The Easiest Way to Catch Honeybee Swarms
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- How to bait and hang simple swarm traps.
Swarm trap from boxes you already have:
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Homemade trap:
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Super cheap and easy bucket trap:
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Mann Lake Traps: (I quoted the price wrong in the video, the price is 23.50 if you buy 5.)
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Lure:
www.mannlakeltd.com/swarm-lure
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You are bringing alot of peace to many people who otherwise would not know the benefits of country living and skills. Thank you!
Robert Fincher Glad you are enjoying it! Thanks!
What a fantastic video, loved your little dog running next to you. After a stressful day I really enjoyed the calmness of everything, thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us :)
Wow...amazing production value! I've been in the video business 42 years (a beek for only four) and you put a LOT of time into this. Thanks for the great information!!
The camera work and editing in your videos are top notch. I love watching them. Oh, and your puppy is ADORABLE.
Gday F.L.R,
I really enjoyed the vid. I appreciate a lot of work went into it. Things are slowing down here in Australia getting ready for the cooler season. I've just started out this year with a cutout from a feral hive from an upturned bathtub in a field.. I'm interested in trying to catch a swarm or two next season too. I've liked and subscribed, looking forward to the possible catching. Good luck!
Cheers, Nigel
Outstanding! The videography and music made this such a true pleasure to watch. Thank you for spending the time to share!!!
You did an excellent job on this video! Thanks for posting.
This drone shots. Always the best. And the music just sets it off. Well made video. These really are very simple. I may have to try this.
Sir, I love how you enjoy your life. Good stuff
Bee swarms are an amazing thing. I had my first experience with one last summer and it was quite a learning ordeal. Great job on the video, Wes. I hope you end up with buckets of bees!
Northwest Sawyer They are truly amazing. Thanks for stopping by, Jason!
Looking forward to seeing what you catch! 👍
I appreciate all the work you put into your videos to give us good views of the stuff that you were showing us....................... jonjon...
Great video. Here in central Maine we are still waiting for the spring swarm season. We are itching though. After taking last year off I am extremely anxious to get back into beekeeping.
Giles Honey hi there - similar situation, just relocated to Maine and having attended the beekeeping class in Thomaston I am now looking forward to setting up the hives. Please let me know if you have implemented any solution to capturing swarms.
I would enjoy seeing how you catch a swarm and how you move the swarm to a hive. Thanks for all your videos they’re very informative.
Gerald Roth Thanks, Gerald. When I catch one I’ll be sure to video it if possible.
@@falllineridgethis was 5 years ago. Have you caught one and transferred? I just caught a swarm and have no idea how to transfer to a brood box (I’m pretty new at the bee keeping thing).
Great video m8...………….watching from Tasmania. Australia...………….have friends here who keep bees so this video was really informative...…….pls keep up the great videos
Good video FLR, raised on a tobacco farm in the 50"s/60's in NC and my family raised Bees . My grand dad would pull some of his chewing tobacco out of his mouth to put on my bee stings ,when I was a kid. I thought it was gross but it worked. It will stop that pain instantly. :)
Rick Atkins My dad did the same when I got eaten up by yellow jackets one time.
Great video! I'm ready to catch some swarms this spring!
Nice video editing! A well put together video!
Lucky guy, up here we still got snow and not even a hint of green anywhere. Excellent video.
Mannlake owes you brother! Traps are out of stock... great vid!
Nicely done sir!!! Wishing you the best of success!! 🐝🐝🐝☮️☯️
This video is great. I loved the music and your little dog.
The slo mo bee shot made me laugh 😃
Excellent video with great footage. You have a beautiful homestead. Thank you for the work you put into showing us this. Looking forward to seeing that honey!
Learning something new every day. I love beekeeping :) Tnx for the tip.
This was awesome! Thanks! Something I know nothing about and found very interesting. Be sure to lets us know if you catch anything.
Excellent as Always
Very nice video. Nice music. Good drone work.
I'm trying to imagine my neighbor chasing his bees instead of the bees chasing him. Thanks for the laugh. You earned my subscription today!
Thank you! Hope I can keep you around!
N a simple word “amazing” i know how long it takes to edit a video such as this. Good luck man
Love your music selection! Could listen all day to instrumentals.
That bee got wrecked in the first scene 🤣🤣🤣
I've used one for 5 years, in Florida, where it RAINS and its still going strong. Just caught a swarm last week using it about the way you are doing, on plywood. I also mount at 5-6 feet for easy handling and catch plenty of swarms.
