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Man that queen was crazy! I am glad you caught it on video or I wouldn't have believed you!

Pozdrawiam serdecznie i życzę miłego dnia

Try to reduce the humidity in the hive. And then, maybe genetics.

👍🐝Nice

Africanized are Iife threatening to all passers by and naibourhood

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I'm nervous and hurting just listening to the video LOL

“Well, there’s my point!” 😂🤕

Gross, the guts are still attached to the stinger.

Queen needs the hive tool test.

Kan gebeuren maar wel leuk om te zien 😂

That genetics gotta go.. time for a new queen.

Nothing like a bee in your bonnet to get your full and undevided attention

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I have 2 nucs that went laying worker and I would like to save the bees and the comb. Problem is that they are not close to the hive I would like to boost. I'm afraid if I put on screen over a hive they will just fly back to where they were.

Shimmy on in there lady’s

I was just mowing my own yard on my zero turn and my neghbors bees jumped me.

I've just spent 3 weeks introducing a new frame with eggs and larva to my laying worker hive each week, hoping they would fix themselves. The last week, I even gave a frame with a swarm cell. They have rejected my attempts to help them, not taken care of the brood, and destroyed the swarm cell. I am going to try your method next. What is the maximum amount of time you would leave the screen board between the hives? I want to protect my strong hive and the queen as much as I can before removing the barrier since the weak hive has been so stubborn.

You are so clear and informative, and considerate of the bees as well. Binge watching all your videos now. Thank you.

This is a great video for new beekeepers. Thank you!

I'm in Lampasas on the SW side. I am on top a limestone hill with 22 acres of Juniper Cedar. I am 2 yrs in on a AG exemption needing 12 hives of bees. Just put in a package after the eclipse and nursing them along. I have 12 used hives and a few new products. BUT I live in Lake Jackson down on the Gulf. Any advice ? But i have a association with bee's since i knocked swarms from the trees for my uncle. At 68 that was back when you bought all your stuff from Sears. I have been benging your videos because you are so close to me but a completely different terrain. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryan, I subscribed to your channel. I like your style. "Cheap Swarm Traps" brought me here. I am a part- time timid beekeeper, never really confident, hoping to get better! Thanks for the videos!

Awesome video. Very easy to follow.

An older gentleman told me that he used recycled metal sheeting under his beehives and he never had an issues with beetles. He was a beekeeper for 21 years. Just a thought but I am new to beekeeping so.....

Tell me about the frame rack you have in the background?

I want to let know that I’m trying your method, but I want to try with some starter sticks with wax foundation to see if is easier to remove than cutting out the cones attached to the plastic. I use palettes wood cut in between with out nail is about 19” cut it or split it with a knife shavings to smooth roughness a bit nothing fancy just I don’t get a splinter later on. Any V-shape on the bottom pice of starter strips they uses gravity to start cone with out any wax started strips..

Great video!! I am thinking of doing something similar to what you did except if I was to remove the top box after the 3 days and put one frame of brood,eggs ect then put a fertile queen in it would that work to cure my laying worker problem?? I would not put a bee access in top box to keep bees seperate.

Will the bees go in a hive if we put one under the Bradford pear?

Nice if next to a big apiary. but in the real world it's not as easy.

Just one frame of brood?

Great job! Just put a lid on a bucket , drill a hole, hang it, and wait?

great video!

