1500 Mini Styrofoam Mating Nucs - Bartering for Smoker Burlap

1500 Mini Styrofoam Mating Nucs - Bartering for Smoker Burlap - Commercial Beekeeping

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Commercial Beekeeper and Queen Breeder, Jose Uribe, receives the final shipment of the year of the mini styrofoam mating nucs just in time for queen breeding season. We have now reached our goal of 1500 nucs to run this year! It is a lot of new equipment and a lot of prep work that is going to go into it!
Some of these new nucs we purchased to replace the equipment we lost to the bear last year. If you haven't watched that video, be sure to check it out here: • Losing $15,000 as a Co...
Jose also shares burlap that we received from a local coffee shop- Road Roaster Coffee Company out of Chico, CA. We will be using this burlap in our smokers. Big shout out to Scott for dropping by and bringing us these sacs!
If you are new to our channel, welcome! We are a small family owned and operated commercial apiary located in Northern California. We've been commercial beekeeping for the past 12 years, but branched off and opened Uribe Honey Bees in January of 2019, and launched our KZfaq channel in April of 2020. We specialize in queen breeding, pollination services, hive management and brokering.
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@staffordmike4174 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate all your videos. Keep educating me. Thanks

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Mike. We sure will and we appreciate you watching man🤙🏼

@skinnywheelz 3 жыл бұрын

I found your videos in January and have now watched them all.. I love what you and your family are doing. Thanks for sharing. Keep em Coming! More people need to see how you guys keep bees in Cali!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Truly appreciate the feedback and support. Where are you joing us from? Thanks for watching all the videos 🙌

@skinnywheelz 3 жыл бұрын

I'm located in Arkansas!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Well welcome to our channel @Skinnywheels🤜🤛

@matthewsweeney2577 3 жыл бұрын

Just checking in hope all is well! I enjoy your videos 👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Everything is going 100MPH here and full swing with queen production and increase for the year. Thanks for checking in Matthew, we hope to get back on track with videos soon. Kelly and I have been so swamped with the business onto of the kiddos its wild out here lol..., how are the bees?

@dannycrain3485 3 жыл бұрын

Cool love queen rearing process. Take alot of bees to fill them nucs. Thanks for videos. Bigggg thumbs up from me.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Danny! We love queen season also! Yes it takes alot of bees🐝🐝 We have some videos of the installation coming soon🤜🤛

@kevin_raney 3 жыл бұрын

Bulk bees is one thing that being in Cali would be nice for... *ring ring* Yes, I'd like to order 50lbs of bees in a giant screened box. Sure, come by on Friday and pick them up from Almond yard 105. *grins*

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

The perfect scenario right there my man!!👌

@bwakel310 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Another bee channel. Now I have someone on the west coast!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Welcome to the channel 👌 Thanks for watching!🤜🤛

@piercoinc.1077 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Jose & Kelly !!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!💪 Thank you for watching 🤙

@blain2484 3 жыл бұрын

Looking good!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Blain! Appreciate it the feedback man🤜🤛

@roadroastercoffeecompany9127 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the hard work! Glad our bags can BEE put to good use!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scot!. Haha I see what you did there😁🐝(bee)👌 Thanks Scot!

@javielbenito8055 3 жыл бұрын

Eres un crack

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Chistoso nomas unas veces🤙

@jayclare9215 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of work to be done, better get Max in there to supervise, missed him in this post.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Plenty of work! Almost finished them yesterday, you'll see some videos of that process here soon. Maxi was having his day off😆

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks too!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Those stinkers too😵

@ghanidelamer7954 3 жыл бұрын

Good start, good season with beautiful queens. Good luck.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Ghani! Thank you! We are working hard to ensure a successful season! Appreciate the support man💛

@jeffsea6490 3 жыл бұрын

*Try using that burlap to strain melted wax, the slum gum will help to keep the burlap to burn 3 times longer.*

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

That's one of the best ideas I've heard. Thanks man! We use them for our cell builders and use them the following year as smoker fuel, they have a little wax build up and smoke up perfect. I will be doing what you suggested man! Thank you🤜🤛

@dadu63 3 жыл бұрын

You are the man Jose!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Your the man for dropping a comment like that😁🤜🤛

@rudolphdavis2387 3 жыл бұрын

Good deal I used burlap in my smoker work really good wish you the best on the nuces this year.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Rudolph, burlaps the best!

