Mike Rowe Goes FIST DEEP into a GIANT BEE HIVE | Somebody's Gotta Do It

On this episode of "Somebody's Gotta Do It," bees, bees, and more bees! Mike Rowe travels to Queens, New York to learn from a retired New York City policeman and now urban beekeeper, Tony "Bees" Planakis.
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Tony "Bees"
6:00 Meet the Bees
12:50 Keep on Sucking!
16:50 Outro

[@WvlfDarkfire]

"You could scream" 🤣

[@iananderson8363]

As a beekeeper myself, Mike is 100% correct!

[@carlaatkins2619]

Bee people are heroes. I grew up and live in a farming community. Nothing makes me happier than seeing bees doing their thing. I am not afraid of them, on the other hand, wasps and hornets scare the spit out of me😅😂

[@Kaye09MNchick]

My family is currently dealing with ground hornets. I love bees, really dislike hornets and wasps. Those things look terrifying.

[@silentm999]

A tree fell in my neighborhood with a hive in it, and I knew that the rednecks would burn them out, so I left notes saying I was going to find someone to relocate it. After asking around, and making calls, the mailman informed me that a beekeeper loved right around the corner. Turned out that when the city sprayed for mosquitoes the year before it killed his hives, so he left work early and we relocated the grateful little ladies. I know they were grateful because I didnt wear any protective gear, and only got stung once because she crawled up my shirt and couldnt find her way out. It was the best day I ever had with clothes on.

[@burnban3047]

ive never heard that saying, i just imagine you spitting all over the place like some crack head. but on second thought of the visual it(not mine but what you meant) makes since. lol

[@CalTek]

6:35 --- the proper response to someone that truly appreciates it when they can share their passion with someone that appreciates what they are passionate about. Well done Mike.

[@caressdadick5684]

Mike has unspeakable rizz

[@madmommy]

Can we just take a moment to admire that family’s reaction? Not fear, not anger. Awe.

[@Kris-yr3zc]

"What is mailed USPS" should be an episode. Just a few that I know about; live chickens, live fish, plants, fecal matter, spit(DNA)...I can only imagine what else. 😳

[@graeme9679]

I am sure Mike did a show once where they bred and mailed live crickets.

[@Kris-yr3zc]

@@graeme9679 oh, yes...I have personally received baby chickens & beneficial insects for my garden. Crazy what goes through our mail.

[@kentcostello5286]

You out did your self on this Mike. I been a beekeeper for 4 to 5 years and love saving them.

[@tonyc223]

Please tell me honey is healthy and not just sugar,or not...

[@ytbechris8392]

@@tonyc223 its very heathly

[@wowplayer160]

@@tonyc223 Honey is sweet because of its high concentrations of the monosaccharides fructose and glucose. It has about the same relative sweetness as sucrose (table sugar). - wikipedia took like 5 seconds to find.

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

WOW! Kelly York, has to Bee one of the Sweetest people you've ever had on your show. Puns aside. She's allergic to Bees, yet cares so much she got Bee immune therapy. She took Shots, so she could take Stings! Hats off to her!!!

[@StanHowse]

Extremely Sweet... A lot like Honey. lol

[@SR71GIRL]

Thank you Tony!❤ Thank you Mike Rowe!❤ Thank you BEES 🐝 😘 🐝

[@fryerlawrence]

Mike Rowe... our baritone caffeinated hero braving bees so we don't have to. 🤣 Legend.

[@kongwubba81]

I've never seen someone so happy to see their ceiling getting fucked up. Lol good to be able to laugh about it.

[@user-qi1hr2lo4s]

What a way to start a show. I love you Mike Rowe. Thank you for being the man you are!!!

[@CissyBrazil]

@user…. Your first two sentences shows you are a poet lol.

[@gunlinebees.3831]

As a rural Beekeeper, It's awesome that folks keep roof top hives in the city. Great job on the cutout fellas!

[@dcsblessedbees]

👋

[@gunlinebees.3831]

@@dcsblessedbees Hey DC!

