I Didn't Want To Do This
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This live honey bee removal was done at an assisted living facility in Biloxi, Mississippi in August of 2019. As I state in the video, I didn't want to do this job, not even a little bit. I even put them off several times in hopes that the bees would go away on their own or that the company would find someone else to do the job. Working at heights above about fifteen feet really scares me since having vertigo problems for several years straight a while back. The funny thing is I used to walk roofs as high as this one with no fall protection as part of my job. I didn't like heights then and the older I get the more heights bother me. Today there isn't enough money to get me on top of a building like this. When I first looked at this property it was just before hurricane season in 2018. I skated away from the job with the excuse that I had to go out of town to work, which I did many weeks later. We worked hurricane claims in North and South Carolina and Florida for a few months. Of course when I got back to town I didn't bother to call and see if they still needed me to remove the bees. Several months later the calls and emails started up again. The bees seemed to have gotten more aggressive and were stinging some of their elderly residents so the balcony had been made off limits.
When I finally agreed to do this job over a year after first looking at it, it was only after having Pete drive over to look at it and agree to do all the work himself. I was only going to be his go-fer/assistant. I'm not at all lazy or scared of work but I wasn't about to be up on a ladder that close to the edge of that third floor balcony without a whole bunch of expensive fall protection in place. I even bought a harness for Pete but he wouldn't wear it so while he was up on the ladder prying trim down I stood next to him and held on to his pants in case he slipped. I'm almost exactly twice Pete's size so I had no doubt I could snatch him to safety, so that was my plan. Thank God the demo work went off without a hitch and I didn't have to rag doll him across the balcony.
After being on the balcony for a while my nerves settled a bit and I was able to get near the edge, still not without fear. Once we discovered that the bees were in that column my mind was at ease somewhat since we were on solid footing working in that corner. Once we gained access to the hive the property management came to see what they had. They were absolutely blown away by the size of it. They tasted the honey and took a little comb honey home with them. We ended up removing a little under two hundred pounds worth of hive and bees. The honey was split between Pete, myself and property management. After separating from the wax there ended up being a little over eight gallons of honey if I recall correctly.
Two days later I returned and rebuilt everything myself which included working on a ladder to finish all the upper trim. I had a death grip on the column the whole time though which caused me to be there twice as long rebuilding the upper trim. I sealed the column from the inside to prevent a reinfestation. This hive had been there at least a couple of years. This was confirmed by the maintenance man who met with me to let me in for the final repairs.
I still have the honey from this job and will have it bottled and on our web site in the next few weeks.
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You know you are good when you are accidentally catching swarms. Good job.
"Instruction manual: Don't Fall"---Now THAT's my kind of instructions.
I HATE heights after I fell backwards off a bale stack as a teen; I finally worked my way back up onto single story roofs but oh, I don't like it one damn bit. Anything higher than that, I'd probably puke, cry, and fall down so I wouldn't have to move.
So you did darn good! :) Can't believe you didn't make Pete do the trim work.....shoulda.....I know I would have, and taken pics from the GROUND, thank you so much!
"dude you shook the whole porch" hahaha! i know the feeling!! afraid of hights too
Sandra hacked the system and saw the video before it went live. lol
@@628DirtRooster no :P just in the mood for your videos today and went to the bottom of the cutouts list... just lucky i guess :)
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@@628DirtRooster done :)
your job seems so stressful man. i couldn't imagine the anxiety of having to fix peoples walls and ceilings after taking care of all the bees. some people are so picky when it comes to drywall work. you do good work and i hope people pay you well.
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As a railfan, i really appreciated that shot of the passing train. Keep up the good work. Yall r crazy messin with bees. Buts its sure fun to watch. Lol
Now that’s a hive removal! I miss my bees and the taste of real honey. Unless you’ve actually tasted “real” honey you’d never know the difference. I wish the video was in Smell-o-vision, I love that smell.
I hear ya on the height thing. Just had a windstorm blow the gutters off the back of my house, 2-1/2 stories up. Money is tight, but not tight enough that I wouldn’t hire someone to fix them. 20 year ago, I would have been up there myself hanging them. I did hang them 20 years ago, maybe why they came off?
