North American Honey Bee Expo 2024
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- The North American Honey Bee Expo was held from January 4th through the 6th at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville Kentucky, 2024.
I hope this becomes an annual event!
Many beekeeping suppliers are already frequently mentioned on this channel, and I've shared about their many offerings through the years. Though some were included in this video, my goal was to feature many new companies and individuals who are sharing new equipment and more.
You'll find the segments labeled with time stamps below, so you can go directly to whatever interests you the most.
A very grateful Shout-Out to Guardian Bee Apparel for sponsoring me as an Expo VIP, and for producing the best vented beekeeping suits I've found anywhere: guardianbeeapparel.com/shop/
If you follow the link above, please tell them that I sent you so that you can pay the exact same price as everyone else.
00:00 Exposition Introduction, Entrance, Lines
00:57 BeeSmart Designs Donated Hive Scrapers
01:43 Chatting with visitors
02:31 Nature's Image Farm and The Stream Team Setup
03:02 PROPOLA
03:21 Bee Bum Honey "Best Creamed Honey In The World"
08:41 Honey Bee Expo Merchandise
08:55 East Hall A prior to my presentation
09:22 Mother Lode Products
15:36 Apis Olis Flameless Vapor Smoker
26:17 Apis Biologix Bio Activator Rocket Fuel
29:06 EZ PZ Beekeeping Equipment
36:07 bCatch Swarm Reacher, I bought several!
38:18 Ceracell equipment update
49:48 Alliance Wooden Ware from New Zealand
50:39 Bearsville Bees Layens Hives and More
01:00:45 Midnight Bee Supply
01:09:47 Running wild Apiaries The Comb Assistant
01:19:53 Premier Bee Products PROPOLA
01:26:53 Stream Team Cameo with Marla Spivak
01:27:31 Apimaye insulated hives and new modifications
01:40:04 Swarm Commander
01:40:47 Strong Microbials NEW Fondant with Probiotics
01:42:55 Texas Friendly Beekeepers
01:43:50 BetterBee with Dr David Peck Updates
01:55:08 Optera Introduction with Phoebe Snyder
02:04:03 Dr Marla Spivak Cameo Appearance
02:04:23 Rickey Roark Horizontal Bees New electrifying style
02:11:12 EX OX Oxalic Acid Powder and Tablets, approved.
02:17:39 Blythewood Bee Co Interview with Scott and Nicole Derrick
02:25:31 Guardian Bee Apparel, What's New?
02:30:02 Premier Bee Products end of Expo Recap.
02:31:55 Bee Savvy Game NEW Board Game
02:40:48 Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund Next Gen Conservation Solution FREE SEEDS
And finally, a BIG Shout-Out to the organizers and members of Hives For Heroes: hivesforheroes.com/
I really enjoy supporting them and visiting with many fellow Veterans who were also in attendance.
For those of us who could not be at the conference, your video Fred, allowed us to learn more about the innovations in the bee keeping industry. Another wonderful video.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. :)
Thanks! This was great and really enjoyed watching from my Kitchen with coffee in hand 🙂
You are very welcome, and thank you very much for your generosity :)
Shamed into attending, I did come away with new information following your presentation, although having missed the propolis session. Enjoyed meeting you and thank you for these vendor interviews.
Remember, the presentations will all be made available to attendees when they are finished editing :) It was such a pleasure to meet you also! :)
Wouldn’t it be great if somebody went around the room and videoed all the vendors and asked them questions and brought their products to life? Wait… Leave it to Fred Dunn to make it happen. :-) It was great to meet you and your lovely wife!
Thank you so much :) Nice to meet you too!
I’ve never thought I’d watch a whole 2+hr video about a bee convention. It was fascinating - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am amazed that I watched this entire video but it was a fantastic tour. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm glad to know that it held your attention :)
Fred asking the vendors ALL the right questions!
Thank you so much, I do love learning from them :)
Great in depth interviews. What an amazing conference. Well worth the trip from Oregon. It was great talking with you again Fred and meeting your better half!
Thanks, Bob! It was nice of you to visit with us :)
Thanks! Thank you for your service in spreading knowledge. You make learning fundamental ( FUN= memory)
You, are way waaay waaaaaay too generous, Martha! I will pay you back with another dinner out :)
😂
I am just supporting a good habit. I have to thank you for for everything you do. It is because of you, I know everything I know about Bees and other things too. The information you give is most valuable, keyword valuable.
