I have a landscaping company just small im 38. Thank you your inspiring, my goal is to get a small piece of property and build a smaller house and get a garden and some animal's going. Thank you sir! God bless
What I do on swarms like that one is to first wet it down really well with a sprayer filled with 1:1 syrup. They don't fly very well when wet. Just brush em in and wait. I usually use a deep with new frames right on the spot . One old black brood frame. Just one. A tiny spritz of swarm commander on a q-tip and call er done. 99% effective. Sometimes a swarm has already found an even better box. Right over there...lol The swarm box: we use an office paper box. We cut a hole in the lid and hot glue window screen on. Pretty much the same thing on a budget. Keep 3 or 4 handy. The bee vac too.
True! Learned that painting under barn eaves. Even yellow jackets drop if they sting you and you tap them with the brush. Getting stung by them feels like getting hit with a bat. Especially when it got me right between the eyes.
8:49 - Why are you not taking care to wipe the bees off the lip of the plastic bin in case the queen is on it? They are getting crushed as you set the lid down tight. Or is that lip designed so as to not crush them? Also, when wiping the bees into the box, why aren't you just placing it directly below the post so they fall directly in. There seems to be a lot of casualties throughout the process. 13:08 for example.
I've only kept bees for 2 years and then a 7 year hiatus till now, and I'm building Layens Horizontal hives instead of Langstroth for this season. So I'm genuinely curious about the swam catching process. Currently building 4 or 5 swarm traps for this april and so I've been learning a ton from Dr Leo and you. Keeping Bees With A Smile has been a very interesting read so far as well.
I like putting a old white sheet down on the ground 1st so if the queen falls you can find her. Also if you hold up a frame of old comb most of the time they will crawl onto it, then you can start putting them in the box. I love finding swarms
I don't think it's very well known that the bees are balling queens in a swarm. They pick one and let it live. I knew there were multiples but the killing part I had to see. So far I haven't seen that. I collect swarms. Mostly by accident. Wife says all I have to do is put out a box and bees move it. She's seen it too many times. Timing...
I've watched another video of a swarm catching and he grabbed the queen first and put her and a few workers in the brood box and the rest followed, no probs. Less work and much more calmer and gentle on the bees.
@Poison Ivy how do u know which video I watched and how long that vloger has been beekeeping?? I consider Doug experienced enough, he often has expert help as well.
Whenever I go to capture a swarm.....(8 so far this year), I carry a nuc and a 10 frame setup with me, both have some old nasty frames in them....swarms seem to love them. I would have strapped a nuc on top of the fence and started to drop handfuls of bees into it....and then cover the box. the bees would most likely march right on in once they start fanning.
That's how i caught my swarms last year. I set the nuc box on a stand with the front touching the tree. Without any lemongrass or anything they walked right in.
Get rid of plastic box, build a nuc, 8 frame or 10 frame of your choice... use lemongrass oil and 1 brood frame from your other other hive...set up under... grab handfuls of bees and set them gently on top of that frame and your undrawn plastics... after you get couple of handfuls, put lid on top cracked open... they will walk on in...
We have a Langstroth version currently, but planning to add a few top-bar hives. Love the idea of not having to put box on top of box to keep our bees buzzing along.
What I was taught, instead of using a carry box, was to use an old hive box to catch swarms. I don't know whether it's better to give them all un-drawn frames or to put a frame of drawn comb and a frame of uncapped brood in the middle to give them work to do right away, but the old hive box smells of bees and they like that. When you've got the queen and most of the swarm inside the box, you leave it right next to where the swarm was and the rest should move indoors by the end of the day. Probably sooner if there's a storm coming, but once inside a proper box they're not worried about the weather.
my neighbor has honey bees and they are so cute they come around the pool all the time looking for water they never sting us and i have taught my kids to hold out their hands out and they will come and get a drink and leave
It's almost painful to watch some of these older videos from when you weren't as in tuned to Dr. Leo's way of doing things. Learning from mistakes is as good as learning from good teaching in a lot of cases. Thanks for the videos.
to do it another time try this: before touching swarm. spray some water nearby to create imagination for bees that its raining. you can do it with small bucket of water and just buquete of grass or some small leaved plant. after "allarm raining" bees keep more dense to protect queen. Use not hand but soft brush from beggining - as you did after. After you put swarm into box, use smokery to smoke up little bit sticks were swarm was. becouse now bees are confused between 2 places - box and stick. If queen is not on stick they will move to box far way faster, and if queen is on stick - they gona spill feromones far way stronger and you will be able to see that with naked eye. And... maybe this bucket is nice but its too big to operate it alone, especialy if bees are on tree or higher place. use somthing with central grab - far way more easy for you.
