Absolutely Rickey! We have talked for months about thos but our schedules just didn't match do to both being so busy with bees and breeding. Thanks for watching man🤜🤛 We have alot in store for 2021, stay tuned🤠
Calvin, Very much so Sergei has his operation rolling like some well greased bearings 😎👌 There is so much that goes into queen breeding already, so it was very cool to share my tour with all of you. Thanks for watching man! We truly appreciate the support 🤙
Right! Its always a pleasure visiting different operations because you can always pick up something new. So many different methods and techniques in beekeeping. What did you enjoy from this video?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper that dude is like a master of all trades. I used to work in a prototype machine shop so a lot of what he said made easy sense to me. I really like the nails instead of the W clips!
Yes indeed! Haha that's awesome! Something's I was needing explaining(CNC programming upgrades) Very cool this video came easy for you👌 Thanks for watching my man🙌
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching Tautvydas🙌 Feel free to share on your social media platforms everything helps us bring you guys the best content we can🤜🤛
I like seeing how others keep there bees. I have 3 hives trying to go to 20. Very dry year last summer held me back. Bees must be tough to live here in southwest Texas. Keep up the great videos. Love the kids working alongside you two. The world needs more of this.
I'm a business owner of a small startup Bee sale/removal/pollination the different ideas you have is amazing you got a new subscriber here in Orlando Florida thanks, from Benito and James Bee removal and apiary.
Benito and James, congratulations on your new venture with the bee business🙌 How was business this year with the pandemic for you guys? Happy you found us and subscribed 👌 Helps our channel gain popularity and motivates us to bringing you some different style beekeeper videos that can be entertaining and educational. Thanks again 🤙
Wow one amazing opportunity to video all that .. Those timing boxes are sick going to make some of those .. Upper Midwest needs a operation like that so much demand for fall queens as all them package queens fail ...why im building buckfast mountain
Yes they were! Very ideal to graft from with smaller frames. We always used full frames but will be trying something different now that Sergei gave me some ideas for what we will be making and using for our Timing boxes. Where in the midwest are you from? I have some buddies in Wyoming
Wow.. So huge man.. Me here in Malaysia we still looking how to build a such a big industri but still have no direction.. So sad.. I have been in the industries almost 17 years. Good jobs sir
Most of the successful commercial beekeepers that I work for are pretty good problem-solving people. I enjoy seeing innovation in beekeeping. Innovation and good management are the keys to being successful in this business now. Beekeeping has changed and demands much more from the old times. Thanks for the video I am enjoying your content. Let me know if I can be useful. Cheers.
Thanks! We love the queen rearing set up too! As I'm sure you know, the editing is a job in itself! It takes a team to get these videos out! Thanks for watching!
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper It certainly is! Luckily its usually raining 🌧 so we just hunker down and bash them out! Keep up the great work! Ever fancy a collab, I would be honoured to work together 💪
We are happy you enjoyed it and hello from California @Chicago Bees👋 Thanks for commenting and checking out our video, every like comment and share helps our channel and makes it fun for us to bring you videos about how we do things or tips and tricks. Hope you enjoy our journey and we appreciate you🤜🤛
I just kept asking myself where the eff does he find time for all of that. Holy smokes! That's a phenomenal operation. I would love a chance to see it in full operation some spring.
@Kurt yes, he is a busy man! We are going to have to go back to give you guys a second episode! What are you interested in seeing there during the spring?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I don't even know where to begin. Setting up the queen rearing boxes. Grafting. Man, you name it. There's alot to see in that operation.
Sergei! Разреши выразить тебе моё восхищение! 30% увиденного я видела ранее в живую. Но остальное - просто восторг!!!! Всё так сильно изменилось в лучшую сторону. Я восхищена! Я и раньше тебе говорила о своём трепетном отношении к твоим разработкам и наработкам, а сейчас просто не хватает слов! Это очень здорово! Подскажи, будет ли перевод твоего рассказа на русский язык? Когда его ждать?
