One of the most ignorant comments to date. Educate yourself Dixie. Dark continent has nothing to do with race and I’m referring to bees. Don’t walk through life being triggered by things you don’t understand.
Ok can u explain the "dark continent" reference " as i may lack knowledge on its use and would like to take advantage of this opportunity to learn....now i know africanized bees are from Africa and that there are only 7 continents so i would like to understand the play on words because it can be perceived as racist and perception unchecked becomes reality
Oh and i dont think you're racist lol...but i can understand why a person may not like the reference....it would be like saying asian bees went "yellow" on u 😂😂😂😂
@@rottenapplelifestyle1683 From Google: "They called Africa the Dark Continent, because of the mysteries and the savagery they expected to find in the interior." If it was a racial thing then would "deepest darkest Africa" be where you find REALLY REALLY black people? That term also refers to the unknow. I can't stand triggered people jumping on anything and everything that hits them sideways which is why I pinned this person's comment. I've deleted a whole lot of comments like this over the years. Google is really simple to use. People should research before mouthing off if they are uneducated on a subject.
@@628DirtRooster yes google is easy and of course i dont think you're racist nor am i triggered the world is too sensitive these days but i will thank you for responding i know other ppl will come to this comment read it and know that u meant exactly what u meant because u typed it lol....now the butthurts can go away there's nothing to see here 😂😂😂
24 year old girl from Sweden here, I've watched so many of your videos now and just wanted to say I've become very interesting in beekeeping. When spring comes me and my dad will get our first hive. Keep up the videos, they are enjoying to watch.
Wow, you are a STUD!! You have aggressive bees attacking you and you walk back there with just a smoker!! No bee suit, no headgear, NOT EVEN GLOVES, just a smoker....😂😂 You Are DEFINITELY the Bee Whisper Randy!
My brother's wife father almost died on the farm when his tractor disturbed a swarm & that kinda made a negative impression on me as a kid. But I'm binge watching your videos & others which have inspired me to seriously look into getting a couple of hives. Thank you 🐝🌻
7:37 and that's why you bring an extra empty box with you when checking in on your bees. also gives you more room to move frames around in the bee's box.
I'm on the dark Continent, you do not have to poke our bees, they go shotgun if you just look at them... well not always, rather be safe he,but you will not work em without proper protection :)
I showed my twelve year old daughter your videos and she said "I wanna do that when I get older" (we live in a heavily populated area so hives might not be the smartest thing to do) she loves removal videos... Will going me to find her a new one... I showed her your channel yesterday and she binge watched as many as she could take in lol
Bee #1: "Ain't that the big guy that was poking a stick at our cousins the other day?" Bee #2: "Yeah, I recognize that hairy face." Bee #1: "Let's give 'im a dose of his own medicine, huh ?" Bee #2: "I'm with ya. Let's give 'im a little hell."
so I gotta ask. my two wild hives from a cutout and swarm are very defensive. I didn't even touch the hive on one and they came after me for clearing some weeds in front by hand. tried to requeen one and they kept requeening themselves faster than I could. should I just lunch the queen and hope for a gentler one next time around for just leave be? it makes it not fun to beekeep.
Depends on a lot of factors. How fast are you moving around them? Are you swatting? Is it overcast or windy when they are acting up? What region are you in?
628DirtRooster im in Anna, Texas. sometimes it's overcast but the last time was middle of the day slight breeze and i just cleared some weeds and they came after me. No swatting I try to move slow or even stand still when they do that. They follow me for 200 yards after too.
Lucky for you that you don't have to deal with proper African honey bees. I live in South Africa and they are very vicious! I envy the docile bees that you have there. :-) Great videos!
although unrelated to above video.I seen you use bee gone is another video.Been looking online to buy some---have not found yet--point me in the right direction o great one--p.s. dirt rooster online store?
+greg grider 😊 Online store is coming. I like Fischer's Bee Quick. It smells like cherry air freshener. There is also Bee Go, Honey Robber and a few others.
