Honey Bee Rescue: Bee Hive Left Alone for 20 Years | The Bush Bee Man

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In this episode of The Bush Bee Man, Mark accomplished a honey bee rescue and relocated bees. This humane bee hive removal left the girls safe in a new tidy home after bee-ing left alone for 20 years. Watch more removal and relocation videos: • Bee Hive Removal from ...
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@timan2039 4 года назад

The Bees looking up in the sudden flood of light, "the stories are true...."

@philphillip7343 4 года назад

I love how animated you are, sir. I had the realization of how sour I’ve been recently after watching this and I thank you.

@IsmaelNxala 4 года назад

Just realized the same ting my guy, this guy teaches perspective!

@joesinakandid528 3 месяца назад

And me, as well.

@ourfloridagarden4191 3 года назад

They are so smart. First sign of new digs and they are moving in.

@deslynmcintyre3833 2 года назад

Imagine how many swarms have come from this lovely hive over the past 20 years. They are very calm bees.

@iowasenator 4 года назад

Due to the horrendous shape of this poor old neglected hive, I would have just vacuumed these girls. Then, I would have pulled the hive apart and salvaged as much as possible. It will be a miracle if the Queen wasn't killed or damaged in some way. It would be such a shame if this particular Queen is lost, as these genetics are really really good. For the sake of these poor bees (and you), I hope they survive. The best of luck, my friend!! Please update us on your babies when you're able.

@marcowinkler8225 3 года назад

Can you please explain why the genetics are very good in this hive?

@iowasenator 3 года назад

@@marcowinkler8225 That's an excellent question. If these bees have been "left alone for 20 years", it means that the bees have survived entirely on their own without any treatments or human intervention. In other words, these girls have perfectly adapted themselves and are survivors. Even the best of bees may fail during an extended drought unless the beekeeper provides supplemental feeding. Disease and other pests can cause a colony to fail too. Yet, these bees needed nothing from a beekeeper. Personally, I would love to incorporate the genetics of these bees into my apiary! Are you interested in bees or are you a new beekeeper, Marco?

@iowasenator 3 года назад

@@marcowinkler8225 Does my reply answer your question adequately? I really enjoy assisting others.

@marcowinkler8225 3 года назад

@@iowasenator thank you for the fast response. I'm young keen German beekeeper. And I was curious if you considered that this bees could be died every two years or so and a new swarm could be moved in. (it's the naturel way how bees live, at least here in Europe) So the bees and their genetics could be the same as your bees. So I was a bit skeptical about how good the genetics really are :)

@iowasenator 3 года назад

@@marcowinkler8225 Yes, that is very possible. Bees are very attracted to the hives of past colonies. By the way, my mother's family were all Germans. It's been a dream of mine to travel to Germany. My grandfather would speak his language when I was a child and I miss him and his German so much. In which part of Germany do you live?

@westcoaster3763 4 года назад

Can't wait for the update on this hive.

@1kreature 4 года назад

Any news on the update?

@macelius 4 года назад

Ditto, was disappointed with the lack of conclusion, and with the lack of care to avoid smashing bees when maneuvering equipment, especially when flipping that super on it's side. P.S. Check out JPthebeeman to see how to transfer and capture wild hives with minimal harm, including finding and caging their queens.

@user-cp2sx8gp2z 3 месяца назад

What a mess, bee my luck ida done smashed the queen.

@tenshichic 4 года назад

He reminds me of Pooh Bear when he talks and laughs! Makes sense that he would be a beekeeper! 🍯 😊

@quietpianist 4 года назад

Your voice reminds me of what an Australian Winnie The Pooh would sound like.

@jupupable4101 4 года назад

His accent sounds like Australian mixed with UK with some Kiwi thrown in.

@Nevir202 4 года назад

Reminds me of Mr Bean.

@ezradaiquiri11311 4 года назад

@quietpianist, that's awesome lol 😂

@chasingthefish9042 2 года назад

Hes a polar bear!