Just remember, it’s not the height that kills you, it’s the sudden stop at the end. Happy New Year, buddy.
Rich good to hear form you man. Hope all is well with you and the family.
Never gets old watching bees march into the box.
For me either.
fascinates me as well!
I had a mosquito in my room biting me while I watched this. It was a very immersive experience. Add that to my goosebumps because of the tall heights and huge hive.
I hate clowns. When you showed that picture at the beginning it freaked me out! Bees good, clowns bad.
It don't never get old watching these amazing creatures
I normally skip ads, but ill sit through them for this channel so you get the ad revenue. Keep doing what you love!!
You’re such a positive guy. It’s refreshing.
i was shocked when i discovered years ago ... you can be afraid of heights FOR OTHER PEOPLE!! See someone standing on a ledge and your stomach drops out just as if it were you standing on the edge.
Have you ever seen a young child fearlessly look over a cliff/waterfall? It's terrifying. What do you do? You can't risk rushing to them, or startling them, or grabbing for them. That's the day I learned that even the most cautious children don't know what to be afraid of.
@@rachelg9873 been there, done that
Those bees picked a perfect place to build a hive.
Meatball soup yummy. Love the video Randy and Pete. Thanks again and bee well guys.
👍🐝 good job fellas.
Thanks JP. Glad you're back in civilization.
omg i only now realized we're in the same area. i was behind you at dollar general some time last week! such a small world lol.
Wow! Crazy. Say hi next time.
Randy, your videos are so much better than those of anyone else. I don’t even have bees (yet) but I have learned a great deal from you and your family. It has been a fun experience. Thank you. 😊
LOVE your channel, the banter and your jobs! I am enthralled at watching these! Hey I even picked the queen out after you showed the swarm you picked up LOL
That gives me a business idea: "Where's Waldo" type books but the bee version where Waldo is the queen and in a crowd of bees.
Man as a disabled individual I couldn't even to pretend to do what you do, But I can dern sure watch the hell out of your videos. Much appreciated; Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for the support Shig.
I just thought I'd let you know I really enjoy watching your videos. They're not only entertaining but I've learned a lot from watching you. You got a really good sense of humor too. Thanks for sharing☺️
Be safe out there brother and GOD BLESS you and your family Amen 🙏.
Thank You for taking the time to video and edit this! Heights!!##?? Love watching cut outs! Watching them march is somehow very satisfying!!
Always exciting to see a new video from you Randy. Hope you’re dads doing well.
Thanks man. I saw him this evening. Seems OK today.
I’m watching this covered with two duvets and have a dog beside me for Warmth.... I’m moving to where you are! Love watching your videos, always guaranteed a laugh and some great footage of those fabulous insects. 😀👌☘️🇮🇪
Stay warm. :)
What's a duvet?
A Duvet is a fancy name for a quilted blanket.
mark harris 😂😂.... dunno where the name ‘duvet’ came from but when I was a child my duvet had sleeves, pockets and buttons 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
gullreefclub 👌. Only the quilted squares contain goose feathers! 😀
Epic video DirtRooster. Epic job. And a swarm marching. Thank you very much for sharing, regards to Pete and see you soon.
😮 I wouldn’t want to get on a ladder that high up either! Nice! ♥️ 🐝 ♥️
Grumpy bees with this one and you sure smoked the heck out of em. That's a lot of hive and a bunch of bees. Hoo, free swarm and a great bee march. I love the march!
Impressive video. You and Pete did a nice job removing those bees from the column. (And the bees tolerated your burglary very patiently.) When you found that swarm, I began to think that you have some of Mr. Ed's good luck. Good job !
Btw first time commenting... Last time i had anything to do with bees was way back in high school...yess we had hives several infact and did a full year course on them as part of animal husbandry class...yet ive been hard binge watching your videos...i find the relaxing watching you do what you do so thankyou from a new random viewer from Australia!
