What is the best feed supplement for honey bees? - Randy Oliver

Please join me live for an interesting discussion about feed supplementation for honey bees with Randy Oliver. We are going to discuss his last published findings on the topic. I hope you can make it.

[@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po]

Randy your a special human!!! You are extremely respected in the bee community thank you for your work in making beekeeping better!!

[@stevenmoody-MoodyHivesandHome]

Thank you both for sitting down and talking about this. It’s nice to see the science behind the different supplements.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hoopnfarm]

Great interview! I’m in the Sierra foothills and use Randy’s site often for reference. Wealth of amazing information! ❤️🐝

[@lastphcm]

Humberto, I am taking an online Master Beekeeping course via Cornell University. We just completed a discussion on Honey Bee Nutrition and I placed a link to this video in my classes discussion page. I hope it brings your channel some new subscribers who are serious about beekeeping! Thank you so much for your work!

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Wading through all the variables. Truly appreciate all the work. It's to bad we don't have private island, under a glass dome, someplace. Quite the long job.

[@CharlesCarlsonC3]

What a great talk!!!

[@dcsblessedbees]

Seems like a new "Golden Age" of Honey Bee science is in the works. Ty, Blessed Days...

[@JamesCrouchX]

Thank you gents.

[@mikemeigs1999]

Looks good!

[@lenturtle7954]

Great video thanks gentlemen

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nordichoneybeeandqueenprod301]

Hello and THANK YOU Randy, here in Canada, winterland, we have enough natural pollen despite lack of days with plus 90 degree F:-)) I winterize my hives in heated barn .. any idea what percentage of pollen I can trap during spring and fed them back following year.. our first natural pollen comes in around mid April.. I start to feed my hived from mid Feb in the barn

[@WIBeek]

It would be interesting to run the exact same test but this time include Randy's new mix to see how it performs against the field. I hope this has been done or is planned.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I hope someone is doing it.

[@Andras_Go]

Thank you for this great talk! Where can I find cheap amino acids Randy talks about?

[@marcinmatelski5465]

More chats like that Humberto. The back and forth is must see tv for any beekeeper.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Looking back I think I should have push a little bit more on some points. However, overall I think it was a good starting point. There are a lot more to say about these trials. More videos might be coming about it.

[@texasfriendlybeekeepers8210]

what was the Cliff note answer to which sub works the best? Ive noticed Ultra Bee not what it used to be.

[@jdselfokstate]

Is there a place we can find the 'homebrew' recipe?

[@brazillebees2186]

Hi Randy I was wondering your thoughts about avocado oil in pollen patties

[@CastleHives]

Hate that I missed this. . Was at my Bee Club meeting. Watching now. Very interesting data that Randy has. I just started using pollen patties on my colonies, Global from Hive Alive. I'll be curious on how they look with that added supplement on them.

[@neilbush9873]

I wonder if a climate like california could grow eucalypts, some of which can handle snow, and many of which produce abundant nutricious pollen and nectar. Tasmanian bee keepers might be able to advise.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Hi Neil, Interesting idea.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

We have already imported Eucalyptus trees long, long ago in California and they do very well except none of these wonderful trees can survive a hard freeze. The ones we have only grow where citrus can grow. What varieties can take below freezing? I believe we have had Eucalyptus in the warm sub tropical valleys more than one hundred years in California. They benefit monarch butterflies and they hibernate on them nowadays.

[@williambates6811]

Does anyone know if any of the commercial pollen sub makers have adapted Randy's suggestion for amino acid levels?

[@kylelieb2977]

Is the "bulk soft" being used in the trial the same as "bee-pro" from mannlake?

[@carlsledge3868]

Is natural pollen better frozen or dried?

[@neilbush9873]

In west aus we talk of defficiant pollen. we get plenty of pollen but how do we get analysis done from various pollens now that you no the optimum amino acid ratio,.is this the sort of things universities do Allso thinking of scratching out bee bread combs when we get the chance, yet in spring ,bees eat every drop of bee bread in the combs till they fill the combs with brood. The most useful talk I've ever heard, thanks

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Hello Neil. It was the beginning I would say. There are a lot more to talk about nutrition and I am not an specialist but I can make it available my thinking process to find and evaluate honey bee research out there. I think this is something with good value to everybody. Thanks for watching.

