Such a disappointment

Such a disappointment
Come join me as we hit the road trying to help out our logging friends. We wanted to save this bee swarm but there was just no way to do it! For all your beekeeping supplies: triadbeesupply.com tell them Stoney Ridge sent ya!
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[@thincut309]

I just recently had a swarm land on my rose tree in my front yard. My wife called beekeepers but they wanted $200 to come get them. Unknowingly a co-workers FIL has hives. He came and got them. Approx 5000 to 8000 bees.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

$200 bucks to come get $200 worth of bees....must have been a heck of a drive. Around here we care enough about the bees to come save them at no cost....it's all about saving the bees!

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

@@thincut309 I do bee removals. Swarms I usually charge about 20 dollars for. It takes about a year for that hive to be productive and my time my fuel. But there are people in Cape Coral who would charge you 700 dollars I will not name names.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

interesting..I can see it if the hive is established in a house...but no just getting a free swarm out of a tree

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer A free swarm out of a tree still costs me money. A hundred and 25 dollars in equipment and I have to feed those bees for a year. Fuel to transport, it gets expensive. I do beekeeping as a hobby and people are rude, you would not believe how people think they are doing me a favor giving me bees. Even a swarm takes time out of my day. One thing if it is a 10 minute job, but it doesn't work like that. I am always 2 to 3 hours into a swarm catch and often 10 on a removal.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

hey I get it my friend....totally, you've also got thousands worth of equipment....if the bees are hanging in a low limb...and the drive is short...yes...it's a favor. Otherwise it is work that's for sure!

[@jerryhubbard4461]

In 1977 I was working a Nuclear power plant. I was in the office near one of the haul roads going to the construction site. A cheery picker all of a sudden stopped right out side of the office trailer. The operator jumped off the tractor and ran to the office. A swarm landed on the boom of the machine. I have never seen so many bees in my life. This swarm was at least 5 feet cross. All of a sudden the swarm took off to the site and landed on the side of the ongoing nuclear reactor building. Just so happens one of the workers on the job kept bees. He went to the fab shop and had them make a wooden box in a hurry. The box was about 3x3. With no protection other than buttoned up shirt. He found the queen, put her in the box and started raking the bees into the box. That was my first time of ever seeing anything like that. Amazing.

[@murdoch451]

A product called Hony bee gone, it will not kill them but will drive them out, it is used when splitting hives. David UK.

[@travisball7796]

You would think the heat and commotion from the machine moving would eventually make them uncomfortable enough to come out. And once the queen leaves the rest would follow and likely land in a nearby bush or tree. I’ve seen them swarm and land on the side mirror of a car and once on a chain link fence. Thanks for taking us along Josh.

[@waydwnbama-way3089]

How they found that one little hole is beyond me.

[@4windsfarmstead]

You could use a spray called Swarm Commander to draw them out.

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

Lemongrass oil is just as effective and is easier to find. You can also use Almond oil to drive them out, just don't get it on the bees. They do not like the smell. You can mix almond oil and clove oil but the bees will take flight and leave. I use that if I can't take the bees or can't get to them, so people don't kill them with bug killer. I would rather chase them off than have someone kill them.

[@jamesevans20]

Bees,Bees,Bees, Where would we be without Bees?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

honestly....we'd be just fine...remember that honey bees are not native to north America ...we have native pollinators that do a fine job...I do enjoy my bees and love the honey, but they are not as "necessary" as the hype would have us believe to be honest with ya

[@Telluridepilot]

I had a bee swarm in one of my Pratt and Whitney jet engines on my Phenom 300 about 3 years ago. During my walk around inspection I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. I found out later bees are attracted to Jet A aviation fuel and or some additives to it. I went to spin up that engine and immediately got a warning alarm for the intakes pre burner. In a matter of 15 seconds there were so many bees in the engine it damage fins and enough of the engine to cause $400,000 worth of damage. If I would have put the intake and exhaust covers on the even before it would have save me a weeks down time. The repairs were covered by a maintenance plan and only had to pay a deductible. Bees are a very mysterious creature.

[@dongunderson9572]

Used to watch Swamp Loggers. They called that machine a Feller Buncher.

[@davidgenthnerjr4995]

Funny you should be posting a bee video. I got stung earlier today by Yellow jackets trying to get into my storage unit. They had built a nest behind a weather flap for the door. Ended up getting stung on the bridge of my nose and on the outer edge of my nostril. Hornets and Wasps are evil little buggers.

[@djohnson1110]

Josh a dog flea collar dropped in that hole where the bee's are will drive them out pretty quick.. lemon grass oil on a couple of q-tips dropped in your bee box will attract the bee's to swarm your bee box..

