You all make my 10 hives look small that is a big operation you have there. I am going into my 3rd year of Beekeeping here in West Virginian.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

You know we have found that every operation is different in size and in techniques, if it works for you than that's great! Grow in a pace that is comfortable for you and manageable of course. Always make sure you give 100% into every hive. We appreciate you watching the channel! Thanks and drop us a comment if you have any questions 🤙

Now the work begins!!😁

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! We can't wait!

You got your work cut out for all Happy beekeeping.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@Rudolpj Davis yes, it is crunch time this next month! We are starting to pick up the pace!

Great information. Beautiful family.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

thank you! @Charles ONeill

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Charles. Thank you for watching 🙌

super tout c est nuclei , beaucoup de travail en perspective .bon courage a vous Bruno de FRANCE

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Bonjour de Californie! Merci de nous avoir rejoint! Oui, la préparation demande beaucoup de temps, nous essayons donc de le rendre amusant en écoutant de la musique et en travaillant rapidement en équipe. Vous êtes apicole en France?

@beebruns2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper oui je pratique l apiculture en amateur j ai 45 colonie ,j aimerais augmenter mes colonies .je profite pour vous remercier, vos vidéo son sympa, très bonne continuation a vous et a vos proches .

Awesome video!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sergei!

This video should be titled " Beekeeper's Christmas in January". The goodies just keep on coming.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@Chicago Bees Yes, Santa Claus came late this year haha! We still have more toys coming too!

@salambeekeeper9464

3 жыл бұрын

how do you treat for nosema?

Great video brother! You guys are awesome!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Thats good to hear my man! appreciate the feedback and support. You Rock!

Dadant sold a blue basecap to Germany, because of you.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

😄👌

I wish you good success with good queens for the 2021 season.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

thank you! @ghani delamer We can't wait for the season to start!

Awesome video! I would LOVE to see a grafting video. What a great way to demo that tool. LOL. Looking forward to following your progress. Wishing your bees all the best 🐝🐝🐝✌️

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tim! And thank you for the video request. We will definietly be bringing it once the season starts!

yiiiaaaa... grow grow grow. best of luck this year and beyond guys!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@Organ donor Thanks! We have a lot of work ahead of us!

We do this - two pallets of honey - 6 drums. Put them 8" apart. Put the oil heater in a crack. Put some small fans to circulate air. Cover it by styrofoam box. Set a temperature for 110f. Pok the nidle thermometers through walls. After 2-3 days honey is liquid safety.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Eventually a pallet sized insulated room will be built to liquify the honey barrels os cases. Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching 👍

I’m impressed with how much you know! I like your tool box 😎

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Enjoyed watching your great video content of positive and happy preparations for this 2021 season. Thanks for sharing Kelly & Jose - *Best wishes*

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

thank you! @all smilz we are extremely excited as everything is coming to fruition

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the support 🙂

Need to make a video on that master grafting tool be interesting how it works

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Kevin, We will once we get into the queen production season. Thanks for watching and don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss a beat!

Things are getting easier nowadays. Back in the day I grafted about 500,000 (over 10-12 years) queen cells with an old filed down crochet needle. We also had to dip our own cells back then.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome to have learned the those ways. Mind showing us🤔. Thanks for the support Randy

@VaderSpade

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I do wish I lived closer. I would work for queen cells. I do still have all the cell dipping stuff. All custom made.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that equipment to make cells

@VaderSpade

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Once things slow down and we get past this COVID thing we should make a video showing some beekeeping history.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Great idea Randy! Once it slows down we'd love to shoot something with you.

