Love the unhurried and methodical way you catch and rehouse swarms. It is caring and respectful to both bees and the people who notify you to remove them.
Been watching you for a while now. I used to be scared of bees- just hearing one nearby was enough to make me scoot for cover. After watching you and Randy doing your thing, this year, I made a little lean-to, put it on an old metal stand next to one of the many flowering bushes in my back yard, set a small dish of sugar water and some smelly honey in it, and have spent nearly a week being up close with the local bumblebees, getting photos and videos from inches away. No local honeybee colonies that feed on our property, but it's still awesome to get some time with the bumblebees. I would never have dreamed of doing this without you folks, and all the education I've gotten from you that's helped me overcome my fears. Thanks again, and keep on doing the good work for the gals!
Indeed the best way to stop being scared of bees is to see someone who is not scared. I had this experience just last weekend: the tenant of a house I own in the countryside had no experience with bees, and their presence in a tree that bloomed in the garden terrified her. I went there, stood under the tree just inches from the bees, stretched my hand towards them, and expressed how lucky she was to have the bees working around and enjoy the lovely sound of them. Fear went away (for good, I hope)!
Fun Fact. Bumblebees have "degenerated" stings. Essentially almost all bumblebees can't sting through a human skin anymore. So there is nothing to be afraid of with the little bumbles.
@@PresidentScrooge Gonna need a source on that, because of the 628DirtRooster video called "Bumble Bees Attack Camera Man - Bumble Bee Collecting". Randy gets tore up pretty good. I'm not sure if he got unlucky or if he would have had it worse if their stingers were different, but I'd like a source either way please.
I'm not surprised in the slightest that these bees were so mild and gentle. Comparatively speaking, they went from hunkering down in an apartment complex that has already been condemned, to a nice, well-maintained condo. These girls will be MUCH happier to have you for a landlord, JP!
Man, you are THE bee whisperer! I was phobic of stinging insects until I came across your channel. You are so in tune with their nature. You cured me for real. Fascinating, every job. Thank you Sir for taking us with you on your incredible work, much appreciated. Take care out there!
Turning horror for so many into pure beauty, your channel has changed many people's attitude to appreciate and respect these amazing creatures. God bless you Sir. Thank you.
This is RUclips at it's best, sharing reality, encouraging interest and appreciation of good work that matters. Bees feed us in so many ways, they are our friends indeed.
Hey JP thank you for the wealth of information you share. My wife is a hobbiest beekeeper and I’m a city boy. We recently got 2 boxes of bees and we will compete for honey. We got a call from a woman with bees colonized in her home for approximately 3 years. I watched your shed video and figured we’d be in for something like that. We cut out 1 ft deep of roofing above a bay window and found thousands of bees and approximately 60lbs capped and uncapped honey. I put an 8 frame box up on the house next to their entrance. We couldn’t find the queen so we scooped as many bees as we could into the box with a local company’s version of Swarm Commander. It didnt work I put some lemongrass oil on a cotton ball and left the box overnight. We checked on the box the next day, no bees inside the box and 98% of the bees left. Soooo. We are going back monday to cleanup and double check all bees are gone so replacement windows can go in. We also had a huge wasp come in attack a bee and fly off with it. We saw the wasp again my wife had her phone she got a 6 second clip ending with the wasp flying at her. She almost fell off the ladder We used a bucket of water just like you Thanks so much
JP, with all the stress and anxiety the world is going through with the Coronavirus. it's relaxing to see your videos and nice that the bees are benefiting from it.
Getting first hive on Saturday. I live up in Vermont and want to do what you do for a living... just looks like fun. If you love your job you'll never work a day in your life..
Ok, so it's NOT just me! I've been swearing up and down my entire life some bee stings hurt way worse than others. Some just burn and burn. Others I feel a quick stick and it's over. Other people have told me that's not possible. I've been stung enough times, I truly believe some hurt far worse than others and it's not just based on where they sting me.
My depression is kicking in again, and I'm back to binge watching your bee videos. They always make me feel better. You have such a calm nature, it's so soothing to watch you work. Thanks for the excellent content and your important work for our mother, Nature.
