John at Hill Co. sponsored all of the 52 wooden boxes as well as their 520 frames! Go to hillcobees.com/ All of the foundations for the test yard were sponsor by Jeff at Premier. They produce foundations that can hold up to 10% more cells! That is over 5000 extra cells per deep! www.premierbeeproducts.com/ Thanks to Kevin and Liz from HappBee Acres for building and donating 52 nucs so that we can monitor the offspring! See their bee supply company here! happbeeacres.com/ Check out Apimaye's Insulated Hives and Awesome Pollen Traps at apimayeusa.com?sca_ref=108083.7Dl7FRkLNo I would like to say thank you to Kevin at J&W Apiaries for Sponsoring ALL 52 nucs for the experimental yard and hauling them up here! Kevin Doesn't have a Website but he does have a facebook account and he sells a lot of 5 frame nucs! facebook.com/J-W-Apiaries-105194934807382 Thanks to David Davenport at Good Job Bees. Try, share, and show off Hawaii's all natural smooth and exotic White Honey! (The Vanilla Bean is my Favorite) at goodjobbees.com/
Suggestion...., if your local or nearby college/university has an entomology dept. you could approach them with an opportunity for students to help you. They could earn extra credit and you get free help! You could teach em a few things too!
Kamon, you are one of, if not THE most level head, straight foreword, honest beekeeping 'educators' on RUclips. Keep up the good work and ignore the naysayers. BTW its obvious that you and your wife are a great team. Another great example for the crazy world we now live in......God bless.
It's good to see someone diving into the science of pest control. Nothing but good things ahead for you. As a backyard bee keeper I have learned so much from your videos, Thank you both. Years down the road I'm sure your experimental bee yard data will be written about in a best seller. I'll bee watching.
What a great collaborative effort! And I totally understand why everyone was so keen to donate stuff, this research benefits EVERYONE, from the other honey producers and tenders of bees, to the suppliers who can sell more supplies to successful beekeepers! A rising tide floats all boats. Keep up the good work!
I'm based in Dubai and know nothing about beekeeping however I look forward to watching your every one of your videos. Keep up the good work and don't pay attention to the haters.
You can’t make everyone happy but keep the videos coming great info I’m in my third year and in Florida and trying to learn all I can to help my Bees stay as healthy as possible thanks again
Brother videos 1 and 2 on this experiment has moved you into my top 3 utubers in beekeeping. I’ve always loved your videos, but I felt I learned more about what I wanted to do from Eian Steppler and Bob Vinnie. Keep us posted on this experiment you are doing. Thanks! Love your down to earthness. Thanks! I think you are going to help me tremendously. Thanks, Tony
Kamon and Laurel 🐝🍯 Thank you BOTH for all your time and dedication to your channel and to this project! You are both amazing beekeepers and you have taught me and hundreds of other people how to keep their bees 👩🌾🍯🐝 Anyone that says you've "sold out" because of sponsorship obviously has no clue how expensive all this equipment is! 💰 I'm glad you've accepted the support from others that were willing and able to give it 💯 I look forward to finding out the results of all your testing. Thank you again for doing this to help yourselves and the rest of us be the best beekeepers we can be 🙌🏼 Keep up the awesome work you two! 💪🏽
Excellent my friend! Can't wait to see how things progress. Thanks for putting in all the hard work and time to help ALL levels of beekeepers. And MOST of us know that no amount of sponsorships will ever take the place of you and Laurel's experience, dedication, and willingness to help others with their craft. We ALL know you both have these qualities and MORE! So please accept all the sponsorships and advise that will help grow your operation, and keep on being you. God Bless you and your family.
I'm a brand new bee keeper in Canada, 1 hive that I am hoping to be able to split this year. Which I only have the confidence to do because of your videos, they are a great resource. As far as the sponsorships go, good for you, you guys deserve it! Keep up the great work!
Adam hope you are near a rape seed field (aka Wild mustard and Canola plants) because the bees extract lots of nectar out of them. The winter in Canada is colder than where Kamon is, so you may want to check Ian Steppler's videos also Michael Palmer's and see how they protect their hives from the winter cold. The most important thing for a beekeeper is to prevent bees from swarming. When a colony swarms the queen and the forager bees gorge themselves on honey and pollen leaving behind a depleted colony with nurse bees (they can't fly just yet), brood, lots of useless drones and few queen cells. There is only an 80% chance that the new queen survives but it will take a month for you to find out, Kamon has real good videos about how to prevent swarming. Good luck with your bees.
Thanks Adam and Mark! When it comes to wintering in a cold area my experience is nil. Healthy bees is the first step and the hardcore winter prep is something that Palmer, Ian and other northern Beekeepers can help you with.
