Ok, proof positive that bees don't mind plastic! (';') trash bags that is! That's a first, Randy and Elizabeth :) at 06:14 I'm glad you showed rendering brood comb, I've historically tossed that but may have to rethink my practices. 07:52 let those little wigglers become eggs :) So glad I stopped by to watch! Wishing you all the best :)
I'm seriously surprised you don't have a larger following !! Always good clean content for the family! Plus informative, and entertaining! Great cinematography, and backing music track.. You are so calm and easy going around the bees and informative during the removal process.. Im not sure how I stumbled upon you channel but Im damn sure glad I did! Im an ole South Florida boy now relocated to NC.. Ive always been interested in bugs, the out doors, and all things nature.. Thanks for making, sharing, and celebrating "Our Wild America" ~ Marty Stouffer
This video was so interesting that I had to watch it four 4️⃣ times. I will probably watch again. I don’t have bees 🐝 but this makes me want to house them where I live.
Very cool catch, I caught a swarm in 2023 on April fools, but this year the first one came on the 5th. I don't have any chickens to eat the maggots here. Last time I had em slime a box out I took my torch out there and cooked em all in the box. Didn't want all those babies to become adults and come back next year. I like your idea of just cooking them in the wax. You can slather a small bit of that slum gum on new equipment to entice a swarm, but I know you have the old well used and worn out equipment like me lol. You have a great week Randy!
@jbnnm657 Slum Gum is just what remains after rendering wax. Generally, it refers to rendering brood wax and includes stuff like the pupa castings and shed larvae skins. Randy's Slum gum here will include chilled brood and small hive beetle larvae. It has multiple uses like making fire starter, fertilizer, and bear bait.
Loved your video Randy ! I always enjoy the photo's you take .That "JESUS SAVES" (spelled out in Flowers ) was my personal favorite ! BTW : My Son Steven just ordered more honey from Ya'll. Have a wonderful weekend ! 🙂🐓🐝❤🙏
Awesome! Thank you to Steven. I saw those flowers beside the parsonage at a church in Clarksdale and had to go get that shot. Elizabeth said "you're just going to block their driveway and trespass across their yard?". I said, "I'm pretty sure they won't mind". LOL
@@628DirtRooster My Son takes random photo's and sometimes Video's of the older Historical Buildings in our area (sadly one was demolished the other day to make way for a Car dealership or restaurant . Ugh ! ) Tell Elizabeth I say the same thing to my Son . "Be careful not to trespass or get too close ". But LOL.. you are correct Randy ...I have a hard time seeing someone at a church getting mad at you (That wouldn't be very Christian of them ) because you saw their beautiful flowers and message and wanted to get a picture. Love that Honey too. Can't wait . It was so good , we got double the amount this time . Ya'll take care .
That’s a crazy catch. Chickens definitely liked it. Never a dull moment around your place. Enjoyed the video and pictures. Really like the black and whites. Reminds me of childhood pictures. My wife’s new company is keeping me busy. It’s nice to catch a break and get caught with RUclips. Take care!
Wait a second you left a bunch of comb in a trash bag and a swarm moved in? And oh, that last pic, I saw that on FB, posted by someone claiming it was themselves, but I'm subbed to your channel and I knew it was you.
I had a swarm in a stack of pallets. The pallets were stacked about 8ft high, and ofcourse the swarm settled dead smack in the middle. I've always wanted to catch one in my mailbox though 😂, I just think it'd be funny.
I got a wild looking cutout up here in Tennessee!! Doing it Friday!! Should be a really cool video, first time back on a man lift since they “retired me”. I’m excited!!! Thanks for all the inspiration through the years!! Wouldn’t be here without having watched you. Hoping all is well!!
Is that your whack Randy ? pity you ve taken the other road of profit dark days! anyway take care and be safe l ll look at the old cut outs AGAIN amazing
Great content. Thanks for posting. Quick question: I received a couple packages of bee a week ago and there were a half dozen small hive beetles running around on top of the sugar water can. I've never had beetles before and wonder if I should install the packages or destroy them to prevent introducing them into my yard. What would you do?
Ha, you did snag some of Mr Eds old stuff! Look at all that nice equipment on that shelf! Hey, heres a tip I have found to be most successful. If you have lots of brood comb you cant frame up, put the framed stuff in the bottom of a double. Put the junk brood comb top up as loose pieces above, using frames as needed to fill in the left over space. In a week or two, the brood will be mostly out and you can remove the empty comb. Allows them to hatch out and be useful bees, they clean up the mess, salvage resources and saves me from dealing with rotten stinking messes. I now do all my cut outs like this. Since I always have a junk comb bucket when I do inspections, taking out the abandoned crazy comb/ unusable stuff is a non event. Downside, no swarms in garbage bags... Good seeing ya both! Love ya❤
Thank you for the upload. Yes, that is a different place to catch a swarm, but effective. Also thank you for showing the chickens and the silly cat tagging bees.
