Wouldn’t it be great if somebody went around the room and videoed all the vendors and asked them questions and brought their products to life? Wait… Leave it to Fred Dunn to make it happen. :-) It was great to meet you and your lovely wife!
Shamed into attending, I did come away with new information following your presentation, although having missed the propolis session. Enjoyed meeting you and thank you for these vendor interviews.
Great in depth interviews. What an amazing conference. Well worth the trip from Oregon. It was great talking with you again Fred and meeting your better half!
For those of us who could not be at the conference, your video Fred, allowed us to learn more about the innovations in the bee keeping industry. Another wonderful video.
I really like how you did this video this year and last year so a person like me (5 hives or under) can see products and not able to go there. Able to see what we could use on our hives to make it better and get ideas and learn. Always like your videos and watched about 90% of them. I also like the quality of your videos and not bouncing around when you move. You always give me good ideas. Keep up the great work. I hope someday to go to the event. Mike from MN.
Hi Mike, thank you so much, I really did try to get to as many vendors as I could and didn't locate some of the others I was very interested in. Oh well, next year :)
I am just supporting a good habit. I have to thank you for for everything you do. It is because of you, I know everything I know about Bees and other things too. The information you give is most valuable, keyword valuable. Great episode ❤ I know more now then I did bee4 I watched it ❤
Great video Fred. We loved watching all of the interviews, especially ones of some of the booths we missed. We were beyond excited to be the owners of that beautiful black locust horizontal hive from Ricky and Ruth at Horizontal Bees! They do amazing work and are wonderful people!
Paused again at the 2:25 time frame, thanks for showing the Swarm Commander Blythwoods bees booth! That interview alone made my day, I'm going to give it a try. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks for giving those of us who couldn't make it this year a sense of what it was like. This is the first of Kamon's conferences i have missed but for a brief spell you made it real to us. I agree with the young lady early who said your photography is fantastic.
I really enjoyed this video too. It is fun to see the unique products & why they were invented. And it certainly is hard to not go to every website to buy the fun new discoveries.
Thanks so much for putting this together and doing these interviews! For those of us that couldn't make it, it's almost like being there. I can feel the energy! Great work!
Dear Fred, Like everyone else who didn’t get to go I like everyone who watched very much appreciate all the time you put into this utube video of the NAHB Expo!!! I think I went over the saved video of last years video of the hive alive vendors 5 or 6 times garnishing all the information you collected from them and then looked up their websites and order catalogs and etc….. This not only helps us but the vendors also and like everyone else I enjoy the questions and information you gather from each vendor! And its just enjoyable seeing how much the vendors appreciate you!!!! I can’t tell if it’s personal editing like starting the camera when your in front of the booth or editing later? Kinda reminds me of that photographer when editing my work at workshops “Get closer and make me feel something” quit trying to get it all and shooting in no man’s land and not saying anything, but making me dizzy. I thank you for the skills you have and sharing them with us!!!! Hope your voice recovers because it looked like the vendors tripled from last year!!!! Was supposed to be there this year but like another expressed it started getting a little bit too expensive. Maybe next year!
I almost fell over. That airplane that flew over and got your attention is J model C-130 cargo plane. My daughter is a load master on these planes, and I assume it's from the Louisville Air Guard. I spent 25 years working on C-130s myself. You totally rock. Ok now for the bee part. I am astounded by your conference video. It took me 3 days to watch it all. I am not a beekeeper, but I support a beekeeper who has bees next door. I grow herbs, wildflowers and this year we will start an intentional continuous meadow for the lovely bees. Wow...just wow.
I missed all the presentations so thanks for the segment with Phoebe Snyder. I would be interested in trying this out along with our Hydrogen freeze brood hygienic testing. Pleasure meeting you and your wife Sir
Yes, it was fun to cross paths several times and it looked like you were getting lots of good content. I'm looking forward to watching the presentation videos when they come out :)
Correct, there were no AZ hive systems on display or being offered for sale. It would be great if someone with those hives showed up at the 2025 NAHBE, I'd be very interested in talking with them.
Thank you, talking for three days straight definitely gives you a rustic voice in the end. I was so happy that my presentation was during the first full day of the conference :)
@@FrederickDunn thanks for showing so many innovations,especially for those who couldnt make it,i still look forward to meeting you in person,nice to see nuc slatted rack,OA OPTIONS, fondants,and more,...did you see the easy see veil window?-always looking for more content.
