I had absolutely no idea how hard harvesting bees could be. The fact you make every effort to let the bees live truly adds another round of applause for your efforts as we need the bees! I am concerned about your welfare getting stung as often as you do. Take care! We care!
Hey DirtRooster, I lived in Greenwood from 1952 to 1955. I was just a youngster at the time but I still remember it. At the time no one knew or cared about someone buried there but ten years later the British Invasion would introduce us to Robert Johnson. And now artist from all over the world come there to honor his contribution to music.
628DirtRooster Bees From there I moved north of the Mason/Dixon line but it was a neutral state. Missouri . But I spent all of my summers until I was 16 over in Mr. Ed land. Louisiana. I’m sure that’s more information than you ever thought you would need to know about me but it is what it is. Long story short I do enjoy watching you and Mr. Ed and another Cajun from down your way JPtheBeeman. Keep up the good work it’s really important to the planet.
Just to be clear, when the sun goes down at night, I start hearing my pillow calling me. When you were pulling up to Micky D's, I already had 2 hours of sleep. Another tough wrangling job, no matter what you were paid, the homeowners got a great deal. I'll give you a call on the next cut out, everyone deserves a break when they are working hard. God's peace brother.
"$40 worth of bees, for free! Just come and get them!" Out of their nest...in a precarious spot 15 feet off the ground...which they will object to...... this is the same mentality as "Free firewood! Just come cut down this huge tree, which is right between two houses, bring your $100,000 cherry picker truck to do the job, work that chainsaw your brought 40 feet off the ground, be here all day and you get to keep the wood!"
I love showing my 2 little girls videos like this. You show respect for the bees and the client's property while showing how cool their colonies and hives are.
Hello DirtRooster. You don't just deserve to be paid - you deserve a medal. Thank you for showing us the bees marching in. I love to watch them do that. See you soon.
The first cutout I ever did I agreed to do it for the cost of fuel (100 mile drive each way), and they complained about that. I raised my rates to what I think is fair and have never had a complaint since, I bring a spare suit along for the homeowner to wear and watch if they are interested, usually only takes about 2 minutes for them to agree it is worth every penny to have someone else to remove them.
Bobby Brown, It doesn't just involve Bee Guys that people want it done for Free! Other Critter issues, they expect it removed for free. Hear it all the time myself and from Friends..... I have 1 friend who gives them their own phone number and tell them to call that number, they can do it for free.
My son and I did Katrina relief work in Bay of St. Louis. We pitched our tent on the grounds of Our Lady of the Gulf. Good to see life and bees are thriving. Prayers for those facing Dorian.
dennys9506 I was thinking that too! I think she’s got enough bumblebees though. Bats are awesome mosquito collectors for keeping your yard free from getting eaten alive though.
Imagine in that house decided to get someone inexperienced to do it for free. I am pretty sure if you take out the right bricks in the right area, the whole house can come down o.0! You did good telling those people exactly what they were asking, loving your vids dude!
Bumble bees- they don't "hive up" do they? Newhampshire has Large solitary bumblers,I watched one live by himself all summer long in my welder, in out in out,in the fall I lost track of him,he might be hibernating?? Or do they make a bee line south? This is very interesting to me. Although, the older I get the less I can "appreciate" being stung in the face, like you can! I expect it was your relatives that gave us Bluecoats such a hard time! TOUGH GUYS EH?? YUP....
I don't know if the relationship goes both ways; I rather doubt the bees would rally to protect the bats, but I agree. One can easily assume that there's at least a degree of mutual benefit from both colonies neighboring so close.
Amazing insight into bees without fear and death. Thanks for the work you do and giving us a peak into it. You have taught me to be patient around them and now I see they are pretty docile and harmless after all.
Great video as always brother and Jesus Blessed me with a 1999 Honda Accord last week, payed cash and debt free. Now I'll be working on a house debt free : )
We watched your video together today. My husband, a fellow beekeeper, is slowly, ever so slowly, recovering from a heart attack 28 Dec 2018. It's time you took care of your health. You still have young ones, and besides, we all love you. You know what to do. It's time. May God bless you.
I’m amazed that some people would expect another person to extract $40 - $50 worth of bees for absolutely nothing except they get to keep the bees? I don’t deal with things with stingers just for the fact I’m allergic to pain....and stings...but for a half days work? I hope whoever it is actually has him do that work because I’m thinking they DON’T want to fork out payment they may just kill them to get rid of them...if they were in my house you can bet your life I’d pay anything to get rid of them...I hope y’all do another short video after all is said and done and what those tightwads end up doing...y’all get a thumbs up for doing these jobs and another thumbs up for being able to take stings....3 times they nailed you? I’d already bee in cardiac arrest...🥺🐝
@@joerowland607 When you buy a nuc, the main expense is the box the bees are housed in. A brood box with a top and bottom, without bees, is about 200$.