They went Africanized on me??? That’s funny as heck dirtman...I may be a little finicky when it comes to videos and when you add comedy to your videos Of beekeeping that makes them the FIRST bee videos that I go to...it’s interesting watching bee videos but when you add a little humor in them they make watching educational and funny at the same time....👍🏼👍🏼
I see fantastic work with apis bees without great apparatus of clothing and overalls. Here in Brazil this and unthinkable with Africanized bees. But although very aggressive they are also very productive.
he heee can't do mine that way lol they KILL YA They hate lawn mowers and weed eaters too They shot gun blast out of the hives at ya woooo weee SON they are some kind of tee off ! YEP I'AM SCARED OF EM
Mo getting their traits.Had a swarm I caught go from nuc, to killing dbl deep queen and stealing that hive for themselves.Awesome bees,work when others aren't,build up like crazy fast, and if you lucky you might even get some exercise in running 150 yards back to the house.They can't winter here S0 they say but traits are here.30 yr Texas Queenbreeder said she thought they were Africanized because they stole hive an followed past 200 feet
Hey Randy you could send me some honey if you like, probably cost ya a bit in postage though being over the pond like , man you gotta love this guy the way he wrangles those bees .
Been watching watching a bunch of your vids tonight, and they really make me wish I was born a southern boy instead of a yankee suburbanite. I've got country in my soul but landed in the wrong womb! lol
There are a lot more beehives in the city (especially suburbs) than most people realize. I once had two hives at a house I was renting in the downtown area and never had a complaint in the years I lived there.
Haha after the sting song finishes the radio guy says i wish i had a lawn like that and it cuts to the lawn shot smooth editing :) (did you mean that?)
628DirtRooster I believe you took some honey-filled comb and rubbed it on a new frame, then you threw the comb away and put the new frame in the box haha
Another great video. Liked the ending a lot. See you working on the Skag. Good mower. Just so you know, I'm an auto tech and have an independent auto service and repair shop over here in Ga. If you ever need any help in the automotive (or equipment) field, maybe I could return some of the advise you've given me with the bees. I'm just learning beekeeping but I already know how to extract half a million miles out of a Chevy truck!
+Billy Harrison LOL! So if a customer comes in with a bee problem in their car you know just how to tackle it. I'll take you up on the advice offer right now. 06 F150 (5.4 4x4) torque converter seems to be failing. It's jerking really bad at certain load ranges but not any particular rpm or speed. Is it going to require replacement or is there some other electronic part causing it to fail?
+628DirtRooster A few questions: Do you have a check engine light? Is the jerking in OD or other gear ranges also? Are you reasonably sure it's a tranny/converter issue and not a misfire? If you put it in drive, hold the brake and put it under load does it do anything unusual? How many miles on tranny and how many since a service? Now, if you believe it's the converter, go to the parts house and get a pint of a good brand of friction modifier and add to the tranny nd drive it for 20-25 miles and see if the sympton changes.
+628DirtRooster To add to my reply a few minutes ago and to answer you original question, the only electronic part of a 4R70E or 4R75E that effects the transmission torque converter is the torque converter lock-up which doesn't come into play until you are at cruising speed in OD. The lock-up is controlled by a hydraulic pressure control solenoid that is located inside the tranny case. If you have a lock-up issue the symptom would only be in OD as the torque converter tried to go into lock-up which in effect gives you an extra "gear" above OD and it is typically a shutter that lasts a few seconds until the lock-up is engaged. Torque converters contain a group of clutches that operate on pressure and they do fail but it is not common.
Billy Harrison I think it's going on when the converter is trying to lock up but it will do it in 3rd or overdrive. Probably the lowest speed it will do it is 40 or so. If i hit the tow/haul button to keep it out of over drive it will still do it but not as easily. The truck has 235,00 miles and the original trans. I don't know when it was serviced last but the fluid looks good (not burned and looks clean). It had about 160,000 miles when I got it. The check engine light just started coming on but it's for a catalytic converter flow issue. No dead miss. The transmission works fine otherwise. I guess I'll try servicing it.
You mention "Hobby Beekeeping", I'm curious as to what's your "Regular Day Job"? I was thinking construction contracting judging by the stuff you showed in the video of what all you Carry in your carry around bag. Enjoy your videos immensely. I watch a couple of hours a day. Wife says if I don't quit and do some work, she's leaving. I'm probably GONA miss her some.
I enjoy your humor and slamg amuses me to no end, being Australian we speak in almost all slang. It's a shame so many people are acting offended by your use of terminology. They clearly haven't done or read enough to get what "Dark continent" actually is. Or why the bees are called Africanized... Please keep up the good work and enjoyable videos. I'm allergic to bees but your videos make being an apiarist a possibility.
