July Beekeeping Odds & Ends

[@pierreandresanon3940]

Thank you for the lesson about the lack of food, now i know how to proceed with my bees in that kind of situations

[@emmawood2784]

Just watched a load of your videos, your plant knowledge is fantastic, have learnt a lot, thanks. Uk

[@kamonreynolds]

Bob I just wanted to say again thank you for making youtube videos! You are making significant impacts in our special industry and bringing more healing than you know. Hope your fall flow is full of great nutrition!

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thank you Kamon.

[@dabprod]

Bob.....your videos are the best. I learn at least a couple of things from each one. Packed with great info. THANKS

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thank you.

[@robinj.9329]

Huge trucks 🚚 transporting bees hundreds of miles! Yes, I know it's necessary on today's modern agricultural scene, but not for me. I like to run just a few bee yards and rarely move a hive. We sell honey, pollen and bees. And it's a very satisfying life.

[@grandpablakejenkins]

Bob, your videos are among the very best on youtube for hobby beekeepers like myself. Whenever I need inspiration to go work my 30+ hives, I turn to you. I also recommend you to the Alameda County Beekeepers Association of which I'm a member. I like videos like this one: a day in the life. Please produce tee-shirts from your company so I can start buying some. Thanks.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thanks Blake. We do have tee shirts and we need to put them on our web site. Call the store at 706 782 6722 and one of the girls can explain what we have. Alameda, CA ?

[@thehappycamper5575]

Great video, Thanks for sharing. I never knew honey could ferment in the frame. We enjoy watching and learning from your weekly videos.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thanks.

[@SlauterPFK]

I want to join others by saying that your videos are amazing and always a top priority on my watchlist. Thank You, Bob!

[@Bluegrass499]

Harvest Time ! thank you for all the great information to help make us all successful . I enjoy all the good humor too 😊

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thank you.

[@andrewvandervelde2488]

A simple thank you... to you Bob! And to your crew... I see evidence of patience throughout your operation. No one is ‘Rammy’, rough or careless... Thank you also for your ‘tour’ of Georgia and the Southern States... I’ve never been through there with the exception of the Florida Everglades, Cape Canaveral, Disney World... but my fondest memories were of the orange groves of that great state... agriculture, farming & farmers... even as a child 45 years ago!

[@markspc1]

I call that "saudades" !

[@andrewvandervelde2488]

@@markspc1 I had to look that word up... it’s a new one for me. A Portuguese word... “sad state of intense longing for Saudade is a word for a sad state of intense longing for someone or something that is absent. Saudade comes from Portuguese culture, and it is often expressed in its literature and music. Saudade is described as a kind of melancholy yearning.” I’m guessing you’re from around there? I’m also guessing it’s all gone now? Probably all developed into housing & commercial centres as far as the eye can see? That would be sad indeed! I grew up in the farm & fishing village of Ladner... just south of Vancouver B.C. Canada... it’s all gone now there too! I guess that’s why I appreciate so much, ‘Bob’s country tour’... Georgia is the ‘Peach State’ isn’t it? Love to see some peach groves in a video... if they still exist?

[@R_an_D]

It's good to see you include crew members in the videos. Your leadership is not top-down. A hard day's work in a hot bee suit is a little more tolerable when you have skin in the game and are part of a team.

[@dadu63]

I started selling pollen this year and the corn pollen taste just like an ear of corn. It taste so good. Thanks for sharing Bob. I Love watching videos you post on Sunday morning before church time. Thanks again sir.

[@jeffsea6490]

Thanks for sharing valuable content Bob 👍🇺🇲

[@bobbinnie9872]

👍

[@russellkoopman3004]

Great video again Bob. If you keep it up we might actually start to know what we're doing. So much info. Hopefully this winter I get the time to go through and view your older videos again.

[@gregoryjohnson2927]

I love you content bob I have learned so much for you I’m from South Carolina so I’m lucky to someone with your knowledge working similar areas around me

[@jojoma2015]

Very informative as always. Thanks 🙏🏽 have a wonderful honey harvest 👍🏼

[@bobbinnie9872]

🙏🏽

[@ECP]

Looks like a great flow on those boxes.... Congrats on a plentiful season....

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thanks 👍

[@ZoysiaRUs]

I appreciate your videos! Only thing that could be better is to upload more :) I always learn something and just enjoy watching.