[@dcsblessedbees]

@@gunlinebees.3831 Great video but they could have done and said so much more about honey bees. 🤣Cut outs take to much effort and time.

[@gunlinebees.3831]

@@dcsblessedbees dealing with that plaster was some work by itself... Then the actual cutout comes into play. They had to have the short version of beekeeping for the 20 min time slot. 😁

[@dcsblessedbees]

@@gunlinebees.3831 I just meant they could have shown so much more about beekeeping not focusing on a cut out is all.

[@daveco1270]

Mike Row seems like one of the nicest, most genuine, funniest, laid back guys on the planet. He's been like that since the first time I saw him on Dirty Jobs, decades ago. Some people are just so centered and comfortable in their own skin, it makes you want to spend time with them and try to absorb some of that energy.

[@thelonewrangler1008]

I met Tony bees at a festival a few years ago, hes a good dude and very knowledgeable

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank You so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@WvlfDarkfire]

Great job everyone. Fitting this big of a job into less than 20 minutes while conveying all the complexities and necessities in an understandable and appropriate manner. 🎉

[@jeffreystarks]

And they still had time to explain the best way to have pasta. Lol.

[@Jane_Dow]

That was a sweet way to spend a day ! Mike you meet the coolest people, nice to know there are people like Tony ( an you & crew, of course) are still out an around this world. Got-ta-lovette

[@jfk2167]

How does this channel only have 456k subscribers. The content is top notch. I know it's growing but this channel should be in the millions already!

[@pattibrown1809]

Bees are great and all(I grew up with them in my backyard because my Dad was a beekeeper), but Tony has my ❤ because of his garden!✌

[@Kaye09MNchick]

That made my heart melt when he talked about the garden being for the bees! And how beautiful the garden looked made me feel like he cares so much about the bees' well-being that he's willing to also take care of their food and pollination sources too! 😊

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank You so much 🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Awwwwwww, Thank you so much!!!

[@therealdjanvrin]

I'm allergic as well, but haven't been stung in over 40 years. I am absolutely certain they sense intent as well as fear. Had a bee tree within 10 feet of where I park at home (unfortunately, the hive died from infestation by tiny beetles). I regularly mowed around the tree & they never worried about me. I like them, they like me. Glad to have Tony taking care of them.

[@DEATHTOTHESHITTERS]

Only interested in the Honey.

[@closertothetruth9209]

maybe you should get the bee venom shots like the girl in this video making you no longer allergic, here they gave kids micro amounts of peanuts to cure them of deadly peanut allergy, who knows what the future holds better to stack the odds in your favour.

[@jasongrim2027]

​@@closertothetruth9209i just hope dude doesn't live in the US because those treatments would probably be expensive as hell.

[@PruneHub]

Riight...... Way better to make everyone else pay. And have a 6 month waiting list if you need any further treatment.

[@unclebounce1495]

@@PruneHub probably another mor0n paying 60+% of his income to the state while bragging about his free healthcare. That's like being forced to pay for insurance for 2/3s of your income all through your healthy decades of life then bragging your prescriptions are covered "for free" in your senior years. The level of idiocy is amazing. The only reason medicine has gone through the roof in the past half century or so is 100% because of the collusion of the medical industry and government, nothing else. ignorance is bliss, i guess.

[@SauveArts]

I love that Tony took the time to show the family the hive and the bees, and I love their reaction even more

[@mdtaylor2274]

Mike deserves many more subscribers.

[@joeh4295]

I helped a friend rescue a HUGE hive from an abandoned house last year. It filled an entire wall space, floor to ceiling and stud to stud. We pulled almost 100lbs of hive, honey and bees, tool all day. I got my first nuc 6 months ago for my small farm.

[@thisisthedude123]

I use to watch Dirty Jobs growing up and its nice to see the vibe that Mike puts out still being translated to something meaningful.

[@beekeeper8474]

As a fellow beekeeper this was awesome. Look how clean those suits look! That doesn't last long.

[@bboyairrick]

this video was really cool, Tony seems like a great dude. loves his job.

