Spring Inspection And Swarm Trap Timing

[@dawnb1561]

Love seeing all you “BEE MEN” together laughing and having fun. That’s what we all need with family and friends. Randy loved your OH so description of face covering. Lol! Take care, be safe and thank you for all the teaching with laughs! Blessings to all! 🐝😂🐝🙏❤️🙏

[@newatthis50]

Watch several people I've met on your channel. BUT you are still my favorite Your photography is excellent. You have a true eye for beauty. And an adventurous sense of humor. You have some awesome friends and neighbors!!

[@628DirtRooster]

Wow, thank you!

[@MikeBarryBees]

Wow, sure appreciate mentioning me in the video and even mentioning my method for lemongrass oil delivery. Means a lot coming from you. Had a fun time that day at the Abbey. Thanks!

[@628DirtRooster]

My pleasure. First time we got to do any video work together.

[@egparis18]

I hope you enjoyed your lunch DirtRooster. Thank you very much for the footage of MrEd and his beekeeping class. I loved to see in the plants and trees in bud in your garden too. Take care and see you soon.

[@628DirtRooster]

Glad you enjoyed it! That's a pretty good restaurant. Put it on your vacation bucket list. :)

[@egparis18]

@@628DirtRooster Done! ;)

[@nthelight079]

Love seeing the bee keeping buddies. Thanks for the video!

[@avarralythande5129]

Another amazing video! I love the scenery shots as well. Been living out of the US for some time and I miss it, so thank you! Hope you find your bees healthy and thriving this year. Can’t wait for more videos! 😊

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm sure it's beautiful wherever you are now too.

[@avarralythande5129]

@@628DirtRooster true but I do miss the trees and rain in summer! But I do love it here! 🌺

[@johnknowles6520]

Hi Randy I have been watching your videos for about all most 2 years now I started just after my wife passed away on the 23rd of March 2019. Today is the second anniversary of her passing thank you for helping me through many long hours of loneliness. Bless You and your family and also Peter and Mr. Ed. God Bless You.

[@628DirtRooster]

Wow! Thanks for sharing that John. I'm proud to be a part, how ever small, in making the tough times in life more bearable. Be blessed my friend.

[@johnknowles6520]

@@628DirtRooster Thank You Randy.

[@Yunfei81]

I'd never imagined a channel about bees would make me smile and laugh that much ^_^ Felt good, thank you.

[@preacherbiggin]

Loved the field trip and on hands approach teaching! You guys are great. Thank you for spending your time to teach ALL of us! God bless from the Mnts. of Virginia!

[@dwightcarter6334]

Mike Barry has the best videos!! He needs a lot more subs!!!

[@628DirtRooster]

He does a good job.

[@alinepeed7167]

You and Mr. Ed are a real hoot. Love the video and what you do to protect the bees. Wishing you continued success this year from New Mexico.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thank you Aline. What are the temperatures like where you are right now?

[@alinepeed7167]

@@628DirtRooster Upper 30's supposed to get down to 31 tonight. Can't wait to get my little garden going so I can help the New Mexico bees.

[@MARSHAO1946]

Looks as if you all had a good time. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for a new one.

[@628DirtRooster]

About thirty people turned out.

[@stephaniavanvolkenburg5424]

the hive with the church doors, i LOVED it... wish we could see it all put together... thanks for the great vid, looking good in 2021 my friend, hope this is the year i am able to get my first hive, but dont look like it if things dont hurry up, so will continue to live vivaciously through ya'lls.. have a blessed year, and keep up the good work for all us wanna bee's

[@lynnpalfi4322]

As I’m sitting here watching another one of your wonderful videos, temp outside here in cold country Alaska is only registering 9 degrees F. Nope. No hive checks being done yet! LOL. Keep cranking out the vids Rooster. I have learned a lot from you and Mr. Ed’s vids. The time you spend to do these and your explanations are much appreciated. Bright blessings.