[@chuckmoore4600]

shopvac with a hose and foam filter.

[@davidmack8813]

Josh may I suggest a vacuum thermos bottle 8d nail hole.through stopper go to get mixed gas place buy a couple liters of liquid nitrogen and slow dump that light nitrogen onto surfaces near bee hole not flooding it with nitrogen but pushing bees out by cold gas liquid N² I don't know a careful dance between freeze and suffocate & cool them enough for environmental cold push, could that work even? Or a generator and a canisters vacuum suck them bit at a time put them in hive

[@jeffreylocke8808]

Duct Tape could cover the bee escape route.

[@stubbshomestead1316]

You would have to cut the bees out, the easier option is to put a cone on it to get them to leave. A trap out is what we call it. Swarm commander might work but If they have started building comb that wont work.

[@bencarter2807]

Maybe a little bit of honey in the bee box? couple ounces might draw them out

[@ivansharp6054]

You need a queen bee!! To put in your hive.

[@ShortbusMooner]

I need more flowers- need more bees!! 🐝 💐 🌹 🌸 🏵 🌼

[@Forest_Actual]

Sadly, as a last resort, you may have to just seal the holes so he can use the excavator.

[@Self.reliant]

Nice try catching those guys they are in an armored hive now lol

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I know right!

[@scottwilcox3854]

Should have tried the vacuum technique

[@zaptor1514]

Just get a hot dog in a bun and add: relish, onions, mustard, and catsup. Put it near the entrance hole on the machine, with the dog on-top of your hive. The bees will be there instantly for collection into your hive. It always works when I eat a hotdog outside with those condiments. The bees arrive instantly.

[@user-wk7ly2jx3w]

“BEE “ careful 👍

[@rodsharpley6956]

Good morning Josh. Both of the products listed in the comments below are very effective and available on Amazon, along with several other products. I hope you are able to to save the bees.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ClickinChicken]

That's a lot how we are different North and South sadly or NOT! We don't get this naturally occurring at my Latitude. He must not have used that equipment in some time. OH yeah, we have Wasps, and hornets! A 3lb Honey bee box last checked costs 190.00. And it's Seasonal (pay each year). Isn't that called a 'feller buncher'? Anyway, Wooo!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

huh? a 3lb package of bees is about $150 around here...but if well cared for they'll live for many years

[@maddmaxx6730]

I think I just saw the strangest place I’ve ever seen a bee hive. Woooooo 🐝🐝🐝

[@linobitonti7677]

You should build your self a diy bee vacuum bucket head.

[@jefflawsonqwest]

Vacuum?

[@RidgeLife]

Ah Man! That's a tough one!

[@Sgtkode]

I've only had one dealing with bees but I thought you had to move the Queen Bee and the rest would follow. Being in the machine would make that impossible. But there is that saying "If you build it they will come."🤣

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

Good afternoon Josh, I know what you guys did wrong from the beginning. Garrett should have dropped off that machine at your house full of diesel so you could have cut down some trees on your farm. Then you would have had time to talk politely to the queen and ask her to move into the box.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bhahahha...I know right!

[@davidmack8813]

2 bee hives moved into cedar shake roof in San Diego after I got out of navy early on in construction Very wealthy family's house roof

[@terrybriscoe5271]

Need get you some honey bandit spray

[@curtwinkle2010]

Anne of all trades, another KZbin channel, shows how she steals wild honey bees. Maybe that'll work on your next venture. 🙂

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning !! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@OhioGentlemenArms]

I caught a wild swarm on my apple tree this year.

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video Woo

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

You bet!

[@electrohacker]

I have so many different accents it drives my father nuts, I grew up in michigan so mostly midewestern, then I went to school in the UP, so some yooper almost canadian. Then Somehow I got a hint of southern... I dont know where that came from

[@taurota1554]

Awesome as always

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

Masking tape is a must for taping a hive box and keeping them contained😊😊😊 You are describing a trap out, use screen to create a cone. You cone needs to be long enough to get them away from their entrance. I takes a week or so for that to work. Josh moving that excavator won't work unless you move it several miles they can smell it.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

exactly!

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Honey Be Gone

[@overwatch2671]

Go borrow a queen

[@randyrejer4219]

Bee Be Gone.

[@jalopyjoe4483]

Wooooo

[@dennissweeney7743]

Wow not for me!

[@petermavus4131]

Bee ware

[@brucebenson9651]

You have to find the queen!! You can't just get the workers to go into the hive without their queen. You have to know that. Why am I watching this channel if you don't know how honey bees work?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

congrats! Insulting me is super awesome! Proud of ya buddy