Tennessee Beekeeper Dick Brickner
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2021
- Tennessee Beekeeper Dick Brickner shares colony management techniques including swarm control, equipment management and more. Recorded in Columbia, Tennessee.
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I sure would wish you'd finish up Florida beekeeper series. Before starting another series.
Yes it would be nice if he would finish up the series before going to another one
Hi Jimmy. I appreciate your comment. At this point it seems like an explanation is probably in order. After more hours of editing than I can count on the next segment of Florida Beekeepers, and after a review by the Univ. of Florida which I agreed to, I have been asked to remove quite a bit of content (too much controversial info). So I am in the middle of editing it once again and will present it to them for approval again soon. I also did the same thing on their first video. I don't have a problem with this because I respect their position and know they have to be very careful with how their program is presented to the general public. It's just taking a lot of time to get this done. I've already started with Ray Latner's footage which is tough. I'm editing 6 hours of content into 30 minutes or less. I'm a novice at this so it takes me a long time. The videos that I have been slipping in between have been very easy to edit and at least it keeps me posting something. All of this while trying to keep my business on track. I hope this explanation helps. I have had numerous complaints. Some not very polite. Thank you ahead of time for your patience.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you for taking the time out to explained it.
I had no idea 💡
@@bobbinnie9872 Bob, thank you for posting your videos
Ya'll just need to be glad he's sharing. Are you paying for this content and info? NO you aren't. So as Chris Tucker says in rush hour, this ain't no democracy. So sit down and enjoy the education. 😆
Really a great video - have watched it several times. Two wise beekeepers sharing their knowledge. Thanks for posting. 🙏
Dick keeps 20 odd hives but he runs his small sideline like a pro and runs one of the best clubs in the state of TN with the Columbia Beekeepers association. Every year he is sustainable and blows away the state average on overwintering success and honey production. Truly the definition of a Bee "keeper"
Well said. It was a real pleasure to do this with him.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob. Good video
A visit from BOB would be a honor for most. Seeing him visit another oldtimer is pricless. Thanks Bob for the great Video
Never thought I’d see my grandpa on RUclips.
Great video. Another TN Beek here. Nashville.
I enjoy my all mediums. For backyard beekeeping, it's the best approach to keeping it simple and sustainable. My hats off to Dick for seeing the light.
Bob you are just a blessing from the Lord! I love to hear how other beekeepers do things. There's always something to take away from your videos. Thank you to Mr. Dick Brickner as well.
As a beekeeper I enjoy these shared ideas and the people involved are kind, friendly and intelligent. Thanks so much.
This makes a lot of sense! Mediums are easier to make and lighter…for myself, handicapped for 30 years and soon to be using a wheelchair I have also been considering horizontal hives. The English will argue with you on the source of checkerboard management. They claim it came from a NASA engineer in 1973.
Great to meet completely different beekeepers who are not just huge commercial guys. A different approach to many things. Very refreshing!! Thanks for posting!!
I absolutely loved listening to two wise and experienced beekeepers talk about bees, it was a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
Thank you
I really like these videos and I look forward to them. Always good to see how other people keep bees.
Bob, Thanks for the videos. I for one appreciate the time and energy that you put into passing along your knowledge and that of other beeks. It has been a godsend for those of us that have a hard time asking others for help. My bees thank you as well!!!!! My wife thanks you as well......until the credit card bill comes in then she gets a little salty! 😂
I think Bob Binnie has some things figured out. Life is too short not to enjoy. Thanks for sharing a wealth of good information along the way.
Always good seeing different ways to beek.
I loved this Bob! Thanks for sharing sir.
Thanks Bob! You have no idea how much I appreciate you!!!
HOLY MOLY! 160 lbs of honey per hive that's insane and thank you Bob for your contributions to helping other beekeeper. I have really enjoyed all your videos.
I like the interviews bob.good stuff to see how people do different ways. Hey were all beekeepers. Thanks bob for all the work you put in the videos.
Thank you.
Appreciate the information and varying views of different beekeepers. Great videos. Thanks
Great information mr Brickner. Thank you bob for sharing this.
Thanks for these videos. So nice to get different experienced people’s information.
Thanks Bob I like seeing what works for others all over the place
Thanks Bob and Dick, really enjoyed the video.
Very informative. Thanks so much for doing these videos. I've watched all of them and have learned so much. I have a small bee company in Texas and I love to mentor young folks. I'm in my 6th year of beekeeping. Doing well for being a great grandmother!
Great Grand mother beekeeper!!? Congratulations on both.
You help many of us with information that takes a lot of research otherwise. Thank you!
Sure learned a lot from this video Bob. Thanks for taking the time to allow us to learn how Mr Brickner manages his apiaries. I need to learn more about checker boarding. Well done.
