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Choosing the best type of honey bees and traits of those honey bees
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Etsy Store: ewellacres.ets... Hello and welcome to another episode of Ewell Acres. Today were talking about the best type of honeybees to choose when getting started with beekeeping. You’ll want to consider why you want to get into beekeeping and the reason for raising bees.
Different types of bees have different traits that help to determine what species of bees you want to keep and why certain types have become so popular. Some of the different traits include: Production of honeybees, location of hives, local climate bees will need to endure, legality of owning bees in your area, temperament of honeybees, disease resistance of honeybees, quality of products produced, history of honeybee species, reproduction rate, floral food source availability.
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@Godwitus 11 ай бұрын
i live in Nigeria.. and I'll love to be a bee keeper..
@ewellacres 4 ай бұрын
The more the merrier. I love being a bee keeper and the that help join in the more beneficial the help grow food through saving our pollinators the better.
@denodkgoro8124 8 ай бұрын
Hello, I am a beekeeper in a continental area, at an altitude of 500 to 1300 meters above sea level, with strong winters and a very changeable spring. I am a beekeeper exclusively from Carniolan. I keep a bee on 5 to 8 frames of brood throughout the year and have honey to extract (as seen in my video). Beekeepers must understand that they are beekeeping with a bee that is suitable for their climate. When we imported the Italian bee, problems began with the death of bee colonies, regardless of the fact that the Italian bees are strong but eat all the food. The Italian bee is excellent for warmer areas and longer honeying periods. Carniolan and other bees are aggressive if something is wrong in the hive.
@ewellacres 8 ай бұрын
I completely agree with this entirely. Just like with plants you want to get a variety of vegetable that grows well in your region you also want to get a variety of bee that is well suited an native to that region as well.
@pilsplease7561 7 ай бұрын
Everyone uses italians here but they have a lot of things I dont like and would like to try something else here in california.
@denodkgoro8124 7 ай бұрын
Hello, I assume that your climate is ideal for the Italian race of bees, it is an excellent bee. After the race of bees, the technique of beekeeping is very important. I never force the bee to develop as I want, I simply follow it according to what the community of bees can do. and it is the "magic wand" for a healthy and successful bee, believe it or not.@@pilsplease7561
@denodkgoro8124 7 ай бұрын
That bee is wonderful. We are not good as beekeepers. 😁
@pilsplease7561 7 ай бұрын
I have been told by others that Carniolans would work where I live but have not kept them so Im thinking about giving it a gamble and trying them as other bee keepers and the local university told me they should be fine and Im inclined to give it a try. @@denodkgoro8124
@bcpool417cp Жыл бұрын
I just want to count all the bees in the hive.. and chase all the clouds from the sky. There is nothing that compares to just sitting and relaxing with my sweet bees.
@seedsandarrowsfrontier9224 3 жыл бұрын
Good information, wishing you and your bees a great year!
@geanitsucuneli4791 2 жыл бұрын
Lazy Italian bees.The best is Carniola.Hard working, very early in the morning.Good honey production they reproduce very quick .Or caucazian.We run 2000 hives double deeps Carniola only.We do Almond pollination .
@ewellacres 2 жыл бұрын
I do really like carniolians. It has been my personal experience that commercial bee keepers tend to lean towards carnolians and hobbyists tend to prefer italians. depending on the region as well they tend to beekeep in.
@geanitsucuneli4791 2 жыл бұрын
@@ewellacres I had 1000 hives Italians 3 years ago I decided to sale them and replace them with Carniola .We do almond pollination in febr. and march.
@NKYHoneyBees 3 жыл бұрын
*Good stuff buddy! Very informative. Many people don't think of these before starting.*
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
thank you very much much appreciated. I like to look at the advantages and disadvantages to way out what is best overall for that situation.
@RaySarasin 3 жыл бұрын
Good day i have Italians and carni both have good and bad cheers
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree they both have good and bad traits.
@bradgoliphant 3 жыл бұрын
The Honey Bee is the single greatest pollinator
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
As much as I love native pollinators and try to promote plantings to encourage them I agree the honey bee is probably the most important farmer in out modern food chain and factor to help fight world hunger.
@NewEnglandgardening 3 жыл бұрын
I'm trying the Saskatraz for the first time in a Layens hive. I'll find out if they can survive the winter. So far it's been a wild winter. They were bringing in pollen a couple of days ago here in Massachusetts.