Dakota Lally it’s not a diesel fuel smoker. I don’t think such a thing exists. Sounds very dangerous. That’s just a sticker he put on it so other beekeepers don’t steal it. 😂
Nope. Bees are not nearly as aggressive as many people think. I work my hives without even a veil or gloves and very rarely get stung. Of course, I do not work them in marginal weather conditions or during late evenings.
I was just thinking about that couple days ago giving your location have you ever gone to removal only to find Africanized bees and in those cases what is your call go through with removal or call in a friend can you enter do some non Africanized Queen and return them to the humble State they should be
That's awesome thanks for letting me know and anyone else is reading this that would be interesting though bear versus killer hive Bears thick fur bees thick swarms I wonder who would win thanks for sharing your videos they're quite educational and I love them
Wow. LOT of scenting behavior in that hive. Butts in the air, abdomen cracked open and BUZZZZZZ! They were ready to light you up! I noticed that you were being extra slow and methodical towards the end. So how do you de-Africanize the hive? Re-queen it?
Hey Randy have you ever come across while catching swarms or whatever a true Africanized Colony? I have been watching videos on them the last couple days and talk about something making you need to change your shorts. The whole hive let's loose and jumped on these guys and even they were calm and walking away they chased them well past the 1/4 mile marked that they used to say was the limit they would chase.
I'm surprised you don't have more encounters with Africanized bees, considering you live the the South. I watch videos of beekeepers trying to deal with them in Arizona, it's unbelievable how defensive they are.
628DirtRooster Bees I don’t believe we have them in my part of FL either. Pretty sure there are hives of them in South FL, but not up here in the Panhandle. Interesting how they’re only in certain states and certain parts of certain states. I was in your neck of the woods for a couple weeks several years ago (was living in Meridian MS back then) when Hurricane Isaac hit (and stalled), I recognize some areas in some of your videos.
i know this is on a old video but ive been going through and watching your videos. I wonder if you scythe the area around the bees if the still would get annoyed.
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*CANNOT WATCH A VIDEO with a southern-accented voice making reference to "DARK CONTINENT." Inappropriate!* 👎
One of the most ignorant comments to date. Educate yourself Dixie. Dark continent has nothing to do with race and I’m referring to bees. Don’t walk through life being triggered by things you don’t understand.
Ok can u explain the "dark continent" reference " as i may lack knowledge on its use and would like to take advantage of this opportunity to learn....now i know africanized bees are from Africa and that there are only 7 continents so i would like to understand the play on words because it can be perceived as racist and perception unchecked becomes reality
Oh and i dont think you're racist lol...but i can understand why a person may not like the reference....it would be like saying asian bees went "yellow" on u 😂😂😂😂
@@rottenapplelifestyle1683 From Google: "They called Africa the Dark Continent, because of the mysteries and the savagery they expected to find in the interior."
If it was a racial thing then would "deepest darkest Africa" be where you find REALLY REALLY black people? That term also refers to the unknow. I can't stand triggered people jumping on anything and everything that hits them sideways which is why I pinned this person's comment. I've deleted a whole lot of comments like this over the years. Google is really simple to use. People should research before mouthing off if they are uneducated on a subject.
@@628DirtRooster yes google is easy and of course i dont think you're racist nor am i triggered the world is too sensitive these days but i will thank you for responding i know other ppl will come to this comment read it and know that u meant exactly what u meant because u typed it lol....now the butthurts can go away there's nothing to see here 😂😂😂
24 year old girl from Sweden here, I've watched so many of your videos now and just wanted to say I've become very interesting in beekeeping. When spring comes me and my dad will get our first hive. Keep up the videos, they are enjoying to watch.
Best of luck with your bees. You're going to love it.
Bee safe.
Morton Fisback. Yuck
I don't have any bees I've no intention of getting any. I'm very hooked on his bee videos. Hello from the UK.
Hey Erika, did you start beekeeping? I know it's been 2 years but that's really cool and I'd love to hear if you explored further
A beekeeper listening to STING.. wow.
How about the Bee Gees ?
its cause they can *feel* the rhythm...
It's a guarantee that you will get stung. That's just part of the fun.
