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What drew them to that box? Where did they come from? Will this be the location of their hive? You say trap, so does that mean they cannot get back out?
The swarm would have left another colony of bees likely 2 days before this. The swarm will then hang in a tree for a while as they send out scouts to investigate the area for good nesting spots. Our trap is the ideal size inside and has the right sized entrance at the best spot, so it ranks very highly on their list of potential places to move into. We also have a frame of old comb in there from another hive as well as a scent attractant (Swarm Commander) that helps the first scouts find the trap in the first place. We try not to leave the swarms hang for very long, the longer you wait the heavier they get. Typically we will move them to their permanent home the same evening we catch them.
"Swarm Trap" is the technical term, but isn't perfect. "Nest Box" is close as well, but the bees will be moved from this spot and transferred to standard beehives, so it isn't quite right either.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries This all so interesting - actually fascinating! Thank you for providing this education, Bees are such complex and brilliant creatures.
The frame is in there almost solely for the scent of it - smelling wax makes the scouts think a beehive lived here before, which to them means a beehive could probably live here again and therefore increases the chances of the swarm coming. When they move in they cluster in a ball hanging from the lid or empty foundationless frames we have in there and start drawing new comb to use.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries so you create a "bee house" with optimal conditions and if there's a on edge colony thats swarmed they'll take the bait. - very cool
Man that is a once in a lifetime experience to actually “bee” standing right in the middle of a swarm as they move into your swarm box totally jealous lol.. congrats!
I’ve caught swarms before but it’s always been like a Christmas stocking where you wake up one morning and your stocking is full lol but this I’ve never had the pleasure of witnessing !!! Fabulous video!!!
It is a lot of fun - once you've watched enough scouting it gets easier to predict if/when a swarm will move and ensure that you're present for the spectacle.
Absolutely fascinating. I love how they clump together while waiting for further instructions or space. I've experienced hungry bees in the fall around my hummingbird feeders. I've fed them a rich sugar water and they go through it in just hours. And not one bite. They were so docile I could handle them a bit with no worries. I love them!!
That's pretty darn impressive. I have a healthy respect for bees but im not about to grab a handful and admire up close and personal. That was mind blowing.
Thank you for providing this video. This was the most awesome thing I have ever seen. This is my second year of beekeeping and I plan to put up swarm traps this spring. Hopefully I will get to witness this beautiful event.
I have never had a problem with Honeybees. Yellowjackets are a different matter, although they, too, can be reasonable, if we give them some respect. I prefer to only extinguish those when absolutely necessary, as they, too, are vital.
I never tire of seeing a swarm like that. I've only been in the middle of three, and each time my heart was pounding out of my chest even though I knew they weren't interested in me and would likely completely ignore me which they did. Not a single sting out of any of them. The sound in the middle of a swarm is soooo loud! Bees are truly a miracle to behold... Thanks for sharing!
I thought this was just going to be a time-lapse from the thumbnail, but no, you literally saw it coming, started filming and "experienced" a swarm like a boss. I'm jealous!
Really nice to see a swarm negotiating their new home, this happened to me twice but I am no apiarist. Nevertheless, this is one of those expressions of nature that reminds us that there is a whole lot more going on than most people realise.
Glad you enjoyed. We have another swarm capture video (from a swarm that just moved in yesterday) coming out later this week, you may find it interesting as well.
Literally one of the coolest things I've seen. Thanks for sharing! It'd been awesome if you could've had a camera set up on just the entrance to catch how soon the Queen enters. Does she enter close to the beginning or mid way through,etc. ? Excellent catch!
Thanks so much for sharing this. Don't often get the privilege of seeing this process all the way through. Almost got to see one all the way through last week. Never get tired of seeing this wonder of nature.
This is fascinating! Thanks for showing this amazing event. I'm afraid of bees when I encounter them in person, but I could watch these bees on a video all day.
Not a stupid question, a perfectly valid question. Another swarm capture video of ours shows it a bit more clearly: ruclips.net/video/HwAQ6_7Jf0k/видео.html Essentially you can watch the scouting activity. If it reaches a crescendo then suddenly drops off to nothing, it normally means the swarm has taken flight and is on the way.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries The 1st swarm was huge. The 2nd was just as big. Its why I leave my empties out every year. Love swarm season! They love that old stinky comb!
