What is a fume board, and how is it used on honey supers.
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Well folks, it's that time of year again, time for the bees to pay their rent. That's right, it honey harvest time. Our major nectar flow, Chinese Tallow, is over, and I'm just itching to see just how well our girls did while the flow was in full swing. I will admit, I did go out a few times to take a peek, and it looked promising, but as the saying goes, the proof is in the pulling.
On this adventure I had the invaluable assistance from Good Time Charlie, another member from our River Region Bee Club. For almost 3 days, Charlie and I fought the heat and humidity of Louisiana's sweltering summer, but still managed to bring in over 60 boxes full of the liquid gold from our 7 bee yards, including the ones at the abbey.
Besides the help of a little smoke, and the hive lifter, we broke out the big guns of the fume boards to help in the task of taking in our honey supers. Because I do not use excluders in our hives, an added step was necessary, checking for brood in the honey supers. Out of the 60 plus hives we checked, there were only 6 or 7 that the queen had stated laying in our honey super. The frames that did have brood on them were swapped out with honey frames from the second box, a very simple method that works with my style of bee keeping. There were also 2 or 3 of them that the queen had laid in, but they were back filled with honey and capped.
I can imagine that you are as anxious as me to find out how we did, so without further delay, let's get this thing started. God's peace to all. Mr. Ed
RUN BUDDY RUN! That storm sucking up wind, All these storm where getting, rushing down to it TAKE COVER! I'am Praying for you CHEERS
I'm hunkered down, let it happen. Pray for us brother. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Good deal, if you can make a video of it
Hey Jeff today is my birthday 6/25/57 looking forward to another great video. God bless you Mr. Ed. I
will always prey for you to bee safe .Praise the Lord brother!!
Happy Birthday Keith, and my God bless you with many more! god's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
I’m making you some new fume boards that don’t need any of that expensive repellent. I’m making them out of old seat cushions from the DMV. They should run out bees, beetles and anything else hiding in your honey boxes. Just don’t leave them on too long or you’ll think you’re pulling goldenrod honey.
Honey Bandit works, smells good, and don't kill bees like them seat cushion type fume boards. ;)
Try wedding cake. Hahaha!
Those must be the only type fume boards that work on your hives. Your bees are so tough from living in those boxes you give them, if you did not have the seat cushion fume boards, you'd need to use a crow bar to get the bees off their honey supers. Sometimes it pays to have good equipment, you don't have to use extreme measures to pull honey supers. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Today I learned about fume boards. :)
It is a very interesting topic, and a very important tool in harvesting honey. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Me too!!❤
I like your spirit may GOD continue blessings your harvest because the word of say if you plant in good ground you'll reap a good harvest God bless
Thank you so much for your blessings and kind words, they are greatly appreciated. I'm looking forward to hearing from you again, and in case you are not aware, I post a new video every Friday. Merry Christmas, and God's peace Laron.
Mr. Ed
I love that top bar hive, BEAUTIFUL!!!
Come early Spring I am going to clean it up, stay tuned for the video. God's peace Connie.
Mr. Ed
That looks like a serious workout. I appreciate honey producers a lot more now.
Serious, working in almost 90 degree temperatures and carrying boxes that weigh up to 90 pounds, not work meant for old guys like me and Charlie. Still, us two old timers stuck it out like we were a couple of young bucks. Of course each night we were taking our Ibuprofen. God's peace Joey.
Mr. Ed
The dirt rooster is going to catch up on the Trapping this next. just watched his video cracks me up all the trash talking... all in good fun.. have a great day Mr Ed. Take care and bee safe out there buddy..
It's to bad that folks can't listen in on our conversations, they are a real hoot. Trash talking runs deep in our veins. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Nice honey flow.
We did have a good one this year. Stay tuned for next weeks video, we process all that honey. Till then, God's peace Roy.
Mr. Ed
I really like the 2 man box lifter, makes the job a lot easier on the old back. Never seen one before that works on the ends only something similar that hooks into the handle holes.
I was really surprised to see so many comments about the lifter, I thought everyone had one. They are a very simple and ingenious idea, and definitely a back saver. I've been having that one for over 8 years now. Thanks for watching. God's peace Derek.
Mr. Ed
Drinking my coffee and watching Mr Ed here
You are living the life! God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Jeff those waxed boxes really turned out nice. I like your shelter for the bee pod. Good harvest! God bless ,take care
I strongly recommend waxing bee boxes, they hold up well, AND they look great! The shelters were another experiment I did 2 years ago, and they are panning out very well. Those two shelters produced the most honey for us, and I attribute it the fact the bees are under cover and are somewhat protected. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
FYI.... I had to RESUBSCRIBE twice thIs month...
