NEW Global Dry Pollen Patty Mix!

[dcsblessedbees]

🤔I remember when everyone talked down on Apis because it was new.😁It's wonderful to see the beekeeping community opening up to New Products.👍Not sure I wana pay for sugar shipping but it sounds like a great product for a smaller beekeeper. Blessed Days Kamon and Family, Thanks for sharing.

[CastleHives]

Yankee weather. . LOL. . We hit 46 the other night. It's awesome seeing products like this hit the market.

[aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Andrew mentioned this product the other day, I’ll have to look at it

[framcesmoore]

Ha Kamon good video glad global has come out with the dry pollen I have been feeding my bees pollen sub since july the dearth is bad here and we have never had much of a fall flow . here where I am. if u lived in virginia with no flow for fall how long would u continue to feed the pollen sub I have never really figured out when to stop I had another question but u answered it about the bettles I still have them I have the traps in to. I put swifter sheets in yesterday to help. I am still bucket feeding as well, the bees are looking good. I like strong colonies for the winter when is your next live chat, I hope u and your family have a very Blessed day

[cliffordmontgomery]

Great news on the new patty mix. What crop are your bees working on in Wisconsin?

[aaronparis]

They are bringing in pollen in like crazy now they will bring it in until mid September in Nova Scotia canada

[jamesowens]

Hey how is the beetle bait coming noticed a reduction in the ones I have seen so far

[yahsephhawkins]

Hopefully, it gets down to 78 here in Abilene TX.

[ykyc]

Please advise where dry powder is sold?
Links offer only mixed patties…;

[Manuherikiabeekeeping]

I threw a pre made megabee patty on a hobby hive a couple of weeks ago and the darn stuff dried out 😂 so I'm giving the ecrotek pre made a try next because I'm rebuilding the kitchen so I can't mix my own right now but I think buying dry and mixing your own gives you a lot more control over consistency😂 central Otago is a lot drier than most areas of New Zealand so I'm sure it would be fine on the coasts or up north but it drys out fast here😂 I might see if global is being imported by anyone though. Great video 👍👋

[rodbeckstedt]

Do you plan on having this at the Expo? If so, will there be pre-orders?

[jasonseaward]

How long did it take to do that mixing? We will have to get an Ian Stepler style mini concrete mixer lol. With that being said I think it's a great option

[TheNightAfterTacoBell]

Do you still use 6 frame nuc boxes? 5 physical frames & 1 gallon feeder?

[rayjohnson]

Great article to use!!

BEE-SPLAINING: Why is Local Honey So Expensive Compared to Supermarket Honey?

As a beekeeper, I often hear these types of questions: Why is local honey so expensive compared to supermarket honey? And, why is local honey so expensive when bees make honey for free? How is it that you can have two nearly identical jars of honey, one imported supermarket honey sold for less than €3, and one local honey sold for three times as much?

To get to the bottom of this, the question really needs to be turned on its head. Rather than asking why local honey is so expensive, we need to ask: why is imported honey so cheap?

Would you be surprised if I told you that the reason why this honey is so cheap is because a lot of it isn’t made by bees at all, it is man-made?

Honey is often quoted as being the third most falsified and adulterated food in the world, with olive oil and milk claiming first and second spot. A recent EU survey showed that nearly 50% of honey imported into the EU was suspect. This means that tests could not determine if the honey had been tampered with, blended with syrups, or was entirely fake. The situation in the US and globally is similar, if not worse.

But, I jump ahead, let’s start by looking at real honey, and what’s in it, and then compare it to fake honey.
Real honey is made from nectar, which bees collect and transform through a process of drying and enzyme addition. It contains about 16-20% moisture, 80% natural sugars (mainly fructose and glucose), and various beneficial components such as pollen, propolis, and enzymes. The type of nectar collected influences the flavour and composition of the honey, with some nectars producing honey that granulates quickly due to higher glucose content. Local honey, often minimally filtered, retains its pollen and other natural components, leading to faster granulation. This granulation is often seen as a sign of authenticity.