LOL, I got my fear of heights from falling off a hay loft in my teens. Tried to cure it by joining the Army, went into "Field Communications"...which requires climbing telephone poles! Ironically, I gaffed into a knot-hole, gaffs slid and I bounced all the way to the bottom, wrecked my knee. Man, my pulse got to racing on your behalf when you showed the view down to the A/C units--darned near soiled myself! Good job!
I salute you men ... cant wait for more videos
you guys are the best. i enjoy watching and the way you kid around is great!
Man just the shot over the balcony was making my knees week.
I"m right there with you on the heights! Great video as usual!
Im so proud of myself lol, i spotted that Queen on the ground on the bricks before you said anything and before u picked her up..Ive been watching ur video's for about a weeks now and have gotten a custom to knowing what the Bee's and Queen look like..lol
Always down for a 628 vid!
Watching that swarm is so cool!
Your killing me DirtRooster,,,,I was sure you where gonna say the guy with the big red nose in the picture was Mr.Ed 😂😂😂😂😂
His teeth weren't showing.
@@628DirtRooster true😎😎😎
Lol I thought you cussed and censored it out w/ that train whistle..turns out, it was really a train 😂
11:28 "No suits... and shorts. That's a bee man." Yep. He's swole!
Always nice to see a place where there aren't any bee shortages.
As I go back further into the history of your past videos, I can see why I gravitate towards your videos so much. You do things like I would hope I would if in your place. I was completely taken over by attention to detail during my time in the Marines, you would have made a good one. I don't say that in a lighthearted way, I mean it. Even if you were an undisciplined hellion when you were younger, I was too.
Well that was a surprise! Great job! Loving the vids Randy!
I love watching you work! I even used one of your videos to help my son get over his fear of bees. Also your video editing/camera skills have really improved through the time I've watched you, congrats on being multi-talented!
Rooster, I enjoy all of your videos the only thing wrong is you don’t post enough of them. lol
I really don’t know why you are afraid of falling from heights because the fall won’t hurt you, it’s the sudden stop that hurts! lol. Just trying to be funny while waiting on spring!
Just remember the fall ain’t what hurts. It’s the sudden stop. LORD watch out for rooster and Pete while they get these bees out Amen 🙏.
As always. Enjoyed the video.
Hi dirtrooster I just want to say I really like when you and Pete work together...y'all always have me laughing till I bout pee myself lol...and only am I allergic to bees I'm deathly afraid of heights...so those bees would be there indefinitely If was the only pest control person person on earth...thanks for y'alls work on these jobs...
Now that’s some bees right there!!!
That's a smart queen. "I will take you to a land where giants care for our every need!"
That is crazy!! I was surfing through youtube and noticed the thumbnail pic for this video, my friend has that exact same picture of that clown! He found it back in the early 90's, somebody had thrown it out.
Almost took my breath the first shot you did from the balcony. I don't do heights.
How much on average do you get paid doing jobs like this? Or is keeping the honey and bees payment? Just curious
Such a well established hive. I can see why they wanted you to come over. I'd be s are hanging over the side too. If you had to access from the out side it would be horrible. I'd like to see the owners face when they find out the columns are hallow. More than one queen?
The very outer column is probably solid the other two are just for aesthetics, it’s going to be a bastard to repair the whole side needs to be redone on that column
wow that was a Hugh nest there good job guys thumbs up shared
Thanks Drew!
At 10:17 that's the song of my people! \m/ - I love this episode of Stuntman Pete and Chicken Little! Speaking of chickens, we have not seen your yard birds in a while, how are they holding up? Personally I am a fan of the Plymouth Rocks, or oreo birds as we used to call them when I was growing up on a farm.
I was going to cover what the instructions said. “Don’t Fall “ and it’s all good.
Do some bees get left behind when you relocate them like this? Surely they're not all home when you're vacuuming them all up? What happens to the bees that arrive home later to an empty house?
amazing video and hell of the beehive.
GOD🙏🙏BLESS YOU.
EDUARDO MIAMI FL. 🇺🇸
I was thinking dam good lookin hotwings!