I have come across some swarms in a small woodland and I think they have no home. Thank you, I think it would be amazing to set up a hive for them to move into, seems a large swarm and they are foraging, friendly and worth having a go, I will keep you posted..God bless you to keep posting more.🙂
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My brother-in-law keeps bees. I've watched him catch a few swarms when they're a giant ball on a branch. He just give the branch a quick sharp shake to drop a portion of the swarm into a box. If the queen is in that portion of the blob, the The Great March begins. It's hilarious to watch all of the bees cover the box then crawl in.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries, we call it The Great March. I always find it so amusing as they all "vector in" on the opening -- almost like metal filings aligning toward a magnet.
Yes mate I did enjoy your video. Very interesting indeed. Shoutout from Australia by the way. Bees are so critical to our lives. No bees, no food. We got all types of honey at our local Milk Bar. Organic, Probiotic, Manuka etc. But I love honey on toast for breakfast, and on my Porridge too. Yummy. Thanks again mate.👍🇦🇺😁🤪☮️
I appreciate this video so much, this has just been truly fascinating and beautiful to watch. Your deep understanding of bee nature is just astonishing. I just wanted to thank you for this video before I made my obligatory smart ass RUclips comment.
Thank you for the kind words - we're still learning just like everyone else. "The Honeybee Democracy" by Thomas Seeley is the basis for most of my knowledge on swarming.
Agreed. If you ever really want to prove this to yourself, read "The Honeybee Democracy" by Thomas Seeley. Some mind-blowing facts about swarms in there.
These are hard questions that scholars much wiser than I debate about time and again. What I do know is that my life is a whole lot better with God than without, and I take joy from the beautiful things God has created.
Neither of those things are direct creations of God. God created a perfect world, then man sinned and corrupted the perfect creation and brought death, disease, and hardship into the world. God them provided a way to avoid the sting of death by sending Jesus to pay the price for sin so any who believe in Him and claim his redemption can be saved.
I believe viruses and all other forms of disease entered the world as part of the curse after the sin of man - a punishment for our sin and disobedience (Genesis 3). If a child misbehaves and the parent disciplines them, is that the parent's fault or the child's?
I'm glad you get them into their own hives once you trap them. We need these bees. Wild bees of all types are dying off and I don't think people realize how much good they do for us. Now these Asian Giant Hornets are in the Northwest and could spread, and probably are the biggest threat to the bees. We gotta protect them and try to get rid of the Asian Giant Hornets before they become established. Our honeybees don't know how to protect themselves from these predators like their Asian counterparts do. I rarely see honeybees anymore in the summer or any other time. When I was a kid, honeybees outnumbered all other bee types on all flowers, flowering bushes and flowering trees. Not now, and even the bumblebees are disappearing. So I'm glad when I see something like this knowing these bees will be establishing a new hive with your help.
Glad you found use for it! This video of ours shows scouting activity more clearly, they may be interested in that as well: ruclips.net/video/HwAQ6_7Jf0k/видео.html
Thank you for this video clip, it's really interesting. My wife is doing a bee keeping course at the moment and I'm finding I'm really interested in them also, for me it's a chance to help and see nature at it's best. Do you have cats or dogs, how do they interact with the bee hive? I assume they know to stay away. But thank you again.
This video shows how dogs will interact with a hive: ruclips.net/video/lqb5Fabb31g/видео.html It's a lesson they only learn one way, but they learn it quick.
First come scout bees (which are just regular worker bees pulling a double shift), they investigate the nest cavity and if it is up to par, bring the rest of the swarm. The queen is somewhere in the middle of all it, amongst the rest of the thousands of bees.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries I've noticed near where I live, a crack in the road and honey bees are in and out , now it hasn't rained for about six weeks , I was wondering have the bees made a big mistake , because this is a gully and when it rains it flows down there.
They don't often make mistakes picking a nest location, but it certainly is possible. You could contact your local beekeeping society and notify them of it, someone may come remove them.
I'm in my 2nd year of keeping bees and caught 3 swarms this last month on the same old fir tree! It's such a neat process to watch them all flying around willy nilly then 10 minutes later be in a big ball doing nothing. What do you think caused them to all swarm to that particular tree?
Swarms are a colony splitting in half to start a new colony. The primary thing that brought them to the box was its cavity size and entrance position/size, both of which are perfect for a colony to thrive in. To top it off we use a scent bait called Swarm Commander that helps the first bees find the box
just don't get them killed , like them or not , we need bee's to pollinate every thing. or we could run out of air. the tree's alone can't do it, we need the flowers too..