Great episode
❤ I know more now then I did bee4 I watched it ❤
Great video Fred. We loved watching all of the interviews, especially ones of some of the booths we missed. We were beyond excited to be the owners of that beautiful black locust horizontal hive from Ricky and Ruth at Horizontal Bees! They do amazing work and are wonderful people!
I'm so glad you'll have that very interesting hive for your bees. Rickey is a great guy!
I really like how you did this video this year and last year so a person like me (5 hives or under) can see products and not able to go there. Able to see what we could use on our hives to make it better and get ideas and learn. Always like your videos and watched about 90% of them. I also like the quality of your videos and not bouncing around when you move. You always give me good ideas. Keep up the great work. I hope someday to go to the event. Mike from MN.
Hi Mike, thank you so much, I really did try to get to as many vendors as I could and didn't locate some of the others I was very interested in. Oh well, next year :)
I was hoping you would do a walk around for those of us that were not able to attend. It gave us a wonderful snippet. THANKS!
I really enjoyed this video too. It is fun to see the unique products & why they were invented. And it certainly is hard to not go to every website to buy the fun new discoveries.
Paused again at the 2:25 time frame, thanks for showing the Swarm Commander Blythwoods bees booth! That interview alone made my day, I'm going to give it a try. I'll let you know how it goes.
Love it when people get together over certain things❤
Me too :)
I love it, I love it I love it. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much for putting this together and doing these interviews! For those of us that couldn't make it, it's almost like being there. I can feel the energy! Great work!
Quite impressed with EZ PZ guy. Seemed very honest and down to earth whose main motivation was to make things better for himself first then sharing it.
I’m super lucky that I keep bees mostly because I think they are cool, honey is a nice benefit. I suspect there are a lot of backyard beekeepers like me who aren’t driven by honey production so can observe and enjoy our hives with bit less pressure.
That's my beekeeping groove for sure... the ability to be in close proximity to them so I can learn what they do and why. Thanks for commenting. :)
Learned a lot about swarm commander and Scott. Thanks Fred
Thanks for giving those of us who couldn't make it this year a sense of what it was like. This is the first of Kamon's conferences i have missed but for a brief spell you made it real to us. I agree with the young lady early who said your photography is fantastic.
Dear Fred, Like everyone else who didn’t get to go I like everyone who watched very much appreciate all the time you put into this utube video of the NAHB Expo!!! I think I went over the saved video of last years video of the hive alive vendors 5 or 6 times garnishing all the information you collected from them and then looked up their websites and order catalogs and etc….. This not only helps us but the vendors also and like everyone else I enjoy the questions and information you gather from each vendor! And its just enjoyable seeing how much the vendors appreciate you!!!!
I can’t tell if it’s personal editing like starting the camera when your in front of the booth or editing later? Kinda reminds me of that photographer when editing my work at workshops “Get closer and make me feel something” quit trying to get it all and shooting in no man’s land and not saying anything, but making me dizzy. I thank you for the skills you have and sharing them with us!!!! Hope your voice recovers because it looked like the vendors tripled from last year!!!! Was supposed to be there this year but like another expressed it started getting a little bit too expensive. Maybe next year!
I agree
Great that you had a wide selection of people and products you covered. Free seeds and they just launched in your state ... Thank you Fred.
I am VERY interested in that seed program! As soon as I get all caught up, I'll be reaching out to them.
Thank you Fred for including us in this, it was a pleasure meeting you.
You are very welcome! It was so nice to meet you too!
Good job on covering this trade show. Thanks a lot.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :)
I missed all the presentations so thanks for the segment with Phoebe Snyder. I would be interested in trying this out along with our Hydrogen freeze brood hygienic testing. Pleasure meeting you and your wife Sir
Yes, it was fun to cross paths several times and it looked like you were getting lots of good content. I'm looking forward to watching the presentation videos when they come out :)
Been many moons
since I've kept a
hive of bees.
Springtime
MAGIC .
I always enjoy your expo videos. I seen things on your video I didn't see in person there. I was good to shake your hand a talk a bit at the expo. I can hardly wait for next year.
Thank you so much! Meeting in person is always the best!
You are the MAN! My success as a backyard beekeeper is 100% because of you. Thank you for everything you do, Mr Dunn. You are a treasure.
Thank you, that's such a nice comment! :)
Great video, excellent, love it. Thanks a lot.