That painting you said was how you feel about the whole thing is a painting my wife remembered her grandmother had when she was little. All my wife had was a picture took during Christmas when she was young and the painting was blurred in the background. I attempted to recreate it based on that fuzzy image while researching "french clown mime clown paintings with blue backgrounds" and finally found a photo of it online. My recreation was WAYYYYYY off to say the least, lol. So i have been working on a new one for her. When my cursor went over the thumbnail of your video I almost crapped my pants!!! What a strange coincidence. One of my favorite Bee You-Tubers comes across this painting on a removal..... Thanks again for sharing your experiences and all the hard work you add to all your hard work by filming and editing so we can learn and be entertained. I hope one day I'll have the opportunity to try my hand at bee keeping.
Wow! What a coincidence. I had to go look up the artist. :( He did some cool work. My grandfather was in the Shriners and would clown in parades and circuses. He had all kinds of art stuff like that. My brother got some of it.
@@628DirtRooster Whoa! So my wife just gave me the details - Her grandfather was also a Shriner and her grandmother was a Lady of the Eastern Star. I guess they gave that to her mom as a gift. They had lots of art about clowns from various artists.
@@tomasjosefvela1 My dad got into it for a while in the early 80s. We used to go to some of the meetings but that didn't last long since most of the group liked to drink, a lot.
Y'all did an amazing job here Randy.
Thanks Joe. I'm glad we found them in an accessible place.
Hey Rooster 🐓 I’m late watching as usual. It’s not the fall that hurts it’s that sudden stop rooster 🐓.
How long does it take for bees to build that much of a hive? Some of the jobs you do seem so big that it makes me wonder why it took the owners so long to get someone in to remove them?
Wow!! What a great video!! I laughed so hard when your partner took out the instruction manual for the safety harness!! I can relate to you DirtRooster about heights. I feel the same after suffering 3 head injuries, one of them messing up the 4th nerve of my right eye which really has messed up my balance. That was a huge hive too! Did the Assisted Living folks like the honey?? About how many bees do you estimate were in that hive? Enjoyed the video! 😊
Love your video on your bee husbandry. I have been trying to purchase some of the honey that you collect. However, when I get to your website, it is sold out. The next time that I am back at home, GPT, I will be looking you up to get some honey. I will probably be there in August timeframe and by then you will have had quite a bit of product to sell. Well, at least I hope so.
Ilay heavy odds that Mr. Ed's ears went UP when you accidentally got that swarm. NICE hive and glad gravity didn't overtake either of yall. Bacon nand plenty of it! Thanks, Buddy! GBWYall!
@10:19
I love trains. I run into that foam stucco too, sometimes. It's easy to repair, at least.
Thankful it wasn't real stucco.
Great job again like always
Ya know. I found this on pure accident. Which is funny since I am down right terrified of bees. Yet I find the removals and the stories behind them rather fascinating.
That’s the gift that keeps on giving...
Love watching these videos ...
There at the end it looked like some sort of delicious slow cooked mystery meat in a giant crock pot. I wanted to put some of it over rice.
Well heck I know the recipe by heart. We'll fix you up some.
@@628DirtRooster Well at least it's high in protein. It's full of crushed bees, larvae and hive beetles. YUM YUM.
Gotta eat it while it’s hot though 😂
Great view that’s for sure rooster 🐓.
Wow I don’t know if 4 buckets are enough now. That’s a big hive wow 😳.
I don't know how I stumbled upon your channel but myself and my lady enjoy watching your channel. Can we get a shout-out on your next video: Corey and Toni
There goes the troll train, as Aquachigger would say. Lol. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇦🇺
My goodness that's a big hive!
I've got the eeks just thinking about where you guys are working.
Great video!
Thanks Kimberly
I was just thinking thankfully the bees r where u can reach them. And then u said it lol they knew u were coming Pete so they didn't make it very sweet lmao.
You are the LAST person I'd say was avoiding work/afraid of working hard. You don't have to justify that. I'm terrified.. well.. not so much of heights but the 'falling from them' thing scares me silly.
I won't bungee jump or sky dive or mountain climb.... lol
@@628DirtRooster I won't do those things either.
the sudden stop is what scares me
@@notafuckinpplperson8233 That last step's a doozy.
