How To Catch A Swarm Of Honey Bees (A-Z)

Honey bee swarm on Yucca bush-How to deal with a swarm of honey bees
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[@RBMawby]

You do the best job of caring for the bees and training those of use who watch. Thanks.

[@makeitkate3240]

I loved this one! My baby is sick so I've been parked in the rocking chair with him, binge-watching your videos for days. I've been a follower on Instagram for quite a while but only found your KZbin channel recently. I'm learning loads from your videos. I enjoy them so much! Love your voice! 😍

[@JPthebeeman]

Make It Kate happy to assist! 😉 take care of your baby! 👍🐝🐝🐝 thanks for watching! 🐝🐝🐝

[@spookywindfoo]

This deserves a dollar from each of his beeeloved subscribers. This is a gem of knowledge. We are blessed to bee able to see this

[@PJMDS]

Good work once more, the lady questions and your answers provide great knowledge for beginner beekeepers or folks thinking on doing swarm removals.

[@elauraw9076]

We used to call that a Spanish Sabre plant. A poke from the tip of one of those leaves was just as painful as a bee sting and they really do have some chemical on them that makes it hurt more than a cactus. The tips have a tendency to break off and cause the wound to fester, too. I'd have been wearing Kevlar just to walk up to that thing. You are braver than I, definitely.

[@ellenvirgillo6716]

I can't stop watching your channel.This is just fascinating to me. Can't wait to see what happens at the zoo.Great job a d vidios.

[@noelsussex9163]

There is a man that knows what he's doing. Plus an informative guide to life as a honey bee . Thank you.

[@pamelaflirtyskunk7698]

That was one stubborn queen! LOL Her tiara must not be big enough to weigh her down and keep her from flying a lot. 😉 Nice capture as always! I LOVE when we get to see the bee march!

[@bluesman97]

JP do appreciate the informative part of your career.. thanks again.

[@Wosiewose]

I love to watch them march right in. Just amazing! :)

[@diego5125]

Thank you for teaching me so much about the honey producer. Love every min of it.....

[@kevinbyrne4538]

7:07 -- Always fun to watch the bees marching into the hive box. Good to see you again.

[@kareno8634]

You are SO FUN to Watch JP! Thanks to All there ~ and of course _The Bees!_ : }

[@Wulferious]

Most excellent!! He's BACK! Missed you all this time JP!

[@Darkshizumaru]

Ants actually rear their reproductive ants before the spring and different species do so at different times. Reproductive ants are born to fly, ants don't just grow wings though. They raise these virgin queen and males before a nuptial flight where they breed in the air and the males die. Shout out to Ants Canada. Ants, bee's, wasps and other hive insects share a common ancestor which is why they have such similar behaviors.

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Nice to see them being taken care of correctly. I recently discovered his videos and have been catching up for a couple days now.

[@alisonkelly3322]

This video was so interesting it was great hearing you talk about the bees. Really enjoyed this you do a great job and I over how much you care xxx

[@JPthebeeman]

Thank you!

[@628DirtRooster]

Nice catch. They were sure persistent with going back to that yucca plant.

[@JPthebeeman]

628DirtRooster you know how they can bee sometimes ☺

[@allenchan829]

You’re a very funny guy. You really no how to handle these bees. I really like all of your videos. Thank you and I like to watch more of your videos, thanks again and Good Luck in your coming videos. Take Care an Always Be Safe.

[@mikethompson4854]

I got my first swarm the other day and they are staying in my hive wasn't sure if I got the queen at first.

[@tkmccoywv]

I like these shorter videos. Great work, JP!

[@bwack]

Good work, JPthebeeman, you did it again ! :)

[@tfran89]

Another great catch by the master. I have to admit that when I saw the bees doing the march into your NUC, I thought the queen HAD to bee in there. But, she wasn't. I was going to ask you whether you had a swarm lure in the box.

[@shirleyupvall9360]

I am your new fan. My fifth year of beekeeping You are my guru😊🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@dandiyresilient4666]

I don't know how you doing without a protective suit, my bees always bosse me around

[@ccbphot11]

I think different people smell different to bees and bees react accordingly. Sounds like you got the unlucky smell. I got lucky. I have never been stung. I can walk right up to a hive and put my hand in. My mother tells me when I was 3 years old I wandered out of her sight for a few minutes and when she found me I was in the yard wearing nothing but a diaper and covered with so many bees that she couldn't see my skin. Not one sting.