Hello, How long will two queens stay in the same hive before there's a battle? My step son and I just got our first package a month ago and these bees are small ones; but they sure are busy. We live near Colorado Springs Colorado. Thank you so much...we made the decision to get bees because of the many videos of your we have viewed through the years. Thank you again - Wayne
Some colonies actually elect to have 2 laying queens. It’s actually a good thing & pretty cool as well. Great to hear you & your step son have entered the wonderful world of beekeeping. 👍🐝
I 4got smoke em a little, carefully remove the lid & go to it. Shouldn’t need a bee vac unless there’s a ton of bees which I still wouldn’t use a bee vac but that’s just me.
@@JPthebeeman I'm not a bee keeper... I just wanted to somehow get them out and put them somewhere else... They haven't read the meter in a long time, because of the box being so full of bees... I could send you pics if you wanted... Thanks for responding...
John could be? My husbands family has been in the USA from england since the 1700s. They settled in ohio. His Dad was one of 14 kids. We were only able to trace back till than. And we have a coat of arms from england . My brother in laws no more than I do. My husband was 1 of 5 brothers himself. Hes now deceased.
I love JP...when i became a beekeeper, i overthought everything - listened to hundreds of hours of audio and visuals, read a couple of books, got all my gear...and JP is by far my favorite beekeeper to learn from bcs he shows you how SIMPLE it is and that you do not need to be so wary of a sting! i HATE getting into my suit in the heat...I hope one day to be as comfortable around bee's as JP is - WITHOUT a suit! :) thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiring us all!
Hi, it never ceases to amaze me that you always find the Queen amongst thousands of moving bees, incredible, what do you do with all the bees you collect?
I've been watching several bee keeping videos. I really like your's about retrieving hives from places they aren't wanted. I have never heard any bee keeper mention the use of Baking Soda for bee stings. Just put a quarter size bunch of Baking Soda in your palm and add just enough water to make a loose paste and apply it to the sting. Try not to move the area to much for a few minutes because as the paste starts to dry it will fall off. This paste also works on wasp stings. I have used this on kids and grandkids for almost 50 years. If they get stung they come running to get the pace put on. Thanks for your videos.
Speaking of quality video....the picture on this video is really great. A really beautiful picture ...even if its a junk pile. 🙂 Thank You for taking the time to produce a quality video. 🍃🌎🕊
Any job you can do without a ladder is a beautiful thing, even crawl spaces are more pleasant than working from a ladder. Good to see you are doing well Tim. 👍🐝
HChristine Q I strongly believe that’s not the case here. I’ve been around creosote treated wood: pilings & rail road ties & these had no odor nor were they black with creosote. They were very old ties.
I got one for you, and ain't it the truth: You got some beautiful eyes JP, and like they say: Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder! -- great work with your channel, I enjoy watching and rewatching throughout the year. Never gets old. Hopefully I'll get to see a swarm or a hive in my lifetime.
Do you send bees to Idaho and if you do how much for a batch and shipping, I have never had bees but we bought a place and it had some old bees boxes and i would like to get some bees to go in them, but i don't know what I'm doing, i watch you, rooster, and gabby, I do watch others but you 3 are my favorites
Another video which did not disappoint. You are so calm and careful with the bee’s guess that is why the girlfriend’s stay calm . It will probably take me months to watch all your videos so fascinating.
Hello their that queen could be poisoned because of pesticides! I’ve been reading about bees with their tongues out please people stress the word we need our bees! Thank you JP for saving the bees! You the man!!
31:00 About the dead queens, personally I think the reigning queen killed them in their cells by stinging them, as it sometimes happens. They sometimes do not want any competitors, as it seems!
Do you do your own bee keeping at your home? My daughter and I have a great interest in this and are wanting to learn. Do you have any suggestions how a newbie can learn? Thank you, you have an awesome channel!
I’ve only been watching this season, but you are fun. I helped with a cutout through the soffit of a house last week. I’m wondering how you extract the honey from those odd shaped honey combs you toss in the honey bucket? Is there a past video you can direct me too? The homeowners sure got a charge out of sampling the honey from their house! But it was a mess in my kitchen!
628 dirtrooster has a vedio on honey extraction from a hive removal. He just uses his hand and crushes the comb then let's it sit in a strainer so all the honey drains into a bucket. Also some times if the honey is contaminated with insolation,sawdust,sheetrock dust or was gathered from a source that the honey does not taste good (certain types of nector make bad tasting honey)the bee keeper will place it out side and the bees from his hives will come and take it back to their hive and store it to be fed to their workers.
