Honey Bees Swarm OUT, How I Collect and Hive Them. Queen Bee Audible Communications, Reproduction.
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2020
- In this video, we see the colony of honey bees in my Observation Hive that seemed to be preparing to swarm during my recent Question and Answer video last Friday.
Well, as promised, they swarmed and I documented it all for you.
You also will see the queen departing with her faithful offspring.
Enjoy it and YOU are cordially invited to subscribe and join me on Fridays for backyard beekeeping questions and answers, or receive notifications when I post something new and "hopefully" interesting!
If you want to know more about the observation hive, please follow this video link: • Observation Hive, Hone...
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Did anyone see the Queen walk through and lay an egg at 5:27 ? Uper left side.
Ding ding ding... Caleb YOU win the Queen Spotting Prize!!!!
How in the world can you see that far away?!
Now that i rewatched it...i see her because shes moving differently than the others..I'd have never seen that without you pointing it out! Thanks!
@@amykrell9984 You're welcome!
No 🥺😢😭
Thank you, so enjoy every minute, we appreciate you!
You are so welcome!
Thanks Fred, that was most informative. Thanks for investing your time in us. Blessings on you and your family!
Incredible filming, sound and narration. What incredible creatures. You are a thoughtful and articulate teacher. Thank you again. Look forward to seeing video in setting up your long langstroth for winter.
This video was instructive and beneficial on so many levels - queens, swarms and capture, hiving a new colony, etc. Thanks for the time and effort to post!
So much fun to watch! Instructive too. Thanks so much for taking the time to show it all.
You are so welcome!
Fred, what a great video! You are a master at filming, informing, teaching, and narrating! Thank you my friend!!
Wow, thanks!
I just imagine the dialogue inside the hive as just a bunch of "pardon me, excuse me, pardon me, coming through..."
I keep saying the same thing but please don’t stop posting. I love the hive you have made so we can see what is going on in a colony. Fantastic! Love your monologue! 😁😁😁
Ok thanks!
I live in Wyoming and plan to show this video to my students. Your "play by play" explanations are very clear and informative. "NO smashed bees!". I have always wanted to learn about bees and you have a knack for helping me understand this subject matter in a simplistic manner that I can remember. Thank you for presenting this video. Looking forward to more.
Thank you so much! I hope your students enjoy it! :)
That is a great video Fred! Thanks for sharing it with us. Blessings.
First time I have heard new queens piping. Really good information and very detailed. Love learning from this channel! God bless
Wow! We actually got to see every aspect of a swarm, well done Fred! 👏 You have to be my favorite videographer. Thank you!
Mine too
Wow. Fred, you are undoubtedly not only professional but also very much dedicated in preparing such videos. The way of your presentation really adds value to the minute important aspects of apiary. Hats off to you.
Very eager to watch your videos....thanks.
Wow, thank you for such a great comment! :)
That Queen sure knows how to work a crowd!
Fred ... thank you so much for showing the whole process! Hearing the queen's piping, too amazing!
You are very welcome
so fun to watch Fred, thanks :)
Another great video, Fred.
GREAT! I have been waiting for this swarm video. It was really interesting and educational for a new beekeeper. Thanks for all your knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was one the best explanation of swarming I have seen on UA-cam. Thanks so much for this video. I didn't skip one second of it.
Thanks Jake!!
Soooooooooo interesting!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
This is the first video I have watched by you. This is by far the most informative video I have seen yet. You explain everything without rushing through, from start to finish. And you have the best narrative voice! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
I love the pillow case catching devise. So much lighter to carry and safer when up on the ladder. It is my Fred Dunn copy cat project.
The piping sound is very familiar to me. Heard it just yesterday and it actually helped me find a queen. I call it the "come on, let's rumble" sound.
That was a lot of fun to watch along with being educational.
Thanks so much.
All great, thanks for sharing :)
Outstanding information and video, you deserve an award for your channel.
Oh, thanks Blaine :)
This is genuinely so interesting. I love these types of videos.
Beautiful! Amazingly interesting. Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Frederick! You have a gift when it comes to teaching and discerning the behavior of our beloved honey bees. I consider myself to be hard to impress and you sir, have impressed me greatly with this presentation! Job well done!
Wow, thank you!
Best video I have ever seen regarding pre-swarm and swarm behavior of the bees inside the hive!
I’ve been education myself to be a future beekeeper and was sooo excited to hear queen piping! Never heard of it before and it was awesome!
One of the best videos I’ve ever seen on a swarm keep up the good work thank you
Wow, thanks!
I love the videos, the information is fantastic, presented in an easy to understand manner too. Also, has anyone noticed, the way commenters are interacting is so much better than other channels I have visited. It’s like we are in a hive here on youtube. Can’t wait to see the next video.
Thanks Mark, and yes, it's like a fellowship of beekeepers and those who want to be some day. I encourage information sharing on my channel :)
WOW! Extraordinary video! Thank you for maintaining that observation hive.
