Defensive Bees, Brushless Removal, Honey Frame-Swap, The Way To Bee Quick Tip
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Camera receives SIX STINGS while making this short video.
If you must get into a hive while weather is not optimum, please be prepared.
Bee jacket and veil are highly recommended.
Goatskin gloves can still leave you with minor stings, but also recommended.
Black camera gear may draw stings.
Bee Sequences are captured with the new GoPro Hero 13 with Macro lens:
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Thanks Fred, Im looking forward to getting back to my bees, I’ve really neglected them of late as my wife and I have been traveling many miles in search of a neurosurgeon willing to take her case we traveled to Chicagos Loyola university two weeks ago and now the answer to many prayers, we just got to Charleston SC where there’s a world famous neurosurgeon we are meeting with tomorrow, he’s the Fredrick Dunn of neurosurgery I’m very confident he can help us, so I hope you will wish us luck tomorrow, thanks for being my internet friend for all this time, God bless!
Wow, I'm so glad you've found someone with the right expertise. Please tell your wife that she's in my thoughts and prayers.
@@FrederickDunn Thank you Fred, that means a lot to us
There was a husband and wife hospitalized today from a bee attack in North Richland Hills. The bees were in a hollow tree and the man was doing yard work. He was found on the ground unconscious with blood all over his face. His wife tried to help him and was attacked. I just saw it on the news. I was hooking up a hose to a faucet near one of my hives 2 days ago and they started after me hitting my face and I ran to the house. I was mowing on my tractor yesterday and another hive got after me but I learned the hard way yearscago to put on my bee suit when im mowing near them.
Wow, that's really sad news. Beekeepers are often the first line of defense when it comes to truly dangerous colonies of bees. Keep an eye on all colonies and their level of defensiveness. It's very important. Thanks for sharing.
you had QUITE a bit of fun with that dust blower :)
I miss my bees! Seeing the Goldenrod in early fall brings back old memories.
Get you some more!!
Bees also didn't want you to take their Winter stores...full blown panic.
Anytime we go into a hive, it's absolutely invasive. It's just a matter of how much defensive behavior you'll encounter. Absolutely right.
I have noticed that bees generally do not like cameras, the lens always is the primary target.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on that. In this case, they were after everything that was close to them, but the lens was definitely of interest to them.
Do you think they see a reflection in the camera or is it the electomagnetic properties? Bees are certainly very technically connected to the electrical world. I often wonder if solar / space weather effects them. I would love to see a study of cosmology and bees done @@FrederickDunn
At 6:23 I think I heard "Oh no, there goes Bruce and Kevin. Greg hang on ! !"
:) nice of you to stop by, Brian :)
To remove bees when you want to replace a super, you can also spray some of Honey Robber or another item that is used to remove bees from honey supers on a towel and put the towel on top of the open box. In a few moments the bees will scram and you can quickly replace the box.
Thanks for sharing your methods :)
Just did this on Friday. Was a swarm I acquired ( was not going to do bees this year , ha ha, they had other ideas). Was a late May swarm and had a virgin queen. Took them until this month to get honey bound. I had pollen patties with me and it kept them calm while I pulled. I did nothing but feed 2 times with this colony. And yep, you guessed it, they THRIVED and are feisty. *sigh* Have not even done a mite treatment. Wanna bet they get through winter on sheer cussedness??? 🤣
I'm so glad you were able to keep your colony calm. That was my goal, but it didn't work out that way :)
@@FrederickDunn It surprised me they did that. They have not been "nice" from day one LOL
uncle fred!!!! spending all the money i have!!!!! worked good I think!!!
Always great to see your comments. :) You can still use a brush :)
Seen bees do same to my cellphone something about the black shiny surface represented a predator
They really go after strong contrasts in color. If your cell phone was white, that would reduce the attention it receives.
