Ian! Your colonies are huge! The weather in N.J. has been ideal and now i have to split my splits! Supers are on and OIives are in bloom. Thanks for all your helpful videos!
@russellkoopman3004Ай бұрын
"What a treat" - for sure. Last year was such a struggle. You might be able to sell a few bees this year.
@luellapeters9158Ай бұрын
What do commercial operations like yours do with all those splits? Out of 1000 colonies let's say you will get 700 extra splits? 600? Do you cull that many a yr ? I know you make a lot of nucs but just seems like on a yr like this you will have an extreme excess? So blessed, especially after last yrs struggles!
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogАй бұрын
Yes, boxes will be filled. Combining after culling. Once my battery is full, I’ll sell brood or bees. This business is all about managing numbers through surges
@user-im7py4jc3fАй бұрын
Привет! Сильные у Вас пчелосемьи.
@BucketListBeesАй бұрын
When you pull them up reminds me of my house Christmas Day,,,
@ongbeesАй бұрын
i love bees
@NevadaBeeMan-nq3poАй бұрын
I wish I had me a nice worker like you got. !! She is a good hand
@TheFarmacySeedsNetworkАй бұрын
Yeah! exciting!
@mountainspringbeesАй бұрын
we finally got back to warm weather, now its swarmagedon. cut out calls have been through the roof also. now we are into wonderful rainy days for the next 10 days or so the weather man says. already seeing some good nector here in sw pa. keep up the work!
@MerrittHoneyАй бұрын
We drill holes in the 4 ways for drainage. Or have a 1/4 inch gap between side strips and back Bees looking great!
@danielhiller9165Ай бұрын
to deal with the mud, suggest you build a trailer for hauling boxes to the yards with a tractor when the trucks make a mess
@matthill420Ай бұрын
Keeping it real as always great to show your mistakes and educating everyone
@stuffnsuch631Ай бұрын
Kinda expected that Manitoba would have been later than us in northern Ontario Sault STE Marie. But based on the grass growth and brood development, I'd say we are about two weeks behind.
@dcsblessedbeesАй бұрын
Of all the elements that bees have to deal with I think being wet is a big one.
@time2fly2124Ай бұрын
ive been catching tons of swarms this week. never mind that 2/3rds of them are from my own hives... hoping i can still make some honey this spring, its going to be a long swarm season.
@danschneider9219Ай бұрын
Was going to comment on how nice this is from last year then you did.
@researcherAmateurАй бұрын
Just in time. They will change their mind, if there was some thinking about it... You better buy Kerry one more jacket
@Draintheswamp2024Ай бұрын
Imagine if you could get to the almonds with 1200 hives
@randyzapp9309Ай бұрын
Great job 👍
@stevesoutdoorworld4340Ай бұрын
If i were to put patties on here in Florida i would have beetles coming out my ass! You are lucky to not have to deal with that in the colder area! Your bees are nice and strong! 😀
@Draintheswamp2024Ай бұрын
those are a crap ton of bees wow looking good holly molly
@srae1503Ай бұрын
Hope that isnt Kerry's nice bright white coat she had on the other day 😂
@blaahsterАй бұрын
Probably!
@carriemartindale-wetherup5243Ай бұрын
Oh it is!😂 but its a work jacket and they are ment to get dirty.
@lenturtle7954Ай бұрын
Weather isnt helping in central sask the girls are poking their heads out but dont leave the hive and there was a huge pollen flow until the rain and snow started ..
@whoeverit9087Ай бұрын
living life to the fullest
@AlexZaboroskiАй бұрын
Look at that green grass
@grantjackson3951Ай бұрын
The lovely white bee jacket didn’t last long😅
@luellapeters9158Ай бұрын
You mentioned approximately 4 lbs of supplements per colony , how much sugar have you added to them since they have come out of the shed? Your bees look amazing! Job well done !!
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogАй бұрын
Approximately 2 gallons
@lenturtle7954Ай бұрын
Absolutely worth it . Building huge colonies makes huge honey crops Now motger nature will do her part the trees are starting to produce 🎉
@kennith.Ай бұрын
Ian are you going to rebuild your Nuc Battery and get your genetics and new traits that you bought in back into your internal breeding program.
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogАй бұрын
Oh ya. I’ve adjusted my battery up from 1/3 to 1/2 so we are going to be busy
@jeffreypetersen6149Ай бұрын
With the size of the colonies, if you have any empty nucs to set as swarm traps?
@TheFarmacySeedsNetworkАй бұрын
box by box year is position A...
@curtislesann2948Ай бұрын
Do you find it easier to manage varroa by keeping the colonies to just one brood box vs 2?
@hootervillehoneybees8664Ай бұрын
Seen this coming months ago..
@user-dg4yy3mr5rАй бұрын
If you in the flow why do you have feeder tubs on top?
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogАй бұрын
Not in a flow
@user-dg4yy3mr5rАй бұрын
on your blog you said your in a flow but ok
@michaellucas2710Ай бұрын
Check out this new vaccine for honey bees
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlogАй бұрын
I’m going to trial it this year
@BellahWorksАй бұрын
What type of grass are you stomping on up there?
@barkersbeesАй бұрын
Green Canadian grass
@NevadaBeeMan-nq3poАй бұрын
@@barkersbees😂 ns
@barkersbeesАй бұрын
@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po haha well… it is :)
@3Beehivesto300Ай бұрын
No drain holes in your pallets🤦🏻♂️
@barbeonline351Ай бұрын
I think this is my 4th spring with you, with no two at all similar. And not a beekeeper. I say that to qualify my opinion. That emotion you are feeling and its magnitude....it is NOT measured against last year's nadir. I have watched you enough to argue that you measure against what is possible rather than what has been the history. That feeling you are feeling is because what you are tending to this year is so near optimum. (There may be apiaries doing as well as you, but none are doing better.) The party pooper then says, "no one ever won a game in the first quarter". I look and wonder if you should pull in an extra pair of hands for this front end? When you find yourself running the rapids, an extra paddle can make a lot of difference.