I love seeing good things happen to good people. I've never met Bob bennie just started watching his videos about a year ago and ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT MISS ONE FOR NOTHING. I MEAN THAT. He just has to be one of the wisest beekeepers around and has a way to make you understand it and he just has a way to seem like he just touches a person's heart. Theres not a lot of folks like bob bonnie left in my opinion.
Bob, don't sweat it if you can't answer everyone...it is much more important that you keep bestowing upon us your incredibly helpful knowledge and experience thru your videos!
Oxalic Acid in Glycerine - shop towel method. I tried this but soaked strips of very thick paper (in the UK we call it cartridge paper) and draped them hanging down over the brood frames in the autumn. Initially I had an increase in mite drop, tapering off to nothing. An alcohol was showed zero mites on a sample of circa 300 nurse bees.
Thanks Joe and Bob. Regarding paint, I'm using Vermont Natural coatings - poly whey. 2020 was first year using, so don't have experience with it long term.
People are truly missing out by not taking the time to watch these videos. Whenever you get the chance to sit down and listen to successful beekeepers please don't miss that opportunity.
Double screened boards most under used peace of equipment used in the states .. Entrance reducers by fare most over used .. Treating mites dont care which method used more you reduce box size the better .. Have 6 suppers on two deeps dont expect much of a kill no matter what you use .. Surprised no one asked questions about Bobs queen rearing method .. I tried it last aug thru oct very effective way to produce queens ... Can really squeeze the work force out of colony and still keep brood going at the same time ...
Thanks Bob and Joe watched video of Q&A great info. Thanks Again. OldDan Providence NC. My bees flying At 40 degrees taking in a f pollen and eating the basket of dry sugar on top 50 + hives.
Joe, when I watched your video on adding sugar to the top of the hives I have only lost a couple hives. I have to admit after watching yours and barn yard bees video I add a half a cup of pollen to a 5lb bag of sugar. My hives are bursting by Spring.
I watch the videos from these guys and it is fun watching this now....after they decided it is okay to leave the honey supers on during OAV treatments....a lot of beekeepers problems with the mites are going to be fixed before the hive is damaged during honey flow...good news indeed...
Joe and Bob, thanks for all the effort and time.You spend helping us. I can only imagine the pain in the butt. It is trying to get your work done. Make a living. And make interesting informative video. At the same time. Please keep up the great work. Looking forward to your next videos.
How about vaporizing every two days until all the brood that was capped on Day 1 has emerged? Why a full brood cycle instead of just 13 days? The capped brood is the only place those mites can hide, right?
Ha thanks for this I did the blue towel as well and I lost my hives as well I trusted Randy and I was so upset...I brought all that stuff in bulk as well just a waist of money. Bob u are great I love listening to u I hope u publish what they do in the university and tell us all
I tried 1/16th holes and it drained the whole jar so I tried much smaller and now my feeders stay full longer. Haven't measured them with a micrometer so till I do not sure but when my bees need syrup they get as much as I can afford. Sugar costs 6.45 for ten lbs here if I could get it cheaper I would.
*How to leave your supers on with OAV - Use a solid divider board - between body and super. This should save you time and effort on your OAV treatments* - I put a thin divider board (of lauan plywood) between the brood box and super box. This allows me to leave the supers on top during OAV. You don't have to take off the outer cover, Just tip up the super, insert the board (carefully), tip down the super, and then do the OAV treatment. And come back later after the vapors dissipate, tip and remove the board. This way you don't have to offload all the supers, just leave them in place with that divider board to prevent the vapors from getting in the supers. Also, it prevents the honey supers from getting exposed to robbers while you do OAV. Less work (tipping a super in-place vs lift-and-move ) and less chance of robbing. DISCLAIMER: Don't forget to go back and remove the divider board, or the bees will go up into the super box and rob the honey and put it downstairs and fill up their brood chamber. Keep in mind I use inner cover boards with an exit, so the bees that are trapped upstairs can breath and escape out the top. If you don't have an inner cover board (but only migratory lid), just use pennies as spacers under a migratory lid, and that would be adequate ventilation, and would prevent robbers from getting in. The only extra work is that you have to cut the divider boards and bring them out to the yard when you do OAV. Any thoughts on this idea?