I always enjoy your expo videos. I seen things on your video I didn't see in person there. I was good to shake your hand a talk a bit at the expo. I can hardly wait for next year.
The comment from the vendor building Layens hives, about not using a blanket on top of his colonies because" blankets promote condensation," struck home. I'm having mildew issues on the ceiling of my long hives in NC (where temps go up and down 20 degrees on a regular basis), and having/not having vents doesn't seem to make a difference. My colonies all have see-through inner covers and Govee temp & humidity sensors, so I know they have really good internal winter temperatures (10 degrees on average better than my Langstroth hives) and humidity in the 50s and low 60s. The only mildew issue is occurring on the inner ceiling of the hive roofs. I can't seem to figure out the dew point science behind it all. My bees are happy but the hive itself isn't. To blanket or not to blanket...help, Fred! (P.S. Immediately over the inner covers I have a layer of double-bubble, and I put the blankets on top of that.)
I line all covers with double bubble, I also have a layer over the cover boards on my Long Langstroth. The Double Bubble serves as a gasket between the cover and bottom box. I have no upper vents at all and no moisture/mildew issues in the cover.
You went to town Fred, this one is gona take a bit to watch.👍Thanks much and have a safe trip home. Great price on that resource hive at that Bearsville Bees, it would have cost me so much to have come home from there. That's crazy cool that they change the orientation of the cell. That introduction cage/frame is real interesting thanks Fred, you spot the coolest new stuff.😁That's a nice price I think I'll order me a few of those, they would be real nice for introducing expensive queens.
Quite impressed with EZ PZ guy. Seemed very honest and down to earth whose main motivation was to make things better for himself first then sharing it. I’m super lucky that I keep bees mostly because I think they are cool, honey is a nice benefit. I suspect there are a lot of backyard beekeepers like me who aren’t driven by honey production so can observe and enjoy our hives with bit less pressure.
Anything that encourages propolis inside the hive that can create a complete envelope will definitely benefit your bees. I'm glad you found that interesting. A lot of research has gone into that.
Paused at about the 1-hour mark, doesn't the wooden crossbar on the Bearsville Bees hive Layens frames have the chance of impeding the bees during really cold conditions? To me that's not a Layens frame at all, the modification makes it something else. Mr. Ed made a box with a similar cross bar frame construction and hasn't shown the hive since, and that's down in south Louisiana. Of course, he also sets out harvested honey frames right there on that same area so maybe they just got robbed out due to that.
I haven't tested one yet, but many keepers have them and it didn't come up when I spoke with them at the conference. That's another advantage of a conference, you can visit with keepers who own them and get those insider reviews.
Been working on something similar to the comb assistant where the comb doesn't need to be cut out of the frame and no cassette is needed. Still a work in progress but a fun experiment.
I hope you land on something that works the way you're describing. I wish you all the best!
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Such an informative video I really enjoyed the in-depth questionnaires you had for all candidates, although as a horticulturist I was quite disappointed with the lack of native planting knowledge “the bee and butterfly habitat fund” booth had…but the concept is very important!! Fav part is how you asked the appropriate questions and they had difficulty answering them all
The best video on the expo. Watching it was almost like being there, very clear video and that was on a laptop. had to watch for a 2nd time to make sure i did not miss anything.
I appreciate the videos, very well done, I will be looking into that smokeless smoker for those times of extreme dryness or the in and out yard work! Ah! I heard my name! Cool. I'm interested to hear that Apis Biologix is in UltraBee, I will have to try it out.
HI Ian! It's so nice of you to stop and leave a message. That smoker will permit people work during black-flag fire zones without the risks. I'll also be testing that out this spring. I wish you all the best up in the great white north!
Thank you so much Fred for your tour of the expo. We here in Australia don’t get anything even close to this great show of bee keeping equipment. You covered it so well. Like being there. Thanks again Fred. David. Brisbane Australia.
