Best Swarm Capture Ever You Don't Want To Miss This

[@tvideo1189]

I've watched this a dozen times. Remarkable. :)

[@desireesalazar5817]

My baby boy loves bees and we came .across this video he loves watching it even relaxes him 😊 very informative for me as well ... Wow there is a whole new world in the life of bees!! 🐝

[@davidhaught84]

Thank you so much for watching....

[@mikeries8549]

My best swarm ...over ten pounds and I had it in a box... then it took off and hung in 4 different trees finally ending at an easy spot in a pear tree. A swarm like that draws a box of foundations and fills it with nectar and brood in a week. I added THREE drawn supers it's a heavy flow.

[@ThatMiddleChild]

Not even a beekeeper, just like bees, but I think the reason I've watched 10+ of his videos over the last 2 days is just because David just seems so nice and honest and genuine in his love for bee keeping. With all the crap that's put out there to watch, thanks for making some genuinely interesting and kind videos for people to enjoy! Makes my day a little brighter to watch these. Keep up the hard work

[@MrBazmurph]

ThatMiddleChild totally agree, I'm not a bee keeper or know of anything of bees .. I just really enjoy the educational side to David's videos and how he's with the bees , very one with nature very hands on ... Well done David great videos

[@marcusedwards1806]

Bee swarms

[@SaltyD3plorable]

@@MrBazmurph me too!!!!😁🤗🐝🐝🐝

[@lesliepurchase4221]

Oh yeah .. I must agree. I can feel David’s passion and dedication. Always enjoy his videos.

[@JelMain]

That swarm near the hives is waiting for news from scouts out house-hunting

[@JeffHorchoff]

Nothing like catching a swarm when they do all the work. Great explanation of multiple queens in swarms, and super job of catching them.Keep 'em rolling Dave. God's peace brother.

[@honeybeesinjapan]

No veil and a black short sleeve shirt. You are the man. Congratulations

[@Sam-qr9wu]

Another "Salt of the Earth" guy, sharing his knowledge and experience with all of us! Thanks much David!

[@sarahiscoolyey7887]

Who agrees that this video is cool

[@wolfblade3335]

Imaweirdo yey I

[@floridalottery3134]

it's cool

[@toadamine]

Had my virgin beekeeping experience yesterday when I caught a swarm! Super excited, though I did get stung on the top of the head about ten times when part of the swarm dropped onto my head! I had no gear or veil or gloves or anything... Borrowed an old Nuc box from a neighbor, Some dead bees outside the box this morning but a lot still inside and seemingly happy... I got a new box and a feeder today, I guess now I'm a beekeeper! 😁👍

[@carmelrose6327]

David you are The True Business 😍

[@Sabrina-rn9dn]

Don't know if it will work for you but my great grandmother would use her wooden spoon and beat on a big pot to get them to come back down. She told me this several times and I wouldn't believe it but I then was actually fortunate enough to witness it. I honestly couldn't believe my eyes. If anything I believe it was just the vibrations and sound it put off and it disoriented them and the majority of them would come back down.

[@philipkraft9946]

This video should receive the National Geographic award of the year!!

[@thirstytwomoons5]

New to bees- love your videos. You are so calm. Live in cold Wyoming so am thrilled to see your great WARM weather. Keep posting!

[@noodles169]

The relationship you have with your bees, and the way you interact with them, explaining exactly what's going on for us, is just about the most fascinating thing on KZbin. Absolutely wonderful stuff 😎👍

[@planetvideocesena3054]

One can tell that you really love and care for these bees, great to watch! I didn't know they could be so gentle and not sting you at all. I'm a little afraid of them to be honest, but watching you handle them and explain their behaviour is really interesting. Thanks! (From Italy). Elena

[@kittyvalentin3748]

I don’t even understand how you do this!! This is truly amazing to me. If I see one bee or wasp I turn into an idiot and start running lol

[@stanholloway8774]

Good job Dave...I hope that pretty soon you can quit night shift and keep the bees full time. Good luck to you kids and may God bless. You work too damned hard Son...

[@brightbluesky1548]

I cant handle one bee flying around, I run. 🙏I applaud you, brave soul. 🙏

[@simoneparolin2620]

Fantastic video. I’m learning so much. We are just novices and am glad I came across you videos. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information

[@niallwildwoode7373]

Ok, you've convinced me to return to beekeeping after being out of it for 10 years. What an inspiring video!

[@SickerTrumpet]

Something about watching your videos Just to learn about bees, you have such respect for bees and their importance, love watching your videos!

