Honey Bees devour honey off wax cappings - 3 hours condensed to 8 minutes

I filmed Honey bees cleaning wax cappings from our recent honey harvest. Total filming was three hours and I reduced it to 8 minutes. It looked like rain coming about halfway through so I had to set up the canopy. I hope you enjoy the film!!
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[@kh7794]

I love a time lapse. It's incredible it took only 3 hours with each one able to carry a very little. Awesome stuff!

[@beverlysteen]

Amazing, never get old.

[@durbees3859]

Thanks for watching!!

[@heatherwanderer777]

So crazy how it went from a few scattered bees to all the hives foragers that were in the area all on the table!

[@durbees3859]

Yeah, it's amazing how well they communicate! Thanks for watching!!

[@aappaapp6627]

Love it!!

[@katnoe336]

looks clean enough to melt!

[@amandaliberty08]

Thank you. I love watching bees so bee stuff.

[@durbees3859]

Thank You for watching!!

[@mikeries8549]

Hi, used to do removals and would open feed the honey under a truck topper that was on stands. Worked great.

[@durbees3859]

I bet it did!! Good idea! Thanks for watching!

[@darcybrawataakaontariostac6835]

That was crazy. And for the sub title that said the guy in the back needs a haircut he just needs a buzz cut

[@durbees3859]

🤣😆

[@Shewwler]

I enjoy this kind of video.

[@durbees3859]

Thank You for watching!!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

A real frenzy isn’t it?

[@joanhuffman2166]

I wonder why the bees don't take the wax as well.

[@durbees3859]

I believe that since they can make the wax then it is probably more of a hassle to rework wax then to make new. I know when I put an extracted frame back in a hive the bees will cut/clean up the rough edges and then remove the little wax pieces from the hive. ..Maybe like... why buy more tupperware to store food when you already have tupperware at the house? Just my thoughts... Thanks for watching!!

[@joanhuffman2166]

@@durbees3859 I just remember reading that making new wax requires a lot of honey to fuel it.

[@lauralishes1]

How do they not get stuck and unable to fly? Honey is obviously extremely sticky

[@durbees3859]

Usually... if you put the cappings/Honey on a surface that is flat and doesn't have edges to contain the honey then the bees will work from edges toward the middle (keeping their feet out of the honey and not getting stuck in it) or they land on the high spots of cappings which aren't that sticky. If you put the cappings in a tub that confines the honey like a pool then the bees try to go to the edge but can't really get to the edge without falling in. That situation is more like quicksand to the bees. (If I feed bees in a tub or bowl I will put straw or wood shavings on top of the cappings so the bees can at least climb out. This explanation is just my observations over the years. Thank you for watching my video!!

[@ziree22]

How long did it take them to clean everything out?

[@durbees3859]

3 hours. Once they find it and let their colonies know it's there, it doesn't take long.

[@birther1968]

If you go to the hive will you get twice eaten honey??

[@mikeries8549]

Honeybees have more than one stomach like a cow. They move honey around in a hive passing it mouth to mouth. It gets "eaten" just once.

[@birther1968]

@@mikeries8549 sorry I thought that honey process by a bee then taken out and processed a second time by a different bee was really good honey.

[@durbees3859]

It all depends on how you look at it!😄 Any which way you look at it (collected, consumed, or eaten) the nectar/honey is passed from bee to bee until processed into honey then dried and finally stored/capped (in this case stored again🤣)

[@durbees3859]

@@birther1968 I bet it is! But I think most honey is really good honey 🤣🤣. Thank You for watching!!

[@joanhuffman2166]

All honey has been "eaten" by multiple bees. That's a part of how the bees concentrate watery nectar into honey.

[@rezganger]

lower right at 4:30,what are those 3-4 weirdos doing???

[@durbees3859]

Are you talking about the bees that are rolling around on the wax balls? 🤣🤣

[@hellensrtobel5308]

Formiga

[@durbees3859]

? Ant?