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Congrats on the sourwood looks awesome

[@dcsblessedbees]

I want some Caucasians, next season. 🤣 maybe that's what the 🐝 are doing when they hang out on front having 🍹's 🤠 Ty for sharing Bob, Blessed Days...

[@rogierdikkes]

Pulled Linden honey today, boy what a robbing frenzy! They were on me almost instantly. Linden is our summer honey, only 2 weeks they gathered due to heat. The other 3-4 weeks there was almost no honey getting brought in.

[@bobbinnie9872]

We have a little Linden honey here. I like it personally.

[@beebob1279]

Question: Bob, how many times did you extract this year? You are extracting this crop, but how many times did you pull supers this year? Thanks for the video showing fermentation and explaining the dangers of Rhododendron honey. I didn't know honeybees would even visit those flowers.

[@bobbinnie9872]

We pull supers two times. Once after the spring nectar flows are over and once after the Sourwood in late July. We're extracting Sourwood now and still have to pull half of our yards next week.

[@decaturridgebees8761]

Thanks Bob, i really enjoy the little tid bits of information you share like with the fermenting honey and the low nutrition of corn pollen. We live in the blueberry belt up here and I here tell of the low value of pollen that comes from blueberries. I hear its not uncommon for commercial guys to deal with efb after blueberries. I imagine the low value of pollen and the sprays they use on blueberries can’t be helpful to the bees. I have no plans to ever put bees on blueberries that’s for sure. thankfully where I’m at though we have a constant supply of pollen from late march to september.

[@taylorboysoutdoors]

Yep With our summer humidity it doesn't surprise me to see full frames of uncapped nectar. Amazing they can fan it dry. Thanks

[@TheFamilyFarmHomestead]

Of course, you're not normal you are all beekeepers like me.

[@donbearden1953]

Bob, I hope the “doesn’t taste like it normally does” affect the sales of your sourwood honey! You were talking about your “not normal crew”, who’s to say what’s normal? I think any crew that works bees together and is not fighting is normal! How could any crew that works for you not be normal? There’s lots of folks that would love to have a boss like you! Anyone that watches your videos can tell that you treat your employees with respect!

[@framcesmoore]

Don Bearden you are so right, and I am one of those people that would love to work for Bob Binnie I think he is great

[@peterlightbody8443]

Nutrition, could devote a whole chapter, interesting , I have never tasted sourwood honey, not sure if we have those trees here in Australia. Peter Australia 🇦🇺

[@framcesmoore]

Ha Bob great video I always look forward in watching them.. I hope u have a blessed week I am having that problem with lack of royal jelly in the larva I am feeding them pollen patties we are in a dearth it stays that way till september it started in june. Thanks again for making the videos, you do wonderful with them have a blessed week

[@carlsledge3868]

Thx for showing what fermenting looks like in comb, I've seen this in my combs a time or two, but though it was caused by SHB because I saw a few adults in the combs but no larvae, it looks like a translucent bubble in the comb cells, simular to when SHBs slime a colony.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Good point, it can look similar.

[@markspc1]

Hey Bob, when making mead the hardest thing is to get fermentation going. Honey does not ferment as easy as grapes, so you could scrape those cells having already fermented honey, package it and sell as honey mead starter 🙂

[@makmak151515]

Damn you would have to have balls of steel to do what these people do. I allways wondered what would happen if you tripped and knocked the hive over

[@bobbinnie9872]

Run!!

[@TexasBeekeeper]

Thanks for sharing Bob. Is there a specific reason why you put division board feeders in some colonies and buckets on top of others? Or is it just what equipment you have on hand at the time?

[@bobbinnie9872]

In this case these colonies are going to get split next week and we wanted them to gain weight fast so we would have food to distribute to the nucs being made up. Normally I prefer buckets that may take a week to take down. Singles generally do not have division board feeders because we don't want to lose the two frames. Many of our double deeps will have inside feeders going into winter simply to make it easier to feed quickly.

[@BellsBees]

Hi, Bob. Thanks for all the informative videos. Was wondering if that is dry sugar on the top bars of the hive behind you at 7:18? It appears that the lady is scraping it or something.

[@bradgoliphant]

I don't ever see you guys get stung on your hands. What is your secret??? By the way, I truly appreciate all your written notes--they are SO VERY HELPFUL!!! Thank you

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Brad. Trust me, we do get stung, but not so much that we can't take it. Thanks.

