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Harris Joubert with Sleepy Creek Apiary
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Добавлен 3 фев 2020
I am trying to help people be successful with bees. and record the growth of my apiary as I learn the changes from hobby to sideliner. I am also trying to raise queens. I am more about bees than honey.
making hand cream and candles
new product that seems to be moving well is the hand cream #beekeeping #honeybees
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filtering honey and melting wax
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trying to get the honey all wrapped up so I can get back to bee equipment repairs #honeybees #beekeeping
my new pollen mixer
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I am hoping this will speed up patty making #honeybees #beekeeping
still doing winter prep
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getting my feeder boxes filled and ready #beekeeping #honeybees
first run through the honey heating box
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I need to make some adjustments, but I think its going to work. #honeybees #beekeeping
honey heating box
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finally got it put together, now to see if it works #honeybees #beekeeping
Oxalic vape with 2 machines
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another vape machine really speeds this up, and a better way to measure out my dose. #beekeeping #honeybees
colony dwindle
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My observations into the cause of bee colonies failing in the fall. #beekeeping #honeybees
report on feeder fix
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I am happy with the way this turned out #honeybees #beekeeping
pollen sub increases brood production
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I can really see increase in brood with just a little pollen sub. #beekeeping #honeybees #feedingbees
making thymol strips
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hoping this will help with my chalk brood problems, and another tool for varroa control. #beekeeping #honeybees
Varroa test
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doing a test for Varroa on a hive that hasnt been treated this year #beekeeping #honeybees
moving stronger colonies out of home yard
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moving stronger colonies out of home yard
Nice Harris.
thanks
How many oz are those blue containers?
4 oz
I need some bunny balm for my booboos! Thanks Harris!
Would you like that in a 5 gallon bucket?
Bunny and the Bees instead of Birds and the Bees. Have you seen those candles that have different colors, I wonder if you could layer the 2 colors to make an interesting look. Beeswax Birthday Candles.
I have thought of that layering idea with some of the spiral ones. I may play with it one of these days
Oh schit that element was toast! You might enjoy seeing Tritone's 2 barrel unheated wax separator system. A nice alternative to screen filters.
I do need to find better ways to work my wax, I am using more and more if it
My melter is just like that but it's 220vac. Yours looks older with the expansion pot on the side. Mine has the chute like your warmer. Thaks Harris!
seems to work well.. I need a bigger screen more like yours
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Cool. I'd never seen the expansion pot before.
I like that warming bucket rack, that gives me ideas. I've been watching videos on peoples extraction room set ups, time to start building mine so it's ready for next season. I have an idea how to build a small version of one of those baffle staining system. Feel better Harris, Blessed Days buddy...
the rack works great, he had it set up for like 4 15 gallon pots. you could keep different honey flavors that way
Oh, if possible put it back to 3 phase.
I dont have 3 phase, or I would
Tritone and I were talking about modifying something similar to use as a mixer but also as a wax auger. It might be possible to put an extension on with screened slots for the wax. Great find!! Prays to your healing. Thanks for the video.
I was going to build one out of a morter mixer and attach an auger under it, but I have enough projects now
What about sausage tubes, would the bees eat through that?
Probably. It's just a matter of getting enough volume and keeping it flat enough to get it in the hive
Could be a nice time saver and should do a good job of mixing. You could run it in to a tub and then scoop it into your bags?? Hope you're at 100% soon.
I can, but I'm trying to eliminate handling that stuff that much. It takes a lot of time to put 1 lb in each baggie and flatten it. The more I can automate it the better
Prayers Harris, I Hope you feel better. Merry Christmas my friend.
Thanks
You still don't look any better!!!!! LOL!!
It's the time of year😂he always looks like that...
@@dcsblessedbees That's scary!!! LOL!!!! Merry Christmas Dave If I don't talk to before.
My ex-wife used to call it my serial killer look. She said I look like 90% of the white guys on America's most wanted
First!!!!!
You always first in my book Rodney
Marshmallows have a great amount of cornstarch in them . 😬
Yes. That was an experiment I won't repeat. In my climate it draws way too much moisture and just gets gooey and runny. Now they just get straight dry raw sugar. A lot less work, and it helps reduce some of the moisture problem
Nice truck Harris that'll do ya much better then the old one, you will have to show us what the flat bed ya found looks like when ya get it set up. Blessed Days buddy...
Thanks Dave. I've got the flatbed. Now I just need to cut it down and get the old bed off. But I'm using these dry days to get other stuff done.
What's a cold January day there Harris? And congrads!
