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I’m sorry 628 DirtRooster! I’m allergic to bee stings, so I’ll sit far back from the ‘hot spot’, but I’ll take a chunk of that honeycomb! 😮 😋❣️

Great video! It's odd seeing you in a bee suit but those girls looked unhappy at the beginning! I love the photos at the end of your videos they tell quite a story. Thanks for sharing Randy.

Thanks Randy another great video and thanks for all the shots at the end. I don't always watch a lot of videos to the end but yours are always worth watching till the end. Hope you are having a great 🐝 season.

I got my bee vac from Tony. Drove to his place. He was so nice and he has an amazing product. Just as I got it a friend had a swarm move in and I got them. Minimal comb stuffed them in a hive and they are up and running. Very tame bees. I love the Everything Bee vac. was interesting to see such an aggressive hive get a bit tamer once the numbers were reduced.

All the mean bees are in that first bucket. LOL Nice footage, don't tell me that's a GoPro. So if that one tool is called Jack Reacher, do you call the big knife 'The Last Samorai' or Excaliber, LOL Man that was a monster hive. I've had a few stings on the tops of my arms with my guardian also sometimes where my glove elastic holds it tight to your arm. Love my Guardian Bee Suit! Awesome ending - love those stills.

I'm in awe when I watch you work bees with no protection.. I'm allergic, though not deathly, I get a severe reaction to the venom. So I make absolutely sure I am protected. After seeing the Gardian suit, I bought a full-length vented with the pro hood/veil. Thanks for the recommendation

I prefer to wear a ball cap under my veil. It helps keep it "centered" so you don't get stung through the screen on your face.

I like watching this because he explains what's going on, and laughs and has a good time, he's very intelligent when it comes to feed, this was a great video,,thanks guys ,

I like poles and duct tape. How I catch some bees in trees. Paint pole and duct tape. Love the guardian suits and gloves. Take care

Hi Dirt Rooster and Mrs Rooster! Interesting video with those aggressive bees. I am glad you found the Queen. That is a great montage of pictures at the end, and good music! 😊 🐝🐝

My grandfather was a beekeeper. During summer months I would help him maintain his hives. Well one summer I had the "bad Bee suit" Apparently they made entry in my LEG. I made the big mistake of swatting my boots and legs. Must have been stung at least 30 times. You get stung enough you Kind of "get used to it". Put it this way, at the end of the day I was in my little Studio Apartment in his barn, Swollen Leg propped up, but back at it the next day. Grandpa would tell everyone how I was "Dancing in the tulips" that day. LOL

They must have been mixed with Bruce’s bees!!! One heck of a job!! Thanks y’all!!

No need for liquid smoke. Just put some tree leaves in the smoker and smoke each others jackets, I jnow this secret from Hornet and wasp jobs, oh and camo colored bee suites no its not a joke lol camo works. Keep your smokers going. (By the way I am getting 2 rooster T shirts period) Usually when other wise calm bees suddenly become aggressive and attack in big numbers its a sign that Apis Scutallata crosses have reached your area. Usually they are a lot smaller but when the wild types crosses you get hybrid vigor. When this happens it can take the enjoyment out of bee keeping unless you live way out in the sticks and wear full protection at all times when around your bees. Apis Malifera can be bad enough but when crossed boy can they be mean and when I say mean I mean mean lol just look at the video, Get Mr Ed in there he will sort them no problem. haha

Great video Rooster! One of my favorite removals! Nicely done Sir. 😊❤

So the rule is if the Dirt Rooster is wearing his suit run 🤣

Loved your treatment free comments!!! You are right! Don’t be shy! There’s a reason you said it on video. Live a life worth remembering!

I bought my Guardian suit jacket, just like the one you were wearing, and I love it. I was checking out a ferule colony at a friends house and had bees all over me much like in this video and never got stung once.

As allergic as I am, I am glad I wasn’t anywhere near those bees. I do love your photographs!

Thought to myself when I seen the title.. 🤔 Come on now!!! The both of us just got new G. B. Apparel. With Hannah now allergic, it was a gut punch reading the title. Pretty good one Dirt Rooster! Thanks for sharing and God bless.

Loved the slideshow at the end. Beautiful photos.

Good description on the nitrile gloves. I put the thumb straps on before pulling on the gloves. Then I pull the gloves over the sleeves. Works great. Looks to me like some Texas bees moved to Mississippi.

Hey y’all so happy for the new content! Miss having the time to watch!!! - love the South Philly city girl!

