Who Swarmed? Some bees moved out, which hive was it?

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About this video: We will be inspecting all of the Bee Barn's in the home bee yard to try to identify which beehive swarmed and landed in the plumb tree.
This Channel:
Although this beekeeping channel is primarily about beekeeping I am also a quasi pepper who believes in becoming self-sufficient. With that in mind, I have started a garden, planted fruit trees, replaced the hedges in front of my house with blueberry bushes, and have recently built a chicken coop. In short, I will share a lot more than beekeeping on this channel.
A little about me:
I am a person who believes you are never to old to learn something. Be it beekeeping, farming, raising chickens, painting, filming and editing video, making wine, beer, bread, cheese, and other fermentation consumables, play guitar etc... If I see something I want to try I start it immediately. If there is one thing I could choose to pass along to my children this would be it. Never be afraid to try. My wife famously told me once that if you are not willing to be bad at something, you will never be good at it. I am bad at quite a few things.
I hope you find my beekeeping videos fun and entertaining as well as get something out of them. I hope I inspire someone to get out and try something new. If you do enjoy my videos, please take a moment to spread the word about this channel and help it, and myself, grow. Have a great day and BEE Happy!
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Primary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Secondary Camera: Sony FDRAX53/B 4K HD
Primary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Secondary MIC: Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone
Tripod: GEEKOTO Camera Tripod
Editing Software: Adobe Premier
Graphics Package: Adobe Photoshop
Learning Final Cut Pro

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7 сен 2024

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@tomcrynock37 5 месяцев назад

Still love that sting o meter!

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I will breaqk it out this year if I get stung. Last year I didn't get too many stings other than from Hive #5 at the farm.

@DaemonLlama76 5 месяцев назад

The Sting-o-meter is showing the year as 2020! :)

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Tat was a clip from a 2020 video. I was showing what happens if you are not calm and slow. Slow is fast and fast is getting stung :-)

@DaemonLlama76 5 месяцев назад

@BugFarmerBees oh. Ignore me. I was watching it Saturday morning here in Oz and clearly the caffeine had not kicked in yet!

@HappyLittleBees-qh1yp 5 месяцев назад

Every week - like clockwork. Great video! I was worried a few weeks ago when you inadvertently used the name of the channel I'd been planning since last December. And now... finally posted my first video. No Beetle Sucker 5001 (yet)... but you KNOW who inspired that. I really enjoy your videos with visiting beekeepers. I only wish it were warm enough here in Indianapolis to actually go into the hives... our rule of thumb is "not until the overnight temperatures are above 50-degrees. But in GA... Go man! Keep inspiring new beekeepers, and keep working those Happy Little Bees!

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Ahhh.... Don't Worry-BeeHappy. There is always room for another RU-vid Beekeeper who like Happy Bees :-)

@AndrewAHayes Месяц назад

Its nice to see the natural wood colour on your hives, mine are the same, I have started using a wipe on water based polyester coating, it is so easy to get it onto the wood and a coat dries really quickly.

@BugFarmerBees Месяц назад

I have been using McClowski Spar varnish for sailboats for years. It holds up well.

@framcesmoore 5 месяцев назад

Ha I enjoyed your video, you have a real beautiful place. Have a blessed week

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much. I hope to see you in future comments. Take care.

@salembeeman370 5 месяцев назад

Looking forward to getting into my hives. I released my 3 package queens about 4 days ago. We've had rain so I'm hoping I see eggs next inspection. I loved the scene with you running from the Yard. Once I just wanted to check something - you know a quick peek. I lived up the hive cover (at 5 pm - wrong time!) and wham I got stung in 2 seconds. I dropped the lid and ran like a little girl. Came back properly suited and closed them up like nothing ever happened.

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

That clip was from years ago when I didn't know that slow was fast. I was anxious and entered the hives with ultimate confidence and forgot to smoke the bees. You van actually see the bees sticking to my shirt.

@salembeeman370 5 месяцев назад

I bought Hive Alive patties this year based on your recommendation. They seem to like them and easy to use. A little harder to get them used in my Apimaye hives. Next year I'm buying the new 1 piece feeders they came up with. That seems like it will work better for patty feeding.

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I just sprayed them down with water and covered them with plastice wrap for an hour and they were re-hydrated.

