Wild Bee Hive Removal From a Cupboard, Will it Work? | The Bush Bee Man

In this episode, we attempt a wild beehive removal. Mark uses a net for the wild hive rescue from a cupboard and we're not going to lie, we weren't sure if this was going to work or not. Watch more beehive removal and relocation videos: • Bee Hive Removal from ...
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[@ejshaw2632]

Missed the Crocodile Dundee opportunity with "That's not a knife.. This is a knife".

[@heathercrumly1083]

I just wanted to pop in and say how much I enjoy your channel! I’ve been having a rough year with illness and I’m often kept up at night because of it, but your videos always bring a smile to my face and help me relax. Thanks for making great content!

[@KpopMom1980]

I can't be the only one that hears winnie the pooh when he says "oh dear" and a few other things lol

[@farmer998]

well you showed how to not do it and proved that don't matter how bad you screw up things can turn out OK. just take it one comb at a time and everything will work out.

[@downunderfulla6001]

That was crazy 😂😂 thanks for showing the disasters and victories of your bee world 🍺🍺

[@MstresVampy]

Cheers

[@reneebrown2968]

Just go to a sewing shop and pick up some material. Tulle should do the trick. 😆. I love listening and watching this guy. He cracks me up

[@eerievibes6854]

Flow hive design seems so amazing to me.

[@chrisblester37]

Nice to see safety first when sharpening the machete

[@tomasjosefvela1]

I've been WATCHING bee removal and relocations on you tube for many many years, I AM NOT A BEE KEEPER, so please don't take this as criticism or telling you how to do it or anything of the sort. I'm curious of your approach,(one of my favorites on KZbin is 628Dirtrooster) and when he does cut outs like this he slowly cuts the sections of comb rubber banding the brood into frames and putting the honey comb into a clean food grade bucket. It just seems cleaner and more organized. Now i realize you have lots of experience and you are very successful as far as i can tell, I'm just curious as to why you do it the way you do. Thank you for sharing, I've commented many times how much I enjoy you and your channel and again please don't take this as a negative comment rather an inquisitive one.

[@amandabennett5033]

You crack me up. Love your content

[@TheBushBeeMan]

Thank you!

[@janelledavidson8690]

Gotta love your tenacity. Nice work

[@taylorgusta1217]

Glad to see it all worked out haha. Thanks for the extra bit of footage! It always feels like I'm seeing old friends when I watch you guys. It would be a trip to see you guys in real life! Keep on keeping on good people

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Ya you were correct it started out as a major cluster but it turned off great it looks like. Thanks.

[@Bee_Charming]

❤️❤️❤️Ya never cease to amaze! Don’t know how you figure out some of these removals you do 😂.

[@GrammyMidwife]

I don’t feel so bad about the progress of my first cutout now 🤣🤣Thanks for being so real and candid!

[@randyjames1465]

❤YOUR BEE VIDEOS KEEP THEM COMMING

[@justinmills8084]

You have to say your father does think out of the box. Lol

[@stevesaturnation]

“I think you could possibly say this was a cluster**ck” I laughed my a$$ off like I do a lot watching your channel. Don’t ever change because you’re very entertaining. When do we get to see you get pissed on that mead you made once it fizzes up? I hope soon because I will be eagerly watching my new favorite channel for when it drops. 🌸🐝

[@burrito-town]

That transition...wow!

[@chifii]

Well, you've learned a good way NOT to move a colony...that's progress!

[@meredithsupjewski548]

Nature is nature and you can rely on it to figure itself out. I love watching your inventor brain and unabashed confidence. It's okay to try! And I'm happy to watch your "try" work out for the better.

[@paulahello7435]

Well this was very different from other removals I've watched.

[@TheBushBeeMan]

I don't think we'll be doing it this way again

[@ronscopes]

After attaching the rubber bands, do the bees use their own methods to attach the honeycomb so that the rubber bands are no longer needed?

[@anitalalala]

It may have been messy and seemed like a disaster I’m glad the ladies did well in the end. Bravo to her majesty the queen in the rebuild!