Good video, Randy! Love the pics!

The bees never make it easy. Thanks for sharing.

That was absolutely OUTRAGEOUS!! Only in the number and aggression. Wow!!

Awesome video! It's nice to hear you talk about being treatment free.

What a great cutout, under my vail I wear a hard hat and a n95 mask with a breath hole cutout and I wear nitrile gloves and dish gloves spayed with vinegar and liquid smoke after about 15-20 mins i take off the dish glove. they will sting through the nitrile but VERY rare in my limited experience. My new bee vac i built this winter is killing very few bees. Very happy with the three cutouts iv done this spring. Very happy to see more cutout vids from you thanks. You had a very roomy cutout there thanks for sharing

Crazy coincidence, used to be a bee keeper on Mississippi on the Gulf Coast. Was stunned when I recognized the complex in the video was once owned by a company I worked for as a mechanic and foreman.

I enjoy watching you work with these babies I miss working with mine I have to pee a tragedy but I will get back into room when I get time

Excellent video. Love the pics of the Gulf Coast, I used to live on Hwy 90 in Gulfport many years ago and loved it there.

Great video! Thanks

Those black n whites are vintage class..very cool

I never test for mites. I use the essential-oil treatments after removing excess frames and honey in late summer. The bees seal the essential oil pads with propolis, but it doesn't seem to bother or harm them. I tried one of the hops-based treatments, but that aggravated the bees so bad, I'd call them "hopping mad". There were also dead bees stuck to the treatment strips, so I avoid the hops now. I've never tried the synthetic chemical miticides. I prefer to leave my bees alone to do their thing, so besides the essential oils, I just put supers on, take them off, and catch swarms. Each year, I come out of winter with one more strong hive in my yard (from catching spring swarms), so they must be doing ok. I think that catching swarms is my favorite part of beekeeping. I've never done a cutout, but I admire your work!

That was a Lot of bees! Wow!

I have also found they calm down once exposed. Here in FL they seem to attack the most when starting to remove or expose them, Once the hive is open they seem to change their attention. Knocking number downs helps here as well. I wash my Guardian Jacket after every 3 removals of right after a defensive hive removal. Only 2 hives that stung me through my suit and 1 of them is my gentlest hive now. Make sure all zippers are closed before washing and hand was the veil. I also like latex gloves as it gives me more tactile feel. I double and triple glove for angry removals. I also hate the smell of liquid smoke so won't be using that.

I've been watching your videos since I was a boy, thanks for the content!

Watching this after opening my cordovan in a tank top, flip flops, no smoke and by 7year old helping with no stings! lol😅 👏 👏

Honestly looked like an Africanized hive with how many bees where in the air to be honest with you.

I believe you are correct about feral bees being relatively immune to the effects of varroa and the diseases they transmit. I now have 24 hives which is by no means a large apiary. Having said that, I have never treated my bees and the only ones I have lost were due to the the direct consequences of something I failed to do. I think the need to treat bees is due to having large numbers of hives on a small footprint with the resulting drift of bees from their hive to another, causing spread of mites and disease. So I do not fault anyone for treating if they need to. But by spreading fewer hives to many locations and minimizing drift with alternate paint schemes on hives, facing entrances in alternate directions, using some long horizontal hives which can’t be mistaken for a vertical hive, doing splits for brood breaks, etc. and having feral bees that have learned to deal with varroa, a small beekeeping operation does not have to treat period.

Great video and beautiful photos as always esp. of your gorgeous wife Randy. You remind me so much of my oldest son.

Be safe y’all and GOD BLESS

Thanks Randy

The only thing that would have made that worse is having to do it during the middle of July or August.

Hey Randy, are you sure that wasn't Jeff, pu -puf-puf-puf running away 😂😂😂

always enjoy your pictures

I am highly impressed with the reacher. A fine example of South Mississippi engineering

Hahaha! That thumbnail is definitely a pic of a man who's bee suit has failed him. Glad to see y'all, boss!

Always love your music choices and the B&W photos were awesome dude!

Our local inspector wears slacks. He said like the nitrile gloves the bees don’t like landing/walking on the slick fabric. He almost never gets stung on the legs.

My bee student got some very docile bees last year, but in late summer, they became very aggressive. After reviewing the time of day and year, I figured our timing was off when the inspection/mite prevention was done. We/I learned a lesson that day. This spring, they again were very docile

I love all of the photo's at the end!!!!

