Bees vs Ants

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Bees vs Ants

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Commercial Beekeeper and Queen Breeder, Jose Uribe, heads out to the bee yard in Butte County to place cells into our mini styrofoam mating nucs. Although this video was shot back in July we are still breeding through September.
As Jose in en route to the yard, he is concerned by some feces that he spots on the side of the road. Thinking it is possibly bear poop, he stops to inspect it closer. Upon inspection, he finds the teeth of an animal in the poop. As we later found it, it luckily was likely coyote poop, and not from a bear.
Upon arrival at the mating yard, Jose begins to plug cells into the mini mating nucs and comes across one that has been eaten out by small ants. This has been an ongoing issue this whole season and why we switched to this yard from another location to begin with. It seems we cannot escape the ants unless we are out in the open- away from the oak trees- but unfortunately the nucs are not doing well at all in the direct sun either.
If you placed a queen order with us this year… thank you! We are passionate about what we do and are planning on making a big difference in the industry.
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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Пікірлер: 56

@michaelmueller4946 3 жыл бұрын

A lid liner ends that problem of comb attached to the lid. Mine do that also.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Thanks Michael! What type of liner do you use?

@michaelmueller4946 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I don’t know the brand as I threw out the wrapper. I found a roll on Amazon. I’ll check my order history and search for it.

@michaelmueller4946 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper it’s Reflectix BO24010 series foil

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael 👌🏼

@robertbarra2591 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jose, loving the song from 10:40-11:25; who and what is it? Loving the videos! Thanks

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Robert! I actually will have to ask Kelly since she is the editor 🤩 I’ll get back to you my man! We appreciate you watching and happy to hear you’re enjoying the channel🤙🏼

@MikeBarryBees 3 жыл бұрын

100% man scream...lol 😂😂😂!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Barry my friend, it’s pretty manly💪🏼 lol 😂

@ssmith517 3 жыл бұрын

try putting cinnamon around the hives

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! You’re right man! That is a great natural trick to keep ants away! Thanks!

@beekeepinggarden165 3 жыл бұрын

Also kitchen table solt lot's

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for sharing @Beekeeping Gardening

@taddrienstra7247 3 жыл бұрын

No testing honey w that tool for a few days...you need pepper spray claymores...

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Lol😂🤦🏻‍♂️👌🏼

@CastleHives 3 жыл бұрын

More signs of Bear, that’s nuts. Some beautiful land there, I’d enjoy just sitting and watching the girls with the scenery there. Lucky that here in Ohio we’ve had our share of rain.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian! luckily we believe it’s a coyote but without a game cam we can only assume based on our county biologist thoughts on the droppings and he knows the area very well. Yes! it’s beautiful out here. In the spring it looks amazing

@CastleHives 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper It's Brian. But no worries. And we Coyote in my area but never see them, they are super skittish.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Oh sorry Brian! Your profile pic looked so similar to another viewer🤦🏻‍♂️🤙🏼 Yeah them animals are gone at the site of my truck

@CastleHives 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Haha. . I must have a twin someplace. The extent of Coyote we get is just hearing them bark back and forth thankfully. Kinda cool to listen to though.

@russellkoopman3004 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Russell! Kelly brings these videos alive😃

@russellkoopman3004 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Yes she does.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

🙂

@frankmachado 3 жыл бұрын

Jose I was getting pounded by ants too but I saw a little video where they mixed syrup and boric acid and put it in containers with holes to small for the bee's and it wiped most of them out

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

I see! Your going to have to share that video Frank! Thank you! I’m sure it’d be helpful to others

@russellsamson1828 3 жыл бұрын

Do the coyotes bother the bees. What No Max?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Fortunately they do not🙏🏼 We’ll have him on soon😃 Been so busy with our recent move and adjusting. Thanks for asking about him Russell

@wadebarnes6720 3 жыл бұрын

bear makes a good jacket

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

👌🏼 haha

@wadebarnes6720 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper this is my first full year having bees how many times do you pull honey a year

@andywhite9932 3 жыл бұрын

First video ive watched on bees where poop is analyzed. Lol. Wonder what Max would have thought of that big turd

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

🤷🏻‍♂️😂 Us beekeepers do it all 🤙🏼 lol I bet Maximus would of came out speaking truth 100 percent 😂 Would have been classic

@rodneymiddleton9624 3 жыл бұрын

First!!!! Those freaking ants attack them at night here too. I put ant granules around my hives when I see them. Thanks for the video!!!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Rodney, thanks for joining us! Hope you had a great weekend!