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DavidDavis-smiles]

Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!

[@tjairicciardi9747]

these videos are awesome, really wish they were longer.....so much great content

[@jasonsimpkins5040]

Man i love these shows. An array of variety of topics.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Mike ROWE FOR president!!!

[@Synergyfarm]

I do bee removal and regenerative farming full time in Florida. Never a dull moment

[@Shuggies]

Right on Bro. 😊👌

[@jaysartori9032]

I would like to become a bee farmer I also love Kelly York mostly I love her voice.

[@fingolfyn]

Since May I am a proud beekeeper with 3 hives in my garden, bees are really a natural wonder - such incredible creatures that holds the world together. Gotta make mead this year to cheers the bees.

[@forgingluck]

Very cool

[@mikewinings4120]

Thank you Tony,for bEEing an ambassador for the 🐝 ,it's great you bring the family(properly protected)to see what all the buzz is about,and thank you for your service!!

[@rmmccoy51]

I found it amazing that he brought the family up to see the bee. He even had suits for the children, and they will never forget seeing the beehive that was in their house! What a memory.

[@jens.9155]

God bless Tony Bees and what he does. ❤

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank You so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🐝🐝🐝

[@confused_beekeeper]

I’m a commercial beekeeper by trade. This video is awesome. I just wish Mike came to my operation!

[@StanHowse]

What are you confused about? Why you're still keeping bees? or why you didn't start sooner?

[@katiecoollady]

omg two of my favorite things--Mike Rowe and Bees!!

[@AndrewMorton116]

Mike Rowe is the BEST!

[@RTMZ06]

Somebody's Gotta Do It, these episodes just keep getting better!

[@J.A.Smith2397]

MIKE ROWE YOU'RE A LOT OF PPLS HERO YOU KNOW THAT, WORKING MAN'S HERO!

[@shellydehart8217]

That was awesome. We need to save our Bees! Their very important to our ego systems. Mike you did a great job. Many thanks to Tony for Davy the Bees. ♥️😊👍

[@claywilson6149]

NYPD blue . You guys are legends!! Thank you for your service and God bless each and every one of you 💜

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank you 🙏

[@shawndonnelly862]

This was by far one of your best episodes.

[@Solhai]

1K that was fun to see. Thank you for highlighting such a special job.

[@stevephillips1867]

Thank you Mike Rowe and staff, and thanks to the bee man.. one of the best shows I have seen. Bee recovery, for the simple act of helping preserve life. Ours and the bees.

[@thomasdecoste4442]

Wow Mike loved this video this man is a Super Hero in every way we need more folks like him in this world thanks MR Tony Bees Ontario Canada

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Thank you so much. Tonybees

[@michelecaron]

Mike I’m your favorite Bee Keeper..Apiarist… I’ve got years of stories. I work with schools on the difference between honey bees, yellow jackets, and wasps. So many great stories. What is interesting about keeping bees 🐝 and chickens, I play opera music 🎶 the creatures become calm and love me. Only opera will due… come sing to the ladies ❤❤❤

[@tb7280]

I do the same thing in the south. 2 corrections to be made. Pollen and nectar are different. Pollen is what the baby bees feed on during development. Nectar is what gets turned into honey. Second, the bees do not go after the eyes, but they sting the face area because of the carbon dioxide that we exhale. In the wild when bears, raccoons, skunks, etc raid their hive the only place they can sting is around the intruders nose or mouth because if the fur. This is why they go after the face area. Great clip Mike!

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Was wondering, when you are facing the hive ( which is facing south) and a north breeze blows your breath/carbon dioxide away from the hive, why do they still come to your face? Try this, approach your hive, stare down to the ground, see what happens. Again, no eye contact with the bees!!!! They are extremely intelligent and observant creatures . In the woods, if I don’t make eye contact with Deer, they’re not spooked, (I have pictures and videos of them within 3-5 yards of me) the minute I make eye contact, they go into alert, stomping hoof release alert pheromones from glands, snort and run, been doing for over 45years same studies in woods and hives. Try it.

