This is an awesome video. It's showing me for the very first time, bees swarming! And how can you stand there with all those buzzers around you and not get attacked is a mystery. You've also showed me what you do next -- look for the Queen. Very interesting. And no gloves on the hand. Then the bees settle into the new hive you've given them, so easy. Lifting the lid to put the Queen in. Finally, everyone is happy. Yeah, me too, mannn. Thanks. God bless our bees.
I love to watch anything about bees and their hives. This is an awesome video! Thx! One thing I don't understand is why they swarm if they have a queen.......I also thought queens could not fly.
wow i wish i was your neighbour i could learn so much from you=== cool video man and your brave i think i would definitely have to wear a protective suit good work so nice to see humans working with nature rather than against == Big respect to you
Sweet catch man that was kinda lucky that they went only like 5 meters away from the old hive that prevented you the effort of lookin for them... So you got 2 colonies out of that in the end? (I mean the swarm plus the rest that stayed in the old hive)
Them making drones is the 1st sign that they're getting strong enough to swarm. Then they start backfilling (in the brood chamber), ...then the dreaded bunches of queen cells. If you see queen cells and no eggs, they've swarmed. If you see eggs, she's probably still there (and it would beehove you to make a split WITH that queen so they don't split on their own!)
Zero if you make sure they have room to both store honey & the queen lay eggs. 'New' queens (less than 1 year old) hare half as likely to swarm vs. a 2nd year queen. Breeders will breed genetics with bees which prefer to NOT swarm. Still, bees are bees and you can't always control when they'll swarm!
If it is the same queen that left the old colony with the swarm (not a new one) you cage her just to bring the rest of the bees to the new hive and insure they will stay. I would leave her caged for 2 days, or use an entrance guard to prevent the queen from swarming again (Happens sometimes). Good luck :)
Is that your beekeeper's suit (white) they are swarming on? LOL what a hoot. Wish I lived close, I could use some of those bees. You are in Florida right? midwest here... oh well. What kind of bees are those, they look big on camera.
@@soraroxasdude2 Not true. Bees will swarm whenever their colony is stuffed with resources and the weather looks 'acceptable.' Also...it completely depends on the local climate. In Texas (Austin) we get PLENTY of winter days where it's in the 70+! That's plenty warm for bees to swarm.
This is an awesome video. It's showing me for the very first time, bees swarming! And how can you stand there with all those buzzers around you and not get attacked is a mystery. You've also showed me what you do next -- look for the Queen. Very interesting. And no gloves on the hand. Then the bees settle into the new hive you've given them, so easy. Lifting the lid to put the Queen in. Finally, everyone is happy. Yeah, me too, mannn. Thanks. God bless our bees.
Thank you Tony :)
I love to watch anything about bees and their hives. This is an awesome video! Thx! One thing I don't understand is why they swarm if they have a queen.......I also thought queens could not fly.
That was the most massive swarm! Huge!
wow i wish i was your neighbour i could learn so much from you=== cool video man and your brave i think i would definitely have to wear a protective suit
good work so nice to see humans working with nature rather than against == Big respect to you
Thank you Tizrmonky. I think we can learn from the nature much more if we are willing to. This is one reason I don't wear a suit most of the time :)
Sweet catch man that was kinda lucky that they went only like 5 meters away from the old hive that prevented you the effort of lookin for them... So you got 2 colonies out of that in the end? (I mean the swarm plus the rest that stayed in the old hive)
Nice swarm catch !
Lucky they never left ur backyard.....
I felt really itchy watching this-
What are the clues that they are going to swarm?
Them making drones is the 1st sign that they're getting strong enough to swarm. Then they start backfilling (in the brood chamber), ...then the dreaded bunches of queen cells. If you see queen cells and no eggs, they've swarmed. If you see eggs, she's probably still there (and it would beehove you to make a split WITH that queen so they don't split on their own!)
How many times will a good hive swarm in a year?
Zero if you make sure they have room to both store honey & the queen lay eggs. 'New' queens (less than 1 year old) hare half as likely to swarm vs. a 2nd year queen.
Breeders will breed genetics with bees which prefer to NOT swarm. Still, bees are bees and you can't always control when they'll swarm!
How many times did you get stung?
I stopped counting long time ago :)
Just caught a swarm today. How long do I need to leave the queen caged?
If it is the same queen that left the old colony with the swarm (not a new one) you cage her just to bring the rest of the bees to the new hive and insure they will stay. I would leave her caged for 2 days, or use an entrance guard to prevent the queen from swarming again (Happens sometimes). Good luck :)
You got balls man! I scream and run around like a little girl when a bee buzz's around my head.
Is that your beekeeper's suit (white) they are swarming on? LOL what a hoot. Wish I lived close, I could use some of those bees. You are in Florida right? midwest here... oh well. What kind of bees are those, they look big on camera.
Just regular honey bees, with normal size.
These are Africanized bees. Normal bees usually don't swarm until spring starts
@@soraroxasdude2 Not true. Bees will swarm whenever their colony is stuffed with resources and the weather looks 'acceptable.'
Also...it completely depends on the local climate. In Texas (Austin) we get PLENTY of winter days where it's in the 70+!
That's plenty warm for bees to swarm.
whets the odds of thet makes it nice
Very cool like a plain
Boa tarde. Muito lindo. Esse video. Eu tenho. Umas caixas. De abelha.
Man I couldn't do that bees freak me out!
Very cool
Good job
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