Most Have Never Seen This Before Bees Balling A Queen To Protect Her

Most Have Never Seen This Before Bees Balling A Queen To Protect Her
Balling of Queen
What an amazing experience to see while catching a swarm. The Queen Bees daughters surrounded her in an effort to protect her. There are other reasons why they do this but in this uncommon instance it was a good thing.
Here's some info from the web: In certain circumstances worker bees crowd round and enclose the queen. This is believed to be a panicky attempt to protect her. It is liable to occur if the queen is frightened. It is most likely to occur during or following manipulation in the spring in poor weather when stores are short, in small lots, and during robbing; in other words, in time of stress and at times when the queen could not be replaced by the bees. Old bees, long queenless, are liable to ball a new queen on introduction, or a virgin queen on her return to the hive.
When balling, the bees form a ball with the queen at the centre. Balling is accompanied by a distinctive hissing sound in the note of the colony. The ball will become tighter if the operator endeavours to break it by hand or by the application of smoke, and the queen will probably be damaged or even suffocated. If balling is seen, close the hive at once, if practicable, and await more favourable circumstances. The ball can be broken up by dipping in water, but the queen should then be caged for a time, and the condition of the stock seen to.
To avoid balling make the minimum of disturbance in the spring, making any necessary full examination when honey is coming in or after feeding, and stop if, signs of balling, occur. The more excitable dark races are the most likely to ball their queen.
Honeybees can always be dangerous and it is not recommended to attempt to remove them with experience with bees or construction knowledge.
I hope you enjoy this little bit of fun. I enjoy your feedback in the comments and thank you for taking the time to check out my channel. Until the next time, enjoy the show.
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Here is a little bee educational material for ya.
Africanized honey bees (known colloquially as "killer bees") are hybrids between European stock and the East African lowland subspecies A. m. scutellata; they are often more aggressive than European honey bees and do not create as much of a honey surplus, but are more resistant to disease and are better foragers.[23] Accidentally released from quarantine in Brazil, they have spread to North America and constitute a pest in some regions. However, these strains do not overwinter well, so they are not often found in the colder, more northern parts of North America. The original breeding experiment for which the East African lowland honey bees were brought to Brazil in the first place has continued (though not as originally intended). Novel hybrid strains of domestic and re-domesticated Africanized honey bees combine high resilience to tropical conditions and good yields. They are popular among beekeepers in Brazil.

[@YappyBeeman]

In certain circumstances worker bees crowd round and enclose the queen. This is believed to be a panicky attempt to protect her. It is liable to occur if the queen is frightened

[@cheapsmoke4096]

thats for the info i was confused about that haha

[@roybm3124]

I thought that this was used to kill the queen by the heat created? Or is this an accidental side-effect of trying to protect her? Great video!

[@candy77266]

@@roybm3124 I think it depends if its a queen they didn't accept into their colony. This queen was already accepted while others that I have seen being swarm were new queens being rejected. I could be wrong but that is my educated guess .

[@patreekotime4578]

@@roybm3124 "Hot" bee balling is different because they flap their wings hard... the use of their flight muscles generates heat and raises the temperature inside the ball. This has been seen as a defensive strategy against giant hornets who have a thicker, harder exoskeleton the bee's stingers cant penetrate. Against smaller rivals I would think they would just sting them to death.

[@avian8354]

What type of bees are these??

[@lucianamiqueo7577]

I loved how when the bees were walking over the camera lens, you could see the sunlight shine through them and their golden little bodies were honey colored! Bees are just such beautiful little creatures!

[@6StringPassion.]

Wow. Those bees acted like you just gave them a mansion with a 4 car garage, indoor pool and tennis courts.

[@YappyBeeman]

I kinda did. And free cable.

[@DekrosnaArcana]

@@YappyBeeman Cable? guess they'll have to disconnect that for some fiber internet and a few streaming services.

[@YappyBeeman]

Lets see how well they do first. Maybe work up to that.

