And this is why I watch a lot of your videos, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Excellent video, great information as always. Thank you Ian

Love your videos! Very relaxing and always learn something new.

Prsh. I nderuar une quhem Fatmir Morina jam nga Kosova. Edhe une jam nje bletar i siqert dhe e dua shum bleten. I kam permbi 100 koshere. Puna juaj me pelqen shum. Dhe kam deshir qe te bashkpunoj me ju ne ket drejtim. Me respect F .Morina..

Thank you for a very informative video. I learn so much from you!!

Made up a dozen of your open feeders this summer. I like them alot. I was open feeding with larger totes and messing around with covering and uncovering for weather...Good solution to that problem.

This type of feeding is the best you’re doing a good job thanks lan

@tangsu7128

3 жыл бұрын

What heppen if rain is come..does water going true the hole with syrup in hive?

God bless you from Australia. You are the guardian of your hives. Didn't know it was so hard to keep them alive and healthy and fed where you live. I got an empty box and thinking of getting into this. You are awesome and I take my hat off to you mate. Keep showing all of us the way :-) thank you. Well done.

@markuskelvin1800

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@markuskelvin1800

2 жыл бұрын

@Randy Preston thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

@markuskelvin1800

2 жыл бұрын

@Randy Preston It worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you really help me out!

@randypreston9377

2 жыл бұрын

@Markus Kelvin glad I could help :D

вижу 30 вменяемых и честных пчеловодов. Спасибо Вам друзья, что вы есть!

@sergeytaranovich2368

5 жыл бұрын

А что вы имеете в виду?

Very informative video. Thank you.

Thanks for the video. ✌

very nice set up

we have steep temp change + 19 or 20 through day and down to 6 or 8 overnight as pail warms through the day syrup floods the hive

11:47 there's a stinger on your index finger. =) & you just plowing along with your hard work ethic!

Wow i like you video .....good content ......from malaysia

Feeding that dry pollen, Beautiful sight !

@waynedonaldson5785

5 жыл бұрын

Brooks Mill Farme

@muratgkr2656

5 жыл бұрын

dry pollen kill bees..The bee's bowels are blocked.pollen must be fresh.

Спасибо за Видео! Привет из России.

Seems to me youd plant more than a "sprinkling" of clover....Good for the bees, good for the cattle, and the clover also fixes the nitrogen in the ground naturally. With that many acres, you could have the best clover honey in the land. (I'm sure you already do though :) )

Love honey bees

Would putting the top feed hole to the side of the hive, or in the corner help avoid the dripping on the cluster issue? You could put the screens on the side of the bucket lid in future replacement buckets, and add a hole to the top cover away from the center. Would there be any benefits to that, or will the cluster be large enough to still get a syrup shower? It seems like it at least would protect the queen and brood, and just get the outer layer of bees.

This is great do u have a problem with water getting into your hive when it rains. Also do u make your buckets or do u buy them Thanks and have a wonderful day

do you swap lids when feedind or is there a cap for the hive? thanks.

Good information Sir

Ian, I wonder if you were to have a preset pattern hole stamper which will stamp holes the size of boardman feeders into yout plastic tops, would this stop the dripping problem? The holes are very fine and do not drip on the boardman feeder. Perhaps the same can be accomplished on the bucket feeders? I believe with a little thought and ingenuity, this can be accomplished? Thanks, Phillip Hall

It’s like involuntary seeds sprouting

If you get a week or so of warm(er) weather after the snow comes, is that enough for your hives to take the syrup and cure it out?

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

SuperSmith_ Hardly

@SuperSmith

5 жыл бұрын

a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog I figured as such, thanks

Greetings from Southern Ontario. I'm learning a lot from your channel. Thanks. I'm curious about how much of that the dry feed will you go through? .Especially the Ultra bee

thank you very good

My bees are in nuc they draw out half of frames and stop and I have brood I ordered wax foundation today Wil the wax foundation encouge bees to draw more comb ?

Did i hear right.... he said 85 up to 95 pound per hive?

Ian, assuming that there is no outside nectar coming in, how long will one gallon of syrup last your as your bees are coming out of the winter? The goal is to keep the queen laying.

what bee race are you working with ?

Can you share how you mix you syrup in bulk being a beginner it would be nice to know how you mix the big tanks

You are great sir ji

wow that was a fast winter lol

@zacharycoombs9941

5 жыл бұрын

If you put your heater outside I'll melt the snow and spring will come lol

@hootervillehoneybees8664

5 жыл бұрын

Climate change

Do you store the hives for the winter. At the end you are stock piling (with the forklift) the boxes with the bees inside?

@Lkonae

5 жыл бұрын

He puts them in a climate controlled room where they stay in their cluster and efficiently use their resources.