[@CHT420]

Thank you Mike R. for showing how important BEES are to our food consumption. My grandpa was a Beekeeper, I remember summers and Sundays going to Grandparents. The “bee candy” grandpa had sacks of bee candy for the bees to eat(us kids too). Grandpa sold his honey to a Sue Bee Honey Co. in Temple, TX back in the 60/70/80’s

[@jasongrim2027]

I loved dirty jobs as a kid it was in my top 10 favorites im happy to see that mike is still carrying on the idea of that amazing show.

[@michaelripley4528]

To bee or not to bee… Its a sting operation !!!😃 Beee👽Gooood Mr Beebob❤️ Beest Regards BeeE.T✨💫✨

[@kenyongray2615]

Could you say that without bees that a lot of life on Earth would vanish. I love to watch bees work. Fascinating. Mike is willing to try anything. He loves to learn and that is a fantastic quality in a person.

[@davidg2122]

Another good one guys!

[@shanebaker2249]

“Must be a drag to be a bee and not be able to sting.” 😂 Well done Mike and thank you to Kelly and Tony for what they do for bees.

[@J-Rod91]

17:00 Idk why but when he turned around and said “THANK YOU!” I started laughing so hard! It’s my favorite part of the video......... again IDK WHY but IT IS! 😆😂🤣

[@anactualalpaca7016]

That modified vacuum was pretty neat, man loves what he does

[@n.r.6833]

Great episode Mike and Crew!!!! Keep'em coming!!

[@bonniehyden962]

30-something years ago a 80-somethung yr old man told me to go "hold the smoke" for my very new boyfriend. After some "conversation" between the two of us I finally relented. ...I was scared spotless! The old man was quite amused. That man became my father-in-law and he started my love and fascination with bees. He's no longer with us but my love of bees remains. ...so much so that one year, for my birthday, my husband built a hive with a glass lid so I could go out and watch my babies work as I pleased. 🤗 Nothing better than watching someone else work their butts off! 😂 Prayers and blessings to Tony!!! Thank you, Mike and crew!!!

[@Razzie.]

6:35 is so cute 😝

[@frankquevedo3453]

I use to suffer from seasonal allergies. About 5 years ago I started a yearly method of taking1 teaspoon of local honey daily. No more allergies. I only take it about a month prior to Spring time. It's still working! Thanks bees :-)

[@brianmiller1149]

Great episode!!!

[@davidstrother496]

Most of the time, my own reaction to your videos is, "I did not know that". I learn some amazing stuff with each one, thank you Mike and crew, and to your guests as well. Keep up the great work, and keep making me say I didn't know that. Greetings from San Angelo, TX.

[@jodyguy708]

Mike is like Betty white, a national treasure that everyone loves and needs to be protected

[@bustinobonnell4468]

Thank you for these vids Mike! Love what you do

[@thomasreid5221]

I worked with Tony for many years... he is as nice in person as he was on the show... a true gentleman !

[@anthonyplanakis5020]

Omg Tommy, Long time Brother, how are you??? Thank You so much for this, I’m Just seeing it now😳😳😳😳😱🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@AnthonyGonzalez-gx6ht]

I was rewatching DJ just to see some episodes in relation to bees, it's kinda funny how Mike goes in to extract info from these people even though he's been through it before. It's that kind of genuine ignorance that makes it a great program for both teaching and entertainment. It's like 100% dad humor and I totally get it now being older.

[@PlugJh]

Aww the First Lady like was with was such a sweetheart!!

[@LetsTakeWalk]

Another day saving the beeeees

[@gingiegirl6963]

Hooray for the bees! Nice video guys!

[@Molloyjenn]

I’ve seen beekeepers put the combs into the new hives as well so they don’t stress the bees out so much. They also hunt for the queen. Tony probably did. here too, but I didn’t hear it mentioned.

