Removing A Honey Loaded Wild Hive
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This is another hive from a wetland area in south Mississippi. There seem to be a lot more hives than average in wetland areas.
When I was in grade school there was a swarm of bees in a tree on the street where I lived. Someone called a beekeeper he knew who told him to cut a hole in a cardboard box. As it got dark the bees found the box and they marched into the box about a dozen abreast. It was like a small river of bees moving into the box. Someone told me the queen must have flown into the box and the rest of the swarm followed. It was a sight I'll never forget and I've been fascinated with beekeeping ever since.
grayswandir47 It is cool to watch the march.
This is the most beautiful, most delicious, most healthy hive I have seen in MY LIFE!
It was pretty tasty.
When you and Mr. Ed get together it's so funny, it's like a comedy fest, lol.
'I wondered where that went." Love your videos. I got over my fear of bees when I had to work in tall cotton and the bees were at eye level. They were running into me for an hour or so each time I went into the fields. Never stung once.
When a bee keeper says "good sized hive" that shits fokin huge
you should get your own show on A&E or the discovery channel ! nice vids..
Thanks Steven
An oldie but goodie! When you said your smoker was blowing flame I had a good giggle. Man, what a haul of honey!
Got sooo much honey out of this one.
I think you are doing a great job. :D
Ur not killing the bees ur looking for the queen and giving them a new life :D
Wow! Thats amazing amount of honey!!! Great video, thank you for starting this up. Its been great to have these during these crazy times.
🐝 This doesn't, get old! So much, to learn 🤗
Glad you enjoy it!
I had to lol when you said that those bees were eating you up like you weren't wearing any bee netting. You are a boss. Hats off to you my good man. That was a lot of honey. Wow.
Goad you enjoyed it Robert. :)
That looks like a colony that would be worth raising some daughter-queens out of.
That's a fact.
I love binge watching these sweet sweet videos.... *o*
Haha Go for it.
We should start a gofundme to get these guys some bad ass bee suits.
Ha! I'm on board with that. lol
+Cody T let me know. I'm in.
Couldn't you hook up a small fan to your suit with a screen over it to do two things. First blow the suit up to keep it off your skin to prevent a majority of the stings. second keep you a little cooler while wearing the suit? With modern batteries you could probably get 6 to 10 hours of battery life powering the fan. The fan wouldn't need a large CFM rating. A small computer CPU fan would probably work. Also instead of wearing tight jean you need to have a couple of oversize jeans so they aren't such a tight fit. PS my waistline is bigger than yours so this isn't a weight crack.
i love these videos idk how i got here but im lovin it
Thanks so much
+628DirtRooster np :)
Omg, I know this one is like 7 yrs old but damn that's amazing how much honey is there. I would love to have even a piece of one of those combs
HOLY CRAP!! Good for you man. That was a serious haul.
Thanks dude.
I liked the last bit where you found your head lamp. I always like finding stuff I misplaced.
LOL I still have that light. Can't believe it has survived me abusing it.
Dude excelent video , and filming yourself , very infromative, i have a wild hive in my bird box and wanted to tranfer them to a proper hive(home made) so i need the Queen bee then the rest will follow?
That was an awesome hive. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting.
My friend has a 6ft tall hive in her attic we are going to shoot a video on and remove with help from my bee keeping sister. I have not seen it, but watching this video I'll make sure to have plenty of containers on hand!
Definitely. I've filled up as much as seven five gallon buckets from one hive before.
628DirtRooster yikes! Sounds like an adventure!
That was a nice hive,good honey score.Thanks for posting.Gonna do one with JP tomorrow.Its in a wall, in a closet,should be interesting.
I hate working in tight spaces like that. I hope Y'all get a good one. Y'all filming?
628DirtRooster It was a small one ,looked like a small swarm that had trouble getting going,but it looked like it was about to take off.We did not film,took a lot of pics though.