Love thus channel.
Thanks for sharing.
All Glory to THE ALMIGHTY!!!
AMEN! I don't know what's up with You Tube, thank you so much for going through all the troubles. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I had to resubscribe too!
I'm like wait, why don't I have any Mr Ed vids.. and then I see that I wasn't subscribed.. I subscribed MONTHS ago.
I have Chinese Tallow trees in my yard, and of course, in the surrounding area. I am a new beekeeper and was surprised that this tree is the major source of nectar for bees in Louisiana. With the state and USDA working on an eradication program for the tree, I am wondering just how long we will have this resource. It is a shame, but what can beekeepers do when they are going against the multi billion dollar timber industry? Great honey for the time being Jeff. Take care.
To be fair the Tallow trees are a foreign invasive and best done away with. I live in Florida and we are dealing with all sorts of invasive species. From the Tallow, Boa constrictors, Iguanas, Water Monitors (huge lizard) and many other plants and critters, even the marine reefs are infested with Lion Fish. I would think that alternatives could be found.
I failed to look at it from that perspective. Thank you.
I have good news for you Joe, our LBA the Louisiana Bee Association, is actively and aggressively working to derail any introduction of legislation for the eradication of the Chinese Tallow. Yes the timber industry is a big one, but the lowly bee keepers are fighting back. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Your bonnet isn’t retiring as of yet. If you will find a needle and fishing line you can darn those holes and double its life. Thread works to but it isn’t transparent, it’s like a spot on a glass as you work. But then again those are not small patches you got going on there. lol Thank you for sharing all your valuable knowledge and making us smile as you and Dirt Rooster banter back and forth.
As much as I hate to admit it, this veil is done for. The mesh is so old even if I were to darn the holes with fishing line, the material is so rotten, it just pops as soon as there is tension on it. Anyway, it was time for a new suit as well. I do appreciate your wanting to save the veil as well as taking the time to watch my wrangling adventures. The Rooster and I have a great time teasing each other, and we are both happy to share the fun. God's peace Kis e.
Mr. Ed
You guys are awesome! I so appreciate all the time you put into your videos. I have learned so much. I’m almost ready to try for a swarm this coming year. Not sure it will happen. I use to see bees in my yard. So I strew white clover everywhere years ago. I’m lucky to even see 1 bee in a days time. I need to get going before we have none at all on this end of N.C.
Great video.
So glad you enjoyed the video Joslyn, thank you for watching and leaving your comment. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Good job, Charlie and Mr. Ed! You make everything look effortless. 👍
When there is good help working along side of you, it make a difficult job bearable, and in this case, fun. We did have a good time bringing in the honey boxes. Stay tuned for next weeks adventure when we process all this honey. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Wow, what a labor of love. It takes a team of dedicated workers. Thank you!!
When the rewards are as sweet as this, it's worth all the work. Stay tuned for next weeks adventure, we process all this honey, God's peace Chelsea.
Mr. Ed
Great System.
Always good to have a helper.
If it weren't for Charlie, this 3 day job would have taken 7. What a blessing he is. God's peace Roy.
Mr. Ed
Wow wow wow.. Nice harvest..
We are most certainly blessed. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I have a sister who is learning bee keeping. It is much more work than I ever imagined. Keep making videos as I do enjoy your adventures!
I sure hope you are helping your sister and share the work load, and all the fun. Thanks so much for following along with all my wrangling adventures. god's peace Patti.
Mr. Ed
Thank you for serving the environment and bees 🌳🐝
What a joy it is for me to be able to do and share my bee wrangling adventures. God's peace Melad.
Mr. Ed
There's a wonderful start to my weekend Mr. Ed. Making me think of all that luscious honey. The ladies sure worked hard and so did you two. A big thank you to Charlie for helping and to you for uploading. God bless and see you soon.
Happy to give a jump start to your weekend, and to get you thinking about honey. Our next weeks video is the processing of our honey so I know you will want to watch that. thank you for your blessing and your support. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Great video sir always look forward to them
Your comment made my day, thank you. Until next week, God's peace Robert.
Mr. Ed
It must be gratifying to collect the bounty of your work. Honey is the icing on the cake. God bless you Jeff.