How many swarms did you catch this year?
@@18Bees two, which is about the usual number. I only keep two traps a hundred feet or so from my yard. My space is limited, so catching one or two a year is fine.
@@dpboling7794 cheers mate! I'm going to try that out.
Very cool Wes, I worked bees with a local honey producer in highschool, but the only thing I remember really well is the stings in the extracting room. Hardly ever got stung in the field.
Great Plains Craftsman Interesting, I get more in the field. Thanks for stopping by!
Great video. I have a wild hive in my backyard on the outside of a large broken fork in a tree. I’m so tempted to go get it.
That is a nice situation. All you have to do is put a small box with a hole in the bottom to force the bees to move through the box. They will fill it full of honey during the flow. No need to maintain the brood box. We had one working good but we have been slammed by suddenly hive death. Even killed off the wild hive off or they moved. You have the potential for a honey hole with minimal work.
Very well done video. I hope you will post a follow up to tell us how the traps worked.
GREAT VID, LOVE ALL THE LAND YOU HAVE, HERE IN UK LAND PRICES ARE CRAZY HIGH,
I look forward to your videos, brother. Good stuff .... gave a "like" to my Lil' friend
Thanks! I'll let her know.
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I've caught some swarms in my day. Much easier if they come to you. Great job with this video. I love to see if this worked out. Please post how you did.
Very good video!
Looks like a beautiful piece of of property.
It is, we are blessed to live here.
Can you do a follow up on what happened with the traps?
Did you catch anything with these, and are these good traps that work?
And when you take them down, if you catch something, how to you transport these home? Do you just close up the entrance, or does that make the bees panic? Any thoughts?
Great video, thumbs up.
Thank you for your time great video
been doing a lot of research into beelkeeping. seems that old brood comb and q-tips dabbed in lemon grass oil work well.
Your a true tree hugger, Mother Nature thanks you
I love your work bench;
Great neighbor advice.
Great video. Thank you very much :-)
Very good video
Any chance for a follow-up? Did any of them catch a swarm? Are they still up? How have they lasted?
Amazing job. Please do a follow up video. Hugs from Halifax
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Think you need to mount your Traps so the Paper Mache Bucket hangs down under your timber lid... That way they won't get rained on !!!
And at beginning, paper inner lid your screwed down had 'pre press groves in it'. That's so the Bees build their Comb down from this !?! It's like a starter Strip to Wax Build Comb from .👍
Good job,
I've been looking into doing this for a while and this method can help me get closer, but I'm wondering what else you might find in your traps. Wasps, birds, anything that's not bees? How did you handle things you didn't want to catch/keep? All I'd be interested in is honey bees.
p.messinger That’s stuff I’ll just have to deal with when I get to it I guess. Just do it! You won’t regret trying. Good luck to you!
Ingenious way to collect bees. On other notes I see a lot dry brushes. I don't what's like where your at. But my concern for you is brush fires during the long dry summer. Perhaps you should mulched them or collect them to be burned.
Its just now spring season. The shrubs are still dormant here in georgia. They aren't dry. It only appears that way
Great! Now i have a reason to buy a quad! 😂
It is lemon grass oil only, usually inside slow release plastic vile, It’s the closest scent That mimics a queen bee pheromones
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Love your work. Curious to know how many you got out of 6 trap? Love that background music too!
was wondering the same thing.
I like this video very much
Great video and adorable pup! How'd these work out? I'm thinking about getting a couple. Thanks!
Very cool man. I have a swarm already in a tree that I'd like to catch. Maybe I'll try the bucket method. We have losta buckets on the farm. Is it possible to build your own bee hive boxes? Did you catch any swarms yet?
God bless you and your family 🙏🙏
say you catch a swarm, how do you get it down? Seemed kinda awkward putting them up empty. loved the video by the way. beautiful property. very well spoken and sincere
Its a bit of a hassle because like you suggest the box is now a little heavier. BUT. its worth doing because catching a swarm is catching not just free bees but a good genetic strain of bees.
The wood working guy you are, I'm surprised that you didn't make the swarm traps out of all the pine you have.
Mine has caught 3 swarms over several years. Still in great condition.
Great idea....I love raw honey....
Pre pressed "Grooves " Doh !
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your swarm trap is exactly half the size seely recommends. So you will get small colonies only. large swarms will move on. two of these pots face to face hung from a limb will trap full size swarms.