Kept waiting to see those auto smoking cloak board cell starters like those use in those huge kona queen rearing operations .. Funny talked about using trees to force them virgins straight up on there mating flights i do same thing only i use tall grass .. Got that advice from a queen breeder makes a difference in return rate .. Might seem odd but what works is what works
Yes sir! One of the many breeder tricks to separate nuc yards with trees from drone yards. We will hopefully get a chance to link up with him again when he is in full swing
2 great keepers! You can definitely tell Sergei is an engineer, seeing it through his IG and now this video just confirmed for me even more. Attention to the details. I will watch this one a few more times lol. as always great content.
Thanks for the kind words🙏 Well it was a very much needed tour as we were both very busy with bee business it was a pleasure meeting up with my fellow beekeeper and buddy Sergei. Such an innovative mind he has. I'll have to upload the raw content, slot of fun conversation. Thanks for joining our CZcams venture and we have alot more fun exciting ideas coming soon. What was your favorite part of the video?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper honestly being a beekeeper with a fabricators/mechanical resume i enjoyed it all... from the mill comms to the auto feeding system... concrete nails instead of clips... banking system, all of it was good. i’ve even been debating on box joints “finger vs rabbet” and Sergei gives his thoughts on that too. so all of it was thoroughly enjoyable. it gives some great insight for some of us small guys trying to make things come together, and efficiently, so again thank you both 🙏🏼.
@@CostasHoneyBees That's exactly how we feel, so many things going on that you can take what you need and incorporate into ones operation. I always felt our 6way nuc was great and after seeing his 8way prototype it got my wheels rolling again👌
Randy! Yes we did! Thanks so much we really pushed what we could and just missed our goal of 1000 by the new year. Very close but we'll take it and are very thankful. #teamwork Thanks for all the support boss🤜🤛🍾
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper if a picture is worth a thousand words... You have a few hundred pictures I could extract from that video. Amazing the length he went into making cabinet grade bee equipment. A lifetime to build a setup like that.
Ruben, No doubt! We've been to many operations and always amazes me how so many beekeepers have so many different ways of doing things. Always fun checking out other outfits. Glad you enjoyed man👌 What did you find interesting?
I didn't know Elon Musk has a brother who's a queen breeder ;-) That's 58 minutes of one clever and innovative thing after another! Really impressive! Thanks for sharing this information!
Albert, Thanks man! Very much a team effort. So glad we have people supporting our journey. Thanks for the likes comments and shares Albert. Doing those things really shows so much support. Thanks again brother!
When the video started off with an in injunction to smash the subscribe button I almost quit the video then and there. Please don’t be doing that. I have a low tolerance for that kind of cheesy BS. Being told to do something puts my back up. Fortunately I did stick around because Sergei turned out to be a fascinating guy. He deserves a whole series, not just a one hour video.👍 In the end I did subscribe in the hope that your other videos are of this caliber.
Hey Graeme Diesel, we agree and were thinking the same thing in regards to the series of Sergei! People are loving him! Thank you for giving the channel a shot! We're new to CZcams and started it on a whim, with no plan and knowing nothing about videography or CZcams. Through this process, we've learned that it's important for us to say and market the videos in certain ways in order for CZcams to potentially pick the video up and offer it to more viewers. Reminding viewers to subscribe or click the bell and having them actually do it, helps us to make sense of the long days and sleepless nights when we are up editing a single video, trying to get it up and out to the audience, because there is no monetary return for us at this point and maybe not for years to come. Thank you for your patience as we will continue to push out content in an effort to experiment and explore what our audience likes, wants, and needs and as we find our place on this previously established platform.
Parabéns pela maneira da trabalhar com abelha, tenho 50 comeias, e esse ano quer chegar a 100 comeias produzindo, muito bom seu menejo com as abelhas, estou aprendendo muito. Deivid Nunes_ interior de São Paulo (BRASIL)
Isso soa emocionante meu amigo, atingir outra meta definida é uma sensação muito gratificante. eu sei que você pode fazer isso e estamos felizes em saber que você está aprendendo. Se você tiver alguma dúvida, entre em contato conosco, estamos aqui para ajudar. Obrigado parceiro
Hello, how do you solve the problem of swarming when you have so many hives? Do you manage to look through them all, of do you work in a different way?
