Good idea taking off the pads for winter. Guys up here had trouble with losses with them left in. But we also have different winters Loved your video. Thx for your work.
Thanks Ian.. that's a great idea to do a test with enough numbers.. and the right timing to do it right. I'm on it. I'll try to not have my own opinions before it's done
Thanks for sharing the nutritional value of the Golden rod. I have always discounted that plant for us in Missouri as we typically don't get a nectar flow off that plant. We never seem to get the moisture to support it for nectar.
Thank you, Bob. Your videos are a Sunday morning staple in this house. Always great information. We've had several heavy frosts up here in NE PA but still saw them bringing in some deep yellow pollen yesterday...probably from golden rod they which has still survived. Fortunately, in our area there was a bumper crop of golden rod this year.
Glad to see ya Bob, I always look forward to your videos.😁God knew what was coming and gave ya a feeling.👍 I have always felt our Winter nests are our most important nests. I would love a Fall Nectar Flow. I have been feeding syrup since late July started out open feeding and thin, I had moved into the hives and thicken as we have gotten into Fall. I am getting late season pollen, I think mostly squashes and Fall basilica. I have had real good pollen flow all Season even now, it has surprised me the pollen seems to be coming in late this year up here. Thanks for sharing you time, Blessed Days...
This is timely. Yesterday I had fall weather, but today I woke up to 2 inches of snow. I’m glad I finished pulling apivar strips and putting on mouse guards yesterday.
Ugh winter is coming! That reminds me to go do an oxalic acid vap on the bee tree I drug it home about a month ago. It came down in man's yard. My hubby chainsawed it in 2 pieces and we hauled it home. Hopefully they do not fuss over the hole I am about to go drill! Off to handle my winter preps! Your leaves are proly...at least maybe a victim of UV damage this year. It actually seems worse during years of heavy dew. I listened to a lecture about the high UV-C levels this summer while painting fence as my shoulders were getting crispy.
Love your videos! Goldenrod is about my favorite flower and it's great for bulking up for winter. I'm thinking the tree leaves got stressed by the storm winds and that may be why they are falling off prematurely.
Morning Bob. This is our fourth morning in a row with frost. Getting down into the high 20's. Fall colors are dull this year, due to dry conditions. Foliage is past its peak in the Adirondacks and just starting to go by here in the foothills. 🐝
@@bobbinnie9872 Happens that way every year, Bob, and once you get up there to our age, it seems like they come even quicker. Thanks for the videos, Bob. 🐝
Wind damage, the hurricane is why the leaves are falling off. Every time Nova Scotia gets a hurricane, the leaves disappear even if it's in July. This year, leaves turned color 10 days early, but slow to naturally fall off because we had no amount of fall wind yet this season. Some bees in poor areas like Western Canada live or die by the supplements. In my area this year, the bees are sitting on 6 to 8 frames of stored pollen for spring.
I’m lucky to have a power line a few hundred meters away. The whole thing is covered in goldenrod. The bees brought in a bunch of pollen and even filled a few frames with nectar.
Hurricane Milton destroyed a lot of the Brazilian pepper here in Sarasota where we took a direct hit. Hope the storm stresses the bushes enough to push out new foliage & flower before winter here.
Another great Sunday Morning video, Thank You! We are going to try to go into winter and trying out the Pro Feeder in our hives for the first time. Then the irony ..................................... maybe? So far this year we had only received six inches of rain. Last night in a little over three hours we got five inches. In town some areas got up to nine inches. A definite record here for most rain in 24 hours. Feast or famine???
Weird trees dropping green leaves, in 2006 buffalo had a 18 inch blizzard October 6 with trees full of leaves, what a mess, also it was 100 year storm to the week
Great video and glad to hear the recent events did not adversely affect your operation. Question, I bought some used Nuc Boxes and when I got them home noticed the feeder opening is only a 1 and 7/8 inch opening. Do you know of a feeder that will fit that opening? I might can enlarge them hole saw if needed. Thanks!
Good Morning Bob & Crew. Thanks for the video. $4 a gallon seems high!? Is that 2:1 or 1:1? I haven’t done any math for my syrup yet lol. Might scare me off Beekeeping.😂😂
It was close to 1.5 sugar x 1 part water. 6-1/2 pound of sugar per gallon. John was thinking our sugar was $.60 per pound but we did actually get it for a bit less.
Hi bob, first I’d like to say I really appreciate how willing you are to answer everybody’s questions- I was curious about your thoughts on open feeding- I know you put out all your supers to be cleaned up after the flow so you aren’t too worried about it that time of the year but I was curious why you don’t do it in the fall- I assume mostly because with internal feeding you can tailor the amount to each hives individual needs, and because it can induce robbing? Is there anything else that I might be missing
Yes on what you suggested. Plus I like cleaning up the supers as early as possible because, like open feeding, it's a bit rough on the bees in my opinion. I also like to have that sort of thing done before the mite treatments are finished considering that my bees are probably rubbing up against other bees that may be in the neighborhood.