Tom Seely rocks. They might be smaller but you do get some excellent genetics.
Texas swarm season just started > i've caught 2 in the last 3 days The rule of thumb is,. When pollen drops> its swarm season in your area
426 SUPER BEE Nice!
@@falllineridge i hope your swarm traps gets full
If i were you ,i will reverse the wood sideup to top.Then on the lower end mount a reverse L support to the pot in case this got heavy.I will mount a pcs of two by four to support the plywood on the edge under
How big should the box bee?. I want to make one just like in the video from paper-mache.
How do you keep the swarm trap from becoming a bird or squirrel house?
Steve Adams Not sure, hadn’t thought of that. Luck I guess. Edit: the traps only stay up for a couple of months per year so hopefully they won’t move in.
Hammer a finishing nail in the center edge of the hole. Bend it in so it so it sits vertically in the hole. Bees can get in and it discourages critters.
@@falllineridge Multi purpose now. 😂
How do you get them from the trap to the hive?
How often should you put the lure in box?
Oh, hey bud 👋😎
Question : How you stop birds of moving in and nesting ????
You are supposed to have the hole small enough to even keep mice out.
Give that poor dog a ride !! LOL
does the trap fall apart if rained on?
Would you recommend I wait till spring or is August ok?
Spring is better. However Autumn is ok... But you need to build them up good and strong to survive Winter !
how many swams had you got in theat season?
I've worked in honey bees. Cool beans on the swarm traps. Down here in south Georgia bears love getting into hives. Funny thing is the honey is just a bonus because bears are really after the bee larvae that are protein. Some bee keepers have to add an electric fence to their bee yards. Often placing raw bacon over the wire so it pops the bear in the mouth and encourages the bear never to come back. Link to my cousins honey business. www.zeiglerhoney.com/
Interesting. I always assumed they were after the honey. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with bears. Just a little north of you.
How did these hold up?
My traps like that lasted almost 10 years. I even overwintered a colony in one.
PA Honeybee Rescue and Removal Good deal! I’m glad to hear that. Must be tougher than they look.
Why staple to the honey comb grips
I finds it funny u think its crappy to put a nail in a tree but ok to cut one down and rip it to shreds. Lmao. Not that I have issue with u doing either. Great video
Tracey Kays As I understood he is trying to stop ruining his saw blades that’s all?
David Bradbury I knew that. u missed where I was going. I was just picking on him. No one can take a joke anymore. I Should have said nothing.
U got bee 👌👌
How do you transfer the bees from the trap to your hive?
Secure the hole up. Put whole Traocthing within a net bag. Transport home, 'knock bees' to bottom of trap, and tip them onto a large Sheet or Tarp, with Hive Boxes on it.
....Bees will march right into Hive through the entrance ! Especially if you have old pre drawn Comb in it. And a tiny splash of Lemon Grass oil in there to. (To lure them in !) 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
They are made from Paper Mache (paper pulp)
How often do you suggest checking the traps?
Daily if possible. It is best that the bees do not start building comb in the traps. It's easier to transfer them.
I also watch 628Dirt Rooster
Was not familiar with him...looks like a great channel. Thanks for the tip!
Nice property. How many acres? Which State?
Saw your friend following you part of the time. Do you have a new baby at you house yet? Hope you catch some swarms.
Joan Kamp Yessir, he’s been here for nearly 6 weeks.
@@falllineridge congratulations
Watch out your dog!
Never could find the same type of pot in my area, any Links to a site with such pots?
Jody Reeder Check the video description. The Mann Lake link is in there.
My goof, saw after messaging you
In doing that have you come across killer bees
No Africanized bees in my area thankfully.
I've tried very similar traps and was very successful. 3 swarms in 4 traps. I won't do it that way again because transferring the bees and the comb they built to a regular hive was such a pain. BEGINNERS, THIS IS NOT THE WAY FOR YOU TO START OUT! i've switched over to purpose built traps that hold the regular bee hive frames. That is a little more work at the beginning but much easier to transfer them to the regular hive body. see: www.horizontalhive.com/honeybee-swarm-trap/bait-hive-how-to-catch.shtml for advice.
DownyBill I’d agree that a trap with frames already in there would make for easy transfers, but I think a beginner could deal with the transfer fine with a little practice. The key to these traps is to check them daily and not give the bees enough time to really start building. If you can’t check them often, I think your traps are the best option.