@0hMyLife Год назад

Omg! I was thinking the same thing when he was kinda humming/singing to himself!!! LOL

@donaldross8597 Месяц назад

Had my great-great-grandfather nicked a loaf of bread. I would be watching this in Australia.

@IrvingDrommond 4 года назад

Boyyyy, I always am astonished at how laid back those bees are...... Nice episode!

@wainemiller7293 4 года назад

I watch a couple different bee keeper channels and this guy is so indecisive on everything. And crystal about an amazing experience that we all will never experience. 20 yrs old bee hives

@crowbarstube 4 года назад

bee keepers are maniacs,never met one that wasn't a lunatic........please continue

@Jaydaydesign 2 года назад

I’m of the opinion it’s all the bee stings/venom. They are all a bit eccentric. And they often seem to have big fat fingers too.

@jkrudolf15 4 года назад

Did one like that last year. Rethought, and used my Beevac 9000 first. Helped find the queen. Got her in a cage in a full new set of frames. Then cut and wired the good brood comb, about 1/3 of the saving bits. Dumped the vacuum box in. Then left the old honey out. They cleaned it in a day and promptly drew new comb. They too were a tad angry until they moment they were in the new dry box. Like night and day. Stopped roaring and got down to business in minutes. Fun experience. Don't forget to get a taste of the old honey! Always interesting. Bit out of this hive was solid. Tasted like caramel.

@gilong81 4 года назад

first time watching a video by this guy. was he perfectly (or mostly) normal in the truck, and then turned into Bennie Hill when he started handling the bees?

@pbondcasa 4 года назад

gilong81 with a big dose of Yoda.

@jmartin4550 4 года назад

Lol, i thought of Benny Hill too.

@jacquelinebott5318 4 года назад

These bees have done the very best in the conditions they’ve been stuck in....well done bees,and well done bee bloke

@youandiryan 4 года назад

I have to say you are excellent on camera. You have such a great personality and openness to you. You were meant for RU-vid

@ShannonD.999 3 года назад

I wonder how this hive fared. Any chance of an update? It would be greatly appreciated!

@RowdyLowdy 4 года назад

Monty Python: The Meaning of Bee Keeping.

@HamTransitHistory 4 года назад

Exactly.

@GalicheGal 4 года назад

Hopefully they will thrive again in their new home. I really felt your dilemma of how far to renovate. They seemed fairly docile so well worth the effort. I saw a man yesterday on YT euthanasise a very aggressive colony... He was heart broken but they were extremely aggressive. I really enjoyed this video Thank you🐝

@sheslikeheroin93 4 года назад

I saw that video too. Weird how the algorithm is sending these videos my way, as I've had no previous interest in the subject.

@shawnburton385 4 года назад

This guy is such a dork :p I'm so happy I found him!

@showtime0561 4 года назад

This guys giggles are hilarious. I’ve never seen anybody giggle so much and not be high unless he is high as hell

@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper 4 года назад

That's wild! Wonder how many times this colony has swarmed out and requeened. Cool stuff man!

@MrGigi-dz9cv 4 года назад

This just proves, humans are în the way of nature.

@eddvcr598 4 года назад

I can listen to you talk about beekeeping forever. I love your great nature and sense of humor!

@priyacharichakravarti6868 3 года назад

Just loved the enormous knowledge I gained from this important episode of rejuvenating a very old brood to a new home while simultaneously making holistic considerations on its appropriateness. Presented with all your trademark engaging humour. Really top show! 👏👏👏

@jasonjacobi6674 4 года назад

out of all the bee related videos that i end up getting sucked into watching, this was the most fun to watch!

@Max-po5sx 4 года назад

How are you always so happy? I want that for my self. 😊

@IsmaelNxala 4 года назад

You Sir radiate positive vibes, I'm am glad to have subscribed and see much more.

@torga74 Год назад

it shows that you love the little girls

@SDKsa1 4 года назад

This guuy cracks me up! His analogies are perfect lol!

@BrooklandsHoneyBees 2 года назад

I've watched a few videos where bee keepers have looked into abandoned hives but I don't think any have been as entertaining as this one!

