This casual tour inside Blue Ridge Honey Company includes honey processing equipment, retail honey sales, beekeeping supplies, warehousing issues, supply chain issues and much more.
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@markbooth8458 Жыл бұрын
Bob I always enjoy the videos on Sunday. Actually I keep an eye out for them. Just wondering how your sourwood crop turned out.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mark. It turned out mediocre. The bees south of the shop did well because there was a dry warm spell through much of the bloom period but the bloom north of the shop, which was later, occurred during a rainy spell so those bees did poorly. All in all we made some but it was under half of what could have been made if Mother Nature would have cooperated.
@AnglesideFarm4 ай бұрын
Recently we visited my cousin in Homer and was thrilled she brought us to your store. We have considered having bees on our farm, so we purchased a couple books from your store that will be very helpful in beginning beekeeping. Loved your store and the girls behind the counter were very friendly and helpful.....thank you!
@hillkid4mountains10 ай бұрын
So many aspects in your working the colonies you have. I can relate a lot but only on a small 100-150-200 hive sideline Apairie. Though as a friend of mine in our beekeeping club says you can always learn something new about honeybees, the keeping, working, and reevaluating and adjusting accordingly is a must. For me it was a main broken branch from an almond tree in pollination in Northern California. In a wet winter the shallow root system being in soil with a lot of sand and rich valley river silt sometimes causes such a blow down of leave less trees with beginning swollen flower buds. When almonds set heavy and there are late winter early spring winds they sometimes are so overloaded with young almonds and hulls they break. A lot of winter firewood and a need to clean up the rows before beekeepers bring in their pallets of honeybees for early, mid, and late blooming varieties is a must. And just before I was going to take them out. And no chainsaw being a hour and a half away. I got it settled though. Will be prepared next time I said to myself. Yeah! And to all those growers that want hives in the middle of the orchard in shady no flying damp conditions. They don't understand that setting groups of colonies on or not with pallets in a good open air sunny spot for forager flying is the best. They are going to go to your more closer trees than to others farmers nearby orchards. And if some of them do, some of their rented bees will come over to yours also. Just a little commend sense. Blimey, Shut the door and Holy Smokes! For not taking my colonies out sooner. Sometimes a few growers want you to keep your hives in the orchard until every last almond flower is pollinated and there is a large petal fall. I keep them in for my contacts so they are happy per dollar amount/8 frame minimum average accepted. Besides I most always do queen excluder splits. Taking the best most populated hives 5 miles down the road, drop off and bring the same, knock on wood, hives back to my other contracted yard putting new bottom board and migratory cedar lids on top of the split. I then put in queens cells in the queen less ones in a day or two, couple of days and hope to get a good mating with all the other beekeepers drones in the area. Works for me. Plus there are prune orchards and fields of mustard and wild radish, spicy nectar, growing within a mile or two around these areas. Just don't make, like I did, the mistake of bringing those 5 frames of sealed brood with wall to wall bees in 10 frame deep boxes back home into the hills, 2,750' foot forest filled Elevation and not feed them because you are working long hours out of town commuting to and from home in new building construction. Then the weather turns ugly for a month and they can't get out to fly and gather food to sustain the hives and you are to busy to feed syrup and pollen patties to keep them from starving. Not to mention late winter early spring once in five to ten years 6" inch snow storms. Ask Randy Oliver and his son's about that. It sucks! Thanks for the video Bob. 🐝
@houstonsheltonbees814 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations Bob 👍 on the 2014 Grand Champion award. Thanks for the tour buddy, good health and God bless
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@macguinn5563 Жыл бұрын
You have a magnificent company. I do see a lot of logistics involved. Thanks for being American proud.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
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@AmbrosianBeeCo Жыл бұрын
Appreciate your transparency with all you do Bob
@mikep4514 Жыл бұрын
You have a fantastic operation there with wonderful people. You are obviously a great mentor and boss.
