Looking good. That was a nice way to use some out of work workers! Thanks sharing this “trick” for getting them back to work again. Looking forward to see how you incorporate this into your operation.
This has the potential to add an income stream to the farm. Next season you should be back up to full strength in your own apiary. After honey harvest you could make up a few hundred nucs to sell in spring. Overwintered nucs full of Steppler bees would be a hot commodity. 250 nucs at $200 a pop is an easy 50k. Every 50k coming in is a good 50k.
I'll have to try that.. I went and left mine together.. going to split them after goldenrod and aster and slip in double screen board and second queen.. I was out of 4 framers or I'd made two on each production unit . Hopefully I survive this massive dragonfly hatch unreal tens thousands over the goldenrod Fields
Why is it that in Europe protin feeds are not recommended as it has "virtually no effect on the amount of brood in a colony" and thus is considered a waste of money? Are our scientists stupid when claiming that a single patty offers protin for 50 larvae to be raised from when in fact tens of thousands larvae need to be fed?
Well, ya. That’s no surprise. Many beekeepers confuse the reason for supplemental feeding. It’s to supplement the natural diet of the honey bee. Pollen is needed to provide all those essential nutrients. In my case, when there is a lack of available pollen, I use supplemental feeding to provide the bulk nutrients while the pollen provides all those essentials. If you have lots of available resources, don’t waste your money on supplements
@@philbeeman Yes, but in the north of Europe it is not substantially different. Usually up to 5 months without significant pollen flights. Apart from that I doubt that patties may be a substitution for pollen. Has that be any reasearch on the effects in your region?
Good project
Looking good. That was a nice way to use some out of work workers! Thanks sharing this “trick” for getting them back to work again. Looking forward to see how you incorporate this into your operation.
Looks good Ian.
They are looking pretty good. Make sure you keep track of them in the shed for us.
Good on you Ian for employing all those bees. Stand up guy.👍
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Nice to see that you have some great Queens and genetics that you can use to restart your Queen rearing.
Very nice!
Lookin good !!
Looking good. Glad you tried this I was curious if it would work.
This has the potential to add an income stream to the farm. Next season you should be back up to full strength in your own apiary. After honey harvest you could make up a few hundred nucs to sell in spring. Overwintered nucs full of Steppler bees would be a hot commodity. 250 nucs at $200 a pop is an easy 50k. Every 50k coming in is a good 50k.
Ian how is your fungal spray working for you against the wax moths?
See video that was uploaded a couple days after this one
Yeah I drove those spits 2 hours north to find some flow. That’s the diff.
Best looking split I've seen you make.. those are definitely healthy
I'll have to try that.. I went and left mine together.. going to split them after goldenrod and aster and slip in double screen board and second queen.. I was out of 4 framers or I'd made two on each production unit . Hopefully I survive this massive dragonfly hatch unreal tens thousands over the goldenrod Fields
That’s crazy
Good bees KonaQueen👍
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Why is it that in Europe protin feeds are not recommended as it has "virtually no effect on the amount of brood in a colony" and thus is considered a waste of money? Are our scientists stupid when claiming that a single patty offers protin for 50 larvae to be raised from when in fact tens of thousands larvae need to be fed?
Well, ya. That’s no surprise. Many beekeepers confuse the reason for supplemental feeding. It’s to supplement the natural diet of the honey bee. Pollen is needed to provide all those essential nutrients.
In my case, when there is a lack of available pollen, I use supplemental feeding to provide the bulk nutrients while the pollen provides all those essentials. If you have lots of available resources, don’t waste your money on supplements
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog To my knowledge pollen provides everything bees need?
European weather allows a much longer season of pollen availability. We are headed into 6 months of no flight.
@@philbeeman Yes, but in the north of Europe it is not substantially different. Usually up to 5 months without significant pollen flights. Apart from that I doubt that patties may be a substitution for pollen. Has that be any reasearch on the effects in your region?
Patty isn’t a substitute for pollen, it’s a supplement to pollen