The Queen Escaped! | How to catch a swarm in a Cone Trap [Beekeeping 101 Tutorial] 

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Glad you enjoyed it!

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Thanks

we all want to get him a better 🪜 ladder 💜

I’m like you and notice safety issues. BUT, let’s try to focus on the bees and the trap. The purpose of the video. It’s so easy to be trapped in life by being the critical eye… Yes safety matters, but so does seeing the positive!!

So nice of you!

Very kind words, and I want you to know that I appreciate them. Thank you #RTBBF!

lol, my daddy was a fan of the shotgun method as well ! Thank you for sharing.

So true!

As if orphaned humans weren't taken in? We even made the word orphan up

​@@CentralBeekeepersSupply check out AUSSIE MIKES BEES BEST TOOL FOR SWARMS POP UP CLOTH CLOTHES BASKET BLOODY BRILLIANT.

They also kick out all of the males lol

@@princessamber18 Then it's no wonder why the world's bee population has been failing then.

We love the bees. They keep our planet in operation, and we're just doing our part to help them. Happy and humbled that it helps us in return.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Tony.

Mama loves having bees on her land for sure. Thanks for watching

We usually catch in a box with frames. Check out the deer stand video! 🐝

that woul make a lotta sense

@@Not_all_as_it_seems you have a Utube?

We are fortunate to have an exceptional array of bird species in Arkansas. Over 300 species live in our area alone!

Thanks! We like to go slow for two reasons - We respect the bees, AND we want beginners to understand what's going on. If we rush through it, somebody might miss something. If the camera wasn't a factor, we'd have been done quite quickly as well. 😉

Ameny Amen 🙏💞🙏🙏

Bees will definitely sting, but I've been doing this for so long, it's second nature. I still get stung, but rarely. I've raised many hives, so I guess it's in their DNA to trust me? Who knows.

Seems like they are more prone to sting hands wearing latex gloves.

Thanks so much! They are definitely happy on the farm.

My friend, that made us laugh very heartily. Been there, done that. Thanks for sharing. 😂 🐝

Great advice! Thanks for the comment.

Very cool! Congrats!

I was thinking the same thing.

Thanks much!

Interested to know what you using in the smoker …

Glad you enjoy it!

Great idea!

Noted!

My ER Dr friend always tells me old people and ladders of any kind dont mix.

@@togo3624 Oh, not just old people! The most common kind of building site accident that requires medical attention is falling from an unsupported ladder. The most common near-accident is tripping over loose cables. :)

@@graydanerasmussen4071 Youth can heal from falls better than older adults. Thus his advice about mature adults. Being an older person I’m very cautious about using ladders.

@@togo3624 Agree...I'm.75.years.old.and.haven't.been.up.a.ladder.in.25.years.or.more...I.have.a.hard.enough.time.walking.on.level.ground.as.it.is.and.I.get.worse.every.year...

@@togo3624 Roger that. I have a hard time keeping my balance on the level floor of my home.

All five swarms were re homed before the temps dropped and we were snowed on. Now that swarm season is over and the flowers are in bloom it’s time to tend to the hive, cleaning out the winter trash, scraping the gypsy comb and putting in the supers

Never a shortage of work this of year. Stay on top of them, and good luck this season!

Thanks for watching, Ron!

I agree.His task was to put minutes onto the video.He just wanted to capture her.He did not even mark her

Alternatively you could take a frame of brood from a nearby hive ,put it in the catch box and shake the swarm cluster onto the catch box . Done it many times , rarely failed to anchor the swarm.

Next time, for sure! Great idea. Thanks for the comment.

Shouldn't have worried about being so gentle that you lost the Queen and should have given a good rap on the top of the frames in the box, and then looked for her on and in the cone trap. If she was in the bucket you should have been able to see if she went down into the frames or not, but keep tapping the bees out of the trap until there are few enough bees left in the trap to see that she is not in the trap and then quit trying to use an inner cover if she's in the box with the frames, then the rest of the stray bees will follow the smell of her hormones, but the Queen will most generally set up shop on one of the frames of comb, just make sure that you have some frames of new foundation for them to start drawing comb on the new foundation, ( make sure that you put syrup on both, the comb and the new foundation ), once they start drawing out comb on the new foundation, it's usually a done deal! Leave them alone for a couple of days and then check them to see if the Queen stayed put, if not give the swarm a new Queen in a box with some foundation and comb in it with a Queen excluder inbetween the top and bottom boxes, just in case you missed seeing the original Queen and if the bottom box is Queenless, you will know it immediately, as the bees will flock to the caged Queen that you placed in the top box!