@mikemcnally4046 Жыл бұрын
Nice video Bob ! Your store and business is top notch. I’m very happy to see you flying old glory inside and out!!
@beesintheweeds Жыл бұрын
Congrats on winning first place Bob! That has to make all the hard work worth it. 🙂👍🏼
@seeyouonthemountainbeekeeping Жыл бұрын
You are a great organizer Bob!! You have helped me bee a much better beekeeper!!! Thank you for helping all of us save the bees and bee blessed with making a few dollars along the way!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
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@dadu63 Жыл бұрын
Ga I miss this place. I gotta get back there. Thanks for sharing Bob!
@adamsolorzano7821 Жыл бұрын
You are awesome bob I'm from California
@robertstwalley3662 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour
@solivaguswayfarer Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing Bob. You and the team put a lot of pride and attention to details in your operation ☺️
@blackcreekorganicfarm296 Жыл бұрын
Some really cool pictures in your shop Bob Thanks for the tour and video post
@ChrisFiggatt Жыл бұрын
Great video and wow, what a wonderful shop!
@deniseshue1401 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It’s nice to start my day off with information about bees and your business.
@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 Жыл бұрын
You can definitely see how different kinds of honey are different colors some is light and some darker I’d love to try all those different kinds yummy thanks for sharing
@chuckgross6024 Жыл бұрын
One of the most interesting videos I've seen for a while. I really liked the behind the scenes of the shop. I have been looking for some good video of things like this along with some sideliner to small bee and honey operations to get a feel of what I need to be looking for or into in my new bee and honey endeavors. I'm looking to be at a 50 hive operation within the next few years. Your video gave me a window into some things I hadn't thought of yet. Thanks for sharing Bob!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you and good luck.
@TexasBeekeeper Жыл бұрын
That was a very interesting video. Enjoyed the tour and the quick trip out into one of your bee yards. Enjoy your Labor Day!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I've been seeing your videos pop a lot. 👍,
@GEEZBEEZ Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the tour and the interaction with employees and customers. I’m really putting it on my list of places to visit. Thanks.
@antlerhanger Жыл бұрын
Another FANTASTIC video !!!!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@patrickmcneely7388 Жыл бұрын
This was a good sales swipe, I have to get some of those shirts!😅
@DuckRiverHoney Жыл бұрын
Bob I really enjoy these days impromptu “Day in the life of Bob Binnie” videos. 😀
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nathan.
@russellkoopman3004 Жыл бұрын
I like the taste sampling area. We give taste samples out also and it really helps our sales. Of course Molly could sell ice cubes to eskimos. LOL She cleans up nice and can work with the guys. Exceptional young lady. The tour was so interesting. We are about the same age and it is so hard to know how to move forward with projects. But my thought is keep moving forward or get out of the way and let someone else move the ship. It's always so much easier when there is a son or daughter that is willing and ready. My two cents worth.
@springcitybeefarm5971 Жыл бұрын
Great job bob !! For off hip video, you provided me with a couple solutions I didn’t think about! One being samples I managed to harvest 3 different honeys this year , I’m going to offer samples at my booth at our county fair ! You sir are a blessing to so many ! God new what he was doing when he blessed you with bees !!! Blessing thank you!
@Dr.JsBees-jeffrector Жыл бұрын
Looks great on video but much better in person. Went down this past Spring to pick-up 30 queens and enjoyed the visit. If you get a chance to visit the store you won’t be disappointed!
@6909turtle Жыл бұрын
It's nice to see clover honey. I live in Goodwin SD i got bee's on the farm clover is my fav.
@marchensley8744 Жыл бұрын
Great video bob,keep them coming
@felipegomez5084 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed the tour, congratulations for your company. Kind regards from a chilean beekeeper. 🇨🇱 🐝
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@funnyfarm2784 Жыл бұрын
It was great to meet you and see your store Saturday. It was quite the trip from Texas but the highlight of my vacation.😁 I look forward to using my new double-screen board this winter to house a small hive on top of a strong hive. Thanks for all the great content.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for coming.👍
@michaelfike7542 Жыл бұрын
Great tour of your business and I really appreciate your help you give out on your videos. Most people that are selling anything really don't care what you buy as long as you are spending money. ❤️🐝🇺🇸
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
👍 Thanks.
