you probably dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm you can stream all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my gf recently =)
In order or importance, Saving the bees is paramount! Capturing swarms, rehoming, caring for them is paramount. Also, though, it's important to try and handle them with the grace and gentleness needed for potential future success and thriving. Add three minutes to that 27 seconds you took there, as well as a pair of ratcheting pruners and one could very very easily have carefully lowered that entire swarm into a box rather than the shake and drop method. Was it effective? Yes. Was it a good thing? Yes. Could it have been better? Yes. Same as the way you put that top on the hive. A bit slower...a bit more graceful and gentle. Doing the dance and being very aware in your movements. More wiggling and slow movement. Carefully giving the bees a chance to move out of the way; which they do readily! And air holes in the swarm box are a great idea. It's a lovely thing, you doing your incredible part to help the bees and steward them...and that is the best thing ever. Well done.
Pretty clever. And thanks for preserving those hard working little rascals. We need all the bees we can muster. Without your protection they might have gone off into a large wooded area and been attacked by predators, this way they have a human to protect them and hopefully help them multiply. Some folks will complain that you killed some but they don't realize, the ones you saved will be productive and are more likely to survive.
I would just bump the branch into a deep body, rather than having to stir the bees up twice. I find disturbing them less buy bumping the branch and dropping the queen. Then immediately installing an inner cover and coming back in about 20 minutes. Gets 90+% of the bees in the box.
24/ 08/2016 Hi Donald, I have just collected my first 2 swarms in Albany Western Australia. I am new but found this method fast safe and as I also have 40 swarm traps out fast is good. I take the hive body out with 10 frames in and place it as close to the swarm as I can, then spray the swarm with sugar water. Then with my hands pick up as many Bees as possible and place them on the top bars. After they settle I replace the lid, brush any remaining bees to the ground they march in. I then close the entrance take them home place them where I want and have a beer. Works for me, good luck Jonathan.
Justin usually 1:1, I have heard that it is supposed to be #'s, 8# of sugar to a gal of water, not heated, or chilled, room temp... , but others say 1 cup to 1 cup, so I'm in the learning mode too
Anyone who has ever done this kind of work will know that as you lay your head on the pillow at night, all you see are bees buzzing around your face until morning.
It seems to me if the bag had been taped to the top of the box you want them I in in the first place with frames in place, it would be even faster, then smoke them down in before removing the plastic bag and putting on the lid.
You have to ask, Where did these bees come from? Therefore they have to be regarded as "feral", and will need requeening,, disease inspection etc..The black bag is not necessary, just give them a short sharp shake into the cardboard box, and you will have caught them in perhaps only 5 or 6 . seconds. Interfold the lid, and those still flying will enter by the small hole left, if the box is on its side. Take them home after about 10 minutes, and tip them at the front of a used hive with some combs of foundation if possible( because it smells right). Put the lid on, and give them some peace and quiet for a week.
@@skylerdrabing4323 He found out where the queen on the branch,then covered them all in a cloth bag,then he used the disabled (only half arm left)arm to hit the branch quickly,all the bees dropped from the branch into the bag. It happened only in 1 minute.
Glad you saved the main swarm, I don't think collecting swarms should be a timed race. It's amazing how many hundreds of scouts are out while a swarm hangs in place. By boxing, bagging and hauling out of there so fast, you left a huge number of bees behind. Why wouldn't the homeowner allow you to leave the box overnight so the rest could be also recovered? I also think the liquid you added was unnecessary when you already have the queen inside, she'll keep them oriented wth her scent.
Thanks for your insight my friend--- the home owner was terrified and wanted to use raid on them--- sometimes the quick approach is the only way to save them---Don
Thanks Don, you could have won them over (in theory) by explaining that there will be hundreds of lost bees scouring around your place if we take the box now? But if nothing you said to them worked, I guess you got what you got, people can be stubborn.
You're assuming the hive just takes off while all the scouts are out without a clue. The bees are attuned to more than us, including the meaning of a whole host of different pheromones, so if the hive is going to swarm, they can quite literally smell/sense it coming. When the hive swarms and leave the hive, any left by the swarm can and will just go back to the original hive to keep working.
You should see a cutout, removing bees that have established a hive with comb and brood. You're cutting the comb apart and cutting it into pieces where you have to to fit it into a hive box. You kill bees AND brood, in great number, and it's inevitable.
I think I would have set up the empty hive box under the low hanging swarm. A double deep with frames in the bottom and nothing in the top. Then brush or shake the swarm to directly drop into the hive box. Put the lid on it and let them sit overnight. If you captured the queen in the hive everything else should fall into place nicely..
I love the idea of a black plastic taped to a card board box. It might work to cut the bottom half of one side of the box, hinge it in the middle with tape, then tape the other sides. Once the bees are trapped, and ready for release, cut the tape on the three sides, leaving it in the middle, and swing the door up, then shake them out the door into their new home... just a thought. I'm not there yet in my own adventures.
I do believe your 25 seconds swarm catching job and I have probably been lucky with an easy, close to the ground swarm that was not hanging nicely distributed along a page wire fence the odd time as well. However, there have been enough swarms hanging in tough places, like 20ft. up on the end of a spruce tree branch, or inside a chimney way up on a steep roof . Catching a swarm is usually not a picnic.
I was thinking they would suffocate in that plastic bag. I guess between it being a big bag and the volume of the cardboard box it held enough air for the 30 minute ride home. I sure wouldn't leave them in there for any longer though. Even less time if it had been hot outside. Clearly this was a cool fall day. Glad it worked out!
Pretty slick...years ago we used to use just a brush and a box...if the queen goes in the box then the rest follow...when they swarm they're pissed out of their tiny minds and pretty docile anyway... It saddens me we had to give up beekeeping due to my wife's anaphylaxis - she nearly died before consenting to our giving up...it was a hobby we both loved so much...
My only suggestion to improve the snare, which is great, is to use something other than a trashbag knot to hold em tight. Im guessing a lot of them didnt reach the bottom before you twisted and pulled the bag to tie it down. Maybe a rope or something elastic?
a good suggestion. the bees don't cling to the plastic, a little shaking and they are all in the box. this chute was improvised moments after the call to collect the swarm--- not much time to think things thru. thanks for your insight my friend---Don
I like the idea, but not sure I'm a fan on folding the back in a knot when you have no idea whether or not you just killed the queen, or dozens of bees. Bee KIND>
This is actually cute :D A mass of buzzy-fluffy peaceful honeymakers...Damn sometimes I really want to keep bees or bumblebees. But as long as I live in a city, I guess I will stick to ant farms.
We only have Killer Bees here in Arizona! They are meaner than hell! Killer Bee Guy here! Did you know that Killer Bee honey is the same as any other honey? It is the nectar source that matters.
There is a plastic mfg plant near me--- they make plastic bags. before the bags are cut to size, the plastic is on a long roll--- I traded a roll for blueberries from my farm. you can tape bags together to get a length needed.
Donald Porta I was going to be a smartass and say Walmart. I was way off lol. Awesome source and method of payment. Props buddy. Good job saving this swarm!
These people saying things like: You killed some, oh thats so sad etc. etc. What would you prefer? People who afterwards provide a new home and take care of them? Or kill them with toxin? Get off your high horse and get back to reality you hippies! (P.S. to the guy who posted this video, keep up the great work!)
For 1 thing, it could be several queens in a swarm. 2nd at a later date he could find out about the queen or queens. 3rd You do it your way and he'll do it his way. 4th just cause you disagree doesn't make it wrong
You could leave them alone and go do something else? Imagine some super-being shaking the fuck out of our planet because it wanted some trivial resource that it just "wanted because it tastes good for a second"?
I know what you are saying here--- however, the homeowner wants immediate removal --- their option is to spray them and kill all the bees--- I have never injured a queen doing this, in fact there has never been a dead bee in the capture box. Not much different than shaking a package hive into a super. Thanks for your input my friend---Don
Don...CONGRATULATIONS!! Self made man. I like it!! How are they doing today? Are they productive? What kind are them? Italian? Great job!! Regards. Fred.
honey bees are not hornes or bumble bees.. they do not sting unless agressed.. we had a farm and our neighbor put hives all over our fields and we worked on our tractors there and we were never once stung. they flew all around us.. Bees are as sweet as the honey they make.
Just curious...why not set up the hive adjacent to the swarm, use the bag/box trick like you did and capture the entire colony? Come back the next day, smoke them and relocate. Anyway, thanks for saving as many as you did! Regards.
Just curious.. If you capture a swarm of bee's in a box, bag, etc... How do you know that they queen is safe? Or should i ask, what if they queen is damaged / killed in the process. Do you order a new queen for the swarm or will they produce another queen?
I have never lost a Queen --- she is in the center of the swarm. if she is lost you can buy another Queen, however they will know very soon she is missing--- they can produce another Queen if brood is available to them. Many will re-Queen the swarm anyway just to control the type of bee the hive will become.
Swarms are really cool to be around... fascinating to watch! My honey-of-a-hubby was working with the honeybees and my teen-aged nephew was invited to come along. A swarm was on a path flying fairly low above a gorgeous meadow of Illinois wildflowers, and met up with my tall nephew. They simply split up when they neared his face (who was not suited up yet); half the swarm flew to the right, and half flew to the left and met up just a few feet behind him and back into a football-shape like nothing ever happened. WHERE is a camera when you need one?!! My sweet nephew? Super calm, collected and delighted! He went home with an awesome story to share.
Why did you not have foundation frames set up? I know the swarm wants to start drawing comb as soon as they can and should they take to the hive box they will draw cross comb.
foundations were in the lower frame--- that upper frame was removed the next day--- that upper frame was only on there to allow me to shake the bees into the box and then place the cover over it
They probably would follow but I drove 8 miles away--- the remaining bees probably went back to their hive which will be close since they swarmed away from the hive and it is still there with all of their sisters raising a new Queen
I have seen million of wasps bald face hornets, yellowjacket nests but I have never seen a wild bees nest. I saw a cave that had an entrance about 7 feet high and four feet across completely covered with millions of wasps. I this biggest wasp nest in history I am sure of it lol. Wonder where this is?
i need help urgently please i need a chemical that can be use to get rid of bees from a place (chemical that will not kill them but just to chase them out)
3:13 "Try not to crush any." Crushes bee at the left.
you probably dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm you can stream all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my gf recently =)
@Malakai Riley Definitely, I have been using instaflixxer for months myself =)
@Malakai Riley Yea, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)
The thumbnail looks like a chicken who's covered by hordes of bees.
In order or importance, Saving the bees is paramount! Capturing swarms, rehoming, caring for them is paramount. Also, though, it's important to try and handle them with the grace and gentleness needed for potential future success and thriving. Add three minutes to that 27 seconds you took there, as well as a pair of ratcheting pruners and one could very very easily have carefully lowered that entire swarm into a box rather than the shake and drop method. Was it effective? Yes. Was it a good thing? Yes. Could it have been better? Yes. Same as the way you put that top on the hive. A bit slower...a bit more graceful and gentle. Doing the dance and being very aware in your movements. More wiggling and slow movement. Carefully giving the bees a chance to move out of the way; which they do readily! And air holes in the swarm box are a great idea. It's a lovely thing, you doing your incredible part to help the bees and steward them...and that is the best thing ever. Well done.
brilliant demonstration, well done
Pretty clever. And thanks for preserving those hard working little rascals. We need all the bees we can muster.
Without your protection they might have gone off into a large wooded area and been attacked by predators, this way they have a human to protect them and hopefully help them multiply.
Some folks will complain that you killed some but they don't realize, the ones you saved will be productive and are more likely to survive.
Opening a box of bees is a much more terrifying phrase than opening a can of worms.
I would just bump the branch into a deep body, rather than having to stir the bees up twice. I find disturbing them less buy bumping the branch and dropping the queen. Then immediately installing an inner cover and coming back in about 20 minutes. Gets 90+% of the bees in the box.
Imagine being one of the bees left behind...
24/ 08/2016 Hi Donald, I have just collected my first 2 swarms in
Albany Western Australia. I am new but found this method fast safe and
as I also have 40 swarm traps out fast is good. I take the hive body out
with 10 frames in and place it as close to the swarm as I
can, then spray the swarm with sugar water. Then with my hands pick up
as many Bees as possible and place them on the top bars. After they
settle I replace the lid, brush any remaining bees to the ground they march in. I then close the entrance take them
home place them where I want and have a beer. Works for me, good luck
Jonathan.
Good luck my friend---Don
No worries mate.
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What ratio of sugar water? Heated, non heated? Might try my first swarm extraction this afternoon.
Justin usually 1:1, I have heard that it is supposed to be #'s, 8# of sugar to a gal of water, not heated, or chilled, room temp... , but others say 1 cup to 1 cup, so I'm in the learning mode too
What a beautiful swarm and very good idea.
Anyone who has ever done this kind of work will know that as you lay your head on the pillow at night, all you see are bees buzzing around your face until morning.
Thank you for doing what you do! Very cool!
It seems to me if the bag had been taped to the top of the box you want them I in in the first place with frames in place, it would be even faster, then smoke them down in before removing the plastic bag and putting on the lid.
a real slick technique .good job .will try it next time
You have to ask, Where did these bees come from? Therefore they have to be regarded as "feral", and will need requeening,, disease inspection etc..The black bag is not necessary,
just give them a short sharp shake into the cardboard box, and you will have caught them in
perhaps only 5 or 6 . seconds. Interfold the lid, and those still flying will enter by the small hole left, if the box is on its side. Take them home after about 10 minutes, and tip them at the
front of a used hive with some combs of foundation if possible( because it smells right). Put the lid on, and give them some peace and quiet for a week.
in fact， I saw a farmer did like this, and the farmer only have one arm. So it's very easy,you just need to catch the queen.
Ohhh that's cool Bruh I'm tryin to catch a bee hive so could you tell me more
One armed swarm catching, now that's some shit
@@skylerdrabing4323 He found out where the queen on the branch,then covered them all in a cloth bag,then he used the disabled (only half arm left)arm to hit the branch quickly,all the bees dropped from the branch into the bag. It happened only in 1 minute.
I did the same way you did and works perfectly , thanks, great idea.
Just watched a guy with no bee suit get stung multiple times! Nice job! Thanks!
The video is over 27 seconds long. Nevermind he did it in 27 seconds. Great video!
2:59 I actually shook my ear off. Lol.
ME TOO
James are you still alive
Glad you saved the main swarm, I don't think collecting swarms should be a timed race. It's amazing how many hundreds of scouts are out while a swarm hangs in place. By boxing, bagging and hauling out of there so fast, you left a huge number of bees behind. Why wouldn't the homeowner allow you to leave the box overnight so the rest could be also recovered? I also think the liquid you added was unnecessary when you already have the queen inside, she'll keep them oriented wth her scent.
Thanks for your insight my friend--- the home owner was terrified and wanted to use raid on them--- sometimes the quick approach is the only way to save them---Don
Thanks Don, you could have won them over (in theory) by explaining that there will be hundreds of lost bees scouring around your place if we take the box now? But if nothing you said to them worked, I guess you got what you got, people can be stubborn.
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You're assuming the hive just takes off while all the scouts are out without a clue. The bees are attuned to more than us, including the meaning of a whole host of different pheromones, so if the hive is going to swarm, they can quite literally smell/sense it coming. When the hive swarms and leave the hive, any left by the swarm can and will just go back to the original hive to keep working.
Thats what I'm saying
Well there were a few casualties but he did a great job saving the majority.
You should see a cutout, removing bees that have established a hive with comb and brood. You're cutting the comb apart and cutting it into pieces where you have to to fit it into a hive box. You kill bees AND brood, in great number, and it's inevitable.
I love bees . Your doing a great thing for there numbers. Hopefully they will get of the pre endangered list .
Warning
I think I would have set up the empty hive box under the low hanging swarm. A double deep with frames in the bottom and nothing in the top. Then brush or shake the swarm to directly drop into the hive box. Put the lid on it and let them sit overnight. If you captured the queen in the hive everything else should fall into place nicely..
try not to crush any...WHOOPS hahahaha
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ya, I think I counted like 5 or even more possible dead bees.
@@normaleon6087 watch at 3:10.. he literally chops the head off one as he says "try not to crush one"..
Thank you for saving them
Great video. Better put frames in that top box tomorrow, or the swarm will hang from the inner cover and start building comb from the cover.
Top box was removed in the morning--- just there to have a void to place the swarm in--- they moved in right away.
I love the idea of a black plastic taped to a card board box. It might work to cut the bottom half of one side of the box, hinge it in the middle with tape, then tape the other sides. Once the bees are trapped, and ready for release, cut the tape on the three sides, leaving it in the middle, and swing the door up, then shake them out the door into their new home... just a thought. I'm not there yet in my own adventures.
great idea--- thanks my friend!
Impressive work!..Thanks for sharing it
I do believe your 25 seconds swarm catching job and I have probably been lucky with an easy, close to the ground swarm that was not hanging nicely distributed along a page wire fence the odd time as well. However, there have been enough swarms hanging in tough places, like 20ft. up on the end of a spruce tree branch, or inside a chimney way up on a steep roof . Catching a swarm is usually not a picnic.
At 2:59 I tried to swat a bee out of my ear and knocked my headphones off. You make it look easy.
+Adventures In Gardening Thank you my friend---Don
I was thinking they would suffocate in that plastic bag. I guess between it being a big bag and the volume of the cardboard box it held enough air for the 30 minute ride home.
I sure wouldn't leave them in there for any longer though. Even less time if it had been hot outside. Clearly this was a cool fall day. Glad it worked out!
Ideally, you's have left it until a bit after sunset for the last foragers to return. Not disastrous, just a council of perfection.
Good work and footage
So much fun! I caught my first 3 swarms this year on Vancouver Island, Canada. Up until then i had never even seen a swarm. Videos on my channel.
Wow, thank you so much for posting this! Pretty genius. I was wondering how I could collect a swarm if I came across one. Awesome! Thanks!
Yeah, right. 😂
great job you get my thumbs up
In many states it is illegal to Destroy Bee hives, plus you can sell them for good profits.
Great video, what a nice looking swarm.
Simple Great & Best idea capturing bees' thanks for sharing sir Donald..
Wow! What a swarm!
Pretty slick...years ago we used to use just a brush and a box...if the queen goes in the box then the rest follow...when they swarm they're pissed out of their tiny minds and pretty docile anyway...
It saddens me we had to give up beekeeping due to my wife's anaphylaxis - she nearly died before consenting to our giving up...it was a hobby we both loved so much...
My only suggestion to improve the snare, which is great, is to use something other than a trashbag knot to hold em tight. Im guessing a lot of them didnt reach the bottom before you twisted and pulled the bag to tie it down. Maybe a rope or something elastic?
a good suggestion. the bees don't cling to the plastic, a little shaking and they are all in the box. this chute was improvised moments after the call to collect the swarm--- not much time to think things thru. thanks for your insight my friend---Don
I like the idea, but not sure I'm a fan on folding the back in a knot when you have no idea whether or not you just killed the queen, or dozens of bees. Bee KIND>
Thanks for the video! I'm going to do this today!
This is actually cute :D A mass of buzzy-fluffy peaceful honeymakers...Damn sometimes I really want to keep bees or bumblebees. But as long as I live in a city, I guess I will stick to ant farms.
R u crazy I lost my puppies life cause these little monsters killed them
We only have Killer Bees here in Arizona! They are meaner than hell! Killer Bee Guy here! Did you know that Killer Bee honey is the same as any other honey? It is the nectar source that matters.
You are a neet worker glad you are saving the 🐝
Where do you get a long black plastic bag?
There is a plastic mfg plant near me--- they make plastic bags. before the bags are cut to size, the plastic is on a long roll--- I traded a roll for blueberries from my farm. you can tape bags together to get a length needed.
Donald Porta I wanna come to your farm 😕
Donald Porta I was going to be a smartass and say Walmart. I was way off lol. Awesome source and method of payment. Props buddy. Good job saving this swarm!
At a long black plastic bag store. lol
I cant believe they dont fly away when they see a big huge black plastic object coming to cover them up!
You made that as difficult as you possible could.....
A 5 gallon plastic bucket with lid works just as well and maybe better. Spray the swarm with sugar water.
How many people wearing headphones watching this dove and/or shook their head whenever a bee buzzed close by the camera? (i.e. 2:59 & 3:13)
Pure stress
Nice tape. Go Wolfpack!
These people saying things like: You killed some, oh thats so sad etc. etc. What would you prefer? People who afterwards provide a new home and take care of them? Or kill them with toxin? Get off your high horse and get back to reality you hippies! (P.S. to the guy who posted this video, keep up the great work!)
Thank you very much my friend---Don
your method is not only violent toward bees but is impossible not to know if you keep safe the queen
For 1 thing, it could be several queens in a swarm. 2nd at a later date he could find out about the queen or queens. 3rd You do it your way and he'll do it his way. 4th just cause you disagree doesn't make it wrong
You could leave them alone and go do something else?
Imagine some super-being shaking the fuck out of our planet because it wanted some trivial resource that it just "wanted because it tastes good for a second"?
lol ti skata hahaha
still you did it as best you could. cheers to that at least.
Great idea, a sliding bottom to the box would make the box and the transfer of the bees even more faster you wouldn't have to remove the top bag.
Great idea--- Thanks my friend---Don
lol "im trying not to squash em" *kills about 40 bees*
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
The dude is an absolute flog ay
I personally would not have done that. You have no idea if you possibly injured the queen in that chute. Just my opinion.....
I know what you are saying here--- however, the homeowner wants immediate removal --- their option is to spray them and kill all the bees--- I have never injured a queen doing this, in fact there has never been a dead bee in the capture box. Not much different than shaking a package hive into a super. Thanks for your input my friend---Don
you killed about six putting the lid on...
Amazing but still Scary!!! Thank you for loving our bees
So nice of you
Wow! Enjoyed this. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
i love bees🐝🐝🐝
Ok?
From Morocco, l say :you are fantastic,Really fantastic. !!!!!
GOOD JOB!!
wow nice work Sir
Don...CONGRATULATIONS!!
Self made man. I like it!!
How are they doing today?
Are they productive?
What kind are them? Italian?
Great job!!
Regards.
Fred.
They are dead
Good job
still u will have the bees for company. keep the faith. well done.
2:59 Warning jumpscare!
What would the change 🐝 for that 30 second 🐝 removal?
2:59 lol was scared about it hahahah
lol I jumped too.
hahahaha
I flinched ;p
oh nah you different bro
honey bees are not hornes or bumble bees.. they do not sting unless agressed.. we had a farm and our neighbor put hives all over our fields and we worked on our tractors there and we were never once stung. they flew all around us.. Bees are as sweet as the honey they make.
you are right, too bad most people are deadly afraid of them and will kill at any opportunity.
When do you put the frames in to the box? What's your logic in waiting until later?
Don Great Video
Home "sweet" home.
Me parece una excelente idea la forma de coger los enjambres. Probaré hacerlo así.
any port in a swarm
Aren't you glad those weren't Killer Bees?
Pretty cool.
BC the actual capture took 27 seconds and the total video length is 3 min. Parts is parts
Just curious...why not set up the hive adjacent to the swarm, use the bag/box trick like you did and capture the entire colony? Come back the next day, smoke them and relocate.
Anyway, thanks for saving as many as you did! Regards.
+Kntryhart property owner wanted immediate removal. I got most of the bees and they are doing well in their new home.
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Attach the bag to the side of the hive, catch the swarm, take them away, and wait for the bees to enter the hive in the next few days.
Definitely a lot easier ways.
What was that bottle of stuff u put on the lid and what does it do to them?
Just curious.. If you capture a swarm of bee's in a box, bag, etc... How do you know that they queen is safe? Or should i ask, what if they queen is damaged / killed in the process. Do you order a new queen for the swarm or will they produce another queen?
I have never lost a Queen --- she is in the center of the swarm. if she is lost you can buy another Queen, however they will know very soon she is missing--- they can produce another Queen if brood is available to them. Many will re-Queen the swarm anyway just to control the type of bee the hive will become.
Swarms are really cool to be around... fascinating to watch! My honey-of-a-hubby was working with the honeybees and my teen-aged nephew was invited to come along. A swarm was on a path flying fairly low above a gorgeous meadow of Illinois wildflowers, and met up with my tall nephew. They simply split up when they neared his face (who was not suited up yet); half the swarm flew to the right, and half flew to the left and met up just a few feet behind him and back into a football-shape like nothing ever happened. WHERE is a camera when you need one?!! My sweet nephew? Super calm, collected and delighted! He went home with an awesome story to share.
What kind of oil was that again?
Great video thanks
Great brave job.
"most forget .... a couple of drops...? "what is it ? inside the bottle ?
anise oil that can be bought from the grocery store.
Why did you not have foundation frames set up? I know the swarm wants to start drawing comb as soon as they can and should they take to the hive box they will draw cross comb.
foundations were in the lower frame--- that upper frame was removed the next day--- that upper frame was only on there to allow me to shake the bees into the box and then place the cover over it
yep i caught 5 or 6 swarms in the last 4 days, they are swarming.
nice!
Where are you?
Hi Don!
Im wondering why you don't spray the bees first and if the remaining bees that don't mke it into the chute follow you?
Thanks! Joyce
They probably would follow but I drove 8 miles away--- the remaining bees probably went back to their hive which will be close since they swarmed away from the hive and it is still there with all of their sisters raising a new Queen
when bees swarm they are docile and will not sting. look it up on the net
I'm surprised they did not misBEEhave when you were putting them in.
....stop
Bees go in a new home call honey
I would be running and screaming
I wonder if the bees wanted them removed too? ;)
They are very happy in their new home---Don
I have seen million of wasps bald face hornets, yellowjacket nests but I have never seen a wild bees nest. I saw a cave that had an entrance about 7 feet high and four feet across completely covered with millions of wasps. I this biggest wasp nest in history I am sure of it lol. Wonder where this is?
i need help urgently please i need a chemical that can be use to get rid of bees from a place (chemical that will not kill them but just to chase them out)