JPthebeeman Gets "Owned" By Ninja Hackberry Queen!

JPthebeeman Gets "Owned" By Ninja Hackberry Queen!
Hackberry trees as a rule are junk trees, at least that's what I've heard as far as I can remember. They're weak trees & one of the first to fall over in stormy , windy weather.
The Hackberry tree featured in this video was in bad shape & leaning terribly towards a large apartment complex in Metairie, Louisiana.
The tree had to come down & that meant the bees had to come out of the tree, so I worked with the tree company & Big John aka Big Bad John the crane operator, to safely remove the bees.
The queen gave me the slip folks, try as I might I just couldn't spot her, during the removal process.
The next day though I was graced with her royal presence, win/win.
This colony went to my good friend Schawee & placed in his apiary in Gonzales, Louisiana.
He gave them more frames of capped brood & bees to boost their numbers.
He said they are doing fine.
JP is a beekeeper & live bee removal specialist located near New Orleans, Louisiana.
He will go just about anywhere to fool with bees.
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[@janmyersknight6110]

You sounded so defeated when you couldn't find the queen, it broke my heart. I was so glad when you did find her! 🎉🎉

[@JPthebeeman]

Yep, she owned my fat butt! Lol Was very excited to find her in there the next morning. 👍🐝

[@janmyersknight6110]

👍

[@larry323]

JP I'm sixty years old and know nothing about bees but after watching a couple of your videos I'm learning fast. Thank You Larry

[@petert3355]

I'm learning too. Learning to leave the little blighters alone and call in JP.

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

I know it’s weird, it makes me wanna do it even thought I’ve always been scared of them lol

[@nylafagan7439]

My father was a beekeeper, I wish he could see you working with just your bear hands and no veil. I love you man, you rock!

[@KevinP32270]

no matter how many times i see your videos it still blows my mind THAT YOU HAVE NO BEE SPACE SUITE ON lololol....you are amazing.

[@desertegle40cal]

We could never do that in florida. We always have suits on when inspecting new hives on a call. Not so much when we inspect out own hives though. But on more than one occasion I have run into Africanized honey bees and if I didn’t have a suit on during my first inspection I would have gotten lit up. I mean they attack and stick to you like yellow jackets. Usually when a colony is disturbed they become a little agitated and they may send out a few workers to deal with you. Keepers combat this by smoking them, which forces them to gorge on honey and forget the threat. But when you disturb a Africanized colony they send out like half the hive and smoke never works.. At least for me. They do this because of their African ancestry. In Africa, honey bees don’t experience winters like we do here or other places around the world like in Europe where all honey bees came from. Because of this they don’t make and store honey in the great amounts we see in normal hives because they don’t need to stock food for winter. So the food they do have they protect vigorously. Sometimes sending out over half the hive to attack any would be honey thief’s. :-)

[@KevinP32270]

@@desertegle40cal WOW.

[@ashking_wani]

I am a beekeeper aswell , but never mend with them without a bee suit..

[@Fausto_4841]

Cool story but I can't get over the thought of a 40 caliber Desert Eagle. What's next? A 7.62x39 Barrett?

[@ChucksPullingVideos]

I love how much you care about these bees. It's fantastic. Thank you for giving them the love they deserve.

[@HamidA-to8vy]

He is professional doing that for living $ money $

[@jacewarrior284]

wow JP man you got some big balls to just sit there with those bees buzzing right in your beard hahaha. credit to you for caring so much about this beautiful living thing. "SAVE THE BEES" God bless you and keep you safe.

[@cherylcarnes4207]

Thank you JP for your care and kindness. Thanks to Schawee too. I'm glad they went to Schawee. Tell him hello for me. Keep up the great work and I'll bee waiting for the next video.

[@simonesays722]

You work so carefully and patiently. It’s clear you love what you do and you were born to work with bees! Love your videos so much.

[@lorrieruff4402]

Nothing like a Peek a Boo Queen, I am glad she made it with her hive. But it is always nice to know you have a back up plan for when a Queen does not make it, or one is not there.

[@Arphalia]

I wonder how often there's unfortunate casualties with the queen. Even when you're as caredul as you can be, accidents sadly do happen.