[@missthang4982]

"Oops! Swallowed a bee!"....lmaro!! Nearly spit my coffee out. 🤣🤣...Rewound it to make sure I heard what I heard. Laughed even harder. Protection Ball? Hm? Not heard of that. Super cool. Gawd I friggin loves bee's! Ty for sharing. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 ✌️

[@YappyBeeman]

Everyone hears about them balling older queens or wasps that invade the colony but not to protect them. I've seen it happen 3 times in 10 years. Difference is how tight they form around her.

[@athenebujard9819]

Did you actually swallow a bee??

[@missthang4982]

@@YappyBeeman It's no wonder you were so excited to see one. Three times in 10 years? Long time to wait to see something like that. 😊

[@timmylittle2406]

That was so freaking cool

[@akantiia]

The big ol shake of the bees down onto the camera was pretty damn cool!

[@haggielady]

ikr I said it out loud, way cool!

[@you_can_call_me_T]

Love how you always give us a few seconds of slow-mo queen bee twerking 😂

[@YappyBeeman]

Heck ya....luv me some junk in that trunk footage.

[@Doxymeister]

Oh man, that was AWESOME! Having that bee-ball fall right into our faces, it made me jerk my head back in reaction, LOL. That is so fascinating, the bees gathered around the queen--I wonder what had them so worried? Could there be a second queen in there? Regardless, that was a great catch, Yappy!🐝

[@biggtrux]

That's awesome. I've been a beekeeper for several years but I still can't get up the courage to stick my bare hand into a swarm. Great job!

[@breakupgoogle]

this whole video is fire. that box is amazing, that swarm was amazing, and the ball of bees is wild.

[@maryjanebeatty6030]

Yappy the bee whisperer :) Thanks for taking us along on this journey!

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

I had one today that had 2 queens in it. The bees split between two 10 frame deeps It was really big!!! Thanks Yappy!!!!

[@YappyBeeman]

Nice. I caged 6 yesterday and ran out of holders or i cod have had 17 more. No kidding.

[@patreekotime4578]

Swarm. Swallowed a bee. Swarm drop onto camera. Protective ball. Damn Yappy, this was one hell of a day!

[@YappyBeeman]

All in a days work. Wait until the next one. 10lbs of bees and caged 6 queens. All in 1 job.

[@joeyasaperson]

@@YappyBeeman damn

[@aki5970]

I am so happy for you that you found this big form of bees! It was so exciting to watch. It's also very interesting that they made a protection-ball for the queen but they did not get mad when you tried to push them apart. They were pretty chill about you :)

[@izze9951]

“All I’m gonna do is start going frame by frame.” very funny hearing this in this context when i’m used to it in animation. love the videos and the obvious care for these animals

[@graceofmay6206]

If it was a death ball, he wouldn’t be able to break it apart as easily. It can be a quick panic move as well. Once the bees realized that everything was fine, they went back to their normal routine.

[@YappyBeeman]

Finally someone gets it......

[@anitadriessen3664]

wauw so awesome to see a very happy yappy beeman!!! i am sooo scared of bees but to see u handle them with so much love is amazing 🥰

[@zetectic7968]

That's a lot of free bees😁

[@robertphillips3992]

LOL, good one!

[@mnf8362]

Wow that is so fascinating! Love your videos Yappy! 🙏❤️🌵🌞😎

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you. Its much appreciated.

[@KWBuck]

I appreciate your enthusiasm for your job and the bees. You never show any fear. My grandsons were afraid of bees until we binge watched your videos. They think you are crazy, but they love watching you work. Thanks Yappy!

[@robertphillips3992]

When I receive notification of one of your new post, I immediately jump to watch it. It’s relaxing to me to watch you interact with the bees and I learn a little each time I watch. Thank you again for posting these videos.

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you for watching. I appreciate the support and enjoyment.

[@TheGlobalTravelr]

That was amazing Yappy!

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you.

[@FLIPPER1439]

Love ❤️ watching you pick up the bees 🐝 and how they are so calm. Now that’s AMAZING 🤩

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you very much.

