Beekeeping Plants To Avoid | Beekeepers BEWARE! Bad Honey

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Beekeeping has long since been known for the natural sweetener, honey, that bees make. But, did you know that some honey can make you sick and even make you go mad?
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@leonunlimited7552 Год назад

Always make your bees tell you what plants they visited that day!!!

@beek Год назад

Make them give a report.

@tommychew6544 Год назад

Liked this video, I have gone to the Laynes hive configuration. I understand why it's hard to change because of the loss of equipment from using the other hive boxes. Horizontal hives seems to be the way to go for older beekeepers, no more having to lift those heavy deeps or even medium, boxes. Commercial beekeepers will never make this move, they are all about the production of honey.

@vicpinto1970 Год назад

David, I don't cut down poison ivy vines. I just take a 1" disk out of the main trunk with a saw which effectively kills the vine.

@beek Год назад

Good point. I’ll do that.

@John4.23-24 Год назад

The old root beer was made from sassafras root. Cut down the Poison ivy during the winter when the sap is in the root, and there are no leaves I've even pulled some up by the root bear-handed during the winter,not realizing it was poison ivy. I love my horizontal hive! I have a layens.

@gene-sloca Год назад

Another great video David. Keep them coming. Appreciate your enthusiasm and your teaching us. Thank you.

@lorenrobertson8039 Год назад

Very interesting! I learned something from you David. Thank you for all the information. Anything that helps your back is a great idea! God bless~

@oddlyspecific186 Год назад

for poison ivy, key identifying features - the middle leaf is extended out on its own stem, leaves are alternate not opposite

@doozowings4672 2 месяца назад

In Georgia we have Poison Ivy exerywhere , the vines take over trees quickly. We also, have beekeepers everywhere, and never had any honey issues.

@kellyc5499 Год назад

I found out Oregon bees are smart. They don't collect from our 'high concentration' of Rhodies; They themselves would die. It's Bumble bees that are symbionts with Rhodies.

@brianw.520 Год назад

I'm new to beekeeping and my first hive is the horizontal hive. Mine is a top bar type with 12 inch wide bars, 12 inch deep. Challenges for me are running out of room! I simply didn't build mine big enough! Also my bees are attaching comb to the side of the hive. Inspections I'll usually have tons of bees flying around when Im in the hive, it appears to really mess with them. Also finding the queen is a challenge because she can hop off one frame and go somewhere else in the hive when I smoke the hive. Replacing the bars can be hard without smoking them because they crawl all over the sides. Needless to say, my next hive will be a langstroth and hopefully I can avoid a split or swarm before next spring. That being said, your horizontal hive with the langstroth frames appears to be a better design and I may try this in the future! I built mine as well and it is solid wood 2x construction wood, VERY HEAVY!

@tymz-r-achangin 6 дней назад

He's right. I told my bees to stop hanging around the rhododendrons but they wouldnt listen

@chuckgross6024 Год назад

Thanks Dave, I never thought about the poison ivy!

@Austinr1892 24 дня назад

I live in southern WV and have TONS of a few different types of rhododendrons. Catawba Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron, Mountain Laurel, and wild azaleas. Absolutely everywhere here, acres of them on some mountains around me (especially my backyard) and I’ve never seen any honey bees mess with any of them. I always see bumblebees on them but that’s it

@sandracimonetti5307 Год назад

I built a Layens hive. This will be my first year with it. So far so good. I installed a swarm April 29. They are working on 9th frame.

@progers1971 Год назад

I'm so glad you are enjoying your horizontal hive! I just love mine! I have 4 and I wouldn't trade them for anything!

@beek Год назад

I love it!

@simonettagirotti4600 Год назад

In Italy you can buy rhododendron honey it is very expensive and safe because it comes from european plants of rhododendron in the Alps and their flowers aren't posionous; otherwise if rhododendron plants are species from asia they are very poisonous both leaves and flowers ....it's a very delicious honey and I ate it many times!