[@MsrKSDisque]

What I appreciate the most about your videos large format. An experienced beekeeper making videos about situations new beeks may experience. You have helped me so much! Thanks

[@abimaelpatino7892]

Hi. I recomend if you don't want to lose bees .,I put mirrors. Direct to mi favorite branches .and always have the best results.bees go for the brite light so mirrors are mi best tool. . I used a bucket. And a frame whit a used honey come . The best .one time a got 5 queens on 1 big swarm.love your videos. Good luck beekeepers😊✌🙏🙏

[@davidhaught84]

Thanks so much I appreciate the tip... I'll try that.

[@senormofeta6726]

EXCELLENT! Thank you so much.

[@1son8043]

I had really small swarm last year it was only about a farme and a half going into winter I didn't expect it to survive over winter here in Scotland but much to my surprise it survived winter, I put them into a brood box feed them twice over winter now they are coming along nicely.

[@dalesplitstone6276]

Things don't always go this smooth. Once I was holding the ladder for my dad as he was cutting the branch a swarm was on so he could get it down out of the tree. He dropped the swarm on me, covering me from head to toe with bees. He said his first thought was, "Oh shit, he's dropping the ladder." Instead, I remained as still as I could as the bees stung me, while my father descended the ladder. When I got back to the house, my mother and sisters removed 23 stingers from me. After that, I drove to work.

[@MrBazmurph]

I love how David is a genuine person you can really see how he invest so much time and knowledge into bees, even with a full time time job ... Thanks for sharing

[@greg8089]

Cool video when I was in the 9th grand I had agriculture class. The teacher told us that if we saw a swarm to ring a bell and they would come down and land! I saw a swarm and knocked on some metal pipe it rang not a good as a bell. They came down and landed he told us they can't sting when they are swarming. I found a cardboard box and knocked them off the limb and carried them home! People were stopping in the road when they saw me with all those bee's on me!! I got a hive and sold a lot of honey till the termites get in the bottom of the hive! I also found out I'm allergenic to them. So I got out of bed keeping but I loved working with bee's great job or hobby!

[@nigelw598]

Gday Dave, Thanks for taking the time to make and post this vid. I love the way you interact with your beautiful bees. The information you kindly pass on to novices like me is priceless. I’m still in the stage of reading, watching vids and soaking up all the info like a sponge to get started. I’m meeting with my local supplier tomorrow to start to get my first lot of gear together for hive #1. Thanks mate, you are an inspiration. All the very best to you, Cheers 🍻

[@cierratrujillo1726]

I love watching these. They are so educational and interesting. Thank you for what you do! I look forward to watching more of your work :)

[@julieenslow5915]

Beautiful video, great capture, and loved seeing you rescue that fallen queen. Hope she makes it. Thanks for sharing it David!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Another awesome video! Every video I watch I learn something new. My bees did great this year, in part thanks to your videos. :)

[@oookainooo9430]

And.. I'm highly allergic to bees and most stinging insects in general can kill me fairly easily and quickly... But it's impressive and amazing to see a human have such a connection to a creature that is so integral to the balance and overall health of our planet..I love your work bro and thank you for the content.!

[@wisewomanmary2242]

That was unbelievably awesome!! Good thing you filmed it, no one would believe it...lol

[@terrynitro5330]

My go to place for excellent advice on raising bees!

[@aaronharr6553]

So awesome you make it look so easy thanks for all you do to help. Love your videos.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

dave I don't even like packages but this video is the best selling point I have ever seen. If these had been my bees I would have been stung 5 or more times.

[@Georges3DPrinters]

if on a pc, start at 10:00 mins and then hit pause with mouse to enable keyboard controls and hit right arrow, 5 sec skip, and watch the swarm in the tree. hit a few 5 second skips and will see how fast that swarm shrinks, air gets thicker, and then box is covered. AMAZING! just absolutely amazing to have seen this. thanks for this video.

[@alx252]

George Robles he dont even see it while caging the queen ;)

[@reneemoorefrost4871]

I caught an August swarm 3 weeks ago. Long story short, I put the queen in a hive that had trouble requeening themselves. The bees seemed to accept her.

[@johnfpaterson9948]

Great video David 3rd year bee keeper here. I enjoy managing the hives during the year but one of the best parts of beekeeping is swarm traps and catching your own swarms. What your video shows how docile the bees are when they swarm. I am speaking from experience you and this video is not staged, I really don’t know how you would stage it. If it is staged tell me how you control thousands of bees to stage a swarm. You would be a very very rich man. I been involved in many swarm captures surrounded by many thousands of bees like this video almost never get stung. This is the best video I’ve seen on a swarm capture showing queen and swarm relationship. If you have the queen you have the swarm. Great video Taconic Range Apiary

[@ccllvn]

No idea how I got here but that's 16 min of bee footage I wasn't expecting to watch entirely today

[@jman414999]

Love watching you chase the queen into the cage and I am trying to look around you to see what is going on with that NUC. Great video Dave. Keep us posted on how many queens are in there.

