Catch Swarms Like A Pro

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I would like to wish everyone a wonderful fourth of July. Enjoy your freedoms where you can and God bless us all.
The 2019 swarm catching competition isn't over yet but things are at a near stand still at the moment for swarming activity. At the beginning of the season I racked up on swarms taking an early lead. Mr. Ed, AKA Jeff Horchoff, rallied and trapped a bunch mid summer. I think he has one or two actual catches of hanging swarms and the rest are swarm trap catches. I have five swarm trap catches and the rest of mine are from swarm calls similar to what you see in the video. Either way we've been counting them and he is now in the lead. One day when he gets bored with trapping I'm going to teach him how to catch swarms like a pro.
I wish I had more time and I would set out swarm traps by the dozens. I just don't have time to monitor them and that is the main reason I don't trap much. For most people who want "free bees" traps are a great option and fun. They aren't a guarantee though. It's just like fishing. You may go out on the water at the right time with the right bait and all the latest gear but come home with not a single fish. The only sure bet is to buy bees. Even if you buy bees I recommend you at least try trapping if for nothing more than the experience.
Swarm catching is the real fun though. They'll teach you a thing or two when you start catching them no matter how good you think you are. It is a good way to learn the nature of swarming bees as well. On all the beekeeping channels you see these catches that look so quick and easy. Truth be told, a lot of them take and hour or two to work the bees and have them settle on your equipment. It is definitely a fun endeavor though.
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[@dcm727]

Thank you for not having ads every few minutes

[@NanaVicki1]

After all the videos I've watched as old as this one is, I heard the queen. Thank you Randy!

[@628DirtRooster]

It never gets old.

[@JPthebeeman]

Dirt, great video, but can’t believe you left out the best part where you fell off the ladder & Horchoff caught you while wearing his cute little blue rubber gloves! Was hoping to see that too! 😉🤘🐝

[@JEREMY99218]

Traffic engineers call that new type of intersection a "Diverging Diamond"

[@larry81alexander]

"Is a way, of, life." Makes me smile everytime, not even a bee keeper, yet...

[@real_wakawaka]

lol when you talk about the queen being mated or unmated at 14:09 you can see the queen marked white :) nice catch

[@dalesworld1308]

I had a big swarm hanging from the eave of my house. A bee keeper came and used a long feather and brushed them into a cardboard box. A big ball of them dropped to the ground like an apple falling from a tree. So neat to watch them.

[@michaelkrupa5910]

Bring your missus to the UK. She can drive on the wrong side of the road as much as she likes 😂

[@628DirtRooster]

😂

[@mehmetcengiz2139]

Michael Krupasdffyk

[@wannalatte8501]

“I got church In the morning I ain’t got time to play “you sound like me Lol God bless you ,Jesus loves you and may he bless you tiny friends 🐝

[@danskisbees7348]

Thanks Randy, I really enjoy your videos, I love how you and Jeff tease each other. I think the winner of the swarm competition should get a 628DirtRooster hat, lol.

[@628DirtRooster]

We both have those already. haha

[@danskisbees7348]

@@628DirtRooster Hahahaha!

[@ptjzmemory]

I truly do enjoy watching you work with the bees. Some of those girls gave you a free eyebrow plumping beauty treatment! They must love you. Keep up the fun! Have a great weekend, you and your wife.

[@DMB088]

When you knocked that second clump off, I actually backed away from my phone. Thought I was going to get stung

[@traviskroll417]

Holy cow bud I never new a queen made that noise that kool I learn something new every day

[@kritterkatcher1486]

Catch'em like a Pro. Nice title. I never laughed so hard as when you said you took a 50 pound box up and down the ladder. Definitely a pro bee cushion. Great video. Thanks so much.

[@maniacbeekeeper8795]

love the friendly computation you guys have. you guys are great to watch..

[@628DirtRooster]

We enjoy trash talking each other.

[@jimmymurphy6106]

Love hearing about yours and mr Ed’s swarm com p...... hope 2022 is a battle royal between the two of you.

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm hoping and praying for a good year.

[@JeffHorchoff]

That second swarm was so large, your standards, I'm surprised you didn't add another deep to it immediately, after all, they did almost fill that brood frame......at least one side of it. After thinking about it, you probably didn't add that second deep super because all you probably had was more of those nice moldy frames. I will give this to you though, you raise some might hardy bees, if they can survive in your bee yard, they can survive anywhere. I almost hit 41 swarms today, lucky for you they took off an hour before I showed up. God's peace brother.

