I love that you try your best not to harm the bees and relocate them into a manmade bee box/boxes. They're so important to nature. You're so gentle and do such a fantastic job!
Bees pollinate about 30% of our food crops in NA though, hence why they are high value. Ontop of concerns over dwindling bee population and damage to food crops, it would be tossing money down the toilet to exterminate them. Thanks to CCD, a big hive ready to go would be an ideal acquisition to any beekeeper. The market for bee pollination is so big that hives are transported and set up on farm fields at great cost for efficiency of pollination vs other insects. It's not so much an issue of nature, as an issue of human food when it comes to bees. But thanks to shitty reporting, the original message gets warped.
@@kauske the Evil controlling the world are trying to remove the need for Bees with their extremely unnatural, unhealthy GMO crops. They're removing the process as God created it. That's always a disaster in the end, as it throws a whole system out of balance. A good example of how 1 change creates a waterfall of changes us the documentary "How Wolves Changed A River". Removing Wolves from Yellowstone cause changes just not imaginable. Different critters took over, the land suffered. There's a short version, like 10 minutes, and. Longer 30 minute version. I recommend the longer one.
@@jeffcampbell2710 What are you even talking about you blithering idiot? There's not a god-damned thing wrong with GMO crops, there' is no fundamental difference between crops genetically engineered via selective breeding and ones modified in a lab. The actual issue is overuse of pesticides weakening bees and making them susceptible to parasites and sickness. Who would have thought bugs would be vulnerable to chemical weapons meant to kill bugs? The problem is, without pesticides we lose so much of our crops to pests we'd starve. Genetically modified crops that are in and of themselves resistant to pests but not deadly to pollinators are the answer, not the problem. god damn, how the hell is our world so full of ignorant people like you who don't understand the first thing about science but think they're somehow a genius?
one of the neatest things that have seen is a dragonfly catching flying ants out of the air and all you could see was the wings falling to the ground, they are an aggressive predator.
I'm sitting here, drunk & stoned, 30 mins before New Years Eve, watching an American plapping bees onto a frame with a hive tool like a painter plapping paint onto a palette. This is such an awesome world we live in.
Really impressed by the editing on this video, I can tell how much effort was put into it. The meet between the 3 parts of the work area was super cool! I had to go back and watch it a good couple times.
You are one amazing guy! I love how you handle the bees. You are so calm and respectful, I'm sure that's the reason you didn't get stung. Thank you so much for Sharing your videos. This is the first one I've watched but, it definitely isn't going to be the last!!😊💞🐝💞
You did this entire, massive project without a veil or gloves. I believe some people are more careful than others, and you clearly have great experience. But it seems you were also born with a gift. It is marvelous to watch you work.
That is such a beautiful thing you do. Your film editor really has an eye for the potential romantic parts. They are really surreal, evoking pleasant emotions. It's nice to know there are people out there who has such a love for bees that they are handled so compassionately.
He's doing it in a shortsleeve friggin T-shirt, shoveling bees with a putty knife and a bare hand. This man is touching. How much love You gotta bring to be loved back like that from those creatures.
@@JarodMoonchild1975 Tame; not dangerous or frightened of people. Docile; ready to accept control or instruction/easily managed or handled. In this context they're interchangeable. Try again.
By saving the bees, you are contributing in keeping human kind alive. Without the bees, we wouldn’t have fruit vegetables and cereal produce by their pollination. Please keep reminding us in your video to be kind and thankful for these Divine creatures!
Jonathan W just subscribed to your channel & will check out more of your videos later on when I have a minute. The one you just uploaded, filmed in 720 or 1080? Talk later brother 👍
Thank you for being amazing. Thank you for respecting bees and their place in our world. Blessings King. Your spirit radiates even through video. Dem bees know you a good person meh sha. 😂 (Lafayette native)
what a gorgeous counter top. I wouldn't want that hurt either. but me, I'd want to plexiglass that. I know it's not feasible, but wouldn't that been neat?
😍 and JP the bee man relocates many more bees. Would of been nice to see you also remove the other two hives on the left side so we got the whole picture of how many bees you relocated from this site , however it was still good to see you relocate this hive . So gentle you are with the bees and respectful too people and their property. The dragon fly in the video was cool .
JP you are my favorite Beeman.....My husband and I are planning to start beekeeping this spring. Thanks for all the knowledge we have gathered from you. Keep at it.