[@oscarvilla6841]

👍 thank you

[@bobbinnie9872]

👍

[@scottreese5492]

Thanks for keeping the videos coming, I patiently wait for y'all and Kaymons videos to stay on top of next step. Thanks to yall this is the first year I've increased instead of losing and it's all because of y'all educational videos. This is the first year in history that I haven't considered giving up. I'm retiring from heavy equipment operating but still have equipment. If I can ever be of your assistance please let me know. I'm in Taft tn .

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind.

[@wordsontheword-5330]

Hello Bob! Thank you tons for your videos.. I have a question if you don’t mind? I’m a Lebanese beekeeper and in Lebanon we use deeps for honey. I see that you prefer half deeps.. I’d like to hear from you what is better and whether there is a substantial difference when it comes to what the bees prefer. Thanks! Nicolas

[@bobbinnie9872]

I think both ways work fine and bees will do both well. In the past we have had many deep boxes for surplus honey but as I get older I will be moving towards medium size boxes more.

[@jasonhughes3568]

I particuliarly love the knowledge you share regarding plants, shrubs and trees for nectar/pollen. I saw some of my bees this week on plantain. I've also been seeing them on red clover, but read that they may not get much out of red clover. Do you think otherwise? I live in the northeast Tennessee region of the Blue Ridge. Thank you, Bob!

[@bobbinnie9872]

I see our bees on red clover some years but have never seen what I would call quantities of surplus honey from it. Maybe just a slight weight gain.

[@polmacbradaigh9506]

I'm 17 living in Ireland, I have 20 production hives, I would love to work for you bob for a couple years when I finish school next year, how would that sound. Thanks Paul

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thanks for the offer. Someone would have to quit though because we have the right number of workers at this time.

[@bryanrowell3052]

Bob thank you for all the videos, I have changed my entire approach on bee keeping thanks to your information and it has been very successful for me!.. I have a question hot line do you leave your shop towel with tea tree oil in the colony Thanks Bryan

[@bobbinnie9872]

If we do use a tea tree oil towel it is only in until the next time we visit the colony. By that time it's about spent anyway.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

“All fat and sassy “ 😂 “Act normal now. You don’t want us to do that !” 😂 Fermentation within the comb while processing, wow! I’ve never seen that! It must be crazy humidity

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Ian. Your bees are looking pretty Fat & Sassy right now. Congratulations on that after all the stuff you went through. It takes someone that's not normal to push through that. 👍

[@Warren76317]

Congrads on your Honey crop Ian.

[@Warren76317]

@@bobbinnie9872 I second that, he snapped those hives back in shape. True Master Beekeeper.

[@Warren76317]

Congrads on your Honey crop Ian.

[@joshuafreeman889]

Good morning, Mr Binnie. 2nd year beekeeper in SE Tn here, and I overwintered 2 hives last year in single brood chambers. In the spring I added another brood chamber and have since split into the 4 strong double brood hives I have now. My question is how do I get my 4 double deep colonies back down to a single for winter? Do I need to worry about going to a single brood chamber for winter? Thank you for all your guidance and many blessings on you and your outfit.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Joshua. It is not necessary to go back to a single. I actually prefer doubles myself, as long as the colony is not small. To do it, simply shake the bees off of the frames you don't want to be in the single box and make sure they have ample food because singles often don't have enough.

[@farmer998]

my spring flow was a total wash with rain as soon as they all quit flowering hot and no rain have feed some all year and nest is completely dry just my location .

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hang in there.

[@ROD_OF_IRON]

Hey 👋 There do you think the sourwood is done around franklin ?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Close enough. We're going up to Otto (near Franklin) to pull supers tomorrow.

[@christinamerritt1383]

@etsetsetsets23 Franklin up Walnut Creek way is about done...probably one-two more days is it... sad!

[@raysbees7650]

Do you’re triangle escapes clear a good bit of bees out? Last year I used fume boards and had a lot of bees left. This year we used the motorized fan fume boards that worked great also with a blower to really clear them out and I think we had 10 bees in the honey house. Kept a Nuc outside just in case.

[@bobbinnie9872]

They do a fair job. it takes about a day per super and if it's a real strong colony some seem to find their way back.

[@logangillespie4343]

Bob, what is your plan on varroa this year?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Apiguard. Probably will use 4 half doses, 5 to 7 days apart because of the temperatures.