Extremely well thought out, not a sellout in any shape or form. So, 2/3rds of our new foundations are Premier through Lappe's in Iowa. Very nicely waxed. We almost bought one of John's extractors but because of weight limitations we had to pass. Which is a compliment to HillCo as they appear to be built like a wonderful tank! K & L are such a wonderful honest team. And a grand smile hoot. Thank you both.
Thank you so very much Laurel for keeping your Hubby on track! 🐎 I know he's got to be going in a 💯 different direction, especially with children and .... keep up the great work and I'll watch and learn 🤠
Thanks Kamon for making these and thank you Laurel for all the 80% of the work you are doing behind the scenes (and the giggles!). You both are much appreciated and are really helping my new beekeeping adventure. I am missing the funny shirt this time - what's up with the plain white T? lol
Brother if you had sold out to sponsorship... YOU HAVE EARNED IT. You deserve to get paid well for these hives/videos! People who want to be purist want to throw shade. I look forward to seeing the results. And get Laurel a gambrel she earned that 10 fold! STEADY AS A ROCK! It would be cool to see her blacksmith skills as a bonus.
You keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep watching. We all love you and the information you provide. And I for one, am glad you've got sponsors. It helps to get us some more videos on testing and trials, and results that we can use for ourselves. As long as it isn't one sided, saying everything is great, when they aren't, you're good.
Doing great love what you guys have create and you always find some great products to introduce to us all still waiting on my order of foundation to get here lots of love to you both and keep the knowledge flowing 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you Laurel and Kamon, I am an old dog but I am learning new tricks. It is great watching your videos and watching you grow. God Bless and and may you continue to prosper.
I think it's absolutely awesome that you are able to get all of the sponsors so you will be able to do the extensive testing that y'all plan on doing. Trying to do it out of your own pocket would definitely be costly for sure. I had purchased seven Apimaye double deep hive boxes and put them in one of my yards. The bees are doing so well in them that I contacted Korhan from Apimaye and ordered 16 more. Your name came up in our conversation and he said he would be really interested to know how the bees did in these two different climates (Tennessee and Massachusetts) as far as overwintering goes. Anyway, I am looking forward to the next installment in this series and as I have said in the past I will be following it closely. Thanks for sharing.
I’ll have to say, I made my comment before I watched the last 30 seconds of the video. I agree with Mohammed, the camera lady is the highlight of every video. She is heard at the perfect time to have the most impact in the video. The others set the camera on a hive. What you see is what you get. Yours are more personable.
Dang, I was watching in the tub. Thanks again for doing this and sharing with us. You will probably be responsible for many startups continuing with bee keeping. My water is cold now so I’ll be quite now. Thanks
Keep doing what you're doing, you can't please everyone. I've watched you for about 5 yrs now, since I first started beekeeping. Good videos and great info. 👍
I for one am so grateful for your videos!!! This is just my third season keeping bees and I would not have gotten this far without the two of you and some very gracious people who responded to my comments. Thank you!!
The best thing about all your videos is that right or wrong you are Honest about your experiences. May not apply to all bee keeping but it is good solid information every time. Thanks for all you do for bee keepers.
Kamon, Another great video. First, Laurel's work was one of the first things that attracted me to your presentations. She knew what to show as you were talking. Great value. I checked out Hillco. I will definitely drum up business for them. Your work shows. You are doing great. Carroll
Kamon and Laurel, thank you very much for all you guys do. You are definitely an inspiration to me me and most of us watching. There is a lot of negativity out there towards folks and I appreciate you pushing through and not letting that stuff get you down! You and your family are amazing and there are way more of us supporting and encouraging you than the nitwits being negative. In this world where you don’t have to look far to see something negative, it’s a whole lot easier and healthier to find the positive. Thanks so much for all you do! Keep up the great work and stay the course! 😃 🐝😎 Laurel keep cracking that whip! Kamon needs the motivation! 🤣
@@kamonreynolds - Hahahahaha!!! You’re not wrong sir!!! I stopped shaving when the world ended. And January this year Erin said “ok, you’re always saying ‘New Day, New Path,’ how about you try a new path and shave?” LoL!!! 🤣 So yes sir I listened to words of reason and shaved.
Hey Kamon thanks for the videos and being open minded on different types of beekeeping. This experimental yard is going to help all of us that have bees, I’m a hobbyist beekeeper in va with around 20 hives, I enjoy all your videos and can’t wait each week for a new one. Thanks again for all the hard work you and your family put in to these videos. Steve Little
I appreciate what you do!!! You have helped me tremendously. Having recently moved to Tennessee, I really need more information on the treatments to determine the best option. I can't afford to replace all my hives every year. (Back yard bee keeper)
your efforts are greatly appreciated and priceless to many of us! Please please do not think you need to apologize to naysayers. As you said they are not required to view videos. Stay true to your instincts and you and your family will do great. We love Laurel and know she is actually the one filming due to her occasional giggle.(would appreciate her giving us a smile once in awhile like she has in the past on your live videos). Don't change anything about the way you do things. The very best bee info on U tube!!! Thank you.