[@danskisbees7348]

LOL!!! Thanks guys, I needed that.

[@joerowland607]

Mr.Ed see how do you keep claiming all those swarms and you get there and the DirtRooster already has them in the box. I saw it on the video he scraped them in the box. Just about the time I heard Mr. Ed whisperin "mama the DirtRooster done got to em first. That DirtRooster!" LOL

[@stacyedelprete5477]

Brutal 😂

[@tommyjones6232]

Lol I love this rivalry yall keep up

[@joerowland607]

@@tommyjones6232 we all love it DirtRooster and Mr Ed too. It is all in fun.

[@egparis18]

Hey DirtRooster. Hope your 4th of July was a grand one. Thank you for a grand video. Another grand video. Greetings from Paris to you and yours and see you soon.

[@cathymiller8898]

Glad to see you putting out a video. Miss these videos like crazy

[@628DirtRooster]

Trying to keep them coming.

[@hadawson72268]

Thank you for these videos from Long Island, NY... be careful! And thank you for saving these bees and the humans too !

[@erikmilburn51]

I remember years ago i used to go back at night and they would be bunched up when it was cooler....good work 628!

[@griffinmclonger8076]

Listening to Christian radio stations with the Miss. That Wasssup and Church in the morning. Stay Blessed man. You have good content also.

[@ionaphillips8500]

HAPPY 4TH! THANKS FOR THE SHOW MISS SEEING YOU AND YOUR DAD AND BRO, TAKE CARE

[@628DirtRooster]

Hope ya'll had a great day.

[@jackdecker4613]

i usually watch you shows on TV, I just figured out how to like, on the TV. LOL Great stuff. Keep up the great work.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Jack. :)

[@mariaweston5477]

Would like to know. Frustrating not to say Like on tv.

[@surfinmuso37]

10:20 No, no ..u are driving on the correct side. Much love from Australia.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hey Rooster glad to see another video brother.

[@xenaswolf]

My fave part of all these videos is "the march"...it never gets old watching that!

[@628DirtRooster]

I agree.

[@sabrinafelber]

fun one! thanks as always!

[@anne-christinemarcou4481]

WELL DONE!! ALWAYS GREAT JOB YOU DO!!!!👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

[@628DirtRooster]

Thank you so much 😀

[@DennisGailey]

I like watching your videos. My mother and brother live in and around D'Iberville. Keep up the good work!

[@628DirtRooster]

Sure will man

[@WillaHerrera]

I wish I could hang out with you guys all the time. Watching you guys eat that Mexican food with Mr. Ed made me sooooooo hungry lol

[@akivazohar2502]

Another good one Best of luck with the coming storm

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Akiva. Looking good so far.

[@beehappydaysweets7626]

You are one of a kind. Love ya amazing

[@aaronchristman6627]

I hate those intersections I feel like some Yahoo said “Hey let’s try to make this looks like some other country” (which doesn’t make sense when everybody else drives on the right side in our country :-) 38 swarms ... nice! I love how you’re talking about how you often never know if you have a queen in a swarm or not during that second swarm and you can see a marked queen on the upper right side of that frame you’re holding as you’re speaking about it... (paint on the back :-)

[@edgufler1122]

Enjoyed the video very much.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks so much Ed.

[@helenjanelowden8572]

Thank you got my bees today it was one of your videos that made me do it cheers 🤣🤣🐝🐝🐝

[@628DirtRooster]

I hope you enjoy them.

[@randlerichardson5826]

I heard it. GOD BLESS

[@breau8]

My hubby said the other night I believe Randy us a Christian and I said me too tonight on this video you said you have nan hive out tree so he can go to bed because you need go home because you have church in morning. Randy you need to know your life shows you are a Christian that how we both new great job and great bee removal!! 😁😁 bless you and you beautiful wife

[@lesliejohnson7247]

Lol your wife, Elizabeth, saved me the other day. I drove “on the wrong side of the road.” First time I ever saw it. Because of her comment, I immediately knew what I was driving on. Lol. It was freaky. But fortunately, because she talked about it, I knew *exactly* what I was doing! Man, the engineer that thought that up must be pretty smart! (I wonder how long it them to convince the powers that be that it’d work??)

[@donnierobertson3088]

Great job

[@stanpatterson5033]

Happy Independence Day to the good folks down yonder. I'm rootin' for ya in the competition !

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Stan. I’m working hard to make it happen.

