Finding Queens 

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I thought the queen would be two or three times bigger than a worker. Thanks for the video. It was amazing.

It was a beauty seeing that blue spot on her back

Sometimes I love the internet because of the potential of the information like this. I can be witnessed to finding queens even without doing that kind of job. Thank you for the video!

I don't even own a hive, why am I watching this?

He's a very good teacher. He covered almost all the areas you might have questions about. And while he was doing it, you would forget he was right there with the bees. Thank you

I appreciate it, this man is still replying to comments

My man isn’t worried about getting stung in the least.

I thought the Queen will be wearing a heavy make up and ofcourse looking sexy but I was wrong..

The queen be like "Let me down, you peasant!"

I am from India and I am watching your video after a busy work day of auditing. Amazed at how fearless you are and how you handle the bees. Taught me a lesson that you can handle the worst clients in a way that you would still get the best out of them! Thank you

Not a bee keeper, but I found this incredibly interesting. My six year old son has a new obsession with honey lately... and the bees added in Minecraft, plus the recent bee pandemic we're seeing here in Europe has him very interested in all of this. I showed him some bee videos yesterday, how the hives work and how honey is made. That is how this got recommended to me. He hasn't seen this video yet, but I'll be sure to show it to him because I found this one to be the most straight forward. Plus I love now open and free you are with bees. No suit whatsoever, bees crawling on you, no worries. My son is scared of them every time they fly close to him when we're out. I'm trying to get it in in his head that they don't care about him and are just out to find pretty flowers.

He found the first queen at 6:15 Thank me later

Amazing how you picked her up so Gently,well Done Sir 😊

As I always suspected.......... THE QUEEN HAS TURNED TO THE DARK SIDE !!!!

I was shit scared of them until a friend and i went to rescue a dying hive on our farm. Now i know don't scream and go crazy. It was a marvelous experience. We did save the hive with a new queen from one of her many hives. The method was really eye opening rewarding.

Like others, I stumbled across this, but couldn't stop watching. He's so calm, that the video relaxed me!

WOW!!!!!.I was absolutely fascinated watching you,while you were working.And amazed to see,how you even don`t need to use gloves to protect yourself,against the bee`s stings.How peaceful & comfortable you look,while remaining next to those bees.You remind me to my father,-(a Basque gentleman,who loved bees,and dealt with them,with infinite patience,love & respect)-.So I grew up in a farm,where my father used to have more than 30 hives.Since we live in a tropical country-(Colombia)-,we make the honey harvest twice in a year.So hives almost double in number,year after year.Every time my father made the honey harvest,he even did not have to use any kind of protection.It seem,bees recognized him,& they were so nice with him,the same way he was with them.But sadly,one day,my father was no longer available to deal with his so beloved bees,and nobody else,was neither available to do so.. Dad passed away,& the bees flew away from this farm.So at this point,SORRY!!!,but no bees any more!!!. :-( !!!.Greetings from Colombia!!!.

Mr Kelly and all who work to bring these videos to us, thank you so much. My 5 year old twin boys have mostly given up watching cartoons on you tube to looking at Paul hunting for Queens or seeing bees experiencing a leaf blower. Thanks and will keep watching.

RU-vid: wanna know how to find a queen bee Me at 4-45am : well well well, let's see what we have got....

why would you re-queen a colony? Couldn't the queen just keep going on being queen? I am so curious. When you re-queen, do you kill the existing queen?

She literally has a blue crown on her head

Nice watch my man! What model is that?

I always thought that queen bee have bodyguards 😂😂

The fact that he is still replying comments till now is great 👏👏 Salute to you 👍

Wow!! What an amazing skill to have Much respect😊

They didnt even care when he took the queen. XD

Dog rescue => dangerous hybrids => Africanised killer bees => here. You never know where the Internet will take you. Have no interest in beekeeping, but still found the video fascinating.

I have to say this video was great and extremely insightful! Very interesting indeed.

This video adds a touch of luxury to our life. Hello from Moscow.

Great job on the videos! I'm enjoying watching them as a refresher from the course I took years ago. Lots of little, but important things that I'd forgotten over time.

This is an excellent video, informative and well shot. thanks for sharing

You've probably been asked this question a million times before, but how can you handle those bees without protection and not get stung?

I don't even own a hive, but I find this video very interesting, the man's voice is very relaxing and he knows what he's doing, there's no question, he's an expert in this field. anyway, appreciate your work on this interesting video.

The bees 🐝 are not stinging him bc he is the king .

What a brave man! He didn't feel any fear

2:22 So I looked at queen Elizabeth II's picture a bunch of times and yes the abdomen was different and looked at my hive, can't find her, maybe its another queen... Idk, its so hard to find her

Hi, Thanks for taking the time to post this. I’m just starting out with bees here in Australia. I particularly found it interesting when reading the comments. You passed on that queens will only sting another queen. Great info! Thank you. Cheers, Nigel

I've never been able to bare hand pick up a queen, it's actually really difficult; if you miss the first time, she gets spooked and starts sprinting all over the frame making it impossible.

