Great and different video. Loved it. I caught a swarm in a swarm box and I left it there for about 18 days. Big mistake. I then transferred them over to a 5 frame nuc. The problem was three of the frames were natural drawn comb, not plastic foundation. They were doing very well. I then sold them to a friend. He transported them to his home and apiary. When he went to put them into his own hive he found most of them dead, including the queen. The comb had fallen down and crushed them all. I felt terrible. I ended up giving him another nuc to take its place. He was happy and I was happy. I'll never sell another nuc that is foundationless frames. Lesson learned. I'm trying to weed out all of my foundationless frames from my hives. I'll only use them for cut comb from now on. Keep up the good work and keep those videos coming. Also, I know a guy who buys whiskey barrels and stores his honey in it. They are Bourbon barrels and he calls it Bourbon Barrel honey. He sold a lot of it last year at the fair.
Yeah that new comb is so fragile. Almost impossible to handle. I’m glad more didn’t fall off and drown the queen. Interesting storing honey in those. I wonder if it ads a little flavor to it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You have given us a fantastic idea, we have a 5 gal barrel that I was keeping rough cider in, but it always tasted too oaky, so I stopped years ago and it just sits there. Next year we will try to coax a swarm into it. Cheers Darren.
Fill it up. lol. He picked up the barrel yesterday and he brought me some cherry mead. It’s some strong stuff. I gave him some 2019 fall honey. All my spring honey is gone.
Love the shots of the roadrunner. I live in southwest MO and have only seen them once. When I was a kid had one show up. He /she would catch lizards and smack them against the sliding glass door to kill them. It would sometimes get on top of the house, take off running and sail across the yard.
We've had some around our place the last 3 or 4 years. I think there's a mated pair now. I got one last year on video with a frog. They are some excellent hunters. Thanks for watching.
Road Runner was so awesome. WOW we now have a drunk barrel of bees! LOL. Good job done saving them and keeping your friends barrel in tact. Stay safe and enjoy that high octane 🍺 Hope you have a great weekend!
Hey Darren! Recently I knocked over a precariously balanced deep box. Uggghhh! I know the feeling and the bees weren't too happy about my mistake either. Because of that event, during your time lapse, I was full of angst looking at your nuc! Oh well, none of us would have any honey bee stories to tell if stuff like that didn't happen. 10% beer?! Might want to cut that with some 3.2 beer - just kidding! ;>)) I'm still on the edge of my seat wanting to find out what happened in Hive #4! A cliff hanger for sure! Have a good weekend and Fourth!
Hi WanderingStar. I do need to check on hive 4 and see if that queen worked out. We’ve been busy this week moving into the house. Hopefully I can get to it. Take care.
Hi Russell. Newspaper combine is where you combine two hives by putting a piece of newspaper between them. Usually two deep single box hives. this lets the bees acclimate to eachother slowly and they don't fight. You obviously only want a queen in one box. I do this with a queenless hive, and also laying worker hives sometimes. Hope that helps.
50 years ago I didn't know how to open a barrel either. Had an old friend who ran a wood working/repair shop behind his house. His wife was an invalid. He was a lot of help for a newbie teen aged beekeeper. Told me to get a 1/4" thick piece of flat steel and a hammer. Place the steel against the lower edge of the top ring and hammer upward. Work your way around the top ring slowly. In 2-3 rotations the ring will pop off. Next hammer the 2nd ring upward, etc. till it's loose but still around the barrel. The top should be loose and can be gently pried out with a screwdriver. Can put it back in reverse order and it should be water tight after turning it over and pouring a little water inside to swell up the sides and top. Might need to re-tighten those rings to completely seal it. Middle Ages coopers were pretty smart guys.
Enjoyed this video Darren. Admire practical people.Here in Australia have started running out some vids too. One coming up is bees in a couch. Pls take a few mins to check us out - a new vid every 3wks. cheers Mate. th-cam.com/video/KGNY4Z8F5No/w-d-xo.html
Got a mystery going on now! MORE BEES ARE COMING INTO THE BOX. They done fill that 1 10 frame box up i put on this morning! and hanging all over it! IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG SWARM NOW wow they just now all went inside the box! WOW THIS IS WEIRD i'll check on it tomorrow! see if i need to add another box > June is usually my last swarms > OMG here comes another wave of bees going in now looks like a votex of bees trying to go in, or a TORNADO OF BEES ! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS SWARM ? it comes and goes
Hi mate, a shame a lot of that cone dropped into the water at the bottom of the barrel, might have been a good idea if you could have kept your friends barrel to leave them in there but seeing your friend wanted his barrel back I think you done the best for em with combining with your queen less nuc build there numbers up so to speak , might be a good idea if you could put some frames of another hive with capped brood into your new colony an get that queen laying quicker. Thanks great video.
