Mid May At Blue Ridge Honey Co.

Honey production, nectar plants, requeening, nuc production and more.

[@Whitesmokehoney]

When I was a child I use to wake up on Saturdays mornings to watch my favorite tv shows on ABC. Now I wake up on Sunday mornings to my favorite KZbin video 🤝

[@bobbinnie9872]

Better than cartoons?

[@Whitesmokehoney]

@@bobbinnie9872 oh yeah! 😂😂

[@melvinyoder1954]

I do look forward to bobs videos every Sunday morning

[@Reevestkd]

Same here

[@ChrisFiggatt]

Same here! I look forward to Sunday mornings to see what Bob and Nathan have uploaded! We got a special treat this week with extra mid-week videos from both of them!

[@mikewebb5247]

Celina has become very savvy in the bee yard

[@bobbinnie9872]

I would agree with that.

[@crabmanbc21]

We always enjoy your Sunday videos, they are very relevant to our small operation in Blairsville. We use your shop for most of our beekeeping needs, thank you. G's Bees Apiary

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Good morning Bob! Thx for the video. It’s great to listen to commercial beekeepers talk. Damn bears. It’s been a mild winter up here and even I have bear pressure on the prairie in my valleys being pushed out from the parks

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Ian. I noticed an electric fence in some of your videos and was surprised. I'm hoping you have a mild spell when I come to visit next winter.😎

[@papawsharvest]

@@bobbinnie9872 I am actually going to be updating my fence this year. I used Polly cord fencing last year and it snaps so easily. Also it was good getting to meet you the other day Bob! Fantastic video keep it up!

[@drliptak1]

We get a distinct orange pollen from Asparagus here in the Lowcountry (Late June). The Clemson Ag. farm grows a bunch. Dandelions will give the bees a nice orange pollen as well down here. Sorry to see you lost a few in Mountain City. I enjoyed working there with both of you.

[@TexasBeekeeper]

Your sign at the end made me laugh! Thanks for sharing

[@adkfoothills1973]

Thanks for the videos, Bob. The content is always great and I'm glad to see that the bear didn't destroy the entire yard. 🐝🐝

[@KJO-1972]

That gal is the real deal when it comes to beekeeping!!

[@robertselfridge3690]

Great video, very informative as always 👍🇺🇸

[@raymondrobinson5251]

Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge! 👍

[@Drewjober]

I was just using the double screen boards from you , they are handy

[@rodneycrow5729]

Thank you Bob for sharing your experiences especially now. Your knowledge is valuable to all of us.

[@originalwoolydragon8387]

I'm in NE TN and I don't remember seeing so much blooming privet as is happening right now here! The honey locust too...

[@tristonosborne5537]

I’m around Clarksville Montgomery county. All of our privet and locust got washed out from the rain we’ve had the last 3 weeks. Persimmon and tree of heaven are blooming now with sumac not far behind. Hopefully we can get back on track.

[@dcsblessedbees]

I'm are about a week or two out from our Blackberry flow here in SW WA. Thanks much Bob I always enjoy your videos, Blessed Days, buddy...

[@steliandone4078]

Here in N Texas we have different types of bear 🐻. They have 2 legs and when they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs they turn over the hives. Bob I understand that you have managed 700 hives by yourself in the past years. I do have questions about your strategy/approach besides experience. In this video I noticed you use the duble screen which I never thought of using. Glad you didn’t have to much trouble with that yard. Thanks 🙏 for sharing. God bless you and your crew.

[@user-ts9cy7nk3v]

Hi sir Bob I did 10 get queen and 7 came back 👌 OK

[@dadu63]

Good Sunday morning Bob! Sorry yall having a tough time with bears. Coming to WNC in June and hoping to ride your way for a visit with my son. Haven't been there in awhile. Have a great day!

[@577bluegrass]

Love the content, Thank you.

[@3Beehivesto300]

The privet in my area has different leaves. Small and round like a penny. It makes great tasting honey.

[@calebowenby7118]

Ok, the ending had me laughing a lot harder than it probably should have!

[@bobbinnie9872]

It makes me laugh too. I had to put it in.

[@altaylor293]

As always, good info and a good break on Sunday with your videos. Sorry about the bear. We don't have bears thank goodness.

[@timlewis9873]

Happy Sunday Bob and crew. Always look forward to your vids.

[@russellaymond312]

Good morning Bob, and thanks for sharing.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Good morning.