Dirt, I think these bees were just extra happy to see you! 😉 I believe you mentioned it was February 21st when you performed the removal. Decent chance that had a bearing on their attitude. I wonder if during a good nectar flow their temperament would have been quite different? Glad you two survival the ordeal! 😉 When you have to suit up, you want to have absolute 100% complete confidence in your protective gear, looks like these suits give you that. 👍🏼✌🏼🐝

Great video and once again I just love the B&W pictures. The urban ones are so much more atmospheric than the coloured ones. Did I also see a queen bee at the Cake shop?

That man holding a dollar had a million dollar smile 😊

Completely new to this. Ive watched a couple of these cutout vids. I like the knowledge and respect you have for the bees. Not at all like "pest control". Once you have a feral colony lime this one in a box. Do you treat them like a commecial hive?

Randy thank you for showing us the life about Bees . You do great work. And you have a pretty wife. Augusta Georgia

Greetings from Puerto Rico, I have to give to you, you guys a "corajudos" courageous, I mean, I love bees, but my time for doing what you do already has passed. Keep up the good work.

WOW! We have Here en Mexicali, Baja California, México, a lot of Africanized bees, I've work with those bees many times and yes, they're terrifying, one should be calm but they get me nervous, and for those jobs I put my complete suit and avoid any black colors, bees don't like it, thanks for share this awesome video! Best regards from mexicali!

That was the perfect beehive shaped nook but dang those are mean beez...

Commented before I went to the end of the video. Really enjoyed the black and white pictures. Really like the picture of the man with a cap and white beard in his gas station. Love his face. Looks like a kind man.

You guys think they'll settle down, or is there a need to re-queen the hive? But boy howdy, that's a nice big bunch of bees, and whopping big load of honey. And I continue to really enjoy the slide-show at the end, I think you're photography skills are very good. Thanks Rooster!

Those are pesky for sure, did you not use any smoke up until the 5-minute mark, or did you just have to redo it? Thanks for sharing, stay safe as always :)

It seems silly, but when I see pictures of Elizabeth at the end I catch myself waving "hello". Randy that was quite a job. Wow!

Hey Dirt Rooster Try the white nitrile gloves. Far less likely to sting. I use the long gantlet gloves so they can’t get my wrist. Thanks

Hey man your video editing has matured into some awesome content nowadays ! Bee proud 🤙🏼

Up here in the Pacific North West, it's a Must to treat for mites

I have never seen you so suited up.😊

From what I’ve learned, bees don’t like the color black. Maybe that’s why they’re stinging your hands, because of your black gloves. I don’t know, I’m definitely not a pro! This is all new to me. I’ve very recently become intrigued with beekeeping. I’m not a beekeeper, but I’m interested in becoming one. I’m mesmerized watching the videos of all you bee wranglers! I started first with watching Mr. Ed’s videos, then I migrated to your channel (because of his videos). My son is a young Catholic priest. The first 4 years of seminary, he attended Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon, which is a Benedictine monastery, like St Joseph monastery in Louisiana. St Benedict’s monastery at Mt Angel supports themselves by making beer from hops. (I find that an interesting correlation between the two monasteries, very closely related in their respective traditions). On Easter Saturday, we went to our son’s church on Kauai (we live on Maui, year round bee season, from what I understand), and he explained in his homily a lot about bees, honey, and beeswax. There is a Catholic chant on Easter that includes “mother bees”, that relates to the Virgin Mary. He explained in his homily that the reference to mother bees, is that they are virgin mother bees (female worker bees) and he correlates it to the Virgin Mary in his homily. The Catholic Church has a candlelight service on the Saturday night before Easter, referred to as the Easter vigil. The congregation lights beeswax candles during a candlelight service, taken from the fire from the Easter candle that the priest lights first, and everyone lights their candles from that candle. The inference is that the fire from that first candle and passing the fire to everyone’s candle, represents the Holy Spirit spreading through the people, represented by the wick. Our son, the priest, said that Jesus is the candle, and the Holy Spirit is represented by the wick. Very interesting church history. I wasn’t raised Catholic, so the backstory is very interesting to me. There are a lot of biblical references regarding bees and honey in the Bible. I was raised Protestant, but have since come to believe, through my own spiritual journey, that Catholicism is the one true Christian faith, because it was the original Christian religion, with St Peter as the first Catholic bishop. I know that the history of the Catholic Church is full of controversy and abuse, however so is every other Christian offshoot of the Christian faith. Protestant churches have had more than their share of controversy. May God bless you and your family. You are a good man, from what I’ve seen of your videos. Thank you for your entertaining videos and for sharing your knowledge and experiences. BTW! I love the music you are playing during your videos!

