Bees Robbed a Weak Hive
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- I noticed a few days before I shot this video that a hive was being robbed. That's unusual as the flow is still trickling in, so this had to be a very weak colony, much weaker than I initially thought. So I need to go on out and see what is left, and I'd like to invite all of you to come along.
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This is the reality of beekeeping. You do such a good job of helping people feel what it is really like. Great job Mike!
Thanks so much Bruce!!
@BrucesBees what's the guy's name on StreemTeam that raises queens, lol I'm 72 and have a memory problem sometimes with names.
@@carlsledge3868 it Greg Burns from Nature’s Image Farm.
@@MikeBarryBees Thx Mike good job, I'm sure you know some ppl like me that can't remember poop.
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Thanks Mike for taking the time to do the video. I know it's brutally hot in SW Texas too.
You’re welcome Rick, and thanks for watching!!
Thanks Mike!! I was unsubscribed for some reason. Have a happy and safe holiday!
Glad we got you back onboard Rodney!
Man, Mister Mike I am still metrically challenged after 2 years in Germany. Stick with the Fahrenheit. Understand I appreciate the effort to accommodate your international viewers. Good video.
Yea, I used to work with an international company and it was always a challenge so eve everything was metric!!
Metrically challenged!! Love that!
I had to take that from Brad from ‘That Bee Man at Faith Apiaries’. 😁😁
Mike I sure understand the heat, lol, it's been 89 to 90 with three digit feel like no clouds and no rain. Oh by the way the housing unit you lived in on Sigsbee is still there. Stay cool and God bless. 🐝😎
That’s pretty neat that it’s still there. It used to be a bustling little base. Well, all of the were, Truman, Sigsbee, Trumbo, Boca Chica. It was a fun place in the days when everything was open. Not like the 50’s and 60’s, but way more than after things closed down. Fun times...
@@MikeBarryBees it's still a busy base with lots of new construction and large residential population. They've just finished the new fire station. Fleming key the same lots of new housing for navy and large increases in Coast Guard housing. The whole Keys have exploded in growth you wouldn't recognize the place anymore.
Well that really bites we all know it may or well happen but that does not make it any better that it happens. Well maybe it was all your bees that did the robbery and took it back to there hive and stored it so maybe not a total loss . Thanks for the trip in your hive . I have two wet supers I need to put back on tomorrow. Thanks
Yea, it does, but like you said, I just figure my other hives were the majority of the bees that did it, so at least they’re getting the honey....😁😁
Yup, it happens. I moved a small hive to a new spot last week. They were bringing in tons of stuff, but had almost no food in the hive. They are doing great now. I hope all of yours do well.
Thanks, Mike! You should do a market video! I'd love to see your booth setup, what you sell, etc.
I will try to do one next time I go. I have one somewhere in my past videos, but I’m due for another. Thanks for watching!!
R.I.P. # 12 Thanks for the video, it literally answered a couple questions I had, thanks so much
Great Peter!! You’re welcome and glad you got some info from it. Thanks!!
Yes Brother Mike that sucks. I lost 2 hives to robbing last week. If they get weak and you aren't able to shut them down it doesn't take long 💯
Yep, within hours they’re gone. I have another that I think is also gone too, but it was expected.
مساء الفل 🌹💯🥊🥊 والورد 🌷🌷🌹🌹 والجمال 🌺🌺❣️
Thanks.
You were up to 45 hives?? Are you trying to catch up with Ian?? LOL Have you a max number of hives you want?
Hope your honey crop is a new record and that you can sell all that honey. Have a great 4th. 76F was the high today. We had been in the mid 90's for quite awhile which is miserable for us snowbirds - we never get a chance to adapt to the heat.
Well Russell, I’m about 10 over the max that I think is ideal for me, but then again, some of those are not necessarily production. When I almost passed out Saturday, I glanced at the temps up your way and it was 77!! I was envious. I was up there last year for 4th of July and it was 95 in Ely!! Lots of folks were miserable, but it fortunately only lasted about 5 days.
Definitely that time of year. Robbers. It’s supposed to be 107 in my area today. Waiting on capping. On watch too. Looks like a good year for you Mike. Enjoyed the video as always. God bless.