JP, how do the bees determine which queen goes with the swarm and which one stays, and how do they determine which workers go with the swarm and which ones stay with the original hive?
Maybe a collage could help you with this mystery. A zoo too. You do all those removals from the zoo, Maybe send them a few pics, and if you did not toss those dead queens you could send them there. It's intresting situation. Also send them this video link, maybe there is something they can see that we don't because of the trained eye.
Where I live, we have ground bees 🐝. I accidentally stepped on one of them barefoot as it was hiding among the purple flowers that had fallen out the tree. My neuropathy prevented me from really feeling it though.
You can fit a ton of bees in a five frame Nuc albeit if it’s a huge number, temporarily. Depends immensely on the time of year. Going into winter, when they’re in winter mode, cram the crap out of that Nuc but spring or summer you better keep an eye on them or they will gear to swarm. Graduate to a larger set up or add another Nuc etc…
Hey JP I really enjoy your videos. I have always had a interest in bees and when I was a kid I remember hearing that when a queen hatches it goes around searching for other queen cells and she kills them by stinging. I have never heard you say this and with the queen cell mystery in this video I am wondering if what I heard was true. Could you elaborate on that sometime. Also do you have any vids of queens mating. I know it would be hard to get but you work with bees and figured you might have a video of it.
I actually have mentioned on several occasions virgin queens hatching out & “piping” to locate rival queens, then stinging them through their cells, you must have missed it. Mating amongst bees occurs in “staging areas” that are anywhere from 20-50 feet above the ground & unfortunately I don’t have any footage of that but I do have a video of queen bees piping, it’s called “Virgin Queens Piping In An Attic Space.”
@@JPthebeeman Yeah I probably haven't seen those vids yet. You have a lot and I've only seen a few so far. I never herd the term 'piping' until I started to watch your videos. Wasn't sure what it meant but now I know. I just watched a video where you said some queen cells can have dead workers in them instead, which surprised me. You didn't really say how that happens though. Do they feed the larvae the wrong food for a queen? So then the worker can't get out of a queen cell.
The first time I observed this was about ten years ago, called a buddy we call “the bee professor.” There were 2 queen cells I observed on that job: one with a dead worker, one with 2 dead workers inside. Both queen cells were sealed. My buddy’s response was “sometimes the workers will go into a queen cell after a queen has hatched to clean the cell or something & “other” overly ambitious workers will seal them in. I’ve seen this now several other times over the years so it’s more common than most would suspect. In fact a few weeks or so ago Mr. Ed called to tell me he had observed for the first time a worker sealed inside of a queen cell. He & I had spoken about it a week prior & a week later I received his call & could hear the excitement in his voice.
David h you’d think so but I want to say they’re usually head first in the cell, maybe they can’t turn around I don’t know but it is what it is. I’ve seen it enough to know to never give a split one queen cell.
Good video, except for most of the video the camera wasn't zoomed in enough to be able to see what you were doing. I would have liked to know what happened with the second queen. Did you ever find her? If so, what ended up happening to her? Iwould have swept that board off before I started pulling it apart, the board that was falling apart. I think less dust and dirt would have gotten on the comb that way. Other than that, good video. 👍
Its amazing the junk people have in their backyards, and I've only been doing cut outs for about 6 months. Bet JP you see a thing or three. Regards, from South Australia.
Hey JP, greetings from Morocco, when I saw all your video's I got very happy to see that there are still people working to save our planet, lately my grand father bees where all killed by the neighbors, they used a pesticide for watermelon and the results were a catastrophe we were in tears to see about 5 beehives totally exterminated, I would like to rebuild the beehives could you please advice me, I'm planing to replant few hectares with roses and trees to give them natural places where they can go however from what I have seen Moroccan bees produces less honey but very strong taste compared to EU or USA honey and they are much much aggressive. thanks a lot :)
At night I usually don’t seal the entrance as they don’t fly at night, course I’m putting them in the bed of my truck. I’ll smoke them to run them in & then pick the box up & place it in the truck bed. When you have to seal the entrance you can use #8 hardware cloth, screen or vented vinyl J channel from Home Depot.
