First Sign of Robbing! - July 21, 2021

a Canadian Beekeeper's Blog

[@aBeekeepersLife]

Here in the Netherlands i noticed the first signs of robbing too, the big linden nectar flow is over and the heather ain't blooming yet. Glad you got your nectar flow back 😊

[@helenscott8202]

Glad to see things are a bit better! This is a true definition of day by day.

[@ThatBeeMan]

That blue sky looks nice for a change. Nice here too. Nectar was flowing yesterday, I hope it does so for a while.

[@Warren76317]

It ain't far from that, I started it today pulling old frame and replacing them with new. Bought a few boxes with old frames and they hated them. set them out and they jumped on them. Yup it's that dry time of the year.

[@lagrangebees]

Glad you finally got a reprieve from that smoke and some rain to boot... In a corny star wars reference The Emperor would say: "Let the nectar FLOW through you" 🍯

[@bjunsalting176]

god i wish i could do videos on what we do also here in the US. i always watch your videos it makes me realize how important our work is.

[@dallimamma]

::: What’s holding you back?

[@davidflanagan3396]

No brains

[@aremedyproject9569]

@@davidflanagan3396 Who has no brains?

[@aremedyproject9569]

@@dallimamma He prob means from his point of view as a Filipino bee keeper while working bees in the US. He doesn’t own the bees and might be restricted in what he shows. Just my guess. He does have a pile of vids.

[@bjunsalting176]

@@aremedyproject9569 yes that is holding me back,from my previous vids i did had some bee works but the soonest my boss knew they gave me a stop sign. bee keeping is a really interesting content and i just wanted to share my experience working them. thanks for checking out my channel.

[@mark-wn5ek]

It's well under way here in eastern Kentucky. Only way I stopped it was open feeding. Like flipping a switch...as soon as they discover the syrup...they calm down and work it....which was what I needed while pulling honey. I don't know how a humongous operator like you could afford to open feed on a grand scale...but syrup is cheaper than honey....and...they will convert it....so not a total loss.

[@ShannonD.999]

I can't speak on the economics, but I am sure greatful he chooses to video the open feeding every now and then. It truly is a spectacle to behold (pun intended). Especially those first spring feeds!

[@cowyngodlonton7921]

We have had bad heavy smoke here in alberta for the last week or so as well.

[@totallynotrandom]

Glad you got your flow back!

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Robbing is really bad here too. Thanks!

[@kat2641]

Super Glad you got a rain up their!! An believe this or not Last week for about a day? I could detect a whiff of smoke in the air off an on all day from the north wind.. an I am at the point where Ohio Indiana an Michigan all 3 meet so I can only imagine what it was like up there... I have not noticed any robbing here yet. But glad you got a spot of rain an hope you see some more rain ....

[@sylvain-paulcote5470]

In winter it's let it snow and in the summer it's LET IT FLOW! 😉

[@bitininkasmantas2896]

Ar Kanadoje yra lietuvių bitininkų? Atsiliepkite.

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Looks like it all may end up working out a little better than you thought it would. Maybe that rain dance worked out a little bit .

[@sucupirasniperpedeserra7533]

Vídeo bacana meu amigo véi ótima colheita de 🍯💯👏👏

[@CanadianDirt]

Funny you should post this video today. Robbing just started here on the west coast too. 6 weeks ahead of schedule. Lost 5 mating nucs today because I wasn’t expecting robbing pressure this early.

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

Nature always seems to find a way to even things out.

[@CanadianDirt]

Yeah, sooner or later we’ll be dead.

[@kat2641]

Ain't that the truth ;-) while we can not control her She has a keen sense of right and wrong. Mother Nature control's everything 👍🤠

[@hussamibraahim]

Hi how you doing you doing Excellent job It’s same Raisin bee in Canada is not easy

[@hamdimat949]

Is there a job with you in beekeeping great, work you are doing may good help you

[@katherinebriscoe9839]

What kind of lift is that? That would really save my back!!