Laurel couldn't do this herself and Kamon can't either but as a team you guys are great. I work with ag research and know all about variables which no one can control. That is why we look at multiple year data and replicated. With corn plots we look at 10 to 20 replications in order to feel confident in our data. Those numbers would be hard to replicate with bees but sometimes we see trends with lower reps and we get to weed out the worst at least. Thanks for all your work you two.
One of our mentors collects the bees to take home for the alcohol wash. There's no need to do a full test on site. This helps with the large numbers of hives.
When they have plenty of capped stores. On a big colony 2 deeps this would be 4-5 deep frames of stores, a single 3 frames and a nuc well you kinda have to watch them as you don't want to over feed or under feed
Good stuff Kamon. Following you from Meath in Ireland! Lovin your presentation, despite the occasional meandering!😂. Laurel is on point with her video work and your info is clear and understandable! Keep it buzzin! Bees are bees the world over! 🇮🇪
I have learned so much from you and Bob Binnie but you still need to do better I'm still making mistakes. Great video you need to give your camera lady a raise
Hi Karon thanks for the vids very informative and enjoyable. I currently use oxalis acid and thymol dissolved in alcohol then put through a vaporiser, wondered if you had come across this and if so your thoughts. Thanks Clive UK
I read a paper published from Michigan St U and the Italian bee keepers cage their queen in August for three weeks and treat once a week during this time as the brood hatches. They RELEASE THE QUEEN who then begins to lay the winter bee eggs and feel confident that mites wont be in the hole with the eggs. It also reduces the population quicker thus more food for winter bees. What do you think?
Its about time that someone did some research on this topic. Is it possible to add honey supers as needed and to test the honey and comb for contamination ammounts?
Love your videos, love you guys! Please keep doing what you are doing and don’t change. You guys are so helpful and make a big difference. Excited to see the results from this experimental yard. I’m sure you’ve heard about the new studies around thermal treatment against varroa that use nothing but heat. Do you personally see promise in those? Thanks again!!
@@kamonreynolds makes sense! There’s a lot to be said about “simple”, pragmatic approaches to very complex problems like this one. Thanks for your response, very much appreciated!
Kamon, are you sure universities haven't done the research you are trying to do? I am 99% sure the University of Minnesota and the University of Guelph have done this kind of mite research.
Sure they have. How many people read those research Docs vs. watch a video? Not the way it should be but it is the way it is. Also, that is way north of many beekeepers. They don't produce mites like we do. We need to test things here in subtropical Tennessee. I also would argue it will be more meaningful getting to see the management side of things past a data sheet. We need them to keep doing what they are doing and we need to do what we are doing. The best scientists I know are also great beekeepers. I think you could say that the other way around as well. This first year we are using the basic treatments. Then when we branch off we will have already have a beginning foundation so we can dial it in from there. One of the main goals is to encourage more people to do their own testing and I believe this series will do that. Is what I am doing going to be as scientific as theirs probably not. (Yet)
@@kamonreynolds yup! I'm one of those who Falls asleep Everytime I start reading technical stuff!! 😂🥱🥱😴😴🌜 Thanks for making it interesting! 👍💖🌷🌷🌷🌷🐝🐝🐝🐝🙏
Yea but who want to read a technical paper and not see exactly how they came to those conclusions? I’d much rather watch a video and be able to see how the study was conducted.
Would like to add that an issue that has been brought up this season is the quality control of chemical products. This type of experimentation helps keep the manufactures honest. Thank you Kamon.
Part of primary research is reproducing results other people get. Universities have of course done this kind of research, but as a scientist, understand that Kamon’s combination of variables are unique to his yards, and the information he’s gathering will be priceless.
Are you guys going to use that mite tracking app? I know that may be tedious with the number of hives you are monitoring but since you are still counting the bees the info might be valuable. I’m excited to see you results this year.
Great looking yard Kamon! This is a fun video series to watch! Big thanks to your sponsors, and to your professional camera operator too! All that editing, and time you guys spent in front of the camera over the years is appreciated! I've always enjoyed watching your videos. Keep up the great work!! ✌️🐝🐝🐝
This is a question going out to Kamon. I have a swarm situation I’m not sure how to deal with. Did a Taranov split on a hive that was busting at the seams two weeks ago. Original hive had queen cups galore some with royal jelly and at least one with larvae. Split is doing really well. Now the original hive is busting at the seams with a fully charged swarm cell! Again!! The bees started to swarm yesterday but turned around and went back to the hive. The hive was covered face and partial sides. Weather has probably not been warm enough for its queen to mate. 68 max. Any suggestions? Weather was very windy and rainy today. I can see them crowding the doorways. Any help is appreciated.