It's all a blessing, from the honey to the friends who help gather it. God is good! thank you for your blessing JJ. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
The sorta new bee hood brings out the color in your eyes. l )
You will probably bee seeing it on some New York fashion runway in the near future. God's peace Zalma.
Mr. Ed
awesome work Mr.Ed i love watching you collect honey ...keep up the amazing work
The bees have done a great fob this year collecting nectar and then converting it. My hope is that all bee keepers have a good a year of honey production as we are enjoying. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Wow. I have watched many dozen videos and you are the first to mention fume boards and that box lifter. Thank you!!
I'm more than happy to pass on good info. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hope you all got lots of honey
That we did, and next weeks video will show us processing it. I hope you will tune in for that as well. God's peace Norman.
Mr. Ed
Have tried the bee blower too.
Fume boards are the right way.
Way easier than anything I tried.
I never did try the blower, but I knew someone who did.....fume boards work much easier and they are kinder to the bees. Thanks for watching. God's peace Mike.
Mr. Ed
An exciting day for sure! What a beautiful frame of honey. Hope they all look like that. Liked your system with the fume boards. Thanks for another great video Mr. Ed! P.S. remember to always be nice to Charlie, and time to get a new veil!
My guess is that 70% of our frames looked like the one I showed, simply beautiful. The rest had mostly capped cells, but what was uncapped, simply had not been gotten to yet....it was ALL honey. I have Charle remind me every time we work together to be nice to him. I got a brand new bee suit, I love my Guardian Bee Apparel suit. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Stunning result ! Well done and thanks for the rideffrom a hulk to a flying bird. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. God's peace Matt.
Mr. Ed
Helper is totally in sync with the process, good job.
They don't come any better than Good Time Charlie, but then again, all the good folks that help me are stand up bee wranglers. Thanks for watching. God's peace Stephen.
Mr. Ed
Mr.Ed you use Honey Robber. Awesome. There is also BeeQuick. Did you know, one 2 ounce bottle of tea tree oil, one 2 ounce bottle of bitter almond extract and 6 to 8 ounces of at least 95% isopropyl alcohol works very well and is probably much cheaper. You mix them shake them well and put them in a spray bottle. Simple no cooking. It really works. Two or three pumps of misted spray on the fume board. My fume board I made out of and old towel.
I am going to try your receipt Joe, thanks for sharing and for watching. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff sure thing. It worked for me tell me how you feel about it.
@@joerowland607 Will do, God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Great video thanks. Looks like you're going to have a good honey harvest
It does look like a good harvest. Stay tuned for next weeks video when we process the honey and find out how much we are actually going to bottle. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Awesome ..it must be Friday- Be blessed my friend......Salute to Charlie.........
From Charlie and me, thanks for the blessing Mick. Next weeks video, honey processing.....and Charlie is in that one as well. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
That was some excellent spider flinging! She was coming up to your hive tool. Yikes! Fume boards and smells like wedding cake. You and Charlie make a great team! And, again, I have learned new things. Thanks Jeff! May you always feel His perfect presence in your life.
I got a degree from LSU in spier flipping back in the 70's......when they still offered that degree. As you could tell, I passed with honors. Charlie and I do make a great team as do all the good folks that help me in my wrangling adventures. Thank you for your blessing and faithfulness to my channel. God's peace Juliana.
Mr. Ed
You and Charlie make a GREAT team!
There is no doubt about that. All the folks that help in my wrangling adventures are great, and I could not do what I do without all their assistance. Thanks for watching. God's peace Shawna.
Mr. Ed
Stumbled upon your videos while trying to find out about some bees I’ve found in my home/garden, and I must admit, I’m hooked! The work you do is fascinating, you’re very brave, I’ve definitely got a new found respect for those fuzzy buzzy creatures and also for the guys like you who help to keep em safe.
Hope your honey harvesting is going well, and thank you for these amazing videos. I truly have a million questions, but I will keep watching as I’m learning a lot!
All the best to you 😊👍🏼🌸🐝🍯
So happy you have stumbled on my bee wrangling adventures and are captivated by what you see. I'm looking forward to hearing from you again, all questions are welcome. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Nice job Mr. Ed. As always
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed this one too. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed if we all did what you do we would be all golden. People need to be more educated on the honey bees not just people that are trying to keep them alive but people that don't have a clue. Keep our planet alive. That's what we do keeping the humans alive. It's rewarding for us what we do but in the same respect we make the world spin
Well said. Thanks for your thoughts. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thanks for the top bar update. I have been looking at various top bar designs for next year, I cannot hustle the weight and work of a Langstroth. If I'm smiled upon I'll post about it then.
