12:11 i noticed a rather large clump of bees to the right in the video frame, about a meter away from the round white lit belonging to the bucket. Seen it many times now at the place i work where beekeepers place their hives to have them feed and pollinate our crops. Lovely honey but at times it's a bit awkward when swarms appear from them, resembling that clump of bees right there.
Apiary: for apes. Aviary: for things which fly. Anything else: for fuzzy-wuzzies. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy wuzzy.
Me and the rest of the internet have something to say, We are sick of clickbait titles. "you wont believe it!!" "I opened this box and then this happened.." Dont be that guy...nobody likes that guy...
@@Skinnamarink. Yes, but you get your revenge by NEVER WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS. It's easy to spot a clickbait type of title: it's a generic title like "Amazing! You'll never believe that... just wait till you see what these people did... etc." You'll notice that the title doesn't contain any information at all.
I had a huge colony of mason bees in my garden. I could go sit in the middle of them, they would come and land on me, rest, then fly off. Bees are amazing little creatures. I love them.
I let a guy bring 10 hives onto my property last summer because he wanted to harvest the blackberry and I think maple tree pollen, etc. from my area. I had him put them 200' from my motor home and on the opposite side of a shed. When I went outside to sit and enjoy the sun I would have two bombard me and buzz in my ear. I hated it and told them to leave me alone but eventually had to move inside. They were obnoxious but I guess there wasn't enough for them to do than bug me. I thought they were some aggressive strain because usually they don't bother people if you don't bother them. I'm not sure if I'm going to allow him to bring them back. I feel guilty to my neighbors for bringing them into the neighbor hood even though I own 5 acres. No neighbors complained but then I did not tell them I brought them in.
@@timsteinkamp2245 Big fail. Reason one: Honeybees fly around 300feet/100metres from their hive. No shit Sherlock that you encountered them at 200ft. Reason two: 10 hives on five acres is too many bees for the area. This forces the bees to fly further out. So: Please put only 2 hives on 5 acres and you are doing better for yourself and the bees. Pity that your beekeeper friend just dumped ten hives on you without consideration. You should tell him what a nincompoop he was.
@@donaldduck830 I was thinking they were African Honey Bees. Thanks for that. He would leave the property with his suit on in his truck. I haven't heard from him yet this year. I did tell him they were aggressive and I'm not sure he will contact me again.
@@scienceornot A lot of universities will have websites about how to promote native pollinators in your area. Not all bees live in big hives, so it may be easier than you think!
Production quality is lacking.. repeating the same information multiple times, felt like a waste of time to watch/enjoy, especially without experience to provide interest/reason to continue watching.
I'm not sure how this got into my YT feed but I'm glad as hell it did! This was fantastic!!! I've often wondered how apiaries work and you've given me a whole new appreciation for bee-keepers! I don't understand a lot of the terminology you use but still! Still, utterly fascinating!!! I can't imagine the time spent by humans over the centuries to learn to understand how all of this works!! You are a fantastic presenter and I'd love to learn more! I'll be checking in again! Thanks! P.S. Why do you call it 'abandoned' when all the necessary functionaries are present and actively using the hive?
@@verasmith4767 Yeah... It made me wonder what they do when they just buzz around like that! Are they on patrol/sentry duty? If so, one might expect them to attack like crazy! Clearly, they aren't off looking for pollen!
I don't really know anything about bee hives or the process of them. When you said they where abandoned, do you mean whoever owned the hive abandoned them or the original bee colony left and the wild ones moved in? Just trying to understand since I might want a bee hive on my property in the future
What hard work I was offered a neglected Hive I sat down 15 feet from hive to observe in a few mins Guard bees came out I did not move I did in another 5 mins they came in force I moved I did sort that hive out was covered in bees but they were good workers
At least you know it’s pure. The cheap supermarket honey is adulterated with glucose/sugar syrup . That’s why it’s cheaper than pure honey. No comparison in the taste though. Pure honey is so much better.
I wish that the camera would have closer. It would have been so interesting and so much fun to be able to actually see this abandoned hive. Disappointing.
@@BlackMountainHoney You responded so nice that now I feel guilty for writing what I did! Your commentary and presentation were very good though. I hope to watch even more of your videos! Again, I apologize if I came across as a jackass.