I think this is very interesting and I am looking forward to it. However for it to be a proper control hive you should leave it untreated and see the results properly. Leaving them untreated until the mite loads increase doesn’t really show anything. To be scientifically accurate you should leave the control hives untouched. Great videos and best of luck with it
Will you try non treatment of bees to allow them to develop natural resistance and hygenic behavior. I have bees from a hive abandoned for a year and they have a very low mite count. They have never been treated and I intend not to either, . In the uk we are moving towards non treatment to get the chemicals out of the bees and the fit will survive to live on and so on.
Thank you both very much!! It's a HUGE work load and I will be following closely. I'm about 4 hours away but would be glad to come count bees!! LOL Have a great weekend!!
The bees I got from you are doing great and I had a swarm move into an old Nuc I set up as a swarm trap. Long story short I forgot about it and went to pull some frames from the nuc and saw all these bees lol. Keep up the great work!
My God Sr i can’t believe what a nice bee farm you can build. I Pay to Manlake LTd a bee package on December. They keep my money and when they supposed to send the bees they don’t have it. And they don’t care that they keep my money for all this time when I can pay the heat bill
Many beekeepers like myself are dropping it. Didn't work for me and several of my friends. Combined we spent over 18k on it last year. All of us did follow up washes and didn't like what we saw. I may test Apivar later but I also want to get away from synthetics and in order to do that I need to better understand the other products
@@kamonreynolds I can see that since I got a bad batch in the fall of 2019. The other batch numbers worked just fine but still lost over 30 hives.. Have not had a problem since then. I am beginning to hear of more who got bad batches...
Every keeper has their own way and each State/Area has different plant, heat, flows and more. I want to see how it turns out. Thank you Kamon you can never make everyone happy. Just make yourself happy and thats what counts. As i told one person this week. Suck it up cupcake and when he still threw a fit i told him how about i break his legs so he could walk it off. Keep on BEE keeping on Kamon Thank You
I put a swarm in a box and brought them home. Just a halve mile of distance. The next evening I saw what I believe was a queen fly into the hive. Could I have Missed her or did she go on a mating flight?
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John at Hill Co. sponsored all of the 52 wooden boxes as well as their 520 frames! Go to hillcobees.com/
All of the foundations for the test yard were sponsor by Jeff at Premier. They produce foundations that can hold up to 10% more cells! That is over 5000 extra cells per deep! www.premierbeeproducts.com/
Thanks to Kevin and Liz from HappBee Acres for building and donating 52 nucs so that we can monitor the offspring! See their bee supply company here! happbeeacres.com/
Check out Apimaye's Insulated Hives and Awesome Pollen Traps at apimayeusa.com?sca_ref=108083.7Dl7FRkLNo
I would like to say thank you to Kevin at J&W Apiaries for Sponsoring ALL 52 nucs for the experimental yard and hauling them up here! Kevin Doesn't have a Website but he does have a facebook account and he sells a lot of 5 frame nucs! facebook.com/J-W-Apiaries-105194934807382
Thanks to David Davenport at Good Job Bees. Try, share, and show off Hawaii's all natural smooth and exotic White Honey! (The Vanilla Bean is my Favorite) at goodjobbees.com/
Suggestion...., if your local or nearby college/university has an entomology dept. you could approach them with an opportunity for students to help you. They could earn extra credit and you get free help! You could teach em a few things too!
I love Laura’s giggles.
We shall thank the camera man for her time standing there watching you for all these minutes :) Well done gurl
Kamon, you are one of, if not THE most level head, straight foreword, honest beekeeping 'educators' on RUclips. Keep up the good work and ignore the naysayers. BTW its obvious that you and your wife are a great team. Another great example for the crazy world we now live in......God bless.
I hope you are getting grants for all the hardwork and sacrifice your family makes with the advancement of healthy beekeeping.
Thank you for all the hard work you are doing to help us fellow beekeepers learn!
Thank you Kamon for stepping up! And doing this study! This helps sideline folks like myself! Thank You 🙏 buddy.
It's good to see someone diving into the science of pest control. Nothing but good things ahead for you. As a backyard bee keeper I have learned so much from your videos, Thank you both. Years down the road I'm sure your experimental bee yard data will be written about in a best seller. I'll bee watching.
Good luck with your experimental yard. Just as bees do what bees do.... Kamon does what and how he does. Keep up the great work!
What a great collaborative effort! And I totally understand why everyone was so keen to donate stuff, this research benefits EVERYONE, from the other honey producers and tenders of bees, to the suppliers who can sell more supplies to successful beekeepers! A rising tide floats all boats. Keep up the good work!
