This is a perfect example of when people look at as our food providers as a COMMODITY rather than a resource. i'm disgusted with this film of the exploitation of the bees.
SMH, this is such a stupid way to raise bees. no wonder we have colony collapse. As a beekeeper I'm appalled at how this exploits our friends and abuses them. No one should ever feed bees HCFS, nor treat them, nor basically treat them as SLAVES. They are our providers of food, not the other way around. We should treat them with respect. it's not a puzzle why we have CCD, we abuse them!!!
I would think I have watched "enough" videos on bees,beekeeping,honey,extracting that when I do get a hive of my own I will be well informed on how to raise them.Some people comment without reading the text in the video or the comment area to inform themselves of what this is about or just are not well informed enough to make a clear statement.
these bees more than likely will be trucked for pollination not making honey for them to sell.
when they talk "honey flow" is harvest time. this is feed.
Great idea John! Bees would rather eat than starve. You are going out of your way to make their off season as comfortable as possible. For the people complaining.... I suggest you stop watching videos if they are too traumatizing for you.
Are they only there during the off-seison? (not spring/summer)
There sure are an awfull lot of hyves on that piece of land.
Those barrels look to be a hazard for the bees do .... is putting Grass and stro enough to keep them from drowing? Sad to hear (read) your moviecamera does not have sound. Hope you will make more movies with sound.
People need to realize by knowing a commercial beekeeper personally that this is done to keep up with the demand for food. Not honey production his honey comes off of flows in SD. Instead of going after this guy more attention should be paid to packers who adulterate the honey to the point it doesn't taste like honey anymore trying to get it "clean". You may want to look at what China does with dumping to minipulate the price of honey driving US beekeepers out of business.
First of all, these hives have no honey supers on them. They are either pollination hives or getting ready for winter. Either way feeding syrup has nothing to do with human consumed honey. Second, it is real hard to get Nosema treatments into little flowers. Third, raise bees the way you want too, and leave others alone. This country checks for diluted domestic honey. If you want to complain, then call the federal government about the chinese. Everybody is suddenly an expert.
What is so dishonest about this??? What exactly do you think bees are supposed to eat when there are no flowers in bloom??? Beekeepers provide them with sugar syrup to keep them alive... they do only live for 6-8 weeks in the summer - winter bees can live for months. Don't judge if you don't know the whole story. Beekeepers desperately try to keep the hives alive and healthy. 60-80% of our foodcrops relies on these guys and beekeepers doing their job - honey is the LEAST of their concerns.
ok stop beating on him if this is how he would like to spend his money and lose so much doing this let him, hey how bout u complainers drive down ther and buy all the feeders and fill them all reppedly?
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This is a Dishonest, dishonest, cheating, corrupt, amoral, immoral, lying, deceitful, false, untruthful, fraudulent, corrupt, unfair, insincere, thing to do, Bees should be fed naturally from the trees,
From this method we end up buying "syrup honey" 99% Syrup =1% semi honey.
Sorry dude, you seem to be under the impression that this is for honey extraction. It's not, this is how bees are fed for the winter, they use the sugar syrup to build up the supplies they need to make it through the winter. It is NOT turned into honey for extraction, It's illegal to do that here in the UK, I'm assuming it's the same in the US
THIS has to be one of the DUMBEST STUPID people on the planet "gabriel221050" to comment like this. I would normally just delete a comment not worth the time to respond to.
FEEDING is done during winter or spring when NO trees are blooming DUMMY, so the Honeybees don't die. NOT during summer with supers on when the bees would ignore it anyway preferring nectar
Most US Honey is tested several times a year to check for any tampering.
@johnpluta John, I'm a beekeeper from Canada, where we have much longer and more severe winters than Georgia. As it turns out, you don't have to feed your bees much of anything at all during the winter if you don't take every last scrap of honey they have!
The bees make honey for themselves. We provide them a place to stay and as long as we only take the *excess* honey (which they produce as a result of the care we give them) they can survive just fine on their own honey storage. No corn syrup.
@gabriel221050 maybe to a bee this is like a slurpy. MMMMmmmm Okay a slurpy is a human drink that is crushed ice and fruit syrup of some kind. I'm just BEEing silly of course. Can't we all just BEE happy?
Is this the regular beeyard or did you have to stop somewhere,unload your semi and feed the bees? I love your videos but we are getting no sound on this one.maybe you can type some text over it to explain. thanks
This is a perfect example of when people look at as our food providers as a COMMODITY rather than a resource. i'm disgusted with this film of the exploitation of the bees.
FancyPantsElitist 1 week ago
SMH, this is such a stupid way to raise bees. no wonder we have colony collapse. As a beekeeper I'm appalled at how this exploits our friends and abuses them. No one should ever feed bees HCFS, nor treat them, nor basically treat them as SLAVES. They are our providers of food, not the other way around. We should treat them with respect. it's not a puzzle why we have CCD, we abuse them!!!
FancyPantsElitist 1 week ago
Curious - Does this not also attract yellow jackets?