Hi jpthebee, health and safety my friend seen you using the cordless multi tool you should be wearing ear defenders man , i use one all the time and need the ear defenders on every time got to look after yourself
Jp I have a serious question ⁉️ anyway my house is infested with carpenter bees how do I safely. Get rid of them and will they destroy my porch overtime please help cause they are getting really bad this year and the past couple years
Hey JP. I started bee keeping this year. I built 4 swarm traps and caught a small swarm in March and built a horizontal hive that will hold 38 frames. Bees are doing well and have grown a bunch Queen is laying good. I have a friend that works for a phone company and colony that could bee several years old are in a telephone pedestal and he knows of others that have been in them. Any advice on retrieving them? I was thinking about making a bee vac but I heard you say you would rather not use one. Please help I have really enjoyed the bees. Thank you
Part is the fact he stays calm and works very calmly, this reduces carbon dioxide and sweat. Also, notice how careful he is about not killing bees carelessly. When they die from violence, they release a pheromone saying so, and that can arouse the other bees. This is obviously not a full answer, just observations.
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Love the unhurried and methodical way you catch and rehouse swarms. It is caring and respectful to both bees and the people who notify you to remove them.
Have you seen dammar bees?
Been watching you for a while now. I used to be scared of bees- just hearing one nearby was enough to make me scoot for cover.
After watching you and Randy doing your thing, this year, I made a little lean-to, put it on an old metal stand next to one of the many flowering bushes in my back yard, set a small dish of sugar water and some smelly honey in it, and have spent nearly a week being up close with the local bumblebees, getting photos and videos from inches away. No local honeybee colonies that feed on our property, but it's still awesome to get some time with the bumblebees.
I would never have dreamed of doing this without you folks, and all the education I've gotten from you that's helped me overcome my fears.
Thanks again, and keep on doing the good work for the gals!
Have you seen dammar bees?
Indeed the best way to stop being scared of bees is to see someone who is not scared. I had this experience just last weekend: the tenant of a house I own in the countryside had no experience with bees, and their presence in a tree that bloomed in the garden terrified her. I went there, stood under the tree just inches from the bees, stretched my hand towards them, and expressed how lucky she was to have the bees working around and enjoy the lovely sound of them. Fear went away (for good, I hope)!
He's awesome isn't he! Cured my phobia just by watching. I think the bees feel his empathy and care when rehousing them. Mutual respect.
Fun Fact. Bumblebees have "degenerated" stings. Essentially almost all bumblebees can't sting through a human skin anymore. So there is nothing to be afraid of with the little bumbles.
@@PresidentScrooge Gonna need a source on that, because of the 628DirtRooster video called "Bumble Bees Attack Camera Man - Bumble Bee Collecting". Randy gets tore up pretty good. I'm not sure if he got unlucky or if he would have had it worse if their stingers were different, but I'd like a source either way please.
I'm not surprised in the slightest that these bees were so mild and gentle. Comparatively speaking, they went from hunkering down in an apartment complex that has already been condemned, to a nice, well-maintained condo. These girls will be MUCH happier to have you for a landlord, JP!
Man, you are THE bee whisperer! I was phobic of stinging insects until I came across your channel. You are so in tune with their nature. You cured me for real. Fascinating, every job. Thank you Sir for taking us with you on your incredible work, much appreciated. Take care out there!
Turning horror for so many into pure beauty, your channel has changed many people's attitude to appreciate and respect these amazing creatures. God bless you Sir. Thank you.
This is RUclips at it's best, sharing reality, encouraging interest and appreciation of good work that matters. Bees feed us in so many ways, they are our friends indeed.
Ok... So now we know why JP always smells like a campfire! He was smoking those girls up good! 🤣
I really like how respectful you are w the bees.
Hi JP, I have never seen anyone to spot a queen as quickly as you can. Love the removal videos. Keep them coming 👍👍
Hey JP thank you for the wealth of information you share. My wife is a hobbiest beekeeper and I’m a city boy. We recently got 2 boxes of bees and we will compete for honey.
We got a call from a woman with bees colonized in her home for approximately 3 years. I watched your shed video and figured we’d be in for something like that.
We cut out 1 ft deep of roofing above a bay window and found thousands of bees and approximately 60lbs capped and uncapped honey.
I put an 8 frame box up on the house next to their entrance. We couldn’t find the queen so we scooped as many bees as we could into the box with a local company’s version of Swarm Commander. It didnt work
I put some lemongrass oil on a cotton ball and left the box overnight.
We checked on the box the next day, no bees inside the box and 98% of the bees left.