[@MadGoat360]

I get stung: call an ambulance You get stung: Yes sting me more

[@Joetoep]

You are helping the planet getting better and better and you are also restoring faith in humanity once more ! Thank you very much for your effort and passion for these beautiful living creatures ! Have a nice weekend !

[@peggycrochetz2400]

Another wonderful rescue JP❣️ I appreciate your hard work and love the videos 💜💛🐝👏✌️

[@ShayBabae]

I never would have guessed that it took so much effort to have a bee colony. I figured they do just fine in the wild all a bee keeper does is keep their hive in a box and give them plants to collect from. Thanks for the insight JP

[@JPthebeeman]

✌️🐝

[@judithyoungquist8409]

How nice to see you JP, always a treat to watch you work! Keep saving bees, we need you!!! ✌🏼

[@jonwarland272]

JP, you are the Bob Ross of beekeeping.

[@JPthebeeman]

Brother from another mother. 😉👍🤘🐝

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Happy little bees 🐝

[@Rowdymotmot]

Another cool video. I love watching you work the bees. Thank you for teaching all of us your craft and about the bees.

[@yottoo.5037]

It's so fascinating to watch how this whole process works. Thanks for uploading these videos!

[@time1800]

The Queen laughed and Laughed watching JP do his little dance! Great Video

[@julieenslow5915]

Beautiful Queen, JP, thanks for the video. So glad you found her, now they have a good chance!

[@yvonnekoedood4611]

thanks JP for sharing the bee keeping

[@Thetis058]

instead of hooked on a feeling it’s hooked on JP the bee man videos haha . Always great to see you working your magic with this amazing and wonderful insects. Thank you for bringing us another video to enjoy .

[@markschoenhals4816]

Nice. As always enjoyed your videos. An learning from your reply’s. Didn’t know about a law requiring bees have to be kept in boxes with removable frames. Thanks again.

[@heyitsmet333]

Dang they set up camp in there! Aren't bees just fascinating?! We have 4 hives at the moment, even though I'm allergic to them I still like to sit & watch them as they fly in & out of the hive. 🐝🌼😊

[@Wulferious]

You, my friend, are an artist. That is some tough old comb you had to carve up.

[@juanchyMM]

JP proves it again, its not the size of the chain saw but how you use it....pure chain saw finesse lol

[@saudidesertbees922]

This is really hard and special work

[@rebeccaocker6834]

I am really enjoying watching you my son who lives in Maryland his name is Warren Mcclung that’s why he got started by watching and learning from you and others he will be a perfectionistBecause that’s the way he is he will learn everything there is to learn all before he gets Annie beat

[@ianmackintosh7278]

Great job and video JP, how many stings did you get on this job? Thanks for confirming my thoughts that the queen would turn up the next day, they can be very hard to spot when cover with workers trying to protect her. Again thanks for your time.

[@JPthebeeman]

This wasn’t a big colony numbers wise, they were very gentle. Don’t believe I received any stings during the process. ✌️🐝

[@helenkeenan74]

omg i ve watched alot of your videos today jp the beeman ,loving the way u treat the bees when u help them ,greetings from Scotland x

[@-ThisIsTheWay-]

Nice video as always. Thanks for taking the time to put these together.

[@jenniferschmitzkatze1244]

9:55 Sunday Germany. It's a pleasure to see the way you do your Artwork

[@lenellamaxwell6934]

I loved watching this video. You truly love your bees. Thanks for sharing.

[@corysnyder1275]

Love the videos JP. Can’t wait for the next one. Once I’m done with veterinary school, I’m going to start with a few hives of my own. Keep up the great work!

[@cbass2755]

JP is the Daddy Bear...I just love him and his love and respect of Bee's

[@EdChoongTF]

Wow JP, you're Jack of all Trades. Now you're a lumberjack too. Very Awesome JP.

[@yassinhamza574]

Great video,i really enjoyed it..There are a lot of blessings in working with animals, especially honeybees.. Greetings from Holland..

[@sanchezluis3126]

I'm hooked on your show. Been watching every day for a week now. Daughter says she was hooked on the you tube bee keepers also . Very interesting I think I'll keep watching. Thanks.

[@Aleksa.3]

Yay! A new video..... liked before I even watched it. Wish you had the time to upload more often. I look forward to your videos

[@jessicamangone1588]

How often do you think you get stung? Seems like they either don’t care about you being there, or else you don’t notice the stings anymore! Thanks for all your hard work, saving the bees!