Try cleaning your cups in boiling water it works very well

@allsmilz7234

3 жыл бұрын

We've found boiling used cell cups first in a lye based detergent found at Lowes ,and then again 2 follow up boils and 1 final rinse works best for reuse of cell cups.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We will try that way and play with others. Thanks for sharing John👍

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@all smilz we will try this too🙌 Thanks

I am not no big thing. I only have a small amount of hives. I started by catching swarms in traps in middle of no mans land here in upper mid west. Not sure breed of BEE but the Queens are black as a tire and so are the BEE. I raise a few Queens to keep myself going and give some to Locals who need. Every so often i give a hive to local people who want to start but they have to have their own Box. I do it as a hobby and i like the health it promotes from raw honey and a sting every so often. No i dont wear protection ever. Take care good luck and stay safe

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew, thanks for sharing man. Keeping bees is awesome and learning from them. You have some black ones(Carniolan) Seem like you have a cool thing with the community! 👍 Keep it up. Thanks again

@matthewmccormick2417

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Ya this my last winter keeping in shed. I tested a insulated horizontal hive this winter and worked good so i built more for rest of hives. I had friends get some packages from like down south but they didnt seem to weather good. Thats why i went with swarm traps away from populated area to start what i have. They do good in these brutal winters tho

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

When do you guys warm up?

@matthewmccormick2417

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Atm looks like maybe sooner then normal. Normal i can unshed mid march to end of march. All but the 1 in the Horizontal have been in shed 3 months already.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Being in the sheds for extended amount of time, what do you do to help with the cleanup of the bees digestive system.?

Build a small over head oven, I built mine out of scrap, heats four drums or a pallet of cased honey at a time, takes about a day an half, cost about 2 gallons of propane. :)

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to research that. Send me a picture on F.B I'd love to see it. Thanks

Looks like y'all are set to start grafting. When do you expect to make your first grafts? Im sure Kelly will be able to show you now to use that grafting tool in no time lol. Good luck!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We have a rough date of February 25 and all depends on weather so 🤞 I know Kelly will get it down very good, she's great at details 👌

Can you see the RJ with the black cups? I like to be able to confirm that larvae are being fed well. I want that cup full at 48hr mark.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

I use the Chinese grafting tool and seem to scoop most of the jelly.

I love set honey though it goes under a lot of names like dyce etc

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thank you for sharing and watching Benjamin 👍

Great video. Will you be shipping to small scale beekeepers 5-10 range? JD green rocks.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@bigsmile542 yes, we sell any quantity. Check out our website or shoot us an email uribehoneybees@gmail.com or www.uribehoneybees.com

Do you have different yards for certain Queens?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. We do our best to regulate what drone stock is in our yards in certain queen mating yards in order to produce what we need.

Saw drones today just FYI but I’m in Antioch not to far from you. So you all are the ones that got all the minis. Lol 😂 would love to come work with y’all for couple days I only have 21 hives and climbing but feel I’m stuck would you all be willing to hive me come help and learn for couple days?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Haha email us @ uribehoneybees@gmail.com Thanks for watching Scott🤜🤛

@scottpierson7495

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper will do,

Hey do y’all transfer brood eggs into the queen cells cups or do you try to graft larvae (3 days old or slightly less )?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We graft. Transferring eggs to a queenless colony is only done if we want them to develop a nature queen.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

2.5 days is average for us to graft from

@christianshannon3943

3 жыл бұрын

The California Beekeeper , it does work then to transfer eggs . I might try that to see if a queenless nuc will make queens from them .

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Important to introduce new genetics from time to time. Let us know how it goes. Love to here about it

What do you paint mini mating nuks with?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We used to roll them but found that using an airless sprayer works great and fast! We had alot to paint this year with the increase of production

How do you get the min frames drawn out

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We hot glue cut foundation to the frame

Joe May sent me some of his modified Chinese grafting tools, ideal

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

If you would like sharing I would love to see those idea. If you can, message me on F.B. Thanks Ian🤜🤛

@ricksutton2902

3 жыл бұрын

Okay yuu Canadian Iceberg beekeeper. Come on don to California with your bees pollinate some almonds. Oh I forgot you come down here yoube like Frosty the Snowman you will melt. 😅😅😅😅😅👍

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

3 жыл бұрын

Canadians melt at 30 degrees Celsius LOL,! But we thrive in -30! LOL

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

😄

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

3 жыл бұрын

Oh shit I forgot to send you a pick of the Joe May adapted Chinese hive tool I’ll do that tomorrow

My best wishes for your 2021. If you don’t get honey in Germany your year is very Bad because thats usually the main income. In california that is almonds, Right?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Yes almonds. What type of honey is made in your area of Germany?

