Using Bananas to Feed Honey Bees

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Daniel Michaelson

Daniel Michaelson

5 жыл бұрын

Bees love super ripe bananas. This hive completely devoured this banana in less than 24 hrs.

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@yusifjaber4480
@yusifjaber4480 4 жыл бұрын
Be careful, the scent bees releases when they are in “attack mode” is almost identical to a ripe banana. The bees may bee much more aggressive to the beekeeper if you choose this method. Also, if you leave enough honey for the bees to eat during winter or periods of dearth (low or no natural food available), the bees will be fine. Especially if you have a honey super on the hive. They will use the sugars in the banana and sugar syrup to store away as honey and that’s just wrong on multiple levels.
@lycheemyusic
@lycheemyusic 4 жыл бұрын
Why is it wrong??
@yusifjaber4480
@yusifjaber4480 4 жыл бұрын
Lychee Myusic because you will not end up with pure honey, you will end up with Sugar syrup. Bees will not be as healthy as honey fed bees and will not require being medicated.
@lycheemyusic
@lycheemyusic 4 жыл бұрын
@@yusifjaber4480oh i thought you said they will store the sugars as honey. So they make pure honey during productive seasons rather than in dearth? And is it because it is possibly easier for them to make sugary syrup during winter or dearth than honey? Or is it that pollen is required?
@yusifjaber4480
@yusifjaber4480 4 жыл бұрын
Lychee Myusic the bees make honey from sugar or nectar. If you feed them sugar all year long, that will contaminate the natural nectar honey. In winter, they have no food/nectar to collect so you have to leave them something to eat. Some people choose to feed the bees sugar syrup in the winter, I believe they are better off if they are left with enough honey to survive the winter.
@hichembad2512
@hichembad2512 4 жыл бұрын
@@yusifjaber4480 well you are right but bananas have fructose and glucose and sucarose in natural way what about honey it has also fructose and glucose in a small quantity guess what sugar has also fructose and glucose lol.. this is why beekeepers must analyse their honey in laboratory to know if it is a raw natural whitout feeding process honey ..peace from Algeria
@user-hg2um7en9k
@user-hg2um7en9k 4 жыл бұрын
Please keep them safe they're almost in the endangered species
@notafuckinpplperson8233
@notafuckinpplperson8233 4 жыл бұрын
Lol not even close. Do you realize how many commercial breaks farmers are out there with hundreds...thousands of hives each? Not including the millions of hobbies with 1-20 hives right in their back yard?
@user-hg2um7en9k
@user-hg2um7en9k 4 жыл бұрын
@@notafuckinpplperson8233 no what i realise is that bees disappearing
@mikeries8549
@mikeries8549 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a beekeeper and can say that the entire bee stigma was created by almond growers to try and create a situation where it got cheaper to rent bees to pollinate their crop. Every year 75% of the bees in the USA are trucked to the almonds. Crazy but that's the facts. By the way I like it. I've never had it so easy to sell my honey. It's not cheap for raw local honey. Try some.
@highstandards6226
@highstandards6226 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeries8549 becoming more and more scarce! 👏👏👏however, the bees ARE becoming more and more scarce! Not quite at the threshold of"endangered" but hovering. More and more people are finding the benefits of raw, local honey and relieving their own allergies....😘 thank the local yahoos for that!👏👏👏🤷‍♀️🍼however "whacked" some of their theories may be, THAT one, they've gotten right! Whether someone actually got smart, or just a bunch got lucky, doesn't much matter, enough WERE RIGHT enough, THAT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY started paying attention and looked into it, found enough hard evidence and now has added their stamped desk of "limited" approval. Still advise not feeding honey(especially raw) to a child under a year of age though. Just in case..🤷‍♀️👏👏🍼raw honey is *almost impossible to find* if you can't "grow your own". Not as hard as raw milk...but close!(yes, I'm in Canada. For raw milk, you'd best have your *own cow!* Even a cow share isn't enough!
@zviki68
@zviki68 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeries8549 Wouldn’t such an act just make things more expensive?
@EphemeralProductions
