Energy drinks and coffee, the official drinks of beekeepers lol
@EfrataHoneyBees3 ай бұрын
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!!!!
@EagleNestApiaries3 ай бұрын
Congrats on the larger order! Nice video. I appreciate seeing how the splits are working out.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@johnemmenecker48593 ай бұрын
8:30 is why I watch everyone….. eventually you come across gold…. That is treasure there my friend, thank you
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
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.
@researcherAmateur3 ай бұрын
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
@ChrisFiggatt3 ай бұрын
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!
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Flow started early this year! I think the start of the flow will be in next weeks video. They all run together for me.
@TheGymboexp3 ай бұрын
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!
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Wow, that’s sort of surreal to hear. I have people binge watching me LOL. I bet my wife will be UNimpressed.
@noahG823 ай бұрын
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!
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks Noah!
@russellkoopman30043 ай бұрын
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.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks Russ! The flow has been good so far. I think we have one to two weeks left before it slows down.
@ryanwalker3883 ай бұрын
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.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Maybe we’re at a similar latitude?
@illumi-Nate3 ай бұрын
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
@eddybarker50723 ай бұрын
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 $$.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Cash flow solves a lot of problems. I need a lot more cash flow to fund equipment scaling.
@nancynolton60793 ай бұрын
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!
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
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.
@nancynolton60793 ай бұрын
@@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!
@marywickenheiser26283 ай бұрын
Congrats on the order, hope it helps you grow bigger teeth - be sure to have room to keep “wisdom teeth” 😁
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks Mary!
@ScottReiser3 ай бұрын
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
@carpenterandhisbees3 ай бұрын
Hillco bottler did wonders to cut my time bottling.
@honeyandthecoop8033 ай бұрын
Welcome to Coffee Time with Nathan, good content again today!
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
I got my French Roast ready for the comments!
@brianbennett43743 ай бұрын
Congratulations on order Great video. 👍
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@caven9303 ай бұрын
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-en3rt3 ай бұрын
At 17:40 I swear I saw 2 queens on that frame
@sharonc.22073 ай бұрын
What is your preferred bee suit?
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
UltraBreeze
@sharonc.22073 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I'm thinking about getting a new one.
@johniacomini87853 ай бұрын
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.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
It’s just a 6x12 utility, but pretty good quality. It’s not what I want or need, it’s what I have.
@howardhoffman79333 ай бұрын
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.
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
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.
@howardhoffman79333 ай бұрын
thanks again. been watching for a while now and awesome to see your progression
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
I appreciate it!
@haroldmarsh51563 ай бұрын
Help Wanted
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
Yup
@wadebarnes67203 ай бұрын
When you doing it by yourself you got to turn the camera around and say get to work
@DuckRiverHoney3 ай бұрын
👍
@wadebarnes67203 ай бұрын
@@DuckRiverHoney I got my bees for pain management.
@hermitholllerhomestead20803 ай бұрын
I'm concerned about you. Strive for balance in work, family and leisure.
@NeuravnoveRS3 ай бұрын
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.