Raiders Of The Lost Hive | The Bush Bee Man TV Series: Season 1 Episode 6

In the sixth episode of the Bush Bee Man TV Series, Mark rescues some bees that have taken over a birdhouse.
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This video shows a beekeeper using foam hives for the bees and building hive beetles traps.
Produced and Directed by John deCaux
Executive Producer: Mark deCaux
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[@phillee2814]

Mmmm, not wanting to rain on your parade, but those birdbox bees are not going to be happy that their combs are tipped on their sides - each cell is angled down at 13deg to the bottom so nectar and the feed that they give to the brood don't run out. You need to keep each section of the comb the right way up, even if it means cutting it into several sections. With the elastic bands, it is easier to put one band diagonally across one side, looped over opposite corners, turn the frame over, lay the comb in the frame, and then put another band on the opposite diagonal over the top - saves holding it in place as you band the combs in.

[@suzanneguiho4882]

Question: Thé combs in the bird boxes are virtical and in your hive you put them horizontally…does that not disrupt the bees?

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

Suzanne G... They will build new Comb on those Frames Mark added to the outer positions. And he can take out those wonky (wrong orientated ones) out of the Hive, as the Bees build their new Comb Home ! Simples. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2022. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@NolaSpiersMitchell-gu5iu]

And corner to corner they look great

[@deslynmcintyre3833]

I also collect swarms on the Gold Coast. I have found this a good way to improve the size of my apiary. Yes it does mean a little bit of extra work but it's definitely worth it. And yes I quarantined the bees to make sure they're not disease-ridden. On my last excursion to collect bees I received a free bottle of Bundy Rum.

[@keithpadbury9818]

Shag carpet nailed to the inside of a birdbox roof deters bees makes bird boxes less attractive to honey bees. You may wish to pass that along to the bird box man.

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

PS. If you were the Beeman, you might be a Super Hero Droning on and on ! Oh, you are the Beeman Bush Style ! Me thinks she would be a "Sheila Super Hero..." All those Foragers and the Queen ! Sheila's by the x1000's...Making Golden Nectar... Sweet Honey Trap ! 🤣

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Thanks for the update. It is great seeing you two back at it after winter . Looking forward to more video’s to come this season. Thanks you, Thank you.!!!!!

[@joaorodrigues5463]

Bélo enxame de abelhas parabens

[@flippinmoose]

I have been binge watching this all day. Much better than that David Attonburough guy. This is amazing. Keep up the good work. Cheers Mate

[@rockyperez2828]

Flipinmoose I've got you beat I've been binge watching John 3 days in a row, had been watching the guy from the N/E Louisiana USA he works out of a church Abbey and also watching JP the bee man but none of them guys are near as interesting as John and his Son

[@dcsblessedbees]

Ya they accidentally built a real nice little swarm trap. I'd just hang those in my trees, let them be little swarm factories.

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

Think it was David Bellamy... Your thinking of, as you Scratch your Bushy Bearded Chin ! Sir David Attenborough was not that basic... 😄 (Re UK Nature Kids TV Programmes...) not on the Beeb ! Bellamy did Saturday Morning Telly ! (Sir D.A was on the BBC.) Commercial Telly was David Bellamy.... Snobbery came in the 70's if you watched the 'other side' and during the Day ! 🙄 The times when their were only x3 Channels and 'nothing' on so to speak ! 🤣 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2022. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Coming to the end of our Bee Season here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We did record the hottest day ever, at a Weather Station near here, back in July. An amazing 34.6C For us it was a scorcher for sure.🔥 That would be classed a Cool Breeze with you in the Sun baked Riverland. Oh to revisit OZ again sometime soon. Came through your place in the 1980's. 😉

[@leandabee]

👍🤗

[@erayachi1545]

When it comes to making bee trap boxes, guess you could say that guy...nailed it. Not sorry.

[@rockyperez2828]

Hey John with pine resin being so sticky how do the bees get it off themselves

[@rockyperez2828]

No if the foraging bees cant find there home there sisters woll hike the bums in the air and flap their wings sending out their fermions which says to their sisters here we are come this way..

[@bryanstarke7406]

Loving the content & the way you keep it real

[@martenapperloo1055]

What happens to the bees left behind in the daylight

[@suzanneguiho4882]

Very interesting… thank you.

[@mauritzverster3435]

Why no harness or someone holding the ladder. Personal safety is a real threat to your health stay safe.

[@howardwestercamp2799]

Needs to be built with hinges and latches.

[@indie8392]

Is this an old episode? I swear you've been using rubber bands for ages

[@downunderfulla6001]

They definitely were quality built bird boxes. He did a fantastic job🍺🍺

[@eddiejones9508]

You look like benny hill