[@cecoya]

How cool that you can remove the bees from a bad home to a new better home and the queen starts doing her business right away. She was waiting for you to give her a new home. Have a great day

[@18Bees]

You have the best videos out there for me to learn from. cheers.

[@aliceweir3984]

Awesome!!! Always great to wake up to a J.P. video! Stay safe out there!

[@sr633]

Stung only a few times Lol God bless and keep you Bee man.

[@KevinP32270]

EXACTLY

[@jarmelo2006]

I love watching people demonstrate their skills.

[@chrisohagan5907]

I'm on holidays in Portugal an I keep finding myself watching your bee vidoes.. so I got you about 20 new viewers ....hardly anyone knows th life of a honey bee an th importance of these little dudes.. keep safe from Ireland 🇮🇪 in Portugal 🇵🇹😂😂😂

[@JPthebeeman]

Really appreciate you & your friends. Please tell everyone hello for me & to bee positive. 😉👍🐝

[@chrisohagan5907]

We love you bro... u crazy cat Jp 😻😻😻😻

[@chrisohagan5907]

A true gentleman aswell ...🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@MRBROWSER2012]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[@m17ndy]

Covering her up and loving her up - I like that 😌

[@JanetWilham]

spread the word folks this guy is the best and the most God given talent and blessing to the bees=The Bee Whisperer" those bees just love him and he loves them and doing a great service to us all by saving the bees....hugs to you JP and may the good Lord keep blessing you and the bees!!!

[@jimwilliams1536]

Glad you found her. Ninja hackberry Queen.

[@JPthebeeman]

Okay, it’s official, I’m using that in my title! 👍👍🐝

[@taniaroberts2478]

What a beautiful video beautiful bees🐝 buzz buzz❤️

[@StrangerInAStrange]

JP I'm enjoying your videos and hoping to start a hive, or two, from local swarms this Spring. Thanks for thinking out loud as you are working. Even though it's 'old hat' to you, there's always something useful to glean from your musings. Nice to watch you calmly work with bees AND the people that are always around. Cheers!

[@douglasleigaber9124]

Thanks for the video J.P. Been watching for long time.

[@andyh5186]

I love your work JP.

[@ionaphillips8500]

gosh seemed good to see you again,glad you have a QUEEN ,Take care til the next time have a great day

[@Bee_Charming]

Always love your passion and care for the bees!

[@birdofthemuses5297]

My mind is blown how you cut it out and place it back into the hive box like that .Wow!! Mr bee charmer .

[@bscjake]

Like Michael Palmer said.. Klingons didn't invent the Cloaking device... Queen bees did. ;) sneaky girl

[@jman414999]

great save, and a big girl in the hive.

[@Mackabees]

Great advice. I started with intentions for 3 hives. Hive #2 I screwed up and inadvertently bought a package from your area and the package was hot. Get within 20 yards and they go after you. Ordered a queen last year and took 2 brood frames from strong hive 1 to create hive 3. So two hives for 1st year. Hive 2 is empty and hoping still for a swarm or tree cut out. Word is getting out.

[@JPthebeeman]

What area specifically did you get the “hot bees” from?

[@McCaileanMcNaughty]

Hey JP, Very interesting video's you're making. Great work by not putting any music in your video's. Please do what ever you do and save some bees. Greets from the Netherlands :-)

[@628DirtRooster]

Those were some nice straight combs for a tree hive. Looking cool as a cucumber out there. How are you not sweating?

[@JPthebeeman]

Wasn’t that hot yet like it is now. Heck, it’s not really even that hot yet, give it another month. 😱😉🐝

[@628DirtRooster]

@@JPthebeeman I'm gonna get job restocking the freezers at Sam's Club.

[@JPthebeeman]

628DirtRooster Bees my favorite sections at Sam’s during the summer: Dairy & Produce. Instant gratification.

[@oldtimergaming9514]

@@JPthebeeman We are supposed to get snow this weekend above 9000 ft. Colorado Springs is a weird place. Can you send some heat our way, my tomato plants are not happy at all?

[@JPthebeeman]

OldTimerGaming I’ll gladly send you some heat in exchange for snow! 🤘👍🐝

[@marythornsberry6486]

Amazing how they work!!!