That banana spider picked an ideal spot, for a bee eating critter. The little spider is a male quietly, very quietly, waiting.
I'm looking forward to seeing how you do with the TBH. The idea of TBH is a really good one, and like you said, it does offer a lighter solution to the Langstroth. The spiders were cool, just in the wrong location. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Wow that lots of honey!!!
I hope all is well and you are recovering Sallie. It is a lot of honey, the most I've ever gotten. Stay tuned for next weeks video when we process the honey and find out how much we are actually going to bottle. Thanks for watching. God's peace sister.
Mr. Ed
Thank you Mr. Ed. I am doing good next week I will be using walker cane have to put down Walker’s, I have to be walking by ended this month. Also my bees is doing they on things, I will not be Able to attending to them until I get better, but my chicken is doing good, I add 12 more to flocks, God blessings.
@@llilsugar1 So glad to hear you are recovering at a good pace. It's understandable about your bees, and I'm happy to hear of your increase in the chicken yard. Keep getting better, God is good! god's peace Sallie.
Mr. Ed
Thanks again Mr. Ed Great video . God Bless
Glad you liked this one also, and thank you for your blessing. God's peace Michael.
Mr. Ed
Hi boys god bless you both
mate ..... greetings from down under. I have a veil with similar patches due to looking into a smoker that didnt seem to be hot enough ..... well it was, so now I have to look through gorilla tape all the time lol
Thanks for the post it brought back memories
So glad to have the Aussie contingent watching, thank you Stan. I had to finally break down and get another suit, my old one looked like my veil, and I was tired of pulling stingers out of my body. Pretty soon you will see me sporting it on another bee wrangling adventure. Happy to bring back memories. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Good morning Jeff!..hope you had a good 4th...up to 5 swarms now...my last trap at a guys house that was supposed to watch it for me didnt do a very good job...I believe the trap is packed full and they started to build comb on the outside bottom...not looking forward to that mess!..have a great weekend!
There's always adventure when it comes to bees, it's just that sometimes the adventures are not always fun. Congrats on all the swarm catches Mike. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
OK I hate spiders. But FYI that "baby one" beside her is a male. Move them soon, she will be making babies soon, catching and cocooning bees as food for her babies. Possibly eating her mate. Lovely things, spiders.... *shudders*. Great video, Mr. Ed. Thank you!!
Julie Enslow I was about to say the same.
That is an orb spider. They will only eat the bees that hits their web. They are pretty mellow spiders. You said you dont like spiders but that big lady you can handle like a tarantula. They are not even close to being the biggest threat to your hive. But your right they will gobble up your bees. My thing they are mother natures way. I just leave them be.
@@joerowland607 not in the flight line of your bees. The Golden Orb Spider can be relocated to a more suitable location. Every year I have at least one set up just outside my front door to catch bugs flying out of the forest at night and day. I leave them be and let them trap to their content.
@@timan2039 they will leave on their own with the help of your smoker
You know what's funny, even though I knew that was the male spider, my mouth said otherwise. I'm chalking that one up to old age and being worn out from bringing in honey boxes for the last two days. Stay tuned for next weeks adventure, we process all the honey we brought in. Till then, God's peace Julie.
Mr. Ed
Bee keeping seems so cool and fun
It really is, and if you are interested, find a bee club in the area you live in and join it. You do not need to have bees to belong to a club, simply a desire to learn and possibly even keep them for yourself. Let me know how do on your journey. Thanks for watching, and I hope to hear from you again. By the way, I post a new video every Friday. Till then, God's peace Sammi.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff i will have to check out your next video on Friday. I look forward to it
Make sure you leave a comment. God's peace Sammi.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff and God's peace to you and may he bless you for many days to come
Jeff you are lovely
And you are to kind. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and leave your comment. God's peace Sue.
Mr. Ed
Nice orb (garden) spider wow pretty one.
She is a pretty one for sure, but she was in the wrong spot. It was time for her to move on. God's peace John.
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@@JeffHorchoff oh I agree with that
Air shocks or helper springs to boost suspension on that van put them on a s10 chevy once. Hauled 1500 lb of cattle feed regularly with it.
I'm looking into that next week. It is the only thing I was disappointed about with the van, but it can be fixed. Thanks for watching. God's peace Hank.