All my swarms go to 15 feet in the air or higher. The last one a few days ago migrated fifty feet in the air. Never thought they will go that high up. They checked my swarm box out but they didn’t move in. It was a big swarm. Probably not enough space for them. The last swarm I caught was 15 feet in the air. I put a box with frame under and dumped all bees in a garbage bag and got them down from the tree and put them in the deep. I left the top slightly open for the rest to get in. Thankfully the queen was there because the rest of them came down from the tree and got in to the box. They did swarm a couple months later again even though there was plenty of space and food for them. Lost half the hive. You never know with bees! 🤷♀️ Keep your bees at least 2-3 days locked up. When they swarm they carry food for 3-4 days. If they still have that food in them they will take off again. Better luck next time.
If you don't have old comb frames, bait a nuc box with lure and then put in foundation frames. Shook the swarm into that nuc box and put a queen excluder over the entrance!!! That keep the queen from flying of and your swarm would have stay in that box. You then can after 2 weeks transfer them to 10 frame box.
I’m not a professional beekeeper, but if you brought two frames with brood either closed or open the bees will move from the post directly to the white plastic box without wasting much of your time and ours. Overall well done I personally enjoyed your video.
I reccomend to not put a wild swarn next to other bees, they will leave. New swarms want a place with no other bees. Same thing happened to me, but when I put them in their own box, they stay
So Cool Doug & Stacy! My Grandpa Was A Beekeeper & Loved It! Wish I Knew His Wisdom Of The Beehives! Thanks For Sharing! Much❤Love & 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻God Bless 🤗Ya'll 😘
That was rough to watch ... I had 2 swarms land in my yard .. all you have to do is put a used nuc beside them and they will March in ... And you should be able to tell if the queen is on the post by how they sound and attitude ... The ones who got the queen will be much more relaxed... Pice
Hey Doug hey Stacy listen I got your message but I'm not too good with the phone and I'm not going to be able to do that so I just wanted to let you know I can barely work the phone but I appreciate it and you both have a blessed day
Hey Doug hey Stacy thank you for the video I enjoyed it and those bees were buzzing around but they didn't want to stay too long because they didn't like you now I think if they would have stayed longer they would have liked you
You really need to get some swarm box's with frames or little nukes. They seem to make catching swarms easier. The bees seem to feel more at home with frames to work with and crawl down to the box where the Queen is.
do you worry about the extra space i build a horizonal hive holds 32 frames only 20 of them are being use use i block off extra space thank for the help john
I intend to you those new plastic hives with wooden frames for swarm traps then combine all the best features of the horizontal hive with some reg wooden frames and some flow hive cell so once the bees are in the hive I never have to bother them again and make honey collection so much easier and less messy
No frames?? Curious as to why you didn’t put any frames in the hive Butler to begin the process of transferring into horizontal hive as you collected bees from fence? Even with or without comb, brood or honey. Also correct if wrong couldn’t hive Butler be used to start the establishment of hive before transferring to horizontal similar to a deep being used when catching a swarm.
My grandfather in mexico on his homestead would bring us honey as kids and he would just walk in his hive with no gear and tend to them. It was a great memory for us. He has since passed and now I tell my son about him. Great video. Love your channel.
I twice took a swarm in the same place, in a Lilac bush. The same hive swarm after I divided. At least they made it easy. One shake in the box. My grandpa always told me, make sure your hives are near low shrubs. I miss that guy. I miss visiting him in Cental Missouri
I’ve kept bees in Langstroth hives for twenty five years. Being 60 the boxes are getting rough on the hands, shoulders, and back. I’m looking to gradually convert to Layens hives and read both keeping bees with a smile and the book on keeping bees in the long hives. Both very interesting and a completely different management technique that what I’ve done. I’ve looked on doc’s website and reviewed the plans in the book. I’ve been a woodworker much of my life and have followed plans for many things. I find the plans to be quite confusing and not well laid out for someone to build. I would hope you revise the plans for easier following. I live in an area where there are a number of beekeepers. I would like to build the local bee genetics but gave this up because of too many bought queens from down south. I’d like to see doc. Demonstrate a build of the Layens with measurements in the build. Is it possible to have a video of a build with Doc?
OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY , Sorry to be a nag, are you saying 10 to 15 gallons a year? How much honey with one small box of beekeeping yield per year?