@IceBug1337

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper canola, linden, cherry, some apple and pear, Blackberry and if we are Lucky some wood. What are you honey sources? Oranges i guess? Is it True, that almonds is a weather Independent money source?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

We have so many plants that CAN produce nectar but with the California wildfires, its challenging for the bees to make any honey. Almonds do depend alot on the weather in order to get proper pollination.

@IceBug1337

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper those fires are a tough thing -.- i wish you less for next season. Are the almond pays weather dependand?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

When we rent our hives for pollination, we get paid regardless of weather conditions

Do you sell and ship queens to hobbyist beekeepers? I know some operations prefer working exclusively with commercial buyers.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@CH Bees yes, we sell all quantities. Check out our website or shoot us an email uribehoneybees@gmail.com or www.uribehoneybees.com

@cbbees1468

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Much appreciated, I'll contact you soon.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good. Thanks

I have so many questions, I’m not a pro and just trying to keep learning. Just started grafting last year making queens. Would trade labor for lessons.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

The learning is endless

May I ask what you use for a grafting table?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing fancy, just a regular folding. We do have a custom made frame base to rest the grafting frame on.

@jamesmcnally2519

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper is your address correct on your web page? I am about to upload a video on a grafting table i built and if you would use it i will send you one? I am hoping to upload it in the next day or two, just a bit more editing still required :)

@jamesmcnally2519

3 жыл бұрын

Uploaded the video of making the grafting table! Take a look is it something that you might use? If so let me know please?

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmcnally2519 Hi James, checking out the video now, we would love to use it! Yes, address as on our website. We will have to get you some queens this year once the season begins :)

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmcnally2519 Email us your contact phone and mailing address uribehoneybees@gmail.com

I'm in the process of building an app for beekeeping management. My job is specifically around data structure and visualization, with my recent jobs around queen lineage and colony organizing. Would you be interested in a zoom chat about queen rearing? Would love to get more experience from professional and commercial operations

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lloyd, can you shoot us an email and we can discuss it further uribehoneybees@gmail.com

What are your carnolin bred queen price

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Hi David, shoot us an email or text and we will forward you a price list. uribehoneybees@gmail.com or 530-354-7794

I like those Styrofoam mini nucs. But its not stackable. It is limiting some so needed manipulations.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are correct, they work great but if they could stack they would be alot more useful. We've seen the stackable minis and they seem ideal. Which brand nucs do you run there?

@Nik00gfdsa

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper mann lake. But I'd like to switch on stackables

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

If you get there before us, let us know how you like them

@Nik00gfdsa

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper ok!

Cell cup color due to year?? Haha. (I know, talking in front of cameras can be...) You mean if you want to know which queen you are grafting from. More about lineage.

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

You got exactly what I'm throwing but there actually hobbyist out there that leave there queen cells there on their frame. Some believe that painting their queens puts alot of stress on them. I believe it's all on the touch and pressure. Thanks for watching my man🤙

Hello! How are you Joseph? I would like to know if you could put the language in Spanish in the translator. Please thanks! regards!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Nacho, thank you for inquiring! Yes, we will begin doing that! Where are you joining us from?

@nachotosol6337

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Hello Jose! thanks for answering! I'm from Colima, Mexico, greetings!

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper

3 жыл бұрын

Desde Colima!? Pues saludos Nacho desde el Norte de California. Mi español no es muy bueno pero si lo se mas o menos🤙. Gracias por mirar nuestro KZread 🤜🤛