[@poep567-y5u]

I think that box thing is the best trick I've ever seen, thank you!! I'm only a 4 year beekeeper so could be incorrect but I don't think a 2 or 4 frame nuc would make it through where I live. The people up here say I need a 10 brood chamber and 2 brood boxes all full of honey. I"m definitely opening my thought process though on my hives this year from watching your channel so thank you again for making these videos. :)

[@mikethompson6713]

I’m in Northern Kentucky and thats what they say here. 2 deeps for winter.

[@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642]

Great video David I have learned so much from you and I haven’t even gotten my bees yet they will be coming this spring I hope that I can have success with this new adventure that I am about to embark upon it is nice to have people like you that wants to teach us new beekeepers thanks again and GOD Bless you.

[@kaysmith3284]

That was so incredible! I could hear you, awesome! 😊

[@thelmalopez5154]

thanks so much for the info new beekeepers really need to know this!

[@PickinPins]

Can’t stop watching his Vids! Another great one David!

[@MisterCheddar]

Just love that I discovered your channel. I only have a balcony but one day would love to have bees.

[@beasbeesrva2615]

If the balcony is big enough to hold a hive, you can keep bees. They don't need to be on the ground. If fact, many people in cities keep bees on rooftops.

[@paullevine6603]

Brilliant, a pleasure to watch. Well done mate

[@jeansroses7249]

David, you have the best ideas all the time! I never thought to put a swarm into a nuc box, although now I better buy one or two. I got two good swarms this summer, put them into regular boxes, then had to end up putting a box of bees from another hive, as their numbers weren't going up much, although it was good to reduce the other hive, as their numbers were too high!

[@phillmcaverty]

You can see the limb of the tree getting higher as bees leave. This is happening as you are putting the nuc on the ladder. Great to watch it going up and yes I missed the swarm on the box until you'd spotted it.

[@628DirtRooster]

Oh man what luck that she landed down low. Gotta love it when that happens. Makes it exciting when you can snag her like that.

[@DipityS]

That is absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@stevendavison263]

Great job David. I caught a swarm a week ago in my 5 frame nuc.

[@Jean2235177]

Fascinating! Thanks for showing this 👍🏻

[@weshawkins7165]

David, I know this is an older video but I’ve had bees for less than a year now and just went and caught my first swarm. Friend called and had one in a small cedar tree about 6 ft off the ground right out his back door.

[@carmelrose6327]

You must have a King pheromone to you too 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝😍😍😍

[@jobu88]

No matter how many bee videos I watch, I am still ASTOUNDED that people can do this with no protective gear. Not even long sleeve shirt. Great video.,

[@347raptor]

Really enjoy your videos.. very informative

[@viscache1]

Not sure if you need a ‘hairy’ mic cover or foam sound shield but your voice is very clear and easy to hear (I’m partially deaf) but it is also very penetrating. I deal with it by turning the volume way down and that’s fine but if a mic cover would soften the tone for others…maybe? They’re really cheap and cut down on the bee noise as well. Thanks for taking the time to get stung for us complainy KZbin surfers who are just getting into bees! Your effort is greatly appreciated. I am a rank newbie and am just trying to get enough information so as not to kill all my very expensive bees (which thanks to your videos and some good books I will be able to multiply without the additional cash layout!)

[@paulcompton123]

I don't fully understand what they heck just happened....but it was awesome to watch!

[@laurensmith3112]

That was an AMAZING video and so informative. I learned so much thank you!

[@GammaCatch]

Great work! I work with sugar for a living and I have seen what happens when bees smell an open sugar tanker. DO NOT TELL THEM!.

[@jerrudmikolaiczik7004]

I've caught 4 swarms this summer. The latest, was last week. I'm a part time arborist, so I have climbing gear. I haven't been stung while capturing a swarm, even while in the tree face to face with the swarm. I normally take a 5 gallon bucket with me and I try to cut off the limb and place it in the bucket and lower it to the ground on a string. It's proven to be effective, so far. The two stings I've gotten this summer where totally random, and didn't happen while working my bees. Currently have 11 hives, and the latest swarm seems to be doing just fine, still a little worried, Northern Michigan so you never know when the season will end. Hoping for a couple more months so they can build up. I probably need to get my gopro camera mounted to my climbing helmet. Might be a video that would be neat to share with fellow keepers. I always get too focused on capturing and never bother with the camera, but maybe next June I'll get a video to share with you. Great video, thanks.

