BEE ESCAPES - Did they work?
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- I left the bee escapes on the hives for about 48 hours and then removed the honey boxes. How did they work? Watch and see.
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What do you think about how these bee escapes worked out? If anyone has any other ideas or tips please comment below. I am always learning and my viewers have helped me tremendously in my beekeeping journey! 🍯🐝🙂😎👊
Nice trial run. Lots of honey. God blesses those who work hard at caring for his creations. I love my honey 🍯 🐝 !!!
Yes will see how it goes this weekend on some other hives.
I envy you southern guys for the productivity of your environment, but not your humidity. Bee escapes are my sole method for getting bees out of my honey supers. Some hives need a little more time than others.
Yes I agree. The humidity is awful at times but so far this spring the weather has been awesome for the most part. Just beautiful. Of course hot and humid days are around the corner but that’s just life in the south.
Oh yum, honey is so great on butter toast or biscuits! Great work and video, congratulations on 5k
Yes it is! Thanks!
Hi Bruce - Came across your video on bee escapes. We are getting ready to harvest here in S-Ontario shortly.
I have a couple of (hopefully) helpful hints for these types of escapes. When removing boxes, put a honey pallet or lid down under the harvested supers in the truck so that bees can't crawl in from below, and then place the bee escape facing up on the top of each stack you've removed. Any bees left in the super will crawl out towards the light as you are harvesting the rest of the supers- and with a solid board underneath - no new ones can get in. If you have a box that didn't clear, try putting a 2nd bee escape on top facing up for a couple of hours and between the two, you might get enough bees cleared without having to make another trip. Take it easy!
Hey thanks for the tips and thanks for checking in!
Congrats on 5K! Sure looked like those escapes work really good👍
They did this time. Planning on having a much bigger harvest this coming week. Hopefully they will work just as well.
Do you make them or buy the bee escape? How much time do you give the bees once you place the bee escape to harvest?
I purchase them. The wooden ones I got from Mann Lake. The plastic ones from Pierco. I leave them on for 1 to 2 days.
First, Congrats in 5000. . For the escapes, I’ll gladly take 1-4 bees per box. I went and picked up 2 from Blue Sky Bee Supply the other day after I saw yours.
Hopefully they will work out ok. One tip I heard from somewhere is that they need to be used during a flow. Sometimes I will harvest a little honey at the end of a flow. Will be interesting to see how they work then. Always learning...thanks!!!
I can’t believe how many supers you have full already?? Our flow doesn’t start for another month! Very nice 👍
Yes this location always seems to do well, especially early, and they are not even my bees! I peeked in some of my others and they have some honey stored but nothing like these hives had. Will harvest what I have this weekend but expect the biggest flow to hit in May and early June. Thanks for checking in!
Really great video!! I enjoyed seeing how you work the hives 👍👍
Hey thanks for checking in and watching the video. That was a fun little clip.
You act like those boxes are heavy, Bruce LOL! Seriously, it must be nice to have all that honey already. Our dandelions are just starting to pop up. Thanks for the videos.
Yes it was not acting lol! We got almost 7 1/2 five gallon buckets off these 5 hives, and they are not even my bees lol. This particular location seems to do well early in the year. There must be a lot of clover somewhere nearby. My bees in other locations are doing fine and we will harvest some this weekend, but they are not nearly as packed as these hives were . In reality our biggest flow is still ahead, or at least I hope so.
The escapes worked pretty good. Take a big bite for me, I can’t wait to harvest some. I have about 2 ounces left from last year’s harvest.
It will be here soon enough lol! Gonna harvest more (my honey) next weekend. This honey was actually from some bees I manage at Honey Hill Farm. There were some e tra drippings fro the callings etc that we are enjoying. Beautiful honey!
Congrats Bruce on reaching 5,000 subscribers .With your great content and manner of explaining what you are doing you'll definitely hit 10,000 in no time....You are on a roll.
I sure hope so. Thanks for checking in!