Absolutely and the tide in Rollin in! Grab a boat, board or some driftwood!
I'm based in Dubai and know nothing about beekeeping however I look forward to watching your every one of your videos. Keep up the good work and don't pay attention to the haters.
You can’t make everyone happy but keep the videos coming great info I’m in my third year and in Florida and trying to learn all I can to help my Bees stay as healthy as possible thanks again
Help one another we all can’t do it alone. You are right. I appreciate any help I get. Thanks for your videos.
Brother videos 1 and 2 on this experiment has moved you into my top 3 utubers in beekeeping. I’ve always loved your videos, but I felt I learned more about what I wanted to do from Eian Steppler and Bob Vinnie. Keep us posted on this experiment you are doing. Thanks! Love your down to earthness. Thanks! I think you are going to help me tremendously. Thanks, Tony
Kamon and Laurel 🐝🍯 Thank you BOTH for all your time and dedication to your channel and to this project! You are both amazing beekeepers and you have taught me and hundreds of other people how to keep their bees 👩🌾🍯🐝
Anyone that says you've "sold out" because of sponsorship obviously has no clue how expensive all this equipment is! 💰 I'm glad you've accepted the support from others that were willing and able to give it 💯 I look forward to finding out the results of all your testing. Thank you again for doing this to help yourselves and the rest of us be the best beekeepers we can be 🙌🏼 Keep up the awesome work you two! 💪🏽
Excellent my friend! Can't wait to see how things progress. Thanks for putting in all the hard work and time to help ALL levels of beekeepers. And MOST of us know that no amount of sponsorships will ever take the place of you and Laurel's experience, dedication, and willingness to help others with their craft. We ALL know you both have these qualities and MORE! So please accept all the sponsorships and advise that will help grow your operation, and keep on being you. God Bless you and your family.
Thank you Mike!
Thank you for all you do behind the scenes and thank you Kamon
I'm a brand new bee keeper in Canada, 1 hive that I am hoping to be able to split this year. Which I only have the confidence to do because of your videos, they are a great resource.
As far as the sponsorships go, good for you, you guys deserve it! Keep up the great work!
Adam hope you are near a rape seed field (aka Wild mustard and Canola plants) because the bees extract lots of nectar out of them.
The winter in Canada is colder than where Kamon is, so you may want to check Ian Steppler's videos also Michael Palmer's and see how they protect their hives from the winter cold.
The most important thing for a beekeeper is to prevent bees from swarming.
When a colony swarms the queen and the forager bees gorge themselves on honey and pollen leaving behind a depleted colony with nurse bees (they can't fly just yet), brood, lots of useless drones and few queen cells. There is only an 80% chance that the new queen survives but it will take a month for you to find out, Kamon has real good videos about how to prevent swarming.
Good luck with your bees.
Thanks Adam and Mark! When it comes to wintering in a cold area my experience is nil. Healthy bees is the first step and the hardcore winter prep is something that Palmer, Ian and other northern Beekeepers can help you with.
Check out University of Guelph videos. Where are you located?
Extremely well thought out, not a sellout in any shape or form.
So, 2/3rds of our new foundations are Premier through Lappe's in Iowa. Very nicely waxed. We almost bought one of John's extractors but because of weight limitations we had to pass. Which is a compliment to HillCo as they appear to be built like a wonderful tank!
K & L are such a wonderful honest team. And a grand smile hoot. Thank you both.
Thank you so very much Laurel for keeping your Hubby on track! 🐎
I know he's got to be going in a 💯 different direction, especially with children and .... keep up the great work and I'll watch and learn 🤠
Now that's a great idea Kamon! Sponsor stickers to put on your hives. LOL! 😁
Hope your bees are doing well down there Randy!
@@kamonreynolds They are doing well. Best nectar flow I have experienced in my 15 years of beekeeping here. Best of luck for a bumper honey crop!
@@wrfarms9741 Awesome to hear!
Thanks Kamon for making these and thank you Laurel for all the 80% of the work you are doing behind the scenes (and the giggles!). You both are much appreciated and are really helping my new beekeeping adventure. I am missing the funny shirt this time - what's up with the plain white T? lol
Thank you for doing these videos. I have learned so much from you and look forward to seeing more videos on the experimental yard.
Brother if you had sold out to sponsorship... YOU HAVE EARNED IT. You deserve to get paid well for these hives/videos! People who want to be purist want to throw shade. I look forward to seeing the results. And get Laurel a gambrel she earned that 10 fold! STEADY AS A ROCK! It would be cool to see her blacksmith skills as a bonus.
So exciting to see it all coming together! Thank you both for all of the work you are putting into this!
You keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep watching. We all love you and the information you provide.
