Large Commercial California Queen Breeder of New World Carniolan

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Large Commercial California Queen Breeder of New World Carniolan - Strachan Apiaries

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Follow along as Jose Uribe, a Northern California Commercial Queen Breeder and Beekeeper, heads to Yuba City, California to meet up with Philip Strachan-Russell, Vice President of Strachan Apiaries, Inc. Jose is going to pick up a NWC Breeder Queen that has been instrumentally inseminated with Caucasian germplasm brought in from overseas.
Strachan Apiaries Inc., founded in 1954 by Don Strachan, is the world’s largest producer of the New World Carniolan Queen Bee. The New World Carniolan was originally established in 1982 by Susan Cobey and Tim Lawrence in California. All of Strachan's breeding stock is hygienically tested, and the reliability of the New World Carniolan program is time tested and industry proven. The New World Carniolan line are known for being very conservative allowing the bees to overwinter well, they start to fly at much cooler temperatures (48-50 degrees), they're very gentle, and also hygienic.
Today Strachan Apiaries, Inc. manages upwards of 10,000 hives in addition to their breeding program.
Stay tuned through the end of the video when Jose heads back to Butte County, California to share how we set up our breeders in a timing box in preparation for grafting cells. This year we are grafting an excess of 40,000 cells and producing upwards up 15,000 mated queens using 3000 queen mating nucs from the months of March thru September.
If you are interested in placing a 2022 queen order with us, please email in at thecaliforniabeekeeper@gmail.com or check out our website at www.thecaliforniabeekeeper.com.
If you are new to our channel, welcome! We are a small family owned and operated micro-commercial apiary located in Northern California. We've been commercial beekeeping for the past 13 years, but branched off and opened Uribe Honey Bees in January of 2019, and then launched our KZfaq channel in April of 2020. We specialize in queen breeding, pollination services, hive management and brokering.
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@UnknownFray 2 жыл бұрын

This is a severely underrated channel. My man cares about nothing but bringing the audience into his operations and personal business. Keep fighting the good fight. I believe in you brotha

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Right on man! Thank you for those rocking words of encouragement. We appreciate awesome people like you❤️

@DooleyBFR 2 жыл бұрын

Daylight til Dark and then some! Shew you really are busy as a bee!!! Great video! God Bless!!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend 💛

@markmurphy8303 2 жыл бұрын

Hi bro, wishing you all the luck with your new breeder queens keep us posted my friend, I will be doing my first inspections this weekend as the weather here in the UK has turned glorious the sun is out and the temperatures have soared my bees are busy bringing in lots of pollen so here goes our season is on. Thank you for sharing your vlog with us mate.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

You bet Mark! Thanks so much for stopping by. What do you do in your apairy? Honey queens or pollination

@markmurphy8303 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper hey jose I’m in it for honey production and a little queen rearing only for myself nothing big time, down to 15 hives as I had 2 dead outs coming out of winter so I will get my count up to say 20 hives that’s manageable for me.

@baselinefarm 2 жыл бұрын

Great job you guys! The video was well done! Hi Kelly, Max and Kennedy ..

@tonywestsbees6042 2 жыл бұрын

I love Strachan NWC Queens and that's all I use. Their breeders are amazing. Daughters winter well here in Southern Ohio. They are gentle and make a good honey crop. None better.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

We only get the best lines for introducing top knotch genetics💪🏼

@ECP 2 жыл бұрын

Met you at the Hive Life Conference... I order my Queens from Strachan Apiaries.... last three years only Queens I order.... I am posting BEE 🐝 VIDEOS TOO.... gotta LOVE G21

@jeffsea6490 2 жыл бұрын

*Thanks for sharing interesting content Jose* 🐝🍀

@thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Brother! She looks like a champ. I hope she performs well for you for years to come.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely important to us introducing the best lines into our stock. We hold nothing back in the investments we put into our breeders and breeding program. Appreciate you Craig

@houstonsheltonbees814 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see your company grow. Congratulations on your breeder queen man. Good health and success to you and your family God bless 👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Houston, really appreciate those kind words my man. Thanks so much and we are looking forward to sharing this awesome journey with you🤙🏼

@KajunHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the new queen can’t wait to see how she produces keep us updated

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

We will definitely keep you updated on what she produces 🤙🏼

@russellkoopman3004 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose, good video and queen.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend 🤙🏼

@jeffreysaunders3536 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, Jose. Thank you

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Jeffrey😁 Thanks for watching

@jenniferdeghuee1615 2 жыл бұрын

I really like their Queens. I have the grand daughter of their queen in my observation hive, it's a kick watching them clean each other! Highly recommend their queens.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌🏼 They have done us well over the years bringing in NWC stock into our carniolan stock. Do you graft your own queens?

@disciple43 2 жыл бұрын

I just ordered some NWC queens from Strachan. I’ve heard nothing but good things about them so far. I have some super feisty hives to requeen. Looking forward to seeing more videos on your breeding operation. Keep it up 👍🏼

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they have great history and we have a lot of trust in the Breeder queens we get from them. The daughters that are produced with our drone stock makes a great blend of genetics

@disciple43 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Do you make queens for your operation only or do you sell to the public as well?

@christopherroop4937 2 жыл бұрын

I’m picking up 4 New Wold Carniolan queens May, 3. Good video thanks

@rodneymiddleton9624 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Jose!!!! Thanks!!!!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

You bet brother🤙🏼

@rodneymiddleton9624 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 8 more weeks until our baby boy gets here!

@CastleHives 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to get some of your Queens. .

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to get them to you🤙🏼

@herbertjacobs8422 2 жыл бұрын

I'm excited. Can't wait to get one of those queens.

@kevin_raney 2 жыл бұрын

Cool to see a brief look at their facility. I've bought queens from them for several years. Looking forward to see how the Caucasian cross works out for you.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

We are looking forward to it my man!🙌🏼

@kathyhathaway8823 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Jose it good to see you had a little time to put out this video. I see you did not bring your family along to pick up your new little lady ( queen bee) . Your wife probably thought you would put her in the back seat and your new queen in the front seat . Lol HaHa . I hope your queen works out great and gives you a great season. Thanks for your video’s.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Kathy, We got a day that I was able to do some shop work and watch the kiddos while Kelly edited this video. Team effort to be able to bring you all something 😁 Thank you for watching

@beebruns2023 2 жыл бұрын

slt , très belle reine , merci pour cette vidéo

@estebanluiscanteros7880 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Argentina 👍👍

@kodi.hartMTB 2 жыл бұрын

That setup is insane 😮👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

The timing box?

@kodi.hartMTB 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper yeah your timing box and that queen breeders setup too with all of his machinery 👍

@djastram Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos! I'm looking to get back into the queen rearing business. Thank you for putting up your content..

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Where are you based out of?

@djastram Жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Eastern South Dakota.

@nataliemartin4721 2 жыл бұрын

Good video Jose

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Natalie

@rafaelmontesinos7870 2 жыл бұрын

He visto casi todos tus videos pero este en especial me gustó mucho.

@matthewmccormick2417 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I pulled the girls from shed a week ago monday. Temps have been as high as 56 to low of 28. ATM they have 1 gal bucks and a pound on them as we are in a 3 day wet and cold. Maybe this year i can get a couple extra of my carnie/cauc Black Queens sent to you. They as you can see do good up here in cold temps. They winter better then a Italian for sure. Best of luck. Note hope warms up next week for us. soon the trees and such should open up for the Girls. Will be like 6 weeks still before we can graft

@TexasBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Looking good Jose! Did you just cut a queen excluder for those dividers or are those commercially available somewhere? I bought some of those plastic circular entrance discs that I was going to mount on some thin plywood for the dividers. They have a Queen excluder setting, but I like the idea of the whole thing being an excluder.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I cut up an excluder just for this timing box. The scrap pieces can be used to build wood bound dividers for timing boxes.

@TexasBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Thanks!

@MISDA_AR 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Bro🙏Greetings and greetings of success to you friends, I hope you develop quickly, I'm happy to be friends with good people like you, friends, I always support your channel, KEEP THE SPIRIT FRIENDS.