@EphemeralProductions 4 жыл бұрын
Cute! So happy to see them enjoying themselves. Thanks so much for taking care of them and keeping them alive dear sir
@Vaidelotelis
@Vaidelotelis 4 жыл бұрын
They are not enjoying themselves, they are attacking the banana and are trying to remove a foreign object from their hive. If you have spent time with bees and understand bee behaviours, it is obvious. Bees don't eat bananas in the wild. They are not primates like us, they are insects. Their food is nectar and pollen in flowers. What this guy is doing is at best simply annoying the bees, he is not taking care of them
@orhanarabac6260
@orhanarabac6260 9 ай бұрын
@gregcharles7671
@gregcharles7671 4 жыл бұрын
Nope, they are removing the foreign object from their hive. They do the same thing if you stick paper or dirt in the hive. Fredrick Dunn made a video explaining this.
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
They are definitely eating the banana. If you look closely you will see the bees' proboscises lapping up the sugars in the banana. When the banana is sucked dry a shriveled up carcass is left, which the bees don't bother. Not sure what evidence Mr. Dunn is using, but you can certainly find just about anything on the internet. Hundreds of bees don't start eating dirt you put in the hive.
@gregcharles7671
@gregcharles7671 4 жыл бұрын
@@danielmichaelson7340 If you pile ANYTHING in the hive they will process (eat/remove) it. Even SUGER they will throw out of the hive if they don't want/need it. If they are in a durth they may eat/lick the sugar in the bananas but that should not be something you FEED bees. If you leave the bananas in the open the bee will not seek it out.
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
@@gregcharles7671 You didn't read my comment fully apparently. The shriveled banana caracass is left in the hive. Are you a beekeeper or are you just getting your information from youtube videos? I have literally seen honey bees drinking raccoon blood. There is 0 question- bees get sugar from a wide range of foods including overripe bananas that are oozing sugars. I have seen bees eat bananas sitting out in the open. In fact here is a list of fruits and other sugar sources i have seen them sucking on out in the open: BANANAS, black berrries, raspberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, peaches, plums, soda syrup at a recycling plant, and probably some more that i am not remembering. Any questions?
@lekinhkha4251
@lekinhkha4251 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that bees eat Banana ty for it
@highstandards6226
@highstandards6226 4 жыл бұрын
Me too! Its GOT TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE to buy some overripe bananas than to make sugar syrup midwinter just before those nasty multiday storms are forecast to roll in!
@alilibah1
@alilibah1 3 жыл бұрын
This is why honey is not different from sugar
@jadelbadawi6969
@jadelbadawi6969 Ай бұрын
Hi my Question is can we use bananas instead of sugar in spring time? I mean before productive season after winter...
@andylossing7628
@andylossing7628 4 жыл бұрын
I like to feed mine bananas too
@adrianaquinto1424
@adrianaquinto1424 4 жыл бұрын
Vw
@TheJapagu
@TheJapagu 4 жыл бұрын
Good thinking banana flavored honey.
@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118
@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118 4 жыл бұрын
They are eating that 🍌 like it is the best thing ever! 🙌
@browney1998
@browney1998 4 жыл бұрын
An amazing way to cure chalk brood within your hive aswell actually!!
@highstandards6226
@highstandards6226 4 жыл бұрын
Really? Why? The extra pottassium?
@browney1998
@browney1998 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah not sure someone gave me that tip a little while ago and worked an absolute treat!!
@FelicityMTodd
@FelicityMTodd Жыл бұрын
I've also read that the peel really helps them.
@josierock968
@josierock968 4 жыл бұрын
This is cute
@jahangiralam5723
@jahangiralam5723 4 жыл бұрын
ঈদ মোবারক lamim
@jahangiralam5723
@jahangiralam5723 4 жыл бұрын
Tamim
@jahangiralam5723
@jahangiralam5723 4 жыл бұрын
@MickCods2023
@MickCods2023 4 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@taylornoel
@taylornoel 4 жыл бұрын
Yikes 😳 a rule we have on our farm has always been “no bananas where there are bees”! Bananas smell a LOT like bee attack pheromone and have been known to set off hives.
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