The Dark Continent comment in the beginning made me squirt sweet tea out of my nose. 😏 I freaking love you guys! You guys are always good for a laugh!
Cleans out the sinuses.
How do you determine if the bees you're standing next to are the killin' type - Jig at em with a stick! lolol
If you walk past the hive and a few hundred attack and do not quit until you are hundreds of yards away, then they are probably Africanized.
Fields of Gold. I admire your taste in music.
Watching your videos actully helping me overcome my fear of bees, wasp, and the sort and kina getting me somewhat intrested in this stuff.
Therapy
Yellow jackets hell no
Wow, you are a STUD!! You have aggressive bees attacking you and you walk back there with just a smoker!! No bee suit, no headgear, NOT EVEN GLOVES, just a smoker....😂😂 You Are DEFINITELY the Bee Whisper Randy!
mark Bohamed I agree! I hate bees!
You seem to say this in a lot of videos. "It's getting close to dark and I really shouldn't be doing this." :)
Haha I'm always rushing to try and get something done before dark when I get off work.
Your videos are so relaxing for some reason
My brother's wife father almost died on the farm when his tractor disturbed a swarm & that kinda made a negative impression on me as a kid. But I'm binge watching your videos & others which have inspired me to seriously look into getting a couple of hives. Thank you 🐝🌻
They don't like tractors. That's for sure.
dark continent bees hahaha
You the Man !!!! Great video!
I saw you under that cross brother. Nice of you'all to help them out.
+Smokeydabee Charles Coleman That's the church I grew up in and my parents still attend there. They are all family to me.
7:37
and that's why you bring an extra empty box with you when checking in on your bees. also gives you more room to move frames around in the bee's box.
I'm on the dark Continent, you do not have to poke our bees, they go shotgun if you just look at them... well not always, rather be safe he,but you will not work em without proper protection :)
lol Dark Continent bees. When ever I see africanized bees in my backyard I will say "Hey look, dark continent bees."
Why are they dark continent? These bees are mixed with European bees aren't they?
If you have Africanized bees in your back yard, then you probably cannot use your back yard.
I love the cross yall are putting up
It's been there since I was about ten years old. We had to do some repairs on it.
Great job putting up that cross :)
Thanks Barbara. Quality time with my dad.
Merry Christmas Randy to you and the family
Thanks Jarod. Wishing y'all and wonderful Christmas as well.
Opening video was hilarious. Rest was random.
I guess it's not always exciting every time you handle bees.
God bless!
I cant wait to get stung when I get some bees...lol. Good one brother.
J
I showed my twelve year old daughter your videos and she said "I wanna do that when I get older" (we live in a heavily populated area so hives might not be the smartest thing to do) she loves removal videos... Will going me to find her a new one... I showed her your channel yesterday and she binge watched as many as she could take in lol
Uh oh, now she's going to be suit shopping.
Bee #1: "Ain't that the big guy that was poking a stick at our cousins the other day?"
Bee #2: "Yeah, I recognize that hairy face."
Bee #1: "Let's give 'im a dose of his own medicine, huh ?"
Bee #2: "I'm with ya. Let's give 'im a little hell."
You'd have to bee crazy to not buy honey from this guy.
so I gotta ask. my two wild hives from a cutout and swarm are very defensive. I didn't even touch the hive on one and they came after me for clearing some weeds in front by hand. tried to requeen one and they kept requeening themselves faster than I could. should I just lunch the queen and hope for a gentler one next time around for just leave be? it makes it not fun to beekeep.
Depends on a lot of factors. How fast are you moving around them? Are you swatting? Is it overcast or windy when they are acting up? What region are you in?
628DirtRooster im in Anna, Texas. sometimes it's overcast but the last time was middle of the day slight breeze and i just cleared some weeds and they came after me. No swatting I try to move slow or even stand still when they do that. They follow me for 200 yards after too.
Do you know what bees you have? Italians, Russians...
😂🤣😂🤣, DAMN Randy. You almost left The Mower HUH MAN? 🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾
Nice mower! Scag builds a good machine!
It's a worker :)
do you do many single brood boxes?
Lucky for you that you don't have to deal with proper African honey bees. I live in South Africa and they are very vicious! I envy the docile bees that you have there. :-) Great videos!