@@michaelc.3013 um um. I really think not. A fool and his money soon go separate ways. My father was a master carpenter to the same level as Bob Villa. There is absolutely no way I would pay that, it will not happen. I know how to use wood tools. I have less than 35.00 dollars in my hive box and bees. Swarm traps provide free bees. And today I went and did a cut out. Free bees. And lately I know of a cabinet shop that produces 24 inch drop of 1x12 lumber. As long as that material is available my boxes will be free too.
@@joerowland607 I can't argue with you about that. I'm not a master carpenter and don't know anybody giving away lumber. I can buy the materials and put together a box for alot less as well, but for those people who don't have the tools, the time or the know how to do so, you can expect to pay a pretty penny for something preassembled. The same people buying a nuc for 125$ are likely buying preassembled boxes as well. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful.
Removing bees from the ceiling of a 2nd story porch -- pulling out comb bare-handed from inside the soffit (where you can't even see). Boy, you get the "easy" jobs. ;)
Thank you sooo much for your hard work and being a bee friend. While I don't keep bees myself I hope to some day and your videos have taught me a lot. Plus you're a really good story teller and have a good sense of humor to boot. Keep being an awesome human being (your family, too!) I don't ever recall seeing in your videos...have you ever been unfortunate to come across an Africanized swarm when called by someone for help? Thanks again! ...Woo, where hobby beekeeping is a way of life! (Cheers from Washington state!)
You just need a Mr. Ed clone to stick in the dash and stuff it up in the bees and he could push them on out to you! When you stop to put the feed bag on just get him a McHeartburn and put it in there with him in the dash and that'll take care of him till the next'un. And I sure like watching them marching in. Thanks Randy Rooster Buddy and Happy Laboring Day 2 yall!
I have never seen "balding" bumblebees before ( not living in the usa), what kind of damage can they do? ( if you are ok with replying, I would appreciate it, I know Im late ;) )
@@Goldenhawk583 Carpenter bee females bore tunnels into wood to pack with pollen and eggs. I've had the little pests bore finger long tunnels into beams. Bigger tunnels can branch and I've seen samples of damaged beams with 4-5 finger long branches. As you can imagine, a beam with big bores cut into it isn't as strong as one that hasn't been eaten. Long term, other pests can nest in the bores, like termites...
That’s cool duct taping the vac hose so it sucks up all the field bees as they return. Must be saltwater honey 🍯 over there. lol. Boy that was a tough one. Cheeseburger time. Always cool to watch them march into a hive. Oh. Fancy editing with the music beat there. Nice job. Thanks for the video.
Up North we would call that Yankee ingenuity, I was actually expecting to see you back up the trailer at a high rate of speed and slamming the brakes on!
need more beekeepers. I try to remove as many as I can for free but cant not keep up with the demand, could be a good sign for bee health or a bad sign of less beekeepers and not enough education. I hope that we can all come together and understand the importance of polintators like honebees. love what you do 628dirtrooster. keep it up sting or no sting.
I can see not wanting to charge on a swarm that you walk up to, but even that may take a couple of trips. I've done my freebie. I enjoyed it; but, it's hard, sticky, hot, sweaty work. People know that you don't mind working for free. Demand would go down if you'd charge more often.
oscillating tool with a carbide blade makes short work of that hardy plank and pretty much everything else for that matter, definitely my favorite tool for removals.
I just happened to come across your channel by accident. You are amazing man, I can’t believe how you get those bees. Your the only bee channel I’ve ever subscribed too. Great job from Michigan 👍👍
The March of the Bees is amazing. Don't know how I got as old as I am and never heard of it. Randy, you be careful up that high. I got a lot more learning I need from you.
@@628DirtRooster besides you get to post on the utubes ...free honey, free bees, free content, and free use of the outdoor sauna ...dang you should be paying them
Incredibly hard work in that humidity. No bee suit? I had a swarm make a hive in my front yard water use meter box a couple summers ago. There was only one keeper that could get the bees and he was out of state at the time. Out here, beekeepers do it for a hobby like my guy did, or they have crews that hit the farms around here to set up those box hives in the fields. The hobbyists do not charge, as far as I know. The bees set up their hive on a Sunday, and on Friday when the keeper came out, the hive itself was about the size of a standard football. I watched the whole process from when the bees swarmed into the yard, cycloned into the water meter box, and again I watched the bee keeper remove the bees and hive. He told me that he was going to relocate them someplace where they can do their thing without getting bothered. It was really fascinating to me.
Hey, those vines would have probably broken your fall, kinda. Where the heck was Darren? Another great video showing why cutouts aren't free. Thank you.
