That alarm is exactly what I need. Simplicity at its best

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

It has saved many a mess.

@richardnoel3141

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872 and will many more this side of the pond!! 🤣😎🙌🐝

@deanmalkewich2366

Жыл бұрын

There’s another sump alarm we like to use, has a similar two prong sensor but it’s tiny and has a suction cup in the back side. I stick it to the top of my spin float sump tank, for that one time the float switch doesn’t work.

@paulbuiks1308

Жыл бұрын

Truly is a great idea. Gotta love Mcguivers! Happy Father's Day Gentlemen

@jwchitwood

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, my Amazon cart now has a watchdog in it.

Good morning Bob and Happy Father’s Day!! You are definitely blessed with a great crew. Love your videos!!

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That’s the exact same water alarms I use in my basement. 😊 Slick design Bob! This engineer approves. 👍🏼😁

Great video Bob! I really like that you always share your hacks and knowledge to help others! So many people in this world aren’t willing to do that. Some of the old time beekeepers wouldn’t dare tell their hacks or share their knowledge. You and a lot of others I know have turned that around, myself and many other folks appreciate this new movement and I believe Hive Life is playing a big part in that along with you! I hope you have a very happy Father’s Day!

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Hi Don. Thanks for the comment and a good day to you too.

Bob, you are the calm voice of reassurance and reasonable, reliable Bee knowledge. Other than Ian, you are the only one I turn to for answers, confirmation and camaraderie. Ian I turn to, to remind me how good I have the Keeping, in Western New York!! Thanks for your service.

@judicorbett9401

Жыл бұрын

Kaymen is good as well.

Wow bob, the honey extraction was very impressive.. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Bob. I love these videos and really appreciate the time that you have dedicated to sharing your wealth of experience as well as every day beekeeping activities. I am just a hobby beekeeper myself but pick up so much useful information from your videos and I like to think that more knowledge will help me be a better beekeeper.

Happy Father’s Day of all the videos I watch you are about the only one that actually knows the taste of what honey is in your boxes. My grandson just devoured the jar of sourwood I bought from you!

I am new to bee keeping. It has been so fascinating and amazing. Thank you, Bob, for sharing your decades of experience with everyone! I appreciate it.

That was a great vid Bob one of your best .. your passion really shows in this one.

Hello Bob. Tilia americana honey has many benefits. It is very appreciated here in Romania. Lots of health and production.

Love that safety eye! It's so simple to overlook, but it is in the direct contact area. Yes, sir! Good catch on an overview of operations! Never know for you could trip into that chain. Even slow rotation under the right conditions equals bad results.

@raymondrobinson5251

Жыл бұрын

Great alarm hack too!

Wonderful video Thank you I hope u have a wonderful father's day.

The alarm is one of those gold nuggets found throughout your videos. I just ordered 3 and will be putting them to good use. Thanks!

That's a heck of an ad for Dodge.

This is my third time watching this video and I just noticed the saying at the end, keep good company and you will be counted as one of them, I really like that, it’s just simply true.

My biggest crop is the tulip poplar an ALL my customers love it . This year there was some very very light honey in the frames a little mixed frames but I can not for the life of me make out what it is . I may have to send you a jar of it Bob to tell me what it is. But the popular is great . On my other yard I get mimosa an it is also real good . Bob I hope you have the best season you have ever had. THANKS

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathy. We love Poplar too and ours has a few odds and ends in it also.

I am sure i am not the only one commenting on the tank level alarm, it’s genius! Thanks for sharing. Another lovely video. Many congratulations on 50,000 subscribers!! 🎉🎉🎉🐝🐝🐝 keep up the great videos Bob. Thanks 🙏 😊

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard. 🙏

A lot of people are having problems with queens this year getting mated and start laying. I had 1 to take almost a month to get going. My honey crop will be about normal for me with 12 strong colonies. The alarm can be made with a 12v backup beeper or light. Really a great idea 💡 ❤️🐝

@learn2obey198

Жыл бұрын

The package I bought the queen is still questionable, but I did see some brood but it was spotty when I checked. I don't know if she is just having trouble or if she didn't mate very well.