Liked the ending seeing you help put the cross up on the church.
+TheCraftyskill Thanks for watching :)
I love watching ur bee videos :)
^^ that was the comment I've been looking for... and hoped not to find.
Scag Mowers are the best!! The snap on of mowers
Yep
Wish I had caught it on video. I'm sure I was hilarious.
I got mixed up in a moving swarm once got 5 stings on my neck and then all hell broke lose when they took over the mango tree in the yard
LOL That's bad luck.
Surprising, since swarms are usually very docile.
Unnecessary roughness will cost you 10 yards lol
Have you ever gotten two live Queens in one super?
I don't know where I'd be without my can of B-12 Chemtool. Just don't spray it on those Walbro carb primer bulbs.
Stuff works wonders.
If they would be africanized bees be prepared to run for an 1/2 a mile or better really fast or they will get you.
Run.... my friend .....run
although unrelated to above video.I seen you use bee gone is another video.Been looking online to buy some---have not found yet--point me in the right direction o great one--p.s. dirt rooster online store?
+greg grider 😊 Online store is coming. I like Fischer's Bee Quick. It smells like cherry air freshener. There is also Bee Go, Honey Robber and a few others.
Why not check the first, lowest, box? Is that where the 'brood' is kept.
They will build brood all the way up sometimes.
They went Africanized on me??? That’s funny as heck dirtman...I may be a little finicky when it comes to videos and when you add comedy to your videos Of beekeeping that makes them the FIRST bee videos that I go to...it’s interesting watching bee videos but when you add a little humor in them they make watching educational and funny at the same time....👍🏼👍🏼
I feel your pain I was chased by mud dobbers on riding lawn mower except I ditched it while it was still moving 🤣
I hope it didn't run through a flower bed. :)
When they are capped, is the sign to take the honey?
About 70% capped is good.
You only take honey if enough remains for the bees during the winter.
If everything is capped, then it is certainly ripe and ready for removal.
Why put boxes and frames on the ground when you have a top cover lying just beside the hive?!
Been in the sun too long. ;)
I see fantastic work with apis bees without great apparatus of clothing and overalls. Here in Brazil this and unthinkable with Africanized bees. But although very aggressive they are also very productive.
I'm sure I would be fully dressed working the bees down there.
he heee can't do mine that way lol they KILL YA They hate lawn mowers and weed eaters too They shot gun blast out of the hives at ya woooo weee SON they are some kind of tee off ! YEP I'AM SCARED OF EM
Jook em with a stick.... lol!!
jook it with a stick! if you're still standing there...
Mo getting their traits.Had a swarm I caught go from nuc, to killing dbl deep queen and stealing that hive for themselves.Awesome bees,work when others aren't,build up like crazy fast, and if you lucky you might even get some exercise in running 150 yards back to the house.They can't winter here S0 they say but traits are here.30 yr Texas Queenbreeder said she thought they were Africanized because they stole hive an followed past 200 feet
Wish we had the weather you guys get here in Ireland!!! Makes beekeeping very difficult
+jon alford Rainy?
in new englend one day its fourth of july and the next day its blizzard but an hour later wel have a drought sucks for bees
I'm dying. Dark continent.
I used have a mower like that
Do you see Africanized hives there? I'm looking to get my first hive going in Arizona and virtually all our wild bees are Africanized.
None here
Tabor Tollefson Isn't it illegal to keep bees in Arizona tho?
You and JP should get a sponsorship from Columbia!
Has anybody tried using weed mat under their hive area to create a bigger grass-free space for them?
Yes, roll roofing works pretty good
Was that Mr Ed at the ending with the cross?
"Mind if I smoke?"
Smokem if you got em
Now if they come after ya and kill ya...
Did that one time myself. Got hit 21 timesw by the time I got the house :)
It's fun but it's not for everyone. I'll have to just send you some honey.
Hey Randy you could send me some honey if you like, probably cost ya a bit in postage though being over the pond like , man you gotta love this guy the way he wrangles those bees .
what kind of bees do you have?
Dennis crutchfield from the little I saw any storms that he can get his hands on
Question. Can you breed out Africanised bees?
Not sure
Been watching watching a bunch of your vids tonight, and they really make me wish I was born a southern boy instead of a yankee suburbanite. I've got country in my soul but landed in the wrong womb! lol
Haaa! Never too late. Get you an old 4x4 and cut the sleeves off half your shirts (even your good shirts) and nobody will know the difference.