I will do a cutout for free sometimes. I have in a really poor neighborhood for an old man who wanted his little stoop. The bees had moved in and he could not afford to pay someone. He was going to have kids pour gas on the hive. I figure I saved some kid from getting his ass handed to him.
I live in Texas and have bees in my wall between the brick and wall inside can't afford to pay for the removal..Guess if they go extinct I can raise them.
Good removal! Honestly I can't believe anyone would think removals are free. Most people I know won't even go near a bee (just a bee not a wasp) let alone a hive...so I feel like they'd be more incentivized to pay to get someone to come get them. My patio is covered in plants and I get quite a few honey bees, bumblebees and other pollinators all inches from me and I've never been stung.
When I was little, probably about 9-10 years old, some friends and I got the bright idea to take a cattail and shove it down a yellow jacket hive at the base of this tree in our neighborhood, I grabbed a cattail from the lake right next to the hive, probably about 2 foot long with the branch still attached, walked straight up to the hole where the yellow jackets were coming in and out of and jammed the cattail in about 2.5 times and before I got the third stroke one zipped out and stung me directly in the white of my eye. I cried and cried the only thing that made me feel a little better was my childhood best friend grabbed the cattail and avenged my sting and he went and did the same thing I did and yelled “you don’t sting my best friend in the eye” while ramming the cattail in the hole. I just remember watching him run away from the hive and a million black specks pinging off his bare back. I was crying holding one hand over my eye but the sight of the yellowjackets chasing him and pinging off his back made me forget about whatever pain I was in and I started laughing out loud, and then shortly later returned to crying. I thought I was going to go blind, but I went to the eye doctor and he said I would be okay, I would just have some floaters eventually in my vision, and sure enough they came, but my sight was fine and so was I. But ever since I have been deathly afraid of bees hornets wasps anything that flys and stings, my natural reaction is to start dodging them and running inside, but after watching a lot of your videos over the past couple weeks I’ve kind of overcome my fear of bees and such, seeing the way you handle them just gives me some confidence that a stray bee isn’t looking to fuck my day up and if it did the sting isn’t that bad, definitely not worse than looking like a total puss in front of whoever I’m with. Sorry about the novel just thought I’d share. Love the content, you seem like a great man.
People sometimes don't value somebody else's work, don't work for free unless you feel like it! It's hard work and i don't personally know anyone who does it, i just like watching your videos for some reason🤣
Mr. Ed does the DirtRooster know about all the spy ware and tracking equipment you got on his vehicle? Rofl. Oh Randy I don't think Mama let's Mr. Ed out after dark🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'll try to incorporate more where I can. I understand liking to see different areas, cultures and lifestyles. I subscribe to a lot of channels outside the US for that very reason.
There are actually some decent food choices at fast food places now. I don't eat fast food but on rare occasion but man, some of the salads at those places are GREAT! When I'm tired and too lazy to make one at home, I go pick up salads. LOL I used to eat WAY too much garbage fast food. But I completely changed my eating habits and I've lost 73 lbs so far this year.
@@pamelaflirtyskunk7698 my last MIL used to refer to ANYTHING I cooked, that took less time to prepare than she did, (under 3 hours), "fast food". Couldn't understand why I got ticky when I said, " no, its still healthy food, just prepared quickly. Decent cooks know how to do that." (Often using leftovers as a base) Funnily enough she got offended and never brought it up again. Especially when her son mentioned that her "hamburgers" weren't like "my" hamburgers. Her's were simply compressed ground beef into a patty form. So she wanted to know how I made mine...about the same as I make meatloaf...starting with unfrozen, *neverfrozen* fresh ground beef....cracker crumbs, a couple of eggs, depending on how much ground beef you're starting with...continue from there, she's going "what for?" "Well, taste for starters, eggs to bind everything together......whatever's in the cupboard or fridge that needs using up...mustard, mayo, bits of relish..", and this way, I CAN freeze the rest for future use. If I'd gotten the meat frozen first, then thawed it to make this way, I can't *safely* REfreeze for future use, and she immediately turned and walked away. Then was offended the next time she served her cardboard patties and her husband and other son groaned, asked if she'd like to join them, they were going to go grab some REAL burgers and drove into town (15 kms) to McDonald's for some (fast food!😯🙃) burgers. Snarky enough of them, but they actually brought them BACK, sat at the table and ate them in front of her! Even offering to share their fries. She asked why they didn't just go over to "other son" and "my place?" "Never thought of it, were they bbq-ing? Should've, might've had STEAK!"🤔👏👏😪 sure didn't endear me any further to her.😉🤗🤗😯 wonder why...🤔🙄😘 which really didn't, and still doesn't, bother me. I'd only have been insulted if *anyone* ever preferred her cooking/baking etc. to mine! THAT would have been a genuine slap on the face!