[@DuvalDashCams]

Interesting fact, there was a beekeeper who noticed multi-colored honey in the comb.. they figured out that it was coming from a dumpster that M&Ms (the factory) were dumped in! Thought that was super cool

[@JnWmMatt]

Creative way of collecting the bees.

[@Blueshirt38]

I love the show and what Mike and the team does. Just one thing I wanted to point out to clear up something of a myth: these are European honey bees, which are a non-native, introduced insect to the Americas, and while they are used to pollinate large fields of certain crops, they are not responsible for 80% of plant pollination, or even close to that. The "Save The Bees" movement was created to focus on native, mostly solitary, non-honey-producing species of bees that pollinate plants native to their habitats, and it was later co-opted by the honey industry to focus on honey bees. European honey bees are livestock, and are carted around to pollinate non-native agriculture. The majority of pollination is done by wind, and other insects, whereas only about 8-10% of the world's crop production is directly attributable to animal (insect) pollination, much less so directly by bees of any kind. European honey bees are NOT endangered and are actually growing in population, but many species of native bees worldwide ARE endangered, and are actually being pushed out by introduced European honey bee livestock. I still agree with the people in this episode, and honey bee colonies should be preserved whenever possible, but treating them as though they are some sort of savior-insect that humanity couldn't survive without is 100% propaganda from the 9 billion dollar honey industry.

[@randallsimmons391]

Mike, you are truly one of THE Greatest American Heroes. What would we do without you and your crew? Thank you for presenting America and the men and women that keep her moving!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

my uncle harvested bees for 50 years, dude got stung daily even with the suits,

[@jaclynnschaefer]

I love it!

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@biggtrux]

I keep bees myself so this was great fun to watch.

[@ShivaServer2009]

I really enjoy watching your show! That and Dirty Jobs. Been a fan for years! Keep it up!

[@mrsimo7144]

Get that lady who picks them up. 🐝 ❤

[@smckay6438]

Bee and their keepers are a vital part of out food supply! And are very interesting !😊

[@juaerez69]

Thanks Mike. Love you man!

[@cherylrosalis1948]

Love this

[@randalltaylor3448]

Excellent, Mike! Thank you for showing the importance of sustaining the bees. They are vital to mankind!

[@elvee88]

I love the bee lady!

[@AndrewBerube41]

"We keep sucking like crazy but the bees just keep coming " Mike Rowe

[@Kyosumari]

*snicker*

[@WrenchHead]

As a beekeeper, I enjoyed this one. Thanks.

[@allysondoerfler2435]

I had a friend who kept bees and told me a little bit about them. They are teeny, tiny livestock. You have to feed them when you take their honey away, treat them for parasites, and respiratory disease (lots of tiny sneezing), etc. He liked to just sit and watch them take off, return. They do a little dance when they find a good course of pollen.

[@michelemcdermott75]

I just loved this! And I’m petrified of bees!!!!🐝🐝

[@Kyosumari]

Thats awesome to hear. I don't mean this condescendingly, though I know it can easily come across that way in text - Im genuinely proud of you. Reminds me of helping my little sister understand that it's totally okay to be afraid of spiders, but she doesn't have to panic. Eventually even though she feels that fear, she doesn't get overcome by it. Education is always the first step either way. The more we understand something, the harder it is to be afraid of most of the time. (exceptions always apply aha)

[@vickiel914]

I watch several bee keeping videos. It is an amazing process.

[@america1st277]

Mike's the man !

[@corvettesbme]

I love Mike's series

[@yoavallon]

You can get roaches, super worms, crickets etc from the USPS aswell

[@jerrykeenan1848]

YOURE a man man and a gorgeous womans man!! LOL NOT kidding! Thanks so much. LOVE your mom and dad!!

[@dextercampbell8443]

Actually the post office likes very much to move bees for people. It's just a bit strange at first but our bee protocols are excellent. After 32 years I've never been stung at work

[@royschrader8003]

Great episode Mike. I'm a bee keeper, it's always good to inform the public about bees. I'm always willing to help people getting started as well.

[@roblowe9283]

Awesome as always

[@user-bw2cr9qo9b]

One of my favorites