Mr. Ed
Make sure Good Time Charlie gets paid handsomely in honey!
He's too good of a man to accept any payment.....other than my friendship. God's peace JJ.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Hey a little honey goes a long way. My Nana used to say that.
Many states say trees like chinese tallow and brazillian pepper trees are invasive and they want them pulled and outlawed. The bees sure like them and produce honey off of them.
I'm all in favor of keeping any tree that is beneficial to honey bees, even if they are invasive. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hey Mr. Ed...Dirty Rooster is trying to take your 👑.. LoL 😁...🇱🇨👊🙏❤
I will admit, he is putting up a good fight this year. Thanks for watching. God's peace Robert.
Mr. Ed
HE HEEE I'AM BACK FROM VC what have you been up to? I just about didn't come back, I LOVE THE GULF OF MEXICO ! and Padre island in South Texas! Course i was born in Corpus Christi So i know every fishing hole there is! CHEERS TO YA 😂
I was wondering where you were, I hadn't heard from you in a while. I hope you caught some fish while you were on vacation. god's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hello my friend
Hola amigo! God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Thank you for giving an update on top bar hive.
How do you handle the beetle problem other than smashing?
There is traps available for regular hives, if the colony is strong they corral them in the corners.
I think an Australian invented “the beetle buster” bottom board I’ve heard it works a treat
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I do love my TBH, and I was happy to give it a bit of camera time. I do not treat for mites, beetles, or moths, I allow the bees to handle it all. I will admit, I do love smashing the beetles. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Escape boards are much better for your bees. Chemical free and work fine, just need a few days.
There's always more than one way to skin a cat, and we all have our preferences. Thanks for watching. God's peace David.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, would you put a link to that honey bandit spray that you are using? Thanks so much!
Loved this video. What a workout.
I purchased the Honey Bandit from Mann Lake Bee Supply, but I'm sure it can be bought from any bee supplier. The stuff works great, and it's all natural ingredients. Thanks for watching. God's peace Larry.
Mr. Ed
Thank you sir! I appreciate you and your channel. Your videos are fantastic! And I always get a chuckle from yours and dirt roosters friendly jabs. 🤣
That banana spider web at the beginning of the video, you said it's got a baby with it, that was actually a male banana spider. He is trying very desperately not to act like food so that she won't eat him so that he can get in there and mate with her :-)
Lucky for him I took her out of there.Thanks for watching, and I hope to hear from you again on more of my bee wrangling adventures. By the way, I post a new video every Friday. Till the next time, God's peace Crystal.
Mr. Ed
That’s a lot of work, and it’s probably really hot out too. Yep, throw that old duct taped bee veil away😂
It is a lot of work, but the rewards are sweet! Throw it away, The Rooster's already offered me 50 bucks for it, I'm going to hold out for 75. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
The weather is the WORST of the entire year down in south Louisiana. It is usually at least 95 degrees and top it off with horrible humidity. You’re drenched with sweat.
Hi Mr. Ed, great video as usual! Nevertheless I didn't like the way you got rid of the beetles: how can that be funny? IMHO they deserve more respect, like the spider.
Ask ANY bee keeper and they will tell you, the small hive beetle is the scourge of bee keepers due to the fact they can wipe out a healthy colony in a matter of days. Plain and simple, they have to die, and yes, I derive great pleasure in ridding my hives of them before they can inflict their personal carnage. I have no issues with spiders, they can only get a few bees, the shb, they can kill thousands. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Luv your videos! Never knew how much work went into making honey!
Why don't bee keepers plant white Dutch/New Zealand clover close to hives? It grows low and blooms a lot.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my wrangling adventures, I'm so glad you enjoy them. There is a lot of work when it comes to anything to do with bees, but it is well worth all the effort. The clover does not have to be close to the hive, bees will fly up to 6 miles searching for nectar. Till the next time, God's peace MJ.
Mr. Ed
Can't wait to see you guys spin some honey out of those things! Another great vid!
Just one question....who is that guy with Charlie? Is he new?
You will get your wish this Friday, the video is on processing all those honey frames. If you find out who he is, let me know. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
That top bar hive is a thing of beauty! Gotta build me one of those. Did you happen to make a video of you making that that I missed? I'm particularly interested in how you made the frames & their measurements... Happy honey extraction!
