Tips on Catching & (KEEPING) a Swarm of Honey Bees!

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@truthseekercanada 10 ай бұрын

Those ladies were fanning the moment they hit the box. Id say the queen went in 1st try.

@poplarcreekfarm19 2 жыл бұрын

The noise of busy bees makes me so very happy! Beekeeping is truly my greatest joy on my farm. You have always inspired me and continue to do so! Thank you!

@timpanda3780 2 жыл бұрын

It was wonderful to see this and for me, a non beekeeper, to realise the intense sound difference of the swarm as it dropped into its new home and then you mentioned their sound after they’d settled….was just amazing. Thank you so much.

@cosimmetry 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that found that drop amazingly satisfying. I appreciate these videos in general but man something very satisfying about seeing the catch

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

The “whoosh” sounds gets me every time 🐝🐝🐝

@wendygrant2735 2 жыл бұрын

Always happy with new bee videos. Thank you.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Tis the season!!! I have another bee video coming out on Thursday lol!!!

@davidj.mackinney6568 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you catch swarm is so much fun love when you work with your bees.

@HonchHeado 19 күн бұрын

Cutest beekeeper person

@andikerr3809 2 жыл бұрын

I always listen to my bees. When doing inspection i know when they've had enough of my intrusion lol

@That70sChannel 25 күн бұрын

I can't believe that you mentioned duct tape. I've currently got a (salvaged from the freeway) ladder duct tape to my mesquite tree on top of pallets on top of my big old flatbed farm truck trying to get what I thought was a swarm but really is now an established hive in the tree. Catch yerself some bees!" all the various KZfaq beekeepers said. . . "It'll be fun!!" They said. . . I'm learning, (the hard way) filming and uploading as I go. .

@danielhammond3218 24 күн бұрын

Correction… Duck tape😀

@pirateprospecting707 2 жыл бұрын

Great job girls!!✅️😁👍

@cesarcua5823 2 жыл бұрын

Lucky are bees having this lady as mom, very gentle. Very right, WHEN YOU ARE BEE KEEPER BE FLEXIBLE.

@davidmartin6312 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful video ... thanks for the tips as well

@thehturt5480 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Bz Bz🐝. A good and easy catch! An almost beekeeper's dream. 🍀

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

I agree… we definitely appreciate them for landing right here!

@CastleHives 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened, 2 in the same tree about a week apart. That looked like a decent sized swarm. You are spot on in that just listening will tell you so much. Good tips on keeping swarms in a box. I did kill a Queen, had Mated Queens ordered so just replaced her and all is well.

@raydijk7709 9 ай бұрын

Your mother is beautiful, you look so much like her. My heart becomes warm to see what a good job she did raising you and how your wisdom led you to follow her example. 2 smart and beautiful women.

@marktracy 2 жыл бұрын

Well, i caught some empty new queen cups on an inspection 2, 3 weeks ago. Put a super on and some blank frames. Swarmed anyway into my neighbors yard while we were out of town. By the time we got home 30 to 40 minutes later they were gone. Good on you for catching yours... You inspire me to be a better beekeeper.

@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642 2 жыл бұрын

You two make a great team keep up the good work ladies. Hope they do well for you all.

@jamierabena2914 2 жыл бұрын

Great job but don't forget about a water source old carpet laid out like a beach on irrigation areas during spring pollinization will have more bees drinking water then pollinizing blooms oh and till dandelions during bloom they will take over and attract more then bloom good luck and this is great I love humans like y'all

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

These sweet gals are blessed with a few natural water sources!

@DavidWilliams-wr4wb 8 ай бұрын

I was tending my bees this summer and I looked over my shoulder and saw a swarm of bees land on one of my empty hives and I walked over and was just going to put them in the trap hive I had right where they landed and when I walked up to them and they took off like I was Freddy Krueger and poof !! They were gone and never came back 😝

@homesteadingpastor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for sharing this very informative video with your advice from your experiences. I will be listening for the sound of their buzzing the next time we try to catch a swarm. 👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🐝🐝☀️🐝☀️🐝☀️

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Sending all the swarm vibes your way 🐝🐝🐝

@homesteadingpastor 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead Thank You! 👍🏻😊🐝☀️🐝☀️

@emile1365 2 жыл бұрын

I think I managed to get lucky, one hive didn't survive over winter, so in the process of cleaning it out I had a swarm form and take over the abandoned hive I was cleaning. I had a lucky break there, especially as right above it, I had a nuc with a few frames inside it getting ready to move into a brand-new hive! So, bar the honey jars, I think I'm mostly all set this year.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I had that happen as well.. we were out in the bee yard and all of a sudden… a huge swarm moved in from the woods! It was crazy!!!!!