She was on the brood comb under the lid. My camera stopped recording when I caught her in the clip. I think I have a weak battery I need to get rid of.
i had a weird experience! My swarm just exploded with bees yesterday, its not robbing, this morning there balled up on the top. What happen is some thing happen where they originally from . and the rest of them move in with them.! So i'am suiting up go give them a bigger home , What is weird , Its been about 2 months when i caught this swarm
he hee i hear ya That what killer bees do take over a hive., There not fighting. like robbing. i just got back in. 92 % humidly I took a sweat bath, They move in so i'll just keep a eye on em. They look happy
Cool man> that a lot of work rite there moving ! but you got help lmao i have to divide my time , from out side work to inside work i do it all here no one here but me > I ran that girl off ! she was a thief and found her doing drugs! Can't put up with that crap
You went to a lot of work do give us a great video. Thanks Darren,
Thanks Russell. It was fun though. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great and different video. Loved it. I caught a swarm in a swarm box and I left it there for about 18 days. Big mistake. I then transferred them over to a 5 frame nuc. The problem was three of the frames were natural drawn comb, not plastic foundation. They were doing very well. I then sold them to a friend. He transported them to his home and apiary. When he went to put them into his own hive he found most of them dead, including the queen. The comb had fallen down and crushed them all. I felt terrible. I ended up giving him another nuc to take its place. He was happy and I was happy. I'll never sell another nuc that is foundationless frames. Lesson learned. I'm trying to weed out all of my foundationless frames from my hives. I'll only use them for cut comb from now on. Keep up the good work and keep those videos coming. Also, I know a guy who buys whiskey barrels and stores his honey in it. They are Bourbon barrels and he calls it Bourbon Barrel honey. He sold a lot of it last year at the fair.
Yeah that new comb is so fragile. Almost impossible to handle. I’m glad more didn’t fall off and drown the queen. Interesting storing honey in those. I wonder if it ads a little flavor to it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@JeromeBeeFarm yes he says it gives it a bourbon flavor.
You have given us a fantastic idea, we have a 5 gal barrel that I was keeping rough cider in, but it always tasted too oaky, so I stopped years ago and it just sits there. Next year we will try to coax a swarm into it. Cheers Darren.
Fill it up. lol. He picked up the barrel yesterday and he brought me some cherry mead. It’s some strong stuff. I gave him some 2019 fall honey. All my spring honey is gone.
Love the shots of the roadrunner. I live in southwest MO and have only seen them once. When I was a kid had one show up. He /she would catch lizards and smack them against the sliding glass door to kill them. It would sometimes get on top of the house, take off running and sail across the yard.
We've had some around our place the last 3 or 4 years. I think there's a mated pair now. I got one last year on video with a frog. They are some excellent hunters. Thanks for watching.
You did a good job with a difficult situation. Keep on bringing us these good videos.
Thanks Linda. It was some fragile comb. I think it’s going to work out. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Road Runner was so awesome. WOW we now have a drunk barrel of bees! LOL. Good job done saving them and keeping your friends barrel in tact. Stay safe and enjoy that high octane 🍺 Hope you have a great weekend!
Beep Beep. lol He's coming to get his barrel and get a Bee Farm tour today. Maybe he will bring more beer. lol Take care Mr. CB.
I hope your Queen is alive and well. Thanks for the video Darren!
Thanks Don. I might get down there this evening. We’ve been busy moving into the house. Take care.
Hey Darren! Recently I knocked over a precariously balanced deep box. Uggghhh! I know the feeling and the bees weren't too happy about my mistake either. Because of that event, during your time lapse, I was full of angst looking at your nuc! Oh well, none of us would have any honey bee stories to tell if stuff like that didn't happen. 10% beer?! Might want to cut that with some 3.2 beer - just kidding! ;>)) I'm still on the edge of my seat wanting to find out what happened in Hive #4! A cliff hanger for sure! Have a good weekend and Fourth!