[@Thetis058]

JP is the bee whisper hehe . JP also seems to work very slow with the bees and is very , very gentle with them . I have noticed JP also says the bees do not like strong cologne . Perhaps strong scents even from deodorants or antiperspirants the bees I imagine the bees also don’t like . Then the temperament of the bees themselves also seems to matter some of the bees are very gentle and some as JP says will tear you up . Only when JP has mean bees and he gets stung up or the bees are acting aggressive will JP also just put on a coat and hood to protect his upper body .

[@candacethompson2521]

I love all the information you tell us. Thank you.

[@JPthebeeman]

Candace Thompson 👍🐝

[@nigelw598]

Gday JP, Thanks mate for taking the time. I got a lot of great info out of this. I’m just starting out. Thanks again, I’ve subscribed, all the very best, Cheers, Nigel

[@JPthebeeman]

Nigel W 👍🐝🐝🐝

[@cornerstonehoneybees2525]

FINALLY - a new JP video!

[@dave41184]

Nice capture JP!

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Great job explaining to the people about the bees, I love that you were willing to take time to educate them. Many people just don't want to take time to educate, that's why we have such an ignorant generation of youth right now. I wish we had where people could learn journeyman style for jobs & such. It would make it so people learned & earned for their livelihood. Glad you found the queen for this swarm. =)

[@honeybguys5872]

Dang she's purdy Jeff. Beautiful golden queen. You tend to like the "tiger striped' one's though right? BTW, If you need an extra hand (since your one hand is healing) lol for removals this spring give me a buzz and I'll be there.

[@JPthebeeman]

HONEY B GUYS dark queens are kinda cool, so are the tiger stripes but a pretty queen is a pretty queen, I'm not picky ☺ Thanks for the offer, should be up & running in the next few weeks if things go accordingly 👍🐝

[@estreya7370]

I missed something! I gather you're suffering from a hand injury? Hopefully, it's not serious and your recovery will be swift and complete. (And this video was just was i needed today - thanks for posting another great one!)

[@JPthebeeman]

estreya no worries, just carpal & cubital tunnel surgery, healing nicely, should be good to go very soon 👍

[@MansfieldPestControl]

Another great tutorial.... thanks JP

[@maryjane-rx4sq]

I really enjoy your videos. I'm very interested in bee keeping and you give so much info and great advice. Not sure I can keep a hive in my area but I love learning about them. Thank you.

[@tas8099]

This video answered a ton questions I had!

[@RustyNail5856]

Good work, JPthebeeman. that was very good , I enjoyed that very much I have been wonting to do that for so long keep bees when I was a kid I just never got a round to it . when I get back up to Roberts in LA ,we have a place by Roberts with a few acres I would like to make a little hobby hive, we in fl right now hope to be back soon . will let you know when we back. take care ,

[@kennygee6627]

Very cool, great work!! Thank you for doing this video. We are new beekeepers in Connecticut.

[@JPthebeeman]

Kenny Gee 👍🐝

[@Chris71379]

"I" am SO Completely fearful of bees! All it takes, is JUST 1 bee I see around, or Near me, and I'll start Jumpin and Runnin away from it, like I Just seen a Ghost! JUST Seeing you Remain/Being Cool, Calm, & Collected through that Entire video, As WELL as Without Having to Use a Beekeepers Suit, &/or that Smoking-Creating device that I see MOST beekeepers use, is just SO damn Amazin!

[@ZayMa949]

👌great job.... just wondering, how did you managed to transfer the whole colony without being stung. Any advice as I have a hive at my house backyard and planned to transfer it into a box that I have fabricated a month ago... a bit afraid of being stung!

[@adenihil]

Another great job & very entertaining as usual... Keep up the good work JP!

[@vickikennedy139]

I just want to know what he does with the bees after he collects them

[@tealkerberus748]

Vicki Kennedy I believe he gives them to other beekeepers. One person can only manage so many hives, after all. They're worth money, he could sell them, but I think he said he gives them to his friends.

[@dragonflytoo]

Very informative! You've given me a great respect for bees ☺️.