@emile1365 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead Caught me unawares as well, I just thought surely, there are too, too many bees for this nuc!?? I might still move them yet, though, I haven't properly water proofed the hive they're in. So it's slowly disintegrating, fingers crossed that nothing happens...

@jamestownsendjrtbees3226 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good size swarm. I thought I was on top of everything in my apiary yet 3 swarms so far. I was able to hive all 3 but each was a different situation. I really want to keep them from swarming but it's so much fun catching them. I add a frame of brood from another colony and that seems to anchor them. Good luck with your bees!

@LSUTigerMom 3 ай бұрын

I like to put a white sheet on the grass, under the box. It’s easy to see any that land in the grass. You also can watch them march into the box❤

@SageandStoneHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

OMG hahaha this exact thing happened to me! 2 different swarms in the same spot within a week. Beautiful girls! ❤🐝

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

It’s all the scent 🐝👑

@alanbiesemeier6930 2 жыл бұрын

Lovin it,,, they are leaving Pheromones behind to make it easy for you and mom. Right back to where they belong...

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Lol very true!!!

@abdelouahabzabout2156 Ай бұрын

Too good !

@lundmw 2 жыл бұрын

wait until this weekend when it's going to be in the 90's!!

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh…. My favorite thing is my cooling vest this time of year!

@lundmw 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead Do you find that they swarm more frequently with heavy rains followed by heat? Even after you've made splits?

@relaaax7412 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, i had one the other day. The swarm was sitting in a tree in our garden. The trick with the listening to the bees after you caught them to know if there is the queen inside the box is a good idea! Thank you for sharing your wisdom! I have found that waiting for a couple minutes and watching how they fly is good too. They will start to move towards the box and if there are a few bees at the tree left they will start to fly to the box as well. It's a beautiful magical feeling and thing to catch a swarm.

@randyclinganfarms4806 2 жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS PUT IN A FRAME OF BROOD IT REALLY HELPS YOU ARE RIGHT HOPE YOU AND YOUR MOM HAS GOOD LUCK.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Best trick for sure!!! They are some happy girls for sure!

@lambbrookfarm4528 2 жыл бұрын

Mug up at the Honeystead. Good morning, everyone from central N.H. Apple blossoms in full bloom now with 40s- 90s for the next few days, crazy. The dynamic dual, nice oomphy looking bee suits. Only my 2nd season beekeeping and it is so amazing. Thanks for sharing

@MorePranaGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing so much information. I'm looking to get into bees (and I'm not very good at keeping it secret, hehe) soon. You share so much about their behaviors and social cues; you help me feel more confident in understanding the babies.

@onarbeekeeping 2 жыл бұрын

What a pleasure to watch your videos! Great edit and beautiful images. Well done, keep going!

@L2FlyMN 2 жыл бұрын

Pleasant as always, to learn something new but “old”. 😁😁 Blessings to your families!!

@edp3421 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are Awesome, thank you for the info

@WelchFamilyHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoying your channel. We’ve added several hives at the homestead. Keep up the inspiration.

@Cdfarms 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ladies, big help!!

@michaelyoho4848 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great advice.

@truthseekercanada 10 ай бұрын

Wow, thats a big swarm. You must have some very happy, sucsessful bees :)

@ramonajolley1966 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!! Good luck!!