We are always continuing to do hive inspections every 2 weeks to do swarm prevention by equalization of all colonies and also making splits into new colonies
This is intense, do you mind if I ask how much revenue Sergei pulls. Seems like he has a lot going on. I kept thinking the video was over and it just kept going with more. He must be quite busy. Funny I have the same interests as him; cnc, bees, automation. It sure looks difficult to make a living off of bees though. I guess the same could be said about anything non-corporate. Nice to have a glimpse into the bee industry. I don't think I could handle that large of an operation, I hope he has some help managing everything.
I'm sure we can ask that next time. He does have so much going on and has a crew he manages that help him do things so that he can work on more cool stuff😄🤷🏻♂️
We do have a crew. I was born into the business but my passion is to create things. So lucky for me the apiary has almost zero innovation. So far. As for money, we put everything we make back into the Business. It’s not about the money, it’s nice, but it’s not everything. If I wanted to make lots to money I could have taken people up and working for start up’s , or worked for Tesla. I really truly want to help the apiarys. I’m probably not going to succeed but I will try my hardest.
Hello, I do have one question. Is it true that a beekeepr usually cahrges a particular some of money for every beehive they put in somebody's place, let's say on a farmer's field?
Nice info. But I find the way the US grows crops a bit depressing. Mile after mile of monoculture and pretty much zero wildlife, then bees have to be shipped in by the millions. I guess we have too many people to feed to do much else. Where does it end though?
Thank you for watching. Yes its rough to keep bees how we do but as Californian beekeepers we all adjust on how we do things. As for our operation we keep our bees away from the Valley floors as much as possible, keep them in higher elevation yards were there is more resources. Bees are great and with great beekeepers striving to save them, it's a constant task providing bees what's best for them.
I have a question on hive inspections when your bees go to the almonds. If you have a double deep box and the inspector says you have seven frames of bees is that seven frames of bees in each box or seven frames of bees between the two boxes.
7 frames for both boxes. If he did a full inspection and said you have a "7 frame average", then that would be an overall average number of frames per colony.
Yes. The queen is confined in the small section with the excluder roof. The other side is so that you can place your frame that is has been laid out with eggs and ready to be grafted from in a few day.
Thanks for this video. At minute 8.00 +- some secondes you explain your starters. Aren't you. At the bottom is a 10 frame hive (langstroth or dadan't honestly I don't know). You put on 2 x 5 frame hives with grafting open brood and so on. And then? The last part at minute 8 I don't understand. What do you pull from the bottom where the queen is laying?
We pull the brood from the bottom, open brood, and place that brood next to the grafted frame. The idea is to keep open brood next to the grafted frame, that way the nurse bees will service your grafted frame.
Most guys have their own reasoning behind running 8 frames in their 10 frame equipment. I’ll take a shot on why they do that, normally commercial outfits run 8 frame and inside feeder. So a total of 9 slots just so that it’s not to tight and workable without rolling the queen
Hi I am circle T honey in Arizona Just a small-time beekeeper Buy 10 to 16 queens at a time Like to find out more information about your queens and ordering let me know thank you for your time
I am from Nepal and myself beekeeper in small scale. Currently I have 50 hive I do queen grafting for myself and help other farmer free queen providing. Can I get opportunity to work in your company. That will be great. Thanks.
Hem, hello from California! Do you have Facebook? We would love to connect with you on there or Instagram so we can see what beekeeping is like in Nepal! We will keep you in mind in regards to the help.
Here my commercial beekeeping is very loss.First reason is covid 19 I can not migration my bee and second reason is honey rate Rs 70 indian Rupee per kg.
@Tom Dz thanks for the comment! This is a commercial breeding company, not a honey facility. They breed queen bees for other beekeepers; so if you own a hive and the queen is no longer laying eggs, she needs to be replaced with a new queen to prevent the hive from dying. It is standard to replace the queen once a year.
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Thanks for your response. I am beekeeper myself, and proud owner of well established local apiary 😎I can assure you, that it is NOT a standard to replace the queen once a year!😱If you believe otherwise you have a lot to learn about beekeeping😉 Fact that it is commercial breeding company makes it even worse as he provides the same genetical material time after time again and he supports same bee milking farming strategies... Respectful, experienced beekeeper who works WITH bees and nature rather than off it, does not need commercial breeding company and does not have to "mass-producing" cheap, poor quality honey! Customers will pay 3x more for quality rather than cheap quantity😉
@@beemaniauk that's awesome! What's the name of your company? Beekeeping practices differ drastically depending on many different factors. We'd love to hear more about yours! We agree that customers will pay more for quality honey rather than low quality honey!