I got my bees from a cutout like this one, though I don't think they made it THAT far into the house (I sure hope not; we only worked from the outside)! Anyway, it's fun to watch you do this a year later and have a slightly better idea what's going on than I did a year ago. Thanks for the videos; they're great! Best of luck to you, and looking forward to watching more. :-)
Thanks for the videos, learning a lot. I want to get started but want to learn all I can before I get my first set up. Also I can't seam to watch these videos without eating honey 😂
You’re helping me not be afraid of bugs lol thanks 😝❤️ Edit: I got overly ambitious and got stung for the first time from a yellow jacket. Phewie it was a meanie!!
@@sarahtodo Yup. I've never been stung by a yellowjacket, but I'm terrified of them. This year I've had five of them in my flat so far, which is really not good considering I haven't opened any windows! Last month I had four in one week. Had the pest control guy in and he couldn't find any active nests in the loft, so at least there's that. He also had a look at a couple of them that I'd killed with wasp spray - drones, he said. A lot of unfinished nests in the loft from previous years - seems it's a regular hibernating spot for the queens. I asked him to get one of the nests down for me and he did - pretty cool! All the nests failed almost immediately, so there's not much to it, but it's still cool. I hate yellowjackets on a personal level, but I still like them in a science/nature way.
Did anyone catch right at the begging the little lizard who was living right in harmony with all the hives??? It's at 1:00 or so right at the start of this video, the lizard is in the space where the 2 walls meet right at the top left side. He went into a little hole near the top corner. Kinda neat that the bees never bothered the lizard and vice/versa. Well, I guess the lizard will have to stick to black widows now that the free honey supply is gone... Such is the life of the Lizard... LOL!
great videos, idea for ya...next time turn the ladder around and strap a piece of plywood to the ladder stand then you have a work bench to put your frame together and still have the box above.
As usual : very informative & entertaining... B-t-w : it's no often mentionned but you got some serious carefull carpentry skills there my friend. ...Enjoyed the Dragonfly slow-mo footage too! Keep up the good work! ;•)
Sure makes me laugh that you're working like this one someone's house and then eating something from it! lol I'm so not experienced with this!! lol I really enjoy watching you do your thing.
UA-cam wants me to start having bees. For some reason, bee stories keep coming up on my suggested things to watch. It is very interesting though. I think I will get some hives.....starts looking at hives and equipment.....
Man I know nothing about bees. But a random search on UA-cam now generates one of your videos every now and then. You are such an interesting fellow JP. I think its awesome you go out of your way to relocate rather then just exterminate them. Keep up the hard work i'll keep watching for sure
For a second, I thought it was a hive box set up to be a counter top with Plexiglas or something. Seeing inside insect colonies are always interesting, getting to see all the intricacies of vespidae and ants is pretty nice, especially without having to disturb the hive/nest.
JP, I noticed the first time you went up that ladder...it sank into the ground just a bit. You might want to start carrying a sheet of plywood to put under the feet of your ladder. Might save you a nasty fall.
At around 5:27 in the video, you removed the third piece of wood siding, and it looks like something much bigger than a bee quickly crawled up the black tar paper on the top lefthand square. It looked like it might've been a lizard, or something like that. Did you happen to see it while you were working? If so, what was it? Where I live we don't have lizards, or anything like that running up our walls, so I'm not sure if it was a lizard, but it was about that size. It definitely wasn't a bee. Has anyone else seen it in the video? That would probably freak me out... LoL. Anyway, good video 👍
You’re likely seeing mud dauber nests, they look like mud mounds, is that what you’re seeing? It’s very common to have mud dauber nests in the same void space honey bees are occupying. In fact, honey bees will often be covering those mud dauber nests, giving the appearance they are incubating the developing mud daubers inside. I mentioned this to an entomologist years ago, that I was constantly seeing mud dauber nests inside the same void space honey bees were occupying & that the honey bees would often be covering the mud dauber nests. He said that it was interesting but that was it. There’s definitely something going on as I’ve seen this exact scenario too many times to just write it off as nothing.
@@JPthebeeman I guess so? I was just curious, because we've lived in our house for 14 years. We've had a yellow jackets issue inside our siding above our back door the entire time, and the previous tenants said they noticed them like 5 years prior. I have no doubt the entire structure is a HUGE nest. I would hate to use any pesticides if there's a chance there could also be honey bees. We haven't used anything, they we're super aggressive the first couple years, but will leave us alone for the most part now, so we've let them be. I'm in Utah though, so nowhere near y'all!