I guess you could build a deck or dig out a lower drive to gravity feed the three tanks to the truck.

Hi Ian, may you tell me how you drill holes in the hive lids? I use Milwaukee Hole Dozer... if you have to make a dozen or more holes then no problem, but if a few hundreds ... it just pisses me off how long it takes.

Very nice

Definitely not used to seeing bees fly in snow conditions! LOL

Do you think I could put honey in the pail feeders?

A question do you have problem with pails dumping when weather warms up after a cool spell

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis Harron Drips , yes

How do you keep rain out of the hives when the pails aren't on them?

Waww How could these bees survive this frozen weather?

What do the signs or labels on your hives say and mean?

Question number 2 Do you feel that most people's opposition to open feeding has to do with the chaos that ensues?

Where can I get the feeding buckets/pails?? Thanks

When do you change your syrup from thin to thick, relative to temperature and how long do you feed pollen supplement

Good morning, what is the liquid treatment that you use to treat bees and are you from Canada or the United States? I'm a beekeeper here from Brazil. I liked this system of treating bees.

@michaeltaylor8835

4 жыл бұрын

Hes in canada

Wow.. I think I learnt a trick.

Hi.. can you describe your gizmo you use to weight your hives. Jerry. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

You got to allow the Sugar Water to drip out, and away, from the hive before you place it on the hive. Once there's a vacuum then you won't have to worry about getting sugar on your bees.

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

lirg123 The bees lick it up

Do you have 5 or 6 frame-nucs?

i notice you use a bucket feeder when the vacuum pressure changes does the dribble affect the bees does it attract pests like ants etc ?

Do you ever supplement feed with mushroom extracts I just heard it can give a massive lifespan and disease resistance boost

What they are giving to the bees in the bucket

Where do you get your Gallon pail supplies? Sounds like you kind of made them yourself. I have had trouble with my gallon pails leaking. Thank you!

hello I am a beekeeper in France. or do you see bought the buckets for the syrup? thank you

How many pails full does one of your hives typically take down before winter?

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Brent Wilson Looking at roughly 5 gallons

@russellmoore8187

5 жыл бұрын

a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog Whoa, those are some strong colonies!

How u arrange that process . step by step please

Use a smaller hole to slow down feeding rate

Sir what's surp?also how to do that

hello what is this cork for food buckets from where the syrup drips and how can I buy one?

How to make a bee stick

How do you tip your sugar water buckets over with little to no spill? I dump a ton of sugar water and I don’t know what I’m doing different from you.

Hi. I got plugs similar to yours (probably made by the same company) from BetterBee. But the leak a lot. I used a 2 inch holesaw to cut the holes. With a 1 7/8 inch hole the plug doesn't fit at all. Left a pale full of water upside down for a couple hours as an experiment, and about half the water drained out. Are you really not having that problem? Thanks Matt

@jkgkjgkijk

4 жыл бұрын

Matt, you have to poke a hole in the cap side...as a vent.

Hi guys, i have two questions. 1) I have a beehive it has three floors. There is no queen cage inside. Which floor or floors put the eggs by queen. 2) I don't want to give to the bees sugar, i want bees eat their own honey; i wonder that it's possible. The weather is -10 in winter here. Maybe the honey get freeze and they can't eat. Thanks for the answers.

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Where can I buy the one gallon bucket’s with the metal screen the bees eat from.

Is White Satin Powdered Amalgamated Sugar made from beets OK to make syrup for bees? Also, is “Brown” Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar OK to feed bees?

Ian, at what temperature do you need to stop feeding to prevent from chilling your bees to death? When your colony is really heavy with bee numbers, what is the coldest Temperature you can get away with feeding at? Thank you. Merry Christmas.

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Good question, as you can appreciate, cooler temps will slow syrup consumption but if they are hungry, they will take the opportunity. But curing of the syrup may be slow due to the limited actual bee activity due to the cold

How many days does a bee consume this bucket?

Just curious, why do you take the honey and replace it with syrup?

what is your recipe for syrup and that kind of syrup is (inverted or just sugar and water)

@GoodDay-cy8lq

Жыл бұрын

please, can you answer the question. Thanks

Hi Ian, where do you get the plastic plugs for the hive lids?

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Aiden Bennik www.beemaid.com

@paridoth

5 жыл бұрын

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I think he means for you migratory lids after you are done feeding to close them up. I am also curious where you get them and the size hole you drill in the lids

Where can i get the pail?

Super

how do you winterize your bees? Do you wrap or insulate the boxes?

@shrekpower

4 жыл бұрын

He has a storage space specially designed and controlled temp/humidity at all time at all cost to store them during Winter. @25:49

Ian if you didn't have such a huge investment in the pails, do you think you would use the Ceracell top feeders instead?