Everyone has their own way. I just prefer to treat the bees like I want them to treat me. Nice and gentle!

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many years ago I saw a large swarm clinging to a fence post and got my swarm catching gear ready to collect them. Almost immediately a Virgin came round the mass of bees and went striding about on top of them. What luck. I took out a small match box which I used for introducing Queens and it had been well ventilated to clear the sulphur fumes. It had several small holes in the top for ventilation I confirmed it was a Virgin and put it in the box in my tool kit. No sooner had I done that than I spotted two clusters of bees on the ground and retrieved a mated marked queen in one and another. Virgin in the other, just as well I had a good store of matchboxes to put them into. I was bemused at finding so many queens and continued in our aging the swarm up into the straw skep on top of the post, but more small clusters appeared on the bramble bush entwined into the fence.this was becoming a rare situation where several of my 25 colonies decided to swarm at the same time. As the bulk. Of the swarm were moving up into the skep a lot of groups of bees were settling on the long grass and tall weeds. In the long run there was a total of 16 queens that I found including 1 which had lost a fight to the death with another Virgin. Then the real work began as I had 6 miniature queen mating boxes ready and went through a very strong colony shaking off young nurse bees into a bucket and spraying them with sugar syrup. I took a cupful of bees and put them in each of the mating boxes with a matchbox containing a Virgin and left them in the garage with a cupful of sugar slightly dampened to help them draw comb? That evening there was quite a roar coming from them and I left them for two more nights by which they had chewed the cardboard matchboxes to free the Virgins. Inside the mating boxes was a glass window so I could see their progress in building comb. They were put out on top of some unused hives and left for two weeks before opening their access holes to let them orientate and forage. Some of the other queens I used to replace older ones and gave the rest to members of our association.

Thanks for watching!

Glad it was helpful!

hahahaha!

Honestly, we advise that everyone wear full protective gear when handling bees. John has been around these bees for many generations, and they've always been pretty agreeable. There are definitely situations where the bees get angry or protective, but we're just fortunate to have good bees.

He.has.gentile.bees...I.have.never.seen.any.of.his.hives.get.agressive...

The camera dude says "That would be simultaneously the best and worst thing that could've happened." 😂

Yes, thanks

Thank you very much!

Thanks 😊

Thanks for the comment. We appreciate you watching!

Yes it is made and intended for swarm traps

Every scenario is different, Bob. We like to show the reality of what someone can expect, no matter the outcome. All in all, swarm caught. 😊

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That's a great idea!

As a damn yankee who now lives in the south I agree. It’s the media and things like their propaganda around Jan 6 that makes folks believe the wrong things. That’s how they keep us divided… so they can continue to control us.

I like the Southern accent, all things related to the English language...and, thanks for the swarm management vid!

Thanks for watching!

@@CentralBeekeepersSupply Thank you. I noticed you filmed that video last year. So, have you eaten any of the honey from that hive? I bet it is delicious!!!

That's a great idea.

I have to be, you see what I have to work with! Lol

Nice one😀

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Greetings Roger! Great to have you around.

Glad to hear!

Thanks for the suggestion!

Or perhaps some sort of wing nut. Or a swinging latch, something without needing tools to access it again...

Indeed! Great comment.

It is very strong when in bloom. Thanks for watching

Thanks for the sub.and you're welcome. #RTBBF!

Thank you

Best ladder 🪜 comment ever! #RTBBF! 🤣

Hard to predict exactly what the honeybee is going to do, but at least we try! Glad you have your 2! 😊

🤣 yes this all goes down at our farm. Some strays show, but mostly our swarms. We rarely mark queens do to risk of injury.

We appreciate it!

You're probably correct. The bees love corners.

Nighttime collection does tend to keep the bees a little calmer. In this instance, it's hard to film in the dark, plus I can't really control when a hive decides to swarm. Gotta act while you can!

Maybe you can show us your way to use a ladder? Let us know when you get that video up and we'll be the first to subscribe. 😊

hahaha thanks for watching 😉 🐝

Thank you 😊

I've done this for so long, I get reckless sometimes. Definitely should have been wearing gloves! The bees are usually gentle around here, and I know not to step into a situation where the bees are hostile. I absolutely keep a full set of gear in the truck at all times. Sometimes I feel like I don't really need it. As in this video.

Haha I bet she'd do a great job!