Another quick question, is getting the queen so important to prevent the hive re-establishing? Or to sell to people who want to keep bees, or am I way off base?
Rusty Shackelford you’re asking two very different questions here. 1)Getting the queen or not during a removal, (if the removal was done properly), has zero impact as to other swarms recolonizing the same spot. 2)people usually don’t just sell mated queens from cut outs they performed. Perhaps one here or there but if you’re in the market of selling queen bees you want to sell several queens at a time to make it profitable.
@@JPthebeeman huh, appreciate the response. Basically I should have asked why it is so important to get the queen. Do colonies tend to "stick to their own" or if the queen was left there other bees would be attracted and start a new colony? Obviously a non experienced bee person here so sorry for any dumb-ness. Just had to remove a wasp hive from the side of my house and have been on a bee UA-cam binge for a few days now.
Rusty Shackelford if a queen bee is left behind it’s extremely unlikely others bees would just show up & try to make a go of things. When bees swarm a queen or queens from the same colony go with the swarm. So the short answer to your question would be yes, they tend to stick with their own.
@@JPthebeeman thank you very much for the responses. Big respect for what you do. I am not vegan or anything but the way we have treated the earth is effed up. Glad to see that with little research I have done that most(I hope, at least the ones that show themselves online) are removing bee colonies in a responsible way. No idea how you do not get stung a lot more, I know smoke is helpful but seeing you with no protection around them many bees makes me swat imaginary bugs around me. Keep on truckin and again thanks for the quick and informative responses, cheers.
JP, when I watch you put comb into one of the frames, it looks like you are having to orient the comb a certain way, is that correct? Sometimes it looks that if you would rotate the comb it would fit without having to cut it more than you have already.
I do get stung, just not a whole lot, try to prevent it actually. Depends on the job & the temperament of the colony I’m dealing with. Most are relatively nice here, some will light you up in a heartbeat though, just depends...
Hey JP, good to see you! 2 questions. Is there a fountain out there, I swear I hear running water, or my ears are going bad! Lol! 2nd question. When you eat that raw comb honey, have you ever missed a bee, and got a sting in your mouth? I think about that everytime I see someone eatin chunks of comb. Thanks for the video.
Patricktomlinson Tomlinson there may have been a fountain but I did hear a compressor come on at one point in the video & could swear I heard a loud dripping noise continuously after that. You may be right though, I honestly just don't remember seeing a fountain but that doesn't mean ones not there ☺ I have on occasion been stung inside the mouth while consuming honey comb ☺
Hi JP, you are a lovely kind man and you treat the bees with a lot of consideration and care, I am hooked on your films on you tube but I always wonder how come you don't get stung a lot? do you smell like a bee and that is why perhaps...... the other question I have I have seen the bees 'marching' into the nuce how do you make this happen? Thanks Debbie from England many thanks xx
I love that you try your best not to harm the bees and relocate them into a manmade bee box/boxes. They're so important to nature. You're so gentle and do such a fantastic job!
Bees pollinate about 30% of our food crops in NA though, hence why they are high value. Ontop of concerns over dwindling bee population and damage to food crops, it would be tossing money down the toilet to exterminate them. Thanks to CCD, a big hive ready to go would be an ideal acquisition to any beekeeper.
The market for bee pollination is so big that hives are transported and set up on farm fields at great cost for efficiency of pollination vs other insects. It's not so much an issue of nature, as an issue of human food when it comes to bees. But thanks to shitty reporting, the original message gets warped.
@@kauske the Evil controlling the world are trying to remove the need for Bees with their extremely unnatural, unhealthy GMO crops. They're removing the process as God created it. That's always a disaster in the end, as it throws a whole system out of balance.
A good example of how 1 change creates a waterfall of changes us the documentary "How Wolves Changed A River". Removing Wolves from Yellowstone cause changes just not imaginable. Different critters took over, the land suffered. There's a short version, like 10 minutes, and. Longer 30 minute version. I recommend the longer one.
@@jeffcampbell2710 What are you even talking about you blithering idiot? There's not a god-damned thing wrong with GMO crops, there' is no fundamental difference between crops genetically engineered via selective breeding and ones modified in a lab.