@bengibbon9229 Жыл бұрын
Those photos are ace!
@naturessweetbees3033 Жыл бұрын
Just loved the sounds of how busy your store is. Congratulations!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@NaturesImageFarmGregBurns Жыл бұрын
Fun video!! Enjoyed seeing everyone! Molly sure is good with the honey! You have a great crew!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Greg.
@framcesmoore Жыл бұрын
This video was wonderful thanks for doing it
@keithfaithful3989 Жыл бұрын
That was useful info for any beekeeper, even with a few hives I have some of those issues just not at that scale. Thanks. You forgot to mention your observation hive in the store. That’s really great for children.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I overlooked that. Thanks.
@goosevamtb Жыл бұрын
Such an interesting video. Thank you!
@FishingFloridaBass Жыл бұрын
Was at your store last October visiting Warwomen WMA. Nice clean store you keep!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@jodifesler6712 Жыл бұрын
It's always good to get away from the desk isn't it. thank you for sharing
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes it was!
@KajunHomestead Жыл бұрын
I noticed your samples didn't have any tallow honey, we love it down here in Louisiana. Great video.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I was at your state meeting in Alexandria last week and noticed everyone with honey had tallow and loved it The other thing that caught my attention was the amount of cayenne pepper on food when we went out to eat at local restaurants. I enjoyed my visit. 👍
@jl9755 Жыл бұрын
That chainsaw sounds like a well tuned carburator. Is like a well tuned hive, crushing varroa. It's a maintenance issue.
@theheritagehousesc Жыл бұрын
Great video and amazingly organized! Great to see the behind the scenes operation too. 👍👍
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@allsmilz7234 Жыл бұрын
Impressive content thanks for sharing, happy Labor day Bob 👍🇺🇲
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🇺🇲
@dontannery1805 Жыл бұрын
Lots of good stuff I hope to visit you there someday
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Ask if I'm here when you come.
@wesleyhoskins9974 Жыл бұрын
A great video bob
@KajunHomestead Жыл бұрын
Great looking store Bob , hope to make it out your way one day , look around myself.
@DannyCollinsLithicsAndLeather Жыл бұрын
Another great video.
@altaylor293 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. You have quite an interesting operation.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Al.
@southernhellstorm6634 Жыл бұрын
Bob cant wait to meet you next month when you come to Bee Needz in sofia NC, im a big fan of your work. Thanks for all such important information you share..
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
That's coming up soon . I'm looking forward to it.
@kimpettit2703 Жыл бұрын
Bob great video, I got the golden opportunity to meet you personally right before you went to Louisiana Bee Convention. We enjoyed talking to you as we are from Spartanburg SC. It was a great day trip and will have to do it again in the near future. Keep up the great work.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@cindylee4930 Жыл бұрын
Great crew of people.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
We're lucky to have them all.
@richardkuhn4358 Жыл бұрын
Thank You Love the Farmer-Crazy Person-Beekeeper shirt😄
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
My favorite tee shirt. 👍
@bryanbetournay5557 Жыл бұрын
25mins I have a story- I bought a chainsaw for my girlfriend for her grade 12 grad(1990) I made her my wife in sept ‘91(we dated 4 years at that point) She still has yet to use that saw. I still have it. Thanks for the great video. Keep up all your hard work guys.
@andywhite9932 Жыл бұрын
Mr Bob. Please please make a tshirt with a side profile of your face in pencil and your honey quote underneath “id eat that on my peanut butter”
@shevlin2650 Жыл бұрын
Bob, How did you make out with your honey drier that you were having a problem with? This is a great video. Look forward to seeing you in January. Craig
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Hi Craig. The dryer works, but the temperature of the honey has to be much hotter than we were led to believe when we purchased it.