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Flatwoods Bee Farm Perhaps. But they are more costly

@RoughAndWretchedRAW

5 жыл бұрын

I know I never would. It's not that the Cerecell feeders are bad. They are excellent. But Id never use a top feeder like that except in very specific cases. The pail feeder is quick and you don't have to be overly concerned with spillage. For some mating nucs or something it's fine but if I had to deal with the kind of volume of hives Ian deals with it would have to be pails. It's just the constant need to be careful so you don't spill it out all over. A good example is right at the end when he was weighing the hives in the snow. Consider the ease with checking the pails and removing them as compared to a Ceracell. Cerecells are excellent feeders. Probably the best dry and wet top feeder design I've seen commercially available. However, When the hive numbers get up that high or when time is extremely limited the time to deal with them would add hours to the jobs I think.

هل تطعم النحل في الشتاء فقط ، او طول السنة ؟؟؟ Do you feed bees only in winter or all year؟؟؟؟؟؟

Why cant you use a regular plastic pail with a lid and then drill only a few very small holes ?

Do you feed syrup all year long ?

Can anybody tell me how is it possible to survive the bees in this snowfalling cold weather? ???

@eem8039

4 жыл бұрын

They eat the sugars and produce heat by vibrating their wings muscles without actually moving their wings They have the ability to somehow disconect the wings like a clutch

What's the late season that it's kind of

where can I obtain those smaller top feeders? Thank You

@kenburke9272

4 жыл бұрын

found em. Beemaid

I am your subscriber. I often watch your videos. I have a question. I see you have wooden beehives. They are hard compared to hives made of polyurethane foam and polystyrene foam. I wonder why you chose wooden beehives?

@shrekpower

4 жыл бұрын

In canada, It is commonly used throughout USA and CAnada. This is the "standard" beehive we have over here. This type of beehive will last way longer and it is more efficient to our climate...

How you make the sirop

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How far will a bee travel for food?

@Lkonae

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on the race of bee, but they can forage from resources more than 4km (2.5mi) away. Most of a hives nectar and pollen comes from within 700m of a hive though.

i'd keep those under lock and key, we had someone poison our tanks outdoors and we didn't catch it in time. We lost about 600 hives fed that day .

@larryschartner6603

3 жыл бұрын

Rick Mahnn that’s terrible!

Hi Ian, Do you make your own feed or do you purchase it? Thanks, Jim

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

James Puccio Prepared sucrose 67% by the semi load

@pitbrad1

5 жыл бұрын

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Hi Ian, Thanks for the info. I have a small farm here in New Jersey. I currently have 60 hives. I purchased another 40 unassembled hives and will start to assemble them next week after Christmas. Currently I have been making my own syrup. Which I begin feeding in March. I like the way you overwinter in the building. You method had given me a new direction for next fall. Thank you for your posts, and I appreciate all of your knowledge. Thanks again, Jim PS Merry Christmas

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

As you venture forward, be sure to understand what you are doing and manage to achieve those objectives

@exeterbeekeeper

5 жыл бұрын

I have only bucket feed my bees. I will be trying this open feeding when time is right

I quite feeding my bees sugar water all to gather. Its now been 2 years. I haven't gave them any sugar at all. I got them eating there own honey during the winter. Saving big time. Only thing i give them now is my left over coffee. That is it ~ Got to stay away from the money pits in beekeeping

Ian, what happened to the missing hive boxs at the places in your yard that only have one box now (see at 8:22 to the right of the screen the 2nd and 5th pallets) and then, what ever that reason, why don't you pair them up again leaving one pallet bare in that case? And maybe you should use something like below in your yards to tote those full pails about and save some of your back - make your own maybe with wider wheels and the wheels to the side rather than underneath - www.leevalley.com/us/garden/page.aspx?p=44960&cat=2,44639,33270&ap=1

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

5 жыл бұрын

Don Challenger Culled hives I fill them in later after the cull is done

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Los recipientes de color blanco que sustancia contiene, gracias.

You measure temperature in celsius and volume in litres, but weight in pounds. Is that normal in Canada?

@danielchiang1752

4 жыл бұрын

To certain extent, yes. Canadians are still stuck with the weight in pounds, possibly because Canada's next door neighbour is USA. In USA, they are all in imperial measurements.

Sorry, but why not semisolid or even solid feeding?! Just asking.

bonjour les canadiens ....c'est bon le goutte a goutte avec le bidon blanc...mais est ce que ça ne déborde pas dans la ruche......gros bisou a tous les canadiens ...ami apiculteur d'algerie ...salah.et bonne saison 2019....beaucoup de miel...good like .

I dunno about them pails.... looks like bear bait to me ;)

Should you use a food grade bucket?