@@FrederickDunn oh we didn't miss the expo, just realized we missed some of the booths 🤣🤣 maybe we shouldn't have caught the early flight out on Saturday after all
That’s was a interesting watch start to finish , great products and great interviews ,I enjoyed it , I hope the voice recovers for Fridays Q&A have a great week take care
WOW - thanks for taking us on such as in-depth tour - I'm definitely checking out the Apisolis non-smoke-smoker as live in a high-fire danger area with frequent total-fire-ban days so that is really interesting!!! Think I had seen them advertised before but they've changed the fire rating system in Australia so we are seeing more TFB days & I can't even use my smoker-BBQ during summer 😫 so the cost isn't quite so off-putting.
Ceracell seems awesome but Blythewood are … not nice (I would use a less flattering description on anyone else’s YT. They wanted almost 300.00 for shipping some Ross Round rings, covers, and wax foundation.
I am not a fan of high shipping costs at all. Some companies are able to make deals with shippers to keep those costs down. Did you reach out to them about your specific shipment costs? I did in the past and it was fixed pretty fast.
After hearing more about Swarm Commander, I think I might try that, I was worried it was just snake oil or something. Liked seeing Mike on the video at the end, his hands on videos have helped keep me fired up. Go Navy, even though I was just in the Dept. of the Navy, long story that most wouldn't understand, History means something. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed your walk through and interviews of the event. Very informative. Your videography is to the max. You might consider videography as a profession. ☺
Fred, Thanks so much for taking the time to video the convention. Was just like being there and taking the tour. Where will it be next year and do you have the dates? Thanks again
I'm sure Kamon Reynolds will be posting about next year sometime soon. I don't know any of the current planning details. I'm happy to go wherever it is :)
Thanks so much for giving me a tour of the Expo. There’s so much great and helpful information given. Did someone make a video of your talk, Fred? Would be cool to see it. Thank you so much! 😊
I watched someone who had made a wire cage to fit his wax honey supers to keep them from blowing out on a resent video when exstracting . Save fresh comb
I've watched that video, and sent many questions to the innovator who produced it. There are more questions than answers with that proposed system. As he does not answer questions and skips over many of the management issues, I can't recommend that method at this time. We need much more information as there are serious management gaps as it stands.
I agree, so much to cover and that was the blessing and the curse. No one could say there wasn't much to see, I am home and disappointed that I didn't get to see some of the vendors I had planned to. :)
The Flow-Hive representatives were initially going to come to the North American Honey Bee Expo, but were not able to manage the logistics so they did not have a booth. They were supposed to go to Hive Life in Tennessee, but also had some issue there. There were no flow hives on display at either convention.
If Dr. Marla Spivak's opinion on these boxes carries any weight, then they are proving to be very beneficial in encouraging the bees to propolize the hive interior surfaces better than just normal milled pine. I have several of them in my apiary and will be observing the results in spring. I've experimented with rough-cut lumber, based on early testing and observations, these would encourage more propolis than most other boxes. Regarding the surface texture in the propola boxes, it's not something I've seen anywhere else. Promising.
Is there any bee keepîng expo taking place closer to Massachusetts . I've tried looking it up but all I get is the big ones . They look like a lot of fun
I think there are a lot of convention coordinators taking a hard look at K.R.'s model and will be attempting to immitate the format elsewhere. I wish there was a Great Lakes Bee Convention! I'd go for sure!
Nicely done Fred. A lot of very interesting new products. Isn't it fun to learn new things. Thanks for taking the time to do this. I like to take a 4 1/2" grinder with a wire wheel and ruff up the inside the box. It's easier to do before assembly but depending on how hard you push you can get some nice groves . The bees definitely put propolis in them. Thanks Mark
Not many turned up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bloody Laura!! Did they have free shoe horns at the door? Thanks Fred, great stuff. Oh, btw, a very nice honey over here is lucerne (alfalfa) honey, got hundreds of acres over the river from us (not ours 😂) and no hives 😭😭
Such an informative video I really enjoyed the in-depth questionnaires you had for all the , although as a horticulturist I was quite disappointed with the lack of native planting knowledge “the bee and butterfly habitat fund” booth had…felt like they barely knew what they were talking about lol😂 but the concept is very important!! Fav part is how you asked the appropriate questions and they had difficulty answering them all
@@FrederickDunn I actually have a short video of it on my RU-vid channel if you're bored you can take a look, nothing fancy I'm sure I overkilled it too I live up in the mountains I insulated it
Fred this was wonderful thanks for taking and showing a lot of the new products out there for bee keeping. I wish u had done every booth. Glad u went and had a good time. God Bless and have a great week.