@@iowasenator Not at all! I love constructive feedback. Its a great point. The video does imply you'll get a closer look and it would have been cool to get the camera in a bit closer. Ill definitely do that next time 😎
@@BlackMountainHoney Thank you, I'll definitely appreciate it! By the way, how far are you from Lincolnshire? I'm an American but, my father's family is from there and Leicestershire too.
What do you mean the owner doesn’t want any bees left??? I’m allergic to bees yet would never consider kicking out bees in our time of global need for bees.
You are apparently willing to die to be kind to the bees. Some are not so willing. This owner said they were stinging his dogs. I guess he preferred his dogs were happy.
@@edmartin875 there are many sides to every story. Bees work off energy just as we do and dogs do. They will only sting when antagonised. I walk bare foot thru our fields of bees all the time and have never been stung…nor have our dogs.
Sorry, but you actually need to be careful with that. At least in central Europe where I live, there are already too many beehives and the endangered species is not the domesticated bee, but wild bees and bumblebees which face hunger with too many honeybees competing with them. I have a garden and have several plants that only bumblebees pollinate and feed on, so domesticated honeybees only take away other foodstuffs from the bumblebees when the special plants are not blooming. And you should take into account that bumblebees don't form hives and don't have the massive storage with which to survive lean times. That is also why bumblebees fly in almost all kinds of weather, while honeybees are much less industrious. This is important due to the very unrealiable weather here. So: While I love honey almost as much as Pooh, we need to be careful about the number of honeybee hives on the available land and not to crowd too much. Besides, crowding only leads to further disease. Thank you for your consideration.
@@donaldduck830 they’re pretty good where I live. Beekeepers adhere to strict guidelines. It’s not unheard of to hear about this or that hive being destroyed if something isn’t right. I plant a vegetable garden every year for spring, summer & cold weather veggies along with various flowers for beauty as well as pollination. Albeit, I go thru many plants & pollinate them myself by shaking the flowers or using a small paint brush to move pollen from male to female flowers.
Listening with ear buds sounds like the bees are swarming around your head! Actually caught myself swatting them away before I realized what I was doing. ;-)
I was stung a lot as a kid, so I've got a bit of a phobia of bees... that said, I always like to see honeybees taken care of. They're great for farmers, and for the honey I use in my tea. Wasps, though... they can all die in a fire.
The wasps eat the bad bugs, and they do their bit in pollination, so I don't mind them too much (just give them a wide berth and prevent attracting them). I will be setting up yellow jacket traps this year, tho, now that I know how to really catch the little buggers.
Some folks grumble about how bees are kept. Look at this though, those ladies, even given freedom to go anywhere else, find any wild place to settle in, were quite content to continue to use that old apiary. I'd say that means they like it there, eh? I'm so glad the ladies are healthy, as friendly as the colony is and how well they put up with you, I gotta hope this can be salvaged. *watching to the end* Oh good.
Another great video . We're in our 1st full year of bee keeping and it's been a roller coaster ride. Fortunately my wife is supporting me and it's becoming more enjoyable.
Great video, I am a hobbyist bee keeper in NZ, thank you for caring for the bees and taking the time to collect the hive before moving it to another destination. Well done 😊
Really enjoyed this and thanks so much for the advice re supers. I am having an interesting season so far. I had a very large swarm arrive in one of my bait hives at the end on 24 April, I dont know where it came from, but it built up very quickly but unfortunately swarmed on 26th June (exactly two months later), the swarm went into another of my bait hives, but absconded about an hour later just before I was going to put it into a brood box. Yesterday I had a good look in the brood box, no queen but several sealed queen cells, so have split this colony in two and shaken quite a few nurse bees into the new box. I guess they are a swarming type, but they are friendly and at least only got stung once, but not on the face which I know is your speciality! Regards. Peter
@@BlackMountainHoney I’m hoping that these wild hives might provide the genetics needed to stop, or at least minimize, the damage done by mites. The queens we get here are all bred from domestic stock that cannot deal with mite pressure at all. We lose many hives every year to mite infestation. I fear if we don’t get some wild bee genetics added to the gene pool that the destruction of colonies by mites will only get worse. I also wonder, when I see videos about wild colonies removed from inside attics or walls of houses, how these colonies thrive with no treatment for any pest or disease. These wild hives have obviously been thriving for years at a time with no tending whatsoever. Have you heard anything about scientists studying wild colony genetics? Seems like it would be a good idea.
@Annie M My only concern with this approach is there is no certainty over the agreement of the colony. They may look old, but it could be a swarm that landed the previous year.
