It really is great to see Mr Bob at work. It shows that he really loves his Bees an his job . It is inspirational for me to do a better job with my colonies an to put my best foot forward. THANKS BOB FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US ALL !!.
Bob, I always look forward to you videos on Sunday mornings! What I don’t understand is why you don’t have 200k subscribers. I bet you have a lot of viewers that are not subscribed. When you do your presentation at HL please mention your YT channel and maybe you will pick up several hundred. If there’s anyone there not watching your channel then they don’t know what they’re missing.
Don, I agree. Bob is worth listening to. As soon as I see his YT is up I have to listen. Because of Bob I have built several double screen dividing boards. Looking forward to seeing you two in a few days.
Look at all Those Beautiful COLBINNIES!!! Genetics as Good or Better Than Anything Ive Seen! 1 of my COLBINNIE colonies IS VSH!!!! Super Cool! God Bless Youall and Your Bees!!!
Some nice "boxes of bees " (as a well know Canadien beekeeper would say lol ) I like the way you show the small ones as well. thats really important. It's the reality we all face! See you on Thursday..
Its always a exciting moment to see Bob post a video and it comes across my phone. I grab a coffee and bourbon. Sit down for a moment and relax watching the videos. Thanks Mr. Binnie!
Hi Bob, great video on using double screen boards, you've opened the many uses for them, I run a variation of migratory tops with the jar feeder hole and my nuc bottoms have an 1.5" riser for stiffness for the 1/2" plywood floor, I put a Mason jar ring with screen in the hole and sit the nucs on top of my stronger hives to share their heat, I've also just set a 5 frame nuc box over the open hole as a deep super for honey when they need room and I'm out mediums
cold enough for a beanie in Georgia? Bob Beanie! Keep up the great videos man. You have made it as a beekeeper (long ago) and now as a top notch beekeeping RU-vidr. Cheers to you and all your lucky employees.
I had to chuckle when I saw you wearing the brown gloves. About 15 years ago I bought my first hive from an old beekeeper and I showed up with some brown jersey gloves ready to get my bees/hive. He didn’t have any gloves on and he handed me the hive for me to put in the truck. Those bees stuck the tarnations out of my hands and he just laughed. I learned one of my first lessons that day. Lol Things look good. Happy New Year to all of you. Stay well & safe. - Tom
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you. Yes, I figured that out eventually after my encounter with the dark gloves and talking to some others. 😁 Lol Have a great week.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I like the double screen board with two hives approach. Right after I finish watching it, I implemented the technique on one of the smaller hives that made it through the cold last week. Pretty sure it's going to make all the difference. Once again, thanks. Steve B
Use to travel down to Georgia during the winter around March perfect timing.. after living and digging in the mountains for week gold mining ready for a vacation great work out. Amazing weather perfect place to get break from winter for minute
Worth the time spent, it'll help make good over wintered colonies that probably wouldn't have made it. I learnt my lesson this year I'll be making me a bunch of double screen boards for next season. As always Bob Ty for sharing your bee wisdom. Welcome to 2023, Happy New Year.
Minus 6.6C in Georgia… ice in the puddle on the ground… this must be a rarity for the Georgia Peaches? Thank you Bob for your ‘calmness & quiet’… I’m sure your coworkers appreciate it everyday too! The Lord’s Blessings to all of you & His bees in 2023!
Thank you for your winter colony update. That smell of bananas is something I was smelling yesterday. I was checking my colonies yesterday because it was relatively warm outside (50 f). So far they're all alive and seem to be Ok with food. We won't be rearing brood here until February, so I'll start worrying about food supples around the third week of February. Please keep you videos coming. They are great. Can you please tell me the name of the plywood you're using as double screen boards.
Hello sir its nice watching your videos, it has so much information for new bee keepers like me. Can u make a video on how to know if your queen is doing well or not?
We have a video that has some information on queens. "Queen Acceptance and Queen Supersedure". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xI_FL3xwXNM.html
Looking forward to seeing you again this year at Hive Life Conference…. I hope you bring a Queen Rearing Starter Kit to purchase…. Going to give it a shot this year…
Happy New Bob! I am a small bee keeper with 15 hives and I love your videos, I have learned so much! I want to ask your opinion on fondant patty’s, would that give my hives a bang for the buck or is there a equal but less extensive option. Thank you !