Great video. It is still too cold in Michigan to catch a swarm- but I did put my swarm traps out (in hopes). I wouldn't put that so close to my house in the sub - too many people freak out about bees. I have some property out in the country though - that's where I have my swarm traps.
We haven't had any trouble with the neighbors yet, they're very nice. The bees are there for a few hours at most so pretty small chance that they will be noticed.
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What drew them to that box? Where did they come from? Will this be the location of their hive? You say trap, so does that mean they cannot get back out?
The swarm would have left another colony of bees likely 2 days before this. The swarm will then hang in a tree for a while as they send out scouts to investigate the area for good nesting spots. Our trap is the ideal size inside and has the right sized entrance at the best spot, so it ranks very highly on their list of potential places to move into. We also have a frame of old comb in there from another hive as well as a scent attractant (Swarm Commander) that helps the first scouts find the trap in the first place.
We try not to leave the swarms hang for very long, the longer you wait the heavier they get. Typically we will move them to their permanent home the same evening we catch them.
"Swarm Trap" is the technical term, but isn't perfect. "Nest Box" is close as well, but the bees will be moved from this spot and transferred to standard beehives, so it isn't quite right either.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries This all so interesting - actually fascinating! Thank you for providing this education, Bees are such complex and brilliant creatures.
The frame is in there almost solely for the scent of it - smelling wax makes the scouts think a beehive lived here before, which to them means a beehive could probably live here again and therefore increases the chances of the swarm coming. When they move in they cluster in a ball hanging from the lid or empty foundationless frames we have in there and start drawing new comb to use.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries so you create a "bee house" with optimal conditions and if there's a on edge colony thats swarmed they'll take the bait. - very cool
Man that is a once in a lifetime experience to actually “bee” standing right in the middle of a swarm as they move into your swarm box totally jealous lol.. congrats!
Amen!
That right there is beautiful. Not too many people can enjoy an event as beautiful as that. Nature is mind blowing. 👍👍👍🐝 🐝 🐝
The best video I’ve seen of a swarming hive ~well done and calmly spoken throughout! Thanks !
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve caught swarms before but it’s always been like a Christmas stocking where you wake up one morning and your stocking is full lol but this I’ve never had the pleasure of witnessing !!! Fabulous video!!!
It is a lot of fun - once you've watched enough scouting it gets easier to predict if/when a swarm will move and ensure that you're present for the spectacle.
Absolutely fascinating. I love how they clump together while waiting for further instructions or space. I've experienced hungry bees in the fall around my hummingbird feeders. I've fed them a rich sugar water and they go through it in just hours. And not one bite. They were so docile I could handle them a bit with no worries. I love them!!
Bees don't bite they sting!
That's pretty darn impressive. I have a healthy respect for bees but im not about to grab a handful and admire up close and personal. That was mind blowing.
I've never caught a swarm, so if I saw that at my trap, I'd spend 15 minutes squealing like a little girl. Great video!
There is nothing like it. So fun to be in the middle of.
Me too!
I would spend hours
Thank you for providing this video. This was the most awesome thing I have ever seen. This is my second year of beekeeping and I plan to put up swarm traps this spring. Hopefully I will get to witness this beautiful event.
"...and now we hope they're gentle." is the worst statement to hear from a man being approached by a swarm of bees.
Lol!
Thank you. I almost got mad as if I was there.
I got a swarm move into 1 of my old hives and boi were they aggressive lol!!! Sting after sting after sting lol
I have never had a problem with Honeybees. Yellowjackets are a different matter, although they, too, can be reasonable, if we give them some respect.
I prefer to only extinguish those when absolutely necessary, as they, too, are vital.
I never tire of seeing a swarm like that. I've only been in the middle of three, and each time my heart was pounding out of my chest even though I knew they weren't interested in me and would likely completely ignore me which they did. Not a single sting out of any of them. The sound in the middle of a swarm is soooo loud! Bees are truly a miracle to behold... Thanks for sharing!
It's certainly an experience that is never mundane!
"WHAT? This looks like a job for--DR. BEEEEEEES!"
What's this? A youtube comment woefully underpopulated by bees? A large influx of BEES should help!