Isn't it amazing how nature thrives without human intervention? How did bees live without "medical" treatment for thousands or millions of years? Because our creator had the ultimate design! We could, rather SHOULD, take a few notes and stop polluting our bodies and our planet!
Are you in the UK with our wider variety of genetics wild hives do fine I have one hive on it fifth year, two on their fourth year and one on its third year none of these ever opened or treated all my other hives are more recent than that being swarms often captured from these other hives. I check my hives regularly so they aren't reoccupations and the age of the colonies is accurate.
Fascinating Big props to you and everyone that take care of bees. Intellectually, I deeply appreciate bees and all they do in our environment and of course their honey. I acquired a deep fear of bees when I was just shy of 2 years old and was caught in the midst of a migrating. I don’t remember it and even though, intellectually, I understand that I shouldn’t be afraid, I have not been able to conquer it. So, I especially appreciate people like you who take care of this essential part of our ecology. (and the honey I can get at the grocery store.)
Very informative, very well put together and explained well!!! Thank you for the channel and you expertise and amazing teaching style!!!🐝🐝🐝🐝❤❤❤❤ I liked, subbed, and rang the bell! I'm looking forward to more videos!!!
Kind of a tangent question about you marking the queen blue: is it standard to mark a queen that year's color if you don't know how old she is? I feel like I'd want a sixth 'unknown' color.
Very interesting. I’m not a beekeeper,but those bees are excellent girls,good job the Queen is found. Blue is a colour royalty so the Queen probably won’t mind the blue blob. Thankyou for this video xx
I was wondering why there were so many bees in an abandoned hive, till I realised about 5 minutes in that you mean abandoned by humans, not by the bees!
Free healthy bees with added breakfast....Nice. Kudos to the original owner for contacting you. Always find it amazing how different colonies react in different ways, especially when theyre defensive outside the hive but relatively calm when you open them up. Not as predictable as some people think.
I have subscribed to your channel, and I am recently retired 69 yrs. old and hoping to venture into Bee Keeping, I would be interested in more information of starting a Healthy Beehive, tools and equipment needed to and the beginner pitfalls you know of...I've been attending UA-cam University lol and want to hear from an expert. I live on the west coast of U.S.A. Thank you so much for sharing can't wait to see more of your content.
I had a hive just like this the other year but had not been touched for 5 years it was only found when farmer hit it with headgear cutter it was a fun one to sort driving back past a few pubs drunks and bees are a fun mix
Thought abandoned meant empty. Stationary camera? Would like to see wild cones. Anything else I haven’t seen abt bees. What is brood? Can a hive exist without a Queen?
I'm curious, about what went into the bucket. Let's say you were starving... What would happen if you ate the honey with the bee larvae in it? Would the larvae be toxic or too bitter or something?
Why do you have to smudge the queens wing? She’ll have difficulty flying now, a flashlight should come in handy always when working thru the darkness of the night
A queen normally only flies during mating flights or when swarming. This queen has already mated so that occasion is gone. If she has difficulty flying for a swarm she may not even leave the hive and thus giving him a few extra days to make a split.
Sad state of affairs. My younger brother had just gotten his bee keeping license in 2021. When he was taken by covid 19. He Loved his bee's an bee keeping with all his heart.
My heartfelt condolences. What a waste of a beautiful young man. [All young men (and women) are repositories of potential, talent, accomplishment, hope.]
@@psingerman4778 thank you, for your kindness. He was a very talented man. Besides Bee's, he was very creative in wood working. He was not a young, but 65 at his passing.
@@rclark147 65 is young to me! I'm 83! If it weren't for COVID, he might have had a lot of years left. I know you'll miss him a lot, but eventually that will probably morph into gratitude for his life. God bless.
I enjoyed this informative video as I have never seen combs like the ones on the very top. You were gentle with the bees also. I imagined the rest of the honey down below. It seemed like quite a bit to me. I am so glad you found the Queen even though you painted her wing! Haha
I guess my only complaint is coverage. You have a great wide angle shot. But I'd love close ups, I'm use to seeing much closerin videos the contents of the bucket, the hives etc. Oh well solid otherwise.
Haha! Definitely. Bigger bucket on standby. Yes - we do as the load is always high. You could argue the bees are adapting to the pressure from varroa naturally but as we treat our colonies, its safer to stick with a treatment regime.
Sometimes beekeepers call the queen bee "Your/Her Majesty" :: likely you can distinguish the Game of Thrones / World of Ice and Fire enthusiasts, if they say "Your/Her Grace" instead.
