Big Beehive in a Box
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- A giant hive full of gentle bees who built a ton of surprise bonus comb full of honey in a stack of tires...this bee removal had it all!
This entire removal process took about eight hours across two days and it was HOT outside, but this was one of the most exciting removals for me since I always love it when the bees challenge me. Huge hives in weird places like this are special and a real treat for me. I hope y'all enjoy watching this removal as much as I enjoyed doing it, and thank you for supporting me and the bees!
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This woman is the Bob Ross of bees. 💜💜💜
EXACTLY!!! 😊❤
So I gave the bees some smoke and Beat the devil out of them...
@@didnaeknowyehaditinye2813 😄😄😄
100%. And she’s gorgeous
true 🥰
I’ll never tire of hearing, “and it was another great day of saving the Beeeezzz!”❤🙏🏼❤️
Same here ♥
I'm glad someone realizes how essential the beeeez are to every living thing. We wouldn't have non meat products or many different species of plants and trees without them.
Thats why you always save the beeehzz
So am I.
how can you find the qween so easily ??
Where has this wonderful woman gone.
Does anybody know. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️
@@lorrainevanlelyveld8065 The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
she's still saving the bees! the content she uploads is more shorts these days. i hope she's doing okay!
She still posts pretty regularly on her Instagram. She just uploaded another short video on IG today 🥰 Enjoy!
The world is fortunate to have such a dedicated, gentle person like you to care for the bees. I admire you greatly.
Just don't cut off her husband's head and put it in a box. WHATS IN THE BOXX!!
someone will get the reference
@@kenhammscousin4716 The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I grew up terrified of bees. Watching you save colony after colony, preserving all their resources, and being so respectful of everything about bees, has completely changed my mind about them. Thank you for saving the bees, but also for making videos about saving the bees.
same but I'm still a bit scared but now i love them
When I was about 5 I was attacked by a swarm of yellowjackets as my father had just driven his riding lawnmower over their inground nest. I arrived just as they all came out all pissed off at what had happened and was stung 30-40 times all over my body. I'm in my late 40's now so I don't remember much of it but it certainly instilled a massive fear of anything flying and stinging - that said I still enjoy this channel and the plight of honeybees as I certainly understand the difference. As for yellowjackets, wasps, etc. they can all die a fiery death as far as I'm concerned!
Same here, i was terrified of bees/wasps/hornets my entire life, and only last year was i stung for the first time by a few yellow jacket hornets. Not bad for 44 years, but yeowwww that hurt!
@@ross-carlson Word! I have a horse farm in Washington and we are forever mowing over ground wasps and spraying paper wasps out of protected spaces. I know they must be good for something, but I don't know what it is, so they are all welcome to vanish as far as I'm concerned!
I, too, grew up terrified of bees but I love her videos.
I feel like every bee doesn’t sting you because they know you’re the goddess of bees. They’re taught it in bee school to respect you and not sting you.
what about the one that dropped out of school and did sting her....
@@allendoesartzyt that bee is a butt head bee.
She gets stung. A lot. For sure. Even with smoke and careful handling, it happens to beekeepers who only work on 1 hive, let alone higher frequency handling like this gal.
Yes, she has shown a close-up of a stinger in her knuckle and explained how the bee is attached to the stinger and pulls its own guts out trying to fly away after stinging. But it can't and just keeps pulling on the "line" attached to its body on one end and the stinger on the other end. Pretty horrible death for the bee...
@@FigaroHey Yea but still
My daycare children were interested in Bees and they enjoyed watching your video. Your calmness helped them to remember to be calm around bees. They learned about the Queen being the mother of them all and how they take care of her. Their important job of pollinating, why and how they make honey combs, etc. Thank you very much for demonstrating calmness for them and being a friend to bees
I miss her posts 😩
The way she says bees makes me so happy thank you for caring for these bees
beeeeeez
It was another great day of saving the beeez
"baby beez" is my favorite:)
Kinda like shes part bee herself 😊
@@alwkw3783 same!