[@ambernoreau584]

Wow i don't like bee's that much but thank god he made them to give us honey! Yum! 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

Most people are thinking the parent hive is in the most trouble due to a lack of queen laying prior to winter. ....takes 3 weeks to emerge from queen cell, mate and start laying....if they make it back at all. That's the biggest issue...time.

[@mbrsjart5942]

I never knew swarms merge and might have multiple queens. TIL...

[@melissabrown5781]

Another awesome learning video... THANKS DAVID

[@vicmorrison8128]

Great vid! Gonna have to stop by some time and say hello! Be well!

[@WarpedYT]

David, I know I asked this before in a previous video but how do you overwinter the 2 frame hives?, I'm in the Midwest. Thanks !

[@NeoWasami]

dude you just bare handing all this like you were handling cute kittens XD

[@wedobecollectingmanga3793]

I don’t understand why people don’t like this add

[@billstmaxx]

wonder.. when they are swarming like that do they run into themselves?

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

Lol how do you run into yourself 😂

[@BrokePhilanthropist]

And yes they do hit each other from time to time

[@tonybickley4627]

If you had not found the Queen, would she have gone into the box because of the brood? Or would you still have had to shake?

[@ahorsley1027]

Great video!

[@sweetirisfarm]

*I got stung by one of your bees today. When can I expect to see some swole biceps?*

[@sweetirisfarm]

*Alright. I'll let you know if it works.*

[@sweetirisfarm]

*I accidentally slapped her with the entrance reducer. She had her revenge.*

[@sweetirisfarm]

*Nope. I expected to be quicker and more graceful than I was.*

[@sweetirisfarm]

*Hell to the nawww!*

[@carmelrose6327]

Ha. Ha ha....Yesss.... and David should sell his King bee pheromone.

[@dougkidd1561]

That was awesome!

[@mizzprettyhuston]

That's so cool ❤

[@afortune5045]

Great video. Was not aware of what appears to be several queens leaving original hive with swarm generation. Do you always provide a fully empty frame with a honey covered, brood containing frame when setting up the new capture brood box? Thanks.

[@RonKennedy-hp8rf]

As soon as my grandson instructs me I’ll leave you a bee comment 🐝

[@timlewis9873]

Love your vids Dave.

[@Articulate-Fabrication]

Im thinking of getting into beekeeping and one of my neighbors trees get heavily swarmed maybe I could try this

[@lawrence1md]

Great video! If I tried that capture, bees would try to go into my ear or eyes. Any secrets to how you do this without getting popped?

[@mpedals]

what perfect timing,,,,awesome awesome

[@shinchiwarrior]

Bees rock

[@chipper442]

Is that a swarm of your bees, or new bees showing up?

[@WilliamGregory30533]

Have you ever considered setting up a Russian Scion? I may try that next spring. I lost at least one large swarm last spring because I couldn't reach it...it was 40 feet up in a Oak tree..

[@jessicamarshall8102]

Awesome!!🐝

[@RJones-mx2oi]

YOU are my new obssession!!!!!!!

[@PhillipHall01]

Good video David, are the two extra queens mated before they go off with the swarm? Thanks Phillip Hall

[@yokechan2765]

great teaching

[@kentlaurent6836]

Awesome. Three queen in that box?

[@fandomkiller]

love the vids man really liked the hornet trap u made in previous vid going to try it out

[@GammaCatch]

Question: do we want to pet The Queen, or would she not appreciate it?

[@isabo3556]

This video is amazing.

[@faithrunsdeep]

New subscriber :) Love your vids!

[@keithworrell2253]

Hi I live in Bahamas, is it feasible to import bees in a Nuk? How much would it cost to ship?

[@PhantomQueenOne]

With my luck I'd get stung. I've had feral honey bees that I had to have two bee guys to come and get. They were very happy to get them.They were pretty mellow bees. The two guys wore full suits, but both said they have very little problems with their bees though. We have apiary courses at the local college, and vineyard/wine making classes too. The part of Arizona I live in is good for growing wine grapes and honey bees, who'd have thunk it? When people's flowering plants bloom bees are everywhere. They have lavender and rosemary bushes by the hospital, the feral honey bees adore them. I've been nailed by wasps were I didn't see the hive (paper cutter ones I think). Little stinker stung me three times in ten seconds (ow ow ow!) Nasty damned things. I ran away from them and had to spray multiple times to kill them. Once I knocked down the nest, they finally left.