Seth went down last week to put sugar fondant patties on them and he said they already have lots of pollen and brood. These colonies were sorted out from the rest of the outfit because, for a variety of reasons, they were a little on the small side. Just trying to get them through winter. They'll come home in late February or early March when our maple tree pollen starts to come in. Seeing lots of your shorts showing up on my RUclips feed. Happy New Year!
Hi Bob, Seth, and the whole crew! Love your videos! Have been a backyard beekeeper for several years and aspire to have a honey business like you in the desert southwest. Thank you for being so generous with all of your hard won knowledge that you've gained over the decades of beekeeping. Keep up the awesome videos!
Your a wealth of knowledge Bob, twists in straps always annoyed me because I had the feeling it wasn't a good thing. But your comment about preventing it get affected by the wind instantly made sense that I was wrong. This will safe me hours of my life untangling them 😂
ive watched your videos and other usa and Canada beekeepers and I must admit I shake my head at how you guys load your bees and get away with it, no way we would be able to do some of the things.. our police and national heavy transport people would have a total melt down over it and we would end up with massive fines. its a $50-125 dollar fine per twist in your straps and weight limits are strictly enforced, even 5-10 IBS over weight would give us fines. we strap our hives to the pallets front and back row of 4 hives to the pallet, gates all round the load and then strapped similar to the way you do but we can still get in tro8ble especially if you get on the wrong side of the national heavy transport guys thanks for sharing it , I find it interesting to see the difference
Thanks again Bob!! I watch your videos trying to glean a little knowledge. The strap suggestion, both the twist idea, but also the big loop on the rachet straps, that’s like finding money laying on the ground. Just pick it up and use it!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
@@Nick_865 no! I’m telling you I’ve been down to some commercial beekeeping practices in CA and FL and have seen how fast they work. Bees are mad, attacking, confused and lost in the mist of travel. I don’t think it’s a humane practice by some. Please Stop trying to dismiss my opinions.
It amazes me that you can fit that many colonies on a truck. It's not overloaded? Wow. My mentor was a pollinator in New Jersey. He used to move his hives all the time. I am assuming this is how he did it
Once again a great video. I learn so much. I only have 20 hives and they are moved 1 or 2 at a time. Singles fit in the back seat of the car. But I do haul other products on trailers needing straps. The left over strap is half hitched to something. Your method is much neater. Just the small details included are so helpful. Hoping my straps have the gap to use your method.
you said north of Hahira, you talking about Cecil. GA? I have folks that live there. I watch you videos and you're a great source of knowledge about beekeeping. My granddaddy was a commercial beekeeper. He started out sharecropping then built his own outfit. He's gone now but I have a small outfit, just a hobbyist, but I've learned somethings watching your videos.
The videos this year were excellent. If your bees ever need a vacation in Charleston, send them down. They may return spoiled and lazy though! Happy New Year!
Not wild mustard?! Lol. I learn more every day. Love the tie job. I’ll have to get some of those straps. I have a similar overload spring called Sumospring. They definitely help. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Bob. I believe you have a little bit of experience operating that Hummerbee lol. Here in Central Virginia. I like 25 no more than 30 hives. 4 more days till the Expo.
I suppose the pollen that fell off the flowers on my kitchen counter does not qualify as a flow. But the bee that rode in on one of us seemed thrilled. That's just a slap in the face to a northern bee keeper. A couple months to go to even think "get in gear for spring".😣
Neat to see this! Thank you for sending me some of the Sourwood seeds by the way! This may be a dumb question but what did you do to block the hive entrances while transporting? I would think you might still need some netting to keep them in. I appreciate the informative videos. I’m almost through my first year of keeping bees.🎉
Happy New Year Bob and best wishes for your 2024 season! Here in the Highlands of Scotland I participate in a University scheme to analyse honey. They can tell me the plant genus but not the species. In late August 2022 25% of my sample was Raphanus sativus (garden radish) and in mid September 2020 it was 8%. My forage is "improved grassland" for sheep and cows with no planted crops. I know it can't be garden radish but we do have wild radish. I have never seen it in such abundance that I would ever have guessed it accounted for 25%!! If it is wild radish, there must be something in the pollen or nectar that makes them hunt it down but I have been unable to find any scientific analysis of the properties of this plant.
The species in south Georgia will produce nectar in cool temperatures and when it gets above 70°f (21c) it produces nectar in abundance. I think it is Raphanus raphanistrum L.