Wow! So much information. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Fred, great show, I am learning so much watching your channel. Take care mate 😷👍
You are very welcome
also I don't have bees and never intend to (because they scare me) but I am starting to think they are really cute from watching these videos. I clicked so fast
I hear blue birds singing. Mine just finished fledging so they left. Amazing video!
This is among my most favorite of your videos. It’s so neat to listen to the new queens piping in different pitches, see and hear the activity level shift within the hive, and get a front row view of the entire swarm process. I love your observation hive, despite its limitations. Thanks for another beautifully filmed educational video!
But man, you had me so worried when you went up the ladder to shake the branch 😱
Annnnd climb a ladder without protective clothing and get stung in the face and see how the trip down goes (';')( ';')...
Really enjoyed that 😎!! Thanks for a fantastic and informative video!! I’ll bee 🐝 watching for the next one
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the video I found this fascinating could not stop watching.
You had made reference to not being in a hurry on your video , I’m sure your wife would disagree but I could listen to you rambling on about bees for 12 hours a day lol .call me crazy ,I’m just a super fan lol
i love his videos. i always tune in to this channel before sleep. its just so relaxing. its like bedtime story or ASMR everytime. also i never pictured myself to be so fascinated by these kind of things like farm, bees and stuff but this channel really captivated me. and i think Fred is doing a very great job with his videos even without background music and just pure relaxing narration. Thaank you so much Fred :) Love from the Philippines
I just had a hive swarm Wednesday and heard piping queens in that hive. I didn't know what it was until now. Thanks for the informative video. Captured and rehived that swarm by the way!
Glad to help
Thank you for sharing, Fred. I love your videos!
Glad you like them! and you're welcome!
I realized that I was standing in the middle of the kitchen with mouth open watching (and listening) to the TV playing your UA-cam, dinner burning on the stove, absolutely amazed at being transported into the innermost sanctum of the hive. Thank you so much (by the way, from the way piping queens sound, I would hate to meet one in a dark alley.
That was great. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful and educational video, Fred!
Thank you Fred I’m a beginner bee keeper with some experience from our family farm I always lean something when I watch you videos!!
Thank you so much!!
Bees are so cool!!!
Oh Yeah,, am first to Comment,, Thanks for the learning(educational) video Mr Dunn,,,My hive is doing very well,, thinking of splitting them very soon,,,Very good temperament,,🇱🇨👊🏿👍🏿🖤💯
This is so much fun to watch. Thank you
Excellent job Fred as always. Hopefully we can see the Queen's hatch too!
I hope so too!
Only I get to see the Queens hatch. Right Fred?
This is so interesting!😊
Excellent! LOved this so thanks Fred.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think you're the bob ross of bee keeping... love your videos. :)
Wow, thank you!
Thank you very much Fred ,for your observations and videos , I keep bees since 1984 but I still learn from your videos , keep up the good work , greetings from Belgium
Thank you so much Walter!
Fantastic video! It was neat to see the observation hive.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Frederick. I like to watch beekeeper videos. I just found yours and am very impressed. Your care and knowledge are top-notch. I guess I am viewer 8201 and subscriber 84,301. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Thank you Jon, and welcome to my channel!
Just started following you the other day. Really enjoying your videos..I’m not a beekeeper myself but I do love nature..& your voice seems to have a calming effect on a normally chaotic day lol. This is my favorite so far. Thanks for sharing. Jeremy from Tx
Thanks and welcome
Wow, theres so much to learn!!! I didnt know that queen larvae make sounds 😮 very new to the hobby and soaking up what i can like a sponge lol
And if you hear that, its too late to make a split? Wow thank you so much for you videos
Queen Pupae sounds when near emergence. The larvae are silent. I'm so glad you liked the video :)
It’s hard to know which videos are more interesting, the horizontal hive or the observation hive videos! And, I no longer contemplate which of your videos is my favorite because there’s a good chance that you’ll outdo yourself the following week... absolutely no pressure of course.
Glad you like them! and thanks George! :)
Thanks Fred! I’ve often wondered if the Queen left the hive first in a swarm. I’m glad you were able to catch and rehive them. I hope they do great. As always you made an excellent video and I always enjoy your narration! Thanks for all you do to help the less experienced beek like myself!
Thanks so much Don, it's always nice to see your comments!
Great information video for my bee 🐝 keeping career🎈😷☝️
Great Video Fred. Maybe next time add some Micheal Bay type explosions for full movie production.
Cool vid Fred...I've split hives with piping going on...as long as ya get them b4 the frenzy starts..by then..too late!..some swarms I've caught have multiple queens in them..take care.👍🏻👍🏻
It's always fun, thanks Mike!
Such a great video Fred
Thanks Robert! :)
Great video! Cheers, Fred! :)
Many thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Very cool! Thanks 😁
Glad you liked it!