[@tommymonty7700]

Thanks for showing yet another successful capture. Your videos gave me enough confidence and know-how to attempt a cut-out in late September of this year. I'm very new at dealing with honeybees and don't recognize the different breeds yet, but from their small size, dark grey and amber color I believe them to be Russians. They surely have attitude. Lots of head butting but very few stings. JPBeeman made it possible, keep talking, keep showing those pretty queens, and THANK YOU for sharing.

[@Thetis058]

Another great video .

[@manjeetswt]

i wonder why the bee does nt sting ? have u apply a repellant cream on u ?

[@evankenison588]

Nice video. Do you ever have times when your shaking them like that onto something looking for the queen that your queen will fly off and so will the swarm, or is that really rare?

[@JPthebeeman]

Evan Kenison it can happen but it's not typical.

[@sharonblubaugh9305]

Love your videos so much

[@chibalba1313]

Hey bro I could use your advice, we have sort help here Auckland NZ to remove bees from house wall cavity. It's a massive swarm. I almost fell over when the bee people said can't help best exterminate contact pest control. I can't I have bee tattoos on my fingers, I think they're saCred as with all nature but bees is a personal thing. Anyway please let me know if you can help. I can take plenty of video and for for you to advise. Ihave to save these bees or I let them stay and well they eating wood ...... If you have insta, @pinklemonzing maybe telegram please dm, when you can. Safe hollidays

[@JPthebeeman]

I do use insta, quite frequently in fact. My user name there is JPthebeeman. DM me & I’ll holler back.

[@tealkerberus748]

JPthebeeman was there a vid from that conversation? Explaining remotely for someone on the other side of the planet how to remove a hive from their house would certainly be a novelty.

[@johnlord8337]

Well, you could herbal smudge them ... but then again ... having a neighborhood weed garden, you could puff them up, and they'd be so mellow, you could pick them up by hand ... DDDD

[@tealkerberus748]

If it were my yukka, I reckon I'd trim all those leaves, then cut through the stem and place the offcut in an empty box on top of a box of frames with a queen excluder in the middle. If the swarm is all together, the queen has to be there somewhere. But I don't like yukka much anyway.

[@technode1858]

How can you go right up too that wood hive you gave the bees, and only get stung like twice? Are they friendly bees?

[@meriatihan5271]

Well done

[@theresabradford6867]

Awesome as ever x

[@JPthebeeman]

Thank you!

[@MsDaddyrabbit1]

Excellent

[@caseyjones6197]

The queen I caught today in a swarm was really dark like the one you showed.

[@massquantitiesofawesomewoo5472]

Outstanding

[@winsomewife7112]

Need a fine mesh butterfly net too.

[@zafar55555]

Didn't they bite you?

[@ellenl.5581]

I'd like to see the comb built in that tree.

[@deslynmcintyre3833]

I would have topped the Yakka and bought the bird down to the box, the Yakka will always grow back

[@hermanvogelsang7482]

THX nice video.

[@mikedalakis5292]

Great Video, but how come you are still alive? If you handled our bees without full protective gear you'd cop so many stings that you wouldn't survive. .... so what is the secret? Have you rubbed something on your arms/body?

[@JPthebeeman]

Mike Dalakis no secrets, no magic potions, just smoke when it’s needed, observing how the bees are responding & most importantly the genetics of the bees I’m dealing with come in to play most.

[@stanlindert6332]

That bee flew by the mic.and my pad was buzzin

[@lanceflanagan]

You crazy dude

[@jimmybrooks179]

Around point 16:25, you stated that an established colony will not necessarily follow the queen after she has been involuntarily moved to another locale. PLEASE, please clarify this statement. I was so sure that this was the point of all the videos: "catch the queen and the hive will follow". At any rate, may the good Lord continue to bless you and yours this season and beyond.

[@JPthebeeman]

Jimmy Brooks if the mated queen is killed or removed from an established colony & there are eggs or very young larvae (no more than 3 days old) the colony can make a new queen. If the colony has been at the established location for more than 7-8 weeks, most all the bees in the colony were born in that location & have oriented to that specific location. Unless all comb & the queen is removed the colony will find a way to survive at the established location. With a swarm of bees there are no resources to keep the colony going forward except for the queen. For this reason swarm queens are extremely precious to the colony's survival & this is why they will flock to wherever she winds up & vice versa. Hope this clarifies things...

