Pre-Almond Pollination Hive Inspection - First inspections of the New Year- Beekeeping in California

[@JanetMickelson]

I'm new to your channel. This is so fascinating and informative to a city person like me. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Great job!

[@russk3931]

Green grass is Cali, what an oddity lately. Looks so good. Thanks for the video - your bees look super.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Russ🤙

[@beekeepinggarden165]

Jose fabulous video 👍🐝 looking really good collonys 👏👏👏🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Is coming very busy time of year for you and your family, have wonderful time 🐝🐝🐝 Sebastian

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thank you friend😄

[@framcesmoore]

Your bees look great, I am feeding patties as well Its funny I read your comments on this video and I have noticed that beekeepers I watch on you tube watch beekeepers I watch have a great day

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

I had to share this comment with Kelly. Great community here on the platform 🤙

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Congrats on the rain.. California steelhead and salmon fishermen were saying it's blown out and muddy couple months ago... Fishing got good

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

That's a great good deal. Salmon's are so important for our ecosystem

[@dennisjcrews]

Good to see you in the bees. Them girls are looking awesome! Missed you in TN.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Dennis, best feeling working the girls. Thanks for stopping by my friend 🤙

[@IceBug1337]

Beautiful colonys! Congrats! Greetings from germany,

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks for stopping by. Germany 🙌 well greetings from Northern California my friend

[@felipegomez5084]

I really enjoy your vids, congrats for your bee-business' and your family, god bless you. saludos de un sideliner apicultor de Chile 👍

[@thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924]

Those boxes are busting. Looking great brother. Hope to see or talk soon. Stay safe

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Sounds great Craig. Call me anytime my man

[@doctortcbkk2027]

I’m in atlanta….73 today! My bees are busting!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Yeah buddy!

[@brucesbees]

Man great stuff as always Jose!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Bruce! Kelly always makes these videos into great content. We make a pretty good team👐

[@brucesbees]

Fast like a ninja lol!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Hahaha

[@ssmith517]

Love it!!!!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Smith!

[@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924]

glad to see you got nice weather to work them. I was balancing bees in 38 deg. they finally went south

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

So excited for sure. When you say south where is that?

[@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper what we had lined up in Jan. fell through, we ended up sending them to Bakersfield. I was so happy with the way my bees looked mid Jan., they needed to get down there and get fed. they went down hill for a month before they went. still good, just not as good, and not as many

[@RB-cz5jn]

Good to see you smiling. The struggle is real sometimes

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

That means a lot. On New Year's Eve, we lost our boy Dante(my best friend, my fur baby) it was very hard on me. With Kelly's love and support, I found exercise to be my release and really brought joy and love back into my soul. Thanks! A smile is contagious and I believe that to the core. Thanks for watching.

[@dadu63]

Man, California you are pumped up. Glad to see you are out there gettin it. I am so ready to make some splits here in NC. Your Hives looking strong.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Yeah buddy! So excited to be back at it! You know that feeling you get when it's go time💪😃

[@theboonecountybeekeeper]

Looking good Jose!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Boone🤙

[@WildwoodsBeekeeping]

Your bees are looking great Jose. Love seeing that in this time of year. Nic strong Hives. Good stuff Jose 🤙

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks. Hope you and your girls doing well. A bit warmer than usual for you guys right!?

[@WildwoodsBeekeeping]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Yeah, It was 83f today, tomorrow it is 81f. pretty unusual in this time of year but the bees are taking so much pollen from our pine trees, all our pine trees have so much pollen it is unbelievable.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Wow

[@ryanwalsh3146]

Hey man. Hope your bees are doing OK with all the snow. Prayers you don't lose any

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Ryan! The bees should be ok. We need flight time for pollinating the crop.

[@CostasHoneyBees]

always enjoy the videos.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

We always enjoy your comments😃🤙

[@jamesmcnally2519]

January 25th! I wish, Its February 20 now and i am still under a few feet of snow! Temps around -28 Deg C. So i still have a few weeks to go before i will even think of having a chance of looking at my bees! Great to see the videos on here again! Nice looking hives for January.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks James! You are welcome any time my friend. Be fun to hang out and work some bees in California with us🤙🤠

[@TennesseeTim38451]

The sound it captured when you leaned over showing her pollen baskets, sounds like heaven!! The vibrations of a happy healthy hive!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I dropped fondant a few days ago. It’s another season of trying to grow numbers.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Yes sir! Happy bees make a happy beekeeper👐🤠

[@lomavistabeeco]

So awesome to see full videos from you again!!! You need to cheer up bro 😂🤣

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Todd, I'll have to loosen up next time🤠🤙

[@lomavistabeeco]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper LOL!!! 🤪

[@garycorlew2080]

The ninja beekeeper! lol

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

😄

[@hopesadler4000]

Great looking bees, Jose!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thanks Hope🤙

[@KajunHomestead]

❤👍🏻 Glad to see you back making videos, Bees looking good.🙏🏻👍🏻

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thank my friend. We hope to keep them coming

[@keithfaithful3989]

Great looking hives👍

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Thank you Keith

[@CastleHives]

Such an exciting time of year. Good to see a video from you. They were busy Bees that’s for sure Jose. Colonies were jamming. I dropped pollen patties today, give them that boost. Good stuff.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

It's the best time for the bees and we get to reap the benefits of watching them grow into massive colonies.

[@kathyhathaway8823]

SO great to see that big smile from you seeing your bees getting going . Our weather here in NC this winter has been warm an wet also . This Thursday we are planning on being around 80F an then back in the lower 50’s for the weekend . Do you do anything like count on a honey production or is yours mostly just pollinate an raise queens ??? . Keep up the great video’s . THANKS

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Wow that's warm great bee weather y'all are having. We hope to have a some honey crop with all of the rain we have been hit with. We do focus on building bees and raising queens

[@Kapp_Bee_Co]

Just noticed the maple trees are starting to bloom here in southern Illinois. April can’t get here soon enough, bee fever has kicked in!

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

We love bee season🙌

[@jeffreykellum]

Just checked a couple hives here in south MS and i have singles with 4-5 frames of brood already.... If we only had drones it would be time to try an split

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

I can relate, we are not seeing drone development like we normally have compared to recent years. It's been a colder start this season.

[@jeffreykellum]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper our bees never shut down so we always have brood. a month ago we had softball sized patches of brood and now we have 3-5 frames of brood its crazy this year.

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

@@jeffreykellum what a great problem. We can always keep mites under control, we love seeing the brood in the winter

[@TennesseeTim38451]

In Tennessee, I usually give my girls a pollen patty to b valentine day every year!😂

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Got to keep the girls happy👐🐝

[@zarkobojanic2141]

5:05-you olmost become Van Damme 😂😂😂

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Haha so very true. Jean Claude Van Damme was one of my favorite actors as a kid. All of his movies. 😆

[@zarkobojanic2141]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper same thing in serbia. 😉👍

[@seanclose2316]

Do you put in frame feeders in the top and bottom boxes?

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

I try to if I have enough feeders to go around

[@framcesmoore]

Ha enjoyed the video when u combine a hive do u use news paper 1 hive is queen right and 1 no queen thanks

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

I usually eliminate both queens and introduce a new queen in 48 hrs. If I don't have queens available I will place newspaper between supers.

[@framcesmoore]

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Thanks

[@alexishauf2097]

🤩 P r o m o s m

[@stephensaenz7433]

How do I get ahold of you?

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

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