@@beemaniauk got it, when you said "local" I thought you meant local to where we are located. Well, hello from California! Stick around the channel and you can see how differently we bee keep in this state and why.
This guy is on the next level!!! I couldn't stop watching because he had so many ideals. Thanks so much for sharing Jose!!!
Absolutely Rickey! We have talked for months about thos but our schedules just didn't match do to both being so busy with bees and breeding. Thanks for watching man🤜🤛 We have alot in store for 2021, stay tuned🤠
This Sergi fellow is amazing. He has more talent than quite a few people wrapped up in one.
He's sharp Raj. Thanks for watching
that man is the MacGiver of the beekeeping, solid video thx
Forsure man! Thanks for watching and stay tuned for part 2🤙
What an amazing video. Thank you both very much for your time.
Absolutely 😃
Sergei is very innovative and has an industriousness to match his bees.
@CB Bees Definitely!
Man thx for sharing..love all the ideas
Of course! We have more coming for 2021🙌 Thanks for watching
Wow intensive operation...I had no idea what all goes into commercial queen rearing.
Calvin, Very much so Sergei has his operation rolling like some well greased bearings 😎👌 There is so much that goes into queen breeding already, so it was very cool to share my tour with all of you. Thanks for watching man! We truly appreciate the support 🤙
Started out as a walk through of a bee operation to a walk through of MIT...wow !!!
It’s a good thing we did not get to the robot! 😂
Totally Milton 😄 Thanks for watching
@@BeeInnovative 😂😂😂
Lot of ideas here. Thanks Jose!
Right! Its always a pleasure visiting different operations because you can always pick up something new. So many different methods and techniques in beekeeping. What did you enjoy from this video?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper that dude is like a master of all trades. I used to work in a prototype machine shop so a lot of what he said made easy sense to me. I really like the nails instead of the W clips!
Yes indeed! Haha that's awesome! Something's I was needing explaining(CNC programming upgrades) Very cool this video came easy for you👌 Thanks for watching my man🙌
Watch the miraculous snapshot of the birth of a bee live
czcams.com/video/9uYeZrylc1M/video.html
Thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching Tautvydas🙌 Feel free to share on your social media platforms everything helps us bring you guys the best content we can🤜🤛
A very good video
Thanks my man! What did you enjoy most from this video?
I like seeing how others keep there bees. I have 3 hives trying to go to 20. Very dry year last summer held me back. Bees must be tough to live here in southwest Texas. Keep up the great videos. Love the kids working alongside you two. The world needs more of this.
I follow Sergei on facebook, this guy's a certified genius lol
Yes he's very sharp👌Thanks for watching Aaron
I'm a business owner of a small startup Bee sale/removal/pollination the different ideas you have is amazing you got a new subscriber here in Orlando Florida thanks, from Benito and James Bee removal and apiary.
Benito and James, congratulations on your new venture with the bee business🙌 How was business this year with the pandemic for you guys? Happy you found us and subscribed 👌 Helps our channel gain popularity and motivates us to bringing you some different style beekeeper videos that can be entertaining and educational. Thanks again 🤙
The engineering of beekeeping is as fascinating as the beehive itself.
No doubt. Truly enjoy the constant knowledge we learn from some of these experiences we overcome. Thanks for dropping a comment Michael🙌
Wow thats awesome. I‘d like to See more of him.
@Icebug1337 we will have it coming!
Thank you!
wife: "honey you should find a hobbie"
the hobbie:
Jokes apart, this is amazing.
You need to patent your modifications those are genius !!!!!!!!!!
@promaster185 Sergei actually discussed why he doesn't patent his ideas but it didn't make the video
Wow... The Tony Stark of beekeeping... and I say that as a fellow engineer! Very impressed!
Thanks for watching @Prince Nephron! Lots of advanced systems at this facility!
That is one awesome operation!! Thanks!
Totally Rodney! Sergei has alot of cool things going on.