Sometimes in January we'll get a cold snap little drop us down in the upper 20s. We've had years that we had two weeks it didn't thaw, and I've had years I never had a 24-hour period that things didn't thaw out. But right behind or in amongst that cold snap we can get 55° and raining
1k of subs - good job. Thanks for posting.
thanks for watching
Your's are home, mine are all out😂
it is a love hate feeling this time of year. I wish I could keep working them, I am also ready for the break
I know that’s a good feeling! Thanks Harris!
now to get them ready for winter
How hot is this idea! 😍 can't say cool because that would be wax moth treatment 😂
I think it is really going to help the honey extract better
Let the bees reprocess it!😮
I got as much as I could out for them to clean up
As I am typing this you have 999 subscribers! Just one more! Let me jump the gun and say congratulations! Once I spilled about 2 quarts on the floor. I scooped it up the best I could and put a note on it that said "Floor honey, hold for mead". That stuff made some good mead!
we hit 1000, thanks. I got about 3 gallons picked up, will probably try to feed it back. I have 10 gallons for mead from last year, and will probably add to that this year. I still have mead in my carboy from 3 years ago I need to get out and bottle
Time to clean up!
more food for the bees
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 I hear you!
Honey is such a pain to clean up. Could you drag the plastic out and let the bees clean it up?? Maybe you will need to drop your temps or else increase the air flow. Some of that honey on the bottom was probably hotter than it should have been. Just saying.
you are exactly right. the heat was a little high, and too fast. going to warm it slower this time. I saved some of the honey on the plastic, then took it out for the bees. I picked up most of what was on the floor, and will feed it back too
😬Dang! Well I guess that needs modification 😬 tough break but at least you know what needs fixing so there's that. Hope you get it working it looks like a great idea 👍👋
I think the modifications will make it a lot better. I've turned the temps down, and I will try to bring it up slower. And I have containment underneath so any that does come out will be collectible. I did not have any crystallized honey that wouldn't extract, and that was one of the things I was after
I have heard of that happening, emergency extractions. What's that saying an ounce of prevention..... That isn't to bad, like ya said it could have been much worse. Thanks for letting us know how it worked. Blessed Days Harris... 🤔You know in 1 way I am glad my bees didn't make extra honey for me🤣stick sucks, sticky, sticky everywhere.😂
yes, lots of sticky
Perhaps if you stacked the supers vertically so the hot air could blow through the frames?
the fan is pulling air from the supers to the heater, and the only place for the air to go is from the heater is under the supers and draw back up through them. that was my thinking anyway, we will see if it works
Nice easy cheap construction unit that should do the job without costing and arm and leg. What temp will you be trying to maintain? 105-110 or warmer?
I set the controller shut off at 115. The thermostat on it was running 106 this morning, but my thermometer I had plugged in closer to the honey was at 80. So I believe if the shut off temp is 115, it will take me a couple days to get the honey up to 102 or 103
That looks like it'll work well. Thanks Harris, I have been wondering what you have been up to. I look forward to seeing how it worked for ya. Blessed Days Buddy...
Thanks Dave. I checked it this morning, it had increased by 20°, air temp. Probably tomorrow evening I will actually go in and stick at thermometer into some honey, and see what it's coming up to. There's probably close to 100 gallons of honey in frames in that box, it will take quite a while to bring that all up to temp
Great idea!!! Thanks Harris!!!
thanks, hope it works
Well, I have this problem with a large underground nest by my house. Have seen a bunch of videos up here to help me along but Harris is definitely the Einstein of yellowjacket removal. Because I can not see the exact entrance to the nest I am using the bait method. His explanation of yellowjacket behavior makes him a country style entomologist. No PhD needed. Thanks.
hope it helps you out
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 Harris, I finally located the entrance to the underground nest by going out at night when drones were inactive. Still, freaked me out a bit because they swarmed and stung me multiple times a while back. Shot a good amount of commercial yellowjacket poison spray directly into the nest and used a powder insect killer called Sevin around the entrance. In the late morning, saw no flying soldiers around the nest but spotted what looked like two very large yellowjackets queens crawling around. I dispatched them by foot LOL. Anyway my saga is over, but I am going to use your bait method in the spring/summer to help control potential yellowjacket issues. People do not normally associate New Jersey with rural environments but I live in the northwest mountainous part of the state and where we have yellowjackets, lantern flies, bears and other creatures. Best and thanks again for the lesson on yellowjacket behavior.
I filled those bowls that way with the ProVap. No matter how we tried we couldn't avoid some plugs blowing off. Just noticed your OA holes are in the corners. Any particular reason? Thanks.
the corner just seemed easy, and some of them have a hole there where the boards holding the box up come together
Thank you for this video. This is the solution I've been looking for, much appreciated.
glad it helps
Sorry sir this treatment will make matter worse for your bees . Treatment and sugar are the main causes behind bee diseases !
I would be interested to see the research that shows that. Everything I have seen says that nutrition helps. And without treatment there is going to be no control over the varoa in some of the weaker colonies.
How can I find out more about the speedy vap? A search for it shows just another video you did and a facebook page. I don't have FB.
I'll have Brian reply to you on here. If that doesn't work I'll get you his number
I have tried a couple of different methods to get my contact information in a reply but the comment keeps getting deleted. Outside of FB the easiest way is email. My email is my first name followed by the product name. Hopefully that helps Brian Speedy-vap company
We bought the Insta Vap. Cut my treatment times by about 75%.