Dealing with wild comb is the worst. It means lots of dripping honey, upset bees, damaged brood and generally a real mess. Need lots of buckets to hold wax trimmings. Abandened colonies mostly do well. Disease is usually not a problem.
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12:11 i noticed a rather large clump of bees to the right in the video frame, about a meter away from the round white lit belonging to the bucket. Seen it many times now at the place i work where beekeepers place their hives to have them feed and pollinate our crops. Lovely honey but at times it's a bit awkward when swarms appear from them, resembling that clump of bees right there.
where do you learn beekeeping? i am thinking of getting a allotment and i am considering having a hive on it
Apiary: for apes. Aviary: for things which fly. Anything else: for fuzzy-wuzzies.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy wuzzy.
Me and the rest of the internet have something to say, We are sick of clickbait titles.
"you wont believe it!!" "I opened this box and then this happened.."
Dont be that guy...nobody likes that guy...
@@Skinnamarink. Yes, but you get your revenge by NEVER WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS. It's easy to spot a clickbait type of title: it's a generic title like "Amazing! You'll never believe that... just wait till you see what these people did... etc." You'll notice that the title doesn't contain any information at all.
I had a huge colony of mason bees in my garden. I could go sit in the middle of them, they would come and land on me, rest, then fly off. Bees are amazing little creatures. I love them.
That means that you smelled nice to them and you are not making crazy dance moves around them, Kudos!
Wow I get that you are a kindred spirit
I let a guy bring 10 hives onto my property last summer because he wanted to harvest the blackberry and I think maple tree pollen, etc. from my area. I had him put them 200' from my motor home and on the opposite side of a shed. When I went outside to sit and enjoy the sun I would have two bombard me and buzz in my ear. I hated it and told them to leave me alone but eventually had to move inside. They were obnoxious but I guess there wasn't enough for them to do than bug me. I thought they were some aggressive strain because usually they don't bother people if you don't bother them. I'm not sure if I'm going to allow him to bring them back. I feel guilty to my neighbors for bringing them into the neighbor hood even though I own 5 acres. No neighbors complained but then I did not tell them I brought them in.
@@timsteinkamp2245 Big fail.
Reason one: Honeybees fly around 300feet/100metres from their hive. No shit Sherlock that you encountered them at 200ft.
Reason two: 10 hives on five acres is too many bees for the area. This forces the bees to fly further out.
So: Please put only 2 hives on 5 acres and you are doing better for yourself and the bees.
Pity that your beekeeper friend just dumped ten hives on you without consideration. You should tell him what a nincompoop he was.
@@donaldduck830 I was thinking they were African Honey Bees. Thanks for that. He would leave the property with his suit on in his truck. I haven't heard from him yet this year. I did tell him they were aggressive and I'm not sure he will contact me again.
Never thought I'd sit for close to 30 mins watching a video about bee keeping but this was really interesting and I'm glad I did 🙂. Well done!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Me too !! I'm really You Tube ADD lol... this vid was great 👍
Doing and thinking the same right now lol
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Hey KL. What an amazing comment to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Thank you so much! 😀 Best of luck to you and your bees!
Well said.
Could I build hive starters to allow native bees to flourish in forested areas ?
@@scienceornot A lot of universities will have websites about how to promote native pollinators in your area. Not all bees live in big hives, so it may be easier than you think!
Production quality is lacking.. repeating the same information multiple times, felt like a waste of time to watch/enjoy, especially without experience to provide interest/reason to continue watching.
Thanks for the segment. Good watch/enjoyed it. 👍
More close up shots of the bees would have been great to see.
It been some years sense I was exposed to bee's. This was interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.
I'm not sure how this got into my YT feed but I'm glad as hell it did!
This was fantastic!!!
I've often wondered how apiaries work and you've given me a whole new appreciation for bee-keepers!
I don't understand a lot of the terminology you use but still! Still, utterly fascinating!!!
I can't imagine the time spent by humans over the centuries to learn to understand how all of this works!!
You are a fantastic presenter and I'd love to learn more! I'll be checking in again!
Thanks!
P.S. Why do you call it 'abandoned' when all the necessary functionaries are present and actively using the hive?
Thanks for the kind comments, Chris 😀
It was abandoned by the who was managing it 😀
@@BlackMountainHoney I see... All very interesting stuff!