Yo...Randy....How you dooin? Looks like you're having all kinds of fun with them bees. God Bless ya brother. I won't get within 100 yards unless I see a Barcode. Love ya Brother. I'll ring a ding ding ya in a few days.
Randy, how are you, your family, your mom and dad? I hope the eclipse today found all of the McCaffreys doing just fine. How many times so you render the cutout comb to get it to your liking? I know you use it for rewaxing foundation. Do you sell it or make candles to sell? I just can’t imagine how much wax you have to deal with doing so many cutouts. You probably throw away more than I render out. I missed seeing you in January at the conference because of sickness. Hopefully I will get to attend in January 2025.
I sure hope you make it to the next conference. It was a doozy. We render twice if we want really clean wax, but only once if we’re just waxing foundations with it.
Way to go this is my other company. This is Mike Thornton with Pop Pops Bee's. I am on swarm number 20 here in NC. You Louisiana boys are going to have to tighten up.
That is clearly an unusual bee trap Randy! I wonder if there were any die offs around your area, could you replicate the process again? Probably have to hurry tho, now that I have posted this, probably Mr. Ed and Good Time Charlie are already setting up a couple or 10 disposable traps lol! One thing along with the bee hobbying is the camera work. That is another artform you excell at! Thank you for the bee work and the ending photography! -Bob... PS: Are those actually this year's leaves on the trees?
hey sir, i saw a novelty i wanted to share with you. it's a pot/jar of honey but they put different nuts in it, some around the edge for decoration but just crushed peanuts i think, i got it and i liked the presentation but i'd be lying to you if i said i don't look forward to a bagel toast with honey and mixed nuts in the morning. still enjoy the channel and thanks for making time for us.
I worry about the cumulative buildup of chemicals in wax. Do you feel there's an upwards age of comb that you wouldn't melt down for reuse? So far doing removals I haven't made the cut off. I melt it all down but i do fret a bit.
Two things. First, I'd like to see a video with the whole wax processing process from you... without Jeff's fancy equipment! And... put a couple of peppermint candies on top of the frames in the hive. It will drive away the SHB larvae like you wouldn't believe! Not too much, it'll also drive away the bees. But on the rare occasion when I have SHB, 2 peppermint candies, one in each opposite corner opposite. Like magic. God Bless you brother.
I did it last week I took some frames out that wasn't any good anymore and a swarm landed on them in my lawn mower trailer and I thought it was Rober bee's went out to 3 days later right at dark and notice they was in a cluster
Just because you lucked up on a swarm doesn't mean you don't need to develop this further. In fishing that would be something you'd have to do all your life to learn something like that. When setting up a swarm trap do you not try to make it smell like a hive? Would it not be good to have some honey in it? Brood didn't hurt anything either. Sounds kinda simple but I'm not a bee keeper.
Is it hard to get black & white film for your camera ? I’m enjoying the honey I got from you last month. It sure taste different than the honey I get hear in my town in the south west. Keep the videos coming I sure enjoy your channel & the honey.👍😎🖖👅🤭
B&W film is still readily available. Kodak Tri-X is my favorite. A get it developed through The Dark Room photo lab. Thanks for the honey order. It’s a different taste every season depending on the rainfall and apiary location.
@@628DirtRooster Good lord, they still have that? I was shooting Tri-X Pan 125 back in the early eighties, and printing it on Kodak Polycontrast paper in the darkroom. Good memories. We'd probably get on pretty well, I reckon. Thanks.
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Ok, proof positive that bees don't mind plastic! (';') trash bags that is! That's a first, Randy and Elizabeth :) at 06:14 I'm glad you showed rendering brood comb, I've historically tossed that but may have to rethink my practices. 07:52 let those little wigglers become eggs :) So glad I stopped by to watch! Wishing you all the best :)
We might have propolis infused and lemon grass scented trash bags for sale next year. Haha Thank so much for dropping in Fred.
@@628DirtRooster 🤣
I always like the videos, but I love the photos. 😉 You just keep getting better. And I am ready for a photo walk!!!
I'm seriously surprised you don't have a larger following !! Always good clean content for the family! Plus informative, and entertaining! Great cinematography, and backing music track.. You are so calm and easy going around the bees and informative during the removal process.. Im not sure how I stumbled upon you channel but Im damn sure glad I did! Im an ole South Florida boy now relocated to NC.. Ive always been interested in bugs, the out doors, and all things nature.. Thanks for making, sharing, and celebrating "Our Wild America" ~ Marty Stouffer
Having to grind to make it happen keeps me humble. 😁
I always share his videos trying to help.