[@reneebrown2968]

WOW. Y'all in the outback do things alot different than we do in the states. 😆. I would never have thought about just bagging and cutting off the wax. I would be too afraid i would squash my queen and most of my workers. I would simply have brought a 5 frame nuc box and cut them out one frame at a time. That way there's less drowning bees in that honey.

[@lorindarenteria]

So far the first 3 videos I've seen, that bees co-star, many bees are dying. So careless.

[@horsetuna]

TBH I've felt this way too watching this. I think I'll unsubscribe already. This seems excessively sloppy.@@lorindarenteria

[@wallacebeehives-donnawalla9856]

In the beginning, I was going to dislike this video. But when I reached over the half way mark, I was having a much needed chuckle. Thanks for the video and glad it all worked out. I truly enjoy your videos. It was great lunch time entertainment.

[@wpc456cpw]

lol out of curiousity why were you going to dislike it?

[@leandabee]

@@wpc456cpw yes, my question too🤷🏼‍♀️

[@stevesaturnation]

@@wpc456cpwprobably because he said a bad word and that gets some peoples panties in a bunch. I love his honesty because like the Bush Bee Man who of us doesn’t deal with a clusterf**k now and then?😄

[@twogorgeousgirls]

What on earth were you thinking?

[@Alondra25Covarrubias]

Thank you

[@bryansbees3111]

That was a rough maneuver. Why not just cut it down piece by piece?

[@patriciaferry3957]

I laugh at your disasters here in Scotland so much I don't even keep bees I am that terrified of them I ran away from my grandsons stroller and it kept rolling and a passerbye had to help me as there was a bee on it so decided to try learn about them to alleviate some of my fears of them. Love you call them the ladies and the Queen the boss

[@joesinakandid528]

G'Day you two! I suspect that I may have puzzled out why the girls seem to be stinging you so much. I believe they simply see you as a great danger to their hive. Disregarding the coloration of your suit, you do seem to have most of the recognizable traits of a Great Drop Bear. True it is that the fearsome growls and long sharp teeth seem to be missing - however - ...................... Great work you two have put into these episodes - I thoroughly enjoy the occasional Aussie-ism like ute, esky and such (i have spent some time in your beautiful country a few years ago). Keep up the wondrous work - I'm going through your adventures one after another. Joe S from Alaska and Idaho

[@HaroldKeiner]

Not remembering where something is part of getting older, there are times I don't remember 5 minutes ago. The lady should have just let you take that old cupboard home with you. You look like the guy from Friday the 13th, Jason wielding that machete.

[@shmylan_]

I cant tell if the bush bee man sawing towards his hand is irresponsible or badass

[@rw-xf4cb]

Just take the cupboard and add it to your fridge hive, then dining table & chairs hive

[@captainwinky]

Good job saving the bees guys. I enjoyed this video like I did all the ones before .

[@deblayne1791]

Maybe try a butterfly net next time

[@dennislintz1]

Maybe you could have taken out the shelf and turned it over to remove the comb.

[@horsetuna]

you're the expert obviously but wouldnt this kind of method cause so many to get squished?

[@MstresVampy]

Forget the dont show it this is what we learn from no matter how cheeky the scenario.

[@sharonball1834]

Why do you squash the bees with the band's or lids

[@eerievibes6854]

Will you do the Mr. Bean impression more?

[@deblayne1791]

That was a lot more work than just cutting the comb out of there one piece at a time. That was too much like work going through all that.

[@Peter_Q]

Love your work You are the "scott cam" of aussie beekeeping. I hate cutouts, really have to think on your feet. Could the cupboard simply be taken home and the colony been transferred? Worked well and you were too tough on yourself👍😉

[@israeltorres8603]

jijiji,, goodbye queen bee,,, u need to watch the rooster hive removals.good luck the mexican

[@theokefenokeehoneypot7561]

Yep the 628 dirt rooster has the cutouts figured out!