Soooo. We are going back monday to cleanup and double check all bees are gone so replacement windows can go in. We also had a huge wasp come in attack a bee and fly off with it. We saw the wasp again my wife had her phone she got a 6 second clip ending with the wasp flying at her. She almost fell off the ladder
We used a bucket of water just like you
Thanks so much
JP, with all the stress and anxiety the world is going through with the Coronavirus. it's relaxing to see your videos and nice that the bees are benefiting from it.
Have you seen dammar bees?
Getting first hive on Saturday. I live up in Vermont and want to do what you do for a living... just looks like fun. If you love your job you'll never work a day in your life..
Cool video JP. I'd love to see a follow up in a few weeks to see if it stayed a double queen hive. Hope your having a great day.
I love watching your videos.. even how you talk and how you treat the bees
Ok, so it's NOT just me! I've been swearing up and down my entire life some bee stings hurt way worse than others. Some just burn and burn. Others I feel a quick stick and it's over. Other people have told me that's not possible. I've been stung enough times, I truly believe some hurt far worse than others and it's not just based on where they sting me.
My depression is kicking in again, and I'm back to binge watching your bee videos. They always make me feel better. You have such a calm nature, it's so soothing to watch you work. Thanks for the excellent content and your important work for our mother, Nature.
Neo.Spazzy my next video is about to be released very soon, hope you enjoy it! 👍🐝
@@JPthebeeman Yay! I can't wait, thanks!
@@JPthebeeman I hope you're all doing well in these crazy times.
Hello,
How long will two queens stay in the same hive before there's a battle?
My step son and I just got our first package a month ago and these bees are small ones; but they sure are busy.
We live near Colorado Springs Colorado.
Thank you so much...we made the decision to get bees because of the many videos of your we have viewed through the years.
Thank you again - Wayne
Some colonies actually elect to have 2 laying queens. It’s actually a good thing & pretty cool as well.
Great to hear you & your step son have entered the wonderful world of beekeeping. 👍🐝
@@JPthebeeman
How would you safely remove bees from a box in the ground that holds the water meter?
I 4got smoke em a little, carefully remove the lid & go to it. Shouldn’t need a bee vac unless there’s a ton of bees which I still wouldn’t use a bee vac but that’s just me.
@@JPthebeeman
I'm not a bee keeper... I just wanted to somehow get them out and put them somewhere else...
They haven't read the meter in a long time, because of the box being so full of bees...
I could send you pics if you wanted...
Thanks for responding...
I 4got where are you located? I’m thinking you should be able to find someone to safely remove the colony for dirt cheap or even free.
🌄 good morning. Happy to see a new post. On this Holiday.
Lidia Wade Hi from John Wade. Long lost cousin?
John could be? My husbands family has been in the USA from england since the 1700s. They settled in ohio. His Dad was one of 14 kids. We were only able to trace back till than. And we have a coat of arms from england . My brother in laws no more than I do. My husband was 1 of 5 brothers himself. Hes now deceased.
Lidia Wade Ed Wade is my dad.
It is always fun finding others with the same last name
Sorry I don't know an Ed. But James, Samuel,William,Gary. Robert to name a few. They come from Ironton, Ohio. The wade family is still there.
I love JP...when i became a beekeeper, i overthought everything - listened to hundreds of hours of audio and visuals, read a couple of books, got all my gear...and JP is by far my favorite beekeeper to learn from bcs he shows you how SIMPLE it is and that you do not need to be so wary of a sting! i HATE getting into my suit in the heat...I hope one day to be as comfortable around bee's as JP is - WITHOUT a suit! :) thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiring us all!
I used to bee like you describe. Get a veil, don't bee afraid of a sting or three and they will teach you how to act around them.
So glad you posted have been through your videos still have more to watch but love the new stuff!!! Thank you for saving the bees!!!💜
Hi, it never ceases to amaze me that you always find the Queen amongst thousands of moving bees, incredible, what do you do with all the bees you collect?
I've been watching several bee keeping videos. I really like your's about retrieving hives from places they aren't wanted. I have never heard any bee keeper mention the use of Baking Soda for bee stings. Just put a quarter size bunch of Baking Soda in your palm and add just enough water to make a loose paste and apply it to the sting. Try not to move the area to much for a few minutes because as the paste starts to dry it will fall off. This paste also works on wasp stings. I have used this on kids and grandkids for almost 50 years. If they get stung they come running to get the pace put on. Thanks for your videos.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BEE MAN HANDLE BEES THE WAY YOU DO, WELL NONE.