@kurtlangeberg1329 3 жыл бұрын

IDK....pretty gutsy just leaving them laying around in the open like that. Especially with all the bear problems. For the ants I use the borax syrup. I haven't seen the bees go for it, but the ants are johnny all over it. Wondering what you are doing for water for the bees?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Our County biologist said those were coyote droppings and that it’s unlikely the bears come this way. Still anything is possible. I will definitely need to try that borax method! You are the second person suggesting that. Thanks for sharing Kurt. We have a big tank at this yard that is filled up here. It serves for drinking water for the peacocks but you know bees. There is also big ponds near by. Thanks for watching

@kurtlangeberg1329 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper THAT was some big azz yote droppings!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Sure was!😕

@beebruns2023 3 жыл бұрын

dur dur de travailler avec cette chaleur courage a vous

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Très certainement il est très difficile de travailler dans ces conditions merci beaucoup pour votre attention et votre soutien

@peterthomson7773 3 жыл бұрын

I had a problem with ants in Australia too. I discovered if you mix 1 drop of frontline for dogs with 100 grams of honey and drizzle it near the hives the ants are gone very quickly. Hope this can be helpful.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that tip Peter 🙌🏼

@kaistumer198 3 жыл бұрын

borax, mix with honey and put in a bee tight box (e.g. old nuc with screen at entrance). Else the bees will go for the honey too. But just poisoning wildlife is shit. Use wood equipment and put coppertox in the praffine tank, will keep them from nesting in your equipment.

@peterthomson7773 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaistumer198 To whom it may concern. I have used many different products to control ants here in Australia and most dont work including borax. I am a commercial beekeeper (30 years experience) and a farmer whose land is bordering world heritage land and very restricted on what chemicals I can and cant use. The active ingredient in frontline is fipronil .03% and one drop mixed with 100 grams of honey renders it very weak. It is non toxic to birds and animals as it effects the nervous system of insects. The bees are not interested in it. Without this product I could not keep bees here. My bees are migratory and each year I have to put out this product as the ants have moved back in. I am as environment friendly as possible.

@kaistumer198 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterthomson7773 Australia is Ant country as hell, i still remember the white ants down under. But germany isn’t much different in many spots, just with one difference ants are only here when it is a really wet year. In dry years not so much of a problem. This year i have them nearly in every corner, propably could feed a whole flock of chickens, just with the cocons they put everywhere. Thats also why i think about going from U- to W-Clips. But i still remember the stuff sold in Oz versus Ants, little white bottle, with i think a red cap, single drop and ants where gone in two days. Was sure that used boric acid. Used boric myself a couple times, when they started to overcrowd the equipment store, always worked good, but 0.3 % fibronil isn‘t that much, would just make sure my bees can’t reach it, since they tend to go crazy during a draught and ants are mostly just a problem at the draught tkmes.

@pepperKingdom 3 жыл бұрын

🎈

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

🤙🏼 Thanks for watching

@matthewmccormick2417 3 жыл бұрын

Dang dropping cells still lol. I did my last honey pull and dropped all to a deep over my brood just to hold em. Put on a gal of sugar syrup and some patty to keep the girls happy. hell 60 days i will prob be doing vape treatments to get ready for winter shed

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

This was an older video about a month and a half ago. Catching up on content. Hope you enjoyed and thank you for watching Matthew

@andywhite9932 3 жыл бұрын

Jose. How do you get frames drawn when you initially start?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Thin the syrup slightly, they draw it no problem

@kaistumer198 3 жыл бұрын

selfmade package on foundation and feed, ez 30 drawn frames in the first year, don‘t understand the fuzz about having no drawn foundation at hand. An early split will also expand to 20 frames if you give just foundation, just feed 'em

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Kai, just takes feed, feed and more feed and those girls will make it happen👌🏼