Hidden 90,000 Acre Alabama Family Compound
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2024
- I love a good adventure and I REALLY love getting lost in the woods. Some of my best adventure memories are pre cell phone times when I was lost on logging trails in bad weather with flooded roads or when I got lost in the southern California desert at night on a dirt bike. I have had more than my share of those experiences. If I had video footage from it I could start a pretty decent adventure channel.
I thought this trip might turn into one of those lost in the woods moments but once I found my way through this ninety thousand acre spread, there was only one way out. Getting in was a little challenging though. As you can imagine this is not an address that will pull up in Google maps. Once I was in, the first person I found was a gentleman in his late seventies who didn't roll out the red carpet for me. I introduced myself and explained who I was looking for only to get a mean look and long moment of silence while I assume he was contemplating whether or not to run me out of there. He then kind pointed up the road before driving off.
When I got to the place with the bee infestation I was welcomed warmly by a young man and his son who are recent additions to this community as handyman and caretaker. My customer and new beekeeping student arrived as I was completing the hive removal. She happily joined in on transferring bees to her new equipment. We spent a good bit of time talking winter strategy and what to expect come spring. I think she will make an incredible beekeeper.
Music from Epidemic Sound
Gutter Gator - Benjamin Kling
Venetian Blinds - Mattias Tell - Навчання та стиль
Hi Randy, with it being 9 degrees outside at the moment and more snow arriving, I'm so glad this showed up in my feed :) 90,000 acres? That's a Texas-Scale property! 06:21 A memory for life. 14:57 Ah yes, digging through the hive history, honey bee archeology :) 17:51 The crash course in handling bees begins. You're a fantastic ambassador for bees and beekeeping. What a great start to my day, thanks Randy! Superb photojournalism at the end... as always! You could easily work as a stringer for any online news outlet.
Thanks so much Fred. I pinned your comment because I REALLY want my friends to see how much potential I have as verified by "Uncle Fred". LOL
Looking forward to your winter beekeeping tips and photography.
To bad your dad was not with you on this one, he could have pointed out the queen right away. Don't worry, you will be able to identify a queen one day. Loved the pictures, and the music, at the end, you are almost as good of an artist as your wife. God's peace brother.
Jeff you are a rascal!
WOW
I love that she wants to both save and care for the bees!!
She was all about it.
Hey Randy,that's neat that the lady wanted to learn from you and keep the Bees👍.
I hope the cold didn't get as far as you,we are freezing up here 16° during the day and 2° at night 🥶.
JO JO IN VT 💞
We're having some below freezing nights lately, nothing too bad though. Y'all stay safe.
Randy, that video and your pictures at the end were just wonderful!
Thanks so much for taking the time to video and sharing the sights of your world. God bless.
It's my pleasure. I love sharing these shots.
Great video Randy ! Great to see that real America still exists , the backbone of our confused nation , also enjoyed your photography at the end !
My wife and son enjoyed meeting you at NAHBE !
You are right, that is the REAL America. NAHBE was big fun. I hope y'all took home good applicable information from it.
Randy, thanks for the great video and experience. I kept hoping you would show the woman how to scoop up a big handful of bees, but you are so patient. It's so kind of you to take the time to teach her. I love the beautiful photos and music at the end, too. So soothing. 🐝🐝🐝
Randy,
Thank you for documenting these deep country gems. Sights fairly commonplace, but won't always be.
I've run across a few this year with large land parcels but they are fewer and farther between.
I thought they liked it when you snapped that rubber band into a big cluster of bees. Especially when it's 70 degrees out. :)
They can't take a joke
Great video! The photography always seems to take me back to a 70's kind of feel that some of my area used to have. Thanks for the video.
I should have edited some of this video in sepai tone. haha
Love your photography 👍🏻
Thank you Mary
I always love watching the bee videos of course but Randy! Oh my goodness young man! Your photography and the music you choose at the end are the cherry on top for certain sure. BRAVO!