[@Bri_bees]

Maybe the smoke seeded some clouds.

[@ShannonD.999]

Happy things are perking up a little for you. That staggered planting on the canola is a stroke of luck, for you and the farmer I would imagine. Would have been a real kick in the pants if the farmer had all his eggs in one basket, so to speak.

[@larrymote5817]

Do you still use the giant pillow cases to stop the robbing?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Yes, that’s next

[@torreymn]

What kind of excluders do you use? Those are thicker than anything I have seen.

[@دانيالمزهرابوكنان]

مرحبا هل من تفسير لهذي الطوابق هل يوجد ملكتان في هذي الصنديق هل من تصوير فيدو على هذي الطوابق من البداية اني استغرب بنيان الطوابق في هذا الشكل على 7 عواسل وشكرا لكم

[@justducky0]

At this point in the season, with the queen confined to only the bottom box, how big is the brood cluster? 8 frames or ? on the average?

[@sergeytaranovich2368]

He still had 3 or better boxes full of bees 30+ frames

[@rsjohnson2u]

@@sergeytaranovich2368 looks like queen excluder over one box, then 2 more boxes, then bee escape board, then stack of super over that in this video

[@alaaalabdali7133]

شكر… .القطعة الفاصلة بين الصناديق ماهي فائدها

[@benjamincrossman5937]

It's a clearer board. The bees can pass out of the honey supers above it into the boxes below but they can't get back up again. He will come back later and pull the boxes above that board off and take them away for processing. There won't be many bees remaining in them.

[@tieuDu.cuocsongvungcaotv]

Oh man so much bee

[@christianshannon3943]

Hey Ian , I’m curious about the conola honey . Since it crystallizes fast what does your buyer use the crystallized honey for ? As an sweetener for food products? I’m just learning about the uses for fast crystallizing honeys . Bee calm and I hope the drought doesn’t continue too much longer .

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

prepared as a creamed product, premium

[@ginomorris4873]

I would absolutely love to come see your operation and learn more about commercial bee keeping I’d gladly trade hard work for knowledge and proper experience!!!!????!!!!!

[@kevinkaplan7050]

boxes o' bees

[@ismailakyuzarclk4230]

good luck, greetings from turkey beekeepers

[@apiarioferreira5553]

Parabéns amigo,belo trabalho.

[@fuzzy927]

Flight traffics controllers nightmare.

[@almoustaphamahjoubi9562]

سنة سعيد ة بمحصول من عسل وفير وسرور لكل نحال صبور .

[@danielmorisceau8477]

Ou est le bien être des abeilles. Que de la rentabilité sans se soucier de ces petites travailleuse. Quelle belle image donné par l'être humain

[@ЮрийБрусов-д3к]

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[@ouhsaynlahcen1806]

ماشاء الله۔ اللهم بارك

[@TambovP4elovoD]

🖐️👍👍👍🐝

[@drjmarkrodgers1428]

Still smokey

[@TSTv]

Whats kinda of the bee?. Im from Indonesian.

[@gilsonleandro8532]

Saludos d Brasil

[@sadamparis829]

Good🌹👍❤️

[@jeanettehosry5023]

Meraviglia

[@garyyakamoto2648]

I was wondering why someone is surprised of robbed long after he got robbed. I had to google and find out that bees can gang up too :)

[@medozher350]

Ничего не понятно но очень интересно

[@HGhizelaA]

👍👍

[@maxinenorthover5977]

Just like that woww

[@SVHoneyFarm]

Nice👍👍

[@paulbeadle1714]

You have talked doom and gloom for the past couple of weeks glad I don't live in the same house as you intact glad I don't live near you 😉😅

[@abdelilaheddrraze9409]

مشاء الله

[@ناجي-س2ت]

نريد الترجمة الي العربية من فضلك وشكرالك.

[@paulodala558]

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[@meldjaaiker5804]

Nice botom

[@omonjonostanaqulov3841]

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