A whole new world to learn about!
Me either.
This just popped up
Very interesting and enjoyable.
Interesting when the bees fly into the camera lens.
@@verasmith4767 Yeah... It made me wonder what they do when they just buzz around like that!
Are they on patrol/sentry duty?
If so, one might expect them to attack like crazy!
Clearly, they aren't off looking for pollen!
@@BlackMountainHoney that's sad. Glad you were able to save the colony.
Bees are such an interesting group. I can’t believe I watched til the end. I hope they all moved safely.
I don't really know anything about bee hives or the process of them. When you said they where abandoned, do you mean whoever owned the hive abandoned them or the original bee colony left and the wild ones moved in? Just trying to understand since I might want a bee hive on my property in the future
An abandoned hive usually denotes one without an owner to care for it.
That was fascinating! Thank you so much for posting.
Very nice show, I've subscribed to your channel because of the quality of this show, wish I was well enough to keep bees, where are you located ??
THANKS Karl. I'm North Wales in the UK
Great video. Quick question - Where did you get your bee suit?
BB Wear 😀
Looks like the queen is on the top box the lid
What hard work I was offered a neglected Hive I sat down 15 feet from hive to observe in a few mins Guard bees came out I did not move I did in another 5 mins they came in force I moved
I did sort that hive out was covered in bees but they were good workers
If the nook boxes queenless those leftover bees will be really aggressive
"We don't even know if there's raves in there at this point"
Nice job
What kind of boots are those? I need them.
Will the abandoned bees die?
"I keep the bees, and the bees keep me"
I was stung by a bee last week $8 dollars for a jar of honey 🍯🥴
At least you know it’s pure. The cheap supermarket honey is adulterated with glucose/sugar syrup . That’s why it’s cheaper than pure honey. No comparison in the taste though. Pure honey is so much better.
Impressive🤗👍✅
I don't see anything, do someone have binoculars that i can borrow?
Wish the camera was closer so we could better see everything. As it is it's just to far away for me to even be interested to watch.
What happened with the nuc of bees?? Did you give them a queen?
Merged them into the original colony when I got them back
Could you just bag and move the whole hive 😮
I wish that the camera would have closer. It would have been so interesting and so much fun to be able to actually see this abandoned hive. Disappointing.
Sorry to hear you didnt enjoy it. Next time we will get in for a closer look.
@@BlackMountainHoney You responded so nice that now I feel guilty for writing what I did! Your commentary and presentation were very good though. I hope to watch even more of your videos! Again, I apologize if I came across as a jackass.
@@iowasenator Not at all! I love constructive feedback. Its a great point. The video does imply you'll get a closer look and it would have been cool to get the camera in a bit closer. Ill definitely do that next time 😎
@@BlackMountainHoney Thank you, I'll definitely appreciate it! By the way, how far are you from Lincolnshire? I'm an American but, my father's family is from there and Leicestershire too.
@@iowasenator About 170 miles. Its the other side of our very small country. East coast meets west coast!
Out of curiosity, how much does UA-cam pay for a video with. 300k views?
Sound like angry bees
Need to move the camera closer to the object of the video. Wasting 90% of the video frame on surroundings.
How do you know ur not smashing the queen ?
Can't see anything. Need to get closer
Sorry. Was filmed a while ago this one. Newer videos are closer with some nice close ups as well 👌
What do you mean the owner doesn’t want any bees left??? I’m allergic to bees yet would never consider kicking out bees in our time of global need for bees.
You are apparently willing to die to be kind to the bees. Some are not so willing. This owner said they were stinging his dogs. I guess he preferred his dogs were happy.
@@edmartin875 there are many sides to every story. Bees work off energy just as we do and dogs do. They will only sting when antagonised. I walk bare foot thru our fields of bees all the time and have never been stung…nor have our dogs.
You could have filmed a bit closer you can't really see what you are doing properly
Yep. Sorry. Close ups would have been nice as well. We live and learn.
Good for everybody to save as many honeybees as possible. Thank you !
Sorry, but you actually need to be careful with that. At least in central Europe where I live, there are already too many beehives and the endangered species is not the domesticated bee, but wild bees and bumblebees which face hunger with too many honeybees competing with them.
I have a garden and have several plants that only bumblebees pollinate and feed on, so domesticated honeybees only take away other foodstuffs from the bumblebees when the special plants are not blooming. And you should take into account that bumblebees don't form hives and don't have the massive storage with which to survive lean times. That is also why bumblebees fly in almost all kinds of weather, while honeybees are much less industrious. This is important due to the very unrealiable weather here.
