Queen Bee Pulls A Houdini
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Due to the unusually warm winter we had ending 2019 and coming into 2020 a lot of the feral honey bee colonies in our area appear to have starved out. As a result the calls we've gotten for bee hive removals have been sharply reduced this season. The size of the colonies we are seeing has also bee affected. This one was particularly disappointing due to it's small size. The home owner was hoping for a honey score and I thought they were going to get one for them by what the FLIR showed during my first inspection. The amount of work required to access the bees as pretty much the same whether they are a tiny colony like this one or a fifty pound honey comb hideout. Since there isn't much more work to remove a nice size colony I'd prefer to find one of those than a runt like this one.
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the queen runs into the box at about the 24:44 mark
I think you are right👍
Yep
...yep...in at 24:44
Good catch.
Yep, striped body, black tip. You nailed it bro!
@6:55 ...the size of that roach was unsettling. I'm so glad I'm in Canada.
What a sad sight, the world famous 628 Dirt Rooster throwing a pity party. The irony is I never even came up with the idea of a swarm challenge. My recollection of what happened was I casually mentioned that I had caught over 20 swarms that year and you said, " Only 20? I caught that many in just 2 weeks this year. Hey, how about you and me doing a swarm competition next year, it would be a lot of fun!" The rest is history. As far as choosing a therapist I'd offer this, talk to the watermelon hand. It was good to see Indiana Pete at the end, I figured he was looking for treasure. God's peace brother.
Everybody wants to assume the lady in the group has to be married to the alpha male. Its a good idea to remember that women can also be capable of being hair brained and voluntarily mess with God's creatures that were given stingers to defend themselves with without a man asking them to.
I have only 7 hives going but started with an Africanized hive so i know all about stings. I had to give the queen the hive tool test and dispersed the workers to the four winds after they failed to accept replacement queens after two tries.
@@micahestep7679 I'm sorry to hear that. The majority of my feral-caught 30 colonies are all AHB. I love them. Hearty, monster-honey-producers, and I have a 3% failure rate per year treatment-free here in Texas! But it takes a different management style and different equipment. A hint: for gloves, get some blue PVC gloves from harbor freight for $8 a set. 0.1% of the stings compared to leather. Good luck.
@@tonyandric4380 thanks Tony, i tried to keep that original colony from my property but im not joking about how violent they were. They would follow me from the back of my 20 acres to the barn and would be swarming the golf cart and my suit within 5 min if i left it out.
@@tonyandric4380 i was afraid they might attack my neighbors kids on the next property over. I'm from Cleveland Tx and spoke to Julie at winding creek apiary before i destroyed that hive and started over. They were not just feral, they were evil. Even using smoke and being extra gentle didnt help. I give you extra credit bonus points for being able to manage so many ahb hives, you must be one hell of a beekeeper. I'm happy with my "sweet as peaches" Italians from Don the fat bee man.
Those beautiful flowers are Flame Lillies, (I'm pretty sure)
From Rhodesia. Definitely Flame lily's.
Man I love the comedy you throw into your videos every once in a while. That intro was hilarious! Lol
Congratulations DirtRooster letting an apprentice do the work under your skillful supervision!
Aw.. that gentle first colony! Those kinds of bees need to be breed more! World needs more gentle bees!
I laughed at all your jokes DirtRooster and it was good to meet Jennifer and Gideon and to see Pete. I hope those girls settle in nicely. See you soon.
Your little additions of humor or music always make me smile.
Queen runs up the tarp at 24:36 I was willing you to spot her Randy. Great job on the videos little different to most of the swarms collections we get in the uk.
I thought I saw her but had to go through comments to verify. Thanks.
WOW on the garden; that's awesome! :)
As for you, Dirt Rooster.....as usual, wound up chuckling most of the way through :P
When you touched the wall I was expecting to hear you talk about how you could feel them in there. LOL
Love the wild and wonderful shirt! I am not surprised in the least that a WV girl is not afraid at all to get into the bees :)
You better believe it!😍
The March Of The Bee's is amazing. Surprises me every time you show it. Bee's are the coolest. Thanks for sharing. And Thanks for taking care of them.
