Honeybee scouting behaviour: what does it look like?

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Honeybee scouting behaviour: what does it look like?

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Before bees swarm, they send out scouts to look for a new home. It may not be obvious what this looks like to beginners, so in this video I will show you the difference between an active hive and one that is being checked out as a potential home.
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@69ten 3 жыл бұрын

i need more videos,i dont care if its just watching a bee on a flower with your commentery in the backround, you are by far the one i like most,and for some reason im all connsuming bees now a days xD

@runningdogapiary5009 3 жыл бұрын

So good to see a video from you. Look forward to your insights this season. Grace to you!

@bernhardleitner1784 3 жыл бұрын

...missed your videos.. Great to have a new one eventually! 👍🏼

@colinevans1177 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I am new to natural beekeeping but having read your books I have become so enlightened as to the importance of the TBH method over and above the 'Established' and commercial method in order to maintain the general health and numbers of the species. Please do more teaching videos!

@martinrenes3548 3 жыл бұрын

Phil i like your videos. Iam living near the highest "mountain" in holland (365meters). Germany, belgium and holland are here the borders. Vaals is my homevillage. I am hobby imker and learning a lot from your videos. Thank you Phil.

@jonasschmidt8059 3 жыл бұрын

a new video, thank you Phil!

@Liz-M 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil a very helpful video. 👍

@Swarmstead 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

@dcvariousvids8082 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@blabla-man8802 3 жыл бұрын

Thx for the video. I was planning to build a second tbh for my second year in beekeeping this weekend. And therefore I am currently seeking all information about natural swarm catching or attracting them. Trying to attract them with nucs hanging in trees nearby. Thx for all your informative videos. mucho simpatico

@darrendobson4697 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@alex_ob1 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful, thanks. After our first year colony died in the winter we've spread the brood comb between three locations, so really hoping we get a swarm soon so that they at strength before winter.

@mpb6491 2 жыл бұрын

I may have come across a bumble bee scout group. But there is a hole. And tis the season apprently. And it may be directly above my entry door. I'm not sure if its scouts or a burgeoning hive. There was 8 or so checking it out at once though

@alanjeffs-ep8lq 2 жыл бұрын

When scouting does it all happen with one bee finding a place, and the going back and telling others., every video I've seen they seem to show alot of bees together scouting

@viscache1 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a difference between the horizontal hives that have hinged tops and those that don’t? I am looking towards this style to convert my apiary so that I can continue to keep up with things from a wheelchair.

@jclardy3710 3 жыл бұрын

👍 How'd the Vape Experiment, go?

@BarefootBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still here...

@newatthis50 3 жыл бұрын

@@BarefootBeekeeper so very glad !!

@stephencook2102 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve built a top bar hive and made the feeder from your video Phil where would I get black bees for my hive

@BarefootBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

I suggest Jo Widdicombe or Peter Little.

@hattiedraper1061 3 жыл бұрын

Please do let us know when the swarm moves in ....

@BarefootBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын

They may yet change their minds, and the weather is really not yet warm enough for bees to confidently swarm. I have seen a forecast that suggestx we will not see mating temperatures until mid June!

@davidianoliver 3 жыл бұрын

Did a swarm arrive in the end?