My Pollen Patty Packer

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Mechanical pollen patty packing machine

[@randyclinganfarms4806]

What is your recipe

[@sinisterhipp0]

He won’t say all of what in his current recipe.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Next vid I’ll deep dive into my mix

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Hive bettles don't like Ian recipe .. bees do amazing on it.

[@meloneycrews]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog we’ve been waiting on that reveal!!

[@walterhiegel3020]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog We ara all looking foreward to next video. That is a cool machine. Thought you said you weren't talented with mechanics! :)

[@KajunHomestead]

that's the most awesome thing I've seen any beekeeper invent in a long time, another invention to save time .

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Always tickles me when I see you using the hive tool as a spoon!! 😄

[@noahG82]

Thats awesome. From an engineering standpoint I don't think it would be much harder to automate the rest including a belt that carries it through a roller to flatten them out...looking forward to you getting the bees out of that shed! Thanks for the video sir!

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

That is awesome. Necessity is the mother of invention. Oh, you have some funny looking coffee spoons up there. I use mine as a hive tool! Ha, Ha, Ha!!

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Somewhere there is a Tim Hortons missing 2,000 doughnut bags :) Reminds me of a commercial pasta maker we saw years ago in Chinatown. Minus the extrusion die. Brilliant timesaver! Speaking of pollen sub, Ian one of these days I'd love to hear what you attribute your low Nosema counts to. Keep on buzzing Stepp man.

[@rayjohnson8329]

Beautiful engineering. I see Kamon jealousy rising! LOL 😂

[@downunderfulla6001]

That’s a brilliant idea and build👍👌 I absolutely love the idea of using the pie bags for the patties🍺🍺

[@lagrangebees]

That's friken ingenious! love it. And yea March is a pain, too cold to see my bees. But I've also been using it for some prep work. Building Nucs and hive bodies, purchased apivar... etc. I'd love to have a list of parts, and a more in depth look at how you built this :D

[@skinnyswheelz5330]

Wow... You can probably bring a Simi load or two to Hive Life next year and sell out. Complete with duct tape seals😂🤣. Great Video Ian! I had to watch it twice. Thanks for sharing.

[@bomchickawahwaaaaah]

The hive tool is such a great multi use tool 👍🏼 ☕

[@tonyjenkins272]

Heck of fine setup !! Nice work 💯

[@russellmoore8187]

Someday I’ll need this many pollen patties 💪 Way to go Ian!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

drinking a coffe myself.. just starting some seeds for spring! Thanks for sharing Ian! Patty cake patty cake... beekeeper's man.... make me a patty cake as fast as you can! lol That is a SWEET setup!

[@rayjohnson8329]

Excellent product placement ! Hollywood eat your heart out! LOL

[@brianschrombeck7313]

Ian you are a genius!

[@estebanluiscanteros7880]

Hi, cool machine, good lucky to season 👍👍

[@k.phoneybeeswarwickshire8616]

Amazing idea, love it

[@esauer1014]

Simply amazing sir!!! Best wishes to you on your upcoming season!!!

[@karlfriedrich75]

Really cool! Thank you for this and your other videos. I got a lot of inspiration and ideas! Wish you sucess!

[@tomfuller9010]

You been thinking again great idea

[@kevin_raney]

Tape deck and a hive tool of sweetener... I knew beekeepers are living large.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Lol

[@spokehedz]

Oh man I bet that is so satisfying to squish it out. Plus, also getting into that 'flow' state pretty easy.

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

I make my coffee the same way. Just not with my hive tool LoL 👍 thanks good health and God bless 👍

[@michaelraulerson1149]

awesome I really think that will make feed so much easier. good job

[@adamb14527]

Excellent use of the hive spoon

[@solivaguswayfarer]

Just like a feed truck, great engineering ☺️

[@imkereistappert3183]

What a machine😄 awesome ian!

[@lisaputnam6996]

Wow!!! Amazing!!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Love the sandwich bags idea

[@richardnoel3141]

That is one cool invention!! I see a patient coming.. 😉 😎

[@drjmarkrodgers1428]

Wow, quite inventive!

[@beemanandbeeboy2334]

This is a cool idea!!

[@cowdudy]

That’s a pretty good machine design.

[@moosibou]

A little rubber belting on the mixer and you'll have a nice clean hopper in the end. I had considered a clay pug mill might be the ticket for making patty logs which could then be cut into uniform patties with a wire cutter, but I like the idea of pumping it directly into the sandwich bag. I haven't been able to find any of those bags, so I settled on just scooping my bulk mix directly onto the top bars. I then use the scoop to mash it down flat so the foamy will fit over it. That seems to be the easiest for me. Now I need to find me an inexpensive 20 qt mixer.

[@niceed00]

Still playing with Erector Sets, awesome! Watching all of those sprockets and chains go round reminds me of being 9 years old on ny grandparents floor.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

I hear ya ,!

[@BeeInnovative]

Very cool setup!

[@calvinkalmon6746]

WOW! Excellent! I need one.

[@HanleysHomestead]

You're a freakin genius!

[@matthewbelz2469]

Pretty slick 🤜🤛!

[@daleharris6213]

Excellent!

[@philbeeman]

put a timer switch on the foot pedal and you can drop the scale and the cramp in your calf.

[@adamfredrickson7908]

Good job for the kids!

[@KoiKicks]

That's awesome 👌

[@TimeIsHoney]

Very cool!!

[@sparkysrun4274]

Oh wow!! This is so C👀L!! Ingenuity!!

[@sinisterhipp0]

Can’t argue with that.

[@larrytornetta9764]

Honey in the coffee been doing it for 30 years. Man your cement mixer is pretty nifty.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Oh man I love that! Just don't lose a finger in those open fan belts and chains please!

