Exploring Million Dollar Properties For Bees & Coronavirus Closes HONEY Convention

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It's been a busy start to the season. The phone has been blowing up with calls from anyone who even sees a bee. So far this year I've done three hive removals and caught five swarms. That may sound like a lot but I've probably taken fifty calls from people who either didn't have a bee problem that anyone could do anything about or they didn't want to pay anyone to take out that hive that's been in their house for seven years and is now eating through the drywall. Just today I spoke with a gentleman who has bees in a cupola thirty five feet in the air and he's looking for someone to remove them for free. He said they've been there for a lot of years and honey has been seen running down the walls several times. People are so much fun.
Scout bees have been a pain this year. I don't remember ever chasing so many infestations that turned out to be nothing more than scouts. I guess the up side is that I've had a little free time to play with my cameras. Maybe I should pursue landscape photography instead.
It really is looking like it's going to be a good year for the bees. We had a mild winter and all the colonies I have that made it through winter are really strong. The one in this video is what mine all look like right now. Feral colonies will be the same. In a couple of weeks I'll be having to schedule jobs. In the mean time I'll explore abandoned places and million dollar forever builds in search of those giant hives we all love to see.
The 2020 HONEY convention had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus or Covid 19. It will be held next in 2021 around this same time of the year.
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[@wdwerker]

That gap above the trim is how picture molding is put up. A hook let pictures hang on plaster walls without nails that could crack the old lath & plaster walls. Nowadays it’s often just a style for looks.

[@RICDirector]

Thank you! Just gave me some ideas... :)

[@bumsted420]

BINGO! we've got a winner. I love that detail, plaster or not. Still possible to buy hook/hangers but I prefer to make my own.

[@TheDavidFromTexas]

I’m allergic to bees so I do my best to stay clear of them. My dad however has a hive in his backyard he keeps as his retirement hobby. He loves watching your channel, and surprisingly as do I. Thank you for providing the great content my father loves to watch Sir.

[@zhang00hello31]

the don's interest was very good.Perhaps the bees were protecting her now.[the peptides in bee venom that enter the body can kill many vireses]

[@AKshooter100]

There were so many bees in that box they were just spilling out!

[@bradgoliphant]

You're amazing Dirt Rooster, how you work with bees with no fear and so gentle and caring. I really appreciate you

[@628DirtRooster]

I appreciate that

[@InsaneFirebat]

The bees are all over the Holly bush at my front door. I've been staring at that bush for hours over the last couple days. They're really relaxing, despite beeing so busy all the time. I appreciate the videos you've been putting out over the years. I wouldn't be anywhere near this comfortable around them before I found your content. Thank you!

[@egparis18]

Thank you for taking us with you DirtRooster. It was very interesting from start to finish. I'm sorry about the beekeepers' convention. You'll have a grand one next year. See you soon.

[@628DirtRooster]

No worries. Gives me a whole nother year to prepare.

[@thee.c.r.gtherealmoftheunk3717]

Oh that hat has a fine bend in it ! And colors are awesome!!

[@monkeyboy4746]

It has great views, of the superhighway. It was probably a great place before the highway came through.

[@jwredgirl73]

Up here in Canada all the schools in Saskatchewan and Alberta until September 2020. It’s quite the wild times we are living in.

[@birdnest5814]

Randy, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the time you spent making this video. I enjoyed reading the description, too. Excellent video! 👍😊

[@628DirtRooster]

I appreciate that!

[@badassbees3680]

Man what a Queen to run that many bees ! Like new hat ,fixing to look in your store for one.. good video as Always

[@robburdack4361]

forget the virus he has mites LOL

[@cherylcarnes4207]

That's a lot of bees Randy. Amazing how they keep building down off the frames in the box. Even building without a frame. Keeping everything straight too. Yes indeed they are marvelous creatures. Thanks for the tour and fun. Stay well and safe.

[@kevimc]

keep those vids coming everything closed, everyone quarantined, -10 this morning no beekeeping today maybe in a month, that Inn should have been sold years ago to an owner who would have looked after it, probably take a million to fix it back up, the hive you split my bees would have swarmed long ago, never seen a hive so packed, then again I would not let that happen but the rooster is a busy man, very entertaining, happy days

[@highlandhoneybee]

That varroa on your arm was wild! I've never seen or heard of one being on a human before! ~shudders~

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

You are a true Bee Man! Obviously you have honey in your veins! Proof is the mite!!!

[@Cantfi]

14" crawlspace, Mr. Ed would go through that standing up.

[@beewitch5569]

Thanks for the videos. Keep them coming, while we are all hold up. Keeps me from going stir crazy. Stay safe.

[@628DirtRooster]

You bet

[@RaySarasin]

Now that's a box of bees lol

[@petermurphy6216]

You can’t catch em all Randy , thank you for sharing part of your day with us mate.