Thanks Garry! Finally getting into a slight cool down. Dipped into the 80’s yesterday afternoon and I got to go fix a NUC after work finally.
Cant wait to see your new extractor, been looking at the same one you got but really want to see the quality. I have use a dandant until now.
I have one other video to post then I will get the extractor video up. I just used it and it was great! Only a couple items that I could even think of that could be improved, but they're so minor, it wouldn't matter much. Thanks for watching!!
Great Video Mike I had one do the same thing last summer.... #12 sure was a GOOD OLD HIVE... 😉🐝🐝🐝
Thanks and it just happens now and again.
You do a great job with your bees buddy. But sometimes we are going to lose one every now and then. I have 3 hives up here in West Virginia. And that keeps me busy enough. Try to stay cool down there buddy. It’s been hot here too. But nothing like you all have been having down there.
Thanks Mark and hope those hives progress well brother!!
Southern Mug ups this morning, from Rawl's to Berry's, it is a great day! Thanks for all the videos. I'm a skier, I love the snow, down hill, XC, backcountry hike to ski is the best. Actually, the best is from by back door. It is easier to put on cloths in the winter than to take them off in the summer, once I down to a single layer, it's time to get my feet in a cold-water stream and catch some trout. no ac here. We just got about an inch of rain overnight and the lawn will be browning by the weekend. It's been dry, not critical, woods should have a flush of mushrooms in the next day or so from the rain. I need to get into my bees. Did 4 splits last week. I want to remove the queen cages, so I will get them in a day or sooner. Odd year weather wise, we still have nighttime temps in the low 50's. Thanks for sharing. Stay cool, Peace to all
Yes, no AC in the resort we visit on Lake Superior either. Always so pleasant in the northern regions. Here’s to hoping your splits grow well!! Thanks for the comment and update. Saw your comment on Joey’s video. Still trudging thru the heat down here.
@@MikeBarryBees thank Mike. It's a brand new adventure and I love adventures.
Thanks Mike
I learn a lot watching your videos
That’s great Joe! Glad you like the channel!
You gents down south can keep those high temps! Nothing like wearing all your bee gear in 90+ temps and high humidity slinging honey supers. We must be crazy to do it. Thanks for the video Mike! Oh, and I am still eyeing that Hillco 6 frame electric extractor…
Yea, it’s brutal and seems harder every year. I used my HillCo finally yesterday and it was great. Super nice machine. Smooth and quiet. I like it a lot!
@@MikeBarryBees Glad to hear your feedback on the HillCo. There seems to be a lot to like about them on paper, but it’s always nice to get feedback from beekeepers putting the equipment to work.
@@MikeBarryBees this was our 2nd year slinging with ours and we still have no complaints! It’s awesome! Your model has a few new features that are really nice that ours doesn’t have but we have no regrets!!
@@meloneycrews you should go on HillCo’s site under that model and do a review if you haven’t. I could not get over how smooth and quiet it was!!
@@MikeBarryBees I haven’t thought about that! Surely will do!
Try one of those fans that go around your neck and blows on you face. I wear glasses and that keeps the sweat off them.
I have those fan’s also and love them. Sometimes it is just blowing hot air BUT it still great .
I have a couple different types and I’ve tried them, but they seem to get all out of position too often to where they won’t say straight on my neck. I almost got one out again to try it, but couldn’t find the charging cord. Thanks for the suggestion!!
Dennis was on the road one day last week and I sent him a pic of our weather station and it was 6:11pm and 103.4! We had like 3 or 4 days last week where the actual temps were over 100! As always thanks for sharing! Hope your and yours are staying well and safe! God Bless💞💕
Not quite that bad here yet, but the humidity has been brutal. Thanks for your support Meloney, always appreciated. Stay cool yourselves over there!!
Question:
I assume the robbers come from other hives of yours in the same yard.
So, when robbed out of one hive aren't they just shifting the honey into comb in their home hive? (So you may lose a colony, but the overall stores of honey stays the same.) Or is the honey consumed somehow?
Yes, correct Barbe. Most of my colonies keep the honey in the yard and even a few feral colonies from the woods as well as my neighbor’s colony get some of it. The honey goes back with them and is put to good use. Always a silver lining the way I see it and also good when we can get to the equipment before the wax moths and small hive beetles. Always hate losing the bees, but it happens and has happened yet again a week ago.