[@RayneWindsor]

Scraping them off like that doesn’t make them even more mad? And you are doing it bare-handed. WOW! I bow before your awesomeness. Love your vids. You always make me cringe, itch, scratch & smile (not necessarily in that order). Bee safe!!

[@supermaniac9]

Mister Ed is a legend. Long live the Abbey lol

[@sebw1964]

LOL! You were so much higher than it looked initially. The camera really makes heights and elevations look way off. That’s a lot of work going up on the ladder to get them to bunch up. Awesome job buddy!

[@jean6061]

Happy Fourth of July, Rooster!

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Sandra

[@joshroberson1354]

Love ur bees shows God bless

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Josh

[@rick7884]

Great Video Dirt Rooster. When you were talking about getting stung by the bees for someone reason you triggered a memory of an old cartoon character I used to watch. He would have said something like this.. " We don't need no. I say we don't need to bee suit son! You have to out smart the bees. Use the old gray matter to avoid getting stung." If you haven't guessed. It was Foghorn Leghorn. Lol Idk why I thought of that but I started laughing. Have a great one brother. Keep up that great work

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL That was a great cartoon.

[@tinarobertsstudios]

"Who dropped the curtain on my toe bone, there Deputy Dog?" Loved it!

[@benczyrny6523]

Great Video 🎥

[@628DirtRooster]

Much appreciated Ben.

[@dopaminecircuit]

628 Dirt Rooster: brought to you in-part by Hefty, and also brought to you in-part by Gorilla Tape.

[@628DirtRooster]

Oooo I should see if they have any sponsorship programs. lol

[@Tindometari]

Two vital but unsung pieces of beekeeping equipment.

[@huunnchohancho6045]

This guy's brave as hell danm son

[@gl2250]

I'm still catching swarms in Oregon, 3 so far and two in the last week. Going to do a cut out from a log today.

[@RaySarasin]

I cought 1 swarm this year but with all my friends are scared of bees and cannot help me for this reason. After getting one I am thinking I will count on splits and leave the swarms to the younger ppl. I got my bees late this spring and split it 2 times this year. I run 10 frame deep boxes and found I can split in early 2 frames with 1 honey frame, now feed them both pollon patties and sugar water, and they will grow from that. So splits are my thing its easier then swarms my 2 cents after trying it cheers. I now sit at 3 hives for winter but look out next year end of Aplil I plan 4 more 5 frame nukes then split them in July again cheers and thanks for all your help

[@dastevoe1]

I just caught a swarm just outside my bee yard (obviously one of mine), I shook them into a 10 frame box w/foundation only, I didn't have any drawn frames left. They are sitting on a bottom board at the base of the tree they came out of and seem to have accepted the box. I'd like to move them into the bee yard, what do you recommend ? Thanks

[@davedennis6042]

If it has a queen, it's a swarm. Yes, I did hear that queen piping.

[@richardhaen]

Now u have to get the box off the roof with out dropping it very good video thanks

[@sparkyphoenix7919]

Man, you are so brave to be handling bees bare-handed. Next time around, I suggest using one of those smoke devices. That will calm down the bees, enough for you to carefully push them aside and fish out the queen.

[@ChristopherJones16]

Was that whistling sound the queen piping? That was pretty darn cool to hear.. Never knew they did that.

[@YappyBeeman]

1st on the 4th for a vid from the 3rd!!!!!! What did I win from a vid about a swarm contest? I prefer a hat. I have enough swarms.

[@joerowland607]

Well if you have to many bees You can always give them to me. I have 1 hive. I promise I wont turn them down. I already have a DirtRooster hat. 😛😛😛

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm knitting you a special shawl for those cool mornings out flying your falcon.

[@kepplec]

I remember D'Iberville after the storm.. man the smell of the rotting shrimp was unreal. I stayed right next to the pops ferry bridge.. nice area, but very economically depressed.

[@426superbee4]

Lucky You! I just got back from VC in S. Tx. Fishing OMG THE MOWING I NEED TO DO! Sure glad i spray roundup around the hives, fences and trees ect. The bees are all hanging out, there hot full of honey! Picked a bunch of big tomato''s! Peppers, Cantaloupe, not ready yet! but 1st some speckled trout, shrimp and crabs, on the grill ! So i can eat and watch you guys and gals, During breaks. Cheers Big Man 😂

[@628DirtRooster]

Got some cutting to do myself but first I've got some tires to replace on the mower. It's getting old coming out to find it sitting on flats every time I want to just get on and get to work.