[@Renityyyyy]

Did he just say he swallowed a bee😮 🐝 I am not okay 😀

[@YappyBeeman]

Yes he did ....but hes ok.

[@jbreezy101]

He will BEE ok

[@kimmartinez6002]

I love watching your videos I learn a lot and I can't wait till this spring to catch me some bees (Save the Bees)

[@DawidyR]

For those who have no idea about this The queen is responsible for laying eggs and producing pheromones that keep the colony cohesive and productive. However, sometimes the workers decide to kill their queen and replace her with a new one This can happen for various reasons, such as: *The queen is too old or weak to lay enough eggs to maintain the colony’s population. *The queen’s pheromones have diminished and the workers no longer recognize her as their leader. *The queen has produced defective or diseased brood that threatens the colony’s health. *The colony is under stress from external factors such as predators, parasites, or lack of food *The queen is damaged or injured by accident or by the beekeeper The workers kill the queen by a process known as balling, where they cluster tightly around the queen and generate heat to raise her body temperature until she dies. This is not a form of stinging, but rather a form of suffocation. The workers then raise a new queen from one of the existing eggs or larvae in the hive. The new queen will emerge after about 16 days and will mate with several drones (male bees) to ensure genetic diversity. The new queen will then take over the role of laying eggs and producing pheromones for the colony

[@YappyBeeman]

Everything you copied and pasted had nothing to do with what actually happened here.

[@DawidyR]

@@YappyBeeman I love bees ,just want to know balling a queen is not to protect. And you put queen into small box to protect .

[@YappyBeeman]

Bees can ball up on a queen to protect her when she exhibits a nervous reaction . I have seen it a few times over the years. Yes, they can also ball a queen or even an intruder such as a wasp or similar to kill it . But in this case , it was not to kill her. If they were,it would not have been so easy to break the ball to capture her.

[@DawidyR]

@@YappyBeeman thanks bro for your detailed explaining, indeed without your serial videos I would never know such a fantastic world in farming bees. Ok I will seek more info of Queen. Appreciated

[@YappyBeeman]

Its always a pleasure to share and I appreciate the feedback. Well wishes to you.

[@dianekeane7740]

I don't understand how you can reach in like that to a protective ball and not get stung.

[@ksol77]

😇 Beekeepers like yourself made a DIFFERENCE in this world. :)

[@SuzeofFlorida]

I love listening to your voice describe the bees and what they are doing. Your passion and love of bees comes through while you are talking.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

Wow! Love seeing the swarm ball. You are the best bee channel I've come across.

Magical video.

[@paultrigger3798]

these videos are addicting and you have a great way of presenting everything about bees.

[@Sco6014]

Nice catch! Delicious bees!

[@texasfriendlybeekeepers8210]

Loving every minute of it !!!

[@eileenshaw8697]

Love your vids, how you really enjoy working with the bees, putting your hand in and checking thier mood, it's amazing 🙂

[@nicholasspitz9522]

This is honestly really cool. Learned something new today

[@user-tm2js9qf9b]

I used to be terrified of bees, after watching you do all these things my fear has gone already. Love your vibe, keep it up !

[@YappyBeeman]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@donnajohnson9324]

I love how passionate you are about the lovely bees 🐝 ♥️ you are the bee-wisher to me ❤ I have only just found your channel and am learning so much ❤️

[@mch12311969]

This is absolutely one of my favorite KZbin channels

[@sandywa3057]

So amazing..what an incredible video! I wonder what had the queen so anxious?

[@YappyBeeman]

The stress of swarming and the actions to rehome them can do that i believe.

[@janapoulton4333]

Just amazing, fantastic work sir. Love bees, admire your knowledge and your love and respect for the bees. Thank you!!

[@darthchowder2023]

Casually says "swallowed a bee". If I swallowed a bee id act like it was Alien.

[@BeesNTrees47]

Thanks for being awesome Yappy

[@lewiemcneely9143]

You are the PRINCE of Yappy Bee Persons, bar-NONE! BLESSINGS!