[@jimmybrooks179]

Thank you very much for the quick response; I know your busy. In your opinion, is it worth the effort to try and raise queens or buy new queens every year? I am a beginning beekeeper in San Antonio where sooner or later a docile hive will go very hot (like the one I now have).

[@JPthebeeman]

Jimmy Brooks you should mark your queens in your area so you know who you're dealing with. Temperament should be one of the determining factors in requeening a colony but I wouldn't jump the gun requeening every season but I would mark them to keep tabs on what you have in there.

[@jimmybrooks179]

Can a few backyard beekeepers with consistently gentle hives really affect (change) the genetics of feral hives in, say, a five mile radius of a central location? Thanks so much and Merry Christmas.

[@JPthebeeman]

Jimmy Brooks I think so. Saturating the area with drones from gentle stock would help a lot 🐝

[@Primex007]

Where was the queen

[@JPthebeeman]

Primex007 I don't recall exactly where she was when I caught her.

[@chethann7492]

I catch queen bee but what next

[@JMichldirtbag]

Hey JP. I got me a swarm of honey bees on the 29th of July 2018 I got them in a hive box with frames with foundation I put a honey box frame on to of the big frames and giving them sugar water. And giving them some honey as well do you think they will be okay. They are still in there after 3days Thanks I also put a queen excluder between brood frames and honey frames I sent you a friend request on Facebook

[@JMichldirtbag]

They queen is in there and I clipped one wing

[@JPthebeeman]

John dirtbag I’m not sure if I’m following you 100% here. There are some typos in your last post making it difficult to understand the run down. Please reiterate what you e done & I’ll be happy to respond. Thanks, ...JP

[@JMichldirtbag]

JPthebeeman I updated last message

[@JMichldirtbag]

JPthebeeman I have a video of what I did on Facebook

[@natserog]

Nice!! Do you handle fall swarms any differently?-thanks

[@JPthebeeman]

natserog if there’s a chill in the air, I’ll make certain I give them a little smoke. Cold bees don’t like to be messed with! Late swarms usually won’t build up as quickly without feed so I give them what honey I have available, and unless they’re really large, I’ll place them in a five frame Nuc to condense their efforts.

[@natserog]

JPthebeeman thanks

[@gwaynewilcox2702]

Onions a a age old remedy for bee stings

[@sabrinafelber]

Not scared of bees but that yukka plant will tear up your hands! Sharp edges like knives!

[@iyaramonk]

Do you ever have to deal with wasps and bumblebees? If so, what's the major differences in their removal?

[@JPthebeeman]

Main difference (obviously) is I wear protection dealing with yellow jackets & Bumbles but I have removed Bumbles alive & relocated them.

[@iyaramonk]

All right thanks.

[@JPthebeeman]

iyaramonk you can use a bee vac with them just like with honey bees. I do the bumbles at night. Bumble bee colonies don't get anywhere nearly as big as honey bee colonies do but their sting is quite powerful! 😬

[@iyaramonk]

I can imagine. I haven't been stung by them yet as they seem less aggressive. I do prefer them over regular bees just because they are so "furry", makes em look less like insects I guess. Are their small colonies at all useful for honeymaking?

[@julieenslow5915]

I believe only honey bees make honey. Can anyone confirm that for iyaramonk?

[@dawnwatkins6554]

I would not do something like that without a suit of armor.

[@JohnnyC10071959]

Here, folks, we have a man who does not fear bees

[@nleeks12]

I bet these were Killer Bees?

[@JPthebeeman]

nleeks12 of course they were ☺

[@Erik-ho7hi]

"Insect world just like the real world" says one of two females sitting around watching a man work

[@amadorcastro5138]

👏👏👏

[@severinoxavier1401]

Sou seu fam 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@shaeshae9831]

if I were you I would have emptied my big box out into my other box and then you reuse the big part of the Box again but not before you empty the Box into the real box

[@jblack8679]

Weirdest looking pineapple I've ever seen.

[@JPthebeeman]

Yucca tree or yucca plant, not a pineapple plant but the leaves I suppose do give the appearance of pineapple leaves, I can see the resemblance.