So: While I love honey almost as much as Pooh, we need to be careful about the number of honeybee hives on the available land and not to crowd too much. Besides, crowding only leads to further disease.
Thank you for your consideration.
@@donaldduck830 they’re pretty good where I live. Beekeepers adhere to strict guidelines. It’s not unheard of to hear about this or that hive being destroyed if something isn’t right.
I plant a vegetable garden every year for spring, summer & cold weather veggies along with various flowers for beauty as well as pollination. Albeit, I go thru many plants & pollinate them myself by shaking the flowers or using a small paint brush to move pollen from male to female flowers.
Yes , and also don't forget nectar feeding birds . At least the ones I know of aren't exclusively nectar feeders .
The bees that are in trouble are not honeybees but the other species of bee.
@@dudmanjohn That is what I tried to say in too many words :)
That was absolutely fascinating, there is much more to keeping honey bees than I ever thought. Great video.
Listening with ear buds sounds like the bees are swarming around your head! Actually caught myself swatting them away before I realized what I was doing. ;-)
Same here!
Yes,I got quite anxious and had to remind myself that the bees weren't actually flying round my head!!😄😄
It's good to see a bee video where the bloke really knows what he is doing, and presents everything in a logical . sensible manner.
Fascinating how the camera mic picks up the bees being more and more agitated. -Can't say I blame them, you are tearing down their home :)
This was the most relaxing thing i have watched is years. The sound of the buzzing is relaxing. Not a bee keeper but a very interesting video.
I was stung a lot as a kid, so I've got a bit of a phobia of bees... that said, I always like to see honeybees taken care of. They're great for farmers, and for the honey I use in my tea.
Wasps, though... they can all die in a fire.
The wasps eat the bad bugs, and they do their bit in pollination, so I don't mind them too much (just give them a wide berth and prevent attracting them).
I will be setting up yellow jacket traps this year, tho, now that I know how to really catch the little buggers.
Some folks grumble about how bees are kept. Look at this though, those ladies, even given freedom to go anywhere else, find any wild place to settle in, were quite content to continue to use that old apiary. I'd say that means they like it there, eh?
I'm so glad the ladies are healthy, as friendly as the colony is and how well they put up with you, I gotta hope this can be salvaged.
*watching to the end* Oh good.
Thanks for watching until the end. They were very happy and prolific!
the queen and her crew must be so happy to be in a more organized environment!
Another great video . We're in our 1st full year of bee keeping and it's been a roller coaster ride. Fortunately my wife is supporting me and it's becoming more enjoyable.
*Wut Do Bees DO with their Honey, if WE Don't SteaL it!!!!????*
@@Justin.Martyr If you can't figure out the answer to your question there is little hope for you.
@@edmartin875*
@@Justin.Martyr That is a good question. I don't know if they move elsewhere or what they decide to do.
@@edmartin875 Okay smart guy. What do they do with their honey? Can you give a straight answer without using rude words that imply I am stupid?
Thank you for making this video! It was absolutely fascinating! And you are so respectful and considerate of the bees! I loved this!
Great video, I am a hobbyist bee keeper in NZ, thank you for caring for the bees and taking the time to collect the hive before moving it to another destination. Well done 😊
Really enjoyed this and thanks so much for the advice re supers. I am having an interesting season so far. I had a very large swarm arrive in one of my bait hives at the end on 24 April, I dont know where it came from, but it built up very quickly but unfortunately swarmed on 26th June (exactly two months later), the swarm went into another of my bait hives, but absconded about an hour later just before I was going to put it into a brood box. Yesterday I had a good look in the brood box, no queen but several sealed queen cells, so have split this colony in two and shaken quite a few nurse bees into the new box. I guess they are a swarming type, but they are friendly and at least only got stung once, but not on the face which I know is your speciality! Regards. Peter
You are a brave man! I’m in awe, never watched a beekeeper before….very interesting video!
You didn’t mention mite pressure on the hive. It would be interesting to know how they managed for 2 years with no mite treatments.