[@628DirtRooster]

We'll keep em coming. Stay Warm.

[@julieenslow5915]

Hang in there. Spring will make it to you, too in due time. Blessings on you as well!

[@jacquieneetz8577]

Your videos always help motivate me to go inspect mine. Been leaving them alone for the winter but spring is definitely here in South Florida.

[@628DirtRooster]

Yes it is, now go light that smoker. lol

[@Doxymeister]

Craziness...a few days ago, it -8 degrees and a frozen pipe, and today a bunch of trees around my house are budding out! Our poor jonquils got nipped pretty hard, not sure they're gonna bloom? Anyway, that footage of the Abbey work day was so much fun--loved the little kid with the leaf-and-flower pattered suit! Loved seeing you all together--thanks Randy!

[@628DirtRooster]

Yeah, that kid was all about those bees. She had a great time.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hey rooster 🐓 I pray your day was great Amen 🙏

[@628DirtRooster]

It was

[@runningdogapiary5009]

looked like a fun time. Glad we had Rooster from Mississippi representing the Magnolia state.

[@SylantBill]

I put my traps out last week of Feb. Caught 12 swarms this year, all but 1 was near a body of water. That is something to consider next year.

[@628DirtRooster]

Great flyways on top of being beneficial to have a close water source.

[@Swarmstead]

Heckling Mr Ed during his class - Gold!

[@628DirtRooster]

Somebody had to do it.

[@julieenslow5915]

Absolutely loved this video! Good information, fun times and good people!! Hope everyone has recovered from the bad weather.

[@628DirtRooster]

Still lots of storm damage repairs going on down here but life is good. Businesses are in full swing.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@628DirtRooster I suppose that is the best we could expect - and so I am happy to hear it. God be with you all!

[@hunterwalters3993]

Love the hats and the coffee mugs keep coffee hot for awhile! I say there a must have!

[@628DirtRooster]

Plus, who doesn't look good in a Dirt Rooster hat?

[@kamonreynolds]

Who knew Mr. Ed was so good at breaking and entering?!!!

[@628DirtRooster]

He's famous for his B&E skills in some parts.

[@coloringwithd]

Very cool video. I love Mr. Ed's office. Thanks for the fun video. Hugs ♥♥♥

[@628DirtRooster]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@StaceyMayer]

Those last few minutes - priceless.

[@BlanchardsBees]

They really had those two stuck together good huh. Nice office Mr. Ed!

[@628DirtRooster]

Needed a saw to separate those boxes.

[@manicoptio9305]

Nice of you to entertain the old hobo and to buy him dinner too...

[@628DirtRooster]

It was the neighborly thing to do.

[@carschmn]

Ed’s beard is something else.

[@whackythunder3692]

Thanks for sharing. I always like to see your videos.👍

[@628DirtRooster]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@randallcarter-carterhillho2277]

Thanks for sharing that. Looked like alot of fun was had.

[@628DirtRooster]

You bet

[@Kenethchrion2116]

It's going to be 60 degrees tomorrow where my hives are at up here in Minnesota. I'm excited to see which hives are alive.

[@wayneshoneybees5439]

I'm in Cincinnati and it's April fools day to check extensively. Silver maples, Elm and Crocus flowers are just now starting to bloom.

[@628DirtRooster]

Good info. So you're a little over a month behind us.

[@wayneshoneybees5439]

@@628DirtRooster Seems about right. Our swarm season is late April to 1st of June. 5 traps will be out next 3 weeks. I like to get them out by April 1st.

[@crdorado1195]

Sure wish I could be down there with you guys, looked like a real good time .

[@628DirtRooster]

It was a great time.

[@stephenwells1831]

Any chance we could see that forged hive tool up close? That would be a super fun project to tackle during the winter.

[@628DirtRooster]

Sure I'll try to remember to show it in the next video.