Like it,he loves the little details on his equipment,man.👊
Indeed Chris👌
Wow one amazing opportunity to video all that .. Those timing boxes are sick going to make some of those .. Upper Midwest needs a operation like that so much demand for fall queens as all them package queens fail ...why im building buckfast mountain
Yes they were! Very ideal to graft from with smaller frames. We always used full frames but will be trying something different now that Sergei gave me some ideas for what we will be making and using for our Timing boxes. Where in the midwest are you from? I have some buddies in Wyoming
totaly cool vidio . Queen breading is the Key .I like the small box with excluders .Solves the problem of where are the new larva .! Kel
Wow! He made my brain hurt trying to keep up! Lol
Thanks Phil, he has a lot going on for sure🙌🏼
Wow.. So huge man.. Me here in Malaysia we still looking how to build a such a big industri but still have no direction.. So sad.. I have been in the industries almost 17 years. Good jobs sir
You can do it! Keep pushing and don't give up!
Really neat and innovative operation and great vid
Kai, No doubt there is alot going on at this outfit. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment. We appreciate the support
Most of the successful commercial beekeepers that I work for are pretty good problem-solving people. I enjoy seeing innovation in beekeeping. Innovation and good management are the keys to being successful in this business now. Beekeeping has changed and demands much more from the old times. Thanks for the video I am enjoying your content. Let me know if I can be useful. Cheers.
Yes sir! Thanks for checking us out and we will definitely have to collaborate in the future my man!🤙🏼
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper let’s talk about colabs. Send me an email at contact@insidethehive.tv
We’ll reach out once we slow down a tad bit! Thanks 🤙🏼
That's a great video Jose, very informative and full of innovation.
Very much so, he was very kind to give us a walk through of his operation. Glad you enjoyed the video👌
Amazing video! Fantastic queen rearing set up but really great production and editing, Jose!
Thanks! We love the queen rearing set up too! As I'm sure you know, the editing is a job in itself! It takes a team to get these videos out! Thanks for watching!
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper It certainly is! Luckily its usually raining 🌧 so we just hunker down and bash them out! Keep up the great work! Ever fancy a collab, I would be honoured to work together 💪
We will definitely have to collaborate 👌
If informal education was possible, I will have surely loved this man as my teacher
Sergei is one of the sharpest beekeepers we know👌🏼
Wow, what an interesting video. Thanks for posting. Enjoyed watching it.
We are happy you enjoyed it and hello from California @Chicago Bees👋 Thanks for commenting and checking out our video, every like comment and share helps our channel and makes it fun for us to bring you videos about how we do things or tips and tricks. Hope you enjoy our journey and we appreciate you🤜🤛
Wow! Nice! hope you get a good honey crop. Best wishes from Belarus bee's forests!
Thank you so much! We hope we do too. Thanks for watching and dont forget to smash that subscribe buttom👍🙂
I just kept asking myself where the eff does he find time for all of that. Holy smokes! That's a phenomenal operation. I would love a chance to see it in full operation some spring.
@Kurt yes, he is a busy man! We are going to have to go back to give you guys a second episode! What are you interested in seeing there during the spring?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I don't even know where to begin. Setting up the queen rearing boxes. Grafting. Man, you name it. There's alot to see in that operation.
Kurt we will try to show that in the spring/summer.
Sergei! Разреши выразить тебе моё восхищение! 30% увиденного я видела ранее в живую. Но остальное - просто восторг!!!! Всё так сильно изменилось в лучшую сторону. Я восхищена! Я и раньше тебе говорила о своём трепетном отношении к твоим разработкам и наработкам, а сейчас просто не хватает слов! Это очень здорово!
Подскажи, будет ли перевод твоего рассказа на русский язык? Когда его ждать?
Спасибо за комментарий! У нас будет вторая часть операции Сергея и что на этом видео у нас будут субтитры на русском языке!
😇😇😇👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for the video. It is good to see the West Coast wonderful farms that you have shown. Thanks
Thanks for sharing Jose! Good video buddy.
You bet! We had a good time there with our friends at A.N bees. Sergei and Nadia really have a great program.
Kept waiting to see those auto smoking cloak board cell starters like those use in those huge kona queen rearing operations .. Funny talked about using trees to force them virgins straight up on there mating flights i do same thing only i use tall grass .. Got that advice from a queen breeder makes a difference in return rate .. Might seem odd but what works is what works
Yes sir! One of the many breeder tricks to separate nuc yards with trees from drone yards. We will hopefully get a chance to link up with him again when he is in full swing
2 great keepers! You can definitely tell Sergei is an engineer, seeing it through his IG and now this video just confirmed for me even more. Attention to the details. I will watch this one a few more times lol. as always great content.