@@kevbot805 'ARGH. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN MADE WORSE BY THE INTRODUCTION OF YET MORE BEES!!'
My stuff sea cow should put a stop to that.
I thought this was just going to be a time-lapse from the thumbnail, but no, you literally saw it coming, started filming and "experienced" a swarm like a boss. I'm jealous!
Really nice to see a swarm negotiating their new home, this happened to me twice but I am no apiarist. Nevertheless, this is one of those expressions of nature that reminds us that there is a whole lot more going on than most people realise.
I wasn't expecting to watch something like this from start to finish but I'm really glad I did. Thank you for uploading this!
Glad you enjoyed. We have another swarm capture video (from a swarm that just moved in yesterday) coming out later this week, you may find it interesting as well.
Thank you. Amazing ❤
It's like a single consciousness. "Everything for the hive" or "One for all, for all is one." Fascinating.
That's right. It's a superorganism
Literally one of the coolest things I've seen. Thanks for sharing! It'd been awesome if you could've had a camera set up on just the entrance to catch how soon the Queen enters. Does she enter close to the beginning or mid way through,etc. ? Excellent catch!
I've tried that, but the camera gets covered with bees so it doesn't work out, good idea though. Glad you enjoyed
@@HiddenSpringApiaries You’d have to have the camera far enough away and able to zoom in well to have that chance I would think.
Thanks so much for sharing this. Don't often get the privilege of seeing this process all the way through. Almost got to see one all the way through last week. Never get tired of seeing this wonder of nature.
A small blessing of quarantine - being able to watch my backyard trap like a hawk
This is fascinating! Thanks for showing this amazing event. I'm afraid of bees when I encounter them in person, but I could watch these bees on a video all day.
Please do 😁
Was up at Palomar Mountain back in the '80s walking across a HUGE valley of chest-high wildflowers. The noise of the pollinators was DEAFENING!
When they find something good, they come in full force. That would be neat to see sometime.
Bees are just bloody awesome! I love just watching my hives seeing them come and go etc amazing little things!
Must be nice to move into a new place in 20 minutes or less😂
With 5000 of your family
More like 12,000 - 15,000. This was a large swarm.
Even more impressive at 2x the speed. Commentary sounds funny too. 😂
Great video, I've always wanted to see this. My hive was established by a swarm 10 months ago. I missed seeing them move in like this though. TY
It is quite the experience! Glad you enjoyed the video, good luck with your bees.
So ...stupid question!!!...how did u know they were coming?
This is really awesome...I'm hooked now!!
Not a stupid question, a perfectly valid question. Another swarm capture video of ours shows it a bit more clearly: ruclips.net/video/HwAQ6_7Jf0k/видео.html
Essentially you can watch the scouting activity. If it reaches a crescendo then suddenly drops off to nothing, it normally means the swarm has taken flight and is on the way.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries this is soo interesting...thank u...will watch now
Brilliant video, thanks so much. One of the many miracles of nature.
This was totally awesome to watch. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video...just caught my first swarm but did not get to see them move in...
Amazing! What a beautiful sight🥰
Great video. Thanks for making it!
I've had a swarm move into my 3 deep stack and another swarm show up right after who found their home was already taken. Pretty cool!
That's crazy! They really said "I'll take that" yoink
@@HiddenSpringApiaries The 1st swarm was huge. The 2nd was just as big. Its why I leave my empties out every year. Love swarm season! They love that old stinky comb!
These videos make me wanna start keeping a beehive when im older.
Bad idea im a whinebaby when im getting stung.
Bees will only sting if threatened as once they sting you they die wasps on the other hand will sting the crap out of you
Me too. I’m allergic too lol
I have come across some swarms in a small woodland and I think they have no home. Thank you, I think it would be amazing to set up a hive for them to move into, seems a large swarm and they are foraging, friendly and worth having a go, I will keep you posted..God bless you to keep posting more.🙂
I have watched several swarms move into boxes and it still an amazing experience every time. Great video and and nice catch. ❤🐝🐝🐝
Thank you
Amazing video for a beginner bee keeper! The narration was great and very informative!
Thank you for sharing this amazing video. So cool!!!
I’ve never seen a swarm that thick. Very cool.
Agreed
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My brother-in-law keeps bees. I've watched him catch a few swarms when they're a giant ball on a branch. He just give the branch a quick sharp shake to drop a portion of the swarm into a box. If the queen is in that portion of the blob, the The Great March begins. It's hilarious to watch all of the bees cover the box then crawl in.