@rickyhines2089 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Binnie. We have the same issue over in Northwest Alabama. Seems the only people who mention Kudzu honey are in North Carolina. Lol sounds something like the Indiana Jones myth... Lol Thank you again.
@markmiller4047 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos Bob
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@dcsblessedbees Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the video, you have build a very impressive operation and you can see the love you and many others have put into it. Back to old school inventories like it use to be, so is it time for a new pole building for storage?
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
We could sure use another building. I have an old pole barn at my house that we're going to use again so that will help. Thanks.
@Willkiser1 Жыл бұрын
My, oh my..how lucky for you and your employee when he narrowly avoided falling face first into your running chainsaw when he caught his toe on the electric fence. Sure made me pucker and cringe. Reinforced a lesson to avoid something similar for me. Wow!
@peterlightbody8443 Жыл бұрын
"Best of the best " The lady in red said , not far wrong , you come across as a nice man , and your employees are happy , one of your best videos , I take bets it wasn't edited ?? Peter Australia 🇦🇺 Any chance we can have a video on seth's bee operation , last one was interesting . You said in the video you got the chainsaw off your father , was he a bee-keeper. ??
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Hi Peter. I do need to do another on Seth. He's up to about 160 now. Money needs has kept him from getting bigger this year. My dad wasn't a beekeeper but the deal was if I would do all the firewood cutting he would sell me the saw very cheap. It was (and still is) a nice saw when it was new.
@timjones6637 Жыл бұрын
I too hate paper work.. it more fun working outside.
@roxannecook1126 Жыл бұрын
Need to add Louisiana honey from The Bee Commander to that list 😂
@tl3192 Жыл бұрын
Hope to see you soon . It will be an expensive shopping list . Hahaha
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
It seems to be expensive anytime beekeeping equipment is involved. 😂
@WretchedmanSAVEDbyGRACE777 Жыл бұрын
I wish you shipped queens...? atleast on your website it says pick up only ? I would love trying out some of your caucasian genetics next spring !! Either way the wisdom is much appreciated thank you!
@thehappycamper5575 Жыл бұрын
Great Video, Thank you for sharing. Have you considered adding more pallet racks for additional storage? We really enjoy visiting your store.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
We have and there are a few that weren't seen in this video.
@lynnnorris4431 Жыл бұрын
New videos for me. Enjoy ur Bee channel , I just wondered if ur employs work ever Sunday ? Do you ever give your employees a day off ? 🤔 I hope so .
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes, they all get Sundays off. Thanks.
@aidanquick3151 Жыл бұрын
Great video! I'm sure you have plenty of ideas for more videos. Have you ever covered an apiary that specialises in pollen collection? I'd love to know more about that. Thanks for what you do.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
That would be a good subject but I actually don't have much experience with it. I purchase it in bulk from someone else. Thanks.
@babybeeapiaries8667 Жыл бұрын
I've found that around 80% or so of people like the first honey I give them to taste over the ones that follow.
@michaeljoncour4903 Жыл бұрын
if you took a frame of bees out of hive and placed queen on it their reaction to her would tell you if she belonged there, they would pretty much ignore her if she belonged there, get lots of ''attention'' if she didn't....
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Жыл бұрын
That rock star can run a chainsaw
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes I can, but from watching your videos this season and seeing what you've done, I would say that you're the rock star.
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Жыл бұрын
LOL, Love your operation tour, you run a tight ship. Interesting to hear about stock piling sugar. Our sugar hasn’t changed much except for the increase of transportation
@toprakanaciftligi8037 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@rickyhines2089 Жыл бұрын
Great video as usual. Okay great honey and bee extraordinare... I'm looking for some kudzu honey. Do you have any connections that might be able to. Sell me a little? Again, you and your team are a credit to the bee world. Thank you!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don't know of any. Kudzu nectar doesn't come in strong enough to generate surplus in our area. Thanks.
