Cutting Bees Out Of a Tree - Forced Abscond

Forced abscond from a standing tree. Two experienced bee keepers came out to the farm to help me remove an active bee hive from a tree trunk.
They used a homemade bee vacuum to rehome the bees
Please subscribe to our channel here: / rockhillfarmandhomes
Follow on Facebook at
/ rock-hill-farm-1020506...
visit our website at www.rockhillfarmandhomes.com
You can now support the channel by buying us a coffee at the following link:
www.buymeacoffee.com/rockhill...
outdoorgans, #outdoorgans
If you are interested in the camera equipment that we use in our videos here are the direct affiliate links.
Cameras: amzn.to/36oeTEr
On camera mic: amzn.to/38soixz
USB Mic: amzn.to/2JXkKcs
Tripod: amzn.to/3eN0XHR
You can also visit our website at www.rockhillfarmandhomes.com
At Rock Hill Farm and Homes we upload new videos at least 3 times per week, about our 20 Acre hobby farm, our John Deere 2038R compact tractor and other equipment, and the businesses that we run.
These businesses include a manufacturing operation, a Christmas tree farm, real estate investing, a lawn care business, and an online retail store. I demonstrate how I am able to use these ventures to earn a good living without a traditional job.
We have some cool toys and always think outside the box on our little homestead so come along for the ride.
You can expect new videos from us every other day, usually around 8 AM.
Thanks for watching and please subscribe!
/ rockhillfarmandhomes
Brock
We participate in the amazon affilitate program and other similar programs which may or may not compensate the channel when you click our links. This compensation is how we are able to continue producing this content

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks for watching and check out our other John Deere 2038R compact tractor videos at kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWrGlHaofremnbs And subscribe to our channel at kzbin.info Buy me a coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/rockhillfarm Thanks for watching

[@jimmyfavereau]

HECK yes brothers and sister. : ) What a blessing to see you all protecting the creation as much as possible.. God Bless you all, you planting good seeds Amen!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. It was a fun day and we did our best to try to help the bees get rehomed

[@sidelinerbeekeeper]

I'm a beekeeper with 300 colonies, was a great educational video. I now know I'll never do an eight hour cutout for another colony.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Yeah, the location of the hive is why I could not get anyone else to do it. I learned a lot about bees and I am I’m getting in the hobby now I tried to pay these guys for the work they did and they would not take the money Thanks for watching

[@gregzais9248]

This was a highly interesting / educational post. Your and the beekeeper's efforts were a testament to sensitivity to " nature" while still getting the job done. Pollenators are key to our food chain. Good job guys to removing the tree and the hive. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks for watching. And the bees are now set up on a neighboring property. Glad we could save them and I’m going to put another hive on my property about 200 yards away

[@FastEddy396]

Those were real good folks you had out there. Glad to see that.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Yeah, they were great

[@kirkbrinkley6990]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing, Brock!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks, I really enjoyed learning about the bees

[@woodruffwoods]

This was one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched. Bravo!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks It was fun to make

[@darrindunn8707]

Great effort by all involved. Very interesting video. Good job Brock.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks

[@khtractors]

This was incredible to watch! That was a ton of bees!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Yes sir, I really enjoyed helping them with it

[@toddrabideau5576]

Okay, I’ll subscribe now! Been watching some of your videos, but this was awesome bud! My grandfather was a beekeeper, so much respect for these fellas that helped you and the care taken👍

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks a lot. It really was fun learning a little bit about the bees

[@rodshepard3967]

What a very informative video. Thanks for recording the process, Brock. Two thumbs up!! 👍 👍

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching

[@peterkober6758]

Brock this is one of the most interesting videos we've seen great job God Bless All PaK

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Wow - that was a lot of bees! Cool video.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Hello from Piqua Ohio. Great video keep up the great work.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. I really appreciate it

[@rodneyscrivner2504]

Very Cool Video Brock

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. This one was a lot of fun

[@cliff5240]