The actual issue is overuse of pesticides weakening bees and making them susceptible to parasites and sickness. Who would have thought bugs would be vulnerable to chemical weapons meant to kill bugs? The problem is, without pesticides we lose so much of our crops to pests we'd starve.
Genetically modified crops that are in and of themselves resistant to pests but not deadly to pollinators are the answer, not the problem. god damn, how the hell is our world so full of ignorant people like you who don't understand the first thing about science but think they're somehow a genius?
Like the slow mo on the dragonfly.
Oh okay, I thought we were zooming in on the open window.
Was he trying to snag a bee looked like it
628DirtRooster Bees I saw that too! Was he stalking a bee or two?
one of the neatest things that have seen is a dragonfly catching flying ants out of the air and all you could see was the wings falling to the ground, they are an aggressive predator.
Five or so hive in one house, you've got to Bee kidding me. :D
I was thinking bees in her bonnet too, but no!
DeepPastry i see what you did there
Thats punny-ish
I'm sitting here, drunk & stoned, 30 mins before New Years Eve, watching an American plapping bees onto a frame with a hive tool like a painter plapping paint onto a palette.
This is such an awesome world we live in.
Thanks JP for the nice video. Your videos encourages me to into bee farming.
You show so much care for the bees, that’s awesome and I’d imagine they reward you with great honey.
It's great how you treat the entire colony with respect!! Nice job!!
Loved watching the Dragon Fly trying to catch a bee for its dinner !
Really impressed by the editing on this video, I can tell how much effort was put into it. The meet between the 3 parts of the work area was super cool! I had to go back and watch it a good couple times.
Your channel has honestly helped me get over my fear of bees, seeing how calm they are when you hold them, and how you handle yourself around them.
Go get them JP you are "1 man for this job. your new friend KC
Love your videos, JP! Don't worry, BEE happy! 🐝
Wow I’ve never seen anyone like you from Wisconsin really want to learn how to work with Bees
Really talented
Thank you
You are one amazing guy! I love how you handle the bees. You are so calm and respectful, I'm sure that's the reason you didn't get stung. Thank you so much for Sharing your videos. This is the first one I've watched but, it definitely isn't going to be the last!!😊💞🐝💞
I appreciate that a lot. Thank you for watching, much appreciated! ✌️🐝
You did this entire, massive project without a veil or gloves. I believe some people are more careful than others, and you clearly have great experience. But it seems you were also born with a gift. It is marvelous to watch you work.
That is such a beautiful thing you do. Your film editor really has an eye for the potential romantic parts. They are really surreal, evoking pleasant emotions. It's nice to know there are people out there who has such a love for bees that they are handled so compassionately.
Evelyn Mitchell thank you! 👍🐝
Wonderful vid! So relaxing watching JP work , beautiful music, and very asmr. Great job with the bees!
what a great show. cant believe they are so tame.
He's doing it in a shortsleeve friggin T-shirt, shoveling bees with a putty knife and a bare hand. This man is touching. How much love You gotta bring to be loved back like that from those creatures.
Only for jp if that were me I'd be I'd be stung a thousand times
@Rand Not "Tame", lol, the word you're looking for, is 'Docile'. 👍😆
@@JarodMoonchild1975 Tame; not dangerous or frightened of people.
Docile; ready to accept control or instruction/easily managed or handled.
In this context they're interchangeable. Try again.
By saving the bees, you are contributing in keeping human kind alive. Without the bees, we wouldn’t have fruit vegetables and cereal produce by their pollination. Please keep reminding us in your video to be kind and thankful for these Divine creatures!
Another great one JP! Love the dragonfly hunting the girls at 10:00-10:19 !!! All the best for a great Christmas!!
Tom Knapp to you & yours as well Tom 👍
Do you ever get stung? You sir are saving the honey bee and as others say, you should have your own tv show. You are the best I've seen on UA-cam.
Your amazing JP!
Jonathan W just subscribed to your channel & will check out more of your videos later on when I have a minute. The one you just uploaded, filmed in 720 or 1080? Talk later brother 👍
1080. Lot of moving around though, I need to use a tripod more. Thanks!
Jonathan W thought so. Thinking of trying to do some 1080 stuff if my processor will allow it. Last time I tried, seemed to slow things down a bunch.