Interesting Doug! The end of all your hard labors here is something 'SWEET'! Looking forward to your cool cellar tour. Keep counting your blessings as they are M A N Y !!! Health and God's blessing upon you n' yours!
looking good.............so far..........keep going forward. Would love to send my grandchildren to your place for at least a week or two. If only I could.
to keep the bees in you box you have to lock them up for at least 4 days , and release them on day 5. and yes a frame of brood is a good anchor to help keep them in the box.
Might i suggest spraying down the cluster with sugar water to limit their ability to fly, and you'll be able to buy more time to brush off more bees into the box without them taking flight...
You said you closed the entrance so they only had one. Where is the other entrance on that hive. Is it up top? I am interested in this type of hive. I am new to beekeeping this past year and just discovered this style of hive. I am using traditional langstroth boxes right now. I am very interested in the horizontal hives and I am researching all I can right now.
We have dealt with quite a few swarms this spring. We were able to capture the queens in all but one of those cases and they swarmed and left. We also had one swarm we captured, queen and all, and they stayed for three days in the hive box we put them in and then just left. Sometimes bees just have to swarm and go elsewhere. We went from 2 hives to 9 this spring with all of the swarms we captured. Good to see this video and see how you work your swarms and try to get them in a new hive.
Hi Doug, Last year you caught a swarm by putting a box in a tree with Lemongrass. Would that have worked in this scenario? Maybe you can do another video explaining why or why not? Even though I am allergic to bees, I am learning a ton from you and your videos. I love raw honey and really want to bee keep anyways. (With my hubby's help) Thanks for being an inspiration, you and Stacy! Hugs and Love
I'm going to go get some out of a guys wall tomorrow. A little plain water lightly sprayed on that swarm would have kept so many from flying, just a hint for the future. :)
How did you prevent the bees from climbing up your pant leg? or up your "jacket"? I would be too nervous with that many bees all over once you started scooping them into the box !!
Check out thehivebutler.com for some cool Bee gear! Thanks for watching and see you tomorrow! ♥️
I have a landscaping company just small im 38. Thank you your inspiring, my goal is to get a small piece of property and build a smaller house and get a garden and some animal's going. Thank you sir! God bless
wow they do have amazing products thanks great info and great video
hey there Doug not pertaining to the bees..but do you sleep upstairs in the summertime?
@@SheriLatulip depends but yes
@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY like to know how you cool it off.
What I do on swarms like that one is to first wet it down really well with a sprayer filled with 1:1 syrup. They don't fly very well when wet. Just brush em in and wait. I usually use a deep with new frames right on the spot . One old black brood frame.
Just one. A tiny spritz of swarm commander on a q-tip and call er done. 99% effective. Sometimes a swarm has already found an even better box. Right over there...lol
The swarm box: we use an office paper box. We cut a hole in the lid and hot glue window screen on. Pretty much the same thing on a budget. Keep 3 or 4 handy. The bee vac too.
True! Learned that painting under barn eaves. Even yellow jackets drop if they sting you and you tap them with the brush. Getting stung by them feels like getting hit with a bat. Especially when it got me right between the eyes.
8:49 - Why are you not taking care to wipe the bees off the lip of the plastic bin in case the queen is on it? They are getting crushed as you set the lid down tight. Or is that lip designed so as to not crush them? Also, when wiping the bees into the box, why aren't you just placing it directly below the post so they fall directly in. There seems to be a lot of casualties throughout the process. 13:08 for example.
I've only kept bees for 2 years and then a 7 year hiatus till now, and I'm building Layens Horizontal hives instead of Langstroth for this season. So I'm genuinely curious about the swam catching process. Currently building 4 or 5 swarm traps for this april and so I've been learning a ton from Dr Leo and you. Keeping Bees With A Smile has been a very interesting read so far as well.
You are right, and he doesn't care. He smashes them left and right. It's just for views.
An empty box with some honey poured in it put up next to that swarm and they would have walked right in with out smashing a bunch of them.
Its fascinating to watch you....I am allergic to bee stings so the hair was standing up on the back of my neck.......WOW!!!!
I like putting a old white sheet down on the ground 1st so if the queen falls you can find her. Also if you hold up a frame of old comb most of the time they will crawl onto it, then you can start putting them in the box. I love finding swarms
Off course. That's the right way and sometimes you find more than a queen and catch them before they are killed.
I don't think it's very well known that the bees are balling queens in a swarm. They pick one and let it live. I knew there were multiples but the killing part I had to see.