Thanks so much
GREAT Segment!!! Not to take away from the cutout, I loved it, but I really enjoyed the end, with the music and photos. Fab work ❤❤❤
So glad!
Still have that windshield 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Those things are expensive :)
I really love the music you put on your photo montages.❤And your photos are amazing😘👌🏻
Glad you like them!
You have a real good eye for photography. And not so bad at the teaching side of bee keeping either!
Thank you Sonia
Don't you wish all cutouts went like that. looked like a good one. I got called to a water meter cut out this month go figure mid January. Hope they stay alive.
Another great vid thanks.
Good stuff Randy. Thanks for taking the time.
Thanks for watching!
Dirt roads in the south 😮 I was amazed. As always Great video Randy!!!
Southern dirt roads... So many songs could be written. :)
Dream Big brother 🙏
2024 we're going real big.
@@628DirtRooster Always brother 🙏 Dream Big brother 🙏
I was on Mr Eds this morning, I was explaining on his channel I got interested in watching the Bee stuff a couple of yrs ago here on your page, because my Boston was attacked by some other dogs. They ate her back legs up really bad, it looked like hamburger meat. I thought i was going to have to have her put down because she was going to loose both back legs. But the vet said we have a new treatment lets try it out & see what happens. They called it a wet/sugar treatment. I had to take her to the vet like every 2 or 3 days have her badges changed along with her treatments. They were able to save one leg.. come to find out the treatment was HONEY!! So now i keep raw uncut honey at all times. About a week ago i guess she got her one leg cut across the scar area, it was swollen and bleeding. She couldnt walk she was just dragging it. So i cleaned her leg really good, put honey around her wound wrapped it up, the swelling was down within a couple of days and now shes going like nothing was wrong. I knew honey was good for you but for open wounds ect was new to me. That stuff really is liquid gold! ❤❤❤
They use it in hospitals for packing wounds too.
@@628DirtRooster I hope people really start seeing that honey is way more beneficial that just to eat.. it was amazing for what it did for my Dixie "my dog" ... Definitely liquid gold!
Hey Randy! The photos you took at the end of the video were just amazing! Loved them! And seeing your little granddaughter on her bike! Say hi to your daddy for us! Hope he's doing better! We'll be ordering some more honey soon! God bless!
I'll show dad your comment. He's doing better.
Fun re-living those beginner moments
Its always a pleasure to walk someone through their first time handling bees.
This kind of reminded me of my Great Great Grandfathers old place in Mississippi. We used to go there all the time when I was young. I don't think any family own any of it now. Great video.
My grandfather on my mom's side had a 1,200 acre farm in Wayne county MS. He passed when I was a toddler and that farm land got divided between his ten kids. When I was growing up my mom had two hundred acres and the old home place. We used to spend holidays and some weekends up there working on the place and I always said that's where I was going to live when I grew up. She sold it all off when I was a teenager so that dream died. haha Other family members still have their land up there, but I only go visit once every few years..
That's my dream right there. Have a nice size family compound.
As long as you didn't here dueling banjos you knew you would be ok
I was listening. ;)
Educational and entertaining.
Another great vid brother! Absolutely love them all
Much appreciated!
I don't know any more about bee keeping than what your and a couple other equally fabulous channels as well have imparted on me. That to say, "how in the world do you do any kind of moving/removing without a vacuum?" Great job, as always
Been real cold up here on the Michigan/Canadian border. The Video and pictures you make and take are truly amazing and beautiful!
Are you going to be doing any beeswax melting videos and how are your bees doing ? You take some amazing pictures I love your pictures
Bees are flying pretty good on warm days. We will be doing a spring wax video.
Enjoyed the video. Really like the pictures at the end. Need to get some more dirt rooster merch. Missed getting it this year at the conference. Hopefully next one for sure. Take care
Don't miss 2025 :)
You just took this video to another level by accompanying your slide show with the music.Very fitting soundtrack ,keep it up !