Love it! I use a hand held blower. I prefer a fume board with robber type of spray. 6 sprays or more and they vacate the supers pretty good unless there is a lot of open nectar. Thanks for sharing ! I love the slow mo ! Impressive stingers there :0
Thanks for sharing the bee blower Fred, I just ordered one from your link. I trust you did your homework on this selection. It was also the lowest priced blower. I purchased an Anova Culinary Precision Cooker to warm my honey in a cooler of water from a previous video. Did you evaluate my homemade wooden anti robbing / mouse guard entrance tunnel that I gave you at the NAHBE this past Jan.?
Hi Ron, I'm glad you are getting that useful blower! I now have two so one is always on charge :) As for the entrance you gave me (thank you by the way), I haven't put it on any of my hives. But the principle is good. It's still in the package with the Low-E insulation sample you hended me :) Thanks again!
Watched many videos of bees attacking cameras. Wondering if the bees see the lens as an EYE of an animal.
I think they see contrast, partnered with an activity that's disruptive. You can paint black dots on the front of your bee suit and they go for that contrast pretty quick.
Quiet cloths work for me. Heavy towel material is best. 15 seconds on and bees will go down into the hive, leaving top bars free of bees. Will try blower too.
I can normally move them down pretty easily, but both boxes are full and the front was also covered from the cover to the landing board. Thanks for sharing how you manage :)
Wow, that's a great idea.
I was putting Apivar strips in my 5 over 5 over5 nuc this afternoon on a cloudy and cool day at the NJ shore. This hive is packed with brood in all three boxes. Fully suited up I took a couple in the hand and one on my ankle. The girls were not happy today!!
If you open a hive during cloudy or rainy conditions, expect a stormy response :) Glad you are staying on top of those mites!
I need to do some end of the season work in the hives and some of them have gotten quite defensive. More so than previous years. I'm in an urban area and now have to figure out how to go into the hives without getting neighbors stung.
Those are actually pretty serious concerns this time of year if you're in a residential area. I hope it all goes well.
So true.
Six stings for the Go Pro. How many for Frederick?🤔
I have to think that my suit collected a few, but not so easy to see those stingers. None through my jeans :)
Wondering over time if they will still go after the new GoPro. Might be the "new" smell.
I think on a nice warm sunny day, it would be a completely different situation/response. I've used all camera sizes in my inspection videos and this incident was by far the worst where the camera is concerned. Anything is possible but I think the weather had the most to do with it.
@@FrederickDunn I've had Africanized bees just make my cameras look like a pincushion. I'm talking over 100 stingers embedded; not just in the GoPro on my chest, but the camera sitting on the tripod.
They stung the camera because it’s black. Why would that confuse you?
Not confused at all thank you. I was impressed to see the stingers embedded in the camera body. High contrast objects get attention. I use black cinematic equipment frequently with bees, this was a first when it comes to the stings. Thanks for asking.
Wonder is go pro gives off a static attracting the bees
Great thought, Darren, but if that's the case I'd think they would have also gone after the volta that provides power and control to the GoPro... but anything is possible :)
Hi Fred, do you use the Propola boxes just for the brood box, or also for the supers?
Since they only offer them in deeps, they are primarily brood boxes, but I have several double-deeps this year so I can evaluate them better. :)
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How would you clean up that camera?
Already done, pulled the stingers with tweezers and washed the camera in dish soap... it's water proof. :)
HELLO DUNN. VSH BEES SO DEFENSIVE WHICH I GET HONEY BUT I CANT NOT ENJOY WATCHING THEM CAN YOU TRY CAUCASION BEES THEY ARE SO NICE YOU CAN EVEN PET THEM - YOUR VIDEOS ARE AMAZING I APPRECIATE YOUR WORKS
Each colony of honey bees will have its own attitude. Some VSH genetics may also be a little testy, while others are very tolerant of beekeeper activities. I don't keep hot hives if they remain that way. Any colony can become defensive if it's being worked under the wrong conditions etc...