You are hilarious 😂 I’m so grateful to have your videos during this quarantine. I hope you stay well and please keep entertaining us. Also you’re doing a job that is vital to our future. No bees no humans. Thank you for that. Also your wife is beautiful and so sweet to you. The client has a beautiful peaceful yard.
I feel exactly the same way. I get down and then I see there is a new Dirt Rooster video, and I am so happy. Thanks for what you do. It means more than you know.
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I think that was a new beekeeper he was teaching how to do swarm removals. His wife is indeed beautiful and sweet - but that was not his wife! LOL
I very thankful for the cut out experience. His wife is amazing! They are a great couple... but it’s not me. But thank you for the compliment.
Praise the Lord a video from the great 628dirtrooster! One of the good things about the quarantine is getting to watch bee videos from the master of hive removal and all things bee keeping. I love the Wild and Wonderful West Virginia shirt the young lady had on. Being from WV I always seem to pick out WV merchandise. Have a great day!
At 6:57 into the video, with the wall open and you are talking about no queen in the small group - what is that giant thing that ran down the narrow space by the window? It looked kinda like a fat and you didn't mention it at all. I live up north and those giant things creep me out.
Tree roaches are really common down here.
Those are a somewhat exotic lily species - the vibrantly colored flowers.
That therapy dog was adorable! And this was a fun video - thank you sir!! Stay safe!
It's a Gloriosa
@@rogierdikkes
Thank you!
Awesome. You know , I sure have noticed that most of the time, you sure are the lone ranger on the job . Unlike MR ED. He brings his crew with him wreck it Ralph, the camera person. The clean up person and I am sure that he has even had his mom on the job site. ( bless her heart) .
Maybe thats what you can do, get you a possy. Lol. Love the videos and the rivalry.
Oh my goodness you beautiful man. Your intro had me cracking up, not to mention that thumbnail. Hahaha! Your humor. I love it. Have a fantastic week Randy. 🐝🐝🐝
Ashy Larry! 😂🤣😂🤣, almost didn't think we would get to see PETE! thanks for the upload.
Gotta love the construction surprises every time you go to a cutout!
Between the canine therapist, chunky bee soup, and ashy Larry comments, you had me rolling on the floor laughing. Reminded me..... It’s that ole Newhart show. This is bee Laura (Larry) bee Darlene (Darryl) and my other bee Darlene (Darryl)
Thank you for the video. I always learn something new. It was so amazing to see no insulation in the wall of that house. God bless.
If that's the homeowner, she has an awesome shirt on!! WV is my home state!!
Didn't see anyone answer your questions, first one the vine and flowers is Glorious lily,, the second maybe Calamondon. Enjoyed the video.
You, Mr. Ed, Jp and Shawe' thinks it how its spelled. Have spolied it for other bee keepers. You 4 men have shown and taught me about bees. Before I would kill them. Now I plant honeysuckle for them. And Jasmine.
Thank You. Loved the flower tour!
Also love your teaching.
Gotta love a nice nighttime "Bee March", sadly no bandleader in attendence....
(SHBs not invited,) Nice little group of bees in any case.. Better luck next time Mr Dirt Rooster.
Looks like the bees 🐝 would kill the roaches to me now but I don’t know much at all about bees 🐝 great video Rooster 🐓 be safe and GOD BLESS you and your family brother Amen 🙏
The roaches don't get into the hive. If they try the bees run them off.
Very pretty assistant this time .very easy on the eyes ;)
Holy crap that’s one heck of a roach running in the wall cavity at 6:56 Roachzilla 😳
Yes me too i see her
And She is runing into the hive at 24:35 i see her on the white drap
@@soufiane7279 To me, it looks more like a cricket. A big one.
I was wondering what that was myself, I'm like that's no bee or bee queen.
Nice video Randy. Can’t wait until the next one. Take care
Great video and nice little pile of bees .❤🐝🐝🐝👍
I do believe that flower us a Clementis might not be spelled right. Like your helpers shirt. I'm from WV lol. Nice removal may not be as many as you expected but still nice Hive. Peace Be With You All ☮️
Maybe I'm just weird, but I always refer to virgin queens as Princesses (ie, not quite a Queen yet). The inside of my skull is a peculiar place~
I LLLLIKE it!
No better way to house a brain. Peculiar thinking often results in creative problem solving.