[@neilbush9873]

I am experimenting with trees from a lower rainfall area (W.Aus) as if climate does significantly dry here near the coast i will be in front. from what I've read and observed the results of introducing new species for bees vary but can be very useful, we have south African plants and European plants already that are a huge benefit to our income. Other plants become environmental disasters.

[@toprakanaciftligi8037]

👏👏👏

[@abelincoln3074]

Do they seed the clouds there

[@alonsoaraujo4786]

Alonso Brasil 🇧🇷 thank you for livres.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

you are welcome

[@lenturtle7954]

I plan on tappng manitoba maple this spring to fill frame feeders . Do u know of anyone eho has done this

[@HoneyStoneFarm]

Is there a manufactured date for the ultra bee patty with the sub par yeast?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I don't know.

[@barrybrum]

Does anyone have a link to Randy's most current "home brew" patty recipe? The one on his web site is outdated. Thanks

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

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[@VENAL]

Hello there, Can anybody explain why FeedBee has not taken part in the trial and all the subs are all US made of. In the first trial in 2013 he has taken them in consideration.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

No idea. You might need to ask Randy directly.

[@ewanfuller5520]

So will Randy be giving out the home brew recipe ?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

The recipe is on Randy's website already for a long time.

[@auriojose2673]

Which Randy website?

[@barrybrum]

@@InsideTheHiveTV Randy's web site is chock full of great info, but sadly, it's almost impossible to navigate. Do you have a link to his most current "home brew" patty recipe?

[@benjamindejonge3624]

I’m wondering what they do with that almond honey?

[@A..42]

Almond don't have enough nectar for honey production, that's why they feed the bees with syrup during almond season.

[@jasonseaward8506]

Such an amazing presentation and so clear, thank you so much Mr Oliver

[@kenharding6622]

Appreciate the video but what’s the need for 20 seconds of a countdown. Definitely unnecessary when your delivering the message

[@sergepajcin1255]

my number is 40% no treatment resistence colonies i test them pit them in mite bomb yard survived 40% rest 50 hives was dead

[@tonyt.1596]

Climate change is here because there are controllers of weather. Do some research on that, start with Eastlunds patents and geo engineering.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I don't know much about it. Perhaps a good subject to spend my time.. Thanks.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

100% accurate statement!

[@tangsu7128]

Beekeepers want to have 1500 beehives and expect pollen and honey for the bees and for sale, to earn millions, then you wonder why there is not enough pollen. Because you are greedy... It should be limited by law that each beekeeper has a maximum of 200 to 300 hives and then everyone will have a profit

[@allanmorgan5660]

Pollenation needs hives go make some hives 200 to 300 is a good number for one maybe two .1500 hives is a company of many people. They are still short on hives for pollenation but not for honey production the envirament is struggling to lack of rain ,etc

[@tangsu7128]

@@allanmorgan5660 Company for many people where one man takes all.I told u that greed is the problem.If u have 200 beehives,u will have enough for your family.

[@melkel2010]

@ @tangsu7128 Everything the government regulates gets destroyed for the little guy and monopolized by political endorsers. Translated, you wouldn't be producing honey for long after the government gets their hands on it. But, how about we take into account the effect that pollination has on the landscape for propagating more sources of pollination for the future. Let's not forget that bees cause plants to spread and encourage diversity of fauna in the ecosystem. Ergo, if you want more product from your bees, support local preservation of wildflowers and nature preserves, and the banning of the use of toxins such as harmful pesticides and herbicides. Plant your land out with a nice select mixed bag of pasture seed. Become a migrating pollinator like Randy, especially if you like to travel. You don't have to park your bees only in your own back yard, beekeeping has some flexibility and demand. You certainly do best if you don't live your life in a bubble with it. Some advice I should take myself.