I don't think there is a more noble goal on this planet than helping the bees! This is probably the reason why this lady looks so at peace, the way she talks/walks/acts just naturally puts every living thing around her at ease....
Erika, YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thank you so much for your calm and compassionate approach!! You are educating so many people just on how to conduct yourself around any animal, with a lot of respect and kindness 💟....I am so impressed by you with your fearless approach....Wonderful for the bees that you are truly their ambassador to the world, and they need it, as you are aware of the pesticides being sprayed on crops, and the danger they are constantly in...I am a garden designer and have been in business for 27 years. Whenever anyone works for me, they are instructed to be gentle and compassionate with all insects in and around the garden, and of course, I do everything organically. So I really get where you are coming from, and we just need so much help to show humans that we are not the only intelligent and caring (not always for sure) life on this planet, and that every life on this planet is valuable and worthy of comfort and kindness while they are here...Much Love to you 💟☯🕉☮
I read the whole thing and it was a letter
The reason the bees are so calm around her is because she talks to them in her soothing voice. :)
Erica, I just started keeping bees yesterday! I'm so excited! My friends were all asking how I was so calm around the bees instead of freaking out over being stung. You were a huge inspiration!! Wish me luck!
Update: Today I went down to the hives. I had an old box lying around with old used frames that I got from a bee-keeping friend and I saw that there were a lot of bees coming in and out of the old box. So I lifted the lid and the top cover and to my surprise there was a hive in there! And so active too! It looks like a new swarm just moved in, queen and all! I'm so happy!
Congratulations on the new hive! Wish you all the best with your colony. ^^
I hope you reconsider if you live in north America at all, honey bees are highly invasive and are actually terrible for our ecosystem, as they're crunching out our native species.
@@someoneelse4925 We.get.it...You.have.posted.this.message.in.tons.of.Bee.videos...But.if.honey.bees.had.never.existed,.all.the.native.bees.could.not.do.the.job.the.honey.bees.do...Then.where.would.we.be?...The.entire.world.is.better.fed.because.of.honey.bees...Your.pissing.and.moaning.about.honey.bees.being.invasive.will.not.change.the.world.so.you.ought.to.find.another.horse.and.get.into.something.where.you.can.contribute.toward.changing...Beating.a.dead.horse.about.honey.bees.being.invasive.is.a.lost.cause.and.sticking.to.it.just.tells.everyone.you.are.happy.being.a.loser...
@@someoneelse4925 how? i thought their main job is to pollinate flowers which will make the plant be able to make seeds..
@@peppermeat8059 their job is to do that in the places that they are native to. Honey bees were brought over from Europe to north America in the 17th or 18th century because the people moving around the globe saw benefit to bringing the bees.
In reality theyre devastating for the native pollinators that actually belong in north America, they're really good at spreading diseases and they're effective at boxing out other pollinators from resources like habitat and food. Yes they pollinate, yes their job is important, but not over here. We already have a whole range of biodiversity that's evolved along side our plants and other native creatures forever. Honeybees are only important to a small hand full of things that are not native to America that we cultivate, America's agriculture is responsible for hundreds of crops, but only about 60 of those specific kinds of food need to have honey bees.
In reality there is a bee that is native to north America that's even more efficient at pollinating our native crops and other plants. It's called the blue orchard bee, but no one wants to beekeep them because they can't profit off of honey or literally every other aspect of the bee. Saving the honey bees is propaganda spread by beekeepers because there's so much money to get out of it. The bees wax, the honey, pollinating rentals, selling their stings for holistic medical stuff and more, it's all profitable. What's more American than profit?
OMG that is soooo many bees. Your commitment in taking care of these precious little ones is amazing. Thank you for all you do for the bees. 🐝✨✅✨You’re Awesome!
What you said 😂❤❤❤ 🐝 🐝 🐝
@@vikkiledgard8483 what
She might want to start committing less to protecting them, considering honey bees are invasive to North America and are actually devastating our natural pollinators.
I wish my grandpa was still here today so he could watch your videos. The way you handle the bees reminds me alot of how he handled his bees.