@IceBug1337 3 жыл бұрын

Not going to bear Country sounds way easier than buying, installing and maintaining an electric fence anyway. Glad you got that option

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt! I think that's the best lesson I have ever learned about who's turf we are on🤦🏻‍♂️🐻

@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 3 жыл бұрын

nothing like buying work

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! We love this work🤷🏻‍♂️💛 #beekeeperlife

@beebruns2023 3 жыл бұрын

génial j ai hâte de voir tout c est nuclei en marche , courage a Mme pour les cadres ,oubli pas d acheter de la peinture en plus grosse quantitee.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé. Nous sommes ravis de vous montrer plus de notre processus de production de reine

@ADRYAN-farm 3 жыл бұрын

Like.. from România

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the big like👍

@rodneymiddleton9624 3 жыл бұрын

Here there is pine straw is plentiful everywhere. I collect a large bag full and it lasts all year. Thanks!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

I love pine needles! We just dont have any lines in our area 😔. I also use eucalyptus leaves when around those trees. My new favorite is roasted coffee skins👌

@jamesmcnally2519 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like your definitely going to bee busy! :) Weather looks good as well! We just went back down to -21deg C and got 6” of snow yesterday! Spring will come..... Soon I hope, Love the videos!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

James, we have had a few challenges with the weather and making it a muddy mess for us to pull our bees out of the almond orchards. We hope to bee moving next week and move hives into mating yards. When does the weather shift for you up there?

@jamesmcnally2519 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper the weather really starts to change in April, March for us can be anywhere from -35dec C to +15deg C. For example Monday it was -22deg C and today it is going to +8deg C. As i try to sell a couple NUC’s each year i built a few heaters last year and have found this year this has improved my hives incredibly!! In fact this year my two hives i used two double deep supers last fall so they had lots of room, however when i inspected they last week they have completely filled both boxes! They are bursting at the seams! So i have had to add a medium box already to allow them room to expand. I had two splits given to me late last year (Late October) there was only about two frames of bees so i did not expect them to make it through the winter, however they have filled a super over the winter!!! The heaters are working incredible.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are going to have your hands full. That's great James, happy to hear that your heaters are working great. Also, I'm hoping to get that grafting stand setup for Kelly today and put it to use! We are definitely going to put some milage on that baby! We will keep you posted

@simonjfear 3 жыл бұрын

oooh I have been waiting for this one !!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Hope you enjoyed @Simon Fear

@christianshannon3943 3 жыл бұрын

Hey where y’all been ? I haven’t seen any new video’s from ya . I hope things are going well.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Christian! Hey thanks for dropping us a comment, yes we have been off the channel for a little but will be coming back. We have been working around the clock with the business. We appreciate you and thank you!

@kurtlangeberg1329 3 жыл бұрын

Lol...you need to put up signs on your nuc yard that says no bears allowed. We got hit one year and that's when I installed electric fences. You know what else works? Buy a bear tag. Once you buy a bear tag you will never see a bear. True story.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

No Yogi bears allowed 🐻🚫

@kostaskeramidas9323 3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 GREECE. Argos mycenae

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

🙌💛 Thank you for joining us

@ricksutton2902 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jose it's coming it's coming I'm not talking about spring I'm talking about gray in your beard in a few years you'll look like me.🤣🤣🤣. Here is some old school advice in years to come. you will learn to appreciate yellow jackets. Bear we hit a yellow jacket Nest before they will your bees. Skunks possums will do the same. Just imagine they were feeding off Yellow Jackets long before the European honey bees came here so it's natural food for them. They hit your bees if they nothing else is nearby. Good luck 👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Man! I'm going for the George Clooney look🤔😂 I'll try and embrace the gray🤷🏻‍♂️. The yellow jackets are as bad as some stinking skunks! They are persistent stinkers! Do you put out yellow jackets traps? Or is that a waste of time?

@kurtlangeberg1329 3 жыл бұрын

So if my math isn't too far off, we are looking at 22k worth of nuc boxes right there.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

👌

@pepperKingdom 3 жыл бұрын

👌👍🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝💥

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@kevin_raney 3 жыл бұрын

I'd order straight from the source next time... unless they cut you a better deal per unit.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

We would, just hard to know who their source is over seas. We have heard bad stories on equipment never arriving from some of our colleagues here in California. We'll keep looking into it, these units aren't cheap. Thanks my man!🤜🤛

@kevin_raney 3 жыл бұрын

Think my quote is roughly 7.5 to 8.5 per unit shipped to my door with duties paid. I agree that the overseas ordering/shipping can be scary.

@kevin_raney 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Also a couple of your description links aren't working.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Which ones? Kelly will take a look at that. I'm not the computer wiz so you lost me at "links...." 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😆 Haha thanks for letting us know my man!🤜🤛

@kevin_raney 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper The facebook link in your video description is going to facebook.com/thecaliforniabe when it should be going to facebook.com/thecaliforniabeekeeper/ Also your instagram link is wrong as well... it goes to instagram.com/thecaliforn where it should be instagram.com/thecaliforniabeekeeper/ hope that makes sense.