Thanks for the kind words🙏 Well it was a very much needed tour as we were both very busy with bee business it was a pleasure meeting up with my fellow beekeeper and buddy Sergei. Such an innovative mind he has. I'll have to upload the raw content, slot of fun conversation. Thanks for joining our CZcams venture and we have alot more fun exciting ideas coming soon. What was your favorite part of the video?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper honestly being a beekeeper with a fabricators/mechanical resume i enjoyed it all... from the mill comms to the auto feeding system... concrete nails instead of clips... banking system, all of it was good. i’ve even been debating on box joints “finger vs rabbet” and Sergei gives his thoughts on that too. so all of it was thoroughly enjoyable. it gives some great insight for some of us small guys trying to make things come together, and efficiently, so again thank you both 🙏🏼.
@@CostasHoneyBees That's exactly how we feel, so many things going on that you can take what you need and incorporate into ones operation. I always felt our 6way nuc was great and after seeing his 8way prototype it got my wheels rolling again👌
That was an awesome video! Great tour and inspiring ideas.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it AndroidFish! We feel inspired by Sergei too!
That’s awesome, love his setup
Yes it’s nice. 🙌🏼
You hit 1000 subscribers, Congratulations!
Randy! Yes we did! Thanks so much we really pushed what we could and just missed our goal of 1000 by the new year. Very close but we'll take it and are very thankful. #teamwork Thanks for all the support boss🤜🤛🍾
Awesome TFS!!
Thanks for checking it out!
Just fw rewatched! 💯 man so much good information in this video thanks for sharing once again hope you all are doing well!!!
Wow that was crazy. In a good way....
Yes sir! Alot going here Justin, what did you find interesting or helpful?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper if a picture is worth a thousand words...
You have a few hundred pictures I could extract from that video. Amazing the length he went into making cabinet grade bee equipment.
A lifetime to build a setup like that.
He has brought engineering into his operation and that's very cool. He is a sharpshooter with his ideas!
Watch the miraculous snapshot of the birth of a bee live
czcams.com/video/9uYeZrylc1M/video.html
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper
I need 200 queens the first week in April.
Can you?
I like going to other operations people are knowledgeable. You can come away with some gee whiz ideas 💡
Ruben, No doubt! We've been to many operations and always amazes me how so many beekeepers have so many different ways of doing things. Always fun checking out other outfits. Glad you enjoyed man👌 What did you find interesting?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper yeah Jose I was amazed how he set his truck up with the steps the back of bulkhead
Excellent video. You guys are very innovative. Thanks for sharing
Of course and thank you for watching 🙌
I didn't know Elon Musk has a brother who's a queen breeder ;-) That's 58 minutes of one clever and innovative thing after another! Really impressive! Thanks for sharing this information!
Haha.
You are welcome, it was fun shooting with our buddy Sergei. He has a channel go check it out bee innovative
This dude is legit. I’ve never seen an operation like this. Now everyone in the industry will be stealing his style.
Woah, next level.
Keep up the good work brother. Nice to see your videos getting more views and likes 💪
Albert, Thanks man! Very much a team effort. So glad we have people supporting our journey. Thanks for the likes comments and shares Albert. Doing those things really shows so much support. Thanks again brother!
When the video started off with an in injunction to smash the subscribe button I almost quit the video then and there. Please don’t be doing that. I have a low tolerance for that kind of cheesy BS. Being told to do something puts my back up.
Fortunately I did stick around because Sergei turned out to be a fascinating guy. He deserves a whole series, not just a one hour video.👍
In the end I did subscribe in the hope that your other videos are of this caliber.
Hey Graeme Diesel, we agree and were thinking the same thing in regards to the series of Sergei! People are loving him!
Thank you for giving the channel a shot! We're new to CZcams and started it on a whim, with no plan and knowing nothing about videography or CZcams. Through this process, we've learned that it's important for us to say and market the videos in certain ways in order for CZcams to potentially pick the video up and offer it to more viewers.