@darwinb718 4 года назад

Liking the Mr Bean voice :))

@lourensklopper4217 4 года назад

Not bad.....I would have do it differently. Take the hive outside the cage. Put a blanket underneath the new box on the ground and shake all the bees on the blanket. No dirty stuff in new box and that way you could look for the boss lady!! If you find her cage her onto new frame and you would have a bee march.!!You also should have cut the wires and then put old comb into new frame!!

@tilaklambu6168 28 дней назад

Hay Bee kill save the bee love the bee

@trevor311264 4 года назад

"Looks a bit like a cut-out in a bee box!" - That is how I would have dealt with it.

@davidhefner5668 Год назад

Don't lift the box of this age. It will fall apart......been there, done that. An experience that will not be forgotten.

@vickykirkland6629 4 года назад

Oh my gosh. Too funny . Poor girls . Lol

@michealdraconis6179 4 года назад

Thank you for inviting me to come along with you

@xSoupdumplingx 4 года назад

This was so cool to see what happens to a unattended beehive. When nature is left alone.

@w13rdguy 4 года назад

He's not crazy. He's tuned in to what the bees are saying.

@neuralwarp Год назад

You're never prepared with the equipment you need. Wire cutters, queen catcher & excluder, wood saw, rubber bands, bee attractant & repellent, etc

@justwinks1553 4 года назад

I needed these giggles. And to see a bit of recycling

@jonataseuuk 2 года назад

I am just like you inside my brain lolol is like listening to my self . Comments straight from London UK

@charlesdebarber2997 4 года назад

I would have taken a different approach. 1. I would have put the top box of the original hive on the bottom and put the new box on top of it with some honey frames from the bottom original box. 2. By next season, the queen would have moved upward. You find her and then take the bottom box and phase it out. You can put a queen excluder on it when you are sure queen is in top box that way in 21 days all brood is emerged and out before you discard that box. I'd also advise laying out what you're doing before you do it and making a plan based on your situation. Prying at those rotten frames and flipping around the box was asking to accidentally pinch a queen. The least invasive you can be and get it done is the best road. I am a practitioner of the philosophy of least interruption. For example - I'll put in 5 new frames in a 10 frame box instead of removing all frames and replacing them. Gradual upgrades to their home are better than a very rough and harsh transition.

@Rustie_za 4 года назад

maybe he didnt have the luxury of time, it was clearly some callout

@johnvanderslice7966 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure he did just fine for what he had to work with.

@snarky_user 4 года назад

I like what you say here. This hive was the product of the "least invasive" methods possible. From the bees' perspective, everything was just as it should be. Everything done to that have was to bring it into a beekeeper's idea of how it should be. I have little confidence that the hive will be actively managed or harvested in the future, so why bother with it? Leave it alone. Maybe set out some other, empty boxes and frames for the inevitable swarms that will be available. Eventually mother nature will kill off that hive, somehow, but the obviously very hardy and maintenance-free successors will have a home available.

@jameswoenker2659 4 года назад

Pretty much what I was thinking. Remove excluder. Brood on bottom , new box , food stores on top. Spring comes, replace both old boxes and frames.

@LaughingInTiny 5 месяцев назад

That's what I thought as well. If that hive has done well for 20 years it's got some good DNA. Especially with that temperament. When he laid the box down and all the excessive handling I really hope he didn't squish her! Definitely would have put a new box on top and just let them phase out of the old box. 😢

@tartredarrow 4 года назад

Why is he talking like that?

@scareyaf 4 года назад

'Cause it's Australia. Have a laugh or you can fuck off.

@NorokVokun 4 года назад

Because he does... That's all the reason needed.

@KieranMullen 4 года назад

A bit obnoxious if done with all videos

@THEGIPPER34 4 года назад

That's just the queen's English! :p

@bertvereenooghe8091 3 года назад

I DONT KNOOW

@weswalker 4 года назад

"A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside." - Pooh I want to hear this man talk like Winnie-the-Pooh... it comes natural to him

@jamesford8315 4 года назад

He already sounds like everyone in "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." Winnie the Pooh will never happen.

