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I love that you try your best not to harm the bees and relocate them into a manmade bee box/boxes. They're so important to nature. You're so gentle and do such a fantastic job!
Bees pollinate about 30% of our food crops in NA though, hence why they are high value. Ontop of concerns over dwindling bee population and damage to food crops, it would be tossing money down the toilet to exterminate them. Thanks to CCD, a big hive ready to go would be an ideal acquisition to any beekeeper. The market for bee pollination is so big that hives are transported and set up on farm fields at great cost for efficiency of pollination vs other insects. It's not so much an issue of nature, as an issue of human food when it comes to bees. But thanks to shitty reporting, the original message gets warped.
@@kauske the Evil controlling the world are trying to remove the need for Bees with their extremely unnatural, unhealthy GMO crops. They're removing the process as God created it. That's always a disaster in the end, as it throws a whole system out of balance. A good example of how 1 change creates a waterfall of changes us the documentary "How Wolves Changed A River". Removing Wolves from Yellowstone cause changes just not imaginable. Different critters took over, the land suffered. There's a short version, like 10 minutes, and. Longer 30 minute version. I recommend the longer one.
@@jeffcampbell2710 What are you even talking about you blithering idiot? There's not a god-damned thing wrong with GMO crops, there' is no fundamental difference between crops genetically engineered via selective breeding and ones modified in a lab. The actual issue is overuse of pesticides weakening bees and making them susceptible to parasites and sickness. Who would have thought bugs would be vulnerable to chemical weapons meant to kill bugs? The problem is, without pesticides we lose so much of our crops to pests we'd starve. Genetically modified crops that are in and of themselves resistant to pests but not deadly to pollinators are the answer, not the problem. god damn, how the hell is our world so full of ignorant people like you who don't understand the first thing about science but think they're somehow a genius?
He's doing it in a shortsleeve friggin T-shirt, shoveling bees with a putty knife and a bare hand. This man is touching. How much love You gotta bring to be loved back like that from those creatures.
@@JarodMoonchild1975 Tame; not dangerous or frightened of people. Docile; ready to accept control or instruction/easily managed or handled. In this context they're interchangeable. Try again.
JP you are my favorite Beeman.....My husband and I are planning to start beekeeping this spring. Thanks for all the knowledge we have gathered from you. Keep at it.
You’re helping me not be afraid of bugs lol thanks 😝❤️ Edit: I got overly ambitious and got stung for the first time from a yellow jacket. Phewie it was a meanie!!
@@sarahtodo Yup. I've never been stung by a yellowjacket, but I'm terrified of them. This year I've had five of them in my flat so far, which is really not good considering I haven't opened any windows! Last month I had four in one week. Had the pest control guy in and he couldn't find any active nests in the loft, so at least there's that. He also had a look at a couple of them that I'd killed with wasp spray - drones, he said. A lot of unfinished nests in the loft from previous years - seems it's a regular hibernating spot for the queens. I asked him to get one of the nests down for me and he did - pretty cool! All the nests failed almost immediately, so there's not much to it, but it's still cool. I hate yellowjackets on a personal level, but I still like them in a science/nature way.
Jonathan W just subscribed to your channel & will check out more of your videos later on when I have a minute. The one you just uploaded, filmed in 720 or 1080? Talk later brother 👍
great videos, idea for ya...next time turn the ladder around and strap a piece of plywood to the ladder stand then you have a work bench to put your frame together and still have the box above.
I do get stung, just not a whole lot, try to prevent it actually. Depends on the job & the temperament of the colony I’m dealing with. Most are relatively nice here, some will light you up in a heartbeat though, just depends...
Hi JP, you are a lovely kind man and you treat the bees with a lot of consideration and care, I am hooked on your films on you tube but I always wonder how come you don't get stung a lot? do you smell like a bee and that is why perhaps...... the other question I have I have seen the bees 'marching' into the nuce how do you make this happen? Thanks Debbie from England many thanks xx
I know this is a long time ago and I dont know if you still see these messages, but can I make a suggestion? Before you get out of your truck you need to be a little more organized, making sure you have everything you need with you to take out of the truck such as your primary tools you use on every job. And first of all, clip your queen keeper to your beard so you have it the instant you see her! Then you don't have to take your eyes off of her at all! Maybe you have already sorted this out, but the pattern you work by every time you have to take your eyes off to get the clip and she is gone! I do really enjoy your show, you do bring some entertainment with them! There is always something happening to make me laugh and want to join in! Good job Sir! Good job!
