How to catch a swarm of honey bees fast

This Swarm was at least four or five pounds it was about the size of a basketball pretty good-size swarm. Shook them in a deep nuc and they marched right in one of the easiest swarm shakes I've ever done.

[@sandcyngal]

Thank you for the video. My neighbor has hummingbird feeders and I got an email with a photo of a bunch of bees around it. From the photo it looks like feeders have a hundred or more bees on them. I doubt is a swarm. But I'm ready if it is a swarm thanks to your video. Got my nucs out and frames, all set to go. Here in central California, we're in an awful drought. Normally, there is plenty of wildflowers. This year, next to nothing. I feeding last year's honey mixed in with sugar syrup and the new type of soft pollen patties. Thank you again. It was just what I was looking for.

[@shaunbarker9201]

Another cool video David, real nice work

[@natserog]

I like that two nucs stacked like that. I will do that..sure gives the bees a holding place instead of just using one. thanks! great video!

[@FrederickDunn]

Wow, what a nice big swarm! Bonus! Wishing you all the best with your bees! Thumbs UP!

[@FrederickDunn]

Welcome :)

[@paulawaldrep3760]

They know what HOME looks like! Great recovery! :)

[@628DirtRooster]

Glad you found them. Hate to lose that.

[@paulunthank2198]

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[@carlmerkey9370]

Great video David how much do you sell your nuc's for and where are you located?

[@dereksamivandusen4997]

thank you for sharing that was an awesome shake!!!

[@jayanddenissejones6648]

Dude...nice swarm!! That one was big!

[@beerookiechannel2002]

How do you know if you caught the queen when you catch a swarm?

[@mikeofborg2]

Very cool. I’m going to do that this year. My friends place gets at least 1-2 swarms on his property from the Hives used to pollinate the tomatoes and melons they grow there. Easy way to get a free hive of bees. The farm that uses the hives is about a mile and a half down the road. They truck the hives in on semi lowboys. The last swarm I saw on his property I was able to pick up two hand fulls of bees with zero stings. They were gentle like your bees. They looked like Italian hybrids to me. Hard to tell at just a glance though.

[@1985Geoffrey]

Good one. That was a good shake as you say

[@thegipsygardener]

When bees swarm and settle on a tree like that, how long do the stay there before finding a permanent home? Thank you ♥️

[@RobinPoe]

It always feels good to catch a swarm!

[@shaunbarker9201]

Always a pleasure David

[@joedenton7023]

Now that was a healthy swarm!

[@ThinkingCaptain]

Anyone else get nervous right before he was about to shake them!? I know I did. Great video, keep up the good work!

[@357lockdown]

Nice job man!

[@munibungbeeking1719]

Them bees sure are multiplying can you give us a recap on your current state of feeding and how often you are doing it please.

[@phillipthomas253]

So, what did you do next? How did you get it to your bee farm?

[@jeffreygleaves2931]

I see this videos of them being caught in a special box. I wonder how they get transferred to a regular hive box.

[@rsderrick]

Fantastic...Hope you catch some this year too!

[@garethpattinson8201]

hi david. love the vids and your calm bes. im in UK ca u reccommend the breed of bee for a first time bee keeper. ill be buying next year so plenty oftime to look for them. thanks in advnce.

[@xmrstabbyx]

Nice video man!

[@bradgoliphant]

Hey David, in a couple weeks I'll be setting my hive out to catch my first swarm. Yet I have a new hive and I don't have any old frames with wax or propolis. Question: If I were to just wipe propolis all over the inside and bait it with lemon grass, will this work? Or do I need an old frame of drawn out wax as well?

[@nickdecarmen9165]

That was awesome, ty for sharing

[@AdamCanFly]

I'm a new beekeeper and I just did this today. I'm going to add another brood box. What else can I do to make sure they don't do it again?

[@EquipmentReviewer]

Who gave him a thumbs down? Good little video I thought.

[@reneebrown5598]

That's a lot of bees to droop a tree branch 4'

[@ocaroscaoskido5686]

How can we keep our hives out of the wax moth?

[@NorthtoHopeDesert_Hues]

I got stung on my finger knuckle checking one of our hives this morning. Woer my jacket but not my gloves... thats pretty brave for me. I wasn't planning on having to move the pollen patty though.

