bit.ly A homeowner cut a tree limb and discovered a hive of bees inside. Here’s how I remove the hive using a homemade “bee-vac” and relocate it to a conventional Langstroth hive box. The operation got more complicated when the exposed honeycomb caused a “robbing frenzy” by bees from two of my other hives, but all ends well and this hive is now doing fine in its new home. Apiarist: Kerry Cox, Videographer: Sean Arenas.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Bees, “omg we’re getting abducted!”
@MrKamakho He saved the bees. Stop whining because he didnt do it the way you wanted. Theywould be dead without him. Your a big crybaby. Grow up.
@MrKamakho I am not beekeeper but I have old copy of abc & xyz of bee culture.It says move bees at night when less chance of robbing -disease spread.Bees seal hives against disease with propolis from trees.Film “Vanishing of the Bees” gave need for biodiverse flora but not effect on bees of having to travel far to obtain propolis from trees.Lots of treeless landscapes in film.Canterbury NZ many trees cut for dairy farm irrigators.Bees going to city quieter from earthquake damage, more trees?
Sorry you’re disappointed, but if it cheers you up any, the limb was already cut from a large pepper tree when I picked it up from the homeowner. I didn’t “cause destruction” of any trees. As for the trapping-out method you’re probably referring to, have you ever tried it? Who has that kind of time? I figure however many bees might have died during this particular extraction, it was far less than if the homeowner had sprayed down the hive, which was about to happen before I intervened.
well.. i am very disappointed about this video.. there are other ways to get the bees of of the tree. the process takes time, but at least you don’t cause to much destruction of trees and killing many bees. if you want to know how, i recommend you to check out the book called the abc and xyz of bee culture. the authors give so much good information in how to do this kind of job. the book you can buy it on line or check it out from a public library.. Good luck.
I didn’t know SMC sold beekeeping supplies
To answer the question about whether they made the transition— they didn’t last long because there was too much open honey and the robbing was intense from yellow jackets. Lesson learned: don’t include the honey comb in this kind of extraction. And as for my terminology— yeah, I call EVERYONE “guys,” so I guess I’m guilty here too. I feel confident they weren’t overly offended
OMG I’m sure they loved that chain saw!! But you made up for it with the baby breath green box! very cool- good vid- trees are always so tough to get those girls out of- great job thanks! ( i can’t believe you called them “guys” lol- again, they’ll forgive due to the new nice box!
It’s been quite some time since you pulled the colony out of the tree; did they make a successful transition to the new hive box? (Great video!)
i noticed when you made this video that even though you were cutting into their tree they for the most part were not trying to swarm you to sting you. these must have turned out to be some good bees and not the “killer kind”.you think they might have just split off from someone elses hive?
Excellent video! I hope to be doing the same thing in a week or two….
Keep the videos coming! Next time, leave the happy hive in the log, set it in a safe DRY spot for them to live. Leave an entrance and set up swarm traps around and just keep catching swarms off of that. You’ll have well-adjusted, natural cell bees and queens until the tree rots (keep dry). Ditch the foundation, b/c filled with pesticides in the wax, and put starter strips in your frames instead of foundation. Da bees’ll already build small cell, which will help with the mites. Chainsaws?!