This video was so interesting that I had to watch it four 4️⃣ times. I will probably watch again. I don’t have bees 🐝 but this makes me want to house them where I live.
Love the gray silky. We have two white silkies.
We picked up five more yesterday. Two blues and three whites.
@@628DirtRooster the silky chicken give small eggs prefect for hardboiled. Make the right size for snacking.
They make wonderful broody hens :)
Silkies make wonderful broody hens that can hatch eggs from any of your other birds for you :)
Great stuff. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool catch, I caught a swarm in 2023 on April fools, but this year the first one came on the 5th. I don't have any chickens to eat the maggots here. Last time I had em slime a box out I took my torch out there and cooked em all in the box. Didn't want all those babies to become adults and come back next year. I like your idea of just cooking them in the wax. You can slather a small bit of that slum gum on new equipment to entice a swarm, but I know you have the old well used and worn out equipment like me lol. You have a great week Randy!
Slum does make a good attractant.
What's slum gum?
@jbnnm657 Slum Gum is just what remains after rendering wax. Generally, it refers to rendering brood wax and includes stuff like the pupa castings and shed larvae skins. Randy's Slum gum here will include chilled brood and small hive beetle larvae. It has multiple uses like making fire starter, fertilizer, and bear bait.
@@thefilamentcorner ty. Ty.
Your photography is awesome! Thanks for another great video !
My pleasure!
I love the videos but man I am SO here for the photos at the end!!!!
That’s my favorite part too. Haha
That was cool! And you also nailed the pronunciation of All-corn!
Ha! I learned how to say it while I was there.
Well you didn’t have to travel very far, and it looks like the chickens are enjoying their treat!
Turning maggots into eggs
Hey Randy! Thinking about you with all the nasty weather you got last night. Hope you and you and your family are safe.
Thanks Rich. We're good. Thankfully all we had was heavy rain for a couple of hours.
Loved your video Randy ! I always enjoy the photo's you take .That "JESUS SAVES" (spelled out in Flowers ) was my personal favorite ! BTW : My Son Steven just ordered more honey from Ya'll. Have a wonderful weekend ! 🙂🐓🐝❤🙏
Awesome! Thank you to Steven. I saw those flowers beside the parsonage at a church in Clarksdale and had to go get that shot. Elizabeth said "you're just going to block their driveway and trespass across their yard?". I said, "I'm pretty sure they won't mind". LOL
@@628DirtRooster My Son takes random photo's and sometimes Video's of the older Historical Buildings in our area (sadly one was demolished the other day to make way for a Car dealership or restaurant . Ugh ! ) Tell Elizabeth I say the same thing to my Son . "Be careful not to trespass or get too close ". But LOL.. you are correct Randy ...I have a hard time seeing someone at a church getting mad at you (That wouldn't be very Christian of them ) because you saw their beautiful flowers and message and wanted to get a picture. Love that Honey too. Can't wait . It was so good , we got double the amount this time . Ya'll take care .
Awesome bees 🐝 and wonderful plcs !! 👍😎
Yep, that an odd place to set up housekeeping. Bees do some strange stuff! Love the picture show !
The new "Trash bag NUC" by Wham-O
😂
That’s a crazy catch. Chickens definitely liked it. Never a dull moment around your place. Enjoyed the video and pictures. Really like the black and whites. Reminds me of childhood pictures. My wife’s new company is keeping me busy. It’s nice to catch a break and get caught with RUclips. Take care!
Thank you very much for the video.
You are welcome! Thanks for the views.
Always a good day when you can get one up on Mr. Ed😅😅😅😅😅
The phone calls to let him know are always fun.
Bee's love that old comb.
I tried to tell the cops...it isn`t a MOONSHINE STILL...it`s a bee trap!
Nice photos
👋Hey Randy.🤣Crazy bees😂That is so cool Randy, I have never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing.
It was a first for me.
LOL, nice! Sometimes you get lucky!
You got that right!
Randy thanks for always sharing your adventures, and your photos are a delightful ending after the story you tell. Love the photos.
Wait a second you left a bunch of comb in a trash bag and a swarm moved in? And oh, that last pic, I saw that on FB, posted by someone claiming it was themselves, but I'm subbed to your channel and I knew it was you.
Bee SEASON YEA!!
In full swing
Love the ending. Is that Gulf Shores?