[@billiamc1969]

Maples are starting to tassel here in Baltimore...been making inspections and moving frames around now...many colonies are already brooding heavily

[@downunderfulla6001]

Awesome video. You all are a crack up especially when your all together like this. Thanks for the video 🍺🍺

[@628DirtRooster]

Our pleasure!

[@russellkoopman3004]

That is the LA gang of Beeks. Great video Randy.

[@628DirtRooster]

You got that right!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Yall are too much! Between Jeff's asthmatic smoker and the Honey Mafia going Mexican, yall had me sniggering all through this whole deal. And you ought to see if he'd share some of that N I C E office stuff and you having to work out of your truck. Thanks, Randy. Still praying for you and POP! God Bless All Yall!

[@628DirtRooster]

He'd probably let me hold on to some stuff for him if I asked real nice. We sure had a good time at lunch.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@628DirtRooster Well I'd say so! The collection of Unknown Comics with the paper bags off a his planned garbage! GBWYall!

[@billyknippers6983]

I have been putting a couple drops of lemon grass oil in with my wax when i melt it down .. then coat the inside of my traps

[@628DirtRooster]

Great idea!

[@Plasticjesus504]

Thank you for your videos man. Keep up the awesome work.

[@timl.b.2095]

I didn't know there were bee suits for kids That's cool to have a young one involved.

[@628DirtRooster]

Nice to see kids out there getting into the hobby.

[@Bri_bees]

I am putting my swarm traps out this weekend i caught 7 swarms last year. I have never caught a swarm before march 25th in Louisville. I have never caught a swarm in a trap with a screen , you are right they like the dark.

[@628DirtRooster]

Good timing info to know. Thanks

[@JarodARed]

Is there a better human on Earth than Mr.Ed?

[@donbearden1953]

Randy, I hope y’all had a good time. I would like to set in on one of those lunches with the LA MS beekeeping gang. I might even learn something!

[@628DirtRooster]

If you're ever down this way we can try to set that up.

[@1loadermanjack]

We always enjoy your videos. 👍😎

[@Makermook]

I gave my hive some foundationless frames a week or so ago and I just checked them. Two of the frames are drawn with almost completely drone comb and one frame is filled with drone brood of all ages. I panicked until I saw a couple full frames of worker brood. My question is what do I do with a frame full of drones? Should I just let them be? Feed them to the chickens? Move them to the outside of the box in hopes the bees use them for storage after the drones emerge?

[@karriespigener4241]

Your face looks so pretty! All cleared up!

[@Sleepyfirekiccs]

U really know ur stuff I never noticed the little buds on the trees, can the bees eat off of them when they are that small

[@628DirtRooster]

They have to be in bloom for the bees to get at them.

[@scottroberts5492]

Mines on the pump house ready to go. Already seeing some scouts.

[@fatlady57]

Using allenkey, frame's, and luquid bee's wax, would it be possible to forge an entire frame for the bee's, instead of using the plastic honey comb plastic frames?

[@fredcookerly9385]

Here in Spain, my wife (1st grade teacher) gets to go to the "bee farm" on a field trip every year. I never liked honey much until I got over here. Now I cook with it about once a week and it is always a pleasure to sample while I cook.

[@628DirtRooster]

Interesting! I'm constantly sampling different honeys.

[@johnneill3746]

@@628DirtRooster yes I think the fall honey is the best

[@michaelfike7542]

Already have some swarm traps out here in north west ALABAMA warming up fast and the bee's are busy. 👍🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@628DirtRooster]

Good deal! Staying ahead of them.

[@jhodges405]

Do the roaches mean a week hive or do the bees tolerate them?

[@628DirtRooster]

Roaches will hang out on the fringes of healthy hives but the bees never let them on comb. With weak or dead hives there can be thirty or forty roaches in them.

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

The little girl was standing in the flight path. ❤️ I'd be standing to the side. Lol. Fun.