Thanks Bob, same plant here. The August 2020 sample had 30 plants in the sample but the only other substantial contributor was heather at 50% . It was a cool late summer so maybe that's it ; only heather and wild radish produced nectar at that low temperature?
They say beekeepers aren't competitive, Seth can only blame himself for Bob moving bees down south. Bob probably said if you're gonna be down south with my truck, you might as well have a full days work while you're down there. Here's a couple more truck loads of bees to keep you and the boys busy.
That would sound like a good business opportunity. Seth and Bob will work that out. I would think they rely on one another. I hope some day Seth is the Maga bee barron like his employer.
Yeah your trolling my friend, I don't know Bob personally, but what I gather from his videos is that he is a stand up guy and really likes Seth and his crew , they work wonderful together, great video Bob, I am just starting out in the commercial side of things, my truck will hold 48 doubles, I can fit 24 doubles on the trailer , most of my yards are 24 hives
Happy New Years! If I want to winter a hive in South Florida and can’t find the queen, if I put a escape board above the the 2nd box, will the queen move down or will she stay with brood?
Great vedio Bob, just a question why did you move them and are they going to stay there for next spring? I think I seen some of your honey in fresh market here in virginia, it said blue ridge honey farm, it was lavender honey. Hope you and your family have a happy new year.
There's an outfit up in Henderson County NC that goes by the name Blue Ridge Honey. They've sold through Ingles markets as long as I can remember. Drove by your place a thousand times going up to visit friends and family up in Carolina Bob. Might even stop in one of these days even though I don't eat honey or carbs anymore. Still got a couple of hives out back just because it wouldn't seem right not to have some bees hanging out. Happy New Year!
These bees were sorted out because they were a little on the small side for a variety of reasons. Just trying to get them through winter. They'll come home in late February or early March. Happy New Year!
amazing... bet your bees are very happy! how did you move the hive with the machine without freaking the bees out? As a first year beekeeper, i recently upgraded the area my bees will be at. i made a long stand with 4x4's and i plan on moving my hive to it whenever a good time will be. and thats the question i have, would it be ok to close them up on a cold day, and move them about 6 feet to the new stand? but im afraid it will disturb them and they come out on a very cold day. i say this because as i was building the new bee area and tearing down the old fence, i accidently hit the hive with the fence and the bees started pouring out in rage! lol. luckly it was a high 50s day.
If you move them during an extending cold snap when they don't fly for several days they will reorient themselves. A little smoke will help keep them in. Good luck.
Thanks for the videos! I have read that when bees can’t fly for at least 3 days or more that they have to re-orient. I need to move some bees within the same yard for convenience & stand repair. I was wondering if I can do this without causing complete chaos when they’re able to fly again?
I'm not sure of exactly how long it takes for bees to do that in cold weather but they definitely do it. I've always waited for periods of at least five days but three could work.
How often do you trade out trucks? Im guessing yours are very well maintained like the rest of your business is! Your older bee trucks would gor for a premium i imagine.
We used to average 40,000 miles a year on trucks but it's much less now because we don't move out of town much. We do maintain them well and because we're not out of town much I don't mind keeping them for many miles.
I have watchet a lot of your video an have learned a lot I have had bees for about six years an this is first year I have seen the hives kicking drones out in January how come they would still have drones I live in Utah and temps at might have been around 14 and the day 45 how come there are still drones
You would think all colonies would act the same but they don't and every season is different. Sometimes there's no apparent reason for drones overwintering in a colony and sometimes the bees may sense something about their queen that leads them to hold on to their drones.
Loading bees is not quite like loading pallets of canned salmon in a container, but close, although canned salmon doesn't sting! Thanks for all the videos. Have a great New year.
I noticed you placed all your pallets the same direction in a single row, do you see much for bees drifting towards one end of the yard? Or is that not much of a problem this time of year for you?
Th red lights on our forklifts are installed by us on our swinger, which is not shown in this video, and were ordered from the factory on the Hummerbee shown in this video.
What is the reason that you moved them south? You spoke earlier about an earlier start, how much earlier?
Seth went down last week to put sugar fondant patties on them and he said they already have lots of pollen and brood. These colonies were sorted out from the rest of the outfit because, for a variety of reasons, they were a little on the small side. Just trying to get them through winter. They'll come home in late February or early March when our maple tree pollen starts to come in. Seeing lots of your shorts showing up on my RUclips feed. Happy New Year!