Ocean Springs, Biloxi and Pass Christian
I had a swarm in a stack of pallets. The pallets were stacked about 8ft high, and ofcourse the swarm settled dead smack in the middle. I've always wanted to catch one in my mailbox though 😂, I just think it'd be funny.
I’ve taken several off of mailboxes over the years, but never gotten one in a mailbox.
That was really interesting. Thanks for sharing! The hatching drones were super cool. And of course chickens, maggots, a cat and awesome photography!!
I got a wild looking cutout up here in Tennessee!! Doing it Friday!! Should be a really cool video, first time back on a man lift since they “retired me”. I’m excited!!! Thanks for all the inspiration through the years!! Wouldn’t be here without having watched you. Hoping all is well!!
Would love an update….$5 says they abscond
Is that your whack Randy ? pity you ve taken the other road of profit dark days! anyway take care and be safe l ll look at the old cut outs AGAIN amazing
I forgot you did the photography; great stuff!! Love it.
Love your creativity!
Or my luck
@@628DirtRooster
Sure helps to have both!
I look forward to the “Taco Bell Bee Run” every year! 😂 Love the chickens 🐔
I heard about this and couldn’t wait for the video! Awesomeness! Just goes to show bees will be bees.
Looks like the hens are more than happy to help clean up the beetle larvae.
They got their fill and walked off with a bunch of larvae left.
Great content. Thanks for posting.
Quick question: I received a couple packages of bee a week ago and there were a half dozen small hive beetles running around on top of the sugar water can. I've never had beetles before and wonder if I should install the packages or destroy them to prevent introducing them into my yard. What would you do?
Install. SHB is manageable by strong bees and with the help of beetle traps.
@@628DirtRooster thx
I love the chickens with the bell bottoms. So stylish. ❤❤
We need a recap of this one ina few weeks
Yes! Did you find the queen, Randy!?? Did you film it? Did they settle in okay?
I might be able to do that.
:) YEP life of all sorts always finds a way :)
That’s a fact.
That is funny!
Better to be lucky than good
Your a brave man wearing shorts just sitting there messing with that catch.
That’s my bee suit.
10:46 the seagulls to the seagull poncho was nice touch!
Hey Rooster 🐓
Good afternoon Randle.
Ha, you did snag some of Mr Eds old stuff! Look at all that nice equipment on that shelf! Hey, heres a tip I have found to be most successful. If you have lots of brood comb you cant frame up, put the framed stuff in the bottom of a double. Put the junk brood comb top up as loose pieces above, using frames as needed to fill in the left over space. In a week or two, the brood will be mostly out and you can remove the empty comb. Allows them to hatch out and be useful bees, they clean up the mess, salvage resources and saves me from dealing with rotten stinking messes. I now do all my cut outs like this. Since I always have a junk comb bucket when I do inspections, taking out the abandoned crazy comb/ unusable stuff is a non event. Downside, no swarms in garbage bags... Good seeing ya both! Love ya❤
What a mess in there ! Lol
Very nice, Are they glad bees or heafty. LOL
So fantastic. The fact that they were rescuing the brood is incredible to me.
That's awesome!
It was!
Thank you for the upload. Yes, that is a different place to catch a swarm, but effective. Also thank you for showing the chickens and the silly cat tagging bees.
❤❤❤ heck, they bagged themselves up for ya.❤❤❤
They didn’t ask paper or plastic, they just made an assumption.
Awesome to watch, so glad we not yet have them SHB's.
Yo...Randy....How you dooin? Looks like you're having all kinds of fun with them bees. God Bless ya brother. I won't get within 100 yards unless I see a Barcode. Love ya Brother. I'll ring a ding ding ya in a few days.
Doing great my friend. Hope y’all are as well.
Great video too by the way!!
Welp.... That there is gonna be a tough one to beat! 🤔
Raising the bar…
Nice catch!🐝🐝🐝🐝
That’s too cool! 😎
Don't see why it wouldn't, "it's got that smell"
That lives in smell
Randy, how are you, your family, your mom and dad? I hope the eclipse today found all of the McCaffreys doing just fine. How many times so you render the cutout comb to get it to your liking? I know you use it for rewaxing foundation. Do you sell it or make candles to sell? I just can’t imagine how much wax you have to deal with doing so many cutouts. You probably throw away more than I render out. I missed seeing you in January at the conference because of sickness. Hopefully I will get to attend in January 2025.
I sure hope you make it to the next conference. It was a doozy. We render twice if we want really clean wax, but only once if we’re just waxing foundations with it.
Meta beekeeping, cleaning out a cleanout. Well done.