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

💛💛💛

@loveofchrist5808 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the new swarm catch but I have a interesting question and I hope you can kind of give me guidance on this one. Let’s say you have 6 acres of land out in the country and you’re starting up a bee sanctuary I forgot what they call that Avery something like that but to make a long story short let’s say you hear a guy in your 6 acres and he says my bees just swarmed on one of your trees but you caught it so what do you do then tell him that you caught a swarm or do you tell them losers weepers or what are you doing a situation like that do you let him take them or do you keep them because I think it’s open free game right? God bless you young lady once again congratulations for you and your mom and your family and friends stay safe✝️✝️✝️

@DrChaad 2 жыл бұрын

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

For me… if I were the beekeeper, I’d speak with the neighbor and come up with a plan. I lean more on the line to want a good relationship with my neighbors!

@linhduong7732 2 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing

@user-kk2zt5gl3p 2 жыл бұрын

Uzbekistan 👍🇺🇿💋

@paulajones6366 2 жыл бұрын

That’s called low hanging fruit! Perfect.

@creativeminds3220 2 ай бұрын

Blessed are those who learn from the experienced ones send by our one and Only Lord Jezus..... God Bless you Ladies as you make a huge difference in tge world...... ❤Jezusa

@ianconder1626 2 жыл бұрын

Don't be afraid get hand dirty and old

@andrewklahold2880 2 жыл бұрын

Oh your not alone on the swarming weather here also played a big part in mine swarming went from 13 hives out of winter now i have 30 even think a couple swarms from some one elses came in to my apiary

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t you just love it!!! Swarms are and will forever be my favorite thing about beekeeping 💛

@andrewklahold2880 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead yes swarms are awesome 4 yrs ago i started with 3 hives lost them in winter then i gotten 10. Lost all them in winter then i did some home work thought about things, and thought about never thinking negative mites i took a self crash course in mites, so come aug and sept two yrs ago i gotten a mite text cup i then tested one hive in this one hive i had over 40 mites per 300 bees i then treated them well with ox vapor just in the first treatment you should have seen all the dead mites on the bottom board i gave them then three rounds of treatment. For summer yr round i run slatted bottom racks i came a crossed them from an Amish were i by hive bodies in paradise pa lancaster, so the slatted rack help keep hive beatles out and wax moths but the only by 95 percent moths cant get in at all i do not reduce entrance for winter i did last yr and i found water and honey running out jan fed and march and there was mold i turned my intercover slots down and front. Reducers made a problem in winter this past winter i did not use any reducers not one hive had mold or watered down honey running out of it it all payed off cause now i have 30 hives

@walimuhamad9358 2 жыл бұрын

Asalamoelekum happy with ur informative video. thanks queen❤

@BRecuyer 2 жыл бұрын

Kiss from Portugal with love

@user-yj5ib7pn1y 2 жыл бұрын

My mom and the Beautiful

@dcsblessedbees 2 жыл бұрын

Was it your longhive again? That's what they call being farmer, don't matter if its 🐔's to 🐄's or even honey 🐝's. 🤠Great pic of the bees on the rim that will make a nice desktop. I'll hear them do that when I go to put my frames back in and put the hive back together. I figured it was because I put a frame with the queen back in? Had my 1st hive for 2months now and still not seen her. I see eggs so she is in there, but ya I'll put a random frame in and that low tone roar will start unify and then over a few lessen in volume.🤠Got to watch my 1st full on waggle dance yesterday. 🤠 Ty for sharing your family time, Blessed Days...

@user-yj5ib7pn1y 2 жыл бұрын

You made logo honey bee the Beautiful.

@KingpinRable 2 жыл бұрын

Yep I’ve been super busy past two months, I kinda slacked off a bit myself. Needless to say, I’ve caught 4 swarm in 5 days last week. But girls look happy.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

I like to think of it like a fun game the bees and I play with each other lol

@SageandStoneHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

We have used that re-orienting technique a couple times with success!

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

I do feel like it really does help!!

@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn 9 ай бұрын

Catching swarms is such an adrenaline rush!

@won2winit 2 жыл бұрын

Only thing I would do differently is to have another box on top of the bottom box that had a few frames so more go in and less likely to have them spill over the side

@Vogda 2 жыл бұрын

Giving an open brood to a swarm actually is an old trick (I learned from my father), but NOT to make a new queen, but to prevent the swarm to get away from the new hive (it may happen). The bees will NEVER leave behind an open brood.