And your now at 21k. Nice one
Yes! It’s crazy. Slow and steady…🐝😎
Always amazed by the level of honey production colonies in the states get. Hoping I can get a few supers in my little area in Jamaica.
I hope so too! Thanks for checking in!
I have never tried the escapes but I think will this year . Thanks . What kind of honey is your highest producer an do you ever do any comb honey.??
Tallow is our biggest flow. I have done some Ross Rounds in the past but not many.
Going to be using those escapes this year for the first time. Wondering why you smoked them. I thought it would send the bees into the cells to fill themselves up on honey?
No there were very few bees up in the supers. I smoked the front of the hives to calm them down because I was very busy and moving quickly in front of the hives. I lightly smoked the supers that had a few bees in them and the bees just basically flew away. The two supers that had more bees I just set a box on the ground and and bumped them sharply a time or two and the bees fell out of the bottom. I didn’t use much smoke on the supers. Just a puff or two to drive the bees out.
Glad they worked like designed they say you cant leave em on to long or the bees figure em out and start going back and forth
Yes that is what I’ve heard too. I think 48 hours is supposed to be about the max.
Hey Bruce did you put a empty box of drawn comb under the escape or foundation under it or nothing under it
I think any of those would have worked. Most of the hives had boxes under the escapes that needed some work; were partially filled out etc. I don’t remember for sure on the big hive that had some bees in the top couple of boxes or the one on the end. Maybe that was the issue? Good question!
I could not get a very good look at your escape method from the video, but there are much easier ways of doing the same thing. The bonus of my method was that once the bee had pushed it's way passed the escape, they could not get back in and had to reenter via the main entrance leaving the boxes totally without bees after a couple of days.
In the previous bee escapes video I show how I set the up. Not sure what the easier method of doing the same thing is but you can see how I did it there. Thanks for checking in!
Here is that video:
ruclips.net/video/pBN94RmBvCo/видео.html
Congratulations on getting 5,000!
Thanks so much! It’s been a work in progress. Still have to get better at what I am doing. Gonna keep plugging along!
I was shocked to find that 50 people subscribed to my channel of random bs. 5000? There can't possible be 5000 fools...
Or can there be?
I'll do a pair of bee escape videos, before and after. I'm trying the new strange looking ones.
Not sure how to take this Mike. Thanks I guess? I have put a lot of work into this channel to get to this point. I will say that I sincerely appreciate my viewers and subscribers and hope that my content is valuable or at least entertaining.
Well I didn't think much of Mike post so I reported him as harassment.
I am not sure he meant it the way it came across.
The thing I don’t like about bee escapes is that you need to pick full boxes up 2 extra times. One to take them off the the hive so you can put the escape on then again so you can put them back on the hive. I have a mix of mediums and deeps that I use for honey and they get heavy. I prefer to use a fume board for a minute or 2 per hive to get the majority of the bees out of the boxes then shake the rest off the frames. I take a frame or 2 out at a time then shake them and move them to a new box.
Thanks for checking in. I have done it that way for years or a combination of many different ways. I only have 2 fume boards so I guess I could have bought a bunch more but they just seem to slow me down a bit. For years I have gone through basically every frame on the day of harvest to make sure I didn’t get brood and check to make sure honey was capped. Physically exhausting. I realize there are ways others prefer to do it and I hope everyone will do what they like best.
I didn’t mind the extra trip to get things prepped and I feel like the bees were set up well having out the queen excluder on the hive a few days earlier. The the actual removal of the honey was so much easier for me. I will be doing a much bigger harvest this coming weekend weather permitting. Will see if things work out as well with 25 or 30 more hives. Time will tell! Thanks again for watching the video and for your input!
usted los hace o los compra el escape de abejas, tendra algun link para comprar por amazon?
Mann Lake
If you used a bee escape in, say, 2 supers for 3 hours...how many bees do you think would be in each super?
I don’t know. Have never tried it. Not sure how fast the bees move out.