[@PreppingAngel]

Love your video's but I don't understand why you don't just cut the combs and fit to frames with rubber bands. Locate the queen and all of them will go in the box.

[@vwbusguy]

I had an idea to have 10 prongs a foot long all 3 inches apart on a handle all parralell in a square configuration. And just stab slowly right into tge combs thrpugh all of them from the side and simply whilst holding the handle steadily slice all comb at once from where they are hanging. The prongs would do a great job to hold up the comb in exactly the same configuration as it is hanging then with the prong tool held onto a bench hanging off to the side you could simply sit on a chair in front and take off combs at will or even fix to frames as they hang and trim to fit as well. I couldnt see any damage to combs this way apart from a few tiny holes in each comb. Let me know what you think. I have seen so many videos of messy situations and this would be easy

[@patriciaferry3957]

Can someone let me know in the live feeds from the fish tank is the Queen marked

[@gwaynewilcox2702]

Trial and error?

[@aheinzer]

am I the first here?

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

So John, was this your first attempt at a Netchicks Video? I'll see myself out.... Thanks for the laughs :)

[@chaz2785]

Why didn't ya just cut out and frame up one comb at a time? That would have been the logical thing to do lol

[@josephkrug8579]

I have seen other people use a cake knife to cut out comb, why not a machete ;) and half of doing new things right is knowing what not to do.

[@jimmisirlis7522]

Love your videos. But destroyed the hive. Please watch 628dirtrooster to get some idea.

[@notafuckinpplperson8233]

What happened to the vacuum? I personally would’ve never done it that way. Seems like too good of a way to kill a lot of bees.

[@taddrienstra7247]

Cluster...

[@jones91b]

That was a total mess please do not try that again It was a miracle some of them survive

[@unnamedchannel1237]

What happened to Mr Ed, is this mark guy the new host ?

[@hamonryechinaski180]

Pity we didnt see the screen you tipped them onto before the happy hive ending... Christ, i hope the much reduced hive actually continuing doesn't make you try this again...Really hard and unpleasant to watch, mate. Good luck in future endeavours👍

[@KyeMacdonald]

Geezus Mark. Like fuck me. You have done some rough cutouts before, but this may actually be your worst. And you said it was only 5 months ago! If you don't want to take your time, let someone else collect them.

[@jasonrasheed7670]

Glad to see it worked in the end, but jeez lot of fiddle fart-arsing about & effort. Thank you for showing how the survivers recovered from that mauling. Please watch JPthebeeman "Honey Bees In Strange Places" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJnTd6lmhcukY7c

[@williamkeaton1340]

lovably barmy old codge' aroight he-uh ! No worries gov I stand roight bee-side yuhs .

[@raymondbrown867]

Made a mess.wasnt necessary.

[@theatomictrimangle]

Check out JPthebeeman he knows his way around a cut out. I'm glad this worked out in the end but it could've gone a lot smoother haha.

[@jones91b]

You really made a big mess that was one of the worst removal I have seen

[@hamonryechinaski180]

Its hot, uncomfortable and messy doing a cut-out. Imagine doing ones under caravans. It was easier to try this ridiculous 'plan'. The back, sides and top were full of honey in the cupboard. Fair do's for posting this but other than proving theres no short cuts to cut outs... Saying I didnt expect there to be honey is just annoying, mate. Have you ever cut down an entire hive in one go and it not be a shitshow? I don't doubt its hard work doing cut outs but this is worse than previous shitshows because you know better ffs...

[@garydungelman6530]

Bee killer you should know better. NYC

[@davidclarke4080]

Mark, please stop! Too many perfectly good hive are being destroyed by your comedic fumbling. Use a good and well designed bee vac FFS!

[@lancehenthorn17]

I couldn't agree more.

[@jasonrasheed7670]

Poor bees.

[@2DayBob]

That mess deserves a few stings. No reason you couldn't have turned that cabinet on it's top and the honey would not have drown all those bees

[@munibungbeeking1719]

Probably shouldn’t have posted this