@weswalker 4 года назад

@@jamesford8315 "Alright, we'll call it a draw. Come on Patsy" - Author King of the Briton's

@laminiticreaction8824 Год назад

Well done good Sir! You’re so funny and cheerful. I’m not even interested in raising bees, but I love watching. 😊

@Nevir202 4 года назад

Anyone else reminded of Rowan Atkinson, Mr Bean, when he does those weird voices?

@SuperDagod1 4 года назад

You are a happy crazy person, great video

@Demy26 4 года назад

You are hilarious. Enjoying the content

@gregmodelle7343 4 года назад

Terrific video. Really enjoyed the whole messy process.

@Wensday-Adams 4 года назад

Great video. Looking forward to the update.

@stueydoubleyou 4 года назад

Bees don't need rescuing. They do just fine without us. Great video

@TheBushBeeMan 4 года назад

I totally agree! but the local government need them to be rehome, otherwise they were just kill them 🙁

@samb1123 3 года назад

He more sounds like an Australian Yoda might sound like to me.

@mysticalmaid 4 года назад

Enjoyed, thanks for sharing, loved the commentary.

@kerryh8er04 4 года назад

If Yoda was a bee keeper

@kathleenmcquade31 3 года назад

This is hilarious! Does this gentleman have a split personality? This is going to be very entertaining!

@MsAllthenamesaretake 4 года назад

Love the attitude! You don't have to know exactly what to do, you just gotta give it a go!

@cashenjoe1 4 года назад

Such a fun video! You are wonderful sir!

@BarracudaBoy 4 года назад

Should have just stacked the old hive on top of the new and used a "bee escape" to get them down in the new supers. Of course you would have had to plug all the holes 1st. 😂🤣

@OFR 4 года назад

It's like David Brent in a white spacesuit.

@christianmeglio9111 4 года назад

He sounds like Fozzie Bear and Pee Wee Herman that got into bees.

@christianmeglio9111 4 года назад

BTW: Not that there is anything wrong with that. Very entertaining person.

@debbieb.8708 4 года назад

WOW! You are a strange beekeeper.

@oososaso3440 24 дня назад

Favourite

@johnr1350 3 года назад

The Ausi “Mr Bean” bee man

@deslynmcintyre3833 2 года назад

I find it fascinating how the bees have closed up a high percentage of the entrance, maybe they are fending off predators and maybe we are making the entrances too big, inviting pest invasion, a nest this old may have some great learning elements to it. What types of insects did you find invading the hive, was there any hive beetle or just wax moth.

@robotron7 4 года назад

This is a potential genetic treasure, unless all it is last year swarm in an old abandoned hive.

@MrGigi-dz9cv 4 года назад

The new queens have mated with other drones, so ...

@ricklev662 6 месяцев назад

i think he got stong too many times lol

@MstresVampy 4 года назад

I found you randomly. thanks to RU-vid algorithms I suppose . I can't wait for round two.😷🐝🐝

@NorokVokun 4 года назад

Yeah sometimes the algorithm does its job propperly.

@edgreywolf 4 года назад

Did you leave a box of the original position for all the foragers coming back that were gone?

@toddbeckel7604 4 года назад

good

@Manyangejames Год назад

Please you could have Turned the Box upside down then Remove the Box, leave frames open to work peacefully

@TicTocRobotSnot 4 года назад

How are these ladies doing? Have they settled down in their new digs?

@donaldross8597 Месяц назад

I think this proved several things beekeepers overdo it. Maybe we don't need all those new gizmoses.I think the title should be bee hive barn finds. Or graveyard bees, bee hive restro, lost and forgotten bee hives. Rust to restoration bee hives

@mikefournier5416 4 года назад

This is like watching a Monty Python sketch

@CrazyIvan865 6 месяцев назад

I love this video. Especially the Madd hatter quirky banter. I don't think one woukd have to worry too much about disease. Or the queen excluder. Man what I wouldn't give for those bees. WWIII coukd break out, everything gets nuked, that colony woukd still be here in the future.lol

@harveygussow7913 4 года назад

When ever you go to see a hive you have not worked yourself expect the worst , hope for the best. They will tell you just what kind of hive they really are. You caught some bees that have manners so keep it up and they will work things out for themselves.