That'll speed it up for ya, Fall is here Winter is coming. Mine works well enough and I like the temp control.I was thinking about getting me a 2nd, I'd really like to see a stronger nozzle on them, those get soft when hot. I like to drop it in the bowl then seal the cap, I know it's not how they say to do it but it seems with it all down there same time it seems more efficient.
The two together, and then giving a full dose in one application, cuts my speed by 75%.
Right on
Thanks Rodney
Drone brood removal is key imo more effective than chemicals imo .. proofs in my bees it works they have never been bigger and that's key for honey production. We had 2 good months for honey where anything can make honey.. May and September was awesome.. June July Aug way to much rain.. the big ones still make honey in the wet months.. problem is viruses trick is drone brood removal.. 70% of the mites are in the drones
I am slowly getting more drone frames, I want to get 2 in each box. seems like someone would make a varroa trap with drone pheromone
Busy time!
it has been crazy busy. next year I will have a better plan, LOL
We run around 100 producing colonies throughout summer. Probably 25% of them kind of fall apart right about now usually. We combat this by producing small splits in the spring that allowed to grow into a 4 / 4 configuration. These colonies present issues far less frequently and overwinter in clusters quite well. Without doing this we would be buying packages all the time.
I have splits I made earlier to help fix the dwindlers, I just started 5/5 on pallets and I will continue that next year, they really grow well
Hi there! You've mostly described one of my colonies and after endless effort to turn them around, I've just decided I'm leaving them bee and allow the cold weather to finish them off. Thanks for the video.
one of the things I learned this year is to spend less time on the weak ones, and more on the strong
I think your spot on!!!! Thanks Harris!
thank you Rodney
Great thoughts. In the spring if a colony isn’t amping up, making bees for nucs and honey, that’s when I requeen. Nuc and honey production is a priority for me, so I have no place for a queen that’s just doing okay through summer. This keeps my queens young, and my production high.
some of my best colonies requeen in aug. and usually do great
Just had another hive robbed out. There are so many things that destroy a colony. UGH. Dumped the bees and put the honey frames on another colony. This was too late to figure what actually happened. But, it was fine a couple weeks ago.
when the robbing starts they can strip a colony in a day. it can be hard to stay ahead of them
I believe you've got it, dear Watson!😊
just one more tool in our tool box
We’ve had bees about 6 years now and probably about 3 years ago we realized that if they’re not eating this time of year something’s not right! We also get quite a few tiny swarms this time of year and believe it’s those queens that are failing and leaving with the few that are still loyal to her! Just our thoughts though! Thanks for sharing Harris!!
using this to help grade the colonies to be sent into winter really helps with winter loss
Makes sense. The hard part is identifying the poor queens. At least you have a tool you can try.
yes. we need ways to compare queen strength and I think this is a good way. the bees will tell us everything if we ask correctly
Agree that if they don't take the sub or feed, there's and issue for sure. Inferior queen and the hive crashes at a steady rate. Or a high virus load. But....Not to be confused with natural dwindle when we don't feed. Per Dr. Harris, as well as what I see every year with how I manage in the dearth, the queen is fed royal jelly every day of her life. When pollen slows and nectar stops, i.e., the dearth, she gets less jelly and thus lays less and we see the slow down in brood production and even at times, close to a stoppage in brood rearing. For about a month down here, we see tiny brood patches. If I were to supplement and feed, that would not happen and I'd maintain or grow. But when her royal jelly is reduced due to the nutrition slowing down, she slows and the nest dwindles. So strong going into the dearth, in my opinion, is key so the natural dwindle doesn't deplete them. Then in fall, they build back up as the flow goes or as I feed them for winter, and we're all happy. All that to say, we need to know the difference in what's natural dwindle and what you are describing. So as I actually talk about in this Sunday's video is, I believe prep for the dearth and really winter is mites first, then the crux of it all, queen evaluation, then stores. That queen eval will tell us if we're seeing the dwindle you are describing or a natural dwindle or slow-down. If we see the dwindle due to a bad queen, it's trouble for sure, and I've seen exactly what you're describing. Thanks for the video and putting this out there. Also agree, don't send them thru winter. I let go of nurturing bees years back.
thanks, I may not have been clear enough. I was talking about colonies with feed to be growing that are not. I get calls from the back yard guys every year about no brood in Aug. that is our pollen dearth and it will shut them down even with frames of pollen. I have done pretty well at keeping feed on them, but as you know if you have enough bees some are always failing
You have a mess Harris.😁There's Winter Harris🧔he gets shaggy. I am beginning to think most beekeepers do not have the pollen flow I do, I have good pollen almost all season long. I have 1 or 2 that I believe are smaller I'm keeping an eye on, they are some of my later starts. I'll decide over the next week if they go to the long hive or if they get stacked. Blessed Days Harris...
it all starts with a plan