Thank you, Wilma! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
Thanks! I really enjoyed watching this from Sapphire Beach, Australia 😃
Glad you enjoyed it! Ah, the magic of the internet continues to reach everywhere :)
@@FrederickDunn more determined than ever to source a 7 frame Apimaye nuc over here now!
Fred you did great focusing on the vendors. They help the show go on.
Thank you, I absolutely enjoy talking with vendors about their offerings. It's a high-point for me :)
I almost fell over. That airplane that flew over and got your attention is J model C-130 cargo plane. My daughter is a load master on these planes, and I assume it's from the Louisville Air Guard. I spent 25 years working on C-130s myself. You totally rock. Ok now for the bee part. I am astounded by your conference video. It took me 3 days to watch it all. I am not a beekeeper, but I support a beekeeper who has bees next door. I grow herbs, wildflowers and this year we will start an intentional continuous meadow for the lovely bees. Wow...just wow.
thanks fred,hoping your voice gets rest,....tea w honey...and lemon😊
Thank you, talking for three days straight definitely gives you a rustic voice in the end. I was so happy that my presentation was during the first full day of the conference :)
@@FrederickDunn thanks for showing so many innovations,especially for those who couldnt make it,i still look forward to meeting you in person,nice to see nuc slatted rack,OA OPTIONS, fondants,and more,...did you see the easy see veil window?-always looking for more content.
Such an informative video I really enjoyed the in-depth questionnaires you had for all candidates, although as a horticulturist I was quite disappointed with the lack of native planting knowledge “the bee and butterfly habitat fund” booth had…but the concept is very important!! Fav part is how you asked the appropriate questions and they had difficulty answering them all
That is my category of interest too. I'm an herbalist and need to know which plants will support both bees and me.
Fred this was wonderful thanks for taking and showing a lot of the new products out there for bee keeping. I wish u had done every booth. Glad u went and had a good time. God Bless and have a great week.
I definitely ran out of time there :)
You went to town Fred, this one is gona take a bit to watch.👍Thanks much and have a safe trip home.
Great price on that resource hive at that Bearsville Bees, it would have cost me so much to have come home from there.
That's crazy cool that they change the orientation of the cell.
That introduction cage/frame is real interesting thanks Fred, you spot the coolest new stuff.😁That's a nice price I think I'll order me a few of those, they would be real nice for introducing expensive queens.
Thank you, we arrived home to a snow-covered landscape :)
@@FrederickDunn Makes for pretty pictures. Thanks again for the video.
That’s was a interesting watch start to finish , great products and great interviews ,I enjoyed it , I hope the voice recovers for Fridays Q&A have a great week take care
Hi Darren, you can hear my voice deteriorate as the video continued... but I needed to talk with so many people and vendors :)
Thank you for sharing. Fantastic video. I'm looking forward to attending next year!
I bought & just received 2 each of the nuc & 10 frame ceracell feeders. Thx FD.
I dip the boxes in Eco-Wood, they are very nice :) I wish more companies built gear for nucleus sized boxes :)
It's coming today! Great videos for us newbies, thanks Fred@@FrederickDunn
Great job thanks so much.
Thank you for the tour and share!
That’s Awesome Fred Thanks!
Thank you for the video.
You are very welcome, Mike :)
I've used swarm lure and it is absolutely incredible people are just amazed to watch the bees just March right into their little box.
Thanks for that nice feedback. So, you're referring to Swarm Commander? :)
@@FrederickDunn I can't say it's was comander but we use lure. I changed the comment to reflect that sorry.
Teşekkürler. Emeğiniz sayesinde güzel dialoglar ve güzel fikirlere şahit olduk. Arıcılık ülkenizde iyi bir yerde. Bir gün gelip ziyaret etmek istiyoruz, Amerika'daki arıcılara ve size selamlar...
Çok teşekkür ederim! Arıcıların muhteşem bir buluşmasıydı ve dünyanın her yerinden ziyaretçilerimiz vardı. Umarım Ocak 2025'te bunu başarabilirsin.
Wow, thanks Fred.
You are VERY welcome :)
Great content, Fred! Almost makes me feel like I was there. If they continue in 2025 I'll be in attendance!
I think it's a pretty good guess that they will be doing it again in 2025. :) I'll be there for sure even if I'm not a presenter :)
Great informative video. Thank you.
Thanks Fred !!!
you're very welcome, Red!