***** Hope Y'all had fun with it.
It was a blast,JP is a lot of fun to work with .He has really got a way with the bees, first time I ever did a cut out without a puff of smoke,I couldn't believe it.. He posted some pics on his facebook page. Check them out.
Who else gets scared when you see these guys reaching out to touch it with no gloves or anything?
That humming of the bees is a relaxing sound
Spend a few hours with your head in a hive and that's what you hear when you lay down to go to sleep.
Love your videos. Love seeing how bees work and how honey is made and so on keep it up man.
Thanks Kevin. We're hanging in there.
That is one hell of a hive. Fascinating!
It was unusual to say the least.
w00dy1993 I take then home and set them up at my house.
Pretty good score on the honey, it sure looked like there was more honey than bees. Very interesting as always. thanks
There sure was. They had recently swarmed so the numbers in this colony were down some.
Bees are so bad ass. Thanks for sharing man
Sure thing bro.
Enjoy watching you. Great job
Just amazing how much honey you got! Thumbs up!!! You hit the Jackpot my friend!!
No doubt that was a good haul.
Sweet!! literally!! LOL
so its been a year and im new to your channel did u ever get the expensive jacket
I love your videos. just thought I would drop you a sagest ion on a little secret i pick up from a fellow bee keeper here in warren ark, THE SECRET IS TRY A LITTLE LIQUID SMOKE , put it on your hands an arms it really helps keeping the bees off of you.good Luck keep up with the videos.
I know a few people who have tried it. We never discussed how well it works but I know they don't do it any more so I'm guessing a smoker is better.
Did you get the queen? I'm assuming you did but you never said if you found her or not
Yeah, I usually find then some time after I get them home.
+628DirtRooster I appreciate the response. At this point my hobby is football cards but once I buy some more land than I own now I want to switch hobbies and start keeping bees. It's so interesting and cool to me. Keep up the great videos! You teach me alot!
dont have to switch hobbys, no reason you cant have more then one!
exactly, i have no land or owned property yet but i have multiple hobbies that would only expand with land :)
All that comb honey!!...looks freaking delicious.
Oh man..... that looks SO GOOD..... all that sweet, wild honey.....
Kitsune Aitsuki I still have a little bit left surprisingly.
Hey there 628 Dirt Rooster, I see you use a knife to cut out most of the hives you save. Did you ever think of using a putty knife? I think it would be easier in such tight places that your in. Keep up the great videos God Bless you.
We do use both a five-in-one tool and a drywall mud knife. They do work well in tight spots.
I do lots of removals and have be seriously considering trying some of that bee quick. Just ain't quite ready to pull the trigger though.
Would you label that honey as wild? Can you tell what kind of pollen was collected by the bees by the taste of the honey? Love your videos.
If I were selling it I could probably bump the price up a little just with a label like that. There was honey in there from more than one bloom (honey flow) so it is from several sources. Thanks for watching.
These videos are amazing! I want to try this!
Do it
Would that honey be good to eat??? Just wondering about being so close to insulation. Also what chemicals would be on the wood floor above?? Thought l would ask. You must be brave to go into their territory. I'm impressed. Thank you for sharing ....so VERY INTERESTING. 🍃🌎🕊
I like your new boxes 😆😆
Fresh as a daisy :)
I think I've watched all your hive removal videos so far. Did you finish before sunset? Seems like you're burning the midnight oil on most of your jobs. Anyhow, as usual I love the videos, please keep up the good work.
I finished this one around 10:30 at night. I hate quitting in the middle of anything.
What you need is some of those large Rubber Maid storage containers
Those would have been nice.
So cool. Good thing you didn't just went and killed all the "bugs" as most people would do. You're a cool guy. Great vid. I wish one day I'd have my own house with a big enough yard to start this cool hobby.
I was reading about beekeeping. Is it possible to grow a 100% natural colony without adding ANY sugar, or sweet syrups of any kind? On flowers ONLY?