It's nice to know that even in your profession, there are still idiot customers who don't understand just how much work is involved in a job, and try to get it done on the cheap...
those plants you pointed out was first basil, then looks like mint and that one you pointed at that you didnt know what it is, is Jerusalem artichoke that produces a bulb in the ground that looks like ginger that you can pickle or oven ;)
@@sharonmclain4158 I thought about it, but I didn't want to just come out and say it... Those stings will pay for themselves. That's kind of where I was headed with that joke.
😀 Maybe for him, but not for me. 1: I'm afraid of heights. 2: I really don't like pain. 3: Bees like stinging me, even when I'm nowhere near their hive. I'll just keep buying my honey. 👵 And you will have to excuse me, cause at my age, I'm a bit slow on getting jokes.
@@sharonmclain4158 I'm no spring chicken either. Some jokes get past me, too. If you've been stung as many times as Rooster has, you'd understand half of his sweat is from the stings. I'm not sure if our host sells honey or wax products, but if he doesn't? I'm sure he knows a guy.
Your vac cage has to be the prettiest piece of equipment you own. Why don’t have a pull screen like Mr Ed uses? And where can I buy something like that? (I had 0 woodworking capability.)
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I had absolutely no idea how hard harvesting bees could be. The fact you make every effort to let the bees live truly adds another round of applause for your efforts as we need the bees! I am concerned about your welfare getting stung as often as you do. Take care! We care!
Hey DirtRooster, I lived in Greenwood from 1952 to 1955. I was just a youngster at the time but I still remember it. At the time no one knew or cared about someone buried there but ten years later the British Invasion would introduce us to Robert Johnson. And now artist from all over the world come there to honor his contribution to music.
My wife's grandmother still lives there.
628DirtRooster Bees
From there I moved north of the Mason/Dixon line but it was a neutral state. Missouri . But I spent all of my summers until I was 16 over in Mr. Ed land. Louisiana.
I’m sure that’s more information than you ever thought you would need to know about me but it is what it is.
Long story short I do enjoy watching you and Mr. Ed and another Cajun from down your way JPtheBeeman. Keep up the good work it’s really important to the planet.
I'm starting to suspect that those bees are bred and released by a lift rental company.
Haaa!! You could be onto something.
They get a commission . .
Just to be clear, when the sun goes down at night, I start hearing my pillow calling me. When you were pulling up to Micky D's, I already had 2 hours of sleep. Another tough wrangling job, no matter what you were paid, the homeowners got a great deal. I'll give you a call on the next cut out, everyone deserves a break when they are working hard. God's peace brother.
Yeah, but you're old and stove up like the rest of us old and stove up folks.
Snooze OR you loose! Got to have them 10 hour naps!
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OR.... 10 ONE hour naps.. eeeHHH?!
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@@funkyzero That'll work but I try and cram all mine in together and sometimes it does and sometimes it don't!
One's catching bees, the other catching Z's. :D
Buzz buzz
I never get tired of the march.
"$40 worth of bees, for free! Just come and get them!" Out of their nest...in a precarious spot 15 feet off the ground...which they will object to...... this is the same mentality as "Free firewood! Just come cut down this huge tree, which is right between two houses, bring your $100,000 cherry picker truck to do the job, work that chainsaw your brought 40 feet off the ground, be here all day and you get to keep the wood!"
Thanks for sharing her garden as well. It was beautiful.
I love showing my 2 little girls videos like this. You show respect for the bees and the client's property while showing how cool their colonies and hives are.
I love to see the bees march into the hive box.
Hello DirtRooster. You don't just deserve to be paid - you deserve a medal. Thank you for showing us the bees marching in. I love to watch them do that. See you soon.
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That was a heck of a march.
Wow,,, that was super interesting...I enjoyed that... " Free Bees" ? 😳 Some people., geez
The first cutout I ever did I agreed to do it for the cost of fuel (100 mile drive each way), and they complained about that. I raised my rates to what I think is fair and have never had a complaint since, I bring a spare suit along for the homeowner to wear and watch if they are interested, usually only takes about 2 minutes for them to agree it is worth every penny to have someone else to remove them.
@@AlexKingMN great thinking!
Bobby Brown,
It doesn't just involve Bee Guys that people want it done for Free!
Other Critter issues, they expect it removed for free.
Hear it all the time myself and from Friends..... I have 1 friend who gives them their own phone number and tell them to call that number, they can do it for free.
Thats a LOT of bats! In 1 house? I had no idea they'd share so intensively! Thanks! Always learn something new when coming to your channel.😎🤯🤗💗👏👏👏
Glad you found us. :)
My son and I did Katrina relief work in Bay of St. Louis. We pitched our tent on the grounds of Our Lady of the Gulf. Good to see life and bees are thriving. Prayers for those facing Dorian.