WOW. I never realized that Swarm Commander was made by Blythewood Bee Company. They sold me my first nuc 7 years ago. I purchased from them because they were in the town where many of my family members live. Picking up my first colony there was one of the most fun experiences ever. He took me for a tour through the rows and rows of nucs, and showed me all about his business. So happy to hear about his success in the small town of Blythewood, SC. Prayers for healing, sir. God bless!
I'm so glad you learned something new! Yes, he's a fantstic guy and has an interesting background. I also like supporting him becuase he's a disabled vet. Swarm Commander is more than most people think, so it was great to share that story :)
Mr. Dunn, thank you for the great video. So great getting to see some in depth information about the neat things at the Expo.
We missed you Fred. Hope you had a good show
I had to tell you that I appreciate the great work you’ve done for the newer beekeepers, your videos are very informative.
Please continue with further content my friend
Thanks again and God bless you
Thank you so much, Matt! I'm glad you liked this and that you took your time to leave a comment :)
Fabulous video Fred 🐝👌 Sebastian from UK
Thank you so much! :)
Nicely done Fred. A lot of very interesting new products. Isn't it fun to learn new things. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
I like to take a 4 1/2" grinder with a wire wheel and ruff up the inside the box. It's easier to do before assembly but depending on how hard you push you can get some nice groves . The bees definitely put propolis in them.
Thanks Mark
Anything that encourages propolis is going to help them for sure. Thanks for sharing :)
Well I should know better than to question the great one! You did get around to a lot of vendors! Great job!
Thank you so much Fred for your tour of the expo. We here in Australia don’t get anything even close to this great show of bee keeping equipment. You covered it so well. Like being there. Thanks again Fred.
David. Brisbane Australia.
Enjoyed your walk through and interviews of the event. Very informative.
Your videography is to the max. You might consider videography as a profession. ☺
Thank you so much, Red Diver! :) much appreciated!
Great job. Was looking forward to saying hi in person at NAHBE, unfortunately I herniated my Lumbar 3-4 disc 5 days prior so we had to last second cancel. Fortunately great videos by you & others lessened my disappointment. See ya next year or sooner. Who knows…We are in Bourbonnais, IL, about to be 2nd year BK’s, 2 hives..
Oh, I'm so sorry that you had to miss it. I really hope you find a good way to rehab your lower back and strengthen that area, not fun at all. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video Fred. The only sad part is it serves as a reminder of what we missed. Alas, we'll just have to order on their websites. 😊
I'm sorry you missed it, but at least you have a sense of what it may be like next year :)
@@FrederickDunn oh we didn't miss the expo, just realized we missed some of the booths 🤣🤣 maybe we shouldn't have caught the early flight out on Saturday after all
Ty you so much. I hope one day i can go to one of these and meet you. Alot of people started bees because of you.
Great video Fred!
Thank you so much :)
So helpful to this beginning beekeeper. Smart questioner. Well done.
Thank you very much! I'm so glad you found it helpful. :)
WOW - thanks for taking us on such as in-depth tour - I'm definitely checking out the Apisolis non-smoke-smoker as live in a high-fire danger area with frequent total-fire-ban days so that is really interesting!!! Think I had seen them advertised before but they've changed the fire rating system in Australia so we are seeing more TFB days & I can't even use my smoker-BBQ during summer 😫 so the cost isn't quite so off-putting.
Great video! You covered several booths I missed at the Expo. It was a bit overwhelming and not enough time to do it all but still a great experience.
I agree, so much to cover and that was the blessing and the curse. No one could say there wasn't much to see, I am home and disappointed that I didn't get to see some of the vendors I had planned to. :)
@@FrederickDunn thank goodness for CZcamsrs like you who helped to fill in the gaps.
@@almostagardener4549 And I'm sure I speak for other CZcams content creators when I say we're doing it for people just like you :) Thanks again!
Thanks for taking me to the conference since I couldn't go! Very glad I got to meet you and sit down to eat when you came to WV last year !
Personally I never buy smoker fuel. The idea is to mimic a fire which bees react to. There are soma many free items in the woods and fields to use that produce natural smoke. If I am using some kind of wood chips because I am going to be working hives longer, I put a little green grass on top to ensure nothing hot comes out.
Some areas have zero fire permitted. We're fortunate not to have those restrictions, but even lit smokers are not allowed. That's something people like us don't face :)
Very good information and dealers to see there you. May and I give you a 1000 point star.😊:)
The best video on the expo. Watching it was almost like being there, very clear video and that was on a laptop. had to watch for a 2nd time to make sure i did not miss anything.
