Swarm Catch Bigger Than I Thought

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2 ай бұрын

This swarm was caught on 3-28-2024. It was a little larger than I first thought. I had to change plans on how to capture them.
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@tonyandric4380 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes you ask the bees.... sometimes you have to TELL the bees! Nice sized swarm.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Yep this is true. This would have been a hard one without your (Every Thing Bee Vac). Thanks for watching Tony.

@tonyandric4380 2 ай бұрын

@@josephrawls That's one of the differences between Louisiana & my part of Texas. "Asking" bees here, given that most are africanized, is like talking to wall... a wall with 30,000 stingers that would be happy to inject you. Or even worse, like trying to get a teenager to do their choirs without a drill Seargent! I skip the 'asking' part & go straight to boot camp bee vac! Again, nice video.

@kh7794 2 ай бұрын

Bees running on a frame remind me of people entering a stadium running for the floor for a concert

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

That is a great explanation of what it looks like. lol

@donprue3291 2 ай бұрын

Great video Joey! I think one of your best! I really enjoy your channel and look forward to hearing "Hi, Its me again Joey"

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words.

@craigh3381 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Joseph for sharing...

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@russellaymond312 2 ай бұрын

It is amazing how they decide not to go in a box.If it was a double nuc they might have accepted it. Thank you for another great video, Joseph

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Yeah somehow they knew right off that house wasn't going to work for them. I didn't want to handle anything bigger. Thanks.

@reelinhuntin 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great video! Real entertaining.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@rodneymiddleton9624 2 ай бұрын

Nice job Joey!

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@gallowaylights 2 ай бұрын

00:04:03 the bees marching 😅 00:07:56 March # two😊 00:11:37 march # three

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

I almost titled this on Rewind.

@nancynolton6079 2 ай бұрын

Goodness those bees are really excited about that old comb!

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Yep they really like old comb. Thanks for watching.

@eliselind5786 2 ай бұрын

nice place to swarm . . . love the wisteria

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. the wisteria is pretty but I hate it at the same time. It wants to run all over the place.

@kivdronekim7916 2 ай бұрын

Nice work. Thanks for sharing 👍

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, thanks for watching.

@dcsblessedbees 2 ай бұрын

Morning Joey, you and swarms almost as bad as Tom.😁you all live in the land of the honey bee.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Hey DC The swarms have drove me crazy this year.

@newatthis50 2 ай бұрын

That looks like the first swarm I ever saw. Someone put bees on my uncle's alfalfa a mile away. A little while later there was a swarm in the apple tree. Down on the White River we knew a man who kept bees he said saw the branch they were on off and put them in a bushel basket and cover with a tarp he'd be by after dark and pick them up. I was just a kid and full of it so I did just that. Never once was stung. A couple years later they brought more bees back and a swarm moved in under the red granery. They lived there from 1963 till we sold the farm in 1980. No interference or help from us. In all those years we had maybe a total of 3 stings to us and a couple more to the horse. The Red Granery was in the middle of the barn yard so we were constantly passing by it.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

That is a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

@teamarovirginiahoytaaron2807 2 ай бұрын

Great video

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@phillipduncan2497 2 ай бұрын

It has been a crazy swarm season here near Kansas City. I had swarms two weeks earlier this year than in any time in the past. Hope to catch up with you in Louisville in January.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

The same thing has been happening here. We have had some swarms to build more swarm cells and splits doing the same. Also we have had trouble with them plugging the brood nest and not moving up to drawn comb in the supers.

@dorr221 2 ай бұрын

Gotta love that bee march. Never saw fanning. So Queen seems still on trellis? Good job.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

There was some fanning going on but they kept stopping. Yeah I don't think she ever made a move toward the box.Thanks for watching.

@rtxhoneybees 2 ай бұрын

Great video. You had a great camera person also. Jealous! How close was the box you put them in from the place you caught them.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I wish she would do that all the time. lol I googled the distance, it was right at 317 yards.

@MinnesotaBeekeeper 2 ай бұрын

That was darn fun to watch! It seems like more came?

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I think more were coming too.

@KajunHomestead 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@donprue3291 2 ай бұрын

i wonder if they would have stayed in the nuc if there were more drawn frames in there?

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Good question. Im not sure.

@russellkoopman3004 2 ай бұрын

Box too small or multiple queens?? Lot of bees.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Yep or both. It was a lot of bees and seem like more kept slowly coming.

@user-cp2sx8gp2z 2 ай бұрын

Box to small.

@josephrawls 2 ай бұрын

Yep.