It doesn't take them long to pile in once they realize that is where the queen is.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries, we call it The Great March. I always find it so amusing as they all "vector in" on the opening -- almost like metal filings aligning toward a magnet.
Yes mate I did enjoy your video. Very interesting indeed. Shoutout from Australia by the way. Bees are so critical to our lives. No bees, no food. We got all types of honey at our local Milk Bar. Organic, Probiotic, Manuka etc. But I love honey on toast for breakfast, and on my Porridge too. Yummy. Thanks again mate.👍🇦🇺😁🤪☮️
Agreed, bees are very very important. My favorite way to eat honey right now is on vanilla ice cream. Hard to go wrong with it though.
My father used to collect bees and I would help- so nice that you present the gentle side of this!
Trapping is a whole lot easier than chasing the swarms and trying to shake them into boxes. Set it and forget it.
That was way cool. Thank you for sharing
Bees are like cats, they can't see a box they want to go in.
Nasonoph per JP the beeman. They also use lemon grass oil on a q-tip as a lure. Love the March.
Right. The term for the locator pheromone is "Nasonov"
Now THAT'S a swarm!!😄Loved this. Thanks for sharing! 💖
Our pleasure, glad you enjoyed.
That was cool! Thank you for the upload!
Thanks for sharing ❤
That's so cool. We are hoping to catch our first swarm this season.
Good luck!
Now, How Cool was THAT?!!
I appreciate this video so much, this has just been truly fascinating and beautiful to watch. Your deep understanding of bee nature is just astonishing. I just wanted to thank you for this video before I made my obligatory smart ass RUclips comment.
Thank you for the kind words - we're still learning just like everyone else. "The Honeybee Democracy" by Thomas Seeley is the basis for most of my knowledge on swarming.
Thank you so much for sharing this. God is such an artist!
Agreed. If you ever really want to prove this to yourself, read "The Honeybee Democracy" by Thomas Seeley. Some mind-blowing facts about swarms in there.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries Thanks I'll definitely check that out.
These are hard questions that scholars much wiser than I debate about time and again. What I do know is that my life is a whole lot better with God than without, and I take joy from the beautiful things God has created.
Neither of those things are direct creations of God. God created a perfect world, then man sinned and corrupted the perfect creation and brought death, disease, and hardship into the world. God them provided a way to avoid the sting of death by sending Jesus to pay the price for sin so any who believe in Him and claim his redemption can be saved.
I believe viruses and all other forms of disease entered the world as part of the curse after the sin of man - a punishment for our sin and disobedience (Genesis 3). If a child misbehaves and the parent disciplines them, is that the parent's fault or the child's?
Wow. Thanks for sharing this magnificence
What.... how did you do that?? That was awesome! Whatta kick ass vid. Thanx 👍
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the comment.
Truly amazing video I can’t wait to catch my own
Thanks! Good luck
He got a handful of bees lmao this was great
i think i saw some bees carrying little plants for the housewarming!
Thats a really nice swarm. I caught two swarms this year but only about half that size
Thanks very much
I have never in my life seen anyone doing all that. You crazy!!! I have to go to bed now. After watch this!! Guess I'm crazy
Awesome! Thank you for sharing 😊 I’m always amazed by the bees activities.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Excellent video, thanks for sharing it with us. It is said swarms do not attack as they are looking for a new home. Is this true?
Subscribed, thank you for this!
same, and sharing this video with my four children and on Face Book.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Great video
Thank you!
I'm glad you get them into their own hives once you trap them. We need these bees. Wild bees of all types are dying off and I don't think people realize how much good they do for us. Now these Asian Giant Hornets are in the Northwest and could spread, and probably are the biggest threat to the bees. We gotta protect them and try to get rid of the Asian Giant Hornets before they become established. Our honeybees don't know how to protect themselves from these predators like their Asian counterparts do. I rarely see honeybees anymore in the summer or any other time. When I was a kid, honeybees outnumbered all other bee types on all flowers, flowering bushes and flowering trees. Not now, and even the bumblebees are disappearing. So I'm glad when I see something like this knowing these bees will be establishing a new hive with your help.
Excellent video. I have family that put out swarm traps for me. I'll share this with them so they can see what's going on in their backyard!