Great video Bruce! As always thanks for sharing! Can’t wait until we can try this! What brand of veil did you have on today! I really like the way it looked! Do you like it? I am looking for one r use when I don’t use my jacket. Thanks again buddy..stay safe! 💕💞
I got the veil from Humble Bee last year and it has worked well. I like to try to start out with it but have my bee jacket and gloves available of I need them, which I often do.
Hey Bruce. I’ve used the bee escapes also. Was wondering where u live? Isn’t it kind of early to get honey already? Do u know what the source of nectar? Like ur videos keep em coming.
Southeast Alabama. Yes everything seems a little early. I am thinking this honey is mostly clover. Privet is blooming now and Tallow is just around the corner.
Mi sistema es un soplador mecanivo de aire a presion , y pongo la caja vertical y con el aire sopkando salen todas las abejas volando y solo tengo que bajar la caja una vez y me ahorro tener lis escluidores . ! Cada apicultor con su meyodo ! ! Saludos !
Gracias por su comento
How cool has it been getting at night since you put the bee escapes on?
It is typical spring for here. . A little cool at night (50s or so)
I've had hit or miss with my triangle style. I got a new style to try this year, it's like a 10 inch or so plastic circle with about 8 or so ways out. Sorta like a 8 point star or something like that.
Hmm that sounds interesting. I have one if the Ceracell types with small funnel looking escapes. It looks like it will work great and I like the design but they are a little out of budget for me. You just can’t beat the free shipping from Mann Lake.
@@brucesbees Hey Bruce - I was just on Mann Lakes website and they don't show the triangle type bees escapes any more. They are showing a new one I have never seen before that is like an oblong plastic device that you apparently mount under the top cover. Just thought I'd mention it.
Hmm. I saw those and they will probably work. I don’t use inner covers though. Maybe they are out of the triangle style. Most companies sell them though so maybe you could find them somewhere else.
You may also want to try Pierco. They have the Ceracell ones. I have one of those and I really like the design. They were just a little pricey for me but I ordered 30. If not ordering that many I probably would have gotten those.
@@brucesbees I'm pretty sure I seen Ian from Canada use those type from ceracell ones. To expensive for me right now. Lol.
Hey! What do you find easiest way for editing your vids? Congrats!
I do all editing on iMovie. Don’t have a decent computer right now so I use my iPhone for all shooting footage and editing. I use Phonto for the thumbnails. One day I will maybe upgrade how I do things but this has been working out ok. I use the iPad to add end screens and cards etc. Thanks for asking.
Just takes a lot of practice. My skills are still evolving and I guess they always will, or at least I hope so.
@@brucesbees you make me look bad. That's ok I'm not editing at all. Lost me at iphone.
Lol
Bruce, As a viewer already mentioned, stand the super on end and blow the bee's out with a blower, or as I sometimes find that all the frames aren't ready for extraction, so I just pull them out one at a time and brush the bee's off. I'm running 50 hives, so it can be done. I wouldn't waste my time and expense of bee escapes and duct tape. Great video.
Thanks for the input and I have tried all of the methods you mention above. The bee escapes are well worth it in my view. I am actually going to buy a battery powered blower to get the few bees that are left out of the supers. If I have to go through to prep the hives anyway so I can prop them up and use the blower quickly then I might as well also use some bee escapes on there to make the job easier. Yesterday I helped a friend who is much bigger than me harvest his honey. He tried out a few of the bee escapes and is now a believer as well. We started out at one of his beeyards where went through each frame as you describe. The bees were feisty and angry and it reminded me of how I have always done it in the past. Not much fun. Then we went to the other yard where the bee escapes were. Completely different experience. Though there were still a few bees in the boxes it was much more pleasant.
I just believe that each person has to figure out their own way that works best for them. This is simply one method. I actually got the idea from A Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog and I think Devan Rawn also uses them. Both of those guys are much bigger and more famous than me. So I figured if it works for them and if they they consider it worth their time, then maybe it was worth a try!