Great video as usual.

My wife uses the liquid smoke on her hands and face and while she gets an occasional sting, it seems to work pretty well. She calls it her eau de smoke perfume.

Perhaps chainmalll, or Kevlar bee suit? Better yet, use one of those drones to get the bees to chase it, and quickly harvest the honey! 😁😊

Hey Rooster, I’m just starting out, so which hive tool is best for totally new beginners? Also, besides protective gear, what other equipment should I get? Where is a good reputable place to get good equipment. Not sure if it matters, but I’m in Utah.

Randy , sure am glad you clarified the “skinny jeans” Was a bit concerned for a second ! 😂 Does spraying a removed colony with water keep them subdued as you transfer them from the vac to the box ? I’m anaphylactic to the stings so I wear regular clothes under my Hillco vented suit and a band aide Over the tip of my nose , a baseball cap , and a pair of Harbor freight mechanics gloves with my goatskin bee gloves ( airtight) Praise God this setup, although warm keeps my epipen in its case ! My allergies changed about 3 years ago when at that point the stings never bothered me , love beekeeping too much to give it up ! Great video as usual , thanks !!!

I saw some of those bees waiting for you outside last night at grandbabies graduation.

With your nitrile gloves, are there specific brands or kinds? Or do you just use whatever? Are they effective at all?

Randy,I think I will just continue to treat my bees do to the swelling factor! Those bees are too mean to have mites.

Another fine bee removal Randy! Once you had cracked open the lid, how many bees would you guestimate were in that colony? As usual, some very fine scenery captured by your photo skill too. Nice ending with the fine Chevy! -Bob...

I use a Provent Suit and have not gotten a bee in it yet. Now I’ve probably jinxed myself. Lol 😂

Do you keep the queen and drone brood when they are aggressive or do you give them a new queen?

My wife got 34 stings 2 Sundays ago when we knocked over an aggressive hive we were moving. Her zipper wasn’t up all the way and they found it.

Wow that was crazy ! Great job as always. You and your skinny 👖 😊

Lol. I've been stung like 20 times in rapid succession right thru a glove. Pin cushion. That's why I get the big bucks for honey. The nectar flow in central Illinois is off the charts right now. 😂

I broke down and bought me a Guardian Jacket today. My cheapo HLH jacket has holds all over the veil that I’ve got clear tape on to keep using. Can’t take the hood off to just replace it so I bit the bullet and got a Guardian… can’t wait for it to get here to try. Will try out there gloves at HL I’m doing my darnedest to get there since it’s in my backyard. Just will dump the kids off at their daddy’s office below (he’s a manager for part of Wilderness below the convention center) that way I can come lol.

Queen got PMS😂😂

Hi Randy, I just got my exact bee jacket in yesterday. I can’t wait to try it out. My question is does the stiffness of the material loosen up some with time? Man mine is stiff as a board lol

WOW what a great!! Hive

New subscriber here. Just kind of flirting with the idea of keeping some bees. Really like the way you end your videos. The photography is really engaging.

Dang yal needed a couple more shop Vacs

Those house screaming for beeswarms aren’t they, like always your photos are world class, still waiting for the answer about the bee suits

"Jack Reacher " 😂😂 hardcore tools👍

Lol oh does that bring back memories??? I have picked a good many pick up boxes an pulled engines with a goof ol’ tree limb (( in my youth))😂😂😂😂 that was a huge batch of bees but wayyyyyyy too aggressive for my liking ❤

Oooh, right next to a playground, too.

Red Green, would be proud of you.

Great video! Kinda fun watching you with a hot one, lol. I'm gonna do something about those thumb straps! I don't like the GBA community catching stings anywhere. I wanna come visit, got any of them "christian" bees to play with? Those girls got some attitude 😅. I instantly get giggly (and thankful) when I see you suit up cause I know some bees are acting the fool.

My kind of bees! Love my mean girls. Surprised you only found one queen, maybe because it was only Feb. No double screens??? I'll have to fix that issue!

To heck with that nozzle

Hi Randy I noticed you like doing varroa Mite washes I got an idea put a fish scale on your bee vacuum that would be cool

My newbie understanding is that allowing your bees to swarm breaks the brood cycle and cuts of the mites' food supply. Nature's way is usually better. "Commercial" beekeepers are sometimes like other agribusiness - industrial more than agricultural.

Kool pics at the end