How to Catch & Install a Swarm
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Learn how to successfully catch and install a swarm! From what tools you will need to how you know you have the queen, this video covers it all.
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Today I captured my first feral swarm. A cool experience! The bees were so docile. Being a newbie, it was wonderful to work with such gentle ladies. My first bees came themselves to a hive I had put a lure in, but capturing today's swarm myself from a branch was wonderful. I never remotely expected to become a beekeeper, but I'm loving this!
What did you use for a lure just lemongrass? I'm hoping I can get a swarm this year, didn't see any last year, it would be best if they just came by themselves rather than me having to drive around and look for them.
Great video. My wife and I just rescued a swarm that was attached to the wall of a prison entrance in our area. They were situated about 15 feet above ground. We used a vacuum to rescue them. It was a simple method to capture most of them. We will be introducing them to their new home shortly.
Thank you for this. I am starting a job in pest control and have the privilege with working with other technicians who are beekeepers. Despite the nature of the job, I want to do my best to protect the local honeybee population. Videos like yours give technicians like me the info we need to help protect life when we have the option to. Thank you so much for this!
Thank you so much! A swarm settled on my front yard unexpectedly and I was so glad to know what to do! I hope they stay in the hive box I got 🐝🐝🐝
I like how you told us how to catch a swarm in different situations.
my moms gonna be pretty confused when i ask for lemongrass oil for Christmas
Did you get it?!
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Me too
Thank you so much because I been stressing about how to move a bee swarm in to a bee hive 🙏🙏🙏
Possibly the most beautiful beekeeper in the world :)
thankyou a lot this video increased my longing to beekeeping.
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Nice video, informative and beautifully produced. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video! We are hoping to start beekeeping
That is awesome! There are a lot of helpful beekeeping channels too! Did you start beekeeping yet?
Thank you this was very helpful
Thank you for the video, with clear instructions.
Fascinating. Wonderful video.
thanks for your video.... I have a bee but I dont know how to tranfer to other hive... your video is the big thing to get Idea to be a bee keeper....thank to your video
My mom grew up in a farm in mexico and she tells me she would get like a bucket near a moving swarm and bang on the bucket. Eventually they would all fly into the bucket.
Tis is a real bee lady
clearly produced, thank you
Really help me ...thank you
I just put Hives out in the farm and they get bees within 4 weeks. I have never bought bees, or gone to look for a swarm
Do you mean an empty hive? or the empty hive with the lemongrass oil?
@@familypeacock6343 I just rub Beeswax along the length of each frame where the bees will begin to build their combs. Once they Swarm into the hive which is usually around 2-3-4 weeks, I then let them settle and begin managing them.
@@alex.w.kimani6921 Do you live in a rural area? I imagine this would only work out in the country because I've never seen a swarm of bees in the city or even in the suburbs.
@@willkerester8416 The hives are in my rural Home. That's just 70Km out of Nairobi CBD, However, even In Nairobi getting your hive populated is just as easy
@@alex.w.kimani6921 That's cool! Do you find the African bees to be good honey producers?
I remember when there was a swarm of bees outside of my work place, they took up almost half of a shopping cart. Though this one old boomer lady wasn't having any of it and called the fire department. They just moved the cart somewhere away from the parking lot and made sure nobody could easily get to it but the lady wasn't happy about it. I had a late night shift the next day and saw someone setting the cart on fire and running away from it, it was the same old lady from the other day. The prude wanted the bees dead..
Thos poor bees :(
Yep
That is so sad. I wish the FD would have called a beekeeper! Sounds like a massive swarm!
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Great video ,thanks
I gotta swarm...i order3d a kit ready to go..i. so doing this finally
Caught my first swarm approx 3 hours ago 😁🇭🇲👍 , Welllll I was more a helper 🤭 , but they are in my first hive...
Like it.
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Nice education success for u
Nice video. What's in that small bottle
U are too helpful
Are you from Mad Men??
What are the chances you’ll capture aggressive bees?
High chance that you will get aggressive bees that what you want right 👍 ?
😍😍😍 awesome content, awesome narrtion, awesome voice, awesome narrator.... where can i stalk her, i mean follow her? 😂😂😂
Getting ready to move bees from our bird house into a top bar we built right below it. Any thoughts on the best process to ensure we get the queen in her new home?
Followed all the steps, except for removing the branch when I put them in the box, and instead of a box I put them in a hive because they were close enough to my bee yard.... I left the entrance closed overnight, with plenty of venting at the top of hive,... It was a hot sunny day, but they seemed perfectly fine when I peaked at them an hour or so after I put them in.... I came back next morning to remove branch n set them up right, and it seems like they completely overheated!!!! I had a few frames in there with wax foundation which melted off the frames. What happened to cause this?? What did I miss??
Also they were covered in sticky, apparently their own honey
You might want to put them in shade but I'm not a expert so I'm not sure what else to do. They usually cool down by bearding or gathering outside, but I guess they couldn't.
Amaziiiing mom
Beautiful
I have a swarm in my grapefruit tree in Arizona, I live most the time in California. Can I move the swarm from Arizona to California, or would that not be good for the bees?
Hi am from Trinidad and Tobago will just like to know how can I obtain lemon grass oil we in Trinidad and Tobago thoes not have that hear am also love bee keeping have A passion for bee's
I'm in love 😍
does anyone know what the name of that hive the y show is called?