Enjoyed the video. Great tips. Thanks.

Great video, I liked that you showed the Basswood tree so closely, I don't have them in my area of SW Missouri. It's pretty neat to see some of the commercial side of things and a frame extractor like that. The comment about the one yard with low bee residence is what worries me, I'm trying to trap feral colony swarms from outside my three mile radius to bring some back into my area. I went two years without seeing a honeybee on my cucumber vines and just stopped growing them because of the low output, like 20% of what I usually got, the native bees just weren't doing what the honeybees had been doing, same conditions by the way. I don't want to buy a package of bees because I've seen too many horror stories and I'm not sure who I can trust. And another complication is that I'm going with insulated Layens hives, with our temperature swings in my area I think they would just do better, 100 in the summer to Neg. 0 at times in the winter.

Thank you Bob, I nearly 3x my hive count this year using your techniques, to the best of my ability. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I like to say bee colonies are like rabbits if you help them a little.

My Basswood and Sumac are both just starting in the next few days. We have had a horrible drought for about a month and loads of rain the last few weeks. Looking like they will both end up being great.

One big happy family and you're the Daddy! Thanks for the regular vids Bob, I really appreciate them.

Love the Pics at the end

Queen cells are in . Picked up at 7:30 in by 8:10 I split out a frame of brood with capped brood and no eggs or larvae for each of 6 splits and shook 2 frames of bees in each i also put in 3 frames of capped honey and a frame of wet honey and pollen in each . When i opened the spits they obviously knew they were queenless they were howling like mad . This should make them happy I hope these carnolians are as pleasant as the swarm fr last year it is so calm i havent worn any ppe working them . That left the donor hive with 5 frames of open brood and 2huge double sided capped brood .🎉 Its weird you do all you can to make these little bugs succed and it is totaly rewarding !🙂

Good morning Bob! And happy fathers day to you sir. Thanks for sharing another great sunday video. You the man.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Good Morning and thank you.

Looks at those mountains in the back ground. 😁Gota say I like most beekeepers job locations.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

We feel lucky to be here.

Thank you for sharing , great to see

Very nice operation ,Bob.!

That alarm is a great idea. Simple and serves a great purpose.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

"The mess saver"

@Bob Binnie. You need to gift one of those Barrel Alarms to Ian. He has freely admitted to having the occasional overflow. And what do I find below, Ian, Richard and others already on the hunt for it's equivalent.

Beautiful operation 👏

I am a Georgia (backyard ) beekeeper. Appreciate your "local" insights.

Just got my hives up to Cleveland this Saturday. Hoping for a good sourwood flow this year. Had decent rain for it.

Good to see Jimmy, it's been years! Hope you are well!

Happy Father’s Day! Thanks for the video. Love seeing those big operations in action. What an amazing morning.

Well basswood has 3 names that i can find American Linden Or Lime i found 2 in Nipawin. One huge one And dozens of 16' tall ones today in newer construction areas in Prince Albert Saskatchewan . They bloom in July here which is different from our native trees 🌳 which are blooming in april early may

happy father's day bob better get those sour wood supers on its here!

Good video Bob. Thanks for sharing. Happy Father's Day

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Bob Binnie..best videos!

Necessity is the mother of all invention. At least that’s what they say. Happy Father’s Day Mr. Bob and to all the Dad’s out there.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

your alarm... they do make faucet valves that close when full.

I had been a strange flow year to say the least. I'm surprised the clover has did as well as it has this year cause we haven't had any rain till recently. I noticed that the black locust has put blooms on again, not like they do in April with a big cluster, but a small one. I believe it has something to do with being in an agricultural community. I noticed a few years ago that when my apple tree got drift on it, it put on a secondary bloom after it recovered. Herbicide gives trees a slow death, like it kills them in half lives. I totally understand what you mean when you talk about not wanting your bees around all that agriculture, there are a lot of chemicals sprayed in our area.

I am up in Southern Manitoba, and our Basswood is at the same stage as yours. Found that interesting.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Would not have expected that.

Happy Fathers day and thanks for a great video again.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

propolis works as an excellent topical antibiotic to use on brown recluse spider bites.Using a band aid to hold propolis in place will draw out the poison in less than 3 days.

