Commercial California Almond Pollination - GRADING, FEEDING, POLLEN, WHAT DO THE BEES LOOK LIKE??

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Жыл бұрын

Follow along as Jose Uribe, a Northern California Commercial Queen Breeder and Beekeeper, heads to Williams, California located in Northern California to check on the beehives inside of the orchard.
Here along with Cory, they dust, feed, and put pollen patties. Jose goes on to discuss grading of colonies.
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@juliefunchannel7678 Жыл бұрын

Jose is the type of queen the key for having that amount of bees? What type of queen you have in your boxes? Those boxes are full of bees 🐝

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

The key is well mated queens. You can have the same breed but if it's not mated with enough young drones. One of the reasons why we ensure our queens are handled by veteran queen catchers that have years in solely queen catching. Our team of 3 catchers has over 34 years experience in queen production. We know what to look for and NEVER hesitate to pinch a queen if she's not good enough for our own hives. We have Italians and our Hybrids in this video. There was a few Carniolans that will blow up in population soon. They usually are a week or two behind our other stocks

@JamesMurray-wd2nr Ай бұрын

Hey Jose love the beekeeping content keep em buzzing!

@kareneaton3395 Жыл бұрын

Love being with you for another year in the almonds. Keep the videos coming! Nice job!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Thanks Karen🤙

@jamesmcnally2519 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the snow did not stay long 😊 I can’t wait to get into my bees. Thanks for the video to quench the bee need!

@OutdoorsandCountryLiving Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. It’s amazing how many almond trees that are out there. Wow. Do you always end up in the same area for the same farmer? Would be nice to build that trust and relationship. Stay well and thanks for sharing!! Blessings

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

So nice of you to stop by my friend. Thank you and we will keep them coming

@rodneymiddleton9624 Жыл бұрын

Those blooms look a lot like our peach blooms!! Thanks partner!!

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Жыл бұрын

Loved the vid , awesome production job, keep them coming !

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@dadu63 Жыл бұрын

I hope before I get old and feeble I can come out there and help yall some and visit. Thanks for sharing Jose!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

I hope so too my friend 🤠🐝🤙

@TexasBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Looking good Jose! I hope to be down there one of these days. Looks like a fun time. Especially the eating part! 🤣 Enjoy watching your adventure. Thanks for sharing

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thanks Texas🤙 We love those times we get to also share what we eat out west😅

@WildwoodsBeekeeping Жыл бұрын

Looking real Good Jose, it’s game on for us down here in AL and in the south, good stuff

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Good luck this season

@mehran_esfandyari1 Жыл бұрын

Very good 😍😍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po 5 ай бұрын

Can you make more clips about the almond pollination process? Contracts, duration, what is required, rules , minimum grade , who does the grading? How does one get a pollination contract? Broker vs no broker.. how does one get into pollination biz … does and donts.. this would be very helpful to those of us trying to to dabble into the pollination game

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 5 ай бұрын

I just recorded a couple of videos of moving in and one feeding the bees where I dive into different things about pollination. Also may do one where I talk about almond pollination.

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po 5 ай бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper thank you sir ! Your a legend

@honeyandthecoop803 Жыл бұрын

Smashed that like button, great video!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃

@lomavistabeeco Жыл бұрын

So glad to see your staff growing! You and Kelly have something really good going on up there! Hopefully, I can make it up there one of these days.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Todd you better hurry or your going to have to renew that invite😆😉 Whenever you are ready my friend.

@lomavistabeeco Жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 🤣😂 I know! I’ve been talking for a couple years now to make it up there

@kylepierce3692 Жыл бұрын

Been watching your channel for awhile now, I live in Red bluff area and would love to become a bee keeper. Thanks for all the good info! Really inspiring.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

You bet Kyle. You have any questions feel free to drop us a comment or reach out on Instagram🤙

@KajunHomestead Жыл бұрын

Just smash that like button. Awesome video need to get Cory to be more talkative. Lol he looks busy.❤😂😂

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Yeah Cory was a little camera shy but in his defense....Everyone is at first. Cory rocks and we are excited to have a motivated, eager to learn young guy on our California Bee Team💪 Thanks for the support my friend

@rodrigogabrecht7945 Жыл бұрын

👏🤗

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

👍

@hootervillehoneybees8664 Жыл бұрын

Looks like hungry country till that bloom.. they normally look pretty good coming out of almonds

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

It's a strange one with all this rain and cold weather.🥶🐝

@rubenk9628 Жыл бұрын

Looks like Vans

@dcsblessedbees Жыл бұрын

🤔Was this before or after the dusting of snow? Keep up the great work Jose. I really enjoy these videos it shows me a side of beekeeping I haven't seen much of yet. You should take a look at the new Global patties that use Apis Biologix in them, that's the Rocket Fuel Ian uses. Thank you much, Blessed Days Jose.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

This is before the snow. We have two more videos coming before the snow one🤠. I will have to give that Apix stiff a shot

@walterhiegel3020 Жыл бұрын

Jose, What is that white powder you were spreading on the edges of the boxes? I have never seen that before? Looking foreword to more videos when you have time of course!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Prebiotic. Thank you Walter

@hughreynolds6183 Жыл бұрын

I've never seen that prebiotic before. Could you tell us a bit more...the brand, dosage, why and what your data is that makes you believe it is useful

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

The dietary fiber prebiotics acacia gum, inulin, and fructooligosaccharides. In my opinion it's something that helps the bees have a healthier digestive system as we pump them with sugar feed. We also want to make sure they stay cleansed because of the amount of almond pollen that is being used for bee bread. No data just my common knowledge of the bees digestive system.

@hughreynolds6183 Жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper thanks. Is it a branded product or something you make up

@BackyardBeesNC Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see the watering hole. Bet there are a million bees.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

They filled up the canals for the bees. Mother nature has helped also. Still raining out here😕

@chrismailloux5428 Жыл бұрын

Who grades the hives? Is it tied to the amount they pay you? Love your videos! Learn so much

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

The growers have trained crews that will grade them. Thank you

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

No ties to the pollination fee.

@mattmoore7796 Жыл бұрын

It looks like you are using frames feeders in the upper and lower boxes. Is that right? What advantage does that provide versus just 1?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

that’s a great question Matt. The reason why we have double feeders, it prepares us for the spring, for an immediate split also allows us to crank the feed, while, in full bloom to get the queen, extremely stimulated with the amount of nectar, and feed coming into the colony. we will be going in a couple days to under super meaning. We will add a shallow high body at the bottom for when we split that colony will remain with the queen and top super will be removed and loaded onto a truck when we are allowed to take Bees upon being released from the almond grower