And I for one, am glad you've got sponsors. It helps to get us some more videos on testing and trials, and results that we can use for ourselves.
As long as it isn't one sided, saying everything is great, when they aren't, you're good.
Hi Kamin, very excite to see the results of your test yard. I run about 100 colonies and I am sure your results will help me to be s better beekeeper.
You guys are great.
Thanks for putting this together.
Excited to see the results
Thanks Jbee!
The bee's are looking great!
Doing great love what you guys have create and you always find some great products to introduce to us all still waiting on my order of foundation to get here lots of love to you both and keep the knowledge flowing 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you for sharing your studies with us
Thank you Laurel and Kamon, I am an old dog but I am learning new tricks. It is great watching your videos and watching you grow. God Bless and and may you continue to prosper.
Thanks Shakenbake learning new things and tricks is what puts a smile on my face
I think it's absolutely awesome that you are able to get all of the sponsors so you will be able to do the extensive testing that y'all plan on doing. Trying to do it out of your own pocket would definitely be costly for sure. I had purchased seven Apimaye double deep hive boxes and put them in one of my yards. The bees are doing so well in them that I contacted Korhan from Apimaye and ordered 16 more. Your name came up in our conversation and he said he would be really interested to know how the bees did in these two different climates (Tennessee and Massachusetts) as far as overwintering goes. Anyway, I am looking forward to the next installment in this series and as I have said in the past I will be following it closely. Thanks for sharing.
Keep me posted on your progress with the Apimaye hives and thanks M Prepper
@@kamonreynolds absolutely.
I’ll have to say, I made my comment before I watched the last 30 seconds of the video. I agree with Mohammed, the camera lady is the highlight of every video. She is heard at the perfect time to have the most impact in the video. The others set the camera on a hive. What you see is what you get. Yours are more personable.
Dang, I was watching in the tub. Thanks again for doing this and sharing with us. You will probably be responsible for many startups continuing with bee keeping. My water is cold now so I’ll be quite now. Thanks
Keep up your twos good works! Love your alls videos. ❤️❤️❤️
I am excited to see what treatments work for you!
Keep doing what you're doing, you can't please everyone. I've watched you for about 5 yrs now, since I first started beekeeping. Good videos and great info. 👍
I for one am so grateful for your videos!!! This is just my third season keeping bees and I would not have gotten this far without the two of you and some very gracious people who responded to my comments. Thank you!!
Thanks Karla!
Love watching your videos and am excited for this experiment!
You two are awesome and definitely not a sell out. This going to help so much of us. Thanks
Well done both of you. Great videos
Thanks to you both for all the videos. You've helped me with my beekeeping skills in so many ways, I lost count. You both rock.
The best thing about all your videos is that right or wrong you are Honest about your experiences. May not apply to all bee keeping but it is good solid information every time. Thanks for all you do for bee keepers.
Thanks Jeff for the kind words and for helping make this possible!
Kamon,
Another great video. First, Laurel's work was one of the first things that attracted me to your presentations. She knew what to show as you were talking. Great value.
I checked out Hillco. I will definitely drum up business for them. Your work shows. You are doing great.
Carroll
Kamon and Laurel, thank you very much for all you guys do. You are definitely an inspiration to me me and most of us watching. There is a lot of negativity out there towards folks and I appreciate you pushing through and not letting that stuff get you down! You and your family are amazing and there are way more of us supporting and encouraging you than the nitwits being negative. In this world where you don’t have to look far to see something negative, it’s a whole lot easier and healthier to find the positive. Thanks so much for all you do! Keep up the great work and stay the course! 😃
🐝😎
Laurel keep cracking that whip! Kamon needs the motivation! 🤣
Haha thanks Larry I saw you shaved looks like someone is cracking the whip over there too!
@@kamonreynolds - Hahahahaha!!! You’re not wrong sir!!! I stopped shaving when the world ended. And January this year Erin said “ok, you’re always saying ‘New Day, New Path,’ how about you try a new path and shave?” LoL!!! 🤣 So yes sir I listened to words of reason and shaved.
Haha!
Hey Kamon thanks for the videos and being open minded on different types of beekeeping. This experimental yard is going to help all of us that have bees, I’m a hobbyist beekeeper in va with around 20 hives, I enjoy all your videos and can’t wait each week for a new one. Thanks again for all the hard work you and your family put in to these videos.
Steve Little
Kamon, I really appreciate this stuff. Thanks for doing this. I'm grateful you are so close so we are lucky to be able to directly apply this info.
You have the best information on RUclips it was only matter time before many people found your videos.
I’m excited to see your results. Whatever you do has to help. 👍🐝
Kamon, this is our 2nd summer and I want to thank both of you for your videos, we have learned so much from you!!!!
Great job can't wait for your other videos and to learn more
Keep up the good work!!! Love the videos!!!