Over in the UK Tilia is the genus of trees we call Limes (common name). The honey is light and has a taste of lime.

Thanks for the information on the trees . We get about 1and a bit month of flowering trees early in the spring in central Sask By early june they are pretty much done . I guess they are so short seasoned because they evolved to get seed set before winter hits in 6 months or less . My hive is draining a gallon pail of syrup per day now . And flying pretty hard we will have to go for a drive to see what they are flying to theres not any canola yet. My friend has a linden in his yard so i have seen one here .🎉 Those tulip poplar must smell up the area i hope its a nice fragrance

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

I've not noticed a fragrance with the poplars but they sure can put out the nectar.

Looks like a decent year for you, hope the sourwood is a good one for you. Happy Father's Day!

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

You definitely want to get covers on those gear trains Bob to avoid a visit by the OSHA guys. Might be one watching this video who would love to visit. Dick Brickner

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dick, already done.

I’ll have to build one of the overfill alarms Bob. Swienty sells some but they’re expensive, over $200.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Without it there would be many messes.

i might try chewin that stuff later on see if it does an old man any good

"Safety first or stupid will get you". Casey Dame, Lord of the Rings CGI artist.

Thanks Bob and crew!!!!!!

So green there. Brown here. Need rain.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully it's coming.

Hello Bob. Back in Romania this basswood is one of the main sources of honey. In Europe the honey from basswood is called linden flower honey with medical properties. If that yard is by itself there I can bring some bees from Texas to make same linden honey?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. We've got it covered. 👍

use that yard for mating bring the drowns in from other hives to populate.

Quite the operation!

A bit late as well as well late and commenting on your video. Of course a simple Thank You for sharing. Anyhow we see you in the different Bee Yards. Outside of the Bee Yard the "lawn" seems to be well maintained as to being meticulous. With our hives and going out with a weed eater they seem to go ballistic via the type of noise that the weed eater is creating. Any suggestions?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Ours don't like that either. We have an employee that keeps our yards maintained.

Happy Father's Day Bob. Your honey looks a little dark this year. I'm having a lighter than average crop this year also.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. Thank you. It has a lot of Tulip Poplar in it which is fine. We've been selling a lot of dark honey lately.

Thanks for your great videos!! How far away is the Appalachian trail from you?! Greetings!

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

It's not far. It goes through our county.

Hi Bob in general how many times can someone split a colony in a year. Just curious on an estimate. I’m trying to figure out how many split I could make of say 10 colonies. And when focusing on splits do you still get a significant amount of honey?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Depending on your location it's possible to turn one colony into ten if you're willing to invest in the proper feed and do the work. Probably no honey production though.

@0hleg

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872how do you recommend I learn how to do squats at a scale like that. I’m not sure how to feed a split and how many frames of brood etc. also do you think entrance reducers are necessary?

👍😀🐝

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

👍

♥♥

Great video! Hey Bob. When adding a new mated queen to a hive, do you find it important to first remove all attendant bees first-or not? Thx

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

It will work better if you can. The bees are less apt to be antagonistic.

@bradgoliphant

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872 thank you!!!!!!

How can you tell if its sourwood except for taste

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Taste is the main factor. Color can be variable in different locations.

You know Bob, thats not really poplar, its latin name is Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar) no relationship to the genus of true poplars(Populus). I always wonder as to the origins of some of these common names.

Brain fart from videos past... Speaking of gizmos, did you ever get your Dadant Honey dryer working?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we just had to turn the heat up. Too high in my opinion.

Bob, can you run deeps and mediums in that Cowen without any adjustments?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

You can if you leave it set for deeps but we reset it when running mediums because it speeds things up a lot. Resetting it doesn't take long.

Hi Bob, You've featured a Hive Lifting extended arm device in an earlier video and many beekeepers opt to manage full & empty box movement that way. With the weight of either full brood sized supers to small supers, at what point would you consider bringing in this form of mechanical aid which is able to self level/balance? I ask this question as your video shows boxes being carried. Video, lovely locations, well organised anticipated flow and the managed separation of honey sources to meet the storage gathering. Very well explained, thank you.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

A lift would certainly be helpful but in many of our yards it wouldn't work well because of the terrain. It would probably only work in about 50% of our yards so I'll probably never get one.