[@researcherAmateur]

O nice. I wrote to someone that I make single brood frame nucks with queen cell on the last flow before summer and let them grow like that.. can't remember was it Kamon or Nathan or... then I thought he might think l'm stupid or something. Now I feel much better.. when Bob Binnie has it on video it can't be wrong. It's good to see it on KZbin

[@kevinogden4363]

Based on my calculations, I'm gonna have to work the rest of my life too lol. The times and the cost of living is just crazy. I really need to pull honey off my hives so I can make room, but I been dealing with diverticulitis and haven't been able to. Don't see mine working the honeysuckle as much either as long as there is other sources available, I'm sure it's more work cause their tongues aren't long enough. Thanks for the videos, I look forward to them when I get up Sunday mornings.

[@ApiaryManager]

I love that quotation at the end Bob. I suspect that it's true for just about all Beekeepers. 😢

[@jamesbarron1202]

I planted white clover many years ago (ph 5.7) here in Texas and every year there was less of it until finally none was left in about 7 years. It doesn’t like our heat and drought. It only grew under my big pecans where it was shaded.

[@eueut21]

Thank you for your video is very helpfuly

[@timHclem]

Thanks for the video! Dang, I was hoping someone would comment on the orange pollen. I have a ton of it coming in too & can’t identify it. I’m in the eastern panhandle of WV.

[@rodkirt9273]

My Grandfather had a bear that kept visiting his bees , just behind his house , back in the 1960’s , and it required a 240 volt house current and barbed wire to eventually get him out of the honeybee yard .

[@thomasplummer2673]

I lost my first hive to a bear,what a learning curve, the next year, with electric fence, I lost one due to the dry weather we get, I then added a motion sensor light, the end of the bear. We have to be careful here with an electric fence ,they can start a fire here in S. Oregon.

[@carloscrenz9433]

Hola que linda floración de diez👍💪🐝🐝🐝🇦🇷🌼🌼🌼🌼

[@aileensmith3062]

Fortunately we don't have bears in our area. We are finally getting a bit of a nectar flow. Now to continue and praying for rain. Thank You for another fun and informative video!

[@wadebarnes6720]

They make a really good jacket or a blanket for the bed

[@bransonworleyjr.3824]

Just reminds me I got to update my fence in my yard. FYI I used a polly cord. Don’t it snaps super easy.

[@leroyharder4491]

I had a bear incident once when I lost my ground for the fence. He was most polite only taking out one hive. He systematically dismantled it box by box and ate the contents. I had a lot of flimsy foundationless frames and he carefully ate the comb without destroying them. I think I lost only 2 frames in the entire incident. The hive It was probably 100 lbs and the bear must have waddled off very full.

[@beebob1279]

Hi Bob. I few weeks ago I told you how my colonies just depopulated. I let them alone incase queens were being superseded because of what happened. I went in the hives today and spent a few hours looking through them to see what was going on. All the colonies had the original queens (I mark them). The numbers were small in all colonies and yet were trying to re-populate with a lot of brood. I spoke to the farmer about it and we discussed what was used and with the wet weather he couldn't use his usual rotation of products on the crops. I later went to my second apiary about two miles away and the same thing happened there. The queens are there and the colonies were depopulated. Strange. When I noticed the lower number of bees a few weeks ago I looked for piles of bees in front of the hives. There wasn't one bee on the landing board or in the grass in front of the hives. I'm thinking that maybe the county or state did some kind of a spray program and the bees got caught in the middle of it all. Any thoughts on your part? Ideas of might have happened? Great video by the way.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Thanks. What you describe seems unusual. No good ideas here.

[@beebob1279]

@@bobbinnie9872 I was hoping you might have an idea. Don't know where to go next

[@timfeckley1689]

The orange pollen is cheetos! Bob 😂

[@bryncloer5526]

Thanks for the video Bob! The late spring flow got killed here in south Cherokee county near Woodstock with all the rain. We usually take 10-12 colonies to Murphy, NC for sourwood. Expecting it to be early as well? Planning on running colonies up next weekend.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hope it's a good flow.

[@brucejarrell5707]

Pleasure watching that gal work!!! Wife material fa sure!

[@TheFamilyFarmHomestead]

As I have said we don't have a problem with bears, yet, our problem is with skunks. I do believe I would rather have the skunks rather than bears. St least the skunks don't destroy our boxes. They just make the bees mad.

[@nadernaderi6461]

Good morning, Bob Would you let me know how many joule you have on your electric bear fence? Great operation, and wish you good season.

[@bobbinnie9872]

3.1 joules. It's a Magnum 12 by Parmak.

[@framcesmoore]

Bob I enjoy all your videos sorry about the bear glad the damage was not real bad. Does seth still work for you, Do you have problems with ticks and if u do what do u use,.Thaks off does not cut it.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Hi Frances. Seth hasn't worked for me in a couple of months but does expect to work part time in the future. We just check ourselves carefully for ticks.