So far I haven't seen that. I collect swarms. Mostly by accident. Wife says all I have to do is put out a box and bees move it. She's seen it too many times. Timing...
hope you have the queen. what a blessing from god to have a swarm like this.
Why does he keep doing an "incomplete" job?
He keeps leaving a chunk of bees thus likely missing the queen.
I've watched another video of a swarm catching and he grabbed the queen first and put her and a few workers in the brood box and the rest followed, no probs. Less work and much more calmer and gentle on the bees.
@Poison Ivy how do u know which video I watched and how long that vloger has been beekeeping??
I consider Doug experienced enough, he often has expert help as well.
Whenever I go to capture a swarm.....(8 so far this year), I carry a nuc and a 10 frame setup with me, both have some old nasty frames in them....swarms seem to love them. I would have strapped a nuc on top of the fence and started to drop handfuls of bees into it....and then cover the box. the bees would most likely march right on in once they start fanning.
That's how i caught my swarms last year. I set the nuc box on a stand with the front touching the tree. Without any lemongrass or anything they walked right in.
Get rid of plastic box, build a nuc, 8 frame or 10 frame of your choice... use lemongrass oil and 1 brood frame from your other other hive...set up under... grab handfuls of bees and set them gently on top of that frame and your undrawn plastics... after you get couple of handfuls, put lid on top cracked open... they will walk on in...
I love watching you guy do the bees
I'm learning so much about beekeeping from Doug and Stacy! I just put out my swarm box. Hopefully, I'll be able to catch a swarm this year!
Hi Stacy and Doug ❤️💖
We have a Langstroth version currently, but planning to add a few top-bar hives. Love the idea of not having to put box on top of box to keep our bees buzzing along.
What I was taught, instead of using a carry box, was to use an old hive box to catch swarms. I don't know whether it's better to give them all un-drawn frames or to put a frame of drawn comb and a frame of uncapped brood in the middle to give them work to do right away, but the old hive box smells of bees and they like that.
When you've got the queen and most of the swarm inside the box, you leave it right next to where the swarm was and the rest should move indoors by the end of the day. Probably sooner if there's a storm coming, but once inside a proper box they're not worried about the weather.
I like how this video was mid range length
Fantastic information
God bless you and yours and God bless the USA
my neighbor has honey bees and they are so cute they come around the pool all the time looking for water they never sting us and i have taught my kids to hold out their hands out and they will come and get a drink and leave
Beautiful little bees...
Some old brood frames and lemongrass would help
He really just yeeted those bees into the box 🤣
putting them in a cool dark spot is cool
It's almost painful to watch some of these older videos from when you weren't as in tuned to Dr. Leo's way of doing things. Learning from mistakes is as good as learning from good teaching in a lot of cases. Thanks for the videos.
That's how I know it's better ✌️ first hand
@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY Thanks for replying and for continuing to show Dr. Leo's teachings, I'm learning right alongside you man!
I couldn't figure out why Doug looked so different, then realised moustache is there. Mind blown lol😂
Loved the video too!
Love your video's brother from another mother.
Thanks for the quick reply. Very interesting.
Love you Doug
Great job transporting those bees without getting bit.
pretty easy since they don’t bite lol
My uncle kept Bees 🐝 I love it ♥️
That was an easy catch. I had a secondary swarm yesterday and they were in several clumps mostly on the ground with tall grass.
to do it another time try this: before touching swarm. spray some water nearby to create imagination for bees that its raining. you can do it with small bucket of water and just buquete of grass or some small leaved plant. after "allarm raining" bees keep more dense to protect queen. Use not hand but soft brush from beggining - as you did after. After you put swarm into box, use smokery to smoke up little bit sticks were swarm was. becouse now bees are confused between 2 places - box and stick. If queen is not on stick they will move to box far way faster, and if queen is on stick - they gona spill feromones far way stronger and you will be able to see that with naked eye.
And... maybe this bucket is nice but its too big to operate it alone, especialy if bees are on tree or higher place. use somthing with central grab - far way more easy for you.
Cool trick thanks Doug and Stacy
All my swarms go to 15 feet in the air or higher. The last one a few days ago migrated fifty feet in the air. Never thought they will go that high up. They checked my swarm box out but they didn’t move in. It was a big swarm. Probably not enough space for them. The last swarm I caught was 15 feet in the air. I put a box with frame under and dumped all bees in a garbage bag and got them down from the tree and put them in the deep. I left the top slightly open for the rest to get in. Thankfully the queen was there because the rest of them came down from the tree and got in to the box. They did swarm a couple months later again even though there was plenty of space and food for them. Lost half the hive. You never know with bees! 🤷♀️
Keep your bees at least 2-3 days locked up. When they swarm they carry food for 3-4 days. If they still have that food in them they will take off again. Better luck next time.