Very slow for sure for me too.
i am not sure why but i actually find these very calming
That fridge looks like a pot of sauce exploded on it. Looks like my fridge every week.
GrumpleStiltskin 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Reminded me of my fridge...
Legend says that JP got so THICC and became part bear from all the honey he eats. Love your videos man.
Thank you for saving the beeeees. Bee blessed
Thank you for being amazing. Thank you for respecting bees and their place in our world. Blessings King. Your spirit radiates even through video. Dem bees know you a good person meh sha. 😂 (Lafayette native)
6:33 what a transition!
You sir need ur own national geography channel.
National Geographic, I agree, then he could go all over the world! You're one of a kind JP=Bee whisperer😊🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
He should have his own show on Netflix.
what a gorgeous counter top. I wouldn't want that hurt either. but me, I'd want to plexiglass that. I know it's not feasible, but wouldn't that been neat?
Jess French it would've definitely been cool, no doubt 👍
Jess French exactly what I was thinking and it looks fairly brand new. I wouldn’t want my kitchen torn up either.
somehow found your videos and they’re really interesting!! thanks for filming this!!
Lol great catch of the dragon fly he was at the buffet .
😍 and JP the bee man relocates many more bees. Would of been nice to see you also remove the other two hives on the left side so we got the whole picture of how many bees you relocated from this site , however it was still good to see you relocate this hive . So gentle you are with the bees and respectful too people and their property. The dragon fly in the video was cool .
You do some good work brother!
Michael Utley thank you. 🤘👍🐝
Sounded like there was running water nearby? I had to pee 3 times during that video :)
😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Swamp cooler
Oh yes the benefits of the job, I would love to taste that honey in the comb.
JP you are my favorite Beeman.....My husband and I are planning to start beekeeping this spring. Thanks for all the knowledge we have gathered from you. Keep at it.
Patsy Sheehan best of luck to you & your husband with your beekeeping endeavors 👍
You've got to have a passion for this work.
Thanks for the video JP. Greetings from The Netherlands!
Im kind of scared of bees they allways chase me lol but the way you make it look i wish i was there to enjoy some of that fresh honey yummmm😋☺🙏😇
I got my bees from a cutout like this one, though I don't think they made it THAT far into the house (I sure hope not; we only worked from the outside)! Anyway, it's fun to watch you do this a year later and have a slightly better idea what's going on than I did a year ago. Thanks for the videos; they're great! Best of luck to you, and looking forward to watching more. :-)
Thanks for the videos, learning a lot. I want to get started but want to learn all I can before I get my first set up. Also I can't seam to watch these videos without eating honey 😂
This man has some huge balls! I never saw anything like this before.
I learn alot from your videos
Glad to see you back JP. hope you are doing ok. I should video the swarm trap and make it a video. take care.
Rusty Nail I did video the swarm trap, coming soon! 🐝🐝🐝
That was a beautiful colony.
Great job sir! God Bless You! I love honey and I love bees!
Love your work. Tq for saving them bees
I don’t know why this was recommended to me or why I am watching it but it was very interesting , good shit my dude!👍🏽
I love the part where the dragon fly comes to the party.
Stan Lindert I do as well. 😉
I really enjoy this channel, jpthebeeman seems like a nice guy who really cares about the bees. They're nice videos :)
You’re helping me not be afraid of bugs lol thanks 😝❤️
Edit: I got overly ambitious and got stung for the first time from a yellow jacket. Phewie it was a meanie!!
yeah wasps are mean and aggressive for no reason. so unlike honey bees
@@sarahtodo Yup. I've never been stung by a yellowjacket, but I'm terrified of them. This year I've had five of them in my flat so far, which is really not good considering I haven't opened any windows! Last month I had four in one week.
Had the pest control guy in and he couldn't find any active nests in the loft, so at least there's that. He also had a look at a couple of them that I'd killed with wasp spray - drones, he said.
A lot of unfinished nests in the loft from previous years - seems it's a regular hibernating spot for the queens. I asked him to get one of the nests down for me and he did - pretty cool! All the nests failed almost immediately, so there's not much to it, but it's still cool.
I hate yellowjackets on a personal level, but I still like them in a science/nature way.
Balls like bowling balls. Jp number 1 been man. From down under Australia.