@noahriding5780 3 жыл бұрын
How did this turn out? Its July and you said this around December/January...so you meant last winter right?
@PutEmInTheBox 2 жыл бұрын
They do great for me in NJ. After they overwinter successfully I use them in drone mother colonies to mate with my grafted queens in nucs I sell.
@aaronparis4714 7 ай бұрын
Saskatraz are great I use them in Canada 🇨🇦🥶
@wadebarnes6720 3 жыл бұрын
I know when I'm asked how much does it cost to start beekeeping I tell them if they have a extra thousand dollars go for it if not don't
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
unfortunately beekeeping can be a very expensive hobby. it is very rewarding though and has many side benefits with side pollination and honey that I think makes it worth while.
@wadebarnes6720 3 жыл бұрын
@@ewellacres I didn't say it wasn't fun I enjoy doing it but it does cost a little bit to get into it and about $300 a year to build new equipment to keep up with the bees
@aaronparis4714 7 ай бұрын
First should be overwintering and mite resistance that's the number 1 and 2 before anything 😢
@ewellacres 7 ай бұрын
I fully agree these are very important aspects to raising bees
@allanglois4098 3 жыл бұрын
I am an American but have a small property in Malaysia I was thinking about starting a beehive now what type of bee would be good and doesn't matter that it is outside of the United States
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
it does not matter that bees are outside the United States. there are hundreds of different varieties of Honeybees that love all over the world. as to what bees would do well in Malaysia I don't know the answer to that. For a warmer tropical climate the most common bees in Florida are going to be Italian bees. how that translates to Malaysia I don't know. I am more familiar with varieties of honey bees and climates associated with western Europe and North America. if at all possible get bees that are native to Malaysia or have been there for multiple generations. it will help to better deal with major diseases or insect pressure in that region of the world that the Honeybees in North America or western Europe would not normally encounter. as to the legality of importing bees into Malaysia I could not give you any information on. I am only familiar with United States import laws when it comes to beekeeping. I wish you the best of luck.
@allanglois4098 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@osmanmichaelmansaray4604 2 жыл бұрын
I am a new honey bee farmer in Sierra Leone and I want your mentoring
@ewellacres 2 жыл бұрын
Pm me through email listed on my youtube channel and I'll do what I can to help I make no promises though.
@robertd6925 2 жыл бұрын
What state are you in?
@ewellacres 2 жыл бұрын
Utah. So I have to find bees that can not only handle triple digit heat waves in summer but blizzard conditions in winter that the high rockies can dish out.
@greghill9958 3 жыл бұрын
We will not have a hot hive in our bee yard.
@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
one way to help reduce hear in a hive I to use a screened bottom board ro allow foe increased.air flow. best of luck with the Bees. they they stay hydrated in the heat if summer.
@rstlr01 2 жыл бұрын
@@ewellacres Hot= aggressive
@kathynewell9234 4 ай бұрын
River oaks community church
@ewellacres 4 ай бұрын
Well I was able to find 11 churches with that name most in the south a few in the north and 1 in cali. Where ever you are from. Thanks for your time and hope the monks of the church enjoy the pastime of harvesting honey and making of mead.
@davidryle1164 Жыл бұрын
"hundreds of subspecies", really, hundreds.
@ewellacres 5 ай бұрын
This is a misspeak on my part officially recognized there are only about 45 subspecies of honeybees.
@conradriffle8262 Жыл бұрын
You have far off the type of bee=stay on the suject please
@ewellacres 5 ай бұрын
Thankyou for the advice I greatly appreciate it.
@mikefrench3800 3 жыл бұрын
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@ewellacres 3 жыл бұрын
In regards to your comment you are correct it is possible that I misspoke going off hand in exaggeration of how many species of bees there there. Officially according to entomologists when you look at the taxonomy of honey bees there are 8 species officially recognized with 43 distinct sub species officially recognized at this time. The inter breeding and hybridization of honey bees has made it very difficult to completely recognize other honeybee subspecies at this current time. So it is possible that more could exist however these are taxonomy of current honeybees recognized among the majority of entomologists. One paper that can help to help explain this is in the link. wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri_enews/newsletter/issue46/bibliography/30_Taxonomy%20and%20Distribution%20of%20Different%20Honeybee%20Species.pdf
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