If you don't have old comb frames, bait a nuc box with lure and then put in foundation frames. Shook the swarm into that nuc box and put a queen excluder over the entrance!!! That keep the queen from flying of and your swarm would have stay in that box. You then can after 2 weeks transfer them to 10 frame box.
Install the small entry opening on the side of the box. Reduces crushing bees after opening and closing the lid.
This was so interesting and awesome to watch .Thank you
I’m not a professional beekeeper, but if you brought two frames with brood either closed or open the bees will move from the post directly to the white plastic box without wasting much of your time and ours. Overall well done I personally enjoyed your video.
I reccomend to not put a wild swarn next to other bees, they will leave. New swarms want a place with no other bees. Same thing happened to me, but when I put them in their own box, they stay
I love watching/learning about bee hives. I find it strangely relaxing and hope you keep these videos coming. Looking forward to Dr. Leo coming back.
Doug, great information, thank you for sharing. I hope to expand my top bar hive type of bee project in The Philippines. God bless America.
This is so interesting. Thanks for making this video.
So Cool Doug & Stacy!
My Grandpa Was A Beekeeper & Loved It!
Wish I Knew His
Wisdom Of The Beehives!
Thanks For Sharing!
Much❤Love & 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻God Bless 🤗Ya'll 😘
Sorry you lost the swam Doug. Good technique video though. Thanks for including us...
We've caught bees like that. We just had a plain plastic bin, and a large paint brush.😆
That was rough to watch ... I had 2 swarms land in my yard
.. all you have to do is put a used nuc beside them and they will March in ... And you should be able to tell if the queen is on the post by how they sound and attitude ... The ones who got the queen will be much more relaxed... Pice
Hey Doug hey Stacy listen I got your message but I'm not too good with the phone and I'm not going to be able to do that so I just wanted to let you know I can barely work the phone but I appreciate it and you both have a blessed day
Hey Doug hey Stacy thank you for the video I enjoyed it and those bees were buzzing around but they didn't want to stay too long because they didn't like you now I think if they would have stayed longer they would have liked you
Hey Doug by the way I wanted to wish you an early happy Father's Day and hopefully many more to come
Hey Scott, email us at growinginfaithfarm@gmail.com 👍
Absolutely amazing!
Very cool. Great share, thank you.
She's right up in the crook where you're down post meet your cross post
I agree! that is what I was thinking!
I think that's why the hive didn't sat a didn't have the Queen
Looks like patients is your best friend when it comes to this topic.
Must make the time to find that queen!
@@L2FlyMN its patience btw
You really need to get some swarm box's with frames or little nukes. They seem to make catching swarms easier. The bees seem to feel more at home with frames to work with and crawl down to the box where the Queen is.
How do you deal with mites that can get into the colony?
Thanks for sharing always learning new things, that one devider look like it was going bust lol... Jehovah bless you both
do you worry about the extra space i build a horizonal hive holds 32 frames only 20 of them are being use use i block off extra space thank for the help john
the old bee keeper trick is to set a hive body in front of the swarm and give them a bridge (drawn frame) to walk into the hive and walk away
I intend to you those new plastic hives with wooden frames for swarm traps then combine all the best features of the horizontal hive with some reg wooden frames and some flow hive cell so once the bees are in the hive I never have to bother them again and make honey collection so much easier and less messy
Wooow thats so damn cool! Way to go Mr!
What a blessing to find
Another great video
No frames?? Curious as to why you didn’t put any frames in the hive Butler to begin the process of transferring into horizontal hive as you collected bees from fence? Even with or without comb, brood or honey. Also correct if wrong couldn’t hive Butler be used to start the establishment of hive before transferring to horizontal similar to a deep being used when catching a swarm.
Very interesting.🐝
Great music provided by the Cardinal!
Dang I'm impressed
Fortunate you! Our bees in Central Michigan have all but disappeared.
My grandfather in mexico on his homestead would bring us honey as kids and he would just walk in his hive with no gear and tend to them. It was a great memory for us. He has since passed and now I tell my son about him. Great video. Love your channel.
that was very interesting. I have not seen much beekeeping activities in the past so this is pretty fascinating to me. Thanks.