Thanks again for checking in. In reality most people probably agree with you and I do not disagree necessarily. I just like how things worked out and plan to confíe using them in the future.🐝🙂
My mentor tips his supers on edge and uses a leaf blower to clear any bees left behind. I’ve not tried it myself but he swears by it. He recommends full PPE as it really pisses them off but doesn’t seem to harm them. Also, I have better luck with my escapes if a place an empty super or two underneath the bee escape. Gives the bees more space plus seems to put them in panic mode refilling as all their honey just disappeared.
That might have worked better on the big hive. None of the supers were completely empty but there was still some work to be done in most of the hives under the bee escapes. Thanks for the input!
I have used all kinds of techniques in the past including the blower and you’re right; it does seem to really aggravate the bees. That is one thing I am trying to avoid. This was a much more pleasant experience than previous harvests. Of course the blower might not be as bad since there were very few bees.
brucesbees I don’t use the blower either. My bees are pissy to begin with. I have to suit-up to mow around them. Seems any kind of motorized equipment close by agitates them. I imagine it would look like one of those 1970’s killer bee movies if I fired-up a leaf blower that close to my hives.
I hear ya lol though I think that is how a lot of people do it. Everything I have ever done to pull honey has been kind of a miserable experience. Blowing, shaking, bumping, brushing...and going through each frame to look for brood. Yuck! It was ok with just a few hives but has become something I dread just due to the sheer physical work it takes. So I have been planning and scheming for awhile to figure out a better way. Maybe this is it!
Зашто бацаш тако наставке са медом?
I do not speak your language but thanks for checking in!
I have a silly question.. what are the T-post poles for?
I watched this one pretty closely and I'm sorry...I always find something to criticize. I'm sorry.
You're a bit careless with that smoker. I see it setting on outer covers and you put it onto your bed liner.
I caught a metal covered outer cover on fire that way. Burned a big hole and caught three frame top bars on fire. Luckily I was still in the yard and saw the bees beard up and checked. Had a gallon jug of water in the truck by sheer luck too. Bee careful with that smoker.
This smoker has a metal cage around it that keeps the direct heat away from the surfaces I touches. I typically watch it pretty closely. So far have avoided any serious issues since I started beekeeping in 2013, but thanks for the input.
One thing I learn from watching utube videos. Bee escape is good but if you get a leaf blower stand honey box on end. And blow them out.
The video I watched they didn't even use a bee escape.
Yes I have used the leaf blower before and it works pretty well. But it is quite an event with bees everywhere and not happy. There are lots of ways to remove honey from the hive. I really actually enjoyed this method. It will require an extra trip to the beeyards but worth it to me. Thanks for the input and idea!
Glad to see that your triangle style bee escape work well. Most people like them.
However you can stand some improvements on you video production; your cinematography stinks and the music sucks. Most beekeeping videos do not dub in music it is not needed.
Bruce - you do a great job on your videos. Ignore this obviously arrogant person. I live by the credo if you can't say something nice or constructive, keep your mouth shut. Marcspc1 should try it.
I hear you and thanks. Never claimed to be great at video production but doing the best I know how. Always learning and trying to improve. I guess whenever markspc1 starts making beekeeping videos they can do them however they want🤷♂️🙂
@@kenjordan5164 Ha-ha, I can see that you have a high tolerance of fast and up and down movement of the video camera. Maybe you are an astronaut or a stunt pilot, I just get motion sick.
The music really sucks, beekeepers video that I see do not use music. It is not needed.
Another note Ken Jordan: if you can't stand constructive criticism do not post your videos, it is that simple !!!
@@brucesbees Yeah I can see that producing a video and attending to your bees is a bit challenging, however if you were to review your video and think that it does not need any improvement you will be wondering why you get so few subscribers.
BTW I did give you a thumb up !
markspc1 What, he hit 5 thousand, troll on out of here!