@vetsis3billionddola 5 месяцев назад

Your post has helped me to better understand what to look for when inspecting my own hives

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I am happy to hear that. I learn something new each time I inspect my hives. We can learn together. :-)

@kathyhathaway8823 5 месяцев назад

Just a comment today those colony needs to do some major growth if you are planning on honey harvest this season also that first colony needed a super a long time ago because they looked like they were getting honey bound an that will for sure make them swarm with no room to lay. I was having to pull frames of pollen this year just get it out . I was getting four full frames of pollen an they were getting pollen bound an no were for her to lay. Good luck .

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I agree they did need supers and to be honest I wasn't expecting them to be that far along in early March. Fortunately for me bees have been known to move honey around the hive and I placed supers after filming so they all have ample space now. I never even considered pulling full frames to make room. I will be doing that in the future. Thank you.

@egb131980 5 месяцев назад

I’m sorry but I was cooking dinner for the family watching your video and I did start laughing at the sting o meter. I definitely noticed the outfit change afterwards.

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I was showing what happens if you do not work slow and steady. The sting-o-meter will fire off :-)

@theshadowoftruth7561 5 месяцев назад

3 weeks until I get my first 2 packages!

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Hip-hip....Horaaay! Just remember, be slow and steady, don't forget to smoke them before entering. Also, accept the fact that you will be stung a few times this season until you figure it out. It only hurts for a minute or two :-)

@apveening 5 месяцев назад

Two cups (empty) at 14:43 (immediately prior to the first hive beetle).

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I have responded to this comment 4 times already and RU-vid keeps giving it to me as not responded too. If all of the replies are coming through I apologize in advance for the duplicate responses.

@apveening 5 месяцев назад

@@BugFarmerBees Single response (saying 4 times) came through.

@heavymechanic2 5 месяцев назад

Almost every queen need marked? I found one that overwintered with a new queen, some needed fresh paint.. Hive Alive fondant seemed to have better growth than plain sugar brick in one colony as a trial run.

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

My markers keep getting cleaned off the queens. I have marked all of the queens in my bee yards twice. I am looking for different markers.

@heavymechanic2 5 месяцев назад

@@BugFarmerBees Try Competitive Advantage MPD-15 pens sold at BetterBee and Cayman was talking about it in the past. I need one too because invisible ink is a waste of time

@andrewstancil1723 5 месяцев назад

Where did you get your queen cage thing you were using to mark queens with? I want one! lol good video and love the sting-o-meter lol

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I got it from better bee. Here is a link: www.betterbee.com/marking-tools-and-queen-cages/qmt2.asp

@keithfaithful3989 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video. What did you finish your hives with they look great.

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Here you go. a.co/d/9wML26f

@brianbennett4374 5 месяцев назад

Hive Alive is great 👍 Great products

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

...and as I have found out, they stand behind their products too.

@tecojim7114 5 месяцев назад

What is the advantage of a deep box like you use?

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

Here you go. Straight from the source:-). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z768OIA3bMo.htmlfeature=shared

@Shakez76 2 месяца назад

I have not laughed so hard in a long time....the Sting-o-Meter. Sry ya got stung man....but dang that was funny!

@BugFarmerBees 2 месяца назад

Ha! That was a wild day. Here is a short stand-alone clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gjpKUaCKMcc.html and here is the entire inspection so you can see it in context: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3AQw6UcSHik.html

@cyndimoring9389 4 месяца назад

I moved the hive but the bees are still here. How can I get them to go back to their hive?

@BugFarmerBees 4 месяца назад

Once bees swarm it is difficult to get them to return to their original hive. If you take a frame of brood from another hive and add it to their new hive chances are pretty good they will stay in their new location provided you have captured the queen.

@jeffcotton2235 5 месяцев назад

Biologically speaking... bees are NOT bugs! Actually they're probably offended by that moniker... no wonder you're getting stung!

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

You're right. My bees probably hate me.

@randyclinganfarms4806 5 месяцев назад

Why dont you have supers on

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

I have added them since this video was filmed. Actually, I came out after the video and added them.

@apveening 5 месяцев назад

@@BugFarmerBees Should have been an addendum at the end.

@BlanchardsBees 5 месяцев назад

Did you get stung ?😂🐝🐝🐝🐝

@BugFarmerBees 5 месяцев назад

No, that was a statement showing that slow is fast..... and it was an excuse to include the stings and the sting-o-meter for those who haven't seen it. :-)