I'm always a bit too concerned with disease when doing abandoned hives but it's a good point. It's a good place to look for VSH genetics
@@BlackMountainHoney I’m hoping that these wild hives might provide the genetics needed to stop, or at least minimize, the damage done by mites. The queens we get here are all bred from domestic stock that cannot deal with mite pressure at all. We lose many hives every year to mite infestation. I fear if we don’t get some wild bee genetics added to the gene pool that the destruction of colonies by mites will only get worse. I also wonder, when I see videos about wild colonies removed from inside attics or walls of houses, how these colonies thrive with no treatment for any pest or disease. These wild hives have obviously been thriving for years at a time with no tending whatsoever. Have you heard anything about scientists studying wild colony genetics? Seems like it would be a good idea.
@Annie M My only concern with this approach is there is no certainty over the agreement of the colony. They may look old, but it could be a swarm that landed the previous year.
Isn't it amazing how nature thrives without human intervention? How did bees live without "medical" treatment for thousands or millions of years? Because our creator had the ultimate design!
We could, rather SHOULD, take a few notes and stop polluting our bodies and our planet!
Are you in the UK with our wider variety of genetics wild hives do fine I have one hive on it fifth year, two on their fourth year and one on its third year none of these ever opened or treated all my other hives are more recent than that being swarms often captured from these other hives. I check my hives regularly so they aren't reoccupations and the age of the colonies is accurate.
As well as a wonderful actor, Brett Goldstein is also a wonderful beekeeper! Keep it up, Brett!
Haha!.Not the first time I've heard that one.
I prefer that to Gavin and Stacey!
Great stuff! I keep waiting for someone to contact me about some abandoned hives that need rescued, but it hasn't happened yet!
It's one of the most exciting things ever!
Love a good abandoned hive video and this one didn't disappoint! Great video :)
Cheers Andy. It's one of my favourite types of video! 😀
Thank you for your time and patience. I now live in New Zealand. I come from South Africa where I had 2 hives a friend gave me. I love bees. Erich.
Fascinating
Big props to you and everyone that take care of bees.
Intellectually, I deeply appreciate bees and all they do in our environment and of course their honey. I acquired a deep fear of bees when I was just shy of 2 years old and was caught in the midst of a migrating. I don’t remember it and even though, intellectually, I understand that I shouldn’t be afraid, I have not been able to conquer it. So, I especially appreciate people like you who take care of this essential part of our ecology. (and the honey I can get at the grocery store.)
Very informative, very well put together and explained well!!! Thank you for the channel and you expertise and amazing teaching style!!!🐝🐝🐝🐝❤❤❤❤ I liked, subbed, and rang the bell! I'm looking forward to more videos!!!
Kind of a tangent question about you marking the queen blue: is it standard to mark a queen that year's color if you don't know how old she is? I feel like I'd want a sixth 'unknown' color.
We have no standard and generally replace the queen anyway so its just to make her easy to find. A short term solution
8:34
Bees: Trying to kill everything around their hive
Beekeper: As you can see, bees becoming a little bit more irate now...
Very interesting. I’m not a beekeeper,but those bees are excellent girls,good job the Queen is found. Blue is a colour royalty so the Queen probably won’t mind the blue blob. Thankyou for this video xx
I was wondering why there were so many bees in an abandoned hive, till I realised about 5 minutes in that you mean abandoned by humans, not by the bees!
Free healthy bees with added breakfast....Nice.
Kudos to the original owner for contacting you.
Always find it amazing how different colonies react in different ways, especially when theyre defensive outside the hive but relatively calm when you open them up.
Not as predictable as some people think.
I have subscribed to your channel, and I am recently retired 69 yrs. old and hoping to venture into Bee Keeping, I would be interested in more information of starting a Healthy Beehive, tools and equipment needed to and the beginner pitfalls you know of...I've been attending UA-cam University lol and want to hear from an expert. I live on the west coast of U.S.A. Thank you so much for sharing can't wait to see more of your content.
I had a hive just like this the other year but had not been touched for 5 years it was only found when farmer hit it with headgear cutter it was a fun one to sort driving back past a few pubs drunks and bees are a fun mix
thanks for showing us.Beautiful.
Haha! By "abandoned" you meant by the prior beekeeper!
Couldn't figure why bees would abandon a perfectly cozy hive set up (unless sick).
Really like your gloves. Are you still using them? If so, I’d love to know what kind they are.
Great video, very interesting to see how you deal with an neglected hive. Plus you got free bees, worth a few hundred quid 💷 - ka-ching!
A trolley under the hive boxes would save your back. Hives full of honey are heavy .Great video !
When you said "Nuke Box" I though you were going to kill any left behind. I had to look up what a nuke box is and it is nuc box not nuke box.