There are a lot more beehives in the city (especially suburbs) than most people realize. I once had two hives at a house I was renting in the downtown area and never had a complaint in the years I lived there.
Haha after the sting song finishes the radio guy says i wish i had a lawn like that and it cuts to the lawn shot smooth editing :) (did you mean that?)
It was accidental in recording but I found it while editing. :)
haha wicked. Digging the vids cant get enough of them
james allen Thanks bro
The STING song! :D
What in the world hit your camera suddenly when you were looking at the hive?
What was your "experiment" then? And did it work? Keep up the sweet vids Randy! Can't get enough
Oh man I can't remember what I did in this old video. Eventually I'll go back through the older ones and put a good description on them.
628DirtRooster I believe you took some honey-filled comb and rubbed it on a new frame, then you threw the comb away and put the new frame in the box haha
mohothedestoyer I vaguely remember that. Can't remember why I did it or what the outcome.
I think his "experiment" was poking that hive to see if it had gone dark Continent on him! LOL I'm teasing, by the way
Yo, yo, yo,, let's look for the queen.
If you strongly suspect the hive has gone dark, do you destroy the queen and the queen cells and install a new queen?
Yes
Another great video. Liked the ending a lot. See you working on the Skag. Good mower. Just so you know, I'm an auto tech and have an independent auto service and repair shop over here in Ga. If you ever need any help in the automotive (or equipment) field, maybe I could return some of the advise you've given me with the bees. I'm just learning beekeeping but I already know how to extract half a million miles out of a Chevy truck!
+Billy Harrison LOL! So if a customer comes in with a bee problem in their car you know just how to tackle it.
I'll take you up on the advice offer right now. 06 F150 (5.4 4x4) torque converter seems to be failing. It's jerking really bad at certain load ranges but not any particular rpm or speed. Is it going to require replacement or is there some other electronic part causing it to fail?
+628DirtRooster A few questions: Do you have a check engine light? Is the jerking in OD or other gear ranges also? Are you reasonably sure it's a tranny/converter issue and not a misfire? If you put it in drive, hold the brake and put it under load does it do anything unusual? How many miles on tranny and how many since a service? Now, if you believe it's the converter, go to the parts house and get a pint of a good brand of friction modifier and add to the tranny nd drive it for 20-25 miles and see if the sympton changes.
+628DirtRooster To add to my reply a few minutes ago and to answer you original question, the only electronic part of a 4R70E or 4R75E that effects the transmission torque converter is the torque converter lock-up which doesn't come into play until you are at cruising speed in OD. The lock-up is controlled by a hydraulic pressure control solenoid that is located inside the tranny case. If you have a lock-up issue the symptom would only be in OD as the torque converter tried to go into lock-up which in effect gives you an extra "gear" above OD and it is typically a shutter that lasts a few seconds until the lock-up is engaged. Torque converters contain a group of clutches that operate on pressure and they do fail but it is not common.
Billy Harrison I think it's going on when the converter is trying to lock up but it will do it in 3rd or overdrive. Probably the lowest speed it will do it is 40 or so. If i hit the tow/haul button to keep it out of over drive it will still do it but not as easily. The truck has 235,00 miles and the original trans. I don't know when it was serviced last but the fluid looks good (not burned and looks clean). It had about 160,000 miles when I got it. The check engine light just started coming on but it's for a catalytic converter flow issue. No dead miss. The transmission works fine otherwise. I guess I'll try servicing it.
What ever happened with the f150? Just curious if you can remember or if you still have the truck?
never thought I'd hear the words "dark continent" lol
:)
628DirtRooster I didnt care dor the dark continent comment
@@junnny596 I don't care for your I don't care comment.
@@affluentimaginings I dont think I care for you dude
I laughed too hard at this. If you think they've gone dark continent on ya just poke them with a stick... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Laughed so hard my stomach hurts.
maybe they need better ventilation
You do have a good taste in music. You might like some of my friends band, Trembling Bells and Big Hogg. Look them up online!
They both remind me of the hippie era. Where are they from?