Reminding viewers to subscribe or click the bell and having them actually do it, helps us to make sense of the long days and sleepless nights when we are up editing a single video, trying to get it up and out to the audience, because there is no monetary return for us at this point and maybe not for years to come. Thank you for your patience as we will continue to push out content in an effort to experiment and explore what our audience likes, wants, and needs and as we find our place on this previously established platform.
Parabéns pela maneira da trabalhar com abelha, tenho 50 comeias, e esse ano quer chegar a 100 comeias produzindo, muito bom seu menejo com as abelhas, estou aprendendo muito. Deivid Nunes_ interior de São Paulo (BRASIL)
Isso soa emocionante meu amigo, atingir outra meta definida é uma sensação muito gratificante. eu sei que você pode fazer isso e estamos felizes em saber que você está aprendendo. Se você tiver alguma dúvida, entre em contato conosco, estamos aqui para ajudar. Obrigado parceiro
Smashing you a comment to get your opinion. Do you ever feed dry sub this time of year?
I dont for my operation but I know a few that do. We prefer the patties this time of year due building them out for population for almond pollination
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Gracias amigo, que te gusto mas de este video?
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I like beekeeping in usa
Sir i am big fan of you 😘😍
I like your job.... In future I wants visit yours farm..... Osm
Hello,
how do you solve the problem of swarming when you have so many hives? Do you manage to look through them all, of do you work in a different way?
We are always continuing to do hive inspections every 2 weeks to do swarm prevention by equalization of all colonies and also making splits into new colonies
Hello. Can you tell me what type of blade cuts that 90 degree angle. It's at minute 38.51 on the video. Very interesting video. Thanks Eric
Lock Miter Sr. Router Bit
Item# 55-503
From www.infinitytools.com
Thanks Sergei 👌
This is intense, do you mind if I ask how much revenue Sergei pulls. Seems like he has a lot going on. I kept thinking the video was over and it just kept going with more. He must be quite busy. Funny I have the same interests as him; cnc, bees, automation. It sure looks difficult to make a living off of bees though. I guess the same could be said about anything non-corporate. Nice to have a glimpse into the bee industry. I don't think I could handle that large of an operation, I hope he has some help managing everything.
I'm sure we can ask that next time. He does have so much going on and has a crew he manages that help him do things so that he can work on more cool stuff😄🤷🏻♂️
We do have a crew. I was born into the business but my passion is to create things. So lucky for me the apiary has almost zero innovation. So far. As for money, we put everything we make back into the Business. It’s not about the money, it’s nice, but it’s not everything. If I wanted to make lots to money I could have taken people up and working for start up’s , or worked for Tesla. I really truly want to help the apiarys. I’m probably not going to succeed but I will try my hardest.
@@BeeInnovative Your passion is apparent Sergei!
@@BeeInnovative hey in love with your complex mind
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Thanks for the video, question, what's the name of the corner profile for the box joint? Thanks
I will have to ask my buddy Sergei. I'll get back to you🤙
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper I read the comments, I found where someone else asked the same question and he replied. Thanks for the reply.
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Thanks for watching Gmitriy! Keep and eye out for part 2 this Spring!
Hello,
I do have one question. Is it true that a beekeepr usually cahrges a particular some of money for every beehive they put in somebody's place, let's say on a farmer's field?
In some cases yes. Some property owners will take just honey for rent
Nice info. But I find the way the US grows crops a bit depressing. Mile after mile of monoculture and pretty much zero wildlife, then bees have to be shipped in by the millions. I guess we have too many people to feed to do much else. Where does it end though?
Thank you for watching. Yes its rough to keep bees how we do but as Californian beekeepers we all adjust on how we do things. As for our operation we keep our bees away from the Valley floors as much as possible, keep them in higher elevation yards were there is more resources. Bees are great and with great beekeepers striving to save them, it's a constant task providing bees what's best for them.
I always thought it was funny how certain vegans hate on local honey but they sure do love the almond industry RIP.
I have a question on hive inspections when your bees go to the almonds.
If you have a double deep box and the inspector says you have seven frames of bees is that seven frames of bees in each box or seven frames of bees between the two boxes.
7 frames for both boxes. If he did a full inspection and said you have a "7 frame average", then that would be an overall average number of frames per colony.