I’m surprised she didn’t want to keep the bees since she made a home for the bats and has planted so many flowering plants.
dennys9506 I was thinking that too! I think she’s got enough bumblebees though. Bats are awesome mosquito collectors for keeping your yard free from getting eaten alive though.
Hobby beekeeping is a way of life whooooooo whoooo!!! 🐝🥰🥰
I love hearing all these smooth southern accents. I’m a Yankee living in England and hearing your warm, Carmel smooth words are so comforting. ❤️❤️❤️
Imagine in that house decided to get someone inexperienced to do it for free.
I am pretty sure if you take out the right bricks in the right area, the whole house can come down o.0!
You did good telling those people exactly what they were asking, loving your vids dude!
Thanks for the views Holla Gemini
Love the garden!
Simply Beautiful!!!
Bumble bees- they don't "hive up" do they? Newhampshire has Large solitary bumblers,I watched one live by himself all summer long in my welder, in out in out,in the fall I lost track of him,he might be hibernating?? Or do they make a bee line south? This is very interesting to me. Although, the older I get the less I can "appreciate" being stung in the face, like you can! I expect it was your relatives that gave us Bluecoats such a hard time! TOUGH GUYS EH?? YUP....
The herbs are most likely basil and others.. they are companion plants for flowering plants to keep "bad" bugs and possible rodents away..
That bumble be on that flower was Beautiful!! That would have been some beautiful photograph's!!!!
200 bats? I'll bet wax moths aren't a big problem there... just sayin.
I don't know if the relationship goes both ways; I rather doubt the bees would rally to protect the bats, but I agree. One can easily assume that there's at least a degree of mutual benefit from both colonies neighboring so close.
or skeeters either!
The only channel where I happily watch the ads the whole way through!!
If I could hug you I would.
Bless your heart 💓😇
It never fails to amaze me, how, with a quick jerk/shake, you can dislodge thousands of bees from a box!
Amazing insight into bees without fear and death. Thanks for the work you do and giving us a peak into it. You have taught me to be patient around them and now I see they are pretty docile and harmless after all.
And the march is on, gotta love it. 🐝🐝🐝❤️💐🐝🇨🇦
Great video as always brother and Jesus Blessed me with a 1999 Honda Accord last week, payed cash and debt free. Now I'll be working on a house debt free : )
Congrats! And enjoy
Congratulations buddy. Glad to hear things are going your way.
The first "herb", was some sort of mint.😘 Lovely grounds💗💖
thanks for a nice relazing video sipping my coffee and listening to the bees,have a good day hugs be safe my friend
We watched your video together today. My husband, a fellow beekeeper, is slowly, ever so slowly, recovering from a heart attack 28 Dec 2018. It's time you took care of your health. You still have young ones, and besides, we all love you. You know what to do. It's time. May God bless you.
Prayers 🙏❣️
This guy is so chill - love these videos
Beautiful garden and area!
I’m amazed that some people would expect another person to extract $40 - $50 worth of bees for absolutely nothing except they get to keep the bees? I don’t deal with things with stingers just for the fact I’m allergic to pain....and stings...but for a half days work? I hope whoever it is actually has him do that work because I’m thinking they DON’T want to fork out payment they may just kill them to get rid of them...if they were in my house you can bet your life I’d pay anything to get rid of them...I hope y’all do another short video after all is said and done and what those tightwads end up doing...y’all get a thumbs up for doing these jobs and another thumbs up for being able to take stings....3 times they nailed you? I’d already bee in cardiac arrest...🥺🐝
I am going to go out on a limb and say most swarms are worth just s touch more than 30 to 50 dollars. A small nuk will run 125 or better.
@@joerowland607 When you buy a nuc, the main expense is the box the bees are housed in. A brood box with a top and bottom, without bees, is about 200$.
@@michaelc.3013 um um. I really think not. A fool and his money soon go separate ways. My father was a master carpenter to the same level as Bob Villa. There is absolutely no way I would pay that, it will not happen. I know how to use wood tools. I have less than 35.00 dollars in my hive box and bees. Swarm traps provide free bees. And today I went and did a cut out. Free bees. And lately I know of a cabinet shop that produces 24 inch drop of 1x12 lumber. As long as that material is available my boxes will be free too.
@@joerowland607 I can't argue with you about that. I'm not a master carpenter and don't know anybody giving away lumber. I can buy the materials and put together a box for alot less as well, but for those people who don't have the tools, the time or the know how to do so, you can expect to pay a pretty penny for something preassembled. The same people buying a nuc for 125$ are likely buying preassembled boxes as well. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful.
Watching video now! Thanks for sharing Dirtrooster!!
