast but I use inside feeders and keep it on them. Mainly want to do small expansion and draw comb for next year. Any advice would be so much appreciated

[@bobbinnie9872]

Your syrup ratio is great. Unless you have a need to use an excluder I would leave it off. As a side note, although the bees will work best when there is also a pollen flow, and It might be tempting to use pollen sub patties, it could be a disaster in Augusta this time of year with hive beetles.

[@davidwhitman9182]

I'm already got swiffer sheets on about half my boxes. I don't know but it seems they are leaving couple of the hives alone and see none in one of the hives I got from you in april. Thank you Mr Binnie

[@russellaymond312]

Thank you Bob enjoyed

[@markkruyer3017]

"Bee-keeping is like digging ditches in the summer in overalls and you get stung at the same time - Bob Binnie" I Have a strong urge to tattoo that on my body =D

[@bobbinnie9872]

I want a picture if you do it !

[@abstract1dea]

Great video, thank you for posting it. I saw you at NAHBE and every time, I learn something. I would like to know where you speak so possibly I could attend.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Where do you live? I'll let you know what is close.

[@abstract1dea]

@@bobbinnie9872 I live about 2 hours south of you. You talked my wife into going to Hivelife and made her a bee person!

[@abstract1dea]

@@bobbinnie9872 I live about 2 hrs. south of you. I go to Gwinnett Bee at times. If I knew about your speaking, I'd travel around. Thanks for talking my wife into going to HL, she is not a bee person. 🙂

[@bobbinnie9872]

@@abstract1dea I'll be speaking at the Georgia Beekeepers Association in Gainesville, Georgia September 20 & 21. It should be a good meeting and not too far for you. Bring your wife.

[@abstract1dea]

@@bobbinnie9872 That's excellent. Thank you. That would make it worth going!

[@eddiemarek6306]

Was your apitherapy self administered? I'm curious because I get the same tendonitis in various spots and I could stand to get stung a little more. Thanks so much for the great, informative videos!

[@bobbinnie9872]

Yes. I've figured out it works best to sting where the pain already exists the worst.

[@eddiemarek6306]

@@bobbinnie9872 thank you so much

[@moosibou]

Good lord, I have 75 colonies and it's become a full time job! I'm supposed to be retired! Now I'm producing overwintered nus, queens, honey, and candles. What the hell was I thinking?? 9 years in this "hobby" and I still haven't broken even on the ledger.

[@joshclinton1514]

When you have swarm cells and you use the double screen board, do you find the original queen? If so do you pinch her or just leave her alone?

[@bobbinnie9872]

If a colony has not swarmed I might go either way. If she is performing poorly she definitely gets removed.

[@Wendell-f4h]

Hi sir Bob we have Dron all year around.

[@anthonymauceri8919]

I have three hives that I put swarm cells in it and none of the swarm cells tuck so I have three empty hives with no queen. My question is can I take a nuke and put it in 10 frame hive and then set one of my hives on top and use new paper method to combine them together would that work?

[@bobbinnie9872]

That can work. If the queenless colony has progressed to a laying worker stage it's a bit more precarious but can still work. The bigger the nuc the better the odds.

[@mitchelwayne5534]

Bob, what is a good living from bees?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Like many businesses, a one man show makes an average blue collar wage. If you grow larger and have employees you can make more.

[@neilbush9873]

In western australia our main whole sale market has crashed and i can only sell localy meaning most of my hives are not worth looking after so im trying to reduce my numbers😢 , why? Well its been told to me they've been importing eucalypt honey from argentine very very cheep. So consider the market.

[@bobbinnie9872]

We're having the same problem here.

[@tmcuevs7988]

No mention of pollen patty..? or did i miss it..?

[@bobbinnie9872]

We actually rarely use them. If we were up north I might reconsider that.

[@mendezsacher9422]

What type of queens do you use in your apiary?

[@michaellavazza960]

He uses Caucasian from Shibo at Two Rivers. He’s going to a cross this year.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Our bees are currently a majority of Caucasian with Carniolan and Italian mixed in.

[@robertdemers5125]

Good Morning Bob !

[@bobbinnie9872]

Good morning Sir!

[@georgehardee5470]

Where is the ideal place to place the drone frame to get it drawn out?

[@bobbinnie9872]

A couple of frames in from the wall works great. We actually put them against the wall which will still get the job done when they're big enough.

[@ricksutton2902]

Hey Bob how's things going on down there. Does Molly still work for you. We just haven't send her in a while

[@bobbinnie9872]

Molly moved on to another job. All is well but very busy.

[@williamford8094]

nucs are 200 to 250 average where i come from

[@bobbinnie9872]

Region definitely makes a difference. They tend to be more expensive as you go north.

[@williamford8094]

look at the picture ? what do you notice in the sky , its been climate engineered, climate eginnering is what they term it , some of it , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injection