I just read the book Mad Honey it is so amazing what the bees do

I dont even own a hive but i enjoyed it! Thank you kind sir

One very educational video. I always wondered what the queen looked like.

Person:Marco? Queen:Polo?

Quarantined and enjoying this for no apparent reason.

Thank you very much for these videos, they are really helpful.

This was such an interesting video! I don't keep bees myself but this was pretty fascinating to watch. Thank you for the amazing work that you do. 🐝🌏❤

Silly question... but I'm guessing its unavoidable that a few bees may get squished during the process of removing and replacing the frames?

I love the video quality and it's very informative. Thanks for sharing

You should make a book that we can buy that is spot the queen book. It is in my opinion the hardest thing to do if she isn't marked. So like the where is Waldo books. A where is the queen book might help those of us who are new. Love the videos and look forward some of your new ones. Thanks for all you do.

Thank you sir for your sincerity in your brief information. From manipur, India

Well youtube knows how to relax me together with these exams hahaha thank you this is interesting!

A guy I used to work for in the Navy retired and became a bee keeper. Do you just kind of go around all day doing inspections, maintenance, planning and harvesting? All day long? You make this look so relaxing.

Very instructive. My little black bees here in Ireland would never allow me to have no suit on, they're Very protective of their home & queen. Blessings 💖🙏🌻

Hey there! I live on a farm in eastern Kentucky and I’m ordering some hives and bees to start my own little bee farm. My late great uncle and I used to do it when I was little and I always loved going to get the fresh local honey! Your videos are great teachings! Thanks!

“The queen in the hive! The queen in the hive!” While raising my sword

Your videos are great. Thank you for the time put into them.

Very helpful information. Thank you!

very interesting video Paul!

I look for the thorax as it is always shiny on the queen, just look for he shining thorax.

Thanks for the Video. You look pretty confident working with bees. Greets from Mexico

That was cool! You arw the only person I saw not scared and not being stung by the bees. Did you apply any chemical ointment on your body? Because you were without any gear.

I just noticed that as he shifted the board with the Queen 👑 I was tilting my phone too. Like you do when you play video games 😂😂😂😂 I don’t even know why I’m here but CLEARLY I found it interesting!

Am I the only one shocked by the fact that he is not even wearing gloves??????😶😶😶

I have never dealt with bees but this is just so cool to watch! Thanks!

I suppose these are stingless bees. In South Africa you will wear protective clothing and grab the queen with an instrument

That's something new i learnt today... Thank you...

How many times did you get stung making this video? Awesome!

thank you very much. very informative, and great techniques. I'm so new at bee keeping, and learning more each day.

I have a question the smoke you use its dangeros for bees or not :-)

The Bees are Free now - and so it is - Blessings.

Finding queens... Mhmmm,middle school flashback

After long time , i see a genuine good vedio, love that queen, thanks for shareing

thanks a lot for all this helpful information.

Fascinating! Queenie's got a little blue crown. Bees are so cool!

I always wear gloves been stung to many times lol and im not to good sighting the queen,patience comes to mind,nice video

this is most blessed work ever!!!

Nice video brother, love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳....

Thank you for sharing knowledge. May God bless you.

How come they dont bite him bees always bite me im scared of bees but they cute

The Bob Ross of Bees!

So if u were to requeen would you just pinch her and immediately put new queen in her cage into hive to be released by workers in a few days? Or do you let hive sit queenless for 3 days?

Your videos are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to make them. They are very helpful.

I don’t own any bees, but I love playing Where’s Waldo

He is one brave man!!!!🐝

Do they sting you at all? Or have you grown tough skin because of past stings? Respect what you're doing keep up the good work!

I love bees, the street I grew up in, the council planted flowering bushes everywhere there were bumble bees, honey bees and wasps all over them, we used to go out with jars and catch the biggest ones for inspection lol, bumble bees are like little furry bears, they were my favourite.

This is amazing btw I found this video in the recommended...

Fascinating, bees are very very charming

I watch a lot of these videos and am finding these to be very very good. What I would like to know is can I purchase some of your queens? I live in Massachusetts

Thank you uncle honey bunny i tried this and again thank you so much my whole body is Swelled and i discharged from hospital yesterday

nice1..Y bees are friendly with you?? How did you manage it?

I love how peaceful bees are

6:27 she’s so pretty

Really wounerful unbelievable work with bare hand man👍

Wow you know allot about bees. :)

mr.kelly, i've been practicing finding the newly hatched princess with more then 50/50. i've noticed that the virgin princess is extremely active, very fast moving, erratical on the frame (s). is this a trait of her not being mated or the instinct of the presence of another princess(if multiple cells hatch)?

Finally I can get to say QUEEN BEES.

Lovely , I like the way you explain.

Just chilling with mah bee's

Gentle hands. Fascinating stuff man.