Good interview. Dick is doing a great job both with his apiary and the Columbia beekeepers association. Thanks for all you share.
Do a beekeepers in NC Bobby. Me included and some of my buddies. Lol.
Thanks for a very informative video Bob. Mr Brickner certainly has learned a lot about super management of his apiary.
I have certainly learned a lot from your videos the last couple of years.
You are the best!
Dear Bob, I`m Bulgarian beekeeper and love the videos you post, they are so informative and helpful! A lot of time I over watch a video more than ones and learn a lot from you! Thank you!
*Thx4Sharing Interesting Interview Bob* 👍🇺🇸
WOW, thanks for the video Bob and Dick. I saw SO much of our operation in his apiary..... for example we use all mediums Everywhere , screened bottom boards and top vents. Winter losses are nil and over wintered nucs are our specialty. Your interview with Dick just validated our practices, thanks again!!
So jealous of the camera man!!!! Byran, I’m suffering from envy right now!!!
It was fun indeed. Thank you!
Great video. Thanks for getting the knowledge from these guys and putting it out on the web. I heard for years that you could not keep bees in mediums and make as much honey. I guess proff is in the pudding. Please keep doing this.
Good video Bob. I never thought of medium brood box but it makes sense for equipment uniformity.
It seems to work well for Dick Brickner.
Thanks Bob for sharing your videos, I am from the Caribbean Trinidad &Tobago we only have Africanize bees on our Island. Africanize beekeeping is a bit different but very similar I learned a lot from your videos continue your good work I keep 100 hives our largest keeper runs 500on the Island
Bob, thank you so much FOR ALL that you do for the beekeeping industry and the small hobbyist like myself. I know without a doubt that you’re a very busy man, working and having so much knowledge about bees but you still take the time to make these videos. I especially enjoy this type of video where you’re helping show the way other folks works their bees. I can’t imagine harvesting 150 lbs of honey from one hive. I’m on cloud nine if I get 60 lbs from one hive. I would love to see a short video with an in-depth explanation on checker-boarding to keep the swarming down or if you could possibly tell me where to find some information to read I would appreciate it so much! I’m sure that you’re gearing up to produce your wonderful sourwood honey and I hope it’s a record year for you!
Hi Don. Check this link www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-checkerboard-a-hive/
@@bobbinnie9872 Bob, Thank you!
"as high as ten boxes" !! This guy is amazing.
Those are shallows and mediums.
I got 5 deep boxes 10 frames on mine as we speak.
Ha Bob thanks for the wonderful video I live in Virginia his flow is like mine this was great also the storage of the boxes was a great idea as well I have been storing my empty's in my kitchen covered with big bags my flow here is over started in April does not last long at all. I take my honey off in July and do not remove any more and feed a lot to keep them building up brood and drawing comb all so pollen sub I do not want them to shut down on brood rearing I find that a small cluster does not fare well here and if I can get them to build up and go into the winter strong they come out strong as well, I have carnies the most and mutts but our environments are the same.. So thanks again have a wonderful day Bob.
Very good vidéo. Thank you.
Really good information, I think you two should have a round table talk for another video.
Thanks Bob for sharing, and happy to see a Guy Like Brikner at his age managing like he does. I will be glad if you explain how he does with the mediums . Thank you
As you can see he does great with all mediums. I've had a few colonies like this in the past but didn't care for it because you have to handle more frames when looking for queens and making splits. That's just me though. Many people like that set up, especially women who can't lift the deep boxes.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks bob. actually now it seems both men and women like it . Seriously i think the mediums are good for our time, because the nectar flow is short, so it is easy for the bees to store honey on them, and therefore produce more i guess.
Loved the chat
This was so wonderful ! If you ever decide to hit up michigan, i can turn you on to some folks that are worthy of being highlighted like this fella here.
Thank you, I will keep that in mind.
Neither of you guys seemed to be sure what the date was lol. Life is good
My kind of people lol
Great video. Would love to see a video on the checker board process, how to, why.
I have a back issue. All mediums for me as well.
It isn’t a video, but you can read all about it by following the link in the description.
Checkerboarding is a technique that simply means alternating your frames. For example: When adding a super, alternating wax and foundation frames, or foundation and honey frames. This helps draw the bees across the full scope of the box, and encourages them to built out more on those foundation frames. When foundation is added in big blocks, they may see it as a "wall" and not know there is a lot of space left for them to explore/expand in to.
My experience is the bees love the white clover.... after a nice rain and new flowers explode. But when ground moisture is low then a shallow rooted plant like white clover just is not going to generate much nectar and bees are not going to bother with it. Prettiest white comb gets build when my pastures are lush green and full of white 🍀 clover!