[@JSJneo]

Great video. Enjoyed the exploration

[@thepinkflamingostrikesagai7319]

The Lofty Oaks Inn is still on the market reduced to $200,000. Last guest hurican Katrina.

[@preacherbiggin]

Stay safe brother! Keep the great content coming! God bless from the Mnts of Virginia!

[@carschmn]

That pool house is bigger than my house house.

[@arlenelamont5610]

Their porch is bigger than my house.

[@skrtskit1521]

So sad to see someone's dreams come to an end. RIP Shady Oaks B&B.

[@kzaith]

Did you happen to ask the trim guy why he left that gap between the crown and the ceiling? The only thing I can come up with is that they have rope lighting in all of their crown in every room, but that's just crazy.

[@628DirtRooster]

"Shadow trim" It's something the property owner came up with .

[@edgufler1122]

Love the Video. That one Old home and property was amazing.

[@newatthis50]

Thank You for the ride along!! Your videos are the BEST. Good info, scenery, music, family love, music. Excellent editing!! I forgot just plain FUN!!

[@628DirtRooster]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@notafuckinpplperson8233]

Looks like my pool house. Only difference is this one is a lot smaller 🤣🤣

[@williamschulz6302]

Great video thanks 👌🐝🐝🐝

[@628DirtRooster]

Our pleasure!

[@majutsu0212]

I'm from the UK and never heard of dirt diver nests. What are they? 🤔 I'm very intrigued by these blobs of what resemble mud.

[@saucywench9122]

They are wasps that make their nests out of mud. They kill spiders and pull them into the nest, lay an egg or two on it and seal it up. When the eggs hatch they eat the spider.

[@mikedufous9574]

THEY'RE CALLED *MUD (DIRT) DAUBER* WASPS, EMMA. THERE WAS AN ENGLISH ENTOMOLOGIST (CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME) THAT WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WASPS AND WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. NOT DRY, VERY INTERESTING. DAUBERS ARE VERY NON-AGGRESSIVE. I ACTUALLY PETTED ONE, ONE DAY, FOR APPROX., 4 MINUTES WHEN IT WAS BUSY ON IT'S NEST. IT WOULD TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT ME ONCE IN AWHILE BUT, OTHER THAN THAT, DIDN'T PAY ANY MORE ATTENTION TO ME THAN THE MAN IN THE MOON. GOOD LUCK.

[@sleepyseminoob2258]

@@mikedufous9574 You left your caps lock on again. Should really keep an eye on that and your I.Q. might go up.

[@DavidMontgomery1]

When you were walking around that dilapidated old inn, I kept worrying you were going to crash through something or the place was going to come down on top of you. That was a nasty old place. It look like it was probably only held together by cobwebs. The carpenter bees ate all the rest of it.

[@OutdoorRob]

Some days are full of excitement, some days are a bust! LOL! Man there's a lot of bees in that box!

[@628DirtRooster]

Whole lot of hit and miss in the past two weeks. Just got my shirt in. Thanks a bunch man. I'll be wearing it.

[@williegillie5712]

Looking forward to seeing more of your bee removal videos. I always enjoy watching. I learn a lot from all the cut outs you guys do.

[@clockworkninja884]

A million dollar property here is like a studio apartment.

[@dianelyons9692]

Hi I am from the UK and have been following you on you tube for a couple of months. I am so scared of anything that flies but watching you is helping me to cope. I cannot be the one running away and leaving my grandkids to cope (chicken) how do I get your merchandise to the UK, would love some for the grandkids if you do child sizes x

[@628DirtRooster]

Hit our web store. Our new shirts will be on there next Tuesday. 628-dirt-rooster.myshopify.com/collections/all

[@OkieRob]

Guess it's time for a mite check for the Ole DirtRooster. What kind of frames? They are energizer frames, they keep going and going and going. Nice strategic placement with the headlights on the old tractor.

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm going to have to bathe in Everclear.

[@RICDirector]

@@628DirtRooster We want video.... :)

[@OkieRob]

@@628DirtRooster Don't strike any matches

[@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365]

Nice Video Randy. Sorry about the cancellations .

[@628DirtRooster]

Yeah, I hate it for the people who went to all the trouble to put it together. Hope you're doing well buddy.

[@tiggrtwo71]

Hello from San Diego! Quickly tapped when I saw the notification. 😊 stay safe out there.

[@stufarnham]

Gonna have to get you in an alcohol wash, man!

[@628DirtRooster]

Gonna need a jacuzzi

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Speaking of allergies, my sister used to take tea with honey in it. One day she became anaphylactic and went into shock, she was in the bath. She is fine, scared but fine. I don't know if that means she is allergic to bees or just the honey...