[@chevyman1722]

This great to watch how JP deals with these bees...I’d have already had a heart attack and in intensive care at Mary Black hospital here in Gaffney....I JP is the dominant master of these bees I swear j do...he sits there doing this with no suit or smoke....two thumbs up to JP and if they do sting him it looks as though it doesn’t bother him..❤️👍🏼

[@davidt5200]

You're a good man JP

[@paulawaldrep3760]

Always GREAT when Mamma's HOME!!

[@djguta24]

Mr jp great job sir

[@richardthornhill4630]

Incredible bee keeper. Definitely the man to call if you live in the New Orleans area.

[@DarrellCraig]

Good video and information

[@rebeccaocker6834]

My son Warren Mcclung watches you he now has his own hives he got started with helping somebody who had a whole lot of bees end it outside on the top of their house somewhere in the Would

[@bobwebber8521]

In this situation I combined two boxes with a queen excluder and a couple of sheets of newspaper in between them and the bees ate through the paper while exchanging pheromones and they were quite happy with this situation ( I could not find a queen in the top box, and it turned out there was none. Great video.

[@puresugah]

Your videos are so fascinating and relaxed. And your personality is delightful! I may have just a bit of a crush! :)

[@evelyn_r]

Lol she’s kinda shy and sneaky by the seems of it 😂👍

[@JPthebeeman]

She was being shy indeed! 👍🐝

[@alicia1928]

First few seconds in.. This is going to be good! 🐝🌲

[@Duddie82]

That is Awesome that there is a queen bee there, now the bees will be alright!!

[@TXRacing5.3]

When you see a bee… In your yard? Who you gonna call? *This Guy.*

[@jakobkjr6887]

Thanks for doing this 💪💪💪

[@DocLaw172]

Ah, should have had Schawee there. He always finds the queen. 🤣

[@JPthebeeman]

True 😉🐝

[@DocLaw172]

@@JPthebeeman, seriously, I razz, but I am very impressed and awed by what you do.

[@carschmn]

It’s interesting that they accept bees or a queen from another hive into their own. They take well to being bossed around by new rulers.

[@TonyisToking]

Phew, good thing you spotted her in the end. Would've been a war if you combined them with another queen-bearing colony, correct? Great video as usual :)

[@JPthebeeman]

May have been a war or not, you never know with bees sometimes. 😉☺️🐝

[@adamaguirre5089]

Jp was genuinely concerned about them not having a queen , made me worry about the bees

[@fastsetinthewest]

I'm watching all your videos. What a feast. You make so much money, you'll never read this. I've learnt more about bee care here than I've ever known. I watch a character over in Missouri with a little different philosophy. Amazing how you handle killer bees😁. Eaglegards from the great state of Texas...

[@hniziolek4884]

You are a brave dude!!! Respect!

[@davidgambler1591]

Hey JP, love your videos. Sometimes I see ya making multiple cuts on one piece of comb to fit it into the frame. Could you just mark your favorite knife and make it like a tape measure. This way ever cut will perfect the 1st time. Hope it helps. Keep up the awesome work. :-)

[@sgtmayhem]

Yes hackberry trees are not something you want. A nuisance tree that bears fruit that birds love, grows fast and weak, and as a result, are awful for your fence lines.

[@JPthebeeman]

They can all be replaced by my favorite nuisance tree if it were up to me, the dreaded Chinese Tallow! 😉👍🐝

[@theprayingdoula9604]

Wow. Total champ. No protection, just good ole work making it happen

[@dranger9393]

You da man JP keep it up

[@t34bravo]

Dude, your videos are addictive. I can't imagine ever being that comfortable around swarms of bees! Just curious, how many times do you get stung on a typical job?

[@JPthebeeman]

Normally 0-5, if they’re in a bad mood maybe 10-20, beyond that would be a bad day.

[@dadtasticskills3948]

If the world was ending in ten months, and all nation's on Earth we're building a Noah's ark space ship to colonize a new world, you , my friend, would be one of the people going on that trip!!!

[@mattp4768]

If you had one of these massive hives in your structures at home, would you leave it there? Probably a stupid question because you already have a lot of hives in boxes in your backyard probably, but I just think of that when ever I watch your videos. Im just wondering if you would leave it there or remove it. You seem like you wouldn’t mine it at all.