That's something I've always wanted to know, I've often noticed that people like you put the combs in the frames and secure them with rubber bands. Do the bees later fix the combs to the frames or is that something you do later on?.
riicky83 the rubber bands purpose is to hold the comb between the frames until the bees attach the comb to the frames. Usually in about 3-5 days the bees chew through the rubber bands & push them out of the hive. Pretty cool huh?
@@JPthebeeman Thanks, I've been wondering who fixes the combs to the frames after they've been removed from their original spots. I'm also glad there are people like you who helps them out, I suffer from spheksophobia so insects like bees and wasps makes me panic and run in the opposite direction.
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Michael McNeil not sure if I'm following you correctly, care to elaborate? On every RU-vid video I know of that has comments enabled you can scroll down to view all comments, this is what I do. Perhaps I'm missing something I don't know about?
Michael McNeil that could have a lot to do with it I suppose. I actually use very little texts in my videos, every now & again to denote specific points. You're likely not missing much, I promise you that 😉
@JPthebeeman I too would like to buy some honey, it'd be even cooler if you could label them with the video of either when you harvested it while removing bees or if it was just harvested from that colony some time after you've removed them
one of the neatest things that have seen is a dragonfly catching flying ants out of the air and all you could see was the wings falling to the ground, they are an aggressive predator.
what a gorgeous counter top. I wouldn't want that hurt either. but me, I'd want to plexiglass that. I know it's not feasible, but wouldn't that been neat?
As usual : very informative & entertaining... B-t-w : it's no often mentionned but you got some serious carefull carpentry skills there my friend. ...Enjoyed the Dragonfly slow-mo footage too! Keep up the good work! ;•)
I'm sitting here, drunk & stoned, 30 mins before New Years Eve, watching an American plapping bees onto a frame with a hive tool like a painter plapping paint onto a palette. This is such an awesome world we live in.
RU-vid wants me to start having bees. For some reason, bee stories keep coming up on my suggested things to watch. It is very interesting though. I think I will get some hives.....starts looking at hives and equipment.....
Really impressed by the editing on this video, I can tell how much effort was put into it. The meet between the 3 parts of the work area was super cool! I had to go back and watch it a good couple times.
Did anyone catch right at the begging the little lizard who was living right in harmony with all the hives??? It's at 1:00 or so right at the start of this video, the lizard is in the space where the 2 walls meet right at the top left side. He went into a little hole near the top corner. Kinda neat that the bees never bothered the lizard and vice/versa. Well, I guess the lizard will have to stick to black widows now that the free honey supply is gone... Such is the life of the Lizard... LOL!
JP, I noticed the first time you went up that ladder...it sank into the ground just a bit. You might want to start carrying a sheet of plywood to put under the feet of your ladder. Might save you a nasty fall.
Thanks for the videos, learning a lot. I want to get started but want to learn all I can before I get my first set up. Also I can't seam to watch these videos without eating honey 😂
I got my bees from a cutout like this one, though I don't think they made it THAT far into the house (I sure hope not; we only worked from the outside)! Anyway, it's fun to watch you do this a year later and have a slightly better idea what's going on than I did a year ago. Thanks for the videos; they're great! Best of luck to you, and looking forward to watching more. :-)
Hey JP, good to see you! 2 questions. Is there a fountain out there, I swear I hear running water, or my ears are going bad! Lol! 2nd question. When you eat that raw comb honey, have you ever missed a bee, and got a sting in your mouth? I think about that everytime I see someone eatin chunks of comb. Thanks for the video.