Good luck Laurel and Kamon. Looking forward to see the progress.
I HAVE to run whenever I see a bee, but I love these videos
I appreciate what you do!!! You have helped me tremendously. Having recently moved to Tennessee, I really need more information on the treatments to determine the best option. I can't afford to replace all my hives every year. (Back yard bee keeper)
Thank you Laurel and Kamon if it wasn’t for you wanting to help folks then none of this would be happening!
Really excited for the results 👍
Thanks for putting this together. Looking forward to learning some good techniques.
your efforts are greatly appreciated and priceless to many of us! Please please do not think you need to apologize to naysayers. As you said they are not required to view videos. Stay true to your instincts and you and your family will do great. We love Laurel and know she is actually the one filming due to her occasional giggle.(would appreciate her giving us a smile once in awhile like she has in the past on your live videos). Don't change anything about the way you do things. The very best bee info on U tube!!! Thank you.
What a team. Hives look good. Nice and neat.
Laurel couldn't do this herself and Kamon can't either but as a team you guys are great. I work with ag research and know all about variables which no one can control. That is why we look at multiple year data and replicated. With corn plots we look at 10 to 20 replications in order to feel confident in our data. Those numbers would be hard to replicate with bees but sometimes we see trends with lower reps and we get to weed out the worst at least.
Thanks for all your work you two.
One of our mentors collects the bees to take home for the alcohol wash. There's no need to do a full test on site. This helps with the large numbers of hives.
Quick question, how do you know when the bees have had enough syrup and it's time to quit feeding?
When they have plenty of capped stores. On a big colony 2 deeps this would be 4-5 deep frames of stores, a single 3 frames and a nuc well you kinda have to watch them as you don't want to over feed or under feed
@@kamonreynolds Thanks for taking time to answer my question. Hope to see you at TBA in Oct but it's beginning to look doubtful, because of Covid.
Good stuff Kamon. Following you from Meath in Ireland! Lovin your presentation, despite the occasional meandering!😂. Laurel is on point with her video work and your info is clear and understandable! Keep it buzzin! Bees are bees the world over! 🇮🇪
Yessir you are right! I hope you and your bees get the REAL Pot of Gold this year. Honey!
Keep it up, great videos!
Very interested in this series. We don't have Varroa in Australia yet, but these vids will give us a heads up for when we do. Thanks mate.
We hope you never get them! Thanks Aiden!
progression is a way of life. Perfection is a goal but if people wait for perfection nothing happens.
I have learned so much from you and Bob Binnie but you still need to do better I'm still making mistakes. Great video you need to give your camera lady a raise
Hi Karon thanks for the vids very informative and enjoyable. I currently use oxalis acid and thymol dissolved in alcohol then put through a vaporiser, wondered if you had come across this and if so your thoughts.
Thanks
Clive
UK
I read a paper published from Michigan St U and the Italian bee keepers cage their queen in August for three weeks and treat once a week during this time as the brood hatches. They RELEASE THE QUEEN who then begins to lay the winter bee eggs and feel confident that mites wont be in the hole with the eggs. It also reduces the population quicker thus more food for winter bees. What do you think?
Its about time that someone did some research on this topic. Is it possible to add honey supers as needed and to test the honey and comb for contamination ammounts?
Yet!!!..... good job bud!
Love your videos, love you guys! Please keep doing what you are doing and don’t change. You guys are so helpful and make a big difference. Excited to see the results from this experimental yard. I’m sure you’ve heard about the new studies around thermal treatment against varroa that use nothing but heat. Do you personally see promise in those? Thanks again!!
Hey Jeremy thanks! I hope to do a thermal test in the future but this year I thought I would listen to my Grandpa and K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)
@@kamonreynolds makes sense! There’s a lot to be said about “simple”, pragmatic approaches to very complex problems like this one. Thanks for your response, very much appreciated!
Kamon, are you sure universities haven't done the research you are trying to do?
I am 99% sure the University of Minnesota and the University of Guelph have done this kind of mite research.
Sure they have. How many people read those research Docs vs. watch a video? Not the way it should be but it is the way it is. Also, that is way north of many beekeepers. They don't produce mites like we do. We need to test things here in subtropical Tennessee. I also would argue it will be more meaningful getting to see the management side of things past a data sheet. We need them to keep doing what they are doing and we need to do what we are doing. The best scientists I know are also great beekeepers. I think you could say that the other way around as well. This first year we are using the basic treatments. Then when we branch off we will have already have a beginning foundation so we can dial it in from there. One of the main goals is to encourage more people to do their own testing and I believe this series will do that. Is what I am doing going to be as scientific as theirs probably not. (Yet)
@@kamonreynolds yup! I'm one of those who Falls asleep Everytime I start reading technical stuff!! 😂🥱🥱😴😴🌜
Thanks for making it interesting!