[@JPthebeeman]

Would love to leave them but there are actually laws in place in most states that bees have to be kept in hive bodies with removable frames. This is so they can be inspected by the state for signs of issues, disease.

[@danielbadger4985]

I did not know thanks jp learn something new everyday.

[@mattp4768]

That sucks

[@slavkei]

@@mattp4768 It's good sense. American Foulbrood is a devastating disease, and while it's far from the only illness that can afflict hives, it's a really bad one to run across. The spores the disease puts out are very hardy and resilient. A worker from a badly infected colony can carry dormant spores with her to every flower she visits, depositing them as she walks and gathers and eats. Those spores then can wind up on bees from other colonies, and just like that, you can potentially have a spreading contagion. Even worse, if it's a colony hidden in a wall that's patient zero, or if such a colony becomes infected, when the colony dies the spores remain. The next swarm to move in will then become infected, and the contagion will spread. When this happens, colony after colony in the surrounding area can become infected, succumb, die, and become a nexus of infection for the next colony. The procedure for dealing with a hive that shows AFB is heartbreaking, too. You have to lock the bees into their box, then pour gasoline in there to kill the entire colony. Then, you can either send every piece of equipment from that hive to a specialist to be carefully irradiated and cleaned at an extremely high cost that guarantees total elimination of the spores... or you have to dig a deep pit. Start a fire in the pit. Then, piece by piece, take apart the colony, piece by piece. Every box side gets tossed in. One by one, every frame, still often containing bees that clung desperately as the poison killed them, joins in, and you watch everything burn. Honey boils and vaporizes. Wax ignites. Frames and backers go up like kindling. You feed every last piece of that colony that you have poured months or years of love and work into keeping alive into the hungering flames until every last trace of that once thriving hive is nothing but ash and burnt scrap. And then you bury it where it burned. You bury it deep, so that if any spores survived the inferno, no curious scout bees can land on the faintly honey-tinged wreckage and bring the plague back home to their nest. No beekeeper wants to lose a colony, and even fewer want to lose a colony and every last piece of equipment in that colony. Having to relocate natural nests even when they are on your own property, even when they aren't harming anyone, is a small price to pay to keep the bees healthy and alive and to prevent great plagues from sweeping through your bee yards.

[@mattp4768]

slavkei wow.. I appreciate you caring for my growing knowledge... learn something new everyday 👍

[@davemi00]

as children, we would catch bees in jars. Hoping they would make honey for us. 🤣

[@JPthebeeman]

We used to do that with lighting bugs when we were kids. Bugs are fascinating.

[@guadalupenieto1326]

You use stihl? Huzzah a man of culture!

[@JPthebeeman]

Having tried other brands I am now Stihl tried & true my brother. 👍🐝

[@guadalupenieto1326]

@@JPthebeeman That's awesome man, I expected you to use a BUZZsaw.

[@ryoanzobuk7915]

JP, you come stay with me and teach me what I need to know to have a hive and I'll teach you some off shore grouper fishing!

[@JPthebeeman]

Grouper is one of my favorite eating fish. You ever catch swordfish? Tried it first time a few months or so ago, my new favorite fish!

[@ryoanzobuk7915]

@@JPthebeemanNot A HUGE swordfish lover. But Snook is my all time fav fish. But it's a fresh water fish. Salt water fav is Trigger fish which is only caught by spear! A few beers, a boat and a spear gun always is a great time! I'm down here in SW Florida south of Sarasota.

[@JPthebeeman]

Ryoan Zobuk trigger fish is good but a pain to clean. Croaker is actually one of my favorite eating fish. Never heard of anyone eating snook, most people it seems let them go but I don’t know much about them as we don’t have them here. Have a great evening. ✌🏻👍🐝

[@Miranda.T]

"We have our queen." My thought: "Clever girl." :D

[@lauralishes1]

This guy amazes me.

[@geoffwhitelaw9678]

The worlds number one bee wrangler, not bloody bad on the chainsaw either ! !

[@paulgamblin1860]

Good job!

[@XBKLYN]

JP....you are the bee whisperer.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

JP save the Queen!

[@thekangaroo1880]

I read the description, I learnt something about trees!! Bees are cool, l hope I don't have hackberry trees in my backyard!! Edit1: 4 likes

[@extro88915]

Woow incredible look how they build a bridge so they can pass the rest 20:38