The red flowers are called Flame Lilies. Native to parts of Africa and Asia. We have orange ones in the garden here in South Africa.
I got so excited for the boy, I thought he really saw the queen.
Hello from To Melistino Greek beekeeping. Keep up the good job!
That flower is a "flame lily"
What makes them march into the box? Queen pheromones in there?
I have the same walls in my house it was built in 1941 they put up 2 foot tall drywall up drilled holes every few inches in a grid with about an inch of concrete over it terrible to deal with when remodeling the old house
The idea of there being fewer bees is terrifying. Hey, I like to eat!!
6:56 the biggest roach in the United States... how she didn’t comment on it is beyond incredible. That thing is the size of a mouse.
THAT WAS HUGE ROACH
So glad i wasnt the only one to notice!
I thought that's what I saw.
You notice that too?? I was like WTH is that!!! LOL
Man that roach freaked me out
At 6:55
It concerns me that these bees were so small and, in the intro, you said it's been slow and the jobs were small bunches of bees. What would cause that? Are others having the same issue? Could there be something going on in the environment, natural or not?
For years now there has been a dreadful decline of bees. This is due to a lot of factors: the shifting of the climate, the over use of killing pesticides, industrial farming, the mites, bee killing viruses...It's hard to be a bee. Bee keepers will come out to look at a hive to find all of the bees dead or gone, when the hive was just fine a day or two before. People don't seem to understand; if you want to eat FOOD, you MUST protect the bees!
In my opinion this is a result of an unusually warm winter causing the bees to eat up all their food stores and then starving out before our first flow in spring. It's happened before, just very noticeable this year. May be just our region because some people north of us are not seeing the same thing.
@@628DirtRooster We saw the same thing in central Texas. Several cutouts were mean as snot, and not a drop of honey in the colonies. After boxing them up, feeding them for a week or so, most calmed down to my normal only-modestly-mean AHB colonies.
Now, don't get me wrong and like Pete a SITE but Jennifer is a LOT easier on the eyes and it still wonders me out when those little stingers start walk/marching. Hope all is well and GBWYall!
I needed this... all these violent rioters not doing peaceful protesting has my media making me scared and depressed for all the people being hurt, mistreated by corrupt cops.
Those could be loquats. The kumquats here in ATX have ripened and become jam these last few weeks. Interesting that the swarms have been small this year, any idea why?
mmmmm This guy is giving lots of efforts to record, spare some of his time, and upload for all of us these videos to be "happy & watch" ... the Q here.. why do we see dislike?? I mean am from no America but this guy is doing a very good job to entertain all of us ..! Strange for real..
I have a question. I recently saw a swarm move into my water meter box and they were bringing in pollen on their legs quite a bit. Now the bees coming in with pollen are like every few bees flying in, but there is alot of activity on the outside. No fighting, just flying in and out. Why would so many bees be flying in with no pollen but no seemingly fighting going on so wouldnt think they are being robbed...curious
If there’s no fighting then the ones without pollen are carrying nectar, water....
Randy did you ever find her in the box ? I thought I saw her on the 24# marker. You have been teaching me for a long time.
I didn't go back but I've heard they are doing well. I just don't know which queen they kept.
Was that a frign cricket going down after you opened up the wall?😵
That hose is a little to fast. I’m surprised you didn’t fill the lot of em. Or maybe it just sounded fast to me
You should show quick montage of the wall repair on inside. The concrete sounds like a not normal repair. It would be cool to see how you fix it.
That looked like a citrus tree. You can do a scratch and sniff on the leaves if its citrus you'll know.
I see you got a good looking helper today!
Ykno never in my life would I have thought my new favorite youtube channel would go from being video games to fuckin beekeeping videos ahhaha been on TH-cam since '09 and I stg I'd thought I'd seen everything but I've been watchin you for about 2 years now
Glad to have you on here.
Yep 24:37 she’s there , sneaks past 😂
Can you actually feel a warm area or vibration where bees are behind the drywall? I noticed you running your hand over an area...
Honestly I could watch your driving and talking videos all day...if you ever create a Twitch account I am all for it😊
I'm old. I don't even know what Twitch is. lol
Yes! Dirtrooster on Twitch!