@menglor 11 месяцев назад

Wow thats a rough box!!

@Makermook 4 года назад

I'm brand new to beekeeping and just today I was wondering what would happen if you left a hive alone for years.

@George-nx5lo 4 года назад

@mark Lowry it would die really fast

@globalelites3255 4 года назад

@keeper01 not if it's a strong and healthy hive, this hive has survived a ton of years and defo swarmed multiple times, doesn't look like it's struggling at all.

@George-nx5lo 4 года назад

GlobalElites you have no way of proving it, it could die every year and you would never know

@petenyc3 4 года назад

That was a real nice video. You’re so cheerful and happy. Funny stuff. Doing your very best considering the situation. Hoping all turned out well. Best wishes! (Pete, New York City)

@hannakinn 4 года назад

Hoping there will be an update, even if just on the community tab or a pinned comment here.

@Makermook 3 года назад

If those bees have been thriving unattended for 20 years, is it safe to assume they probably don't have a lot of disease burden?

@SewFrancine6120 4 года назад

Wow. I'd love a follow up on this give disaster Be Safe

@jasonjohnson1984 3 года назад

Hey Mr.bushbee man I was thinking would a fume board work to push the bees down unless you have a bottom board that is combined to the box

@matthewmccormick2417 4 года назад

should have dismantled the box itself to get to the frames and check them better for the Queen

@justinmills8084 3 года назад

I hope your queen excluder is in working order, are your queen will move in n the top box. But you know that.

@MrNungaroo 4 года назад

Put a box of top of stickies, when she starts to laying after cleaning it up put excluder in when the brood comes out in the bottom you can then shack the bees out and just burn it save a lot of trouble and mucking around or sit it away from the hive and let them rob it out. Will need feeding.

@chevyman1722 2 года назад

I’m allergic to bee stings as well with wasps and the others so I wouldn’t be able to mess with them even with a bee suit on…and my symptoms to the man who lost his mother…it’s so sad…I lost my mother in 1981 she was only 38 and I C was 16 but doesn’t matter the age it’s sad…🐝👍 glad I found another bee channel to start watching and sub to.,

@lenturtle7954 7 месяцев назад

Why in a cage ???? That was an adventure .!

@davidhefner5668 Год назад

I'm wondering how many generations and the number of queens in all those years.

@michaelbeary 2 года назад

That was quite the cluster F. What happened to your bee vacuum?

@tomelistino7853 4 года назад

Hello from To Melistino Greek beekeeping. Keep up the good job!

@captainopvious7498 4 года назад

Γεια σου Ελλαδα

@Dstick1Spearfishing 4 года назад

Might have been an idea to bring a couple of extra things with you next time - Some drawn out frames so her majesty has somewhere to lay, as I am not sure how much wax they can draw out in a short period of time without over stressing the girls given a lot of the honey was left out side of the box. Two - some pliers with side cutters. Actually, You need a bush beeman leatherman with a satellite tracker on it so you can find it. Thanks for the laugh, and they were seriously chilled out given the mess. Cheers for sharing

@brandon13k 4 года назад

I clicked because I wanted to know who would do this. Then I heard an Australian accent. I get it now.

@johnchafin3817 4 года назад

Why not use a little dust brush with long bristles to brush them into the new hive?

@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu 9 месяцев назад

Can you let me please what size rubber bands do I have to get I didn’t order yet

@michealdraconis6179 4 года назад

Personally I would call it a mess lol

@darkangelsoaps8258 Год назад

Is there another word for a sweat box? I'm in America and the only sweat box I've ever heard of is the place prisoners were kept out in the sun for punishment in the old prison systems in the 1930s or so. Can you advise what a sweat box is there? I've heard you mention them before. Thank you.