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I did not make a video on the construction, but the link below does a lot to help understand why I built the hive. One thing I hold fast to in all the years of doing wood working, I never trust someone else's measurements. My philosophy is to build something myself and measure from what I build. that way, the measurements you need are right in front of you, and they are ALWAYS correct. Stay tuned for the honey processing video next week, it's really sweet. God's peace Carole.
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Thanks for the help Adam. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff! Such beautiful frames of honey! Roughly how many pounds of honey can you extract from a deep super? We typically used two deep boxes for the brood chamber and topped those with medium honey supers to make them easier to handle, so I've never extracted deep frames before. Thanks as always for the great videos!
There is something about looking at a solid frame of virgin comb honey, a real work of art. A frame like that can weight between 7 and 10 pounds. I use deep for my supers as I do not run excluders and I can swap frames if there is brood on the honey supers. Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching. God's peace Steve.
Mr. Ed
The horizontal hive uses the standard frame, so no need for special frames
Hope the hurricane misses you, stay safe
Thank you for your well wishes, and for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I know you are busy as I am this time of the year. I used to live in Livingston parish north east of Baton rouge. Anyway my question is about your shed coverings for the hives.
Do you find that you get more hive Beatles under the covers than if the hives are in the open?
Thanks for your time and may God bless you and give you a super honey harvest.
My findings do not suggest that there any more beetles under the shed as to ones that are in the field. The plain truth is that beetles are in almost every hive. If the bees are strong and healthy enough, they can manage the situation on their own. Thank you so much for your blessing and well wishes on our honey harvest. Looking forward to hearing from you again Malcolm. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Hey Jeff. Does the Honey Robber ( or whatever product is used to push the bees down ) ever leave any residual taste in the honey that you process? Just wondering. Thanks for another great video. God Bless...…...
No it does not. As a matter of fact, the Honey Bandit ,which is the only one I now use, is all natural ingredients as well as food grade. Thank you for your blessing and for taking the time to watch and leave a comment. God's peace Ken.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff, how are you and the bees? I have just seen on TV that you had a hurricane where you are and I needed to know if you are all OK.
Thank you so much for your concern, we are fine. For us on the East side of the Mississippi River, we fared well. I can't say that is true for those west of the Mississippi. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Why dont you use the queen excluders? Thank you. Loving your videos!
The bees have to work to hard to get around them, and I have had queens still lay in my honey supers when I did use excluders. And these were metal excluders I was using, not the cheap plastic ones. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
How long have you been a beek? Also how long did it take you to get your advanced set up with all the boxes? So beautiful! You need 20 or 30 year old young mother or father apprecentices to pass down all the knowlege and to teach them! Then they can teach their families.
I have been keeping bees for over 25 years, and we have been growing this apiary for just 3 years now. In March of 2016, we had a terrible flood that did over 33 million dollars worth of damage here at the abbey, and at that time, we lost all our hives, but we simply started over. Now, we have almost 200 of them. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Mr Ed, I will be using fume boards for the first time this year, with Honey Bandit, per your recommendation. Can you tell me how often, if at alI, will need to refresh the Honey Bandit on the board? Also, about how much Honey Bandit would it take to do 20 hives? I have the small spray bottle but I’m worried it may not be enough.
Thanks Mr. Ed & God Bless
Nice bee van! About to get on this harvesting stuff myself... Ecclesiastes 4:9
When it comes to hard work, and harvesting honey is just that, two IS better than one. Best wishes for a great harvest. God's peace Will.
Mr. Ed
Show us how you make the fume boards. I want to make one for next year.
Great idea for a video, I'll work on it. Thanks for the idea and for watching. God's peace Mike.
Mr. Ed
So is there any chance that the fume board will also push the queen out?
I have NEVER heard of a fume board pushing a queen out. For one, the boards are not left on the hive long enough for that to happen. When I do hive removals from homes, I do spray it into cracks and it will make the queen run out. Of course, that's full strength. Good question. Thanks for watching and asking. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
That's an orb weaver female, and her 'baby' is the male. :)
I did know that, but that's not what my mouth said. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
1. Why is the honey always in the 3rd of 4 boxes? I assume brood makes up the other boxes like you showed in the box on top. 2. What were the beetles doing in the hive? They looked like lady bug type beetles. Do bees kill them? I really enjoy watching and learning.