I know what you mean about the heat. Here in MS it has been brutal. It took me a couple weeks to harvest 9 hives. No rain since first of June.
Yea, I got in a bad way last weekend with the heat. Going to have to keep it to 10 or 12 each time so the work is split up. Thanks for your regular support of the channel Linda!!
Had a small colony robbed out a few days ago it wasn't strong and they got it all. It's still a little bit coming in here from something maybe soybeans thats all I have seen blooming here. Good luck with the rest and try to stay cool It's hot 🔥 🥵 here also in north alabama. ❤️🐝
Yea Michael, once they weaken a little and that flow slows down, seems each year I have one or two that get robbed and killed. Maybe a bit my fault, but just how it seems to go. Thanks for the support on the channel and stay safe in the heat!!
I need to pull my honey but it’s so hot. I’m not sure if I can do it outside in a tent. I don’t have a fancy indoor honey house like some people.
I did it in the kitchen for a few years. Once I had more than 15 supers, I got JM kicked out of there...ha,ha,ha. A tent? Well, that could get exciting... better in a garage, but that could be so hot too🥵🥵
Sad to see, Mike. I don't have many swarms cast out of my apiary so that isn't common for me but I do have some little nucs robbed out on occasion and that's just heartbreaking. Thanks for sharing this.
Yea, I sometimes envy those compact seasons until I see the had you guys were dealt this year. Of course me going on vacation during the flow wasn't the smartest thing...LOL!! I just had to use your statement in this video!! I couldn't resist because metrically challenged fits me to the tee!! Thanks for the support Brad.
It rained on all of my days off this week so I couldn't get into mine. I wanted to just make sure all was well in there and they had food and space. I'm guessing I should wait now? And it was a blessing that God put rain in my way to protect them from my stupidity. They had been bringing in dark orange pollen this week. I'm guessing all is well in there. During this time how long will you go before checking on a good hive? Or is it just before the next flow, witch should be golden rod right?
Honestly, after harvest, I try to check all of them once very quickly just to be sure there are eggs. I go in and look as fast as I can and the minute I see some eggs I close it down.
After that, I leave them the rest of the summer without opening them at all. Like you stated, up until the golden rod. And honestly, if things look fine from the outside, I only weigh them then in the fall by tilting them. I might do a fall look to check mites and the effectiveness of any treatments, but that’s it. Oh yea, I’ll also go in if I’m going to put treatments in. But if I’m seeing pollen and good flight, I stay out in the mid summer and dearth. I want no chances of robbing or the chance of rolling a queen this late in the season. I do that initial queen/egg check mainly to see who requeened after any summer swarms.
@Mike, I have small freezer that big enough to hold a triple deep or 4 supers, if I find something with SHB or wax moths or ants it goes in the freezer.
That’s a nice unit. Mine is so small that I can get about 40 loose frames in it. I do the same pretty much and then rotate them into a box of paramoth as I need more room.
Mike, what happened to the electric box lifter you had last year?
I still have it. It’s in the next video.
Move, for half the year.
That is the eventual plan that we’ve been discussing.
My property gets too 110 during the day and most of the time drops too 50 at night. I’ve seen my bees out at 4am is that normal. It’s like they want to fly all night.
RIP Hive12. I have been trying the freeze method to preserve frames. I do a little extra bit where I wrap the entire box and frames with plastic wrap ensuring its properly sealed and then leave in freezer for 12+ hours, then store then in a storage area afterwards. I will keep you posted on the outcome.
That’s a good plan I would think. Seems once they’re sealed and then frozen, they have to come out good. Maybe some mold and mildew after thawing out, but that’s easy as the bees clean that up no problem. Looking froward to the update on how this works.
@@MikeBarryBees yea I was think about the mold issue potentially. I know some frames had decent nectar in the cells as I didn't let them rob it out yet so a little worried about that.
@@KayiFarmJaHoneyBees I’ve seen frames covers in mold where the bee bread molded up. After a week in the hive, you couldn’t even tell where it had been. They exploded and had no issues with it at all.