[@robertdemers5125]

Good Morning Bob !

[@bobbinnie9872]

Good morning sir !

[@richardhyatt-beekeeping]

I've got that orange pollen coming in, too. Haven't a clue as to what it is.

[@bobbinnie9872]

Let me know if you figure it out.

[@Kevin-TinyTrailFarmNC]

So sorry❤

[@williambates6811]

I miss seeing Seth. Did Seth move to full time beekeeper on his own? Great video

[@bobbinnie9872]

I see and talk to Seth from time to time and he seems to be doing OK with his bees but he hasn't worked with me for a number of months.

[@williambates6811]

@@bobbinnie9872 Thanx for the update.

[@reck9953]

Bob, talking about plants that bee work what do you know about bees working soy beans? I have a farmer who is planting 40 acres and offered me to put bees on it if I’d like. Haven’t really found any good info. I believe I heard Gus Mitchell say his bees were working it in a video I watching on comb honey. Thanks Bob

[@bobbinnie9872]

Bees do fair on soybeans in some areas and with some varieties. It's actually fairly decent honey. Spray can be a problem though. I would check on that with the farmer.

[@gregroberts6396]

Bob have you ever tried honey that has no taste at all? I live in VA and I took a honey super off a hive yesterday and the honey has no taste what so ever. I am wondering if it is bad. It is strictly a honey super so I have never put chemicals in it.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I've had some very sweet but bland honey before but I haven't had any that had no flavor at all. I don't think it has gone bad on you. I once heard of someone playing a joke on a neighbor beekeeper by open feeding without his knowledge and the result was much like what you describe.

[@zongshunliang9928]

single box so easy requeen, over 90%

[@2002bam]

Bob, can you make a video on how you set up your bear fence from start to finish.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I've been thinking of that. Our current video on the subject isn't very good. Possibly this winter. Thanks.

[@aaronparis4714]

I’m sorry to see that bob

[@brad0nja]

How do you store your drawn comb, Bob?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Cold storage. See our video "How We Store Our Drawn Comb". kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqvIpaOslpKifpI

[@brad0nja]

@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you Bob!

[@Drewjober]

Do bees work chestnut trees ?

[@bobbinnie9872]

In our area we have Chinese chestnuts and they definitely do work them. The nectar is dark and isn't the best tasting.

[@Scott2510A]

Do you have any bee yards set up to produce 'comb' honey? Comb honey production is my new venture in my hobby apiary operation.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I used to produce 120 supers of comb honey each year but I haven't done it lately. I still have the supers thinking I may do it again some day.

[@azawakhcom]

Do bees work elderberry?

[@bobbinnie9872]

I don't see much activity here but I've heard others say they do in their area.

[@azawakhcom]

Thank you!

[@zongshunliang9928]

why you don't use mini box make queen and requeen? not just one queen can get it

[@bobbinnie9872]

We can't let a queen lay long enough in a mini box to make a good judgement on her quality.

[@zongshunliang9928]

@@bobbinnie9872 good queen is no have you say, the pure queen have this problem, The offspring produced are stable, but the color of the queen bee is unstable. The black queen has a few yellow worker bees to produce the queen bee. This queen bee is very stable buy the queen back make cell will local drone mate , take this one good queen make cell, the queen it's ok

[@zongshunliang9928]

@@bobbinnie9872 For a pure-bred queen bee like this, the way they preserve the pure-bred queen bee makes the queen bee lose its vitality, so individual pure-bred queens do not perform well.

[@user-cq7ro6lf3m]

O je😢😢 Gruß Bruno 🇨🇭

[@eueut21]

Hy. I'm a hobby beekeeper in Romania. Is there anyone ho successful overwinter banked mated queens? Is 2-3 european size frame enough for overwinter a queen?

[@bobbinnie9872]

Yes on the queen banking but it has problems being successful for most. We usually have three frame nucs with a queen that we overwinter each year using a double screen board.

[@stevenaamos]

Good morning Bob! I hope all the rain we've received juices up the sourwood flow, its pretty much killed the tuplip poplar here around Charlotte NC, so we are headed to nextar dearth and robbing. Not my favorite time of the year.

[@bobbinnie9872]

I'm with you on the dearth period. Robbing is one of my least favorite things about beekeeping.

[@valerasurudo3203]

😮😢

[@zongshunliang9928]

Caucasian bee hybrid Caniola bee, can't it reproduce without autumn? It's very hot here, and the bee gene pool on my side is in the north. The information they gave is that Caucasian bees have no advantage in autumn and the colony is small

[@gallowaylights]

That's a retirement plan?😂