[@patrickvanhoesen9425]

That pool house looks like 40's to 50's construction. Those interior doors..

[@williamsideasandstuff]

Bees: this guy again...? Dirtrooster: you guys just do as i say and we wont have any problems Bees:i think we are allergic to him...

[@edwardclark2695]

Our line of work has to be a passion. It's like bass fishing. & deer huntin. Glad U got a day job 😀

[@chrismcconnell6163]

I live in Newton , Iowa, and as of tomorrow , schools will be closed until the 13th of April, or longer

[@rick7884]

They close Weds in central CA.

[@davidblakely2627]

I have family in iowa as well they live up around Keokuk Iowa on the Missouri line

[@cynvision]

Never checked myself for varroa but did have a first this spring where I had a hive beetle jump off me in Walmart.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Great video

[@oskypowers6372]

Man, I was really looking forward to meeting you at the HONEY Convention. Thank you for the great videos 🐝🍯🌞🌻

[@628DirtRooster]

Next time!

[@willmegehee]

Color me green... you are living the good life brother!

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm trying to.

[@SandraNelson063]

Ah, it's a pretty day. It just hurts my heart to see a lovely old place like that Lofty Oaks Inn left to rot. It would cost a LOT to turn it back into what it was, but oh, what a pleasure it would be!

[@628DirtRooster]

Tell me about it

[@JarodShapiro]

Love those hats!!!!! Great design DR

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks!! These are my favorite yet.

[@intheshell35ify]

Hey the rest of KZbin.. that's how you show what a flippin varroa mite looks like. Thanks d.r.

[@davidsanbeg2335]

That was a big VM!

[@kenknutson1598]

Thanks for the respite.

[@628DirtRooster]

You bet

[@normac9931]

Bahahahaha !!! "..... This is what they see when they come out ...." 😂😂😂

[@climer588]

I'll check out that web site in the daylight and see if I can't help you out with a hat or shirt. I assume from your size that you have stocked some big boy shirts.

[@628DirtRooster]

You know it. :)

[@lisajligon]

Hunter is a lil cutie 💓

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

The lofty oaks inn is definitely a fixer upper. I would suggest starting with a D9.

[@rick7884]

I would suggest a bull dozer. Lol

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

@@rick7884 Thats what a D9 is

[@628DirtRooster]

Push the house into the pool, cover with dirt... Done!

[@Supersquishygiblets]

Don't forget the C4 to go with the D9 🤣

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

@@Supersquishygiblets shoot i was just gonna push the whole shebang into the pool ... a little top dressing and we have a prime development site and I make giblet soup

[@Bee_Charming]

Great video!

[@williamsideasandstuff]

I know you are probably sick of them....but please more bee puns please

[@robertmathurin3716]

Were those haircuts planned??,,You and Jp,,🤣🤣,,🇱🇨👊👍🖤

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL

[@yortomatic]

It maybe more work than what it's worth, but try using spacers between the cheap frames the bees love. I'm just a viewer, but I like to make things work better with what you got. Cut the spacers for comfortable bee space, and leave them in, or take them out if you like. Could be easier for frame extraction.

[@426superbee4]

i went to walmart today I WAS MAD Turned around and walked out! Double prices !

[@628DirtRooster]

Long lines too probably

[@426superbee4]

@@628DirtRooster Kinda, they was short on help too; People are not showing up to work, with this CDC out break I was going to get a 22 lbs brisket he hee they wanted like 75 dam bucks for it. IT CAN ROT!

[@popquizzz]

at 11:35; Would there not be a queen in there by the way they are acting? They seem to be fairly well behaved.

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

A man could do a lot worse than to have a few queens like the one in the full box, man I only dream of that.

[@abdelkaderabdelhadi7667]

دائما انت بطل في هذه العمليات الصعبة ،استفدنا منك في طرق تربية النحل ،تعلمنا طريقة تعاملك مع النحل ليس بالشجاعة التي تمتلكها ولكن بنسبة 4% نشجعك كثيرا ،ونحبك كثيرا ، تحياتي الخالصة لك ولعائلتك لأن عائلتك دائما مخلصة لك وتدفعك إلى الأحسن

[@MrStevenwoodford]

Good Video

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hey Rooster 🐓 I’m late watching

[@holliglendenning3149]

I would give anything to live in that pool house! Could you let me know if they need a pool cleaning lady? Lol

[@ronsims3035]

Love the Videos keepum coming !!!!!!!