@user-yq9ww8zw9m Жыл бұрын

انا معجب بك كثيرا Love you 😘

@allanmorgan5660 2 жыл бұрын

Hi swarming in nature is .not the same as people who keep hives .a better way is preventing your hives from swarming in the first place .(Stepplar )harvesting the excellents ,reducing the bee numbers before they think about swarming ,adding to weak colonies .or increasing your hive numbers. Food for thought With a swarm after its caught and settled add some sealed frames of brood .This will engourage fast colony build up also forming the cluster more quickly enabling a more harmony to the colony ..reducing stress.. Most swarms have old or older bees . You need bees of all ages for a colony to expand efficiently .

@dawnolivo9645 10 күн бұрын

Would you recommend I begin this journey with an active colony that is inside a void area on my front patio?

@brandibizzle3676 2 ай бұрын

Now, what do you do if you have an empty hive bc you pick up bees next week and a swarm just moves right in? This will be our first time having bees and was not expecting a swarm to move in. Lol

@ChhetLife 2 жыл бұрын

😯

@scarletb7723 Жыл бұрын

Do you feed them if you dont have any feed frames available

@growingfoodwithamanda229 17 күн бұрын

Well thank you for this video. I just caught my first swarm yesterday by watching this video. I do have a question for you…some of the bees are flying around where I caught them yesterday. I caught it and placed in a hive, let them settled until dark, stuck grass in opening then moved it to the “bee yard.” This afternoon there are some bees flying around where they had been left to settle. Is that ok?

@HeatherNaturaly 2 жыл бұрын

Also.. Their bums were up and they were fanning pheromones to tell the swarm "Hey, we're staying here!!"

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

That is my absolute favorite thing to see!!! Love their little 🍑🐝

@HeatherNaturaly 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead Yep..But all ours died :'(

@garyclaassen4098 Жыл бұрын

Are you preventing your bees from leaving, are you catching a neighboring swarm or are they wild bees just moving to a new place? Can you tell where a swarm originated?

@shrlyryl 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I get a bee suit like yours?

@dannycowick9315 10 ай бұрын

What kind of suits are you guys wearing

@stonkpuppets6393 4 ай бұрын

What time of day do they typically swarm?

@scottpatterson3461 3 ай бұрын

Where are you guys located? I would love to shadow you to become more comfortable. I’m brand new to beekeeping and am extremely nervous!

@lisacompton4453 7 ай бұрын

Why did you shake them rather than let them march down off the branch? They were hanging down far enough to march weren't they?

@WhoisMichelleCollie 2 жыл бұрын

come to az we have 91% killer bees here, had a swarm land in my backyard tree. be guy came and got them but you can't have them as honey makers unless you have lots of land.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know many keepers down south that have to keep a close eye their colonies!

@WhoisMichelleCollie 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead killer bees love az because of the heat like africa where they came from.

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

That would crush me if we had spicy bees like that

@massa_CAT 2 жыл бұрын

Уже роятся.... В холодной России нам ещё пару недель до этой радости.

@antonytorresmendoza3520 2 жыл бұрын

😘👍

@user-ci9wn1ls5z 2 жыл бұрын

Хароший рой сняли професийно маладцы ❤❤❤

@davidsoloninka7742 2 жыл бұрын

Where did u purchase ur “bee suits”? Thx DS

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

This one came from Massive Bee Store

@stashagarcia8657 2 жыл бұрын

We caught a swarm a couple of days ago and when I went to transfer them from the nuc to a hive box, the queen was dead 😭😭😭

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

That’s not abnormal… I see multiple queens in a swarm and once they get a home… they typically kill the other queens and one will survive:)

@stashagarcia8657 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead There's still bees hanging around inside the hive, I'm going to put in a frame of uncapped brood and maybe see if they'll make a new queen. I didn't see any more queens in the swarm I caught. It was my first swarm that I've ever caught and I was so bummed when I seen the queen dead 😭

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Day old egg would be best!

@TheHoneystead 2 жыл бұрын

Give it time… bees will surprise you! Also are they bringing in pollen? That’s a good sign you have a queen in there

@stashagarcia8657 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHoneystead Thank you for your tips!! You're such a blessing! Do you have any tips on how to keep them from cross-combing?