[@billc3405]

Pretty ingenious

[@andriibohomol1810]

Really nice, thank you 🔥🔥🔥

[@thomasbacon]

The weird homemade projects are best to get the gears turning!

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Nice project .. I need to order some of those bags

[@NGHIA_VLOGS]

Your video is very good to share

[@unclebobsbees4899]

Wow, now I learned how the Pros keep their hive tools clean! 🤣 Your Hobart mixer is going to feel lonely. Good deal Ian.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Ya, that old girl will be fired up when I have a few guys to spare, to mix while the machine is mix/packing

[@aremedyproject9569]

Wonderful. But I was gonna say how’re ya gonna clean it? Then I thought, oh ya, put the whole thing out for the bees!

[@TB-zl6le]

I’ve come up with a lot of cool machines in my time, and I’d be darn proud to if that one if I made it.

[@mikep4514]

awesome 👌

[@beekeepinginpunjab4815]

Very good sir

[@Allan79789]

Sweet!

[@patrickwalther1074]

like a Swiss clock!

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

I found out no pollen Petty equals no Hive beetles. I only have 3 months of winter here in cali. Bee's have been collected Pollen for a month now.. honey flow almost here.. have good one lan, take care .✌

[@Bri_bees]

Very cool 😎

[@hhawk6040]

Have you been talking to Nutra-Bee. Love the donut paper wrap.

[@ke6gwf]

Nice product placement at the beginning! Lol

[@BucketListBees]

That’s a Rube Goldberg, nice..

[@JDS62]

Take my Money....You give me ideas for a couple things I have laying around.

[@billsalavantis9324]

Bravo! Work smart, not hard . . . you know, whenever possible lol

[@ETsBees]

I think I will have to build one of these this winter. Do you think only 1 auger is needed?

[@user-qe4rx1ku4k]

marhaban ana min filastin mumkin tafsil aleajina shukran

[@CBoutdoors_and_wilderness]

Looks like you were able to find a few more of the bags to fill rather than just the 2 sheets of wax paper.👍

[@DNADirekt]

Guten Tag Herr Steppler! 🙂 Do you use Ultra Bee Dry Pollen sub???

[@workerkaiiwihoney4019]

We use a mixer and need put it to a machine the they use to fill sausages but use pie bag just like you

[@billflatter8342]

Love the entire setup! Can you maybe do a total cost breakdown for each patty? I know it has to be cheaper than buying that stuff, but how much cheaper?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

The biggest reason I do it is for cost recovery on labour. Whatever I save in mixing goes against the labour it took to mix it. Helps keep guys busy when not busy and out of my hair

[@jeffsea6490]

*Sweet*

[@TylerJSpry]

Best part of this video is the label on your honey 😂

[@23Correcaminos]

Hi, I'm a beekeeper from Argentina. I would like to know what percentage of protein they achieve in the patty. I have achieved up to 23-24% crude protein. Thank you very much and excellent work.

[@lukacsnemeth91]

Helló! Brilliant machine. Homemade?

[@time2fly2124]

who needs spoons when you have a hive tool!

[@johnkasprak5707]

Does that coffee stir double as a hive tool - :-) John

[@richardcich2018]

Do the bees eat through or eat the bags? Just asking.

[@chrisjones9602]

I cracked up when I saw the hive tool in the kitchen. My wife would not have that.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Lol, it’s actually in my honey house

[@ThatBeeMan]

That's pure genium, man!

[@beemanandbeeboy2334]

Hive tool? Or coffee stir? Beekeepers Swiss Army knife!!

[@lagrangebees]

Speaking pf Patty recipes. Will you be trying Randy Oliver's patty Recipe that's balanced using Leucine as a baseline and compare it to your own? Or will you modify it to cover the new balance of amino acids?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Oh yes, Randy’s work was a breath of fresh air, it makes so much sense. The original mix we used wasn’t far off, actually almost on the money

[@rsavain]

What machine did you start with?

[@davidkastanek8309]

That is an awesome machine you need to get a patent on it before someone steals it

[@TimeIsHoney]

Pretty sure you and McGuyver are related Ian. Ever see the episode where McGuyver stopped a bomb with a hockey ticket. Pretty sure Ian could do the same with a bee swarm:) 🐝 🍯 🕰

[@danskisbees7348]

Hello Ian,, Nikola Tesla would be proud 👏.

[@JoSeeFuss]

Have you ever tried or thought to use Spirulina in your pollen patty substitute? I've read a lot of interesting information about this and it seems it's really a good substitute. Dry or wet, apparently the bees like it. Thoughts?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

No but I’m interested

[@carlosferrari6430]

Hello how are you, please I would like to know the recipe for this mixture, is it offered to bees during the dry season? If you can help I would appreciate it very much.

[@ayseaf]

what the model of mixer you use ?

[@3Beehivesto300]

Did you look at a sausage mixer design?

[@mustafakoc150]

Kova ile döktüğün nedir

[@cgund1]

Are those wax baggies? Are they hard to come by?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Wholesale store, Costco

[@emd3625]

Making patties will now be the “fun” job lol

[@carriemartindale-wetherup5243]

Its is 110× faster!

[@user-vb6wb3cx2b]

👍👍👍

[@MrGurmeets]

What is mixture,, pollen and .,,, Water .. or pollen , and ,,,

[@auriojose2673]

Good night, I am a beekeeper in Brazil, we have several feed recipes and not one of them meets the needs of bees, what are the ingredients that you use a hug.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Next vid I’ll dive deep

[@kevindeichmann6755]

What bags are those? Everything I'm seeing looks to thick of paper. I need to get some. Thanks

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Costco wax sandwich bags