@taddrienstra7247 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, where'd you go?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tadd, we are working on a video this week! Been slammed with breeding season! Thanks for touching in

@Imkerei2024 3 жыл бұрын

Where are videos

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Damir, oh man we have been so busy with queen production and Kelly with office work and the kiddos, we promise to be on soon and have so much to edit and post. Thank you so much for the support. Anything in particular you would likes to shoot?

@kostaskeramidas9323 3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇷🇬🇷🐝🐝👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! What country are you joining us from Kostas?

@kostaskeramidas9323 3 жыл бұрын

Greece

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks for joing us🙌

@jpthedelawarebeeman7887 3 жыл бұрын

I had a few grafted queens hatch recently and had 4 mini nucs sitting so I figured I'd give them a try, well the are getting hit hard by hornets so I have the figure out how to keep out the hornets but allow a virgin queen to get out and fly. I day after setting them up 1 was already being robbed with all the bees either gone or dead :(

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a tough situation man! Have you tried some wasp hornet traps? Might have some luck, we don't really have those issues here. Is this the first you have had these types of issues with Hornets?

@jpthedelawarebeeman7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I'm not sure maybe if I place some nectar or honey away from the hives it will draw them away. I have to look into getting or making some traps. I just don't want to kill any honey bees - I may not have added enough bees to the minis either, I think I only put a half cup ( i have to check the cup i used for sure ) in then added some when they got low.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Let me know what you come up with! Love to hear it man! Good luck🤙🏼

@jpthedelawarebeeman7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper This time of year its hard for the mini nucs to defend themselves. I went with a few 3 framers instead ( deep nucs w/ a frame feeder ) and will see what happens with them I hope they don't get too weak as well

@pepperKingdom 3 жыл бұрын

were are you ??

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

@Mel Los... We are working hard with the bees and queen production. Kelly just finished up a video and uploading soon. Thanks for reaching out❤

@tritonewr4054 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, how’s it going? Well I hope. I just found mated queens in my mini’s. They just started laying, however there’s hardly much comb, so she already has everything laid up....how long before I should take her out? Will they want to leave and find a bigger home, or do I have some time? Thanks.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Give a little thinned out syrup and leave her in there up to 21 days from her hatch out date. 16-17 is ideal. Good stuff on the mated queens in those minis man!🙌

@tritonewr4054 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🤜🤛

@vavra2011 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you order those little nucs from ..

@trevormcclurkin3984 3 жыл бұрын

When you order that many does glory bee help you out on shipping? I was going to order a few mini nucs to try out but they don’t qualify for free shipping. With shipping it’s cheaper to order the higher priced ones that ship for free from Mann lake.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Last year they offered free shipping but unfortunately they charged us this year😣

@Sam-tb9gx 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Hi I would like your opinion on the fertilization boxes! In your opinion, for a company that wants to produce about 1000 queens per year, it is better to use mini boxes (apidea) or larger nucleo? Thank you very much and sorry my English, I write from Italy

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

If 1000 is all you are looking to produce a larger nuc style box would be best. Is it just you in your operation? That would also play a factor. Running minis is very time sensitive but with a good team you can do it 👍💪 Thank you for joing us from Italy. Hello from Northern California 🤙

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

@Sam-tb9gx 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper no im working alone!!thank you very much

@adamfredrickson7908 3 жыл бұрын

I hear chickens?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes, there was a chicken at Jose's feet, we have a handful that wander around the property. Do you keep chicken's as well?

@BucketListBees 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the burlap tip. Our friends own the Cabin Coffee franchise. Like Maximus, he is quite the little worker !

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks Wes!

@jasonfought 3 жыл бұрын

Just putting it out there if you would like to donate them bags to a small time beekeeper. I can send ya my address 😏

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...The bags are the best Jason for the smokers. What do you use?

@jasonfought 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper oh no I was talking about the damaged nuc lol. As for smoker fuel I got to tractor supply or rural king and get the pine bedding. The blocks of it last forever. Just have to watch build up in the smoker. Oh thanks for the videos man I have watched them all and have learned alot! Please keep them coming!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Got it! That's an idea. Likely it will be a winter project going through them🙌. Thanks for watching our channel Jason! Really motivating knowing you guys enjoy our content 🙌 We will keep the videos coming man!👌

@trevormcclurkin3984 3 жыл бұрын

What brand and model sprayer are you using?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

www.graco.com/us/en/contractor/product/262800-magnum-x5.html

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Love this little machine! The best for what we need it for. Very reliable and for the price you just cant beat it