Awesome video!! As someone who grows a garden I appreciate the bees. We just don't understand how important bees are to us. All my neighbors spray their lawn in the spring and fall to get rid of the dandelions but I told my wife no way they are too important to attracting bees!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Agreed. I’m taking up beekeeping now that I’ve had this experience. I thought it was really cool. Thanks for watching

[@rickvaughan8993]

Wow just wow! Great interesting video!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. I really enjoyed learning about the bees

[@chrisgerwitz8852]

This video was awesome

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. Helping them do the job was awesome

[@mkc0005]

Awesome video! Glad you were able to find someone to help you out with this and good luck with your own hive.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

I’m definitely glad because I would not have been able to get all that myself. Thanks for watching

[@davidcharles3131]

The way bees are dying off or being killed, you’ve done a good job trying to save hive. I actually thought it was against the law to cut a bee tree, but maybe not if you capture and remove. If you didn’t find the queen, will they swarm and relocate on their own? Then they could requeen captured bees. Thanks for sharing.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

I didn’t look into the laws but I think if you are doing it to save the bees it should be fine? I don’t think they did find the queen because they swarmed last night and left

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

It is illegal to cut bee trees only if that is your soul intention. Seeking them out to rob or destroy them. If the tree is residential and poses a health hazard then it can be removed. I dung a swarm out the studwall of a house. Could not capture the bees. Had to kill the hive. Removed over 100 pounds of honeycomb.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks for the info

[@andrewanderson1436]

Awesome

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks. I thought it was pretty cool

[@sekprepper6937]

This was a very fascinating post. I keep bees, but have never capture a swarm. Pretty cool, Brock. Once again, great content. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks for watching. I’m gonna start beekeeping so I might have some questions for you

[@marvindiamonjr.9631]

Awesome video! I've never seen anything like that. Thanks for taking the time to document it!

[@RockhillfarmYT]

I really enjoyed being part of that. Thanks for watching

[@patrickcorbett8361]

Great video !!! pc

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Thanks

[@ww3ok]

Very interesting video. Did you find the queen?

[@RockhillfarmYT]

We did not find it, although it’s not so much larger than the regular bees and could’ve been sucked up in the vacuum without realizing it. I need to follow up and see if they found it in the hive box

[@rodbagley1686]

I can't believe he didn't get stung on the first cut. I was cutting a tree next to one full a bees and had to run for my life. Think the sound or vibration pissed them off.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

I have another tree that still has an active hive in it not far from this one It’s kind of weird how they behave. They mostly leave you alone If you get too close one or two of them will come out to you and follow you however far away you want to go. They buzz all over you but a lot of times don’t sting you The entire time we were cutting up the tree and actually in there taking them out They didn’t bother with us as much even if we didn’t have the gear. I think the saw is so loud it disorients them and they just focus on the hive When we would take a break and go 50 feet away then they would be all over us I only got stung once that day but the next day I got stung five or six times while we were trying to excavate to the building

[@stevefarms7494]

Did they find the Queen ? I was waiting to see if they did ..

[@RockhillfarmYT]

They never found it but they spent so much time looking for it they were assuming she probably got sucked up with the rest The next day the bees swarmed and left So I’m pretty sure she was still there somewhere

[@johncoleman8793]

That was incredible. What happened to the queen?

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Despite our best efforts we never found the queen. That was two days ago. Yesterday the bees swarmed on a branch and then left so I’m pretty sure the queen was in that swarm

[@johncoleman8793]

@@RockhillfarmYT Amazing.

[@basspig]

2:52, the bees aren't attacking your arm? How is this possible? And that's shocking how the bees found a way into that tree., was that rotted to begin with or did the bees hollow that out?

[@joeranger4970]

And put the 500i to good use

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Yeah Love that saw

[@donaldtull6522]

did you get queen ?

[@RockhillfarmYT]

We did not find her. The next day they swarmed and took off