Trees here in Oklahoma have been doing this as well. Also past 5 or so years we have trees dying suddenly. I have done the 2 quart glass jar feeding on top of a screen inside of an empty super, but I went with the internal feeders for some reason this year, just wanted to try them. I would usually have half the liquid in the jars left every week and had to dump to keep everything fresh and was wasteful. Now will these internal ladder feeders the entire gallon is gone in one week. The increased consumption this fall was very noticeable and far less waste. I wonder if the lids are part of it and they can really get in and fill themselves up on the ladder internal feeders?
Bob, Some of my hives with large mite numbers (35 or so) did not respond well to my August Apiguard Treatments. I was really surprised. Numbers hardly went down. Have you ever seen this? Just gave all my hives another full 50 mg Apiguard dose today. Hopefully it's still warm enough to work. Will switch to Vapor next month. Arrrrr
Thanks, not sure in IN I can use these now. But it will be nice to give these a shot in the early spring if I don’t get a warm day in Jan or Feb to vaporize
Up in Pennsylvania it's been so dry I'm seeing trees dropping excess leaves early. We're just starting to turn color where I live. Love the channel. Had a rough year but it happens
Hi Bob. What is the main reason why you prefer wintering in two hives? I live in Georgia and they usually spend the winter in single hive. We also have goldenrood and bees do not need winter food.
We overwinter with both doubles and singles with no problems. The doubles generally will have more bees in the spring for nuc and package production, with more frames and comb to work with, and there will be less early starvation and swarming. There are plenty of pros and cons to both. (I need to do a video on that)
Ha Bob enjoyed the video; I wish we had the goldenrod like u have. I am still feeding as well been feeding since July. But that is ok they are doing good. I do have a question if u do not mind. when u come across a hive now that is queen less do u still just throw them on top of a queenright hive or do u use newspaper now. sec question does your bees shut down in Nov because of the breed of bee that u have. or does it go by temptures. Thanks, I hope all of u have a Blessed week
Hi Frances. We may choose to simply stack it on top or shake it out on the ground depending on the situation. Perhaps a splash of sugar syrup between but no newspaper. They shut down because of several things. A total lack of incoming pollen (most important), cooler and shorter days and yes the Caucasians are more apt to completely shut down than the Italians although the Italians usually get around to it eventually.
In the pollen substitute is not the microorganisms you find in local pollen I would imagine. All that make s a different in the gut microbiota hence the immune system and the longevity. Interesting that the leaves are falling without changing colour. Isn´t the change of colour due to withdraw of juices and thelike which the trees stores for next spring. Like humans lost a future perspective they got shaken up with the four seasons no longer beeing what they used to be
Hello Bob. I noticed you treat your bees with OA slow release strips. Can you please tell me how I should proceed to treat my bees with the same treatment. If you have the formula and want I need to be able to do it let me know.Thanks so much
Спасибо Боб за видео. У нас тоже стало мало золотарника. Хочу спросить: ты получаешь мёд из золотарника? Мне очень нравиться мёд из золотарника. Но его стало мало.
Thanks for the video today,👍👍 Question. Are there drones in your hives still? Not sure what Oxalic Acid Sublimation you're aiming to run with. If no drones Oxalic Treatment could be started now despite the presence of brood. No drones, less likely to have varroa drift. My Treatment with OA is every 3 days for a minimum of 8 treatments, however with a ventilated floor catching debris and varroa kill, Treatment should continue if varroa is found for all colonies. Treatment takes 30 to 45 seconds, zi worked out a while back one person could treat 450 colonies in a 6 hour day!! Eradicate varroa.... 😂😂
Bob, Thank you for your answer. FYI, the 3 day cycle I chose to use is due to the length of time Oxalic remains active and before levels return to normal. The choices of applicators are either cheap, cumbersome, costly, or overly complicated with temperature controls, plungers, batteries or butane. I went the simple route and have a plumbing copper pipe type, commercially sold and DIY construct costing peanuts and without complication. Simple fast and effective, costing £48 and about £20 DIY. There's a bit of a con going on with Oxalic Acid Sublimation applicators. What low cost applicators do you sell in your shop? Ceredigion Beekeeper 🏴🏴🏴
Hi Bob, thank you for your reply. Perhaps the following info might widen your options. I use a product called a GasVap, basically brazed copper pipe & joints with end caps used to deliver a measured amount. I've put 1250 treatments through one before I needed to replace it. I made a few adaptations to mine, adding a baked bean can as a wind shield, 😂😂 and x4 extension pipes (beehouse) and made more end cap cups one per colony and some. Lastly I used a 28 to 15mm reducer plus a short bit of 15mm pipe to fit a different gas torch. I do a lot with working things out. Butane canister, 100 uses is an estimate where I chalk marked each time I used the Vap. If treatment takes longer, 45 to 60 seconds with the burner going, then gas use increases. 30 to 45 is what I worked on. GasVap £50 ÷ 1250 = 4p for example. Butane £1.50 ÷ 100 = 1.5p per treatment. Burner torch £8 x 2 = £16 ÷ 1250 = 1.3p Approximately 7p per treatment/test. For me it is a no brainer. Using the GasVap (or a DIY unit) to deliver Oxalic Acid sublimation is cheap. I have zero connection to GasVap, I also made my own 😂😂 I am just a beekeeper. Ceredigion Beekeeper 🏴🏴🏴
To explain the leaves dropping before they turn colors is all the results of Geoengineering. This is a sign that the trees are dying due to not being able to breath