Erika is vibrating at a very high level compared to the rest of humanity! A whole new meaning to "Catching a Buzz"😁😍
You were born to do this with the Bees, everytime I get near bees they sting the hell out of me. You never seem to get stung young lady and that is impressive.
I am sure she does and the videos are edited.
There.are.things.to.do.to.avoid.stings...Like.don't.wear.any.scent...Wear.light.colored.clothing...Yes.I.know.she.wears.black...Don't.wear.fuzzy.clothing.like.flannel.or.anything.with.fur.on.it..Don't.move.fast.around.them...Don't.swat.at.any.bees.flying.around...Don't.stand.in.front.of.their.hive.entrance...etc...If.you.get.stung.more.than.once.by.the.same.critter.it.wasn't.a.honey.bee...Wasp.stings.are.often.called.bee.stings.and.they.are.totally.different.insects...Honey.bees.are.vegans...Wasp.and.hornets.are.carnivores...Yellow.Jackets.are.very.agressive.and.are.wasps,.not.bees...
I.once.had.a.yellow.jacket.get.under.my.shirt...That.one.critter.put.four.stings.into.my.belly.before.I.was.able.to.get.her.out.of.my.shirt...A.honey.bee.can.only.sting.one.time,.then.she.dies...This.is.because.the.honey.bees.stinger.is.barbed.and.the.wasp.and.hornet.stingers.are.smooth...
@@mochamommyATXI’m sure she would be dead if she were stung by that many bees
Wow. Bee lady, you're something else!
Show is what your back yard looks like with all the bees you save.
Honey bees are devastatingly terrible for the North American ecosystems. They're highly invasive and they're killing off our natural pollinators
The smile and nod she did when trying the honey was so wholesome
I expected a fourth wall break and a thumbs up.
You, madame, are such a sweetheart. Thank you for showing and saving this bee-autiful bees
"the bees had really expressed their creativity" is so sweet haha
It makes me so happy to see these bees being saved! Thank you 🙏
That colony was doing just fine on their own. She didn’t save ave anything. She moved them and lost a lot of them.
@@PD-we8vf we are looking forward to watching one of your beekeeping videos! 🤣
@@PD-we8vf She saved them from being killed by somebody indifferent to bees.
@@PD-we8vf My impression was the property owner was going to exterminate them because someone got stung.
@@PD-we8vf it had to be moved or someone would have just called the exterminator. A lot of people dont appreciate the importance of bees and just classify them as stinging bugs.
Is this channel still active? I hope it is but there hasn’t been a new video or short in quite some time. I hope all is well with our favorite beekeeper.
You have one of the kindest voices I've ever heard! It's like this is the ASMR channel of all bee channels. Please continue with your lovely work and narration!
Wow, that was a productive hive!! Nice work. God Bless
No matter how stressed my day is I can watch any video she does and feel relaxed. Thank you for crying about the gentle creatures of this world! :)
I just watched your short vid about saving the bees that were in mourning. Bees are critical to our planet's, and our, survival. What you did, with great tenderness, was wonderful.
all that honey looked so delicious!!
Wow that was amazing, what a massive hive. Great work! And you’re so right to be in awe of that queen.
I was stung twice when I was little and I was terrified of bees. But watching you save them has helped me learn that bees are good guys!
Many.people.get.stung.by.yellow.jackets,.hornets,.or.paper.wasps,.but.when.talking.about.it.it.is.a."BEE.STING"...Guess.who.gets.the.blame...
@@edmartin875 why.are.you.typing.like.this.it.makes.it.much.harder.to.properly.read.what.you're.saying.it.doesn't.make.what.you're.saying.more.impactful.just.strains.the.eyes.
Thank you for saving these bees❤️
Just want to say that I love you, and no other bee show or channel comes close to looking after the bees.
Wow!! That’s my first time ever seeing you in full bee gear. I think one video I saw you wear a veil but I’ve never seen you in anything close to full suit. That’s awesome to see your process though. When you do and when you don’t use it. It makes a lot of sense.