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Yea but who want to read a technical paper and not see exactly how they came to those conclusions? I’d much rather watch a video and be able to see how the study was conducted.
Would like to add that an issue that has been brought up this season is the quality control of chemical products. This type of experimentation helps keep the manufactures honest. Thank you Kamon.
Part of primary research is reproducing results other people get. Universities have of course done this kind of research, but as a scientist, understand that Kamon’s combination of variables are unique to his yards, and the information he’s gathering will be priceless.
I just started buying a few apimaye hives. I really like em. Thanks for your videos!
Have you considered Randy olivers dawn wash results
Are you guys going to use that mite tracking app? I know that may be tedious with the number of hives you are monitoring but since you are still counting the bees the info might be valuable. I’m excited to see you results this year.
Where do y'all get the buckets?
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Great looking yard Kamon! This is a fun video series to watch! Big thanks to your sponsors, and to your professional camera operator too! All that editing, and time you guys spent in front of the camera over the years is appreciated! I've always enjoyed watching your videos. Keep up the great work!! ✌️🐝🐝🐝
Hey Tim good to see you, hope you are doing well down there in FL!
This is a question going out to Kamon. I have a swarm situation I’m not sure how to deal with. Did a Taranov split on a hive that was busting at the seams two weeks ago. Original hive had queen cups galore some with royal jelly and at least one with larvae. Split is doing really well. Now the original hive is busting at the seams with a fully charged swarm cell! Again!! The bees started to swarm yesterday but turned around and went back to the hive. The hive was covered face and partial sides. Weather has probably not been warm enough for its queen to mate. 68 max. Any suggestions? Weather was very windy and rainy today. I can see them crowding the doorways. Any help is appreciated.
can you do an in-depth video on your buckets how they work etc.
I think this is very interesting and I am looking forward to it. However for it to be a proper control hive you should leave it untreated and see the results properly. Leaving them untreated until the mite loads increase doesn’t really show anything. To be scientifically accurate you should leave the control hives untouched. Great videos and best of luck with it
Will you try non treatment of bees to allow them to develop natural resistance and hygenic behavior. I have bees from a hive abandoned for a year and they have a very low mite count. They have never been treated and I intend not to either,
. In the uk we are moving towards non treatment to get the chemicals out of the bees and the fit will survive to live on and so on.
Thank you both very much!! It's a HUGE work load and I will be following closely. I'm about 4 hours away but would be glad to come count bees!! LOL Have a great weekend!!
The bees I got from you are doing great and I had a swarm move into an old Nuc I set up as a swarm trap. Long story short I forgot about it and went to pull some frames from the nuc and saw all these bees lol. Keep up the great work!
Well said! I am really looking forward to this series. You two are a huge inspiration for the hobby and sideline Beekeeper.
In Germany the number of varroa is measured per 50 grams of bees. Saves a lot of counting.
My very first swarm catch
the viewers should take the positive and not the negative...................help vs hurt
🎸 rock-n-roll bands sell out all the time . they get tired of beans and rice for dinner every night. 😆
My God Sr i can’t believe what a nice bee farm you can build. I Pay to Manlake LTd a bee package on December. They keep my money and when they supposed to send the bees they don’t have it. And they don’t care that they keep my money for all this time when I can pay the heat bill
How can this be considered a good treatment assessment when you exclude Apivar?
Many beekeepers like myself are dropping it. Didn't work for me and several of my friends. Combined we spent over 18k on it last year. All of us did follow up washes and didn't like what we saw. I may test Apivar later but I also want to get away from synthetics and in order to do that I need to better understand the other products
@@kamonreynolds I can see that since I got a bad batch in the fall of 2019. The other batch numbers worked just fine but still lost over 30 hives..
Have not had a problem since then. I am beginning to hear of more who got bad batches...
Did you ever come to a conclusion which type of hive did better both over all BUT more specifically combating mites?
Look into randy Oliver and mite resistant breeding
Are you going to count every single bee in every hive so we know they are all the same ?
🤣 🤗 just kidding. Great video's
That's the plan! haha
Every keeper has their own way and each State/Area has different plant, heat, flows and more. I want to see how it turns out. Thank you Kamon you can never make everyone happy. Just make yourself happy and thats what counts. As i told one person this week. Suck it up cupcake and when he still threw a fit i told him how about i break his legs so he could walk it off. Keep on BEE keeping on Kamon Thank You
NW Indiana here. Lots of keepers I’ve talked with lost all their bees this past winter.
I always figured Lauriel was the brains of the operation 🤔
I put a swarm in a box and brought them home. Just a halve mile of distance. The next evening I saw what I believe was a queen fly into the hive. Could I have Missed her or did she go on a mating flight?