Patricktomlinson Tomlinson there may have been a fountain but I did hear a compressor come on at one point in the video & could swear I heard a loud dripping noise continuously after that. You may be right though, I honestly just don't remember seeing a fountain but that doesn't mean ones not there ☺ I have on occasion been stung inside the mouth while consuming honey comb ☺
You are one amazing guy! I love how you handle the bees. You are so calm and respectful, I'm sure that's the reason you didn't get stung. Thank you so much for Sharing your videos. This is the first one I've watched but, it definitely isn't going to be the last!!😊💞🐝💞
Thank you for being amazing. Thank you for respecting bees and their place in our world. Blessings King. Your spirit radiates even through video. Dem bees know you a good person meh sha. 😂 (Lafayette native)
So if you have more than one Hive side by side and one Queen die do all the other bees attached to the living Queen or is there another queen waiting to be announced so to speak
That is such a beautiful thing you do. Your film editor really has an eye for the potential romantic parts. They are really surreal, evoking pleasant emotions. It's nice to know there are people out there who has such a love for bees that they are handled so compassionately.
Man I know nothing about bees. But a random search on RU-vid now generates one of your videos every now and then. You are such an interesting fellow JP. I think its awesome you go out of your way to relocate rather then just exterminate them. Keep up the hard work i'll keep watching for sure
At around 5:27 in the video, you removed the third piece of wood siding, and it looks like something much bigger than a bee quickly crawled up the black tar paper on the top lefthand square. It looked like it might've been a lizard, or something like that. Did you happen to see it while you were working? If so, what was it? Where I live we don't have lizards, or anything like that running up our walls, so I'm not sure if it was a lizard, but it was about that size. It definitely wasn't a bee. Has anyone else seen it in the video? That would probably freak me out... LoL. Anyway, good video 👍
You’re likely seeing mud dauber nests, they look like mud mounds, is that what you’re seeing? It’s very common to have mud dauber nests in the same void space honey bees are occupying. In fact, honey bees will often be covering those mud dauber nests, giving the appearance they are incubating the developing mud daubers inside. I mentioned this to an entomologist years ago, that I was constantly seeing mud dauber nests inside the same void space honey bees were occupying & that the honey bees would often be covering the mud dauber nests. He said that it was interesting but that was it. There’s definitely something going on as I’ve seen this exact scenario too many times to just write it off as nothing.
@@JPthebeeman I guess so? I was just curious, because we've lived in our house for 14 years. We've had a yellow jackets issue inside our siding above our back door the entire time, and the previous tenants said they noticed them like 5 years prior. I have no doubt the entire structure is a HUGE nest. I would hate to use any pesticides if there's a chance there could also be honey bees. We haven't used anything, they we're super aggressive the first couple years, but will leave us alone for the most part now, so we've let them be. I'm in Utah though, so nowhere near y'all!
JP, I am from Opelousas, and will be moving back eventually. I would love it if you could give me a box of bees. We Love Honey, and would love to have our own box..
I can't believe the House is not insulated. She would gain tremendous comfort having it done, but at a great cost now. Done when it was built would of been minimal. But, in time, the money saved in the electric bill would pay for it.
Sure makes me laugh that you're working like this one someone's house and then eating something from it! lol I'm so not experienced with this!! lol I really enjoy watching you do your thing.
I am glad you are doing this because me doing it we would be in big trouble all the way around You are so gentle and I guess I am not. Love your Videos so much...granny90
i always asked myself why people in the united states are building this cheap wood house shit. Now it make sense. Good opportunity for safe Bee hives :)
JP, when I watch you put comb into one of the frames, it looks like you are having to orient the comb a certain way, is that correct? Sometimes it looks that if you would rotate the comb it would fit without having to cut it more than you have already.
How does this guy not get stung like crazy? I know the smoke calms them down but so many videos he doesn't even have a mesh head cover. The most I have seen (out of 10 or so that I have seen) os one time he got 4 or 5 stings.
😍 and JP the bee man relocates many more bees. Would of been nice to see you also remove the other two hives on the left side so we got the whole picture of how many bees you relocated from this site , however it was still good to see you relocate this hive . So gentle you are with the bees and respectful too people and their property. The dragon fly in the video was cool .