Removing bees from the ceiling of a 2nd story porch -- pulling out comb bare-handed from inside the soffit (where you can't even see). Boy, you get the "easy" jobs. ;)
I seem to get more than my fair share of blind removals lately.
Thank you sooo much for your hard work and being a bee friend. While I don't keep bees myself I hope to some day and your videos have taught me a lot. Plus you're a really good story teller and have a good sense of humor to boot. Keep being an awesome human being (your family, too!) I don't ever recall seeing in your videos...have you ever been unfortunate to come across an Africanized swarm when called by someone for help? Thanks again! ...Woo, where hobby beekeeping is a way of life! (Cheers from Washington state!)
Thanks for the great comment. Thank God I've never run across Africanized bees. Mean hives once in a while but nothing Africanized.
Great videos. Learning a lot. thanks.
You just need a Mr. Ed clone to stick in the dash and stuff it up in the bees and he could push them on out to you! When you stop to put the feed bag on just get him a McHeartburn and put it in there with him in the dash and that'll take care of him till the next'un. And I sure like watching them marching in. Thanks Randy Rooster Buddy and Happy Laboring Day 2 yall!
New colony and a years worth of fire wood all in one spot. Lol
Nice job Rooster, you do good work!
She better keep an eye out for carpenter bee damage. That was not a humble bumble @6:35 & @11:00.
Yes...I saw that too. I live in an all wood home and combat these myself!
I have never seen "balding" bumblebees before ( not living in the usa), what kind of damage can they do? ( if you are ok with replying, I would appreciate it, I know Im late ;) )
@@Goldenhawk583 Carpenter bee females bore tunnels into wood to pack with pollen and eggs. I've had the little pests bore finger long tunnels into beams. Bigger tunnels can branch and I've seen samples of damaged beams with 4-5 finger long branches. As you can imagine, a beam with big bores cut into it isn't as strong as one that hasn't been eaten. Long term, other pests can nest in the bores, like termites...
That’s cool duct taping the vac hose so it sucks up all the field bees as they return. Must be saltwater honey 🍯 over there. lol. Boy that was a tough one. Cheeseburger time. Always cool to watch them march into a hive. Oh. Fancy editing with the music beat there. Nice job. Thanks for the video.
You think they dry it down with a tiny salt water taffy machine?
That’s a fine looking hat buddy. Whatever it takes sir to protect yourself! I enjoy watching your videos.
Finest three dollar hat on the market
In the beginning all I could hear (in my head) was my helper saying... TIGHTEN UP!! TIGHTEN UP! TIGHTEN UP!! TIGHTEN UP!!... then POW!!!! Lolz
This channel is the most coolest and funniest channel ever keep up the good work on those honey bees 🐝
That other guy ALWAYS snags the queen first :)
I like to fake her out and snag her the next day when she's not expecting it.
Don’t leave us hanging....was there any queen cells? Mr. Ed just keeping tabs on you 😂
That corner looks like it was built just for bees!
Up North we would call that Yankee ingenuity, I was actually expecting to see you back up the trailer at a high rate of speed and slamming the brakes on!
Lol!
It may have stood up with that method.
need more beekeepers. I try to remove as many as I can for free but cant not keep up with the demand, could be a good sign for bee health or a bad sign of less beekeepers and not enough education. I hope that we can all come together and understand the importance of polintators like honebees. love what you do 628dirtrooster. keep it up sting or no sting.
I can see not wanting to charge on a swarm that you walk up to, but even that may take a couple of trips. I've done my freebie. I enjoyed it; but, it's hard, sticky, hot, sweaty work.
People know that you don't mind working for free. Demand would go down if you'd charge more often.
So much wisteria on that railing. The bees must have appreciated having so much food so close to home.
That was a big wisteria plant that was vining on that balcony/ porch/ deck thingy.
oscillating tool with a carbide blade makes short work of that hardy plank and pretty much everything else for that matter, definitely my favorite tool for removals.
You hit the nail on the head. That's exactly what I used.
I just happened to come across your channel by accident. You are amazing man, I can’t believe how you get those bees. Your the only bee channel I’ve ever subscribed too. Great job from Michigan 👍👍
Much appreciated! I'll take all the support I can get.
The March of the Bees is amazing. Don't know how I got as old as I am and never heard of it. Randy, you be careful up that high. I got a lot more learning I need from you.
I'll do my best to watch my footing.
Should be free, It's just a swarm removal, LoL. Bees make free honey to get rich on, Hahaha
And of course they've only been there for two weeks.
@@628DirtRooster besides you get to post on the utubes ...free honey, free bees, free content, and free use of the outdoor sauna ...dang you should be paying them
@@TheHandyHippieCrew don't be going and giving anyone any stoopid ideas now!😘🤔🤯🦄🤣🤣🤣
When you have a high porch place like that again, try using a 'loadlock' going from the post to the house for a safety support nxt to your ladder.