Hi Bob, Seth, and the whole crew! Love your videos! Have been a backyard beekeeper for several years and aspire to have a honey business like you in the desert southwest. Thank you for being so generous with all of your hard won knowledge that you've gained over the decades of beekeeping. Keep up the awesome videos!
Your a wealth of knowledge Bob, twists in straps always annoyed me because I had the feeling it wasn't a good thing. But your comment about preventing it get affected by the wind instantly made sense that I was wrong.
This will safe me hours of my life untangling them 😂
Easiest I have ever seen moving bees!
Happy new year to you all! 😊🐝
From ut thanks Bob, l will have watch a few times.👍
ive watched your videos and other usa and Canada beekeepers and I must admit I shake my head at how you guys load your bees and get away with it, no way we would be able to do some of the things.. our police and national heavy transport people would have a total melt down over it and we would end up with massive fines. its a $50-125 dollar fine per twist in your straps and weight limits are strictly enforced, even 5-10 IBS over weight would give us fines. we strap our hives to the pallets front and back row of 4 hives to the pallet, gates all round the load and then strapped similar to the way you do but we can still get in tro8ble especially if you get on the wrong side of the national heavy transport guys
thanks for sharing it , I find it interesting to see the difference
We leave tonight for Cali. Grandpa Twobirds and Grandma are staying home and I get to go! Happy 2024!
Thanks again Bob!! I watch your videos trying to glean a little knowledge. The strap suggestion, both the twist idea, but also the big loop on the rachet straps, that’s like finding money laying on the ground. Just pick it up and use it!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Uh Oh, somebody scratched the Hummerbee. Happy New Year
Happy New Year!!
Always better safe than sorry, i wouldnt want risk anything flying off either. Happy New Year!
Always learn something new
Thanks for sharing.
Welcome to Hahira. My favorite beekeepers. See y’all at conference
Thanks for the hospitality!
I must say-one of the more humane commercial beekeeping operations I’ve ever seen. Thx Bob.
I disagree. I see other much larger commercial operations load bees during the day. Horrible.
@@Nick_865 it’s just been videos. Mostly the almond beekeepers. Moving during the day and millions of bees attacking lost and frightened
@@Nick_865 no! I’m telling you I’ve been down to some commercial beekeeping practices in CA and FL and have seen how fast they work. Bees are mad, attacking, confused and lost in the mist of travel. I don’t think it’s a humane practice by some. Please Stop trying to dismiss my opinions.
@@Nick_865 never said that. Please don’t put words in my mouth
It amazes me that you can fit that many colonies on a truck. It's not overloaded? Wow.
My mentor was a pollinator in New Jersey. He used to move his hives all the time. I am assuming this is how he did it
Great video thanks for sharing have a great new year
Once again a great video. I learn so much. I only have 20 hives and they are moved 1 or 2 at a time. Singles fit in the back seat of the car. But I do haul other products on trailers needing straps. The left over strap is half hitched to something. Your method is much neater. Just the small details included are so helpful. Hoping my straps have the gap to use your method.
Great video
Happy New Year Blue Ridge Honey Co !
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Sunday morning coffee with some diesel rumble, Men hard at work.Not a better way end a good year and start the next. Happy New Year..🎉🎉🎉.
Happy New Year!
Love your vids. Bob, keep'em coming. To you and your crew, happy New Year.
Thanks and Happy New Year to you too!
Дякую. З новим роком вас!
you said north of Hahira, you talking about Cecil. GA? I have folks that live there. I watch you videos and you're a great source of knowledge about beekeeping. My granddaddy was a commercial beekeeper. He started out sharecropping then built his own outfit. He's gone now but I have a small outfit, just a hobbyist, but I've learned somethings watching your videos.
Yes. The yards are all just east of Cecil.
The videos this year were excellent. If your bees ever need a vacation in Charleston, send them down. They may return spoiled and lazy though!
Happy New Year!
They would probably come back over fed like I do!!
Great Video for my honey production 2024. Thanks for sharing Happy New Year Bob
Happy New Year!
Good Morning Bob, I hope you and the crew have a great New Years!!!!
Thank you and a Happy New Year to you.
Great video Bob, enjoyed watching it! Happy new year Bob!
Happy New Year to you!
Not wild mustard?! Lol. I learn more every day. Love the tie job. I’ll have to get some of those straps. I have a similar overload spring called Sumospring. They definitely help. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Ron!!