[@AbbyCd]

That's incredible! 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

[@FXTyga]

1:59 I love how you shook down the bees on to the camera 😂😂 Very nice video as always! 🐝🐝🐝

[@YappyBeeman]

Thanks for watching!

[@yewtreefire]

Love the swarm catches

[@Private011]

So cool. Such a beautiful bees.

[@stanbasov42]

Pure positive bees vibes. Perfect to start my morning thanks mate

[@KittKattRED]

That was the coolest shot I've ever seen of you dropping the bees

[@JFoxman]

When they cover the Queen like that, what's keeping them from thinking you're a treat and attacking you as you try to uncover her and cage her?

[@cyvonn]

I had the same question.

[@blankderechte5382]

This guy get 100% a stung but if you work in the BEE Buisness and get over the time 100-150 stungs you will be immun against the poison , the stung still hurt but wtihout the poison is fine ^^

[@amandaliberty08]

That swarm had a beautiful form. They are spectacular creatures and really show off sometimes. Thanks for the stunning view and the lesson. Btw held my first handful of bees last week and it was vibrating and fantastic. Might not have tried if it wasn't for you and JP.

[@YappyBeeman]

Thats awesome. Good for you. Thank you for the compliment.

[@CosmicPotato740]

‘These swarming bees are so cool to mess with!!’ *Proceeds to pick up a hand full of bees* Me: HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!

[@TboneTenEighties]

Such important creatures for the planet. Humans can learn a lot from them.

[@mrc4912]

Protecting the queen is the number one priority of a bee colony. Without the queen laying hundreds of eggs/day to keep the hive functioning, it would soon die out, since the average lifespan of a worker bee is only 5-6 weeks in the Summer.

[@Susietacoma]

Such a great video of shaking a swarm into a box. The bee protection 🐝 ball was interesting too!

[@Susietacoma]

So cool! Had to watch this video several times since you uploaded it. So nice! 🐝

[@YappyBeeman]

Bees definitely are addictive.

[@Android-vk8yh]

Amazing 👏 If that's a protection ball, why don't they attack you when you're taking the queen?

[@YappyBeeman]

Great question I can't really answer. But I'm glad they didn't.

[@semajd5995]

Because they are killing her not protecting her

[@ekeneeze5274]

The way he handles the bees is just impressive. But I've got just one question: why ain't these bees stinging this beekeeper?

[@hylianflower9681]

They are, you can see the permanant damage to his hands

[@jonsangels2465]

He has probably built up a very high tolerance to the pain. As it is happening, he either doesn't know that he's being stung or doesn't even care. Also, he is working very slowly and carefully, so the insects are not severely enraged.

[@daltonmeade4189]

Trust me...he is getting stung. This guy is just a tough old redneck. He's probably been stung more times then I've flushed toilets in my entire life.

[@YappyBeeman]

Actually, these bees were not stinging me and the hand issue is from surgeries from childhood.

[@mysteryman703]

@@YappyBeeman I just noticed what that tatoo is its very smart and it looks nice!!!

[@ChamblesRNG]

So glad the winter is over. More mr Beeman! 😊

[@YappyBeeman]

I am too. I'm glad to be back in the bees.

[@GrammyMidwife]

Always entertaining and educational! Great catch my friend!

[@YappyBeeman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@genegray9895]

Can we just appreciate that this man's entire job is looking for needles in haystacks and he consistently succeeds. The talent is incredible.

[@tatertotbulldog6005]

I'm sorry but did you say swallowed a bee 😅 if true does that happen often yappy?

[@duskyt3844]

ya i heard that and i was kinda confused, i still am ngl

[@tatertotbulldog6005]

Honey combs good cereal except but with real bees

[@zomepeople1315]

I wonder if you're the first one ever to take camera footage of a huge ball of live bees being swung down directly onto the camera :D AMAZING! So fun!

[@YappyBeeman]

This is the second time I've done it and it seems to be going over very well.

[@amesappreciated5823]

Human reaches up to swarm, pulls some girls down into a box. Bees: hey this human brought us a home AND there’s wax. Hey y’all come on down to the box it’s cool!