Respects, JP :)
Thank you . . . for caring, and sharing.
Regards, splifingate
Great work. It's nice to watch when you work
Why it can be practical (and preventive) to get rid of all the crap from time to time and keep the yard/backyard tidy... 😊
Great removal. 👍🏼😊
Love the high definition, look's great!! 👍👍😯
Speaking of quality video....the picture on this video is really great. A really beautiful picture ...even if its a junk pile. 🙂 Thank You for taking the time to produce a quality video. 🍃🌎🕊
That's my type of removal right there!! Nicely done as always Jeff! Hope all is going well. Keep having fun with those bees. ✌️🐝🐝🐝
Any job you can do without a ladder is a beautiful thing, even crawl spaces are more pleasant than working from a ladder. Good to see you are doing well Tim. 👍🐝
Could all the chemicals on the railroad ties adversely affected the developing queens?
HChristine Q I strongly believe that’s not the case here. I’ve been around creosote treated wood: pilings & rail road ties & these had no odor nor were they black with creosote. They were very old ties.
I got one for you, and ain't it the truth: You got some beautiful eyes JP, and like they say: Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder! -- great work with your channel, I enjoy watching and rewatching throughout the year. Never gets old. Hopefully I'll get to see a swarm or a hive in my lifetime.
Have you seen dammar bees?
Do you send bees to Idaho and if you do how much for a batch and shipping, I have never had bees but we bought a place and it had some old bees boxes and i would like to get some bees to go in them, but i don't know what I'm doing, i watch you, rooster, and gabby, I do watch others but you 3 are my favorites
Hippy, you should probably get some from your local area. I don't think that those down south bees from MS or LA will overwinter to well in Idaho.
Thanks for all the tips and tricks over the years. Where’s shawe
bees "have manners" totally missed the chance to say they "bee-have."
Damn it!!! 😉👍🐝
@@JPthebeeman there is always next time ;)
@@bamzu for surely.
Somehow I lost you for a while, but, was so happy to find your channel again!! Good to see you again. I “” bee”” watching you now🐝🐝
you doing a good job man . at least bees has new and safe nest
YAY! I'm so glad to hear you say leaf blowers are the "lazy man's tools". I agree 100%
The bees were so docile (with a few exceptions) and you were sooo patient.
Love the videos I don't know how you find that queen with thousands of them flying and crawling around its like a wheres Waldo book.
Who cleans up after the removal? Some of the yards and things are unbelievable.
I like how he worries about squinchin' "anybody". He refers to them as persons.
Well, bees do have bodies.
Another video which did not disappoint. You are so calm and careful with the bee’s guess that is why the girlfriend’s stay calm . It will probably take me months to watch all your videos so fascinating.
That was a messy one. Good video JP.
Hello their that queen could be poisoned because of pesticides! I’ve been reading about bees with their tongues out please people stress the word we need our bees! Thank you JP for saving the bees! You the man!!
Thanks JP❣️ Another great video!
31:00 About the dead queens, personally I think the reigning queen killed them in their cells by stinging them, as it sometimes happens. They sometimes do not want any competitors, as it seems!
I agree, that's typical post swarm behavior for a new queen to eliminate any competition before they even have a chance to make it outta the comb.
But would that explain the dried royal jelly?
@T.C I think the same.
Hi 👋 JP Love ❤️ your Videos - New Bee 🐝 Keeper this year making some Bee 🐝 Videos too...
How many bee stings do you think you’ve gotten in the last year? I’m a wuss I get one sting and I have to hold back tears
Do you do your own bee keeping at your home? My daughter and I have a great interest in this and are wanting to learn. Do you have any suggestions how a newbie can learn? Thank you, you have an awesome channel!
I’ve only been watching this season, but you are fun. I helped with a cutout through the soffit of a house last week. I’m wondering how you extract the honey from those odd shaped honey combs you toss in the honey bucket? Is there a past video you can direct me too? The homeowners sure got a charge out of sampling the honey from their house! But it was a mess in my kitchen!
