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Go with what you are comfortable with! Learn the speed the bees like and they won't even notice you! (It will be like you are part of the colony and you don't even have to collect nectar 😁) Thanks for watching!!

Putting it at a slope helps or you can put something down in the front so the step up isn't so big. Thanks for watching!!

I believe that since they can make the wax then it is probably more of a hassle to rework wax then to make new. I know when I put an extracted frame back in a hive the bees will cut/clean up the rough edges and then remove the little wax pieces from the hive. ..Maybe like... why buy more tupperware to store food when you already have tupperware at the house? Just my thoughts... Thanks for watching!!

@@durbees3859 I just remember reading that making new wax requires a lot of honey to fuel it.

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I will record that on the next cutout or swarm catch that I need to use the vac. Thanks for the feedback! If you would like to see something else let me know so I can get some ideas on what viewers want to see. I would appreciate it! Thanks for watching!!

I haven't checked yet. On cutouts, I usually give the bees a week or so to get adjusted and get a good amount of wax and propolis on the frames. I have all the cutout comb held in the frames with rubber bands and it won't be stable for a week or 2. I can check in a few days and If I see eggs then I know she is in there and I won't look any further to disturb them. If no eggs then I will look further for the queen or queen cells. On my first few cutouts if I didn't physically catch the queen then I would keep going in and looking for her. I had a rubber band break on one of the frames and the comb dropped. After that, I don't rush anything and give them enough time to secure everything. I did go back to the water plant a few days later and vacuumed the last remaining forager bees that made their way back and clustered. The queen was definitely not in that small cluster. After the second trip, there were less than a dozen older forager bees still hanging around. Thanks for watching!!

I spray sugar syrup on the frames. It gets the bees on the frames and gets them drawing comb out a little faster. I learned that a few years ago from a guy I worked with.

I use a GoPro the only problem with it is that it overheats sometimes inside the hives. If I remember correctly I had to record this video 2x because the first time the camera shut off. Thank you for watching!!

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Yeah, it's amazing how well they communicate! Thanks for watching!!

I will keep that in mind! Thanks for watching!

Usually... if you put the cappings/Honey on a surface that is flat and doesn't have edges to contain the honey then the bees will work from edges toward the middle (keeping their feet out of the honey and not getting stuck in it) or they land on the high spots of cappings which aren't that sticky. If you put the cappings in a tub that confines the honey like a pool then the bees try to go to the edge but can't really get to the edge without falling in. That situation is more like quicksand to the bees. (If I feed bees in a tub or bowl I will put straw or wood shavings on top of the cappings so the bees can at least climb out. This explanation is just my observations over the years. Thank you for watching my video!!

I get almost all my frames from the Amish.

@@durbees3859 interesting

@@durbees3859 do they have a website or a store I can check out

@@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po We have a home page www.durbeeshoneybeefarm.com/home or you can check out our Facebook page. If you are interested in the Amish-made boxes and frames let me know. The Amish that I get my boxes and frames make excellent equipment.

Are you talking about the bees that are rolling around on the wax balls? 🤣🤣

Not on that particular swarm catch. I move slow enough that the bees don't mind me most times. Thanks for watching!!

@@durbees3859 "The Bee Whisperer", lol.

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You got that right!! 🤣🤣

I agree completely... bees are therapeutic! Whether you are watching a march or standing in the middle of a swarm or even just a hive inspection... They are dangerous and yet peaceful. Working with honeybees has been the most calming thing I have ever done!! Thanks for your comment and Thanks for watching!!

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I bet it did!! Good idea! Thanks for watching!

Honeybees have more than one stomach like a cow. They move honey around in a hive passing it mouth to mouth. It gets "eaten" just once.

@@mikeries8549 sorry I thought that honey process by a bee then taken out and processed a second time by a different bee was really good honey.

It all depends on how you look at it!😄 Any which way you look at it (collected, consumed, or eaten) the nectar/honey is passed from bee to bee until processed into honey then dried and finally stored/capped (in this case stored again🤣)

@@birther1968 I bet it is! But I think most honey is really good honey 🤣🤣. Thank You for watching!!

All honey has been "eaten" by multiple bees. That's a part of how the bees concentrate watery nectar into honey.

It took me a while to find the speed ( 🐢) so that the bees don't notice that I am there! They are wonderful creatures! 😄Thank you for watching!!

I do as well! Thanks for watching!

🤣I rarely get stung. When I use gloves I end up smashing bees and then I do get stung. ...So no gloves equals bees stay alive and I don't get stung. 😃Thanks for watching!

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I had the 2 original boxes used in the video then 2 weeks after the capture I had to add a third box.

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Thank you! It took me a while to learn the speed that they are ok with... they let me know one way or another if they don't like what I am doing... 🤣

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Yes, the bees know which hive is theirs by location and scent. They use location once it's established but they mainly go by scent when they swarm or if something happens to the hive. It's like a club card, LOL

🤣That's what I was thinking as well!!

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Good thought I will do that sometimes... but I usually go with whatever is going on in the bee yard... If I have a couple big hives that need split or perhaps a few queenless hives I may use them there as well. Thanks for watching!!