I would add a decent bit of Lure within that Cooler. Say a bit of Lemon Grass Oil on a piece of Cotton (ex Pillowcase torn up) and staple that to one of those Cross Rails. Even better : Get an old shot to bits Bee Frame (all Dark Wax with Propolis all over it.) And use that as your 'anchor'site. They will Comb that up no problem. (Easy to Rubber Band all that Comb: into lovely new Hive Frames.) And yes Brood really secures a Swarm. Like having a 'Home Sweet Home' sign above the Fire Surround. 🤭 Also that Cooler Box in this Video needs that external undercomb removed or at least masked with say your Smoker (rub a bit of Soot to that area.) Will stop another Swarm from hanging 'under' again. You want them to go right in ! Hope this helps folks. 😎 Saying Hi from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I guess the true land of 'Mac' Bees. As well as Robbie Burns too. . . Its 'Burns Night on the 25th : Haggis & Whiskey anyone !?! Think he did Poetry over wrangling bees. Mind you Bees in action are a kind of Poetry in motion. 🤭 Can't wait for Swarm Season to come around, that's not until late May or so for us here. Meantime we are being bashed about with '70mph' Winds courtesy of Storm Isha this Sunday : 21st Jan 2024 ! All Hives have more than Bricks on them. Straps, Rocks, even Compost Bags, to hold everything 'down' and in place ! Don't want my poly Nucs blown off into the distant Hills or adjacent Heather Moors ! 😉 However I did see x3 Bees fly off out, into the Air, 'quickly' this morning. .Yes ! They are Alive ! Just needing to do some Bathroom Breaks. . . 🤭 As before today, we have had severe Ice, Snow and Artic Blast of Sub Temps, almost for several weeks now. Boy it was Cold🥶. What's the Weather up to at the moment ? Its gone crazy for sure ! 😖 In watching a lovely Summers Evening, then that Sunset over those Fields, in your Video Footage, looked almost like 'virtual' Beekeeping ! That will need to keep me happy until the Bee Season starts up again ! Can't wait. 🌼🐝🌼 Have had to much indoor time in my old Cottage, Cabin Fever has kind of set in for sure. . . Please let Spring 🌷arrive sometime soon. Until then I'm watching your back Catalogue of Videos with Sunshine in them. . .😎

Hi there and thank you so much for the options out there for DIY. I had one question for you. You mention when you dip the cotton balls in scent you then put it in a plastic bag in the trap, why is that? I have always just put the actual cotton ball in there along with baiting the sides.

Outstanding

Nice video. Well done.

I had one of my hives knocked over, I'm glad I had two ratchet straps on it.

GOOD VIDEO. BUT I HAVE A question. Does swarm commander and lemongrass oil attract Asian bees ( Apis Cerena bees) ?

Bees do like buckets but in my experience they initially often build very delicate comb which is attached to the side and top of the bucket. It's almost impossible to avoid destroying significant amounts of comb during the cut out. It just falls apart when handled. So now, I've stopped being a cheapskate and invested in a couple of Nuc boxes for swarm traps, and put some frames in them. This way, things generally start out a bit better organised and easier to handle. Plus there's a much better chance of saving a decent amount of comb to transfer to the hive. The risk of accidentally squishing or drowning a queen due to falling comb is also probably lower using a nuc box with frames, too. Once you've moved the swarm to it's hive, you can simply clean the nuc box, put some more frames in it, and hang it up again as a swarm trap. Not much cost involved. Friendlier for the bees, and generally less trouble with the transfer. Up to you......!

Thanks for the video, sir 💖. What do you do to prevents the ants from getting into the trap before and after entering the bees?

I have a swarm in the vent on the side of my house. Would they go to the bucket if I put it out there or do I need to get the queen or a queen o put in there?

Thanks so much for sharing all you do!! We have just done our second cut-out in 3 weeks. I am praying we can get through the winter. Our experience has been that people post that they have bees in their structure, please help. We provided our service and they offered to pay us. When they offered my husband said no. The last time the home owner said he would make a check to our church. It is a blessing that they appreciate our services. The time involved is always more than you think it will be, today's removal we thought might be about 4 hours, and it wound up closer to 6.5. God bless you for your great info!!

What county are you in?

00:03:48 Probably mostly won't get stung 😂

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I do the same with my supers and cappings mate

I have the same “Hive Butler” uncapping box. I am amazed at how much honey moves to the lower drain box during uncapping. It looks like you had a good season. After the bees get through cleaning,” I use a high pressure hose to scour the tools first then soap and water. My hardest to clean tool is the strainer. I wish someone would invent a quick way to clean them. I only have a few plastic queen excluders left because I find them very hard to clean. Let us know your secret for cleaning excluders. Good video.

They go out so it wount be to hot inside

I don't keep bees, so i dont know how to discern the problems that you encounter, but I've seen other keepers take eggs from another hive to solve the queenless problem. If there are laying workers, would that help the colony, or is it too late at that point?

I would recommend upping your audio game. When your back by the hive, I struggle to hear you. And when your close to the camera, you blow out the speakers and the sound has to be turned down. I have found that the audience don’t care to much about a fancy camera. But they will not forgive bad audio. I use a set of rode wireless mic’s. My audio stays contestant because the mic is in one location. As I move the mic moves with me. It will definitely make your channel more professional. Your a good speaker, have good audio.