Points all taken !
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I get bright red pollen in Feb in north Texas
We always called ear worm, we called them corn bore, corn bore has to be treated in the ground, cause they hatch in the ground and the larva bores up through the stalk to get to the ear
Andrew, there is corn bore that eats at the stalks and BT corn kills them. There is also another pest which is ear worm which is a much bigger critter and the moth lays the egg where the ear is developing and the caterpillar goes into the tip of the ear and eats away at the end of the ear. They are two different insects.
Here in cleveland county clover is the last thing they choose to work. Poplar is first and blackberry.
We see that also. They switch to clover when the others are finished.
My bees {NC} will only take dutch white clover when it's what's available. Early spring no, right now yes, they're hitting the dutch white pretty good.
Dutch white handles mowing well, so it's worth having around for the summer dearth.
Crimson clover is a first choice high value source. The bees seem to value crimson clover as much as tulip poplar in the spring.
ymmv
As a kid, I always saw bees on dutch clover in our yard. I figured it was the bees' favorite food. Now this dude said his bees use it only as a last resort.
Bob, Great video and thanks for sharing. I have not heard of checkerboarding for swarm control. Does anyone have a link to a video on that?? Thanks.
If you search online for "Checkerboarding by Walt Wright" a lot of stuff will come up.
I have about 2 acres with heavy white clover. I have 20 hives and rarely can I find a bee on them. I always find it strange. Also no big pollinating type crops around.
I see the same thing. If the weather and moisture is right and the bees are hungry they will work it and I've seen my bees work it once in awhile but usually there is something better I guess.
Bob I enjoy your video. why you're traveling around come on out to Arizona And teach me how to keep bees in the desert it is a challenge.
It's been many years since I've spent time in the desert. I used to have relatives in Oak Creek Canyon, Flagstaff and Sierra Vista, and visited them often, but no more.
@@bobbinnie9872 I'm just out of the city limits of Lake Havasu City It's the more I learn the more I realize it's not a very good place for bees
Henbit that is all…
I know that’s why you pointed out the soybean field. Good red pollen. Can’t tell a beekeeper anything contrary to what he already knows.
Silver maple is a greyish tan pollen and bees love it.
@@russellkoopman3004 Yup! Greyish tan and some silver maple trees give just a hint of yellow. Never seen any red. The red pollen around me is dead nettle. Looks like bees have blood drops on them when they hit landing board.
The henbit and deadnettle are not in bloom yet in February when the silver maples are covered with blossoms. The only pollen the bees are bringing in at that time are hues of red and yellow pollen, no gray pollen. D
@@R_Brickner I did not say they were. I said the only red pollen around me is red dead nettle.
Hi Bob,
What are you going to be using in place of Apivar strips this year?
Apigaurd. I've used it many times in the past with success.
What’s the story with Apivar?
@@davenirschl6522 Many beekeepers feel that Apivar is inconsistent. I personally have experienced both good results and poor results.
Bob, in short, what is you procedure of storing your extracted frames,? thanks.
We rent cooler space in a local food bank.
@@bobbinnie9872 Okay, thanks Bob, I really enjoy your informative videos.
great video Bob!! are those mediums in the jester boxes??? i didnt know they made those??
He had medium frames in a Jester deep box. We didn't look at the bottom of the frames but if they stay there long there would be extra comb built there.
@@bobbinnie9872 gotcha! man he sure looks good for 76 years old ---thanks
Yes. I had taken frames with swarm cells out of another hive to start these in the deep boxes. As soon as I see a new queen laying eggs or get past the date when a new mated queen should be in the box, I will move them into a standard medium box. They won't be in the deeps long enough to start drawing comb on the bottom of the frames.
@@R_Brickner ahhhh!!! makes sense now....i have a bunch of 8 frame mediums im trying out and never thought of putting mediums in deeps just to fill the frame up....thanks!!
I would love to buy some Tennessee honey and wax if you have any info to share ? The idea of using all mediums is excellent .
We don't have any Tennessee honey but I bet if you Google that phrase you'll come up with many options.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you, I just visited your site and seen the many great types of honey you produce and the beautiful candles. I'll have to buy myself a present.
hey Bob....does Dick happen to have a contact email or phone? thanks!
Yes, it is shown at the end of the video.
@@bobbinnie9872 great! thanks
Cool dude dieing breed. Bet if he stopped by to buy a queen he be happy to wait min till i had caught caged her. Not start complaining like he was shopping at wallmart. Probably even help catch that queen might even peak at her laying pattern.
Bob, thanks brother for asking all the good questions. You have tons knowledge and it shows. You fall into the category of forgetting more than most will ever know.
Thank you
Hi Oscar.