[@julieenslow5915]

By now you know to move slower. Or it was just bad luck and you inadvertently pinched a bee.

[@labella9291]

Did you do through it and see if there were multiple queens?

[@Vbluevital]

How nice and close to the ground.

[@berryearth951]

I got my first Swarm yesterday and is was gone today. Should I have Locked them in the box or was it just bad luck?

[@historyhunter5215]

William Bryan Layton you want to keep them locked in for at least 18 to 20 hours and then obstruct the exiit so they reorient...

[@robertstewart8681]

what breed of bees do you have, from a Buckfast fan

[@bobbibonner]

Thank you!!

[@MsDaddyrabbit1]

Excellent

[@robbiesines4864]

How long till you can put frames in. The box after you catch swarm

[@julieenslow5915]

As soon as he went and grabbed some out of the yard! lol You just must put them in very slowly so the bees have time to move out of the way.

[@kiaya007]

i today watched a video made in probably south korea. they used a bee veil with the hat on it. inverted it and enveloped the cluster then gently shook the bees into the hat. next they righted the whole thing so the veil was hanging down and from a string that was tied to the center of the hat they tied that string to the branch. next they lifted one end of the veil and laid it up on the brim of the hat so that it was like an opening for the bees to find their way inside to the queen. after a time they tied up the bottom of the veil and took the entire swarm to a hive they prepared earlier. it was all so stress less for the bees and so easily done i was like wow. i'm sure that it was not an actual bee hat and veil but it looked similar. they were so gentle with the bees. you could tell they really cared about how much stress was put on them.

[@v-gc7257]

Interesting. Nice!

[@robbiesines4864]

How do you transfer sworm from one location to other

[@jasonclark108]

Why are there mean swarms of bees sometimes and then there are nice ones?

[@devernepersonal3636]

Swarms are gentle? I'd think they would be more dangerous sense they have the most power.

[@Ritercrazy]

Very brave.

[@OscarRodriguez-ts5gq]

Did you get stung?

[@michaelmueller8976]

You got lucky on that one brother!

[@TarlBooth22]

Nice Save :)

[@shanobian]

Now how do you move the box

[@boomersudden6257]

all I can say is WOW

[@ibrahimalabadi8293]

ان اكثر النحل الذي يزعل ليتخذ مكان غيره لانه يتضايق بلصندوق واهذا هو الطرد الكبير هو اول واحد والخليه يخرج منها ٥ طرد اصغر واحد واذا ارت ان تكل الملكات فتصبح واحده والايخرج طرد منها

[@uptank8461]

David like you cool guy

[@MohamedUAE]

If I was in your situation, i'd bring bigger beehive say 10 grames; as it was clear that some of the bees has fallen down off the box.. but well done over all

[@dhansel4835]

It looks like bees and their hives have their own personality. I hope you found the queen. I didn't hear....

[@julieenslow5915]

The bees dropped in the hive and were happy. The queen was with them or they would have been out looking for her.

[@MrJAG1156]

I have a few swarm traps out, some quite a distance from the house. How long will you leave them there before you can move the hive? Great video, Thanks

[@MrJAG1156]

Thank you

[@426superbee4]

Only way gets better if they go to ur swarm traps or empty boxes. What mine does. put small and large boxes out, w/frames GOT TO TRAIN EM knowing where they are ! THEY SPLIT, THEY GO TO EM for real! Your set ! Have to do enough thing ! Hope this helps he heee cheers

[@DavidLee-pn5gc]

Yea

[@Meli_Alexandrias]

If you had a bigger hive not a catcher, it woud be better since the swarm is so big it will be expaned till the end of the season anyway.

[@mescalp]

bet you were in your shorts and sandals too.

[@calumgrigor9547]

Give them a mist spray of water and they will go down much better

[@xshanghu]

Forgot your gloves, again. It hurts a lot when they sting your hands.

[@jimmyfixesalotofstuff8620]

Dude your not wearing gloves 👍

[@thelouster680]

Is this not what to do? lol

[@zacharysnyder2520]

I hate everything about bees. Why am I here.