Did anyone catch right at the begging the little lizard who was living right in harmony with all the hives??? It's at 1:00 or so right at the start of this video, the lizard is in the space where the 2 walls meet right at the top left side. He went into a little hole near the top corner. Kinda neat that the bees never bothered the lizard and vice/versa. Well, I guess the lizard will have to stick to black widows now that the free honey supply is gone... Such is the life of the Lizard... LOL!
This dude is nuts! He’s my hero!!
🐝 campmeeting....wow!!! If I was her, I' sure 🐝glad u loves ur job...whew, 🐝🐝🐝🐝 hotel in her house 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
great videos, idea for ya...next time turn the ladder around and strap a piece of plywood to the ladder stand then you have a work bench to put your frame together and still have the box above.
As usual : very informative & entertaining...
B-t-w : it's no often mentionned but you got some serious carefull carpentry skills there my friend.
...Enjoyed the Dragonfly slow-mo footage too!
Keep up the good work! ;•)
Appreciate the feedback, glad you enjoyed it!
Sound of rain and bees. Best combination! 🥰
I am starting a course on bee keeping , how did you not get stung ?? Do bee know that you have there best interest at heart ?. Amazing
The dragonfly in the slow motion shot. 🙏🏼💗
Courtney A I was thinking of you when I added that slo mo. 😉✌️🐝
Your skills amaze me.
At 5:30 it looks like a mouse runs up the stud when you pulled the last board off.
Merry Christmas to you and yours JP
Sure makes me laugh that you're working like this one someone's house and then eating something from it! lol
I'm so not experienced with this!! lol
I really enjoy watching you do your thing.
UA-cam wants me to start having bees. For some reason, bee stories keep coming up on my suggested things to watch. It is very interesting though. I think I will get some hives.....starts looking at hives and equipment.....
I'm making my own hive boxes
I love this one. But I like the ones with you talking better
Love your video's
He's got those headphones on again! I bet he listens to Sting.
Man I know nothing about bees. But a random search on UA-cam now generates one of your videos every now and then. You are such an interesting fellow JP. I think its awesome you go out of your way to relocate rather then just exterminate them. Keep up the hard work i'll keep watching for sure
Been waiting for a fresh video thanks JP
green Hornet 👍🐝🐝🐝
Get better soon Jeff luv your videos
green Hornet thank you!
Can you please show more of the crating up of bees putting them in the box and how are you secure them to the frames
Have you considered using a modified vacuum cleaner to retrieve the bees? Seems like it would save you hours on each job.
For a second, I thought it was a hive box set up to be a counter top with Plexiglas or something. Seeing inside insect colonies are always interesting, getting to see all the intricacies of vespidae and ants is pretty nice, especially without having to disturb the hive/nest.
should have put on a plexiglass cover, and "let them bee"
Loving the videos! Also dig your taste in the music you use. I wish we could hang out and stuff!
Love his videos
You Rock Dude !
Nice countertops
JP, I noticed the first time you went up that ladder...it sank into the ground just a bit. You might want to start carrying a sheet of plywood to put under the feet of your ladder. Might save you a nasty fall.
At around 5:27 in the video, you removed the third piece of wood siding, and it looks like something much bigger than a bee quickly crawled up the black tar paper on the top lefthand square. It looked like it might've been a lizard, or something like that. Did you happen to see it while you were working? If so, what was it? Where I live we don't have lizards, or anything like that running up our walls, so I'm not sure if it was a lizard, but it was about that size. It definitely wasn't a bee. Has anyone else seen it in the video? That would probably freak me out... LoL. Anyway, good video 👍
Do you use a special type of burlap for your smoker..?? Rogers in ark
The ones I use I get from a friend who gets them from oyster fishermen. They’re actually sacks that previously contained coffee beans.
@@JPthebeeman thanks..appreciate very much..also your FONDANT RECIPE was appreciated...
I have a question. So I see some hornets or wasp nests in there as well. Is it common for them to share spaces for where they build their nests?
You’re likely seeing mud dauber nests, they look like mud mounds, is that what you’re seeing?
It’s very common to have mud dauber nests in the same void space honey bees are occupying. In fact, honey bees will often be covering those mud dauber nests, giving the appearance they are incubating the developing mud daubers inside.
I mentioned this to an entomologist years ago, that I was constantly seeing mud dauber nests inside the same void space honey bees were occupying & that the honey bees would often be covering the mud dauber nests.
He said that it was interesting but that was it.
There’s definitely something going on as I’ve seen this exact scenario too many times to just write it off as nothing.
@@JPthebeeman I guess so? I was just curious, because we've lived in our house for 14 years. We've had a yellow jackets issue inside our siding above our back door the entire time, and the previous tenants said they noticed them like 5 years prior. I have no doubt the entire structure is a HUGE nest. I would hate to use any pesticides if there's a chance there could also be honey bees. We haven't used anything, they we're super aggressive the first couple years, but will leave us alone for the most part now, so we've let them be. I'm in Utah though, so nowhere near y'all!
solid video! nice editing
Roy-senpai thank you! Appreciate you taking the time to watch! 👍
Animation at 635 made me go back to see it agian love it
Another quick question, is getting the queen so important to prevent the hive re-establishing? Or to sell to people who want to keep bees, or am I way off base?
Rusty Shackelford you’re asking two very different questions here. 1)Getting the queen or not during a removal, (if the removal was done properly), has zero impact as to other swarms recolonizing the same spot.
2)people usually don’t just sell mated queens from cut outs they performed. Perhaps one here or there but if you’re in the market of selling queen bees you want to sell several queens at a time to make it profitable.
@@JPthebeeman huh, appreciate the response. Basically I should have asked why it is so important to get the queen. Do colonies tend to "stick to their own" or if the queen was left there other bees would be attracted and start a new colony? Obviously a non experienced bee person here so sorry for any dumb-ness. Just had to remove a wasp hive from the side of my house and have been on a bee UA-cam binge for a few days now.
Rusty Shackelford if a queen bee is left behind it’s extremely unlikely others bees would just show up & try to make a go of things. When bees swarm a queen or queens from the same colony go with the swarm.
So the short answer to your question would be yes, they tend to stick with their own.
@@JPthebeeman thank you very much for the responses. Big respect for what you do. I am not vegan or anything but the way we have treated the earth is effed up. Glad to see that with little research I have done that most(I hope, at least the ones that show themselves online) are removing bee colonies in a responsible way. No idea how you do not get stung a lot more, I know smoke is helpful but seeing you with no protection around them many bees makes me swat imaginary bugs around me. Keep on truckin and again thanks for the quick and informative responses, cheers.
left and right side look good for honey center looks like a lot of brood.
JP, when I watch you put comb into one of the frames, it looks like you are having to orient the comb a certain way, is that correct? Sometimes it looks that if you would rotate the comb it would fit without having to cut it more than you have already.
good to see you mate. been a while. Enjoyed that
Greg thanks mate, appreciate ya!
Thanks JP.
I’m terrified of 🐝 so this just fascinates me. Do you not get stung?
I do get stung, just not a whole lot, try to prevent it actually. Depends on the job & the temperament of the colony I’m dealing with. Most are relatively nice here, some will light you up in a heartbeat though, just depends...
Hey JP, good to see you! 2 questions. Is there a fountain out there, I swear I hear running water, or my ears are going bad! Lol! 2nd question. When you eat that raw comb honey, have you ever missed a bee, and got a sting in your mouth? I think about that everytime I see someone eatin chunks of comb. Thanks for the video.
Patricktomlinson Tomlinson there may have been a fountain but I did hear a compressor come on at one point in the video & could swear I heard a loud dripping noise continuously after that. You may be right though, I honestly just don't remember seeing a fountain but that doesn't mean ones not there ☺
I have on occasion been stung inside the mouth while consuming honey comb ☺
Man, gotta hurt!
Patricktomlinson Tomlinson mm
HURRAH !! A new video from J.P. the Bee Man !!
Christmas has come early this year.
Hi JP, you are a lovely kind man and you treat the bees with a lot of consideration and care, I am hooked on your films on you tube but I always wonder how come you don't get stung a lot? do you smell like a bee and that is why perhaps...... the other question I have I have seen the bees 'marching' into the nuce how do you make this happen?
Thanks
Debbie from England many thanks xx
SO COOL!
SLO MO of the dragon fly with the bees was neat
kckrye did that just for you, glad you liked it. 😉
How are you able to handle these 🐝 without a suit or 🧤 any gear geesh
You should be on Discovery
He just stands there, id be running down the road screaming like a six year old.
Awe sorry you missed her. I hope she's in the box.