@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc Жыл бұрын

Jose, is that timing box a standard 10 frame with cuts made for the excluder?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@christinesittner8712 2 жыл бұрын

I think you should call her GG😊

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s actually a good name

@jimmymurphy6106 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I’m about to get three nwc from a breeder in oh I hope they are gentle

@brucesbees 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff man. Very interesting. How many breeder queens do you have?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

We have about 12 total breeders and a few daughters we follow for future breeders.

@sourwoodbranchbeefarm6515 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guy's. I would love to get some of those queens when you get them coming.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

It would be our pleasure to help you out with your queen bee needs. Please reach out www.thecaliforniabeekeeper.com

@beehivewithaview9760 2 жыл бұрын

Go Cougs!!!

@serbiabeekeeping 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of camera do you use for filming? Greetings from Serbia 👍

@10footjesus Жыл бұрын

Can't queens sting each other through the excluder dividers?

@The-realnews Жыл бұрын

No heater for cooler winter huh

@framcesmoore 2 жыл бұрын

Ha where did u get the timing box from I would like to get 1 good video thanks

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

We built them👍

@jeffreykantz3654 2 жыл бұрын

The Allegro Italian first generation queens I could almost work without personal protection .What a pleasure too work bee like that,unfortunately they eat up all your honey

@jesussandoval5477 2 жыл бұрын

Hello jose, saludos eres chingon en todo lo que ases y lo disfrutas al máximo. una pregunta. Para qué divides la cámara en tres si pudiera darme más información sobre eso que es la diferencia entre dividir o usar minis núcleos, me gustaría un via visitarte y aprender más sobre crianza de reinas..

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

la razón por la que dividí esta caja en 3 con un excluidor fue para que la reina pueda estar confinada en un espacio más pequeño. Tenerla en un espacio más pequeño nos permite hacer mejor nuestro injerto

@jesussandoval5477 2 жыл бұрын

Ok gracias jose.. en que condado trabajas?

@keithfaithful3989 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Is the box below the timing box queenless?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the bottom chamber is queenless

@frugalhayfarmer8112 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a website for buying queens? I am a new beekeeper and want to add new genetics to a few hives. Do you sell queen cells? Thanks

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Www.thecaliforniabeekeeper.com

@ApiaryManager 2 жыл бұрын

What do you know about the paternal side of her ancestry?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Not much but we have a lot of trust In Strachan and Susan Colby to bringing the very best stock possible

@jeffreykantz3654 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video,May I ask are the NWC gentle bees meaning you can handle a BIG colony without gloves ? The carnies I have been getting are more defensive then I would Like too keep at home with children.

@rexlancaster3654 2 жыл бұрын

How much for the Italian carnival in queens thanks man

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Rex! Depends on the quantity purchased. All of our pricing and the order form is on our website at www.thecaliforniabeekeeper.com

@normanclayne 2 жыл бұрын

I am looking to get old world carniolan queen bees naturally mated from New Zealand. I am in contact with a queen breeder out of Romania. Thanks for the link and the video.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. What’s your experience with the old world?

@normanclayne 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper The generations of adaptations of pure bred Carniolan Queens. Looking for pure carnies without any chance of getting an Italian cross breed. I purchased some of Dennis Lohmans naturally mated Carniolan Queens some years ago and was satisfied with the queens. They crossed with some Italian drones and I have a cross. So I would like to go with a completely pure bred. Very gentle bees and they are good honry producers. I am not looking to pollinate fruit trees and move hives and risk the chance of cross breeding. Our winters and climate are almost identical to where I will be getting the queens from. Trying to get better winter survivability out of my hives. I am going for overwintered nucleas hives this year with the queens.

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po Жыл бұрын

We’re can I find your queens

@noahG82 2 жыл бұрын

Interested in queens do you sell to the common folk. I'm expanding to 50 from 7 and want to buy the queens for them. Let me know who to contact!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Noah, yes, we ship in any quantity. Visit our website and complete the form at the bottom of the page. We are currently sold out until May but you can place a deposit to secure an order. www.thecaliforniabeekeeper.com