[@426superbee4]

Yes brother get rid of the 2 ply tire! gets some 4 ply WORK WORK WORK he hee 😂 or fine some 6 ply if you can get your hands on em. Cheers buddy be safe

[@426superbee4]

@@628DirtRooster make a video on it ! bee cool

[@birdnest5814]

Imma rooting for de rooster!

[@julieenslow5915]

At 14:09, in the upper right corner of the brood frame, I believe I see a marked queen! It may be small, but I think its a prime swarm! Happy Fourth of July Rooster - to you and yours! Great video! 2 in 1, plus the Mrs! Thank you!

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Julie. Now you d got me wanting to get to a computer so I can look. lol

[@julieenslow5915]

@@628DirtRooster She's there! Light color dot, so I think its yellow. Could be white I guess. Either way, she was the established queen and she swarmed! Might have been this year's nuc that was not given more space and they grew really fast. I think that one will do well for you.

[@628DirtRooster]

@@julieenslow5915 I found it. I'm not sure what the white spot was but that was a drone. I had to watch a few times myself. I guess he had some trash on his back.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@628DirtRooster A drone. Dang. I am flunking out of KZbin bee school if I can't tell the difference between a queen and a drone!! LOL

[@628DirtRooster]

@@julieenslow5915 Haha!

[@mipajaro1]

I used to cut hair. Look at this video and check out four beard. Glad you have talent to bees.

[@fayekeller7411]

This is so good to see!

[@billcoley8520]

Dude you are crazy.

[@creativenative218]

I've seen beekeepers use a smoker to calm the bees. Do you or any others use smoke to capture bees, ( when they're in an outside setting?) Also what does it mean when a queen is piping?

[@jackdecker4613]

Keep dry and be safe. With that storm commin.

[@mjremy2605]

Queen Bee's sound like Chickens? I thought they sounded like Beyonce.

[@reneebrown5598]

Hey Randy how is that vsh queen you ordered in January working out for you?? I'm wondering if she is worth the money you paid for her? Have you checked your varroa counts in her colony? Was it remarkably lower than any of the others? The reason I ask is I'm thinking of getting one or 2 for my hives but don't want to come off that kind of money for nothing ( or very little help for my girls). I've had a lot of problems this year ( newbee, and I'm at fault for most all of them) but I'd hate to lose my hives from varroa. If they work as well as the apiary you got her from states I definitely want at least one. Please let me know

[@cornbreadbees5385]

I caught a swarm today out of the neighbors apple tree and it was a little bit smaller than that one lol. Smallest swarm I ever caught got it in a nuc and going to give it a frame of brood tomorrow, see what it does from there. It did have a big fat mated queen in it time will tell. Did you find multiple queens in the big swarm? Thanks for the video

[@randlerichardson5826]

Happy 4th.

[@OutdoorRob]

Are you holding you're breath when you're that close to the bees...or at least keeping your mouth closed! LOL! Great Job Randy!

[@HONEYBEEHIGHWAY]

That was more less a dying chicken sound.🤣👏

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm not good with high pitch noises.

[@ukegirlcarolchannelling4461]

How am I the first view, but not the first comment? Randy, I love your channel

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Look at the min he he

[@ukegirlcarolchannelling4461]

@@dirtyoldfarmhand3 considering who the other earlier commenters are ... I'll take it!

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

@@ukegirlcarolchannelling4461 You take it girl!

[@1loadermanjack]

The Mrs. won some of your honey from Okie. Good stuff total different flavor from our FL honey. Been watching along time. Great videos, Thanks for sharing. 👍😎

[@naturefunwjasown4267]

Subbed

[@cynthiamcwhorter6721]

I'm sure this is a stupid question but here goes. Does it hurt the bees when you drop them onto the ground? I like looking for the queen it's fun. You need a sweat band to keep the sweat from going in your eyes. There is a great one called Sweat Gut'r I carried when I owned a bicycle shop.

[@morganvoldemort675]

Have you ever considered wearing goggles to make sure you don’t get a stinger in your eye? Another question- if a beesuit had a air conditioning feature to it, would you wear it?

[@aceofdeath4life474]

who is this Mr. Ed guy? does he have a channel also you rock dude keep the content coming

[@628DirtRooster]

His channel is Jeff Horchoff

[@vanishedforgotten433]

Lol. That had to be hard carrying that up. Lol. U out smarted them hahaha!