Even her voice is gentle and calm. No wonder the bee’s don’t sting 🤗
After finding you, I’ve watched a bunch of bee vids. You are my favorite. So calm and kind. ❤
This is perhaps the most impressive bee rescue I've seen on this channel! From the massive amount of comb and bees, the unique home that they chose, and the numerous pounds of honey that was retrieved. A job well done! Bravo! 👑👸🐝🐝🐝🍯🍯🍯
I love the bees and I really enjoy your narration. You have a calm voice and demeanor.
You need a Q and A!! Where do you put their new homes after? What happens with any stragglers that happen to be out collecting pollen when you leave?
Your videos are so interesting to watch! Great work!!
What a lucky hive to have someone who was so sensitive to their needs and respectful of their home. Great work.
That a lot of bees….glad you found the queen!
Erika, you are amazing. I kept bees here in the UK many many years ago, and I always loved collecting swarms and running them into a new hive. Amazing little critters.
Girl, wow!!! I am so amazed & so gentle. Great! Another day of saving those bees
Those girls were busy, what a colony! Love your videos, and your love for the bees. 😊
Honey bees are devastatingly terrible for the North American ecosystems, please put research in and strive to help out native pollinators rather than allow an invasive species to perpetuate in the environment
That must have been daunting to have been faced with that but you figured it out quickly. Well done. Another successful day for the beeeees!
I'm very impressed. That was a huge hive. Great job. Your best, and biggest save that I've seen you make so far.
Wow, Erika! Out of all of your RUclips videos, this has got to be the largest colony you've moved! 😮
I just found your channel thanks to Reddit tonight. The way you say the word "bees" is divine and I deeply appreciate the love and care you have for these wonderful little creatures. Thanks for all your work!
Dear lady, you are an amazing woman and caregiver for these colonies of bees. When you relocate a hive like this what happens to the stragglers that are left behind. Do they join another colony or are they doomed to expire without relocating their original colony? Wishing you a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings. Peace
"Another great day of saving the bees." 🙂
Beeeezzzz
Hi Erika.
Thanks for these videos showing how to manipulate the comb into the frames. I recently found it necessary to move a small colony from a swarm box with no frames in it, to a Langstroth hive, and, although I'm not as clever as you are, and there were a few casualties, I took my time, tried to enjoy the task, and eventually managed to do a half decent job of it. I put a tarp on the ground before I started and that helped in the later stages where I was able to build a ramp using the tarp, right up to the entrance of their new home, so the bees could climb in. It's definitely patience, patience, patience, all the way. There is no way to rush this sort of thing
I couldn't have done this without your videos. It also made me laugh when the bees started dragging the elastic bands out of the hive 2 weeks later. and throwing them off the landing strip onto the grass!
Bees are fascinating and wonderful animals. And, you're an inspiration to all of us.
Best wishes from Tasmania. Where we only have one small hive beetle (now deceased) and no varroa yet.
Love how gently and carefully you treated these bees and their hive!! Your work is so incredibly important. Would love to see an update on how the bees settle into their new home and how you care for them!
This is the most relaxing channel on all of RUclips. You have the most calmest voice I've ever heard! Great job on the bees as well
I agree. What a wonderful relaxing channel.
I'm so glad it's finally spring, because I hope it means we'll see more of these wonderful videos. I never get tired of seeing you work. You are so respectful of these extraordinary creatures, so skillful, so patient.
You are the official Queen Bee. ❤
Thank you for helping out these precious Bees!!
You are definitely my favorite channel now on RUclips!!
❤❤
I live on the other side of Earth, yet I feel the need to thank you for doing this, because Bees are important to all living beings. Thanks!
Wow, thank you so much for your thoughtful comment and for watching from halfway around the world! I sincerely appreciate your support!
@@TexasBeeworksHave you ever got stung while removing bees?
I recently found this channel and I’m straight up obsessed with it ❤ 🐝
Everything about this woman is amazing. So confident yet calming. I’ve learned so much and I’ve gotten into the habit of watching a new video every night before bed. It’s so relaxing and a wonderful way to unwind.