[@628DirtRooster]

She was being brave.

[@mannyporras2660]

Do you ever rotate your bee boxes of a beehive during the year?

[@OkieRob]

I've got a few extra swarm traps this yr.

[@628DirtRooster]

What about the magic hay rake? No trap needed with that contraption.

[@DesignsbyDonBrown]

How is your Dad doing? I just saw in a video from last year that he had it rough for a while with an intestinal rupture. I hope he's ok.

[@shaundiltz5821]

Love the content, just found your channel and been watching a bunch of your videos. I have one request. Can you have a shirt counter in the corner of your videos so we know what number you're on. I'm right with you fyi, I've been known to hit 4 or 5 on a humid day.

[@628DirtRooster]

Haha. Shirt counter request is a first. Fun idea.

[@bunny_smith]

Cute picture at the end.

[@628DirtRooster]

It's a framer. lol

[@agirlandhercows501]

great video i can not wait ot open up mine

[@Swarmstead]

It's cool that you're still gonna set traps even though you'll be buried in bees from removals soon. I'm setting some for the fun of it too.

[@628DirtRooster]

Like we need more project to manage....

[@soggdogg]

Do you have any white hats with a bright yellow bee on the front?

[@628DirtRooster]

Not yet. We're about to have white and gray hats but they are on back order right now.

[@sdichampion]

That's a group I'd love to join for lunch 👍

[@WoolieBsApiary]

i cant wait to get my hive tool from Chris i think we are going to have an in face meeting in May so i can get it.

[@reubenwest8364]

Hi Dirt Rooster i was interested to know if beekeeping is your job

[@user-adiluk]

Like and greetings from St. Petersburg!

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for saying hello. Be well.

[@user-adiluk]

@@628DirtRooster And thank you for your response - Happy Easter!

[@sometimesitjustbeesthatway3070]

Ain’t no sneaking up with the claud hoppers on them stairs. Lol!! Looked like fun.

[@628DirtRooster]

I sneak like a Mack truck.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@628DirtRooster Me too and looked at Bulldog Butts all my life pert near!

[@collegeguy14]

All those professionals!

[@thibeault]

I'm up north, but regarding whether to go into the hive at Valentines or St Patricks day, we say "red means stop, green means go"

[@628DirtRooster]

Good way to remember

[@horizontalbees]

Randy did Mr Ed pay you for your great camera work??

[@628DirtRooster]

I actually owe him a Taco Bell dinner just for allowing me to be there to learn from the master.

[@kamonreynolds]

@@628DirtRooster Taco bell? is that payment, or payback?

[@atmony]

Mandeville, La Just bought a 10 frame super. Apimaye Premium Screened Bottom Board with Built in Pollen Trap and Pollen Drawer, Entrance Reducers and Ventilation System for Moisture Control Amish made top board. Do I need another 10 frame super and queen excluder? We had two swarms last year and people just killed them, time for education in Mandeville about bees. I'm also open to just give anything that is produced, I just want the people around me to understand the difference between bees and wasps.

[@stgermain1074]

Thing is, I want to put out swarm traps, but I don't want more hives. I just want to see if I catch anything.

[@628DirtRooster]

Catch and release?

[@Sleepyfirekiccs]

That was the biggest roach 🪳 I have ever seen 😂😂😂 that looks like a lot of work, I know u have said it before but what is all the wax clusters on the tops when u open them the ones he was scraping off great video btw

[@628DirtRooster]

It's pretty much ladders they build between frames to make it easier to walk up.

[@olivernewsweekly]

Do you trap Killer bees?

[@jasonerb2577]

Lookin' good!

[@628DirtRooster]

Tryin to. :)

[@johnneill3746]

Like your hat

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks John

[@bradgoliphant]

Hey everyone. Thanks for the video. I watch all of you. And I will soon join the youtube beekeepers with my first hive this april!!!!!!!!