[@628DirtRooster]

If they won't play the game you have to get creative.

[@vanishedforgotten433]

@@628DirtRooster Right lol.

[@Beretic805]

A SHERPA is an all terrain vehicle. Huge tires. Pretty badass.

[@mariaweston5477]

I heard it!!!

[@erins.5420]

I have a swarm on a tree branch in my backyard. What do I need to do? Or should I just wait for them to leave? I’m on the other side of the country but love your videos.

[@628DirtRooster]

They will likely leave within a day or two. If they don't most beekeepers will come pick up swarms like that for free or very cheap.

[@jenniferwhite6089]

the strings were you got was from Mr. Eds bees he is especially training them to sting you lol

[@jeremypatterson1319]

If you have multiple queens in a swarm, can you count one swarm for each queen?

[@lewiemcneely9143]

A swarm iz a swarm and if it's by the ounce or the ton, it's still a swarm. You sure wore it out this year, Pal! I give you a big A-PLUS anyway. Next time it might be on the other side of it all. Happy 4th Randy and Family! Saw a double rainbow a while ago. One flood was aplenty! GBWYall!

[@628DirtRooster]

I don’t think Jeff wants to compete again next year. He’s getting old and run down and can’t keep up the pace. He just wants to hang around Taco Bell all day and reminisce about the good old days when he used to do those large impressive cut outs.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@628DirtRooster Could bee. Ain't none of us getting any younger and the air is thinner off the ground. Ladders are taller and we bounce not as far. I might have to go take a nap just thinking about all this BUT my Pal the ROOSTER will carry on till he has to be carried off! Hi to Pop and Bro AND Sweet Mama chauffeur!

[@628DirtRooster]

@@lewiemcneely9143 LOL Y'all have a great weekend Lewie.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@628DirtRooster yALL TOO, bUDDY! BACON SAMMICHES GALORE! Wretched caps lock.

[@Tindometari]

Once ceptured and homed, a tiny swarm with a strong laying-queen will soon be just as strong as a big swarm with a so-so queen. It's not about how many bees are in it at capture, but how many more bees it's going to produce.

[@zippytippy]

a Sherpa is a guide through the mountains for example... :)

[@lafdew]

hell yeah

[@colleenmurphy1333]

Love your videos, found you on you tube two years ago while on bedrest for diabetic ulcers, still on bedrest🇨🇦💔would love to see a collaboration video with you & Pete, Yappy, hornet 🐝 king,JP, Mr Ed & good time Charlie🐝🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦🐝🇨🇦 love watching ya all, keep sending your videos I need entertainment🐝🇨🇦🐝

[@AwesomeFish12]

I reckon a Queen piping sounds more like a mobile phone in someones pocket set to vibrate than a "distant chicken" haha. Maybe it's somewhere in between the two.

[@nomerc3608]

They just put that same type of backwards exits on I40/I85, exit 153 in North Carolina.

[@willluttrell4094]

What you need to do is change that damn oil, Rooster... 😂

[@starriderkittykat9064]

Since I've been watching you I'd love to become a hobby bee keeper,I'm on the east coast of FL and just read a report of Bees being killed at a record high here in Volusia county from the mite... When I read it first thing I thought of was,Ask 628 Dirtrooster he will know what to do..

[@Octopusmaster]

I saw a video about the new interchange...and they are supposed to be very efficient...just embrace them...

[@VN-ux2ep]

Watch JPthe beeman or even others, they collect swarms with ease, without a mess and without any stings at all. It’s like an art ! 😌

[@stargazer_Lily71]

What is a brood (not sure if I'm spelling that correctly)? I thought those were honey bees? No?

[@willmegehee]

(Randy searching for queen...) sting! ... “they won’t sting ya....” lol!

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL Got to keep them calm.

[@Tindometari]

He's not wrong, or contradicting himself. Swarms won't go after anybody in any kind of mass colony defence, because they don't have a hive or brood to protect. The stings DR is getting probably come from accidentally squeezing individual bees as he's handling the swarm -- this is not a hazard to onlookers, only to people who stick their hands in.

[@cherylfletcher-spaulding1443]

I use to live in Ocean Springs and D'Iberville before settling down here in Oklahomo

[@628DirtRooster]

Both have grown a lot lately.

[@Steve_1999]

Have a great 4th of July!! 🎉🍹🍻🇺🇸

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks man

[@grumpynanny7402]

I can hear her ! Wow