I just subbed and I know this is a stupid question but what exactly does the smoke fo
Covers alarm pheromone
@@628DirtRooster thanks for the info I've always been wondering what that done and now I do thanks
One of my hives acted all dark continent on me yesterday
You mention "Hobby Beekeeping", I'm curious as to what's your "Regular Day Job"? I was thinking construction contracting judging by the stuff you showed in the video of what all you Carry in your carry around bag. Enjoy your videos immensely. I watch a couple of hours a day. Wife says if I don't quit and do some work, she's leaving. I'm probably GONA miss her some.
LOL Don't let her go. Insurance claims adjuster :(
I enjoy your humor and slamg amuses me to no end, being Australian we speak in almost all slang.
It's a shame so many people are acting offended by your use of terminology. They clearly haven't done or read enough to get what "Dark continent" actually is.
Or why the bees are called Africanized...
Please keep up the good work and enjoyable videos. I'm allergic to bees but your videos make being an apiarist a possibility.
Very true. So many people have no clue but want to give their two cents about what a racist thing I said. Oh well, they walk among us so look out. lol
You should have been singing "Smoke gets in your eyes".
And it does every day.
327 on that lawn mower and you still won't get away
My native Irish bees are far more jumpy than these - that's on a good day ;)
+jon alford These are pretty laid back.
I don't drink monster drinks you might want to try Arizona rx it is better for you and bees love it
I haven't seen that one.
My uncle's bees are mean. I have good bees they never sting me. I don't poke them with a stick either way. 🤣 Love the video's my friend!
Haha Thanks for watching!
What would a bee hive in a box look like
My ex wife.
5:55 I notice that your diesel fuel smokers don't put out nearly as much visible smoke as the others. This one I presume has some tinder inside?
Dakota Lally it’s not a diesel fuel smoker. I don’t think such a thing exists. Sounds very dangerous. That’s just a sticker he put on it so other beekeepers don’t steal it. 😂
Dark content lol I love it
0.45 I don't think he wants to be there.
Not at all.
What makes them Africanized?
Its an actual species of honey bee.
No protection? Insane
Nope. Bees are not nearly as aggressive as many people think.
I work my hives without even a veil or gloves and very rarely get stung. Of course, I do not work them in marginal weather conditions or during late evenings.
tons of smoke!
Too much smoke, the idea is to calm them, not get them into a frenzied panic.
I was just thinking about that couple days ago giving your location have you ever gone to removal only to find Africanized bees and in those cases what is your call go through with removal or call in a friend can you enter do some non Africanized Queen and return them to the humble State they should be
We don’t have them in our area. They are very difficult to requeen with other more gentle genetics.
That's awesome thanks for letting me know and anyone else is reading this that would be interesting though bear versus killer hive Bears thick fur bees thick swarms I wonder who would win thanks for sharing your videos they're quite educational and I love them
Bee King..No Doubt bruh!
Thanks George
Wow. LOT of scenting behavior in that hive. Butts in the air, abdomen cracked open and BUZZZZZZ! They were ready to light you up! I noticed that you were being extra slow and methodical towards the end. So how do you de-Africanize the hive? Re-queen it?
Hey Randy have you ever come across while catching swarms or whatever a true Africanized Colony? I have been watching videos on them the last couple days and talk about something making you need to change your shorts. The whole hive let's loose and jumped on these guys and even they were calm and walking away they chased them well past the 1/4 mile marked that they used to say was the limit they would chase.
Thankfully we don't have them here.
Back when that smoker was new...lol.
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I'm surprised you don't have more encounters with Africanized bees, considering you live the the South. I watch videos of beekeepers trying to deal with them in Arizona, it's unbelievable how defensive they are.
Thankful they aren’t here.
628DirtRooster Bees I don’t believe we have them in my part of FL either. Pretty sure there are hives of them in South FL, but not up here in the Panhandle. Interesting how they’re only in certain states and certain parts of certain states. I was in your neck of the woods for a couple weeks several years ago (was living in Meridian MS back then) when Hurricane Isaac hit (and stalled), I recognize some areas in some of your videos.
hey when you finish that lawnmower can you come work on mine. Ill buy you a few monsters
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i know this is on a old video but ive been going through and watching your videos. I wonder if you scythe the area around the bees if the still would get annoyed.
You would draw their attention with fast movements. I just throw a jacket on and run a weed eater around them real quick.