Your a very smart man I'm from Canada but I follow you I find you do alote more explaining in your videos happy new years to you
Happy New Year!
Good Morning Bob and Happy New Year to you and your crew !
Thank you and Happy New Year to you.
Good evening, Mr. Bob. Happy New Year to you and your crew. May God grant you long lives.
Good idea Bob if Seth is going south he might as well be busy on his trips 😂😂😂😂!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Bob. I believe you have a little bit of experience operating that Hummerbee lol. Here in Central Virginia. I like 25 no more than 30 hives. 4 more days till the Expo.
See you there!
Thank you for the video. Happy New Year to your families and hope to meet at nabe
Happy New Year!
I suppose the pollen that fell off the flowers on my kitchen counter does not qualify as a flow. But the bee that rode in on one of us seemed thrilled. That's just a slap in the face to a northern bee keeper. A couple months to go to even think "get in gear for spring".😣
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Neat to see this! Thank you for sending me some of the Sourwood seeds by the way! This may be a dumb question but what did you do to block the hive entrances while transporting? I would think you might still need some netting to keep them in. I appreciate the informative videos. I’m almost through my first year of keeping bees.🎉
Good luck with the seeds. The bees will generally stay in in those temperatures.
Happy New Year 2024 have wonderfully Beekeeping and all stay healthy 🍾🍷🎉🐝🐝🐝
Thank you and Happy New Year.
Happy New Year Bob and best wishes for your 2024 season! Here in the Highlands of Scotland I participate in a University scheme to analyse honey. They can tell me the plant genus but not the species. In late August 2022 25% of my sample was Raphanus sativus (garden radish) and in mid September 2020 it was 8%. My forage is "improved grassland" for sheep and cows with no planted crops. I know it can't be garden radish but we do have wild radish. I have never seen it in such abundance that I would ever have guessed it accounted for 25%!! If it is wild radish, there must be something in the pollen or nectar that makes them hunt it down but I have been unable to find any scientific analysis of the properties of this plant.
The species in south Georgia will produce nectar in cool temperatures and when it gets above 70°f (21c) it produces nectar in abundance. I think it is Raphanus raphanistrum L.
Thanks Bob, same plant here. The August 2020 sample had 30 plants in the sample but the only other substantial contributor was heather at 50% . It was a cool late summer so maybe that's it ; only heather and wild radish produced nectar at that low temperature?
They say beekeepers aren't competitive, Seth can only blame himself for Bob moving bees down south. Bob probably said if you're gonna be down south with my truck, you might as well have a full days work while you're down there. Here's a couple more truck loads of bees to keep you and the boys busy.
You make it sound really malice... I don't believe Bob is the kind of man to think about things the way you described.
That would sound like a good business opportunity. Seth and Bob will work that out. I would think they rely on one another. I hope some day Seth is the Maga bee barron like his employer.
Yeah your trolling my friend, I don't know Bob personally, but what I gather from his videos is that he is a stand up guy and really likes Seth and his crew , they work wonderful together, great video Bob, I am just starting out in the commercial side of things, my truck will hold 48 doubles, I can fit 24 doubles on the trailer , most of my yards are 24 hives
@@paulgroth5414 can't take a joke?
Happy New Years! If I want to winter a hive in South Florida and can’t find the queen, if I put a escape board above the the 2nd box, will the queen move down or will she stay with brood?
If she is already there she will stay above the board in most cases.
Great vedio Bob, just a question why did you move them and are they going to stay there for next spring? I think I seen some of your honey in fresh market here in virginia, it said blue ridge honey farm, it was lavender honey. Hope you and your family have a happy new year.
Hi Frances. That is a different company. We are Blue Ridge Honey Co. The bees will be there until late February.
There's an outfit up in Henderson County NC that goes by the name Blue Ridge Honey. They've sold through Ingles markets as long as I can remember.
Drove by your place a thousand times going up to visit friends and family up in Carolina Bob. Might even stop in one of these days even though I don't eat honey or carbs anymore. Still got a couple of hives out back just because it wouldn't seem right not to have some bees hanging out.
Happy New Year!
I believe they are called Blue Ridge Mountain Honey. Happy New Year!@@beebop9808
Could very well be. Thank you brother!