What happens to the bees left behind? Do they try and start a new colony or what?
You know, I'm not even a beginner, but I wonder if a suit of very very loose chain mail over a very light shirt would help, with extra padding at joints underneath the shirt and a light mosquito covering above the chain mail. It, theoretically, could keep a distance between skin and the mosquito covering and hopefully more open to the cooling air.
I might (probably) am talking nonsense, but just a thought.
+Jason Fairfield I could get my hands on some to try it. :)
Woowee, that's a lotta packed comb.
Lots of work there but so worth it.
great video ; so you put the brood in hive boxes and they went to the brood ? the queen was in the brood ? do you capture enough wild bees to sell them for profit ? I am a novice still reading learning buying supplies thanks for the video .
I had to add a queen on this one. It's harder work than it looks but you can make a profit with removals and with selling bees.
That's some hot humid weather you have there sir
Like a swamp
+628DirtRooster lol.....
Can you make a video or have you made a video about the basics of Bee keeping i.e. what are broods, difference between drones,workers & queens, Queen behavior, etc. Basically a video for neophites like myself. In some of your videos you use some Bee jargon which I'm unfamiliar w/ & it would be beneficial for me as well as others who are new to this hobby. Greatly appreciated. And if you made a video like this can you sned me the link? Again thanks!
I have a series of those coming up later in the year.
At about 8:30 you describe the "roaring" sound from the bees. I hear a chirrup. Is that possibly the queen piping?
I can't tell what that was. Maybe the A/C unit on the house but it wasn't the queen. Good ear though, I never noticed it.
You earned your 22.65 on that one, good strike don't always getup that good. Except them Louisiana boys and I think they might be planting them...;-)
I might have got one of theirs. This was about ten miles from the Louisiana line.
Do they work all the boxes when you've got them close together like that (end of video), or do they only work their box? I know we can't tell one colony member from another, but I know they can somehow... Secret wing shake? Lol
Only their own box. Crazy how they recognize their own.
ewwh wee, u r a brave one. this last cut out. ....OMG! !
Hi there, DR. I just did my first cutout the weekend before Easter and I am curious how long it takes for the bees to secure the cutout brood into the Langstroth frames. I am itchin' to get into the hive and the activity is bustling but I don't want to mess up their progress. Thankls for letting me pick your brain.
Not long at all. If they don't abandon that comb they'll usually have it tied in pretty good within a week.
Congrats on your first cut out.
WOW! Impressive hive!
I think there's another one back in there now.
628DirtRooster Oh no! Those homeowners must be at their wits end!
Pamela Schramke These don't seem to care.
Man that was alot of honey cool vid my friend! :) its definitely getting hot isn't I about passed out the other day in my shop its going to be one hell of a summer! :)
It's gonna make me lose weight.
Hey DirtRooster, i've watched about a dozen of your vids - they're fascinating. I'm not a beekeeper, but I'm very curious. at 4:20 i see what kind of looks like mold to me growing on the combs. Is it mold? Wax moth silk? ...thanks!
+Justin Sánchez That's wax cappings over the honey. It's dark or light depending on if the honey is touching the back of it.
ah, ok!
Justin Sánchez Thanks for watching man.
That was a HUGE hive!!! I love all that honey. Do you work with top bar hives? I got a few of them
Never had a top bar. They look like fun though.
Yep they are a lot of fun. I have lots of top bar hives on my channel and feel free to visit my channel
Now you're at 100,000 subscribers!!
:)
Five combs in and I just want to take a bite of all that honey
looks like if you can work with these bees , you got yourself some honey making monsters! lol
+paulspydar They were literally pumping it out.
Thanks for another interesting video.
Thanks for tuning in.
its my pleasure
as I write this I'm posting a follow up to Billy's hive trap out. There was a pleasant surprise in the middle.
Looking forward to seeing it.
