Thank you so much for doing this video.! I can't wait to build it. We have had 5 swarms so far, caught 4 of them. The one that got way went to high up for me to get to. I have one more colony they is getting ready to swarm. Tired to find the queen Sunday to do a split, but she hid from me pretty well. Pretty sure they will swarm the next nice day unless I can split them first. Hopefully I can get this bucket ready before they swarm and have it ready just in case. thanks again!
A nice trick for drilling large holes in buckets or other thin plastic is to put the drill in REVERSE WHILE CUTTING. That seems anti intuitive but it works much better.
Rascal Apiary - I have a question that I cannot find an answer for. I have my first bee colony I just started. Before I got my package, I put out a box and put some lemon grass oil in a different box. Just to see if I could attract a few bees. It was cold so not much interest. I also put a couple of old frames I got into the box. Since it has warmed up I took the frames out and was hoping to see bees attracted to it or at least my new bees could fly to it and scavenge remaining honey and wax. Long story short I seem to have robber bees dominating and defending the frames, which I put back into the box. Some fights and deaths occurring. I live in a small city and rarely see honey bees and that is why I decided to get my bees. I was wondering if there is anyway to get these robber bees to come back as a possible swarm? There seems to be 500 - 1000 bees. I am now also concerned if I remove the honey frames, the robbers may rob from my new colony. Any advice you could give would be much appreciated. Thanks and I love your videos.
The first advice I can give, is that you can't make bees do anything. You can create a situation that they will most likely respond to in a way that you would hope for. If I understand correctly you have a new hive with a colony and a feeder hive with robbing bees. The advice for that situation is move the feeder hive far away (if possible) from your new colony. If the robber bees empty the feeder hive then your new colony maybe the next target. This is assuming they are robber bees. Swarms typically will send out scouts who come back to the swarm and tell their fellow bees to go scout out a particular location. We saw this a few weeks ago. It looked like robbing but it was bees all over the outside and inside of the hive analyzing the hive to determine if their whole colony should move in. Then they did move in. It was an awesome spectacle. To lure in a hive. Lemon grass works, old comb works, products like swarm commander work, and placing the hive in full sun (in North Carolina) works. Protecting your current hive should be your number one priority.
@@RascalApiary - Thank you for your reply. I sure hope they are scouts. That's what I was hoping for when I put lemon grass oil on a q-tip and tossed it in the box. The reason I thought they were robbers was because they were shredding the old wax comb and also the fighting that was going on. The colony I bought is up on a rooftop while the robbers are below on the deck. I don't have a lot of yard space but can move them about 30 feet away and put them into a small garden that I have. Thanks again, this is all new and fascinating to me.
Good luck! You’ll have to let us know how it goes. You may also look into robber screens just in case your new hive becomes a target. It’s good to have one on hand just in case.
@@RascalApiary - I will probably purchase a robber screen. Better to have it when I need it instead of waiting till there is a problem. I will keep you posted. Thanks again and I hope your season is a great success.
@@ShinetheLightofTruth Robber screen is a good idea, and if you have one a entrance reducer on the hive can help the existing colony defend against the robbers better.
It is found in brick laying equipment. It is used by a brick mason. I’m not a brick mason, so I’m not entirely sure how they use them. We found ours at a local hardware store.
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Thank you so much for doing this video.! I can't wait to build it. We have had 5 swarms so far, caught 4 of them. The one that got way went to high up for me to get to. I have one more colony they is getting ready to swarm. Tired to find the queen Sunday to do a split, but she hid from me pretty well. Pretty sure they will swarm the next nice day unless I can split them first. Hopefully I can get this bucket ready before they swarm and have it ready just in case. thanks again!
Not a problem! Good luck! Maybe the rain will keep them in so you can build this bucket!
A nice trick for drilling large holes in buckets or other thin plastic is to put the drill in REVERSE WHILE CUTTING. That seems anti intuitive but it works much better.
Ah! I'll give that a try next time! Probably works on luan wood too since that is super thin.
Rascal Apiary - I have a question that I cannot find an answer for. I have my first bee colony I just started. Before I got my package, I put out a box and put some lemon grass oil in a different box. Just to see if I could attract a few bees. It was cold so not much interest. I also put a couple of old frames I got into the box. Since it has warmed up I took the frames out and was hoping to see bees attracted to it or at least my new bees could fly to it and scavenge remaining honey and wax.
Long story short I seem to have robber bees dominating and defending the frames, which I put back into the box. Some fights and deaths occurring.
I live in a small city and rarely see honey bees and that is why I decided to get my bees.
I was wondering if there is anyway to get these robber bees to come back as a possible swarm? There seems to be 500 - 1000 bees. I am now also concerned if I remove the honey frames, the robbers may rob from my new colony.
Any advice you could give would be much appreciated.
Thanks and I love your videos.
The first advice I can give, is that you can't make bees do anything. You can create a situation that they will most likely respond to in a way that you would hope for.
If I understand correctly you have a new hive with a colony and a feeder hive with robbing bees.
The advice for that situation is move the feeder hive far away (if possible) from your new colony. If the robber bees empty the feeder hive then your new colony maybe the next target.
This is assuming they are robber bees. Swarms typically will send out scouts who come back to the swarm and tell their fellow bees to go scout out a particular location. We saw this a few weeks ago. It looked like robbing but it was bees all over the outside and inside of the hive analyzing the hive to determine if their whole colony should move in. Then they did move in. It was an awesome spectacle.
To lure in a hive. Lemon grass works, old comb works, products like swarm commander work, and placing the hive in full sun (in North Carolina) works.
Protecting your current hive should be your number one priority.
@@RascalApiary - Thank you for your reply.
I sure hope they are scouts. That's what I was hoping for when I put lemon grass oil on a q-tip and tossed it in the box. The reason I thought they were robbers was because they were shredding the old wax comb and also the fighting that was going on.
The colony I bought is up on a rooftop while the robbers are below on the deck. I don't have a lot of yard space but can move them about 30 feet away and put them into a small garden that I have.
Thanks again, this is all new and fascinating to me.
Good luck! You’ll have to let us know how it goes. You may also look into robber screens just in case your new hive becomes a target. It’s good to have one on hand just in case.
@@RascalApiary - I will probably purchase a robber screen. Better to have it when I need it instead of waiting till there is a problem. I will keep you posted. Thanks again and I hope your season is a great success.
@@ShinetheLightofTruth Robber screen is a good idea, and if you have one a entrance reducer on the hive can help the existing colony defend against the robbers better.
Hi, I am in Australia. Can you advise what a Mason Brush is? Peter
It is found in brick laying equipment. It is used by a brick mason. I’m not a brick mason, so I’m not entirely sure how they use them. We found ours at a local hardware store.
Thanks. Found them on Amazon, but no delivery to Australia. Anyway have the idea and will adapt something
Feel free to let us know what your adaption is so we can suggest it for those that can't get their hands on a mason brush