@donbearden1953 Жыл бұрын
Bob, I want to come to your store but I know it’s going to be very expensive for me. I would probably buy a bottle of every flavor of honey that you sell.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Don, if you come I'll give you some.😇
@2timbukk Жыл бұрын
Which 8 frame spacers are those and where to buy? Love the videos! I keep learning and learning from you!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
We purchase them from both Dadant & Sons and Mann Lake. Thanks.
@cherylhurley7401 Жыл бұрын
Love your content question do you know where I can order box joint machines and frames machines
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Sorry I don't know but I know they are out there.
@davidryle1164 Жыл бұрын
Bob, you mention the queen stops laying after Apiguard application, I've just made the second application to some 6 frame medium nucs (12 MLS 1 week apart) how long can I expect the queen to be out of lay. I'm in Wisconsin and it's a concern. By the way, great video as always.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
As soon as the Apiguard dissipates she'll start up again. Sometimes sooner.
@davidryle1164 Жыл бұрын
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks the reply, it's my first time using it and I was a little nervous that my winter brood buildup was going to be compromised.
@noahG82 Жыл бұрын
Hey David, I noticed when I got into my colonies 11 days after i put the second round on that the queen was laying like crazy and even had some sheets of capped brood in most of my boxes. I had 1 hive go queenless out of 45 not sure if it was related!
@rodrigogabrecht7945 Жыл бұрын
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@gusmitchellcranesnesthoney6529 Жыл бұрын
Are those ceiling mounted fans in the drying room? I like that idea.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes. They are actually construction site fans purchased from Home Depot.
@alexarce8547 Жыл бұрын
Hello, greetings, I am Alejandro Arce, I am a Mexican beekeeper with 28 years of experience. I am looking for a job opportunity in a bee farm. I appreciate any information. My mother tongue is Spanish. Thank you very much.
@jimdonbrock1668 Жыл бұрын
Bob, now you are bragging but you have every right too
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
I didn't mean too. 😇
@ceko1969 Жыл бұрын
Could you show me how to melt the wax? At 4.09 minutes, did your wax melter show up in the shot? Thanks in advance!
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that is our wax melter. I'll try to get a video out on it soon.
@marywickenheiser2628 Жыл бұрын
Funny that you say “I just don’t want to work as hard anymore” and the next thing you’re doing is wielding a chainsaw! 😂
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Great point!
@toprakanaciftligi8037 Жыл бұрын
No video this weekend ☹ hope everything alright
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
All good. Busy week last week.
@toprakanaciftligi8037 Жыл бұрын
@@bobbinnie9872 👍👍👍
@MinnesotaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your Capital flag. Mr. Binnie where does you buckwheat honey come from?
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Our last buckwheat came from North Dakota.
@AN-OLD-BEE Жыл бұрын
I want to do some shopping, what's your address? Also, do you have an option for ordering online?
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
You can view our web site at www.blueridgehoneycompany.com/ Our store is located at 6306 Hwy 441 S, Lakemont, GA or call our store at 706 782 6722. Thanks.
@graemediesel2936 Жыл бұрын
Bob, I’m curious, why you feel hive top feeders aren’t good for stimulative feeding?
@jasonadams3781 Жыл бұрын
I'm obviously not Bob 😂. Hive top feeders don't allow the beekeeper to control the rate at which the bees take the feed. The buckets with the tint plugs allow the beekeeper to control the rate based on the number of holes drilled in the plug.
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
It's not that they don't have any affect because they do. It's just that the inflow is sudden and for a limited time and doesn't have the same overall affect.
@jamesmiles4710 Жыл бұрын
Address for store please
@bobbinnie9872 Жыл бұрын
Blue Ridge Honey Co., 6306 Hwy 441 S, Lakemont, GA 30552