Mark your Queens, just a dot! You could have made a shorter video and been on the way back for a cup of coffee!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

Don't get too excited. Results at the breeder's yards are rarely duplicated outside their yard. They will just be puppy mill queens. On a side note, I have 2 yards, 32 hives in each within a mile of other beekeepers, those are my hives that always have mites. The other 8 yards I have, I'm the only beekeeper for 30 miles, I don't see mites in these yards.

I'd consider introducing on 2 frames colonies with food in 4 beeyards... Young queens will creat a colonie easy... With 2 frames or sure shot 3 of brood and candy, would facilitat acceptation and have them identified also geographical area for crossing ... Having them as 4 beeyards surrounding a saturated mating station As you have the space for yourself Always great to hear from you Randy came to Europe ... Maybe you could too how is you multiplication program how is Carry the super doer Hope the best of news from you all

Got me a wopping two packages with queens of Randy Oliver’s! Just south of Steppler in St Paul MN. I’m loving the direction of this experiment 🤙🏼

Alberta is COOOOLD and rainy where I am as well. Can't do anything with the bees right now.

@curtislesann2948

22 күн бұрын

We need it tho

Just a hypothetical...sell/share any left from the 250 to Phil and run a double eval on the queens from two geographically different, high- (and/or low-) production apiaries.

What you may need to do to start down the "breeding for varrao tolerance road" is a full time assistant like how your wife does it and that person is used for testing (alcohol/dawn detergent wash/ Harbo/ UBO tests) and record keeping and helping your wife with the queen rearing tasks etc. I would offer my services but I'm in Ontario lol. Although for an opportunity like that I might consider moving lol jk 😂

@carriemartindale-wetherup5243

20 күн бұрын

Sandy hasnt started queen rearing... yet, I am not sure if she is interested in trying. However we are planning on varroa resistance breeding.

I love to see that queen bank

250 queens? It’s because you’re a beekeeper. You can’t be a beekeeper and not be somewhat optimistic

A shot of formic on those weaker singles would have helped you a bunch.

To feed or not to feed. That there is the question

Have you ever tried chillian carnie queens from Nunez chillie ? If not you should try there queens they work really good in Canada for our climate

@blackberry5908

22 күн бұрын

I find carnia to be a little more aggressive lol.

Well i never hailed here in White Fox . And its raining to make early seeders happy but did i mention that i want rain at night and sun during the day. Fruit trees are blooming and bees are trapped in the house 😢

It would be a shame to not test properly those queens, their bees. Now when Randy claims much better percentage of resistance. I don't know would it be too soon to move away with them and produce drones. The place where you buy them.. are they breeding them with what flies around them. It would be a one more new job which takes alot of time. Yeah, it's probably too early to jump into that stuff

exciting news, sorry about the bear

Why is the queen always on the last frame inspected?

@hootervillehoneybees8664

22 күн бұрын

Because their not latshaw queens they run and hide

Man I ordered 30 queens and thought I was cool….. 250… damn!

25 at a time here.

aint that always the way? you need to find that queen, and the bugger just hides cuz she knows you are looking for her!

Windy the last two days in North Idaho, CDA area. Chances of rain.

@barkersbees

22 күн бұрын

What part of Idaho?

How much did you pay when buying 250 queens?

Hope the neighbors have the same bees from California to get your area mite resist 😊😊

How do you know you need to feed ? You check for a number of frames of honey per single or you weight your hives ?

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

22 күн бұрын

The amount of freshly stored nectar/sugar around the blood nest

@blackberry5908

21 күн бұрын

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog thanks ❤️

Just think about all the shipping cost you saved. Lol

A bear jacket would be nice during the winter

There's that stress that I was exposed to since birth that made me sick for life. People get pissy when I say that I NEVER wanted to marry a farmer, of any kind, but I miss the country. You can't be a sensitive kid, hear that all the time, year after year and feel secure. Some siblings it didn't bother them but for me I was always worried about my parents, our house, our farm, animals, crops, weather and a crap load of other issues since I could understand, around 5 yo, that weren't mine! I hope your smarter and NOT loading this on kids.

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

22 күн бұрын

Oh everyone knows the stress but I hold it on my shoulders, I don’t have anyone else bear that weight

@kh7794

22 күн бұрын

I saw my parents go through it and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. If people understood half of what it takes out of farmers to produce the food maybe they'd be a little more thankful. So much is out of your control and not a damn thing you can do about it. People don't get it. I don't blame my parents, they didn't know how it effected me and a couple other siblings, they did the best they could and they were actually very successful for starting with ABSOLUTELY nothing but a house that was falling apart and a bit of land.

@jtlearn1

22 күн бұрын

Trusting in God's faithful Providence is the antidote for Anxiety.

@illumi-Nate

22 күн бұрын

At the end of the day the stress is the best part of farming, keeps ya on your toes & your mind strong... .i think we all have it..Ian's got it under control thats forsure

Can't evaluate a dozen. 250 should give you solid information.

Rain equals grain

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

22 күн бұрын

Yes!

I think you need a helicopter how dare you not feeing them.

....... ? Trax vehicles ? ? 250 Queens , then at worst your making mini nucs , side by side .....for warmth ?

You mention 'the fencer was not strong enough" ANY electric fencer is good enough. yes some are better..... the key is in the GROUNDING OF THE BEAR. Lay chicken wire flat on the ground like a rug and ground it with a separate ground spike from the one you use for the fencer. Go ahead and touch the fence in your boots and yes it hurts.... hold a grounded wire in one hand and touch the fence with the other hand and you are on your azz on the ground. Go ahead try it. Hope you get that worked out. It can ruin a years work over night.

I would have to guess the only way to beat the mites is everyone stop treating for them like what happened with triracial.

@Swarmstead

22 күн бұрын

Beekeepers are too greedy to do what's necessary for resistance.

@blackberry5908

22 күн бұрын

​@@Swarmsteadif that's the case why Australia wasn't able to control like suggested above ?

@Swarmstead

22 күн бұрын

@@blackberry5908 I don't understand your question.

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

22 күн бұрын

Greedy… follow through with that line of thinking…. agriculture is our livelihood. How about people quit eating for a few years as we allow natural selection to adapt our animals and crops to pests

@Swarmstead

22 күн бұрын

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I'm only talking about bees, not every other helpless livestock animal. No one would starve unless they only eat almonds. Beekeepers out here really thinking they're the saviors of the world.

Don't get too excited. Results at the breeder's yards are rarely duplicated outside their yard. They will just be puppy mill queens. On a side note, I have 2 yards, 32 hives in each within a mile of other beekeepers, those are my hives that always have mites. The other 8 yards I have, I'm the only beekeeper for 30 miles, I don't see mites in these yards.

@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog

22 күн бұрын

Yes but don’t forget, support towards resistance within commercial queen producers is needed to help move the needle