Thank you Erika for all you do for the bees and all the amazing content! Saying hello from the mitten state!
beautiful! I love watching you work. i love how easily you can tell that you genuinely care about the bees and work so hard to make sure they are safe. thank you for your important work!
I've mentioned before.....I am a retired nurse and a mom who's anaphylactic son is ALWAYS in the woods, nature and has no fear of bee's....he's not foolish, has his epi pen with him.....he absolutely loves your videos....thank you for putting it into perspective that it's not like the 1940's cartoons where an army of Bees come at you stingers first.....they need us as much as we need them.....thank you so much for your work, KNOWLEDGE ❤keep up the great work, LUVIN IT FROM NH
I love you please come back 😢
The bees must be so relieved when they see you pull up. You're simply amazing. How you're able to remain so calm is astounding.
Thank you Queen Bee Erica 🐝 for all 🐝that you rescue🐝and save🐝
Considering honey bees are invasive and actually devastating to North America's natural pollinators, she shouldn't be getting praised, she should start focusing her efforts and her following on this channel to promote healthy species in the ecosystems of Texas and North America, not perpetuate its decline
I love watching these videos with the Bee Whisperer!! Such a clam, warm voice steady and gentle I suspect because she doesn't act like any predator it allows her to move with them freely
I want her autograph LMAO!! She's amazing and Bees are another proof among millions of what a miracle life on this planet is. God Bless her for all her work :)
I hope you make more videos. They are wonderful as are you and your work. Thank you! 🐝
Another great day of saving the beezzzzzz.
Erika, I just love you so much for not only what you do but how you treat the bees, the combs, searching carefully for the queen. It’s so interesting to watch. You’re a gem in the world of bee removal/bee keepers. Like in FGT, and I know I say it a lot, but -
“You’re just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That’s what you are, a bee charmer.”
Ruth Jamison
Thank you, Erika 🐝🐝🐝
Thank you ! Because if bees go extinct so does most of plant , animals and then us! A true hero of our time with all the bee keepers..I love her energy with bees and it's obvious to me why she is able to do this so efficiently and elegantly, she has an extremely calming nature to her it's in her voice. Shoot her voice is calming to me. I can only imagine that is a huge benefit in this and I believe her connection to bees is something deeper than that .. and Im a huge fan of her doing it looking fierce and beautiful!! Definitely a beautiful soul in and out ❤❤❤ thank you for service beekeepers!
What a lovely way to start my morning! Thank you Erika! Another great day of saving the bees!
PLEASE keep these videos coming on RUclips. Your talent handling the the bees and hives is TRULY amazing and I thoroughly enjoy watching your work. 👍
I recently stumbled upon this channel, and I just want to say I love the content. Your voice, work and the buzzing of the bees are like a great ASMR to me. Keep up the excellent work!
I don't watch your videos regularly, but it makes me smile every time. Keep on keeping on!
Another great day of saving the bees!! Thank you for the video and saving bees! This was a huge hive!!
I just love your work. It makes me so happy just watching you work your magic
Wowww!! You are amazing! Thank you for your gentle, caring work on saving the bees!
Thank you for making videos to show your bee rescues. I think you are an amazing person! God bless you.
You love to see it! Great job, as always.
would have loved to have seen how you gave the honey back to the bees once you'd gotten it home and how they looked a few days/weeks on
If.she.put.the.honey.out.in.the.open,.every.hive.for.a.couple.miles.around.sent.robbers.after.it...At.best.the.home.apiary.got.most.of.it...The.best.way.to.ensure.it.was.retrieved.by.only.this.colony.is.to.put.it.in.a.screened.box.on.top.of.the.new.hive...and.even.then.the.bees.are.likely.to.just.start.building.comb.in.that.new.box...
My grandfather kept bees in Iowa back in the late 40s/early 50s. He actually had a bee sting allergy but only ever wore a hat with a face net and never got stung. Use smoke, then work slowly and deliberately, he explained. It is awesome to see you work just like he explained. I've never been afraid of bees as a consequence and your vids are great fun to watch.