Nice
Wow....that's amazing.😍😍🐝🐝
Thx
I love your videos!
Fred - at 14:45, is that the queen at the bottom of the entrance get buffeted by the outgoing bees? It was so fascinating! I was able to capture my swarming queen by waiting for her to pop out - she was marked bright green of course! Thank you for this video!
A follow up on the observation hive with the emergence of new queens would have been nice! I know I am asking a lot...but....it would have been interesting to see them establishing and choosing their new queen.
They don't choose. The first new queen to emerge kills the competition.
Most of the time...I think! ... There seems to be more than two queen cells.... does it not happen sometimes that. The hive ends up and faces a situation where there are more than one Virgin Queen?
I'll be talking about this on Friday :)
Thank you for sharing. Excellent!!!
Ummmm amazing. The piping omg that's insane I never knew that happened! Great job with these videos, love the observation hive. Not sure how I got here but I'm hooked now lol
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a great experience. It is so interesting to see and hear the bees and beeing told about their behaviour. This would make a marvelous educational video. And you film everything so exquisite. Thank you so much for making these kind of videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
well done, sir! awesome!😎
Thank you so much!
Loved it Fredrick , keep posting so I can get my bee ‘fix’ ! 🤩
Thank you! Will do!
I was once lucky enough to see a swarm myself in a local park in which some bees are kept. I couldn't believe my eyes (and ears!) when I saw and heard that big, loud swarm. It was very interesting learning about the whole process from you. I hope that one day I can keep bees as well, they are such fascinating and important animals and as a side effect produce that liquid gold..
Definitely one of your top 10 videos Fred, thank you! Two questions 1. Why not hang a few Swarm traps around the yard and save yourself a bit of work? 2. You used plywood for your bottom board which would blow up after a year or so, why did you do that?
Hi Henry, it's actually easier for me to drop them into a net and install them in their final brood box. A swarm trap ( I have three of them out ) would add another step to that collection and install. Since I'm so close to the bee yard, I generally get them before they make that next move into a swarm trap. As for the bottom boards, I get those from Mann Lake and I've never had one warp, so whatever ply-materials they are using, they last a very long time painted or not. Thanks for watching and commenting :)
@@FrederickDunn Good to know, thanks again!
Super idea sir🙏👍
I’m curious to know more about the bee escape being the original function of the hole shape and size of inner covers. It’s an interesting thought that the inner cover changed to suit the common beekeeping accessory and now the accessories are created to fit the inner covers.
the best...thank you
Glad you like it!
Try using a 5 gallon bucket ratchet strapped to a pool pole for dropping the swarm. Much safer and you can optionally capture the queen in the bucket and install queen clip into new hive box to keep them from absconding.
I've seen those buckets on a pole... thanks for sharing!
Pretty cool to watch. Still seems like a large number left behind in the original hive
I love the long slow ""learning"" video.. especially for an old man just learning the ropes 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Bloody awesome video thanks Fred. Before they swarmed you can see it looks like they took some honey. Looked like you were catching a swarm while your neighbour was playing golf lol. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it... that's actually my golf cart Bradley :) it's electric so great way to sneak around the property while observing wildlife :)
Wow, thank you.
You're welcome!
Wonderful video (as always), not only do I learn a lot, but your videos go a long way to address less complimentary views held about some of your compatriots from outside the USA!
Thank you James :)
Fred Thank you
I really enjoyed this and as always I learned a lot. I am looking forward to catching a swarm and growing my hive numbers. Thanks again for another informative video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always enjoy all of your videos!
Anyone else flinch when the bee buzzed at 19:23 in your headphones?
Very informative, very nice!!
Glad it was helpful!
That was so interesting! Thank you.
Great video, thanks.
Glad you liked it!
@@FrederickDunn Been going through watching all your videos as I'm just thinking about starting up next year. They are really helpful and very well done.
Thanks again.
My pleasure!
You got a positive shoutout on the “hive jive” podcast this week :)
I did? What's the Hive Jive? Would you post a link ? Thans :)
this is so sick. im scared of bees irl but i appreciate what they do for the environment and this video helped understand them a little bit. i wonder how they know which one will be a worker bee and which one will be a queen from the hexagon cells. thanks for the vid!
Thank you so much for the most incredible video I start watching you probably for I year and it's always been incredibly interesting how you explaining and showing the most incredible views so close to their beautiful home working bees and with the sound , the interesting story how everything works . And incredible job to get so close to see almost everything on their bodies. How they live their lives how they make the honey making more populated how do you leaves the house , entering the house interesting Beas lives lornen so much about Wildlife. thank you so much for doing that you doing incredible job I hope you will stay healthy be happy and I cannot wait for another more videos Pease.
This is wonderful. The best parts were the queen piping. I thought they’d pipe just before or as they hatched? I guess not - it seems go go on for days before they do. Most interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it