Very Intriguing video! Loved the step by step explanations. All the Best!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it! :)
This was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing, enjoyed watching this video. Thank-you
Most excellent! Thank you for making this! All hail Apis!
Thought abandoned meant empty. Stationary camera? Would like to see wild cones. Anything else I haven’t seen abt bees.
What is brood? Can a hive exist without a Queen?
It was abandoned by the who was managing it 😀
Really did enjoy this video! Thank you! 🥳👍🌷😁
dont like bees and dont like honey...but this was very nicely done and entertaining.
The bees sound very realistic in the earphones.. One tends to move the head reflexively away from the buzz each time.
I'm curious, about what went into the bucket. Let's say you were starving... What would happen if you ate the honey with the bee larvae in it? Would the larvae be toxic or too bitter or something?
As I understand it, bee larvae are quite tasty and nutritious compared with most other insects.
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That colony must have cast so many swarms its crazy. They were jam packed in that old setup.
Yeah. The owner said he had seen a few leave over the year.
Great video. I mark queens that way in daylight.
LOL.
Why do you have to smudge the queens wing? She’ll have difficulty flying now, a flashlight should come in handy always when working thru the darkness of the night
A queen normally only flies during mating flights or when swarming. This queen has already mated so that occasion is gone. If she has difficulty flying for a swarm she may not even leave the hive and thus giving him a few extra days to make a split.
Sad state of affairs. My younger brother had just gotten his bee keeping license in 2021. When he was taken by covid 19. He Loved his bee's an bee keeping with all his heart.
Really sorry to hear this 😞 Best wishes
@@BlackMountainHoney thank you, he was a good man. Through him I learned the importance, of Bee's.
My heartfelt condolences. What a waste of a beautiful young man. [All young men (and women) are repositories of potential, talent, accomplishment, hope.]
@@psingerman4778 thank you, for your kindness. He was a very talented man. Besides Bee's, he was very creative in wood working. He was not a young, but 65 at his passing.
@@rclark147 65 is young to me! I'm 83! If it weren't for COVID, he might have had a lot of years left. I know you'll miss him a lot, but eventually that will probably morph into gratitude for his life. God bless.
I enjoyed this informative video as I have never seen combs like the ones on the very top. You were gentle with the bees also. I imagined the rest of the honey down below. It seemed like quite a bit to me. I am so glad you found the Queen even though you painted her wing! Haha
Brilliant really enjoyed learning more about bees
Liked this a lot :) I look forward to future videos that you possibly have the camera closer to give nice views inside :)
Greetings from South Texas! Interesting/instructive video, thanks!
Thanks for watching, GeckoProductions
Fascinating. My Grandfather's school had hives, I remember spinning the honey out of the frames. Best honey ever ! Jersey !
Love the stimulated bee soundtrack as you peel off each level!
Thank you, very interesting.
Fascinating video. I've heard the process described but seeing it actually being done is so much better. Thank you.
Thanks for teaching us
Thanks for watching :)
They had such a perfect home. Too bad the owner didn’t want them.
Exciting for someone who doesn't deal with bees. And terrifying to hear the bees buzzing angrily in the headphones. I almost started waving around. ;)
I guess my only complaint is coverage. You have a great wide angle shot. But I'd love close ups, I'm use to seeing much closerin videos the contents of the bucket, the hives etc. Oh well solid otherwise.
I feared this wouldn't be interesting. I was wrong. :)
This made me smile! thank you
Ya need a bigger bucket mate! As this hive had gone feral, do you immediately treat for varroa?
Haha! Definitely. Bigger bucket on standby. Yes - we do as the load is always high. You could argue the bees are adapting to the pressure from varroa naturally but as we treat our colonies, its safer to stick with a treatment regime.
@@BlackMountainHoney To get a quick idea about the varroa load, look at the broken drone cells.
Sometimes beekeepers call the queen bee "Your/Her Majesty" :: likely you can distinguish the Game of Thrones / World of Ice and Fire enthusiasts, if they say "Your/Her Grace" instead.
She's more like an internal organ, the Ovaries of a Meta-organism.
Dealing with wild comb is the worst. It means lots of dripping honey, upset bees, damaged brood and generally a real mess. Need lots of buckets to hold wax trimmings. Abandened colonies mostly do well. Disease is usually not a problem.
7.25 they are getting pissy now,queen must have been up in the top boxes.