628 dirtrooster has a vedio on honey extraction from a hive removal. He just uses his hand and crushes the comb then let's it sit in a strainer so all the honey drains into a bucket. Also some times if the honey is contaminated with insolation,sawdust,sheetrock dust or was gathered from a source that the honey does not taste good (certain types of nector make bad tasting honey)the bee keeper will place it out side and the bees from his hives will come and take it back to their hive and store it to be fed to their workers.
Thx! That is what I did. It was a delicious mess!
JP, how do the bees determine which queen goes with the swarm and which one stays, and how do they determine which workers go with the swarm and which ones stay with the original hive?
I imagine to the bees, that pile of wooden trash looked just like an old hollow log.
Maybe a collage could help you with this mystery. A zoo too. You do all those removals from the zoo, Maybe send them a few pics, and if you did not toss those dead queens you could send them there. It's intresting situation. Also send them this video link, maybe there is something they can see that we don't because of the trained eye.
JP great videos. Do you ever get stung by the way ? It's hard to tell if you do.
What do you use in your smoker, i use pine needles and they burn up pretty fast. What your using seems to last quite a bit longer.
Burlap
Where I live, we have ground bees 🐝. I accidentally stepped on one of them barefoot as it was hiding among the purple flowers that had fallen out the tree. My neuropathy prevented me from really feeling it though.
Thanks for the JP fix 😊
Cleaning my patio each spring makes me anxious bc bugs like all the hidey holes.
Super vos videos , je suis un grand fan , je regarde toutes vos videos avec passion , un bonjour de STRASBOURG en ALSACE , en FRANCE
Good job JP
Have a great day
So how many bees will fit in a 5 frame Nuc? How soon should should should you move or split them?
You can fit a ton of bees in a five frame Nuc albeit if it’s a huge number, temporarily.
Depends immensely on the time of year.
Going into winter, when they’re in winter mode, cram the crap out of that Nuc but spring or summer you better keep an eye on them or they will gear to swarm. Graduate to a larger set up or add another Nuc etc…
Thank you for your videos! They are fascinating but I don’t understand why you don’t wear protection. You are my bee super hero!
what do you rub on your skin, a kind of sun milk so as not to be bitten by the bees?
Your the best... keep them coming. JP
Love watching your videos
thanks jp for sharing this video
💯 agree with you about those noisy blowers! Lazy man’s tool!
HI JP, ITS ME AGAIN LOL I FEEL LIKE A STALKER, LOL LOL LOVING YOUR VIDEOS,
But you’re a good kind of stalker Betty 😉✌️🐝
Hey JP I really enjoy your videos. I have always had a interest in bees and when I was a kid I remember hearing that when a queen hatches it goes around searching for other queen cells and she kills them by stinging. I have never heard you say this and with the queen cell mystery in this video I am wondering if what I heard was true. Could you elaborate on that sometime. Also do you have any vids of queens mating. I know it would be hard to get but you work with bees and figured you might have a video of it.
I actually have mentioned on several occasions virgin queens hatching out & “piping” to locate rival queens, then stinging them through their cells, you must have missed it.
Mating amongst bees occurs in “staging areas” that are anywhere from 20-50 feet above the ground & unfortunately I don’t have any footage of that but I do have a video of queen bees piping, it’s called “Virgin Queens Piping In An Attic Space.”
@@JPthebeeman Yeah I probably haven't seen those vids yet. You have a lot and I've only seen a few so far. I never herd the term 'piping' until I started to watch your videos. Wasn't sure what it meant but now I know. I just watched a video where you said some queen cells can have dead workers in them instead, which surprised me. You didn't really say how that happens though. Do they feed the larvae the wrong food for a queen? So then the worker can't get out of a queen cell.
Tell me more about the dead workers sealed up in used queen cells? I haven’t heard of this before.
The first time I observed this was about ten years ago, called a buddy we call “the bee professor.” There were 2 queen cells I observed on that job: one with a dead worker, one with 2 dead workers inside. Both queen cells were sealed. My buddy’s response was “sometimes the workers will go into a queen cell after a queen has hatched to clean the cell or something & “other” overly ambitious workers will seal them in.
I’ve seen this now several other times over the years so it’s more common than most would suspect.
In fact a few weeks or so ago Mr. Ed called to tell me he had observed for the first time a worker sealed inside of a queen cell.
He & I had spoken about it a week prior & a week later I received his call & could hear the excitement in his voice.
@@JPthebeeman You would think a worker could chew it's way out if it had been "accidentally" sealed in.?