[@livefree810]

What a beautiful video,

[@NinjaForHire]

I love your videos dude you do an awesome job with the bees

[@loriroot6236]

You are so good with them ❤

[@terryl7874]

👍 Really interesting see you take care of the bees.

[@timothypirnat3754]

Pretty cool to see a bee ball.

[@YappyBeeman]

I've seen it 3 times in 10 years. Glad to finally catch it on video.

[@timmyteaching]

Amazing vid, Yappy. Awesome camera work. Thank you!

[@YappyBeeman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Bamamike1031]

fascinating and terrifying to watch

[@heehaw8401]

The shape of that swarm in the tree looks like an upside down bear!

[@you_can_call_me_T]

2:21 Did you say you swallowed a bee??

[@YappyBeeman]

Lol......yep. kudos that you caught that.

[@coachsean9982]

I always love a happy Yappy

[@slippersmomma]

Nice. Loved it.

[@jed23ify]

Just wondering, do you still get stung a few times here and there, even when the bee colony is not feeling threatened? If so, are you just so used to it now that you don’t even react to it on camera? Thanks in advance and keep up the awesome work!

[@michellemorningstar880]

OMG freaking out you grab some bees holy tons of bees i would be running wow you knew it never saw that ball of bees like that epic video thanks so very much your amazing Yappy

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you for watching and the comment.

[@empireoflizards]

That was great stuff! An amazing demonstration to how an intimate understanding of a hive can make your job so much easier, lol!

[@YappyBeeman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zzydny]

Bee magic from Yappy! 🐝

[@Kitsurai]

2:22

[@jannomeeuwessen4886]

DID HE SWALLOW A BEE???

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

Lmfao

[@snowmantone5208]

Wow what a swarm!

[@mayarose5528]

you are so brave

[@davidmckeever2443]

Yappy again proves hes the King of Queens!

[@blazedfatass8465]

I’m sure you get this question a lot, and have likely answered it before, but how do you handle them with no suit without getting stung?

[@YappyBeeman]

European genetic honeybees are a little easier to work with than the africanized. With mine, i just treat them gentile'ish and don't cause them to alarm so i don't get eat up too bad.

[@blazedfatass8465]

@@YappyBeeman Oh cool, thanks for answering man!

[@madddog7]

well done .. very kool

[@hardcodedgamer2265]

This is relaxing and scary at the same time

[@pistolpete349]

Amazing.

[@GoldCartier]

Shout out to you my guy, I know when you grabbed that queen they was tearing ya hand up! 🐝

[@lagrangebees]

That was an amazing catch :D

[@sarahjane8949]

Jeez Louise 👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@eerycar7381]

This man is loving life rn lol

[@TheDisneylover23]

Yappy always gets his queen!!

[@YappyBeeman]

I did a removal yesterday and caged 6....that video is going to be epic

[@cassy8834]

I thought usually when they ball up like this to a queen they rejecting her and killing her

[@mark6302]

oh mighty Bee King I cower in your presence :0

[@Ls3Atomicvette]

Cool how do you prevent squishing the bees when sliding the wood in and out and the metal top ? And If you do squish one do they get mad and start stinging ?

[@YappyBeeman]

It can trigger them to be defensive. Yes

[@birdsatalcatraz]

I ❤ 🐝

[@zalmaflash]

That looks like a bar scene in Norfolk when the ship docks

[@CastleHives]

You needed a cameraman to sit under the branch when you dropped that cluster. So cool, Yappy. That swarm was a nice size. Good stuff.

[@YappyBeeman]

Does that get me a few of them fresh cooked ribs? Send em.

[@CastleHives]

@@YappyBeeman Haha. . Between 5 of us, we wiped out 2 racks. Next batch.

[@henrylockwood7230]

You may not make the most vids but the quality is excellent. Thanx.

[@YappyBeeman]

Thank you for the compliment. As a one man production crew it can be hard but I post them as I can. Thanks for watching