[@rudolphdavis2387]

Hey Bob great video as always got questions what type of tree do bee get sour woods from I'm here in the panhandle of Florida

[@bobbinnie9872]

Sourwood honey actually comes from the "Sourwood" tree. They are very common in the southern Appalachians.

[@danielcollins9628]

Don't y'all know what your missing out on using the metric system .1000 pounds into 250 gallons lol

[@3boysbees]

Thankful for the info. I have been by your store before and you joked about my very pregnant very redheaded wife being a "situation". We had our third boy and he now loves honey. When will your sourwood be available and could you ever spare a moment to sample ours? We would greatly appreciate, any day any time.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Congratulations on your new addition. Sorry, I don't remember your wife. I hope I was nice to her and it was a fun joke for her. We do have Sourwood in our retail store now and I would be happy to taste it. I'm here on most Saturdays but it's best to call ahead to make sure. For instance I'll be speaking at the North Carolina meeting this Saturday so won't be here. Thanks.

[@beemellifera8410]

Mantap. 👍👍👍👍 Boleh saya belajar bee mellyfera

[@scottreese5492]

This could be considered dumb question cause I think answer is probably no, but if I was gonna raise some queens and all hives I'm working with are within 100yds apart would it make any since to do a drone frame? I picked a few up but thinking might not work if they're flying a mile away?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Without other options queens do end up mating with drones from their own yard. So yes, a drone frame could be helpful.

[@scottreese5492]

10/4, I forgot to ask should I let them build one now or in the spring?

[@scottreese5492]

And thanks again for your help

[@robertkozanek5670]

Static snapshot, appx at 8:30 EFB (maybe) Located open cell right and little down.(Maybe pollen but from the taken angle looks different)

[@bobbinnie9872]

It's not pollen but it looks like the bees have opened it for some reason.

[@farmer998]

Ive described bydaN that same way you described deliverance

[@jesusalonso439]

I am a beekeerper from mexico and I am looking for a beekeeping jos as they así me help. I live in South carolina.

[@texasfriendlybeekeepers8210]

Hey Bob...in running single brood chambers with queen excluder in spring....do you find leaving excluder off in spring until frames are fully drawn out advantageous or does it really matter...thanks!!

[@bobbinnie9872]

A strong single with a queen excluder just ahead of the spring flow is asking for trouble with swarming in my view. If they can just get started putting nectar in a few frames before installing the excluder it seems to make a difference. At some point they settle in to collecting nectar and the excluder doesn't seem to matter any more.

[@texasfriendlybeekeepers8210]

@@bobbinnie9872 great advice....thanks Bob--i just want to keep that comb white(virgin comb) for cut comb..ill leave on till they start putting nectar in it then put queen excluder on..

[@matttc88]

Flatbed question- looking at all your trucks, you have a really low deck. Did you order a special package on your truck to achieve a lower ride height or is it just the way you constructed your bed? My F450 sits up considerably higher. Thank you!

[@bobbinnie9872]

I built most of our beds myself. They are only four inches higher than the frame.

[@matttc88]

@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you! These are the little lessons within your lessons you teach us. I really appreciate it.

[@3Beehivesto300]

Do you ever see the dark lids creating over heating problems in the hive?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Not if we leave them cracked as shown in some of our videos. We generally crack the lids on our larger colonies in hot weather.

[@dianetaylor6751]

Sent u a pubmed link via email. You tube does not like the link. But it's the heat effecting the floral biome altering the nectar....ultimately a changing the honey's taste. Really looking forward to fall and winter here. I hate this heat!!!!

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Diane. I don't know what pubmed is.

[@dianetaylor6751]

@@bobbinnie9872 Basically it's an online "subscription library/database" for medical and science related publications. Unless u have a subscription u can only see the abstract. But I know I read that article before for free. My access to pubmed and others have expired by a decade ( maybe 2). So copy/paste the title in google. U should get access to it by another source at no cost.

[@Dustpuuppy]

Any update on your plan to sell propolis? Just wondering how that's going.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I believe we're going to be making tincture out of it. Selena seems to know a lot about it and we plan to get to it this winter.

[@vinodbaria6543]

Nice work. How many bee hive your apiary ?I am commercial indian beekeeper.