The 3rd and 4th boxes will always be honey as the queen will only lay in the bottom 2 boxes as long as there is a line of honey preventing her from crossing over into the upper boxes. Hive beetles are the scourge of bee keepers, they will kill a strong hive if their numbers are large enough. The beetles seek out hives to lay their eggs in to perpetuate their species. Personally, I'd like to wipe out the species. The bees do not kill them, but they do corral them so as to deep them away from their comb. I'm happy to hear you enjoy the channel, thanks for watching. God's peace Steve.
Mr. Ed
1st ..thank you Mr Ed.
God bless you. 🕇
Once again, you are the first one to get through, congratulations Melad. Thank you for your blessing and your faithfulness to my channel. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thank you for serving the environment and bees
Do you know of anything natural (by natural I mean available in a forest) that can be used as a fuming agent? Thanks much for all y our videos!!
I personally do not, but I'm sure if you Google it you will find something that will work. Let me know if you do. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
That honey bee go stuff is SUPER toxic to bees!!! They hate it...I just take frames out and shake bees off for all 130 colonies by myself...great to see your apiary in action!!!
If you use it properly it doesnt hurt your bees, they dont even want to touch it, they run.
It never fails...never, never, ever....there's a toxin police in every crowd, and they have to tell the world of your crime against nature. You can't prove it by what I see. Great job Mr. Ed, God's peace and blessings. Can't wait to see how much you pull this year and watch the ladies bottle it.
It was three days of serious bee wrangling.....or should I say honey wrangling. It was in the upper 80's all three days, but fortunately, we had over cast skies the entire time thanks to the dust from Africa. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Are the boxes that are removed numbered so they go back on the correct hive after extraction?
They are not numbered, it matters not which hive they are returned to as the honey supers are all dry. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
last week i was watching a video where some guy was smoking water. and caramel.
And it worked it got a smoke taste. and then i wondered..
Does the smoker do the same thing for honey. and if so. what kinda smoke makes honey better tasting?
In my opinion, no smoke makes honey taste better. It is true, if you use to much smoke while robbing your bees, the honey will take on a smoky flavor. It's one reason I use the Honey Bandit, it leaves no residual taste to the honey. After all, I want to taste honey, not something else. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
How often do you add more honey bandit to the fume board
I would refresh the boards about every half an hour, it may have been excessive, but it got the job done. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thank you for yet another informative, highly entertaining beekeeping video!
QUESTION: Where did you get that metal hive box holder? I must have one! I've thrown my back out to the point where hubby does almost all the heavy lifting now, and i really would feel better if we could share the load. That box holder is nothing short of inspired.
Thanks again for everything you do. Cheers!
So glad you enjoyed the video, and found it informative as well. The hive lifter was purchased from Mann Lake Bee Supplies for about $ 50.00, I'm sure there are other bee supply houses that sell it, I just got mine from Mann Lake. Team work always makes bee keeping better. Thanks for watching, and I'm looking forward to hearing from you again. Till then, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Thank you so much, Mr. Ed! Found it, and we'll order one tomorrow. Thank you again (my back especially thanks you)!
@@estreya7370 You and your back will bee grateful for having it..... and your husband as well. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
If queen excludes are used should they be removed before using a fume board?
I would, it would help the bees escape easier. Thanks for watching. God's peace John.
Mr. Ed
YOu uncouth person, robbing the poor bees. See how you are. Glad you had Charlie for a body guard. The Rooster and myself were wondering if you were going semi-inactive and starting to make educational videos and not wrangle as much because of your advanced age. Just wondering. I'm not even thinking about wrangling because of my advanced age and advanced everything else, but I can advance to my monitor to watch you guys! Gods Peace 2 U and Mom!
Not only am I uncouth, but I don't have manners either. And, to top it off, if you ask Charlie, I'm mean as well. It's good to hear that you still can work your monitor, not everything is gone yet. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff You're not too mean or you'd stick your tongue out at the bees while being a robber. Until you start doing that unveiled, you ain't mean. GOOFY maybe, but not mean. And the videos will help eventually when it gets around that you're getting more mature, like the rest of us. Gods Peace Batcatchee!
@@lewiemcneely9143 That will bee the day when someone calls me mature. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Several words come to mind but mature wasn't one of them. Gods Peace 2 U too!