Hi WanderingStar. I do need to check on hive 4 and see if that queen worked out. We’ve been busy this week moving into the house. Hopefully I can get to it. Take care.
July 1st is my birthday LMAO So today is surf and turf > My favor meal Pork tomahawk ribeyes and Alaska king crab! I got to fix it lmao
Happy Birthday
Thanks brother
Love your channel.
Thanks SideStitch. Have a great weekend.
Yea that new comb is like trying to frame up water
Boy no kidding. Sticky gloves don’t help ay either. lol. Take care OkieRob.
explain, what a new paper combine is?
Hi Russell. Newspaper combine is where you combine two hives by putting a piece of newspaper between them. Usually two deep single box hives. this lets the bees acclimate to eachother slowly and they don't fight. You obviously only want a queen in one box. I do this with a queenless hive, and also laying worker hives sometimes. Hope that helps.
50 years ago I didn't know how to open a barrel either. Had an old friend who ran a wood working/repair shop behind his house. His wife was an invalid. He was a lot of help for a newbie teen aged beekeeper. Told me to get a 1/4" thick piece of flat steel and a hammer. Place the steel against the lower edge of the top ring and hammer upward. Work your way around the top ring slowly. In 2-3 rotations the ring will pop off. Next hammer the 2nd ring upward, etc. till it's loose but still around the barrel. The top should be loose and can be gently pried out with a screwdriver. Can put it back in reverse order and it should be water tight after turning it over and pouring a little water inside to swell up the sides and top. Might need to re-tighten those rings to completely seal it. Middle Ages coopers were pretty smart guys.
Enjoyed this video Darren. Admire practical people.Here in Australia have started running out some vids too. One coming up is bees in a couch. Pls take a few mins to check us out - a new vid every 3wks. cheers Mate.
th-cam.com/video/KGNY4Z8F5No/w-d-xo.html
I wish I knew this before I started. I definitely would have given it a try. Thanks for stopping in OG.
i hope you'll name her the whisky queen
That is definitely her name. 🥃 👸🐝
Got a mystery going on now! MORE BEES ARE COMING INTO THE BOX. They done fill that 1 10 frame box up i put on this morning! and hanging all over it! IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG SWARM NOW wow they just now all went inside the box! WOW THIS IS WEIRD i'll check on it tomorrow! see if i need to add another box > June is usually my last swarms > OMG here comes another wave of bees going in now looks like a votex of bees trying to go in, or a TORNADO OF BEES ! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS SWARM ? it comes and goes
Crazy, did they settle down?
yes they finely did! It was CRAZY
Hi mate, a shame a lot of that cone dropped into the water at the bottom of the barrel, might have been a good idea if you could have kept your friends barrel to leave them in there but seeing your friend wanted his barrel back I think you done the best for em with combining with your queen less nuc build there numbers up so to speak , might be a good idea if you could put some frames of another hive with capped brood into your new colony an get that queen laying quicker. Thanks great video.
Hi Peter. I plan to combine them again on a queenless single deep. Thanks for watching and commenting.
That's lip balm quality wax there!
Yes it is, very soft and light. lol Thanks for watching.
where did the queen come from?
She was on the brood comb under the lid. My camera stopped recording when I caught her in the clip. I think I have a weak battery I need to get rid of.
@@JeromeBeeFarm thanks Glad you found her and she didn't drown.
That poor hive has had a rough couple of days.
Yes it has. It has another combine in its future too. I’m hoping that queen is in there still. Thanks for stopping in.
i had a weird experience! My swarm just exploded with bees yesterday, its not robbing, this morning there balled up on the top. What happen is some thing happen where they originally from . and the rest of them move in with them.! So i'am suiting up go give them a bigger home , What is weird , Its been about 2 months when i caught this swarm
Sounds crazy.
he hee i hear ya That what killer bees do take over a hive., There not fighting. like robbing. i just got back in. 92 % humidly I took a sweat bath, They move in so i'll just keep a eye on em. They look happy
It was so hot and humid here yesterday. We were moving into the house. Almost unbearable.
Cool man> that a lot of work rite there moving ! but you got help lmao i have to divide my time , from out side work to inside work i do it all here no one here but me > I ran that girl off ! she was a thief and found her doing drugs! Can't put up with that crap
Ah two beers for a cutout, bartering is still alive in America.
It was a bargain! lol He came back later and bought a gallon of honey and brought some mead. Thanks for watching.