@eliinthewolverinestate6729 Год назад

Awesome video. What about pioson oak and pioson sumac. There are few different plants that produce Grayanotoxins. Laurels of many kinds contain it also.

@highlandhoneybee Год назад

Since childhood I've always been allergic to poison ivy, to where I'd get huge water blisters and have to get steroid shots and have even ended up in hospital. But a few years ago, under a drs care, I started taking Rhus Tox (toxicodendron) which is derived from poison ivy, in order to help the chronic debilitating pain caused by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (genetic connective tissue disorder) and surprisingly to me, it didn't cause any allergic reactions. I'm sure the Rhus Tox, combined with drinking milk from my goats that eat poison ivy like it's candy, and honey which more than likely has been made with some poison ivy nectar since it grows crazy around here, has made me far less allergic to the actual poison ivy plant over the past few years. Whatever the reason, I'm thankful.

@thadfoote8653 Год назад

Nice to know this,if and when I start my on for my own honey there's not gonna be any this around for sure even though I can't either get oak or ivy

@sentimentalbloke7586 4 месяца назад

Here in Australia we have a weed called Patterson's curse, it has a violet bloom and bees absolutely love this colour and gather nectar from it. it produces toxic honey, and you need to pull all honey prior to it coming into bloom. It doesn't seem to effect the bees so it is ok for them to winter on.

@beek 4 месяца назад

Interesting to know

@pamboyd2282 Год назад

Hi David, we a new beekeepers and have learned so much from you and we thank you. You mentioned Rhododendron but the plant you showed looks like Azalea. Could you clarify. I have a yard full of Azaleas and my bees do love them.

@curiouscoy492 Год назад

I am so allergic to poison ivy that I leaned back when you showed the plant up close. Interesting about rhododendron toxicity.

@diannemiller4754 Год назад

I agree that the horizontal hive would allow me to work my hive much more easily. As is I have my son doing the lifting. 😊

@beek Год назад

Absolutely!!

@karldrentwett7758 Год назад

Hi David, I'm a new subscriber this is interesting . You said the concentration of the oil is very low . We have always gotten local honey to help with seasonal allergies. This holds true with how homeopathic medicine works. Food for thought . Myself and my sons love your videos, keep up the good work.

@abstract1dea Год назад

You can tell them not to go to these plants. But, they just don't listen. Maybe if you can do a waggle dance for them, but bees still do what bees do. My NC property has Mountain Laurel on it (it's really beautiful) but lots and lots of sourwood around it! We'll be taking a trip there later this year for my ladies to collect some. Can you do a video on some of the best trees for honey?

@Drewjober Год назад

My brother has a few hives and he had a 8 inch diameter poison ivy vine in a ash tree we cut down this winter and I wondered about the nectar. There’s a lot of poison ivy by buffalo NY but a hour south there’s barely any

@keithstudly6071 2 месяца назад

Sassafras confused with Poison Ivy? I can't imagine that. I can see people confusing Virginia Creeper with Poison Ivy because they are both vines and grow in similar locations, and sometimes together but creeper has 5 leaflets and that's the giveaway. I have read that Ohio Buckeye is poisonous to bees but have no first hand knowledge of that. I've also heard of plants who's pollen will kill brood when the hive has stored it. No first hand knowledge on that either, just someone who was breeding queens using it to explain why he had a massive die off of his queen larvae.

@Ittiz Год назад

My area is loaded with Mountain Laurel (Kalmia Latifolia). It's just starting to bloom and 90% of the pollen coming in is from mountain laurel. Luckily the only thing I'm try to do right now is draw comb.

@justwhistlinpixie 8 месяцев назад

I live in the Pacific Northwest, where sadly rhododendrons are quite prolific. Luckily, only a few houses on my street have them, and not a ton. I get why people grow them, though, they are gorgeous here.