Well, now you know. I know what you mean as i have had angry bees in my face a plenty. They seem to love overripe bananas though.
@andylossing7628
@andylossing7628 4 жыл бұрын
Taylor Noel I have never smelt attack pheromone smell like bananas. I have had bees for a long time and my father and his father before him and none of us has ever smelt bananas as pheromones
@browney1998
@browney1998 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing for curing chalk brood actually!!
@shamil6687
@shamil6687 4 жыл бұрын
This man must have some balls to get THAT close yo bees
@IsntreaI
@IsntreaI 4 жыл бұрын
Ahmad Shamil bees are friendly as long as you don’t harm them. when they get trapped inside my house I get them to crawl on my hand and just take em outside
@shamil6687
@shamil6687 4 жыл бұрын
Israel Cobell dayum, that’s cool
@highstandards6226
@highstandards6226 4 жыл бұрын
Why are you so frightened of bees? I work mine in a tank top and shorts all summer... they'll let me know when I've overstayed my welcome. Long before they sting me. If they resort to a sting, it's painful for me, but deadly for them! Much easier for both if they warn and I pay attention.🤷‍♀️💞😘
@shamil6687
@shamil6687 4 жыл бұрын
High standards lmao. I get what you mean, but it’s like saying “why are you so afraid of cockroaches, they can’t hurt you”.
@nullpoint3346
@nullpoint3346 4 жыл бұрын
Neat.
@ramonmedina2160
@ramonmedina2160 4 жыл бұрын
Si alguien le llega a modificar la glándula de crecimiento entonces SÍ qué pica 👀
@jadeforestco
@jadeforestco 4 жыл бұрын
What a horrible, horrible idea . Please don't do this. Can you say bee diarrhea? And the scent of banana is a threat to bees.
@awawdeh24
@awawdeh24 4 жыл бұрын
Hi sir . They supposed to be eating naturally so you could have the best high grade Honey is that true ??
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
The bananas dont generate honey- just provide sustenance for hungry bees
@toddonitros8756
@toddonitros8756 4 жыл бұрын
I produce more rare specialty raw white honey the most on the planet!!! I challenge you or anybody to a good many times and abundance. Back to back 6 multi abundance. I'm the painter of flight and NIGHT let me know
@LadyJ_88
@LadyJ_88 4 жыл бұрын
@@toddonitros8756 Sounds like you might be off your meds...
@scottpierson7495
@scottpierson7495 4 жыл бұрын
bnenomore Out there big time!! Needs help I think 🤔
@mia-lq5hb
@mia-lq5hb 4 жыл бұрын
I’m kinda scared there gonna chase you after they eat all of it
@Suki42420
@Suki42420 4 жыл бұрын
😏😏😏
@LauraFunFunFloweries
@LauraFunFunFloweries 4 жыл бұрын
How's that possible, since bee's mouths are, slurpy slurpy straws?
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
Lol, the bees are sucking the slimy sweet layer.
@buzzedhoneysinc7487
@buzzedhoneysinc7487 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve wondered the same thing. The mouth of a Honeybee is more complex than it looks. The bee’s tongue works like a straw, but bees also have “mouth parts” like mandibles which they use to pick at solid food.
@JessicaOlson88
@JessicaOlson88 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder how a banana diet affects the taste of the honey they produce. Can you let us know??
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
You would need to feed alot of bananas to taste anything in the honey. This is just a fun way to keep the bees eating in lean times
@JessicaOlson88
@JessicaOlson88 4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Michaelson cool I learned something new! :)
@JessicaOlson88
@JessicaOlson88 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you’re on to a possible product?? Banana honey! I mean there’s grass-fed beef
@jontoscano9734
@jontoscano9734 4 жыл бұрын
bruh
@jasonclayton936
@jasonclayton936 4 жыл бұрын
Does THAT really WORK. Can I use a banana to get the hunny bees to my vegetable garden
@pikapower2114
@pikapower2114 4 жыл бұрын
What made you decide to feed honey bees bananas?🙂
@danielmichaelson7340
@danielmichaelson7340 4 жыл бұрын
Just one of those things. Bananas are sugary and bees like sugar...so i gave it a try.
@timlombardini3556
@timlombardini3556 4 жыл бұрын
What's all that white stuff looks like salt
@quackmeister69
@quackmeister69 4 жыл бұрын
Its sugar lmao wgite stuff
@notafuckinpplperson8233
@notafuckinpplperson8233 4 жыл бұрын
Probably cocaine. Would explain why their all hooked to it 😂
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