I listed to music for a while to find a good fit. Thanks for commenting.
Love, love, love the pics, Randy!
That land makes me envious! It sure was nice of you to take time with her and let her scoop some bees. Great video Randy!
Like watching your kid take their first steps. lol
She's going to make a great beekeeper.
Dang , I love your channel....and I love your photos even more... thanks for another great video!
Great vid as always Randy!
Loved watching you teach that young lady. Well done sir
Beautiful shots.
When you get your shock absorbers replaced, you might want to replace your windshield also. If you have glass coverage on your insurance policy, it will pay for the windshield replacement.
I checked on that. The deductible on my policy is $250 on windshield replacements. I think a windshield is cheaper than that. The cracks are well below my line of site though, so they haven’t really bothered me.
Enjoyed the video my friend.
Thank you Bruce. Alabama rules! :)
Time for a new windshield
I'm going to have to break open my piggy bank.
Was wondering what size rubber bands for crisscrossing a deep frame. Love the videos. Thanks.
Nice windshield
Yep, it’s for sale
Isn't a 90,000 acre compound really called a Plantation in the south? That's over 140 square miles! That would be a good sized ranch in western Nebraska.
It’s just pine forests. There is no farm land to speak of.
@@628DirtRooster Thanks for all of your videos!! What you saw on those 90,000 acres was more than likely not what that land looked like 100 years ago. Back then there were much larger trees. Red Cedar trees up to 3 feet in diameter and 50 feet tall. Yellow heart pine 6 feet in diameter and 70 feet tall.
If it was part of a plantation, they harvested a lot of the old-growth trees to build ships, businesses, homes and to fuel the fires of industry.
Here is an excerpt from this website: forestry.alabama.gov/Pages/Management/Forms/History_State_Forestry.pdf
During the years 1818 and 1819, a man by the name of John Landreth was employed by the
US Board of Navy Commissioners as a surveyor of Live Oak and Red Cedar. The wood of
these two species was essential to the shipbuilding industry-particularly the construction of
warships.
His job was to reserve for the public domain certain sections of land on which Live Oak and
Red Cedar occurred in abundance. He journeyed to the southern part of Clarke County, which
was then a part of Monroe County. The following excepts have been taken from his journal:
Visited Cedar Creek;
should be reserved
T.6,R.4E, Monroe County, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12
- 5,760 acres containing Red Cedar.
T.7,R.4E, Monroe County, Sections 32, 33, 34 and fraction Section 29 should be reserved
- 2,320 acres contain Red Cedar
Red Cedar trees 1 to 3 feet in diameter and 40 to 50 feet in height, clear of limbs. On the
8,080 acres, there are 80,000 tons or 3,200,000 feet of prime Red Cedar. Yellow heart
pine 3 to 6 feet in diameter and 60 to 70 feet clear of limbs. Also considerabte quantity
of elegant White Oak.
Although Landreth did not qualify his estimate, it is believed that he was referring to cubic
feet rather than board feet and to merchantable volume in squared timbers rather than in standing
trees. The term “board foot” was not in common use at the time. Instead, “superficial foot”
(surface foot) was used in describing the contents of planks and boards.
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Stay warm Rick :)
That's a 140 square mile compound. That's a big ole place.
Please let me know I’ve been following your travel for some time and Mr. ed
I'm not sure what You're looking for Kenneth. That last message looks like you're speaking in code.
What kind of bees were those. Bodies looked darker in color.
Italian
where's the tea guy at?¿
Who's the tea guy?
Do you use automotive under coating to cover the cite the hive was located? I had heard pruning seal works but is not as good as the under coating. Just thought to ask.
I don't. I could do a whole video on why not but proper maintenance trumps any of those tricks.
Question, kind sir: how many times did you get stung in this removal?
Not sure. Maybe fifteen.
Can you tell me what the property prices are in that area,?