@karindinarda8755 9 месяцев назад

Interesting about the poison ivy plants, would have never thought of that. We are not beekeepers yet. Trying to get as much info this fall and winter, learning everything we can! Would love more information on horizontal hives. Everyone we've talked to don't care for them. We are in our 60's and I'm not wanting to move heavy supers. Please give us more info on horizontal hives. I did see your video on it but I want more!!!!

@Colloquial123 Год назад

Do you ever add more than 2 brood boxes? Will they not keep expanding? Is that when you just take out the queen cells?

@ttonysbirds Год назад

Thank you

@beek Год назад

You're welcome

@starlighthillfarmhouse Год назад

We have one large rhododendron bush on our property which is full of blooms should I cut it down

@WildwoodsBeekeeping Год назад

Good video David, for sure need there are plants to be concerned about. Thanks fir sharing

@thewanderer36 Год назад

I built my own horizontal hive, and I love it too!

@beek Год назад

Yup they are pretty cool

@RobinPoe Год назад

I live in an area with a lot of Rhododendrons and Azaleas, but the bees I mostly see in the flowers are wild bee species (bumblebees, miner bees, etc.) The wild bees here outcompete the honeybees on the rhodies. The honeybees stick mostly to berry and fruit blossoms here.

@beek Год назад

Nice

@Pegasus209 Год назад

I was surprised recently to learn that Azalea nectar is toxic to honeybees, which is disturbing since I have a flowerbed full of Azaleas in front of my house.

@JoeyBlogs007 Год назад

Good advice.

@beek Год назад

Thanks

@tonyt.1596 Год назад

I have a Layens hive and just put a swarm there last week. The hive is just exploding! I had to open up 5 more frames yesterday.

@randysmith7040 Год назад

From north east Michigan, have you ever been ask about bitter honey. Harvested some in the last year harvest. Not a tangy bitter but a slight dry tasting bitter?

@lt35phila Год назад

Poison ivy pollen is the best

@jayglosser2014 Год назад

David, GREAT VIDEOS on plants and horizontal hive. I built one 3 yrs ago and it works great, the BIG PLUS is it's very easy on our back. I live in Orangeville, NY which is in Western NY, summers are GREAT, winters not so good for honey bees in any type of hive. I made my horizontal hive with 2 inch thick wood, insulated with 2 inch insulation board on all sides, top and bottom! Feed them with WBK candy boards and never made it through the winter season yet. My Langsloth hives have made it with WBK boards. So, I think horizontal hives are for warmer climate areas. Also, great for queen rearing.

@UTsnowsailor Год назад

🙏

@philipschrock5192 13 дней назад

Could it be possible that you may actually build up a resistance to the alergy by eating honey?

@larryh2362 Год назад

The best honey is from the sumac. My customer get less break outs after eating honey made from poison ivy

@josephvenezia3481 Год назад

What about hydrangeas?

@edd. Год назад

There are definitely plants to be concerned about, like mountain Laurel in the north east here.

@beek Год назад

Indeed

@brandonletzko2472 Год назад

Azaleas are also in the rhododendron family and produce nectar that make mad honey.

@beek Год назад

Yes

@wildpinto3291 Год назад

I'm in Pennsylvania, how does a horizontal hive winter?

@beek Год назад

I’m about to find out. It’s opposite of how bees naturally place their comb in hallow tree trunks.

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po Год назад

I would try that honey … can’t be that bad if a bee made it 🤷🏻‍♂️

@NielsenValleyFarms Год назад

I had an interesting thought. Could you gain some immunity to poison ivy by consuming poison ivy honey? Food for thought.

@brettellis1837 Год назад

We have not even scratched the surface about plants or about bees if only we knew what they know.

@yurimig253 Год назад

What if bees are using plants to keep disease and infestation out. ... And what about spectroscopy of the honey to really check the honey?

@krtranslator6701 9 месяцев назад

What about Rhododendron schlippenbachii? These are native to east asia

@Robinhood-kc5zd Год назад

Wow DAVE really Rhododendrons l have some in my yard and many other flowers and plants that l guess are safe 🫰cross my fingers that all ok and have bees 10 years now and not dead yet..