Glad you found use for it! This video of ours shows scouting activity more clearly, they may be interested in that as well: ruclips.net/video/HwAQ6_7Jf0k/видео.html
Your wife was so brave, I’d run away from ONE bee :)
She'll be happy to hear this, thanks 😁
That's just cool. Thanks for sharing.
Shame on people for giving any thumbs down, did you expect something other than bees? Well done 👍
Thank you for this video clip, it's really interesting. My wife is doing a bee keeping course at the moment and I'm finding I'm really interested in them also, for me it's a chance to help and see nature at it's best. Do you have cats or dogs, how do they interact with the bee hive? I assume they know to stay away. But thank you again.
This video shows how dogs will interact with a hive: ruclips.net/video/lqb5Fabb31g/видео.html
It's a lesson they only learn one way, but they learn it quick.
This is very mesmerizing, thanks for showing it. Must be an experience to be in.
It was!
Watching this was magical, what an amazing thing to experience
Listening with headphones... It sounds like the bees are inside my head
Careful, in my experience once you get bees on your mind you can't get them back off of it
Now THIS is cool!
Indeed, very cool!
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very cool.. Thanks
This bud so educational! Thanks, glad I stumbled on this video. 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
How cool was that? Great video
There are fewer things more cool than standing in the middle of a swarm in flight
Great video & I have seen a bees nest in an electric box they were very passive thank goodness 👍
Thank you for sharing that. Fascinating video.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.
This to me is fascinating, excellent video, does the queen come first.
Glad you enjoyed it
First come scout bees (which are just regular worker bees pulling a double shift), they investigate the nest cavity and if it is up to par, bring the rest of the swarm. The queen is somewhere in the middle of all it, amongst the rest of the thousands of bees.
@@HiddenSpringApiaries I've noticed near where I live, a crack in the road and honey bees are in and out , now it hasn't rained for about six weeks , I was wondering have the bees made a big mistake , because this is a gully and when it rains it flows down there.
@@redrichard8443
Only the strong will survive. Only time will tell. Hopefully they'll all survive!
They don't often make mistakes picking a nest location, but it certainly is possible. You could contact your local beekeeping society and notify them of it, someone may come remove them.
that is so awesome. ty for recording and sharing
Glad you enjoyed.
I'm in my 2nd year of keeping bees and caught 3 swarms this last month on the same old fir tree! It's such a neat process to watch them all flying around willy nilly then 10 minutes later be in a big ball doing nothing. What do you think caused them to all swarm to that particular tree?
Hard to say - some spots are just good. Normally they are good year after year too.
Well done !!! Nice video thanks
Glad you enjoyed
I love watching them
That was so awesome. I'm not sure if I would have the courage to stand in the middle of that swarm.
It's a bit nerve-wracking - the coolness factor outweighs that though.
How many bees do you estimate are in the trap?
Swarms vary widely in size. This one was on the med-large side, so I would say around 15,000.
What was in the box.That made them come to the box?
Swarms are a colony splitting in half to start a new colony. The primary thing that brought them to the box was its cavity size and entrance position/size, both of which are perfect for a colony to thrive in. To top it off we use a scent bait called Swarm Commander that helps the first bees find the box
Lol can you imagine being this guy's neighbor
“The Bees Are Happy”
very pretty garden
Thank you
just don't get them killed , like them or not , we need bee's to pollinate every thing. or we could run out of air. the tree's alone can't do it, we need the flowers too..
Coolest video ever!!!
How far away from the swarm trap was the apiary? Thanks for the video.
At least 3 miles
incredible !
I've only seen 1 swarm it was like a low flying cloud but the noise was what got its me like a low pitch buzzing that you could feel in your chest
you find the most interesting things on here. great video.
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Peak covid isolation video right here, lol...
Great video and commentary. An amazing spectacle of God's creation.
Thanks for the kind words. Agreed
Great video. It is still too cold in Michigan to catch a swarm- but I did put my swarm traps out (in hopes). I wouldn't put that so close to my house in the sub - too many people freak out about bees. I have some property out in the country though - that's where I have my swarm traps.
We haven't had any trouble with the neighbors yet, they're very nice. The bees are there for a few hours at most so pretty small chance that they will be noticed.
Very nice video..from just a few bees to the full swing .....never before saw it like that.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed.
Thats incredible!!!!