Wow Doug, You are a bee master. Amazing how bees are so attracted to your homestead! 👍
No. He's a bee killer. Everything he does destroys healthy hives.
I twice took a swarm in the same place, in a Lilac bush. The same hive swarm after I divided. At least they made it easy. One shake in the box. My grandpa always told me, make sure your hives are near low shrubs. I miss that guy. I miss visiting him in Cental Missouri
It helps to smear a little honey on the new frames to feed them for a day or two
They had a whole frame of honey
Should have caged the queen for a few days? the bees would have stuck around for her.. no?
I’ve kept bees in Langstroth hives for twenty five years. Being 60 the boxes are getting rough on the hands, shoulders, and back.
I’m looking to gradually convert to Layens hives and read both keeping bees with a smile and the book on keeping bees in the long hives. Both very interesting and a completely different management technique that what I’ve done.
I’ve looked on doc’s website and reviewed the plans in the book.
I’ve been a woodworker much of my life and have followed plans for many things. I find the plans to be quite confusing and not well laid out for someone to build. I would hope you revise the plans for easier following.
I live in an area where there are a number of beekeepers. I would like to build the local bee genetics but gave this up because of too many bought queens from down south.
I’d like to see doc. Demonstrate a build of the Layens with measurements in the build. Is it possible to have a video of a build with Doc?
So far looks like they're migrating back chords the fence
For curiosity sake and my future I would like to ask, How much honey does that bee hive give you every year?
10 15 gallons
@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY Nice!👍
OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY , Sorry to be a nag, are you saying 10 to 15 gallons a year? How much honey with one small box of beekeeping yield per year?
Why not give each hive of bees their own horizontal hive?
Interesting Doug! The end of all your hard labors here is something 'SWEET'! Looking forward to your cool cellar tour. Keep counting your blessings as they are M A N Y !!! Health and God's blessing upon you n' yours!
What an interesting video!
That was so cool! Trying to talk hubby into beekeeping. Love you guys
checked out!
looking good.............so far..........keep going forward. Would love to send my grandchildren to your place for at least a week or two. If only I could.
maybe there were multiple queens it seemed like there were two distinct clumps on the fence at one point.
just doin what they do!
You need to leave them locked up for three days and they will imprint on that Hive and most likely stay around.
The basement might have been too cold and was a shock
to keep the bees in you box you have to lock them up for at least 4 days , and release them on day 5. and yes a frame of brood is a good anchor to help keep them in the box.
I have one hive now
Might i suggest spraying down the cluster with sugar water to limit their ability to fly, and you'll be able to buy more time to brush off more bees into the box without them taking flight...
Awesome video!!!!
Also can you add the other beekepping videos to the description?
You said you closed the entrance so they only had one. Where is the other entrance on that hive. Is it up top? I am interested in this type of hive. I am new to beekeeping this past year and just discovered this style of hive. I am using traditional langstroth boxes right now. I am very interested in the horizontal hives and I am researching all I can right now.
Horizontalhive.com
We have dealt with quite a few swarms this spring. We were able to capture the queens in all but one of those cases and they swarmed and left. We also had one swarm we captured, queen and all, and they stayed for three days in the hive box we put them in and then just left. Sometimes bees just have to swarm and go elsewhere. We went from 2 hives to 9 this spring with all of the swarms we captured. Good to see this video and see how you work your swarms and try to get them in a new hive.
Wow! Talk about expanding the apiary! Thats awesome
Interested to see. I could never do that - bees make me nervous.
Great watch :)
So kool!
Hi Doug, Last year you caught a swarm by putting a box in a tree with Lemongrass. Would that have worked in this scenario? Maybe you can do another video explaining why or why not? Even though I am allergic to bees, I am learning a ton from you and your videos. I love raw honey and really want to bee keep anyways. (With my hubby's help)
Thanks for being an inspiration, you and Stacy! Hugs and Love
Add some drawn comb frames to give your bees an easier ride home. :)
what is a 'drawn' comb frame?
How do you know if you got the queen?
Why didn't you smoke them? That's how I do it. You really got them pist off Doug.
I'm going to go get some out of a guys wall tomorrow. A little plain water lightly sprayed on that swarm would have kept so many from flying, just a hint for the future. :)
Might use the lid to brush them onto then dump in box, sorry just trying to help, lol
How did you prevent the bees from climbing up your pant leg? or up your "jacket"? I would be too nervous with that many bees all over once you started scooping them into the box !!
“...too WELL”. Fixed it.
I got the "too" 🤣