Yes, thanks
Nice! ❤👌
Crazy place for a swarm to take over. Like an old house renovation..get rid of the critters and salvage what you can 🤣😂
This just proves the swarm trap doesn't need to be 15 up in the air. Awesome catch. Boil them beetles!
Randy you win the prize !! Wow, makes sense.
Thanks Randy, very cool swarm catch. How's Mr' Ed gonna top that? :)
Betterbee will be selling bag hives next week.
I need to file for a patent tomorrow.
Way to go this is my other company. This is Mike Thornton with Pop Pops Bee's. I am on swarm number 20 here in NC. You Louisiana boys are going to have to tighten up.
Awesome Randy, when I’m better would love to come to see the gang and do some hive removals and maybe catch a few swarms🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦🐝
Get better SOON!
That's just crazy
Hey - where were you taking pictures?
Most of these were in Pass Christian, MS
Most of these were taken in Pass Christian.
All you need is the cornbread to go along with it .
nice
Well that was different. Top that one, Mr Ed😂
Now those scout bees need to read the rules and spec book. There was not enough space in the swarm trap bag. 🤣😆
I’m going to have to post signs.
It can't get any easier than that.. congrats on a great easy swarm ...
That is clearly an unusual bee trap Randy! I wonder if there were any die offs around your area, could you replicate the process again? Probably have to hurry tho, now that I have posted this, probably Mr. Ed and Good Time Charlie are already setting up a couple or 10 disposable traps lol! One thing along with the bee hobbying is the camera work. That is another artform you excell at! Thank you for the bee work and the ending photography! -Bob... PS: Are those actually this year's leaves on the trees?
That "slumgum" is good to use in your swarm traps
Just goes to show it doesn’t take a mansion to be home. As always cool photos
hey sir, i saw a novelty i wanted to share with you. it's a pot/jar of honey but they put different nuts in it, some around the edge for decoration but just crushed peanuts i think, i got it and i liked the presentation but i'd be lying to you if i said i don't look forward to a bagel toast with honey and mixed nuts in the morning. still enjoy the channel and thanks for making time for us.
And I worry about the correct volume of my bait hives.
I do too
Just goes to show Bees will swarm to just about anywhere if you have old comb
THE best swarm lure ever.
I worry about the cumulative buildup of chemicals in wax. Do you feel there's an upwards age of comb that you wouldn't melt down for reuse? So far doing removals I haven't made the cut off. I melt it all down but i do fret a bit.
Two things. First, I'd like to see a video with the whole wax processing process from you... without Jeff's fancy equipment! And... put a couple of peppermint candies on top of the frames in the hive. It will drive away the SHB larvae like you wouldn't believe! Not too much, it'll also drive away the bees. But on the rare occasion when I have SHB, 2 peppermint candies, one in each opposite corner opposite. Like magic. God Bless you brother.
Well, the bees were not joking with this one)
Even your cat plays with bees...
I did it last week I took some frames out that wasn't any good anymore and a swarm landed on them in my lawn mower trailer and I thought it was Rober bee's went out to 3 days later right at dark and notice they was in a cluster
Our swarms are just getting started. #2 today.
Good deal! I guess the bees were really desperate for a place to land. Will you call them the garbage bee hive LOl
Junk yard bees
I guess that's a first one, ehh? 👍
It was indeed a first
Where's the queen!!!!! We want an update!! It doesn't count without a queen!!!! Thanks Randy!!!
I thought you weren't supposed to let the rendering wax boil.
Just because you lucked up on a swarm doesn't mean you don't need to develop this further. In fishing that would be something you'd have to do all your life to learn something like that. When setting up a swarm trap do you not try to make it smell like a hive? Would it not be good to have some honey in it? Brood didn't hurt anything either. Sounds kinda simple but I'm not a bee keeper.
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Oh don't be so hard on yourself.
Is it hard to get black & white film for your camera ?
I’m enjoying the honey I got from you last month. It sure taste different than the honey I get hear in my town in the south west.
Keep the videos coming I sure enjoy your channel & the honey.👍😎🖖👅🤭
B&W film is still readily available. Kodak Tri-X is my favorite. A get it developed through The Dark Room photo lab.
Thanks for the honey order. It’s a different taste every season depending on the rainfall and apiary location.
@@628DirtRooster Good lord, they still have that? I was shooting Tri-X Pan 125 back in the early eighties, and printing it on Kodak Polycontrast paper in the darkroom. Good memories. We'd probably get on pretty well, I reckon. Thanks.
I’m look on my phone so the screen is small but is that the queen @ 2:27
A PLASTIC BAG LOL. 😂
Most money I’ve ever spent on a swarm trap.
Too many people saying that swarm traps have to be just so….
First
You were in a blackout when this went live.