Thank you so much! :)
Great tour. I immediately went to Midnight Bee Supply to order 5-frame slatted racks!
I was so impressed that they have those!
Loved seeing you at the Expo. Great presentation - fun, entertaining, and informative. I didn't get to say hi, but hoping to do so next year. Cheers! - Jeff
I'm so glad you liked the presentation! Thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your generous support :) Much appreciated.
So many innovations AND fantastic gadgets
You said it!
Thanks a lot for giving us nice previews of the exhibits.
You're welcome, and thanks for taking the time to comment :)
I appreciate the videos, very well done, I will be looking into that smokeless smoker for those times of extreme dryness or the in and out yard work!
Ah! I heard my name! Cool. I'm interested to hear that Apis Biologix is in UltraBee, I will have to try it out.
HI Ian! It's so nice of you to stop and leave a message. That smoker will permit people work during black-flag fire zones without the risks. I'll also be testing that out this spring. I wish you all the best up in the great white north!
After hearing more about Swarm Commander, I think I might try that, I was worried it was just snake oil or something. Liked seeing Mike on the video at the end, his hands on videos have helped keep me fired up. Go Navy, even though I was just in the Dept. of the Navy, long story that most wouldn't understand, History means something. Thanks for the video.
This is so awesome!! Thank you and great interviews ,
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good ❤
I'm glad you like it
They say necessity is the mother of invention, some of these guys that have created products are proof of that saying. This was so informative. Thanks
I'm so glad you liked it. Yes, meeting innovators is at the top of my list of things I like about conventions.
Great review of the NAHBE Exhibitors, some of which I came home with their products. 🐝💖
Thank you so much! :)
Great job Fred. It was well worth being there. Although I did not cross paths with you
"and it's another great day of saving the bees!"
Oh, I know who that is :)
Fred, thank you so much for doing all these interviews. I learned about many( new to me) products. I couldn't make the conference, so I appreciate the time you took to do these interviews! I also enjoy watching your CZcams channel!!
Glad it was helpful!
thanks uncle fred!!!!! taking us to the venders so we can see those is great!!!!!! big place!!!!!
You're welcome :)
Great video. I have not attended an expo like this, but your video gave a great overview of what to expect. Thanks for your video and the time you invest to make us smarter beekeepers.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. I'm glad that this video gave you some of the feeling of bee-ing there :)
Great videos on all the new stuff. Good work as usual
Thank you
This was a fantastic video. We never get new products here in the UK. Everyone is so fixated on the National hives. I go to the states once a year, so now I know of new things to bring back with me!
Thank you!
I am always fascinated by new equipment and hive arrangements. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
Most enjoyable , great to see what's going on .
Glad you enjoyed it :)
One day I want to keep bees...I have to convince my husband first
I hope things go your way :)
Fred, this video reminds me of Antiques Road Show I loveee it!
Thank you Fred! Great details 😊
You're very welcome, thanks for watching and taking a moment to comment :)
Such an informative video I really enjoyed the in-depth questionnaires you had for all the , although as a horticulturist I was quite disappointed with the lack of native planting knowledge “the bee and butterfly habitat fund” booth had…felt like they barely knew what they were talking about lol😂 but the concept is very important!! Fav part is how you asked the appropriate questions and they had difficulty answering them all
❤great job. Great conference.
It was indeed, thank you :)
Amazing job Fred
Fred, this was such good information! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Fred. I wanted to go but could not pull it off so your video was very informative. Rick...Crazy Bee...FIrst year beekeeper
So happy to give you a little sense of it. :)
what a great show, I need to attend this one year. Going the the conference in Madrid in June that should be good.
I'll definitely be going back for the next one.
Thanks Fred.
You are very welcome, Bill :)
Nice job Fred, well done.
Thank you! :)
Horizontal beehives are the way to go I built my own
I'm so glad you've found what suits you the best. :)
@@FrederickDunn I actually have a short video of it on my CZcams channel if you're bored you can take a look, nothing fancy I'm sure I overkilled it too I live up in the mountains I insulated it
It would been great if we could have gone but my wallet is breathing a sigh of relief I didn’t go!😂
I completely understand that! :)
Thanks so much for giving me a tour of the Expo. There’s so much great and helpful information given. Did someone make a video of your talk, Fred? Would be cool to see it. Thank you so much! 😊
Kamon had a video crew that recorded all presentations. We'll see when they come out :)