@@628DirtRooster Like that old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is not for you." :) I'm not jumping out of a PERFECTLY good airplane or off a perfectly good bridge. Just like those people that run marathons or run for fun.. I don't get it at all.. I run from rabid dogs, angry hives, or gunshots, that's about it.
Balcony closed. lol Wow, that was a tall hive and up high too. Lucky you didn't have to man lift it on the outside. That queen was walking down the brick walk and you interrupted her stroll. I always think I'm going to get a lot of wax and after you melt down that huge pile, you wind up with 1/2 inch in your roaster. lol Those do look like wings. Dip it in some buffalo sauce, you might be on to something there. Thanks for the video Chicken Little.
I thought we were going to be going through the ceiling to hopefully be able to reach over beams and remove them from the soffit. It was a wide soffit though and I wasn't sure we'd be able to reach all of it that way. A man lift would have been the next consideration but I'm not sure I would have even tried that with it being right on the edge of that marsh. Soft ground and man lifts aren't a good combo.
Don’t blame ya! Don’t like working on a ladder, either!
Did the honey taste any better?
Thank you.
Regards...
I took a fall off a 16 foot deer stand. Got to the top and was pulling on the sides to stand upright and the sides both let go. Man was that a scary trip down. Was wishing I had a parachute on the way down. Surprise of surprises I landed just right and only bruised my left leg when I landed. I hobbled around for a few weeks then was good as new. I contribute my good landing to the thick layers I had on and am happy I survived it.
Wow! Glad you came out breathing. I've heard some stories, as I'm sure you have, of people falling on their gun and other such tragedies.
Indiana Jones hates snakes. The DirtRooster hates heights.
I don't blame him. Looking at that soffet, knowing the three stories of empty air underneath it, made me want to evacuate my bladder, too.
That was crazy. I'm not a fan of heights either so I know your pain. Interesting at the end though, you melt the stuff down? What happens after, you have clean honey? How do you get the wax out?
We don't have any bees in myback yard,I've had quite a few in years past,I've seen them in my Rosemarie bush,on my lime tree,lemon tree , avocado tree,, but nothing this year.
Because of this channel, I've gone fro a bit meh on bee's to determined to get some hives because bee's, bee's are cool. In the UK so trying to figure out any license I'd need but it's happening! Thanks to you that'll be at least two more hives in the world. But I am gonna wear a suit, England is cold so the bee's ain't so chill but it means beesuits ain't so bad..
Thankfully you didn't need a JLG because they don't make safety harnesses for folks like us. Lol. What can you do with bee's wax besides putting on new frames?
Could you show us more of how you do the comb crushing and wax rendering?
Thanks!
Check out the wax processing videos in the play lists. th-cam.com/users/628DirtRoosterplaylists?view_as=subscriber
If it shakes just walking out there it's not built very well is it? Wouldn't get me up there very long.
Too funny ! I thought they look like hot wings also! 😂 ps did you ever say who caught more swarms last year? You or Jeff?
I found Its hard to do anything when you need two hands to hang on!
Your as nervous as a sheep at a New Zealand Bucks Party!
I used to remove bees a while back , here's a tip for locating where the combs are. Carry an old wire coat hanger or 12 or 14 ga stripped copper electrical wire about 2 feet long. Grab your 3/16th inch drill and make a hole where you suspect they are and insert the wire. If you hit comb you will see it on the wire. It can save a lot of unnecessary destruction and save a lot of time. Cheers!
Thanks FranSwi. th-cam.com/video/52SYVvr9Djg/w-d-xo.html
Yes brother in Christ, I am.having inner ear problems and I can feel.the slightest movement when Im upstairs. Good thing is that Messiah moved us to a solid, brand new complex with hatdwood floors so I am in a more stable place!!
I've seen you use the vacuum many times.
How do you decide the vac is full and cant' hold any more bees???
Mostly by weight but if I'm still not sure I'll open it and take a look.
So much for solid columns
Somebody got jipped on the solid columns now.