Our neighbor in Los Angeles was an old Russian beekeeper. He had hives behind his garage and harvested their honey made from garden flowers in the neighborhood. HIs best honey came from the chaparral blooms. He would haul the hives out into the desert and return months later. That honey had a distinct wild plant bouquet and was nice and dark, not like the typical clover honey. Great stuff.
Congratulations to you for your good work.
We love your channel and would love to see the next phases of bee care. Moving from your truck and forward! We ❤your passion and are grateful for your efforts to save the world 🌎!
Erika clearly loves bees. But living in Texas, I wonder how she feels about yellow jackets, hornets, and paper wasps?
I see one of my favorite channels commenting on another one of my favorite channels.
Believe it or not, yellow jackets have their place in the ecosystem. They come and grab worms off of plants and feed them to their young. I allow them to maintain a few nests high HIGH up at the top of my house so they’re around but not right in my area.
Probably the same way the rest of us feel. A real PITA.
There still pollinators so I think she still cares about them at least a little
You do know these are staged, right?
After a stressfull workday I always get so relaxed watching you save the bees. Keep up your wonderful work! ❤
That's amazing. Thank you for saving the bees. ❤
Thank you for saving the bees! And calming my mind at the same time! ❤
Massive hive, amazing work ma'am.
Thank you kindly!
@@TexasBeeworks ma'am can I get your opinion on how you feel about the fact that you are helping ruin your ecosystem and environment? Were you aware that honey bees are actually an invasive species to North America and the more hives you save, you're actually doing unforetold amounts of damage to the environment you claim to love so passionately? I urge you to do some actual research and hopefully focus your efforts on doing good for your ecosystem rather than allowing an alien species to push out and devastate our natural and native pollinators?
Erika, Do you take any precautions not to wear any perfume, or cologne? Bees being so attuned to scents/pheromones it's possible to think that those products might interfere. Admittedly, it's very unusual to see a beekeeper working without protective gear. How long after you started beekeeping did you realize that you could go without the gear?
I definitely avoid wearing strong scents and you're certainly right to think that such things may interfere with beework! I even prefer to wear the same clothes two days in a row if I'm working the same colony like I did here. And I would say that going without gear was just a gradual and perhaps natural progression for me. I spend a lot of time in each hive and I'm in Texas where it's VERY hot, so to me, it would be crazy if I didn't try to figure out a way to do this work without wearing a giant space suit. Thank you for watching and for your questions!
Dear Erica, you’re truly such a blessing for the world! Really miss your longer videos like this one! Much love 🐝❤️
🐝I love how you say they weren’t trying to sting you at all, not that you did not get stung. I’m sure getting stung is par for the course so the fact that you don’t flinch or anything is remarkable. How do you do it? Also how do you care for a bee sting?❤
Oh wow, I am before my first coffee, and that transition/cut where the bee-box arrived mid-screen was so smooth, I had to rewind to check when it popped into existence 😅 very happy to yet again calm and beautiful 🐝 rescue
That moment when you don't know if she'll find the queen or not....phew. :)
Love your work Erika.
I appreciate your gentle touch and caring for the bees. You are very calm and soft when talking. Thank you for showing us the process of saving the bees. I really appreciate everything you do.
This beautiful woman is so gentle. I'm very allergic and scared of bee stings. I've changed my thoughts/fear of bees. Thank you for helping me❤❤❤ Jai bless
I actually relate to this a lot. I am also allergic to bees, and i have changed my perspective on them because of her.❤
Wow. Such and amazing woman.
Love your content and love how gentle you are with the bees.
And your voice is like a lullaby
Great job !
Awesome, thank you so much for sharing your work!!!
Your work is so inspiring. I find myself getting somewhat emotional with the incredible respect and care that you show these bees. Your channel is addictive and you do wonderful work. You are truly a blessing.
Wow! Keep it up!
I really enjoy learning about the bees and watching you work. ❤
It's another great day of Saving The Beez❤