Its uploaded and processing. It will post after I add a few anotations.
Holy honeybee smoker!!, that’s a big hive
WOW!
That was one impressive hive. Did you get the queen?
Take care
I had to work for this one but I got her this time.
Great job
Hey Randy, ever thought about using a paintball gun with balls filled with bee quick to get to those remote locations? You can buy empty paintballs or make them yourself.
+M. Smith No but that would probably work. Precision placement.
That's an excellent idea!
I wish I could have some
I'm thinking of starting a hive how did you get your first start,BTW I love the vlogs
+Brittany Leonard Removed a hive from an abandoned house for my first. Split it and started with two hives.
Dang now I want some honey. Great video
There was sure plenty to go around from that hive.
Wow! How old do you think this hive is? Impressive!
At least two seasons old.
Ah ha ha You "sweat" your pants!
I had a young kid tell me one time I had a sweating disability I told him know I was just fat
How long is a bee's stinger? could a thick lightweight quilt provide protection?
They probably couldn't sting through the quilt.
What label do you sell the honey under?
My dad sells locally as "Stinger Juice".
There isn’t any honey bees here where I live in the panhandle of Oklahoma. I’ve lived here since 1972 and haven’t seen hardly any honey bees. I’ve seen lots of bumblebees, Yellowjacket. Mason bees but no honey bees.
How do you not eat it as soon as you pull it out? It looks sooooooo good
I eat sooo much honey. It's great!
Interesting stuff
Thanks
Do you store and sell the honey? It seems you could make a decent business from it although I don't know if it would be worth it?
I do bottle it but I don't sell it. You could make a few extra bucks from cut out honey but it's much easier to harvest from Langstroth hives.
Fighting just
Awesome
Amazing
Thanks JW
Did you keep the hive?
i'm getting mouth watering on those combs .
+nhaila2000 It's good stuff.
Why would they make as much honey as that?
Hey Dirt Rooster, send me some of that honey, I've never eaten fresh honey!
+Lorral333 Have to come do a cut out for it. ;)
NOT! :}
could you leave half the honey for the bees? then you can come back and harvest more year to year? bee's need the honey to survive, if you take all the honey, they will starve.
Sandy Rowley I removed the entire hive and re-homed the bees on my bee yard but yest if you were willing to keep bees in your house you certainly could. They would likely thrive on their own. The hive just wouldn't be manageable as far as regulating pests and disease or controlling swarming.
Is beekeeping a source of income or is it just a hobby?
Both but not my main income source.
Hi I have yellow jackets in my stoop that chase my dogs and I. Is diatomaceous earth a good way to send them to wasp heaven?
Can wild bees be honey bound? Or do they just build more comb
They can get honey bound.
It is too bad that you crushed all that beautiful comb. It would have made a lot of nice cut comb sections - which enjoy a premium price.
why did they all not swarm and attack once you started pulling the hive apart. i dont know much about bees but i did enjoy this video
They were getting me plenty.
What was the yield of honey? Looked like a massive score. Honey is our lords miracle.
I don't know yet but I'll post a short video when I finish extracting it.
628DirtRooster verdict? I am dying to know much honey you were able to collect. This is fascinating.
LOL. I'll upload that video some time tonight but it had a little over 6.5 gallons in it.
Amazing.
Do you ever go for a quick swim in between jobs? It seems like it would drain you!!
I do like to jump in a pool or the river sometimes when we finish one of these.
Extraordinary beauty C,
The bees are back? you're welcome
Absolutely!
I totally did not read that as "removing a honey loaded with hive."
I'm glad you brought the title to my attention. I uploaded this at 2:30 in the morning and was not checking my spelling at all.
Why all the honey is that a sign of a bad winter?
That's more a sign of a good fall and spring honey flow.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching these VERY entertaining videos. But it seems that in half of the vids you're not too prepared - whether it be buckets, bug vac, gloves, etc. I understand you're used to the risk, but are customers paying for two to three trips (e.g., in other videos) back and forth? Or...are they paying at all? If not, they need to at least gift you a case of scotch or something!