[@bobbinnie9872]

In years past most of my yards were 64 because that was what fit on our small trucks but now that I'm not moving yards much I prefer 40. Many of our yards are 48 but we're slowing changing to around 40. There is 40 in the thumbnail picture for this video.

[@brookwoehl7729]

Do you make your own escape boards Bob?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Yes. We make them from 5/8 HDO. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWSQqKStl8uYe5Y

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Have you ever heard of anyone doing a mite wash on bearding bees? Not thinking of accuracy, just wondering.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I've not heard of that but it sure would be easier.

[@ishaksoukkou4195]

Hello teacher, do you put nylon over tires in winter, or do you just put the foam cover?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Could you rephrase your question.

[@ishaksoukkou4195]

@@bobbinnie9872 Good. When you close the hive in the winter, do you place the plastic directly over the tires so that the bees scavenge in the heat and then put the wooden cover, or do you not put the plastic and put the wooden cover directly over the tires? Plastic has nothing to do with the heat and cold factor because I watched you sometimes put plastic over the tires

[@route-249]

so do you sell the propolis, if so, how much of a market is there for it? thanks...

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Mark. We're not selling propolis at this time. We're going to try making tinctures with it.

[@route-249]

@@bobbinnie9872 Maybe you can share that process as well. Thanks for all you do to help us other beekeepers out. You're doing a great service to us all!

[@thebeekeepingboomer2212]

When did MTG start working for you !🤣

[@rodrigogabrecht7945]

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[@bobbinnie9872]

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[@rodrigogabrecht7945]

@@bobbinnie9872 ✌🤗

[@3Beehivesto300]

Do you ever open feed pollen in a dearth?

[@bobbinnie9872]

For some reason the bees don't take it well in our area in mid summer. They'll take it well early on, before real pollen starts coming in. But at that time we use patties if we feel we need it.

[@johnemmenecker4859]

Can you show a yard that you cant get a truck into? Because so far I havent seen a yard that doesnt have your truck tucked right up to it. And Im calling shenanigans! Get yourself a crane Bob!

[@bobbinnie9872]

If you look closely you may see that many of our yards are on slopes that are too steep for a crane to work well. Even in the first yard in this video the grade is steep enough to require an extra piece of land scape timber under the front of the hive stands. We currently have 41 yards, many of which a crane simply wouldn't work in.You can trust me on that one. We're unable to even get a swinger forklift in 1/3 of our yards. Thanks.

[@kevinogden4363]

Hey Bob what do you think of cotton honey, it's our main flow here it the bootheel.

[@bobbinnie9872]

If cotton honey is cured right it is fairly decent. I don't buy it because what is offered to me is often too thin. I wish more cotton honey producers would use a good drying room before they extract.

[@kevinogden4363]

@@bobbinnie9872 ours around here is actually cotton soybean mix. Corn cotton and soybeans is the main crops in my area.

[@bobbinnie9872]

@@kevinogden4363 Soybean honey is better than cotton in my view. It's great for blending with.

[@toprakanaciftligi8037]

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[@bobbinnie9872]

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[@CPMJunkRemoval]

Hey Bob I just checked your website on my cell phone(Apple iPhone) seems like it’s been taken down or taken over but another company, did you change your website? I just bought a gallon of honey and some wax a few weeks ago and it didn’t look like it does now.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Temporary glitch. Thanks for checking.

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

They started opening scenes of that movie red dawn was shot right down the road... when they burned the house shoot his dad .. The final scene where they take the translator on the helicopter was shot on the state game area right down the road... Cops had rds closed but could drive by the helicopter scene.. was the remake of red dawn not the one shot out west

[@bobbinnie9872]

I've heard of Red Dawn but did not watch it.

[@blackcreekorganicfarm296]

Has Seth got a Facebook page or KZbin to follow

[@bobbinnie9872]

Not yet.

[@raysbees7650]

Are you overwintering single deeps there in Hollywood?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Yes, mainly because every colony around Hollywood has already been split or will be next week.

[@bradveltkamp3949]

At 7:30 the girl was leveling a powder on top of the frames. What was that?

[@wishicouldspel]

?

[@bobbinnie9872]

I went to 7:30 and didn't see what you're referring too. Perhaps a different time?

[@bradveltkamp3949]

Hi Bob. She was scraping something behind you at 7:16 to 7:23 on my video on top of the frames

[@sharoncoke7246]

Hi

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hello.