I was waiting for the trailer to tump over onto the log. You done good!
Incredibly hard work in that humidity. No bee suit? I had a swarm make a hive in my front yard water use meter box a couple summers ago. There was only one keeper that could get the bees and he was out of state at the time. Out here, beekeepers do it for a hobby like my guy did, or they have crews that hit the farms around here to set up those box hives in the fields. The hobbyists do not charge, as far as I know. The bees set up their hive on a Sunday, and on Friday when the keeper came out, the hive itself was about the size of a standard football. I watched the whole process from when the bees swarmed into the yard, cycloned into the water meter box, and again I watched the bee keeper remove the bees and hive. He told me that he was going to relocate them someplace where they can do their thing without getting bothered. It was really fascinating to me.
That was a tough one looked like. Great job!
Talk about a hard way to get them.
Thanks for the new video big guy
Sho nuf man! My pleasure.
Hey, those vines would have probably broken your fall, kinda. Where the heck was Darren? Another great video showing why cutouts aren't free. Thank you.
I will do a cutout for free sometimes. I have in a really poor neighborhood for an old man who wanted his little stoop. The bees had moved in and he could not afford to pay someone. He was going to have kids pour gas on the hive. I figure I saved some kid from getting his ass handed to him.
Hey Rooster. Glad to see another video brother. Yep I seen that video with the big oak log.
Massive tree
Awesomely edited man! I enjoyed watching!! Keep 'em coming!! 🐝☮️☯️
Great stuff, PROUD of Y'ALL
I live in Texas and have bees in my wall between the brick and wall inside can't afford to pay for the removal..Guess if they go extinct I can raise them.
In an emergency you'll have honey.
Good removal! Honestly I can't believe anyone would think removals are free. Most people I know won't even go near a bee (just a bee not a wasp) let alone a hive...so I feel like they'd be more incentivized to pay to get someone to come get them.
My patio is covered in plants and I get quite a few honey bees, bumblebees and other pollinators all inches from me and I've never been stung.
Another one stings the dust
That’s something how they just know to go in the hive box like that.
I am curious, will bees build a hive on a boat?
When I was little, probably about 9-10 years old, some friends and I got the bright idea to take a cattail and shove it down a yellow jacket hive at the base of this tree in our neighborhood, I grabbed a cattail from the lake right next to the hive, probably about 2 foot long with the branch still attached, walked straight up to the hole where the yellow jackets were coming in and out of and jammed the cattail in about 2.5 times and before I got the third stroke one zipped out and stung me directly in the white of my eye. I cried and cried the only thing that made me feel a little better was my childhood best friend grabbed the cattail and avenged my sting and he went and did the same thing I did and yelled “you don’t sting my best friend in the eye” while ramming the cattail in the hole. I just remember watching him run away from the hive and a million black specks pinging off his bare back. I was crying holding one hand over my eye but the sight of the yellowjackets chasing him and pinging off his back made me forget about whatever pain I was in and I started laughing out loud, and then shortly later returned to crying. I thought I was going to go blind, but I went to the eye doctor and he said I would be okay, I would just have some floaters eventually in my vision, and sure enough they came, but my sight was fine and so was I. But ever since I have been deathly afraid of bees hornets wasps anything that flys and stings, my natural reaction is to start dodging them and running inside, but after watching a lot of your videos over the past couple weeks I’ve kind of overcome my fear of bees and such, seeing the way you handle them just gives me some confidence that a stray bee isn’t looking to fuck my day up and if it did the sting isn’t that bad, definitely not worse than looking like a total puss in front of whoever I’m with. Sorry about the novel just thought I’d share. Love the content, you seem like a great man.
Totally AWESOME video Mr. Rooster. Wish you were able to do more frequent vids
That's the dream, just having fun making videos.
I think this one of your best. Thanks!
That's very nice of you to say man. Thanks
People sometimes don't value somebody else's work, don't work for free unless you feel like it! It's hard work and i don't personally know anyone who does it, i just like watching your videos for some reason🤣
"No clue what that is".......I bet, lol
Mr. Ed does the DirtRooster know about all the spy ware and tracking equipment you got on his vehicle? Rofl. Oh Randy I don't think Mama let's Mr. Ed out after dark🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He thinks he’s not being watched but his mom calls me and reports in on him.
With all that landscaping she needs some bees just not in her house.
Nice one Randy. Thank you.
Package bees are 180 shipped. So that’s around 400 in bees
Always good to see a new video rooster!!!looked like a rough cut out on that call
Good explanation of why removals aren't free
Nice job
Pickle juice for cramps after sweating if u dont have that mustard works just as good!