I don't charge for trips but you are right. I rarely go completely prepared. Mainly because I don't do this for a living and can't keep my truck loaded with every possible tool I might need for these jobs all the time. There's already too much junk in it.
You're pretty knowledgeable at this for it not being a living. Kudos. Someone else made a comment that you need your own A&E or History Channel show. I agree with that comment. Good luck and stay safe. PS - if you sell honey, where would I get it?
Thanks bro. I'll have my web site up soon.
Hello Dirt Rooster,
I was hoping you help me with a bee problem, everytime I capture a wild hive, (not swarm) I end up loosing the hive. for example I captured a wild hive last Friday and when I checked it yesterday, all the bees were gone and the brood comb was rotting and dead. can you think of anything I am doing wrong. if you like you can I can continue the converstion via email.
Could be a few things. I'll help how ever I can. Did you video any of it?
628DirtRooster Hey thanks for the quick reply and the help, No I didn't video any of it. Overall I think the extraction went well I will give you some of the points of concern that I have. 1) some of the brood was damaged when removed, just a little though most of it was good. 2) I did the removal at night so all the brood and the bees sat in vented buckets overnight until I could transplant in the morning. 3) I used a bee Vac so there were a lot of dead bees in my capture bucket. 4) some of the dead bees fell in while I was transferring the live bees into their new brood box. However I didn't think much of it since it has a screened bottom. 5) I had the hive open a while when I was doing the cutouts and then when transferring the bees. perhaps the queen left or perhaps she was died in the transfer. I was carful not to vac any bees off the brood and put it and the bees on the brood in a separate vented bucket. 6) perhaps she left the hive after I had gotten all the bees and comb transferred. that's all I can think of now, I did this last Friday and checked it for the first time yesterday, But it had been deserted a while since everything was rotten. Any ideas,,,,,, sure would like the help. this is my 4th hive I have "Rescued" but none have stayed or have died out.
Gary Seven A few dead bees and a few dead brood won't make them leave but the longer they stay off the brood the less likely they are to take to it again. I know that a hive cut out can take several hours but the sooner you get the bees into the box the better. Don't worry with trying to frame up honey or small pieces of brood. That'll save some time.
I find that a bee vac while sometimes necessary is not good on the bees. Probably the biggest thing is to find the queen and cage her. as long as she is there the workers will stay. Some times if you are using a vac she will get sucked up and end up in the dead bee pile. In that case they have no queen and damaged brood so there is nothing to hold them there.
They probably left within a day of you setting them up. If I think there's a chance they will leave I keep the queen caged in the hive for a couple of days. Once they've been in a box for more than 48 hours their chances of leaving decrease by a very large percentage. If you can't find the queen then put a feeder in with them and lock the whole colony in for two days.
One more tip... I usually try and get my cutout done during the day (without a vac), cage the queen in with the brood and set the box up next to where I removed the hive. Nine times out of ten the bees will all go to my box by sunset. Then after dark I close the entrance and take them home. I use a vac as a last resort or if I'm in a big hurry.
628DirtRooster there are a few things in your reply that I can see that I need to do diffirently. the big ones being don't use bee Vac, leave brood box with cut outs behind for a day, find and cage the queen, keep everyone locked in for two days with feeder inside the hive. The hardest one of those for me is finding the queen, I have been beekeeping for almost two years now and have only seen two of my hives queens once. I wanted to say thanks again and I am enjoying your no nonsense bee videos very much. thanks for making them and I will continue to watch. if you ever need anything from tampa I owe you one.
Gary Seven Spotting queens is a skill that comes with time. I was the same way in the beginning. I would almost swear that none of my hives had queens for the first year. LOL
Wow!!!
Did u move the hives into a box
+Edward Nayegon Yes