Not sure
They only go to town for bacon, flour, dry powder, and bullets! Lol
Back in my dealership days, when backup alarms and backup camera first came out, those vehicles always had damage in the rear 😂 Also, i once took my step son trick or treating in a massive housing development (1,500 houses on 1/4 acre lot massive) and got lost in that. I'd much rather be lost on 90,000 acres in Alabama 😂
I got lost in a housing development like that one time before cell phones and GPS.
That was an awesome video Randy, really love the ending with the song and the pictures, real America , love it!
Gotta love that country living. Yes to "real America"
The stills at the end of your videos have become a highlight for me.
It seems a lot of folks would agree with you. I might need a channel just for that. haha
I do love you little photo sessions of what always seems to be the real america.... I remember your little church town and few others over the years...still now family compound..... I was getting Justified Raylan Givens vibes lol :):)
Not Justified?? LOL
@628DirtRooster yes love that show. I am in Ireland so totally understand that local keep them fools from over the mountain away from our woman 😆
Another good one man!!! I have been watching a few everyday but some have been older ones. I like watching your dad in the older ones. He is a precious soul. Keep making all the videos you can with him in them. One day you will be glad you did.
I also love your still photography! You do a really good job composing and framing your shots. You have a good eye too. I also shoot Nikons. My current bodies are a D300 and also a D3S full frame. I got into photography back in the mid to late 70’s while in the navy shooting 35mm. Then in the mid 80’s I bought a medium format film camera and even had a studio for a couple of years. I’m 65 now and retired. I haven’t shot much the last few years but I plan to get back at it pretty soon. It seems like everybody that has a cellphone thinks they are a photographer now 😂.
Digital is great now but something I’ve noticed and realized not too long ago…..You remember back in the day you could go to pretty much anyone’s house and the walls would be covered in pictures. Since digital cameras came out and everyone having a cell phone they take tons of pics but most people don’t ever have any prints made and there’s just not as many pictures hanging on those walls.
Sorry, I know you are busy and I didn’t mean to ramble and take up your time. Now, back to videos!!!!
I've been wanting to get into medium format. I still shoot some 35mm with a Nikon N4004s and a Yashica Electro 35. I hadn't noticed about the decline in photos on people's wall but now that you say that it's pretty obvious. Even in our house, we have a lot of art but not a lot of photography. My parent's house has more pictures (all old of course).
Have you ever run into any killer bees?
No
I love your end of video slideshows! The one of family on the curb tugged a heart string.
That was a pretty good lucky shot.
really cool you showing the homeowner how to handle the bees.
Thankful she was eager to learn.
Are you selling any of your hives a vase yet or is it gonna be another month before you be selling the electric got me come through and sprayed my Beijing care of them out three years ago I figured I wait before I put them back in and I gave the electric get me my opinion is are spraying very heavy but Shan jet before they hatch frayed and I ignored him
My goodness, that has got to be the cleanest Dollar General I have seen. Beautiful sunset/ music.
We been seeing some incredible sunsets lately.
We both know mr Ed wouldn't have took this job
He wouldn’t venture into the woods like that.
Nice job!! Good to have help. Thanks Randy!
That's one of those laid back, slow pace jobs. No hurry because it's so easy.
@@628DirtRooster I love them!! Hope you’re staying warm. It only made it to 31 here today.
Enjoy the cutouts, also glad you share your photography. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great video Randy. Enjoyed it!
Thank you my friend.
Awesome video man. Keep up the good work bud.
Thanks for the visit
Fantastic video!! New beekeepers on site and learning!!
I appreciate the views and glad we're helping.
Beautiful photos at the end. Very interesting about the bees. I’ve learned a lot from watching you.
Thanks for hanging out with us.
Hey brother great to see you
Good to see you here Randle.
Enjoyed the photos. Thanks for posting.