The good old boys of beekeeping knowledge on RU-vid. Appreciate the knowledge transfer very much! Using it up here in northwest BC to go after the fireweed out on logging blocks and burns :) the wild west haha
I was a farmer for 30 years this is how it works bee's are live stock . So anything you put into them you can write off as a expense. Boxes suger bee's. Here in Pa you don't even pay Pa sales tax on anything used for farming. There is a form you have to fill out and give it to who ever you buy from so they have it on record. So a easy way to keep track of it is get a note book. Then just do first page jan take in. Second page jan pay out. Keep your recent for what u buy and staple it to what ever page it goes on. Easy. Bee keeeper in Pennsylvania. 7 year.
Joe you're exactly right with the taxes at least here in Indiana. Because I ask my tax preparer the same question and she gave me that exact answer. She says I keep her on her toes with some of the questions that I ask her, LOL.
I have been trying to raise a few queen this year but I have had no luck I put the hold frames in with nurse bees on them and all sizes of brood from eggs to capped but can't get any of them to make a queen cells but they kicked the drones out in early June can you what may be the problem never had this problem before.
@@michaelmueller8976 theres no such thing as acclimated honey bees to your area thats called bee keepers deniability common trait hoppyist use for reasons their bees died ... You might get poorly mated commercial stock because they have 8.000 virgins off on mating flights at the same exact time .. Bee keepers in Canada buy queens Hawaii New Zealand Chile make huge honey crops over winter them colonys in much more harsh conditions then ohio ...honey bee is a honey bee if its raised in deep south of Florida or upper Michigan .. Im in Michigan have some queens from great breeder in Florida clusters are two deeps high just massive ...i have stock from Ontario doing the same thing ..
Thank you for the video. @56:40 1.5 pounds OA will kill 130 people. It is especially toxic when ingested. As little as 5 grams (71 mg/kg) may be fatal. One time of two grams of OA properly applied should be sufficient to kill 98% of mites. The technique is important, not the quantity.
this is the info I got SAFETY DATA SHEETOXALIC ACID9753835/ 8Reactivity:No dangerous reaction known under conditions of normal use.Chemical stability:Stable under normal conditions.Possibility of hazardous reactions:No dangerous reaction known under conditions of normal use.Conditions to avoid:None known.Incompatible materials:BasesMetalsHazardous decomposition products:In case of fire hazardous decomposition products may be produced such as:Carbon oxidesSection:11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATIONInformation on likely routes of exposure:Inhalation, Eye contact, Skin contactPotential Health EffectsEyes:Causes serious eye damage.Skin:Harmful in contact with skin.Ingestion:Harmful if swallowed.Inhalation:Health injuries are not known or expected under normal use.Chronic Exposure:Health injuries are not known or expected under normal use.Experience with human exposureEye contact:Redness, Pain, CorrosionSkin contact:RednessIngestion:VomitingInhalation:No symptoms known or expected.ToxicityProductAcute oral toxicity: Acute toxicity estimate: 378.79 mg/kgAcute inhalation toxicity: 4 hAcute toxicity estimate: 5.3 mg/lTest atmosphere: dust/mistAcute dermal toxicity: Acute toxicity estimate: 1,516 mg/kgSkin corrosion/irritation:no data availableSerious eye damage/eye irritation:no data availableRespiratory or skin sensitizati
thanks Joe! any truth that you can feed less than 1 to 1 sugar water and bees draw comb?? like 1/3 sugar and 2/3 water?? some say it works just fine...sure would cut down on sugar costs!...thanks!
Thanks to Joe and Bob, great talk. Joe to your last comment about the taxes, but if you make splits and sell the nucs, the govt wants some of that in income tax, if you tell them.
At some point in some video can you go over your "Marks on your lids" notations? Do you make the marks on the inside of your lids? If the notes are on the outside - How do you prevent the notes from getting worn off.