I have a swarm at the back of my neighbor's yard in a tree that's already build comb what's the best way to transfer them to a hive. I'm new I'll have a hive beginning of next week just not sure how to transfer them
That's going to be a bit tricky. Since the colony is already building comb in the tree, they are no longer swarming and are getting established there permanently, so they won't be excited about leaving. We'd recommend finding your local beekeeping organization and seeing if you can't get some expert help and advice.
I did everything instructed/illustrated in the video. At dusk, when all were in the box (the marched in just as shown!) I moved the nuc box to my bee yard. The box contained 3 frames of built out comb. I opened the entrance the next day and they were gone in 2 days. I must be doing something wrong. Any thoughts or suggestions out there?
It is really hard to answer this question without knowing a lot more info. But I have had swarms leave and regroup where I grabbed them from when the box I put them in was too small for them. So maybe it was a matter of size.
Chances are they became petrified during the relocation.. maybe they were roughly handled. It is bad advice to use a cardboard box. Bees should be immediately transferred into a proper hive.
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Thanks
The lady how she wear that protected shield is only down her torso, is that how it's supposed to be? Can the bees not climb into her body inside the shield.?
swarms are pretty gentle, some of my bee club members don't wear a veil when they catch swarms.
Is it because they are intimidating
In witch seson or day ??
They make swarm ??
I caught a swarm yesterday. My bee yard is only 35 feet away. Should I bring them to the yard right away?
I would if you can...
Tip :
Try and Quarantine that Swarm away from your other Colonies. If not in another Apiary Site, maybe, at a Corner of the Garden (Yard) where Bee 'drift' can't happen. AND don't do Communal Feed Stations etc.... Until your 1st Inspection of Swarm !
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Happy Beekeeping 2022.
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Here in Scotland 🏴 we don't have Hive Beetles, or Africanised Bees, so Bee drift is not really an Issue (!) We do need to look for Varroa Mite issues, and Treat accordingly. 😉
However Drones* by nature Blag 'free Food, and or Lodging from any Hive'.... In this time of Swarm Season.* 🤭
* Another reason to put that Swarm, on its own for a few Weeks... until Bees, Brood Pattern, and or Disease (Inc HB, VM can be dealt with !) ✔
Hope this Helps.
If limited Space :
Put Swarm Entrance in opposite direction to other Colonies, so less likely to cause Drift/Cross Contamination issues. 😎
Wouldn't be easier to drop the bees into a plastic tub instead of that heavy wooden box?
What’s the best swarm trap size?
At least the size to fit 5 frames.
I bring bee swarm and leave hive after nine month what is the reason .
Ashley Greene!!
Like literally who wants to create or catch a swarm
Came for the bees, stayed for the eyes :o
is it a requirement for beekeepers to always use "bee" puns?
I think so, yes.
I beelieve sooo....
Yes
What happens to the bees that get left out?
it doesn't matter as long as you get the queen into the box. you actually have to wait for the drones that are out scouting to return then you close it at nightfall and move it to it's final locaiton.
Random Hip Hop What I’m asking is what do the bees that don’t get taken do for a home?
@@gabe-po9yi They die eventually.
The bees that don’t get caught if you don’t wait for night fall to close up and go, they die.
Drones don’t scout...
I have two bee hive and the two queens are enemies
Is there a reason why you wouldn't smoke the bees to calm them down first?
Swarms are generally very calm already because they don't have a hive to protect, and they just want to find a new nesting site. I've never smoked a swarm and I've caught upwards of 100 without issue.
I have a trap filled with bees can I wait till night fall close the entrance transfer them to the new hive all in the same night falling period? The trap is a little over 300 feet away and will still have some light or do i have to wait till the morning to put them in the hive?
Wait till the evening, when foraging bees have all returned to the colony.
Then move the bees from the trap to their permanent home.
If you need to move the colony only 300 feet from the place the trap is now located, I would advise to let them stay where they are for a day or two, let them accept the new situation and then move their new hive step by step, say, 10 feet at a time, from their present location, to their final location. Otherwise, bees may become confused as to where their right place is.
Why shake the poor bees? My father just hangs the box with frames next to them and they calmly and happily climb into it themselves. Then he just covers it.
Wat oil this
Can you suggest the best oil to lure the swarm?
Lemongrass oil is mentioned a few times in the video
@@iamhunkidori oh thank you
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i love you beekeeper 😍😍 baby
Holy blue eyes! So distracting and beautiful!
That looked like olive...
notes: bees act like liquid
Bees ARE liquid.
Beautiful 👨🚀
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You have beautiful blue eyes ❤️❤️
My bees swarmed and I caught them in a box, put them in a new hive and the swarmed again.
sometimes a hive will cast off 3 or 4 swarms. you need to check on the swarm cells in the brood box and crush or cage the cell.if you cage her you can move her into a mini nuc and raise her there.
Is those a nightmare for anyone else or am I crazy
it is a real rush, beelive me. I caught 3 last year and bought a bee vacuum for Christmas and can hardly wait for swarm season
Preciso ouvir isso em Português.
Your eyes very beautiful.
Why so much about your products?
Why this vidoe again
There was an issue with the previous one we had to fix. Sorry about that!
it is ok
Ur beautiful Mam 🤩
are your eyes for real?
Or because of their highly aggressive behaviour
Man you are seriously beautiful.
Neckbeard alert
This lady need to learn to speck clearly and enunciate hr words it sounded like she was in a closet all muffled.
I’m sure this is a great educational video and I would have loved to have watched it to the end but the presenter’s vocal fry just irritated me so much. Please just speak normally???
I'm sure there was a valid point to your comment, but the commenter's use of three question marks at the end of what wasn't even a question just irritated me so much. Please, just punctuate normally!
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