[@628DirtRooster]

You geared up and ready? LOL I know you are.

[@reneebrown2968]

Randy you should put some frames into one of those coffins. It would make an awesome beehive.

[@biggest163]

thought those boxes was abit on the big side for hive boxes :D

[@nathanokun8801]

Hawaii has several kinds of honey. The companies there ship bottles via Internet orders. You might want to try it. Not cheap, though!

[@Loglakeliving]

Good stuff!

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Craig

[@phylliswestbury5081]

Miss your dad. How is he doing?

[@alfonsovickers9515]

Where do you buy your bee jacket from

[@628DirtRooster]

Guardian Bee Apparel

[@alfonsovickers9515]

@@628DirtRooster Thanks

[@michaelraulerson1149]

Yall guys are trip. Lol have fun

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for checking us out Michael.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@1:05 - Can't say I ever saw the Dirt Rooster ever reach for low-hanging fruit. :D

[@628DirtRooster]

There's a first time for everything as they say.

[@lwhite530]

Must be nice to be TALL! Haha! I’m a shorty and have short arms but I love how you raise the camera up higher like you’re a drone hahaha!!

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL I had to get the bird's eye view.

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

Fun!!

[@628DirtRooster]

Always

[@jimdandy8119]

Oh good lord! He's Pinese! Better watch him. Lol I used to know a few girls from Pine and that's what I used to tell them. That people from Pine were Pinese.

[@628DirtRooster]

You grew up in the woods up there?

[@jimdandy8119]

@@628DirtRooster I live in Mississippi. Pine, LA is not quite 20 minutes away. I live close to the line, almost in the swamp.

[@jodytaylor8826]

Nice video

[@jenniferwhite6089]

what you had the bug himself their Mr. Ed lol awesome video too

[@628DirtRooster]

Mr. Ed is the greatest. :)

[@jenniferwhite6089]

@@628DirtRooster yea the bee do think of you as a piglet and Mr. Ed as Winnie the pooh after their honey lol

[@Sleepyfirekiccs]

Mr Ed got it going on don’t he 😂😂

[@alexisdeville3605]

We miss your videos, not much happening in last 2 weeks?

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm in hiding ;)

[@keithsage1593]

I got some snow! Do you want some?

[@628DirtRooster]

Yes please

[@livingadamman7994]

"take your underwear off your face" LOL well said big fella

[@comedianmattrossey]

Hi Randy, Thanks for the great videos, I've always loved bees and one day hope to keep them. I've been wondering for a while, what does the name 628DirtRooster mean regarding bees? Keep Safe All, Peace, Happiness, Love and Laughter Always, Matt

[@628DirtRooster]

Well, the 628 Rooster is my dirt bike. Nothing to do with bees. :)

[@comedianmattrossey]

@@628DirtRooster Ahhhhhh Ok, Thanks Randy!

[@lisam2808]

Mr Ed has legit become SANTA CLAUS 0__0 :')

[@chris_topher1984]

always a pleasure watching your videos. it sucks the masks are becoming normal now. everywhere.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Choooooo choooooo sounded like a train with the smoker.

[@selophane43]

I was watching my girls comin' and goin' today and i SWEAR i saw pollen in some of them legs. There are willow trees not far from my hives and I've heard they bloom sooner than the maples around here (PA). Anyway, last year I caught 2 swarms and it was a hoot. Free bees!! I still wanna see a feral hive in a tree in the woods someday.

[@628DirtRooster]

Interesting. Willows will grow down here but they aren't native so if you see one someone planted it which means there are all that many. I planted one twenty years ago and it's still only twelve feet tall.

[@royschrader8003]

Mr. Ed trying to turn your bees against the queen with all that smoke. JK

[@628DirtRooster]

Haha

[@grammajo1889]

What is your favorite honey? I was raised on Utah’s Yacks honey. Clover and alpha with a few wildflowers and prickly pears thrown in. Perfect honey.