CoyoteLight 2 months ago
I would think I have watched "enough" videos on bees,beekeeping,honey,extracting that when I do get a hive of my own I will be well informed on how to raise them.Some people comment without reading the text in the video or the comment area to inform themselves of what this is about or just are not well informed enough to make a clear statement.
these bees more than likely will be trucked for pollination not making honey for them to sell.
when they talk "honey flow" is harvest time. this is feed.
tappakeggaday1 2 months ago
how much for a pallete?!
ducksmasher11 3 months ago
Great idea John! Bees would rather eat than starve. You are going out of your way to make their off season as comfortable as possible. For the people complaining.... I suggest you stop watching videos if they are too traumatizing for you.
redbee000 10 months ago
Yes sir, but trucking bees on a semi, you can add on large supers of honey. Good golly John Pluta, another one!
aandjwynn 10 months ago
@aandjwynn ...typing too fast. You Cant Add Honey supers when you truck 440 hives!
aandjwynn 10 months ago
How many bees are on that location?
Are they only there during the off-seison? (not spring/summer)
There sure are an awfull lot of hyves on that piece of land.
Those barrels look to be a hazard for the bees do .... is putting Grass and stro enough to keep them from drowing? Sad to hear (read) your moviecamera does not have sound. Hope you will make more movies with sound.
I only have two bee hives.
More of a hobby.
Tianyulong 11 months ago
People need to realize by knowing a commercial beekeeper personally that this is done to keep up with the demand for food. Not honey production his honey comes off of flows in SD. Instead of going after this guy more attention should be paid to packers who adulterate the honey to the point it doesn't taste like honey anymore trying to get it "clean". You may want to look at what China does with dumping to minipulate the price of honey driving US beekeepers out of business.
hankdog001 1 year ago
great video keep up the good work!
hogkillerjp 1 year ago
First of all, these hives have no honey supers on them. They are either pollination hives or getting ready for winter. Either way feeding syrup has nothing to do with human consumed honey. Second, it is real hard to get Nosema treatments into little flowers. Third, raise bees the way you want too, and leave others alone. This country checks for diluted domestic honey. If you want to complain, then call the federal government about the chinese. Everybody is suddenly an expert.
trinitybees1 1 year ago
What is so dishonest about this??? What exactly do you think bees are supposed to eat when there are no flowers in bloom??? Beekeepers provide them with sugar syrup to keep them alive... they do only live for 6-8 weeks in the summer - winter bees can live for months. Don't judge if you don't know the whole story. Beekeepers desperately try to keep the hives alive and healthy. 60-80% of our foodcrops relies on these guys and beekeepers doing their job - honey is the LEAST of their concerns.
marbaulo 1 year ago
ok stop beating on him if this is how he would like to spend his money and lose so much doing this let him, hey how bout u complainers drive down ther and buy all the feeders and fill them all reppedly?
stonewow101 1 year ago
what about the pollen it is very good for the bees
audayhussain2 1 year ago
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This is a Dishonest, dishonest, cheating, corrupt, amoral, immoral, lying, deceitful, false, untruthful, fraudulent, corrupt, unfair, insincere, thing to do, Bees should be fed naturally from the trees,
From this method we end up buying "syrup honey" 99% Syrup =1% semi honey.
gabriel221050 1 year ago
@gabriel221050
Sorry dude, you seem to be under the impression that this is for honey extraction. It's not, this is how bees are fed for the winter, they use the sugar syrup to build up the supplies they need to make it through the winter. It is NOT turned into honey for extraction, It's illegal to do that here in the UK, I'm assuming it's the same in the US
frithgar13 1 year ago
THIS has to be one of the DUMBEST STUPID people on the planet "gabriel221050" to comment like this. I would normally just delete a comment not worth the time to respond to.
FEEDING is done during winter or spring when NO trees are blooming DUMMY, so the Honeybees don't die. NOT during summer with supers on when the bees would ignore it anyway preferring nectar
Most US Honey is tested several times a year to check for any tampering.
johnpluta 1 year ago 23
@johnpluta John don`t let it get you down. You are helping me with your beekeeping videos! You do a good job teaching!
lilbob369 1 year ago
@johnpluta John, I'm a beekeeper from Canada, where we have much longer and more severe winters than Georgia. As it turns out, you don't have to feed your bees much of anything at all during the winter if you don't take every last scrap of honey they have!
The bees make honey for themselves. We provide them a place to stay and as long as we only take the *excess* honey (which they produce as a result of the care we give them) they can survive just fine on their own honey storage. No corn syrup.
GBMorris 1 year ago 4
@gabriel221050 maybe to a bee this is like a slurpy. MMMMmmmm Okay a slurpy is a human drink that is crushed ice and fruit syrup of some kind. I'm just BEEing silly of course. Can't we all just BEE happy?
triggersights 1 year ago
i don't know what to think about it, there was hundreds of died bees
TomBoomsheeva 1 year ago
holy crap! Iv got some catching up to do.
jwalk1014 1 year ago
How do you treat for varoa on such a scale?
orcuttnyc 2 years ago
Is this the regular beeyard or did you have to stop somewhere,unload your semi and feed the bees? I love your videos but we are getting no sound on this one.maybe you can type some text over it to explain. thanks
gstonegraphix 2 years ago
Hello,
Do you know whether your corn syrup comes from corn grown without systemic pesticides?
spangledude 2 years ago
@spangledude i think most of it is grown with growth hormones and pestisides because monsanto has corn pretty much locked down.
prometheusjohnson 2 years ago
And to think they all find their way back to their box.
Btw, I am getting no sound, is that supposed to happen.
poprocz 2 years ago