I'll try it
Offering a free bee.... Classic....
Maybe you should up your prices 🤔.
So much hard work 💪!!!!
Will they all fit in that one box?? Great video Rooster be safe GOD BLESS.
Did Queen make it in that log? Love me some Dirt Rooster keep em coming
Yeah, did you get the queen? Thanks for the videos! :}
+1 on this i gotta know haha
I was thinking "that poor log".
now thats dedication to a hobby-- nice recovery- many blessings...Glo
I'm thinking his "hobby bee keeping is a way of life". Full time and not just hobby. Blessings.
Loving life right now. Hope all is well up in the hills. :)
Please could you show more of southern life, different world from here in the UK,thanks
I'll try to incorporate more where I can. I understand liking to see different areas, cultures and lifestyles. I subscribe to a lot of channels outside the US for that very reason.
@@628DirtRooster thank you
Stay away from that fast food man. It'll kill ya.
There are actually some decent food choices at fast food places now. I don't eat fast food but on rare occasion but man, some of the salads at those places are GREAT! When I'm tired and too lazy to make one at home, I go pick up salads. LOL I used to eat WAY too much garbage fast food. But I completely changed my eating habits and I've lost 73 lbs so far this year.
@@pamelaflirtyskunk7698 Can't eat too much green if it ain't covered with glop!
@@pamelaflirtyskunk7698 my last MIL used to refer to ANYTHING I cooked, that took less time to prepare than she did, (under 3 hours), "fast food". Couldn't understand why I got ticky when I said, " no, its still healthy food, just prepared quickly.
Decent cooks know how to do that." (Often using leftovers as a base) Funnily enough she got offended and never brought it up again. Especially when her son mentioned that her "hamburgers" weren't like "my" hamburgers. Her's were simply compressed ground beef into a patty form. So she wanted to know how I made mine...about the same as I make meatloaf...starting with unfrozen, *neverfrozen* fresh ground beef....cracker crumbs, a couple of eggs, depending on how much ground beef you're starting with...continue from there, she's going "what for?"
"Well, taste for starters, eggs to bind everything together......whatever's in the cupboard or fridge that needs using up...mustard, mayo, bits of relish..", and this way, I CAN freeze the rest for future use.
If I'd gotten the meat frozen first, then thawed it to make this way, I can't *safely* REfreeze for future use, and she immediately turned and walked away. Then was offended the next time she served her cardboard patties and her husband and other son groaned, asked if she'd like to join them, they were going to go grab some REAL burgers and drove into town (15 kms) to McDonald's for some (fast food!😯🙃) burgers. Snarky enough of them, but they actually brought them BACK, sat at the table and ate them in front of her! Even offering to share their fries. She asked why they didn't just go over to "other son" and "my place?"
"Never thought of it, were they bbq-ing? Should've, might've had STEAK!"🤔👏👏😪 sure didn't endear me any further to her.😉🤗🤗😯
wonder why...🤔🙄😘 which really didn't, and still doesn't, bother me. I'd only have been insulted if *anyone* ever preferred her cooking/baking etc. to mine! THAT would have been a genuine slap on the face!
Do RC, so does breathing. Lol
Why did you put water on the vac box before letting them out ? Thanks for sharing your work!
Foam, seal those holes. Job done!😂
It's nice to know that even in your profession, there are still idiot customers who don't understand just how much work is involved in a job, and try to get it done on the cheap...
those plants you pointed out was first basil, then looks like mint and that one you pointed at that you didnt know what it is, is Jerusalem artichoke that produces a bulb in the ground that looks like ginger that you can pickle or oven ;)
I wish I knew them that well. I'd be munching while I worked.
Bring the bathroom scale, and weigh yourself before and after. However much weight you lose in sweat is what you charge.
😂 That would bee ideal, except how does he account for the honey he eats?
@@sharonmclain4158 I thought about it, but I didn't want to just come out and say it...
Those stings will pay for themselves. That's kind of where I was headed with that joke.
😀 Maybe for him, but not for me. 1: I'm afraid of heights. 2: I really don't like pain. 3: Bees like stinging me, even when I'm nowhere near their hive. I'll just keep buying my honey. 👵 And you will have to excuse me, cause at my age, I'm a bit slow on getting jokes.
@@sharonmclain4158 I'm no spring chicken either. Some jokes get past me, too. If you've been stung as many times as Rooster has, you'd understand half of his sweat is from the stings.
I'm not sure if our host sells honey or wax products, but if he doesn't? I'm sure he knows a guy.
I like thatBriefcase case vacuum did you ever post the video on who made it
Your vac cage has to be the prettiest piece of equipment you own. Why don’t have a pull screen like Mr Ed uses? And where can I buy something like that? (I had 0 woodworking capability.)