@user-go9hb4td8j

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob for your reply. I did wonder how the locations fared. I've seen how lifting full supers off for management and collection is helped by using a mechanical long arm Hive Lift. Thank you. 👍

Good Morning Bob !

@robertdemers5125

Жыл бұрын

We also call them Lindens and we sell them at my garden center. Because of the way they grow they make a great barrier tree. They smell absolutely wonderful. I have some mature trees planted on the grounds. They say Tilia honey is one of the better honeys, someday I’ll have to try Sourwood honey and see. It’s been rainy and cold in NH so the bloom up here is going to b late which isn’t a bad thing. Have a great day !

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and good morning.

great job

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Any chance we can have a video of how you clean plastic frames if that's something you do please Peter Australia 🇦🇺

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Hi Peter. We never do it so I can't really speak to that with any insight. We replace frames and foundation if they get old.

Does the Basswood produce every year?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

No. Like most trees that produce nectar there are good years and bad years.

I know a location with 300 baswoods, but I dont like the Taste, should I Move? I am still waiting for honeydew

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Basswood honey is unique. Some love it and some don't. We have found it to be great when blending. It goes well with other honey.

@garybeez

Жыл бұрын

Honeydew flow just started, I love the Taste! Incredible! I will definitiely not move, honeydew can flow until august😊 I am thorougly excited

Made my deal on your videis

My hive is 4 high with brood in three . 10 frames of brood in bottom . Its going to shrink drastically wednesday i have 6 cells coming wednesday . This poor swarm hive of mine will be working overtime to populate 6 hives and itself ..

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

I love it!

1:00 that looks like linden tree

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

That's another name for Basswood tree.

Workers on the honey extraction line. Why do they have nets on their faces???

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

They have beards.

Why use a cooks and B. Wax spinner over the Cowen brand?

@bobbinnie9872

4 ай бұрын

I haven't used a newer model Cowen so I can't report anything about it but when I bought my Cook and Beals and sold an older Cowen some years ago the Cook and Beals was considered better by many beekeepers.

Mr Binnie, I really gain so much from your videos. Is it possible for you to do a video on how you handle robbing? I have trouble every year with robbing. Thanks.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

I'll try to address that problem although there aren't a lot of answers.

How do bees like Catalpa tree?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

They work them here but we don't have enough of them to tell how big of an impact they have.

@reck9953

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872 I watched your video on how you make queens… love it. I finally pulled the trigger on grafting my own queens this year… my take is 25 outta 45 on my 1st attempt. I’m happy with that. My question is what is the make up of a mating NUC? (I don’t have drawn comb) When do I have to make up the mating NUC prior to placing the cells in them? Thanks again for all you do!

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

@@reck9953 I suggest assembling the mating nuc the day before you install a ripe cell that is ready to hatch. You'll need some drawn comb though. Even if it's just one frame.

What do you think this week's torrential rains will do for the sourwood flow? kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZeVj9OchZjgn7Q.html

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't try and predict the Sourwood flow at this point. The best flow I ever had it rained through the first half of the bloom. The worst flow I ever had it rained through the first half of the bloom.

Is the electric fence for cows or bears?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

Definitely bears. We have a lot of them.

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872 very interesting… No bears we’re I live in northern eastern Nevada .. what is your elevation ?

@nsfjojo

Жыл бұрын

Lmao over in western Nevada we got lots of bears.

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po Our yards range from 1400 to 2400. Not too many bears below 1500.

От кого используется ограждение?

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

медведь

@user-le7iz2uv8i

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you sir, our apiary is upstate New York, so we'll need to put up some protection too.

So the guy put his non-gloved hands right over the spout where the honey was coming out in order to turn the PVC pipe to fill up the other barrel...Really???? So unsanitary and nasty. Nobody has on gloves but have on beard nets. Wow. 🙄

@bobbinnie9872

Жыл бұрын

They wash their hands and clean continuously. Much like someone preparing your food in a commercial kitchen.

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