Happy New Year Mr Bob. Are you moving them to get benefits of early buildup for nucs or what? Just curious
These bees were sorted out because they were a little on the small side for a variety of reasons. Just trying to get them through winter. They'll come home in late February or early March. Happy New Year!
amazing... bet your bees are very happy! how did you move the hive with the machine without freaking the bees out? As a first year beekeeper, i recently upgraded the area my bees will be at. i made a long stand with 4x4's and i plan on moving my hive to it whenever a good time will be. and thats the question i have, would it be ok to close them up on a cold day, and move them about 6 feet to the new stand? but im afraid it will disturb them and they come out on a very cold day.
i say this because as i was building the new bee area and tearing down the old fence, i accidently hit the hive with the fence and the bees started pouring out in rage! lol. luckly it was a high 50s day.
If you move them during an extending cold snap when they don't fly for several days they will reorient themselves. A little smoke will help keep them in. Good luck.
@@bobbinnie9872 great! I will do that. Thank you sir
Interesting and we can't decide if we want to have only eight bee colonies or maybe "expanding" and trying to manage ten of them!
What's two more? 😅
Ten for sure! 😊
@@chuckgross6024 Wish I could argue with you and maybe in our Spring future!
@@bobbinnie9872 Suppose to be a hobby although most likely ten soon!
Thanks for the videos! I have read that when bees can’t fly for at least 3 days or more that they have to re-orient. I need to move some bees within the same yard for convenience & stand repair. I was wondering if I can do this without causing complete chaos when they’re able to fly again?
I'm not sure of exactly how long it takes for bees to do that in cold weather but they definitely do it. I've always waited for periods of at least five days but three could work.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you, Sir!
How often do you trade out trucks? Im guessing yours are very well maintained like the rest of your business is! Your older bee trucks would gor for a premium i imagine.
We used to average 40,000 miles a year on trucks but it's much less now because we don't move out of town much. We do maintain them well and because we're not out of town much I don't mind keeping them for many miles.
I have watchet a lot of your video an have learned a lot I have had bees for about six years an this is first year I have seen the hives kicking drones out in January how come they would still have drones I live in Utah and temps at might have been around 14 and the day 45 how come there are still drones
You would think all colonies would act the same but they don't and every season is different. Sometimes there's no apparent reason for drones overwintering in a colony and sometimes the bees may sense something about their queen that leads them to hold on to their drones.
Loading bees is not quite like loading pallets of canned salmon in a container, but close, although canned salmon doesn't sting! Thanks for all the videos. Have a great New year.
Happy New Year!👍
Those timbren ses overload are like air bags without the compressor?
There actually isn't any air in them but they do have a slightly hollow center. They are very simple, very heavy duty and dependable.
I noticed you placed all your pallets the same direction in a single row, do you see much for bees drifting towards one end of the yard? Or is that not much of a problem this time of year for you?
We do get a little of drift towards the ends but not enough to get excited about. There's about 5 to 6 feet between pallets.
Have had so far a warm winter. They are using stores fast. Already putting sugar in for them. What’s your thoughts on winter pattys from Dadant ?
I've not used them but I don't see why they wouldn't work well.
@@bobbinnie9872 im giving them a try… they seem to like them we will see what happens thank you much. I’ll keep you updated in results this spring lol
foam filled tires = rough ride lol !
Not too bad.
How do you get all red aux lights on your trucks? Can you order the trucks that way, or are they aftermaket fixtures?
Th red lights on our forklifts are installed by us on our swinger, which is not shown in this video, and were ordered from the factory on the Hummerbee shown in this video.
Do cells close when loading during the day?
In cold weather they will stay in with just a little smoke.
Is late March too early for you to have queens to sell? I'll be passing through on my way back from Orlando.
We are selling queens at that time but we're already booked up.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks for the quick reply. I'll keep searching.
Do you send any to Almonds?
I did in the past but not anymore.
@@bobbinnie9872 going to be wet fields but the cover crops are going to be strong this year.
Do you pay rent to put your bees in these yards?
Usually a case of honey.
Hello Bob
I have 50 colonies, how I can get/find nice yard to move them to S GA
My bees are in SW MI right now
I honestly couldn't say if you don't know anyone down there. We're currently borrowing some ourselves.
@@bobbinnie9872 ok thank you for responding
Moving bees south? Come one down I’ve got plenty of room……
You hire beekeepers from Ukraine ?
Thanks for asking but we have all the employees we need at this time.
Bob you're not going to show people how to put the Nets on
We didn't put nets on this load. It was plenty cool enough.