Good Morning Mr. Ed! You are such a gentle person with the banana spider. But will he come back and set up shop again? :-) Hope you and your family had an awesome 4th of July and thanks for educating us on the life of bees. By the way, are the beetles trying to eat the bees or are they there for the honey? Do you only find them on the surface or do they get all the way down into the container? (I should know the correct term for the "container..." :-| )
The spider may come back, but it will just get evicted again. They are very common here in Louisiana. My 4th was wonderful, we bottled honey all day. This Saturday, the 13th, we will have our honey go on sale in the Gift Shop here at the abbey. There is a very big demand for it, and we bottled over 800 bottles of the liquid gold. The beetles are mainly looking for a place to lay their eggs, but in doing so, they destroy the colony. I hate those critters. The bees will coral the beetles to a certain spot in the hive, and that way they can keep them from laying in the comb. Good questions, and it's alway a pleasure to hear from you. God's peace LD.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoffThanks for answering my question. That's very interesting how the beetle horns in on the bees. Now about those 800 bottles of liquid gold! My goodness I wish I could be there for that sale! Wishing you all the very best and I hope every drop of the liquid gold gets sold. Have a good week my friend.
After the 800 get sold, there's another 1,800 to go. God has blessed us tremendously. God's peace LD.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoffYou guys are putting in some work! That's a lot of honey!!!
I have a weird, but serious question. A friend of mine in CA said that after the last big earthquake that he had thousands of bees laying in his yard and on his driveway dying. Why would this be?
I could not even guess as to the cause of that, but regardless of the cause, it is a tragic situation. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jennifer.
Mr. Ed
The local hardware store is out of the solution to spray on the fume board. Does anyone have a recipe for some? Thanks so much.
I buy mine from Mann Lake. There are many types to chose from, but my go to one is called Honey Bandit. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Any particular reason your using mostly deep hive bodies?
It's to keep everything the same, honey supers as well as brood boxes. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff, Can Acacia Nectar cause the death of honey bees? Or are there any similar type of flowering tree that does?
I do not know much about Acacia honey other than it does not crystalize.....or it takes forever to happen. I have a bottle of Acacia honey that is over 9 years old, and it has never crystalized. There are trees that bloom that bees will not work though I'm not sure of the reason why. Thanks for watching. God's peace Arjun.
Mr. Ed
Thanks Mr.Ed for your frank comment. I will post more info on this in the next few days. I live in Sri Lanka which produces honey sourced from over 155 species of flora. It "appears" that a variety of Acacia (imported here from Australia) is responsible for bee death. We need to locate and dissect the dead and check the pollen for any toxic content. Thanks again for you prompt reply. Cheers, A r j u n ~ budding apiarist
With all those boxes do you do pollen?
I do not, I just don't have the extra time for it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff you know where I can buy some?
Baby banana spider? Without seeing it, I’d guess Daddy banana spider. They’re much smaller than the female.
Could I please have just two things of honeycomb I have always wanted honeycomb
Only if you come pick them up. Thanks for watching. God's peace Elaine.
Mr. Ed
Do you know what chemical/substance is in the bottle that you put on the fume board?
I would be very reluctant to expose the honey (after all we are producing food) to anything that I wouldnt be prepared to eat myself.
The product that I use, Honey Bandit, is made from all natural ingredient. Nothing in the solution will introduce particles into the honey or comb. Like you, I would not offer honey that I would not eat myself. Thanks for watching and your concern. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
What is the honey robber made out of?
I do not know what the ingredients are in the Honey Bandit, but I do know they are all natural and food grade. Thanks so much for watching. God's peace Gail.
Mr. Ed
Hey Mr. Ed... I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't a baby spider with that big ole banana spider but a MALE and he was trying to court her.
If I'm not mistaken, they are one of the species of spiders that commit sexual cannibalism, so he has to be really careful when approaching a lady.
By the way, what you're calling a banana spider is a colloquial name for them. They are just an orb weaver spider and are pretty harmless, unlike the true banana spider which comes from south America and are quite venomous.
Here is a picture showing the size difference between the males and females.
www.margobors.com/zo_orb_weaver_pair_sb7-06.htm
I did know it was the male spider, but that's not what my mouth said. I alway chalk up my faux pas to old age. Thanks for watching. God's peace La Bella.
Mr. Ed
How did you know I was ordering a fume board. I got 16 lbs of honey the hard way the other day...
I made a fume board out of 1 x4 and a towel. Not pretty but it works and it was free.
Hind sight is always 20/20. Don't worry, I learn most things the hard way.Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Last year I tried a plastic bee escape , my girls closed it with propolis which made the other bees inside go into robbing mode and it was a mess ...
Live and learn brother. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
What is in the liquid smoke?
I do not know what the ingredients in the Honey Bandit are, but I do know they are all natural and food grade. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed