What Do Bees Really Drink?
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Dad's long hives were built by www.horizontalbees.com/
Mom's yellow bee suit was purchased through hillcobees.com/
The whole end of the video was a microphone fail. I had my wireless mics, which I never use, hooked up wrong so sound was recorded through the Iphone mic rather than the Rode wireless mic. This added wind nose, limbs bragging across the camera and me breathing. I had already shot that talking head segment while sitting in my truck but it was dull and I didn't like the audio since the truck and A/C were running when I did it. I figured I'd add some visual elements and better audio to that talk. The video part was improved but I crapped the bed on the audio part. I only discovered this while editing and just didn't feel like doing it again. Oh well, live and learn.
Hope y'all enjoyed the video.
Music is though Epidemic Sound
Beyond Elysium - Wellmess
The River's Gonna Cry When You're Gone (Instrumental Version) - Loving Caliber - Навчання та стиль
Great to see your dad scootin around, your mom is so adorable the way she was not letting her hands out of that suit really made me smile.
Take care😊
Yes! Thank you!
Oh it’s so good to see your daddy- he’s looking so good :). Love it that your momma is trying out the bees :). Thanks for taking us along
Nice shirts Dirt, I see you’re offering Yappy Yellow & Yappy Orange. 🤣
Cool your Mom is trying her hand. 👍🐝👍
Is that a hazmat suit or a bee suit? Lol.
Love the shirts, mom was so cute with her hands tucked in her bew suite ❤️ good to see dad! thanks on water i noticed alge water end on fresh wet garden dirt. O sweet wife she amazing.
Bless you guys
Hahaaaaa......even your mom loves Yappy orange
Yappy orange! Love it! I think they need to make Yappy orange a queen marking color 😂
My apologies for the delay in this comment: I would suggest you look into Forearm Cructches for your dad, while he is working in the yard. The fore arm cuff will keep the crutch on his arm when he lets go of the handles. That way he never has to set his 'canes' down and look for them later. Now, that could trip him, as well; so try renting some for a month or so, to let him try tem.
I've had to deal with elderly relatives with ambulatory issues most of my life. The joys of having longevity genes, when 85 is common, 95 is easily reached, and a couple of triple digits in our family.
I LOVE your eclectic choice in music. It's all good. Wicked Awesome.
Thanks for the tip. Hadn't thought of those.
Great to see your dad. A little slower, but still has the step and his sense of humor. Now it's Mom's turn. You are doing great Randy. I enjoyed the topic. Take care and God bless you all.
Always makes my day seeing your dad out in the bee yard. :)
Bees drink that muddy water and not Bug Light.
Great to see Wilford he's looking great.
Those shirts look great, and they come in normal sizes... you know the ones with X's in them! 😅
They like a nice full bodied mud water.
Great to see you dad up and around, and Oh my gosh your mum is such a beautiful lady!! Hx
They love dog bowls. My neighbor had bees. I had many a sting trying to rescue bees drowning the dog bowl
Yes they do
I liked this video a lot because I enjoyed seeing your Mom and Dad and Friend in the beginning. Pleasesant to see. Thanks for the bee drinking information, too. I waiting for a jar of your honey; looking forward to enjoying that, too.
Have a nice day.
Enjoyed seeing your mom. Thanks for sharing her😊
On a couple of my hives I have landing boards of 4"x 4" plastic foundation and I noticed when the dew is on them in the morning the bees are getting the water off of the foundation, otherwise they are around our pond edges, and the water above the mud until stirred is still seemingly clear. It doesn't seem to bother these amazing creatures. Don't you just love them!
I read a Louie L'Amour book where the protagonist followed bees to a water source in the desert. Years later I was hiking outside of Yuma, AZ. and bee went by and then another. I told my trail partner that there was water up ahead. We step around this large, house size, boulder and on the down hill side there was a pocket of muddy water with 15 or 20 bees lining the 'shore'. He looks at the water and shakes his head, "How you know that?" There was also a dead ground squirrel in the pool, something else indeed.
I want a T shirt with a front pocket ! Pretty sweet! I have a small solar fountain near my beehives. I add just a little sea salt to it for them and they love it ! I have a neighbor that wasn't happy about my bees hanging around his pool. I asked what kind of system he had and it was a saltwater system. That is a bee magnet! LOLOLOL
Salt in a fountain is a great idea
I have a stream running through my yard and when it gets low i throw some salt around the edges and they really go after the water that soaks up close to the salt and around the ground by it . I also try to keep some of it running so the banks stay wet. I have a bucket with some old metal detecting finds in it and I keep water in it and they really like it also. Hopefully mom will get more comfortable with the bees and enjoy them. ❤️🐝👍
Sarah was so funny in that bee suit
She was getting a little panicky. haha
When I lived in the Idaho desert, I enjoyed watching honey bees drink from my leaking outside faucet. They came in swarms..pretty cool to sit among them.
I'm amazed they survive in the desert.
The shirts look great and good colours the yellow is my favorite nice video you hav some busy busy bees in your yard 😉 🐝🐝🐝🐝
I don’t think I’ve ever seen your mom before! Nice to see your dad on two feet. ❤️ yes I have noticed bees love the run off from my chicken coop water(so gross) but lol they love it
Really liked the music selection in this video. Hope you mom didn't get stung. Hope dad continues the fight against the wheelchair.
One of the best salts to mix with water for your bees is Celtic Salt-due to its high mineral content.
If it's good for us it's probably good for them.
Getting your mom to actually go near hives is awesome :) It's never too late to start beekeeping :D
So true!
Hi ya from across the pond in UK, Your wife and mumma are sooo pretty, love your channel, good to see your dad looking so well too, xxx
I have always believe that too. I see them in drying up ditches all the time.
I don't have any bees, but recently a hive has found my bird-baths and I have filled them with some rocks and stuff so they have spots to land. I see as many as 30-40 bees at once on them sometimes. My curiosity has me really wondering where the hive is though. It's been fun watching them
That's really interesting. I have water out in the garden all the time for our resident Hedgehogs, & birds, so the Bees always have something to drink too. However, I've noticed that they'll come to the beds if I have to water, or the tubs with drip trays where the water has filtered through the compost. I've seen the birds make the same choice, so I assume they're doing it for the minerals too.
They don't like water with Chlorine! I have a rain barrel and they love it when we have a heavy rain and it over full and water on the top. There was a wild hive somewhere near me about a year a go here in town. And the bees were all over my rain barrel when it was full. I put something under one side so the water only covered half the top and they could land on the top and walk to the edge and drink. On hot days ( in Florida is almost every day) it looked lake a swarm. They didn't care if I walked around them, they just wanted the water! Some one found the swarm in a house near me and got it out. There will be another swarm near me someday and I will have that water for them when they need it. I got where I could walk past them and let them buzz around me. They didn't care and I didn't care. Bees don't make good pets, they will not let you play with them and pet them! LOL!
The bees love the saltwater swimming pools!
Yay for mom! When our kids were keeping bees, I suited up to observe their hives. I was afraid of bees, but after that day, I no longer have fear.
Loved seeing all the fam!
And I'm going to have to get one of those chalky mint tees...my favourite colour.
I've been wearing mine a good bit and it's not a color I would typically wear.
Dang it, I thought it was moss that only grows on the north side of said 🌳 tree🏡 That Bee suit is from the old Saturday Night Live Skit Killer 🐝 Bees
Been watching you for a couple, three years now. Always entertaining, usually educational. Just to let you know, I like this hodgepodge of odds and ends. Kinda like a day in the life- but more to the point, maybe a month in the life. Anyway, just keep doing you, and posting it, and we'll keep watching it, and pop that thumbs up button. Thanks!
Randy I like the shirt you had on the intro, Thanks for showing us. See you later from the SBA Club. Enjoyed the video as always.
Love it ,Here bumblebees are going crazy for the raspberries flowers
It's totally awesome to see your folks! I have learned a few tricks from your pop!
Thanks for sharing.
Bee Happy
HBM
Awesome! Thank you!
Hey. That coral shirt on special order was mine... absolutely love the comfort feel
We’ve got a few guys, myself included, who wear them all the time because of how comfortable they are.
Randy thanks for sharing 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for watching
@@628DirtRooster my home is your home just saying
Good to see your dad getting around. Love your mom in her Yappy orange suit.
Animals and insects are very resourceful, especially when it comes to food and water.
Nice to see your mom and dad. And so interesting to learn about what bees like to drink. Thanks!
Y'all make me smile!
Great looking T-shirts. Tell your mom she did great, another new beekeeper. Thanks for the info and showing us what else you do👍
Always enjoy your videos
Yes. We have a leaky hose and window AC they drink from. Green algae is present in both places. I sometimes catch them sipping from the green moss that grows under those same areas. And they like the morning dew from my strawberry leaves. When I water, they're already hard at it.
I'll have to look at our strawberry beds.
@@628DirtRooster I catch them also on the drain holes of my potted plants, too. Wherever they sniff it out. Horse troughts are also popular places they congregate.
@@gazinta When we water our raised beds they drink from the wet dirt. It's not even a puddle. They are just sucking moisture out of the dirt and mulch.
@@628DirtRooster yep. The drain holes and sometimes after it rains, I catch them in the downspout telling me it's time to clean the gutters.
Pine needles.
I have an Italian queen, and most of the bees in the hive drink red wine, Chianti, etc.
we have a well son our place. the well is pumping from 600' deep. no chemicals
like what you get in city tap water. My wife will fill up a bird bath sometimes twice a day.
Great to catch-up w/our favorite bee keepin’ family! Love the t-shirts! Super! 🐝
Bees seem to like dirty water!!! Good to see your dad!!! Thanks!!!
Really nice shirts! Thanks for your help over the years.
I haven’t seen your dad since a video where you both worked on hives. ❤. Never seen your mom. She’s very pretty and of course dad is quite handsome. The shirts look great!! Is that comfort fit or whatever you called it comfort something the better grade T-shirt material? Ryan Hall Y’all’s shirts have a similar name and are sooo comfortable.
Enjoyed the info on what bees drink. Wow.
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Another thing bees drink: in one of JP's removal videos, he found pink honeycomb because the bees were drinking the red nectar from a hummingbird feeder.
Hey My Man, where you been? Glad to see you back for sure........🤝🏾🇺🇲💪🏾🙏🏾
I put a small brown mineral salt block in a tub of water with floats for them to land on and they love that set up.
Good idea
Randy, this video is as fine as the other videos you put out. Nice to see your family enjoying bees, suited or not so suited. Nice bit of activity clearly captured there towards the end in the trees. Just an otherwise fine video with an informational ending. Thank you! -Bob...
I like the Orange shirt with pocket a lot! Will be ordering!
Awesome shirts!!!
Great seeing your dad again!!! Nice to see your mom getting involved.
Thanks for sharing.
I ordered a xl shirt and received it today. I usually wear L but this fits small, I love it but wondered if I can send back and exchange for xxl, if not I understand!
Tella your mom she isn't an official beekeeper until she loses her hive tool a couple dozen of times. Like the Swarm Catcher shirts. Hope you have them at Hive Life.
Do great to see your parents out having fun ( an your mom for the first time in the bee yard ) what a cute couple. You are correct the bees like dirtier water I think also . Thanks
Long busy period of work means i've got a queue of videos to catch up on. Good to see those ;Swarmcatcher' t-shirts still going. Might have to buy a new colour that i'll wear in the summer. Over here, our bees drink Earl Grey tea and like a cucumber sandwich - usually around four O'Clock. You Dad is looking well but...How come your mum looks younger than you?? 😆😆
Hey Randy. Good to see your Dad up and looking so good. Looks like he's got a lot of his strength back. Always enjoy your videos. Keep em coming sir.
Thanks 👍 He was having a good day.
Good to see you, hope your well😊
Frederick Dunn has a video or two on bees drinking and their preferences with clear, salted water and I think other supplements.
Pond water is like Brawndo for bees, it has what bees crave 🤓🐝
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I think they use the algae to hold onto while they drink so they don't have to worry about getting washed away
Water? Oh wow, I was kind of right, but nuances are intetesting
That blue is 🔥
Love your t shirts I'm getting one for me and my neighbor
Ours love the latrine corner of the pig pens, must be full of trace minerals.
Mmmm Mmmm good. lol
So funny that is so true they like my pots the plants are in
It’s been a long time since you posted! I missed your videos a lot because the are the best!
Three beekeepers in her immediate family for all these years and just now checking out a hive?
I may have to to get some of those, but pockets rock.😁
I know the bees around my mom’s house likes to drink the dogs water when I forget to empty it before he goes on the road with me so it sits all week outside
Nice shirts! Like the bee flag idea. My bees definitely prefer the pond, creek and mud puddles over clean water. Enjoyed the video. Good to see your family. Take care.
I love the new shirts❤
We just put up a saltwater pool in our backyard and my bees have discovered it. Apparently bees love saltwater because my bees are all over my pool.
I love videos with the family ❤. An I will admit when I first got into bees I always set them out water. But I too learned from the girls to stuff my clean water up my booty!! They didn’t want it .. they loved the pond water an the algae side was where they always went an still go..🤷🏻♂️ an I have learned the girls are smarter than me when it comes to what they need😂😂 but I am learning ever day it’s a learning experience every day
I'll bet they go for "ugly" water because it's less likely for the bees to get seen by fishes, so more bees who drank from "safe" water sources survived.
I love tho orange suit
My friend is a beekeeper. His bees prefer swimming pool water after the kids have been in it( urine mix).
😆
Got my shirts finally.. whoop 🙌
Randy I have used the water off of water I melted down wax witch bees seem to take it even mixed 3 to 1 our nectar flow is slow now in Darlington S.C.
Alot of populise and honey in water helps for sure but if we had nectar I've seen them walk thru honey
Yes! When we use our turkey roaster to refine wax and the wax solidifies and cracks the bees will drink all that nasty water from under the wax as they can get to it. I usually break the wax to give them access.
Whats your thoughts on the Hillco Bee Suit? it looks nice as having ventilated fabric.. Bees drink from potted plants and nasty rain buckets. I put out a self watering planter tray filled with stones and the bees were hitting it hard before the nectar started coming in, now very few bees.
May I ask the process of engraving the (STINGER) ON THE BOX?
I've been looking for a clean way of permanently marking my boxes.
Thanks for your videos.
Roll Tide Roll!
Randy, John Marshall here. I like that orange pocket-tee that you showed in this video. What do I need to do to get some of your tees with pockets. I heard Liz say they are special order. Can I get in on some of those?
I also like my tee shirts to have a pocket
Your mom is so beautiful. What happened to you boys?😂😂😂😂😂Just teasing. Actually you look just like your mom.❤
We took after our dad. :(
my bees always drink water from the surface of my potted plants, sucking moisture from the dirt... Minerals....that's what they want.
How do they drink? Do they lap or suction the water? Do they prefer to land at the edge of a pond or creek? Do they drink on the fly? I will be trying to keep bee's at my desert property and will have a pond with an aeration fountain so I'm wondering if they would drink on the fly from the fountain or should I make sure there's a landing place where they can reach the water to drink. 🐝
Your momma looks like she could have been 12 when you were born. Pretty lady! Tell E I can't wait to see the new women's shirts!
I won't give her age away but she's a few years older than my dad.
Omg they think shes a big sunflower lol
When you coming to Arizona to catch a few hives? we have too many, take some with you.
Maybe that can be a winter gig.
bee's make and drink MEAD!!!!! :)
What frames do you put in your NUC box? How do you prepare them, please and thanks
I need a link to those flags. If it's a thing, I'll need a couple dozen. @8:25
It’s really hard to set pockets