[@DavidGrassSr]

I love to watch ya'll catch and remove bee's. I eat the real honey, have a man that comes and get's it on the property . He gives me a care of it every year.. Watching you guy's play with Thousand of bee tells me... ( ya'll have been stung to many times).. be safe, See ya Texas

[@shaundis2117]

Martin Gauffin - Sustained Hope is the track at the end if anyone was wondering

[@karenwornum]

Hi Can you tell me what a dirt dobber is, I’ve never heard of them Hi from Bunbury Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@628DirtRooster]

It's a wasp that builds it's nest out of mud. They're pretty harmless other than clogging up stuff with dirt. Dirt Dauber or mud dauber

[@MrVsBees]

I had a double removal on a multi-million home in Houston. Bee went in some soffit lighting junctions on the 3rd story of a mahogany paneled library. The other hive found the only spot in the garage soffit with no insulation.

[@lcarus42]

Cant the conventions and classes convert to video? I used to teach a airsmith classes online to 50-100 people across the world. It wasnt perfect, some had to sign on at 2 am but everyone got the info and could ask questions as needed.

[@joesoutdoorplaces]

That is an interesting split going on.

[@Juror63]

DANG! That a herd of bees! And it'd probly take a million dollars to put Lofty Oaks back in operation. 🤔😔

[@johnensalaco5012]

Why do you start bees off in a smaller box, as opposed to a larger one?

[@628DirtRooster]

They need a manageable amount of space.

[@kiphammargren4553]

How did you arrive at your name 628 DirtRooster?

[@wadebarnes6720]

You need about 10 more bees in that box

[@628DirtRooster]

Think they'll fit?

[@wadebarnes6720]

@@628DirtRooster at least you know everyday at work you can get a buzz.lol

[@pianochannel100]

Here in Seattle your 1.5 million will get you a low mid range suburban house.

[@eieio-mn9pm]

I gunna go out on a limb and say them contractors building million dollar pool houses git grumpy when you point out how their trim work is sloppy enough to let bugs crawl in ... hahaha

[@nomerc3608]

Another awesome video!

[@RICDirector]

So why WAS there a gap at the ceiling and trim?? You got me curious!

[@628DirtRooster]

"Shadow trim" It was something requested by the property owner. The trim carpenter had never heard of it before either. Also all the light switches are at waist level to reduce shoulder joint wear.

[@RICDirector]

@@628DirtRooster New one on me, too. Thanks! I like the idea of having the switches low and outlets high--sure minimizes bend and stretch.

[@captainwinky]

Hi Randy. What size gum bands do you use for deep frames for putting combs in?

[@628DirtRooster]

#64

[@garybrabant5505]

Oh no, a varroa has crossed species. Another panic. 😎🐝🐝🐝

[@josuejuarez683]

Veroa distuctor that's tuff it wanted se roaster for dinner.🤣

[@rick7884]

A million for the old bed and breakfast??? Wow. It kinda reminds me of the Bates motel. Lol

[@628DirtRooster]

Haha

[@kalebrivers5260]

I notice y'all like to place your hives on wagons...is that so you can move them around? And would you recommend migratory tops for someone who has mildish mountain winters (TN,KY,VA boarders). About an hour north of Knoxville TN.

[@saucywench9122]

I don't think they make a people sized bottle for mite shaking. Ew. I thought it was a stinger at first till I saw it moving.

[@sinaiyicus]

Hot tub Honey house lol.

[@AzraelEnterprise]

Why are their no DirtRooster mechanics gloves??

[@shaeshae5610]

Looks like a bed bug

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Matching shirt and hat and new boots and panties, am I showing my age .. new boots and panties was an album. lol Keep smiling randy :-)_

[@jessenewberry2368]

I'm an amateur bee keeper i caught my first hive by mistake trying to pull old comb out of my hunting camp and left it in my ice chest well a swarm found its way in the drain plug and made itself at home and I managed to catch another to swarms off of that Hive that continued to live in the ice chest for about 4 years up until last fall somebody decided to spray my hives all of them with gasoline I live in Irvington Alabama not far from the Mississippi State Line and have been having trouble finding and catching swarms the past couple of years wasn't sure how to get in contact with you about buying some bees

[@jamesbaber1582]

Now rooster u can send some of those missippi bees down here to Florida

[@PhillipHall01]

Randy, I have not been noticing Varroa here in North Mississippi. I noticed you had several Varroa in The “get together” video with the gang. Do you think Varroa are on the rise? Phillip Hall

[@628DirtRooster]

I don't think they are.

[@PhillipHall01]

628DirtRooster Bees Thanks Randy. Keep up the good work.

[@missmix48]

You better stock up on the supplies you usually run to get from the hardware store... Those stores may be closed and this shut down mess is said to maybe last until late July or August.... Prepare.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Looks like your bee cup runneth over and you want to see multi-million dollar homes? Just come up here. I can show you SCADS of them, right close in too! That's all there is except for us poor people but we've got enough toilet paper to last a while! Thanks, Buddy and good to see the younger generation and Tommy out. GBWYall!

[@UncleHoss]

Quick someone treat the dirtrooster for mites!