@@628DirtRooster Just live streaming! It is easy and you wouldn't have to edit😊
OK I am a bit confused @23:41. I thought bees will follow the queen so how come they are walking to the hive when the queen is outside? Thanks
I’m confused by how you merged the cut-out bees with the established colony. How did the established colony not attack every last bee that you introduced? They would treat the newcomers as robber bees during the day, right? Do they behave that much differently after dark?
They do behave differently after dark. Robber bees aren't out roaming in the dark so newly introduced bees aren't treated as such.
They are flame lily's. They were the flower from Rhodesia. Now Zimbabwe.
Thanks for that
Gloriosa rothschildiana, gloriosa lily or fire lily :)
Right when he said we have 3 eyes on her it looks like she has just come off the lid headed up
bit of a microswarm looks like, I had a couple of those last year
I like your videos always entertaining. could you give your views on wing clipping queens. thanks
Useless practice but doesn't hurt them.
@@628DirtRooster Thanks for your reply
@@628DirtRooster hello again when virgin queen go on mating flight does this make the girls edgy and extra protective. Cheers Nick uk
Yep when the kid kept drawing everyone’s attention from the box the queen slipped by! You would have caught it if the child wasn’t so ready to be the hero lol... but peel kids are kids.
At 6:56 HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THAT THING?? I think it was a cricket!!?😜
The anticipation of looking for the queen was driving me crazy....then no reward! Like waiting in traffic because of a bad accident and not getting to see the destruction 🙃 😪
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She is center frame 24:37
We have 60 frames of honey and pollen. We think there was European Foul Brood. How should we deal with these frames? Thank you!
Are they still on a live colony? You can treat with Terramycin and/or add healthy brood frames, remove honey and feed sugar water and move that hive to a location where there you have no other hives.
I know you are a “hobby” bee keeper, but what do you do for a living? I had a friend that had a few hives on his flat roof who has passed, which why I follow you!
Lots of stuff
Are Mississippi houses not usually insulated?
When giving directions to a southern lady, you use terms of left, right, up or down. That way we know just what you're telling us to do.
Is it me, or was that not a bright idea to continuously vacuum while wearing mesh head gear, knowing good n well that u had a queen bee in a picking position, or do u just say the hell with it, let's suck her up, and hope for the best?? Just curious, cause watching u and Mr Ed's video, I know that the queen bee is quite important!
The good news is that the vacuum is very gentle on the bees, and I've never injured a queen sucking her up into it. And I never can find my fast-moving AHB queen, so they all go into the vacuum.
You can always count on the dirt rooster to find some to do his work for him. With Covid 19 keeping most of his helpers away he will have a hard time beating Mr. Ed in this year’s swarm challenge (this message brought to you on behalf of Jeff Horchoff, who approves of. its content .)
i want to do one of thoes i just dont want to repair the ceiling
Leave the customer with a bottle and have her catch the queen for you :)
That only works in Louisiana.
I left Mr. Ed a bottle one time and it came back with a urine sample in it. Got me gun shy about leaving bottles with people.
That's a bee paradise
that geen is all ready in the hive i saw her go in
Tell your friend from wv. WV said hi.
Haha at 5:00 minutes she didn't wanna talk no dirty talk by accident so she used hand gestures
I was sure I saw the queen on one of those combs.
She runs off the lid at 2437
14:00 Those pesky "crack bees". LOL.
Hahahahahaha
If you were only closer. I just harvested 10 lbs of therapy tomatoes. I'm sure they would lift your spirits.🍅🍅🍅🍅
Oh my! I didn't even know there was a such thing. Do I need a prescription for them?
@@628DirtRooster 🤣
Ok I watched it four times and do not see her. (Never mind I did a screen shot and finally found her.) 😂
That bee march was something to see!
Dirtrooster is the real magician here
What was that thing crawling in the next space over at about 6:56?
a cockroach ...
An ENORMOUS COCKROACH
Love the WVa shirt!
24:05 "The bees go marching 100 by 100 hoorah hoorah..the bees go marching...." lol
Autograph that swarm trap. 😆
It would be graffiti but that would be funny.
6:56. Is that a cockroach?? It’s the size of a chipmunk! That lady needs to worry less about the bees and more about the cockroaches in her walls!
Perhaps they're Loquat fruits. [30:00]
Gloriosa flowers
See the queen bee at 12:15 on the left side, going up