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Really like you extras to videos. Your good with camera. And bees. Thanks
Thank you Buck
Do you know what the difference is between your channel and Mr.Eds is? I have to use closed caption to understand what he is saying 😂😂😂, no just kidding love watching all you guys channels, I have learned so much about bees to the point I want to start keeping bees myself. Thank you but Mr. Ed needs to give more energy while he's doing videos he's kind of sluggish 😂😂😂😂. We know that's a lie.😂😂😂
LOL I sent him this comment. We had a good laugh.
@@628DirtRooster I'm glad you all enjoyed it.
@@628DirtRooster Have you ever heard of the "bush bee man"? He's a character funny entertaining to watch.
@@dlyall26 I have seen some of his videos.
Nice UFO's flying off into the sunset pic @ 34:02 and great relocate vid. Thanks.
:) Lights inside the restaurant reflecting off the window I was shooting through.
@@628DirtRooster awww man, you ruined it lol. Awesome photography btw.. you got an eye for the good stuff. Keep em coming.
Kuntry Comhither 😅
That needs to be the name of a cologne.
Nice work my friend.
Thanks buddy
Living in places like this is what I love even though they have to pump sunshine to me.
These folks were definitely in the sticks.
O man that shots on the end are Amazing
Thank you Benjamin
You ever gonna get that crack in your windshield fixed?
I probably will this year. Truck is broke down right now.
Randy how did y’all make out with the cold
Only one busted water line so far.
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿😎
Thanks
Most of my kin folk are from Brewton and Atmore Alabama of course they are laid to rest. I have always been drawn there but have never been.
You've got to go!
Does redneckonov resemble the smell of cold snacks??? 🍺🐝
On hot days it does.
I m glad wait wasn’t too long. 😂.
Did I mention they locked me in? LOL
I think they did 😂
First it’s been a long time since I got first
And I didn't even give you a heads up.
This is why I always tow an off-grid camper with six months worth of supplies and enough solar to power an electric whiskey still. You just can`t take any chances trusting GPS systems anymore!
Haha That off grid life!
That's cool when someone is so ready to learn more about bees and even touch them. UPD: Good I read the description, cause it was exactly the point. Still, good to have more people learning it
She was definitely eager.
Rooster how do the bees get or make the wax????? I’ve probably heard you say before but I can’t remember nothing.
Hey Randle. They produce it from glands on their abdomens.
Lol on the title of the video..
It's true, but also I couldn't think of a better title. haha
Your tougher than me. At ten stings I’ll be looking for some gloves lol
I'm just used to it. Ten is a good start. haha
If I found out that a big human is breaking the walls in my house I will be pissed too😅
I recon so! :)
I DONT LIKE ARTZY FARTZY CRAP NEVER HAVE but I like yours I pray you find Jesus Not in a building not in a religion there are many blind leading blind in theses places Some very good people in theses places But I pray you find the truth There is MANY wolfs in sheep's clothing also You need a personal relationship you and Jesus you and YOUR Father God 3 in one Father son holy spirit!! God bless you and yours
I’m always interested, does they use in general a entrance from the higher or lower side
They really are just limited to the openings that are already on a structure since they don't chew hard materials very well.
Ya it is good to not have mowers etc. making noise but if it would have been a cut out like you an your father had the yellow jackets under that trailer a year or two ago where the yellow jackets eat your lunch so bad . Something like that no one could hear you scream if needed . Ya that was a good quick cut out . That was very nice of you to let that woman get her feet wet . Also love the pictures an music at the end. Thanks
The moment I saw her in the bee suit, I thought "she needs a baseball cap in there." Yup.
Yep, she would have seen the need for a cap real quick with your bees.
The Dirt 🐓
On a dirt road no less.
I really don’t like commercials
I always have to go in after the fact and chop down the frequency. UA-cam like to run a commercial every two seconds.
What brand of bee suit would u suggest ,,,, need real good suit ...
Guardian Bee Apparel
@@628DirtRooster I appreciate it , thanks ...
Best suits on the market!!!
@@horizontalbees3480 Glad too know it , allergic bee farmer you know ....
But I want too work my own bees ..
Will get it ordered tks.