@Amigatech Год назад

My bees are in a residential neighborhood. Please advise on a GPS tracker that will fit one of my bees. ;) lol

@SweetestStingHoney Год назад

I’ve never seen honey bees on any rhododendrons in my area, just bumble bees. The honey bees are on fruit trees at that time.

@ledfoot762x25 Год назад

It helped me not be allergic to poison ivy anymore

@Amigatech Год назад

Your Horizontal hive looks like the work of ______. He makes some incredible hives. Top notch work!

@beek Год назад

As I SAID in the video, I'll be sharing who made it and who painted it in an upcoming video. I'm building suspense. 😀

@Amigatech Год назад

@@beek, Sorry. I edited my comment.

@beebob1279 Год назад

Mountain laurel is related.

@Jackflash219 Год назад

mountain laurel is toxic as well.

@rogerbaird4492 Год назад

Doubt it will affect you. I knew a guy one time that was allergic to poison ivy and he put some in his mouth and chewed on it. Barely had any effect on him.

@BlaineNay Год назад

Another hazard: milk from a goat that has been eating a lot of rhododendron.

@paulhoward822 Год назад

Not good news for West Virginia beekeepers. Rhododendron is our state flower.

@joybochsler7160 Год назад

Who built that horizontal hive for you

@beek Год назад

I'm making a video about who made it, coming soon.

@redwood1957 5 месяцев назад

How about Azaleas they are all rhododendrons except some rhododendrons are not Azaleas. Thank you Mike

@mariannewiebe9461 Год назад

Would Monks Hood be a problem ?

@beek Год назад

Thursday I'm spending the whole hour answering these types of questions. Can you join us and ask it then? Thursday, 7pm central time, here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live

@michaelfike7542 Год назад

Bees forage for miles around you can't stop them from getting nectar from bad plants.

@beek Год назад

Yup that's what I said in the video

@jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees Год назад

I've got poison ivy and sasafras by my hives. Lol,

@TheCodesearcher Год назад

are you sure thats poison ivey?

@beek Год назад

Yes, VERY sure!!

@larosythejumpylizard Год назад

Poison ivy on my country is not a tree, it's with small leaves and crawling in fences which is good in a cenented fences but it's good to hear this video of yours.. thanks

@Nothandled Год назад

Doesn’t look like it to me

@beek Год назад

This is NOT a tree. It is a poison ivy vine growing up into a tree.

@beek Год назад

Trust me, IT IS

@yurimig253 Год назад

Soo poison ivy is healthy for idk interesting 🤔🤔🤔

@mikemcgilvray8558 Месяц назад

If I get with in 10 feet of poison ivy I get it 😮

@crazytwoknobs Год назад

Box elder looks 10000% more like poison ivy than sassafras.

@beek Год назад

True

@michaelbarnes1747 Год назад

Bees don't listen I tell them not to jump my neighbors fence but they do it anyway.

@jesseyoung3039 Год назад

I lick every bee 🐝 before they return to the hive. If my lips tingle I know that they’ve been around poisonous plants 🌱

@beek Год назад

Thanks funny

@stuartmc8779 Год назад

Cut a 1 foot section out of the base of the ivy. If you just cut it in one part it will fuse back together.

@leonunlimited7552 Год назад

I built a top bar hive, I have not tried it yet

@beek Год назад

I never was able to over winter a top bar hive.

@daleb8512 Год назад

Don't be a dink, the bees would need to be in huge fields of only these plants to produce honey with high enough concentrations of anything harmful.

@beek Год назад

Pretty sure that’s what I made abundantly clear several times in the video

@ryanmoore7098 Год назад

@@beekwow, you were right when you mentioned in the livestream, that people just come by to comment negatively about your videos. It’s free information, be happy he’s taking the time to make these videos.