Happy New Year! It depends on the type of fondant. Some are simply just finely granulated sugar with 10% or 20% water which is just a subsistence feed. A less expensive option could be the "Mountain Camp Method" of feeding. Check Kamon Reynolds channel for an example of this. Some fondants are more stimulating because of the type of sugar used. Years ago when I was in Oregon I used to buy "Drivert", which was partially inverted and was made by C&H Sugar in San Francisco at the time. It was expensive but it was more than just feed because it stimulated the bees.
Good morning, and happy new year! I'm thinking about building my hives on 2 way pallets with migratory lids, I live in Iowa, and my question is how do you deal with moisture in the colonies in the winter? Granted It gets way colder here than it does in GA. I'm just trying to gather different opinions/ideas. Thanks, I really enjoy watching your videos!
In the past most went to resellers but I try not to do that these days. I make more of an effort to sell them to small and mid size beekeepers because it's not only helpful for the beekeeping community but it's also self serving because it brings more people into our retail store.
Not so far, knock on wood. I had friend lose a yard of 64. It was done in plain sight and there were witnesses but they just thought it was the owner moving them. The two people that stole the bees were never caught.
Thanks for the videos Bob. A question if you have time. I notice some of your hives have the feeders in bottom box & other have feeders in top box. Does it matter which?
It does. We put the feeders in the bottom for easier access by the bees when building moderate size colonies into a second story fast. These were singles in mid August.
Hey Bob. I have a question regarding moving a crowded 5 frame nuc into a 10 frame deep. Here in N. California, the temperatures run about 55 degrees high to lows of 40 degrees. Is this a good idea at this time.? Thank you.
If you have brood that will be hatching soon I would definitely do it now. If not, it could wait a while if needed, although it certainly wouldn't hurt anything if they are strong.
There can definitely be too much of anything, even things that are good for them. If fed too much colonies can be left with little or no room for brood rearing. As for the sugar itself, it's not bad for the bees as long as it is the right type of sugar which for us would be sucrose syrup.
Mr. Binnie are you still painting patterns on the front of your mating boxes? Thanks for the inspiration. We front painted all of our supers (for supersedure returns). Got to thinking, maybe patterns on the top lids too? Just brainstorming. Have a Blessed year sir.
Hi Bob, I built a bunch of Nucs using your NUC plans. Other than the feeder hole do you put any ventilation in? Like maybe in the back or on the bottom board? Thanks I really appreciate the videos and advice you put out.
It often depends on how much help I have in the spring. If we have an extra helper that is good and seems like they will stay awhile I'll let our numbers swell a bit.
i can smell pheromone of bees swarming, leading the queen, that also can be smelled on queenless hive sometimes, its like lemongrass smell, also i can smell bee toxin when i get stung in veil, that smells like candy "ice fresh", now i have to be on the lookout for that bannana smell
@bobbinnie9872 I am just south of your latitude line. I am focusing on splits and selling nucs. Most of my 24 hives are in single deeps and have 4-6 frames of bees. If I fed, would your axiom that they will peak in 7-8 weeks hold true? That would put me at March 1st for splits. Thanks so much Bob. Enjoy Hive Life.
Not necessarily pertaining to this subject but I wonder how you feel about moving honey frames towards the cluster in early spring? I’m in NE Pennsylvania? Thank you!
My friend Beau Baker just text me a picture of you and him at hive live conference I’m your best u- tube student I’ll be at your store in a month can’t wait to see your products and hopefully you’ll be there !
Best of Luck Bob for 23. I hope to Visit ur shop in February, heading over from Ireland to family. Would love to give you a jar of Irish Heather Honey...☘️ Bob could you let us know more about the double screen boards and the Pros & Kons. Id love to try that method...
Hi Eddie.I would love to meet you. When you come over call our store at 706 782 6722 to see when I'll be there. We have several videos talking about double screen boards on our channel.
I had an interesting outcome using a double screen board last fall. We put a double screen over a strong hive and put a weak hive (no eggs, larva or resources) on top. We went out a couple of weeks later to combine the hives and the weak hive had taken off and totally recovered with eggs, larva and resources. We just replaced the top and bottom board, separated it to its old stand, no harm done. Thanks for your videos.