2:10 why are there excluders on the second small area? The queen is always in the small area with the excluder roof, isn't she?
Yes. The queen is confined in the small section with the excluder roof. The other side is so that you can place your frame that is has been laid out with eggs and ready to be grafted from in a few day.
Thanks for this video. At minute 8.00 +- some secondes you explain your starters. Aren't you. At the bottom is a 10 frame hive (langstroth or dadan't honestly I don't know). You put on 2 x 5 frame hives with grafting open brood and so on. And then? The last part at minute 8 I don't understand. What do you pull from the bottom where the queen is laying?
We pull the brood from the bottom, open brood, and place that brood next to the grafted frame. The idea is to keep open brood next to the grafted frame, that way the nurse bees will service your grafted frame.
Thank you for watching, hope you Sergei explanation helped.
Thanks man!
I am a beekeeper from Bulgaria. Does he hire workers for the summer
Thanks for watching Kevin, I will forward that question my man!
He uses 8 frames for his hives. What is his reason for using 8 vs 10?
Most guys have their own reasoning behind running 8 frames in their 10 frame equipment. I’ll take a shot on why they do that, normally commercial outfits run 8 frame and inside feeder. So a total of 9 slots just so that it’s not to tight and workable without rolling the queen
I have always said that you cant get closer to nature than with honey bees and lions.
How long can you bank mated queens?
Sir still i am reading last year diploma in agriculture but we keep bees from 2009AD in commercial way
I love bee keeping
That’s awesome man! Keep it up 👍🏼
Hi I am circle T honey in Arizona Just a small-time beekeeper Buy 10 to 16 queens at a time Like to find out more information about your queens and ordering let me know thank you for your time
Don, you can reach out to us @ uribehoneybees@gmail.com Thank you for watching
We would love to help you out! You can also call us at 530-354-7794 to place an order
How can I get in touch with this guy for Queens
Wat happens during winter
On a commercial level its mainly, cleanup and reset for the following season
I am from Nepal and myself beekeeper in small scale. Currently I have 50 hive I do queen grafting for myself and help other farmer free queen providing. Can I get opportunity to work in your company. That will be great. Thanks.
Hem, hello from California! Do you have Facebook? We would love to connect with you on there or Instagram so we can see what beekeeping is like in Nepal! We will keep you in mind in regards to the help.
Hi I am vinod and I am commercial Indian beekeeper how many beehive your apiary plz tell
Hey Vinod, tha is for watching. We are a smaller new company only running around 250 colonies and 1500 nucs. How many do you run?
Here my commercial beekeeping is very loss.First reason is covid 19 I can not migration my bee and second reason is honey rate Rs 70 indian Rupee per kg.
Hello guys I am sailing Bees 55 for 200$ I living Sacramento California
Thank you we will keep that in mind. Thanks for watching
Commercial beekeeping on this scale should be forbidden!!!🤑 I would never buy honey from someone like this. Disgusting🤦♂️😱
@Tom Dz thanks for the comment! This is a commercial breeding company, not a honey facility. They breed queen bees for other beekeepers; so if you own a hive and the queen is no longer laying eggs, she needs to be replaced with a new queen to prevent the hive from dying. It is standard to replace the queen once a year.
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Thanks for your response. I am beekeeper myself, and proud owner of well established local apiary 😎I can assure you, that it is NOT a standard to replace the queen once a year!😱If you believe otherwise you have a lot to learn about beekeeping😉
Fact that it is commercial breeding company makes it even worse as he provides the same genetical material time after time again and he supports same bee milking farming strategies... Respectful, experienced beekeeper who works WITH bees and nature rather than off it, does not need commercial breeding company and does not have to "mass-producing" cheap, poor quality honey!
Customers will pay 3x more for quality rather than cheap quantity😉
@@beemaniauk that's awesome! What's the name of your company? Beekeeping practices differ drastically depending on many different factors. We'd love to hear more about yours! We agree that customers will pay more for quality honey rather than low quality honey!
@@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper Name of my company??? I am not a company! I am beekeeper with 26 colonies based in Cheshire, England.😉
@@beemaniauk got it, when you said "local" I thought you meant local to where we are located. Well, hello from California! Stick around the channel and you can see how differently we bee keep in this state and why.
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