Fake or adulterated honey is often honey that has been diluted with cheaper sugar syrups derived from plants like sugar cane, corn, or rice. Colourants and flavourings have then been added to mimic the appearance and taste of genuine honey. These syrups bulk up the volume, making the ‘honey’ cheaper to produce than real honey made by honeybees from plant nectar.

Much of the imported honey also undergoes extensive heating and filtering. Heating prevents granulation by melting the sugars, while fine filtering removes pollen. This process delays granulation and ensures the honey remains liquid for longer, but it also strips the honey of its unique properties and makes it impossible to trace its geographical origin.

Imported honey can come from anywhere. Some of the world’s top honey exporters are China, New Zealand, Argentina, Ukraine, Brazil and India. The issue with imported honey is not that it is imported. In fact, the demand for honey is so big that we need to import, especially in poor years for honey production such as this. Some imported honey is excellent and pure. The problem with imported honey is that there is no way of knowing which is real, and which is fake. This is because, at the point of importation, very little of it is tested to ascertain if it is real honey. Most tests carried out determines if the product is food-safe, but not to verify that it is real honey made by honeybees…

Once the honey has entered the domestic market, it is blended and repackaged. If you look carefully at a jar of imported honey, you will often see the term: Blend of EU and Non-EU Honey in very small print on the lid. There is no requirement to state the ratio of EU and Non-EU honey on the label, which means that one of these blends could contain a minuscule amount of EU honey and a large proportion from countries with less stringent production standards.

The labelling of honey overall is very misleading, not just in Ireland but in the EU and beyond. Much of the imported honey sold on the supermarket shelves are sold by brands with very indigenous sounding names, with the label proclaiming that this or that family business has been keeping bees for generations etc, etc. But if you read the small print, not one drop of honey in the jar is produced domestically. Beekeepers in Europe are lobbying to change the regulation, but it could be a very long process before country of origin and blend ratios are clearly shown on the labels of imported honey.

This clever marketing ploy results in consumers believing that they are buying domestic honey in the supermarket at a much lower price than what the local beekeeper is charging, sometimes giving rise to local beekeepers being told that they are overcharging for their product when the customer can buy 'the exact same honey for half the price in the supermarket…'

Considering how much regulation is involved for beekeepers producing honey domestically, both here in Ireland, the rest of Europe and in the US, the lack of rigorous testing at the point of importation is ludicrous. It is allowing potentially adulterated honey to enter the market unchecked, flooding the market and competing with beekeepers producing real honey. To add insult to injury, the labelling laws are so weak and flawed, that it is allowed to mislead consumers into believing that they are buying a domestic product, when in fact ALL the honey in the jar is imported.

So next time you’re in the supermarket choosing between that cheap squeezy bottle of honey of dubious origin and the honey from the local beekeeper, which is pricier and has started to go a bit cloudy, ask yourself which is more likely to be real honey made by honeybees and not in some factory on the other side of the world. I think you know the answer.

Real honey isn’t cheap, and cheap honey isn’t real.

[lynnerousseau]

💰💰I'm trying to follow your LINK for the "orange gloves"- when I click the link... it ONLY brings me to a The Mite Test on your page? I'm not seeing anything other Amazon products?

[johnmitchell]

DeWalt subsidizes this new product. They will sell a boat load of drills after everyone burns up their current drill mixing this stuff. Then we'll all burn up the new drill before we figure it out.

[mikethomas]

Thanks Kamon. The rocket fuel link URL comes with all kind of warnings before proceeding. The global patties is kind of confusing. They don’t take you just a 50 pound bag to order. It’s just confusing on trying to decide what it is that you get just wanted to point that out. Again thanks for the video Go Vols

[theUrbanGardener]

Hello Kamon, I host a weekend gardening show called Let's Get Growing! on YouTube and I would like to invite on soon to talk about beekeeping? Let me know soon if this is something you would like to do and I can get you more info.

[aaronparis]

Can you drink beer like that Canadian beer not that weak USA stuff 😅