David h you’d think so but I want to say they’re usually head first in the cell, maybe they can’t turn around I don’t know but it is what it is. I’ve seen it enough to know to never give a split one queen cell.
Hey JP great video and you are very respectful to them bees.
Blowers are definitely Lazy Man's tool used to blow dust and debris on somebody else's property
Good video, except for most of the video the camera wasn't zoomed in enough to be able to see what you were doing. I would have liked to know what happened with the second queen. Did you ever find her? If so, what ended up happening to her? Iwould have swept that board off before I started pulling it apart, the board that was falling apart. I think less dust and dirt would have gotten on the comb that way. Other than that, good video. 👍
I am tring to out guess you in what you will do next.. I can't, I know nothing!! i love to see you work at this .joan
Question: do you transfer the queen cells over to the new hive box? Have a great day
If need be, yes, or combine them with a queen right colony, if they are queenless.
Thank you JP.
so did the second Queen stay or did she leave after a while?
Its amazing the junk people have in their backyards, and I've only been doing cut outs for about 6 months. Bet JP you see a thing or three. Regards, from South Australia.
Liking the camera JP good quality.
Nice. Good Job.
JP, I agree completely; a blower is a lazy man's tool. Waste of gas and total noise pollution. A broom does a much better job.
I have been binge watching your videos
Bees have more manners than a lot of people!
Hey JP, greetings from Morocco, when I saw all your video's I got very happy to see that there are still people working to save our planet, lately my grand father bees where all killed by the neighbors, they used a pesticide for watermelon and the results were a catastrophe we were in tears to see about 5 beehives totally exterminated, I would like to rebuild the beehives could you please advice me, I'm planing to replant few hectares with roses and trees to give them natural places where they can go however from what I have seen Moroccan bees produces less honey but very strong taste compared to EU or USA honey and they are much much aggressive.
thanks a lot :)
Awesome! I had a junk pile of wood like that once upon a time, but the only thing it attracted was spiders.
What do you do with the bees in the box if you don’t find a queen
garypm1949 I either combine them with a queen right colony or give them a new queen.
JP..... what do you put over the entrance when you transport a caught swarm?
At night I usually don’t seal the entrance as they don’t fly at night, course I’m putting them in the bed of my truck. I’ll smoke them to run them in & then pick the box up & place it in the truck bed.
When you have to seal the entrance you can use #8 hardware cloth, screen or vented vinyl J channel from Home Depot.
Does the bee die if it stings something?
have you ever put a small spry of the honey B gone on you hat?
David Williams no & I wouldn’t ever do it either. Bee repellents as a rule are eye & skin irritants so you wanna be careful with it.
Hey JP... How is it that they don't sting you??
Hi jpthebee, health and safety my friend seen you using the cordless multi tool you should be wearing ear defenders man , i use one all the time and need the ear defenders on every time got to look after yourself
0:26 JP gets stung and cuss words cut from video :-D
you know that one hurt since he usually laughs them off haha
JP, did we ever figure out what happened with the dead queens? Very good video as always. Thank you.
Jp I have a serious question ⁉️ anyway my house is infested with carpenter bees how do I safely. Get rid of them and will they destroy my porch overtime please help cause they are getting really bad this year and the past couple years
So fascinating and fun to watch!
Great job with working with the bees
Hey JP. I started bee keeping this year. I built 4 swarm traps and caught a small swarm in March and built a horizontal hive that will hold 38 frames. Bees are doing well and have grown a bunch Queen is laying good. I have a friend that works for a phone company and colony that could bee several years old are in a telephone pedestal and he knows of others that have been in them. Any advice on retrieving them? I was thinking about making a bee vac but I heard you say you would rather not use one. Please help I have really enjoyed the bees. Thank you
Really love the HD
Thanks JP, I always enjoy your videos!
I wonder what you do with all those bees you collect?
Many these days go to my buddy Schawee.
Hey! Do you use polarized glasses sometimes?
Hey JP my boys and I are huge fans. My 7 year old asked how come they don't sting you and what do you mean " they have manners"?
Like in most of your videos you don't get Stung even if you're sitting right in the middle of the hive
Part is the fact he stays calm and works very calmly, this reduces carbon dioxide and sweat. Also, notice how careful he is about not killing bees carelessly. When they die from violence, they release a pheromone saying so, and that can arouse the other bees. This is obviously not a full answer, just observations.