This Job Might Shock You

[@gorillasquadelite]

Dirt Rooster, Yappy , Jp and Jeff these are four names that all of these new bee keepers should thank and honor. Before you guys I didn’t see a lot of bee keeping videos now and days everyone wants to be a beekeeper and it’s all thanks to you guys

[@628DirtRooster]

We all appreciate the love!

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

I just sent a man off my property who wanted me to remove a hive he thought I would do it for free, when I told him that I wanted 1000 bucks to take his hive out I thought he was gonna stroke out. I stopped doing free removals when they tried to give the bees to another beekeeper. I pulled up and he was loading my equipment. Yeah that didn't go over well. But I got the bees and my boxes. I had to get ill.

[@628DirtRooster]

People are nuts. Glad you caught them before they got away.

[@JeffHorchoff]

At least you caught a break on this one being a dead out....or should I say Pete caught a break since he was the the who was going to take all the hits. Great tips on bidding removals. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

[@628DirtRooster]

I didn't have a choice but to run the camera. SOMEONE has to make Pete look good. In the end everyone thinks I didn't do any work. It's the cross I bear.

[@Starrynightdiner]

Oh Randy. You really know how to make my OCD scream. Why didn’t you cut off that last piece of blue filter? You just left it hanging there. Now i’m going to have bad dreams about blue clouds attacking me. 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL Just and FYI I cut it off last night on another job.

[@chuckjohnson919]

🙂Good to see you dad out and about. He's looks good.

[@628DirtRooster]

Poor guy is having a tough time.

[@chuckjohnson919]

@@628DirtRooster Sorry to hear that Randy. I will keep him in my prayers .

[@GawoniiAustenaco]

Oh wow... I would have never guessed you get that much for a bee removal

[@628DirtRooster]

They're all different. Most are very affordable but some can be expensive.

[@PapaBee165]

You are just the best cutout keeper on KZbin, bar none!

[@628DirtRooster]

Flattery will get you everywhere,

[@MansfieldPestControl]

We ALWAYS insist on a survey unless its miles away, and then i need lots of images before i commit. Many thanks for sharing your process, this really is encouraging.

[@gunlinebees.3831]

The big word most customers don't understand... Estimate. Dealing with construction/handyman work all day everyday ourselves. It never turns out to be a "simple" job. Ever! 🤣 Enjoyed it brother, y'all have a blessed one!

[@628DirtRooster]

I know you speak from experience. Nothing is simple.

[@SandieBrecken-ik9uk]

Great video randy, love watching you and pete at work 😅

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks so much Sandie

[@leecarey4375]

Very, very informative. Thanks!

[@628DirtRooster]

Glad it was helpful!

[@scotthenderson4376]

As usual another very informative video

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks again!

[@NewEnglandForest]

This heat belongs in the record books - and it can stay there! The video quality is superb! Thanks for whatever upgrade makes that happen. Regards, PK, Tampa

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks. Some of this was shot on a Fujifilm xh-1

[@franfrench]

OMG ​@@628DirtRooster

[@maryjanebeatty6030]

Love the video and it was good for a cameo of your daddy at the end. Thanks for teaching us a thing or two :)

[@628DirtRooster]

I'm glad I could include him in another one.

[@gregdunn6422]

Great video Randy. Lots of valuable information. I love to watch cut outs... but I ain't gonna do it!!

[@628DirtRooster]

That one we did together was enough right? haha

[@gregdunn6422]

@@628DirtRooster Indeed it was! No more for me!

[@WrenchHead]

I'll tell you what, it's been nasty humid the past few weeks here in central VA....I don't know how y'all do it down there. My bees love when I get to dripping sweat.

[@ShiverPlumbingTN]

Man I keep hoping to see you guys on new podium ladder so.. comfortable to stand on.

[@cynthiamcwhorter6721]

I always enjoy watching your videos. I was just thinking about you because the bees are back again in the shed by my property. I got stung when I was mowing the backyard. Funny how your video just showed up. 😂🐝🐝🐝👀

[@628DirtRooster]

You're a beekeeper again? ;)

[@ackscratchers6648]

always a good day when the dirt rooster post a video.

[@AntonFox-k6r]

Hi Randy, We have a bee hive remover here in Australia that fills the cavity with old clothing after the removal to prevent another colony establishing in the same area, Regards Anton

[@pemman]

Interesting Randy. Great tips and the phone call with the potential customer shows that boy you need to know your stuff before going in. Thank you :)

[@wranther]

That wasnt such a back removeal after all Randy! Best part is having someone else to do the work for you LOL. Interesting costing estimate process you started to explain. What is the worst type of siding that you deal with on the outside of a structure? The 628 Dirt Rooster Where Enjoying Randy and Company Remove Bee Hives is a Wonderful Experience! Have a safe weekend at your conference! -Bob... PS: Saw the first bee around the garden space here in a long time this afternoon, just a cute little black one...

[@lia-liz2012]

Great job 👏 👍

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for the visit

[@dustinmcintosh6799]

excited to see you in quincy illinois this weekend!

[@retiremann1031]

Great help. Good information!

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for watching!

[@todd5758]

Great info. Thanks Randy.

[@628DirtRooster]

Glad to help Todd

[@williamwelch7]

Thanks Randy

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for the views.

[@garyRt23Bees]

Whoever stapled siding sure didn't know what they were doing. Vinyl siding has to give with temp changes. That is why the nail holes are slotted and you don't nail it tight. LOL

[@628DirtRooster]

You’re showing your age Gary. Young folks don’t know about oil canning in vinyl siding. Heck, most of them never heard of an oil can. Haha

[@garyRt23Bees]

Shuuuuush! LOL@@628DirtRooster I know that is the shaded side by the mold so maybe not an issue there. But I bet the sunny side is warped all to heck! LOL

[@YappyBeeman]

You owe me $1 for everyone that doesn't watch the video but still asks how much you charge for a job!

[@628DirtRooster]

Do you take checks? It's gonna be a big one.

[@TheFezzik]

Your 30 minute mark is correct. Great job and excellent video as usual.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for the feedback Greg

[@Doxymeister]

Good tips on bidding jobs. I know ya'll get that heat + humidity all the time, being where you are. Here, it's usually quit raining for the summer by late April, then the humidity has time to go down before the 90+ heat gets here. Not this year. We just got another 7 inches last night. I feel for anyone working out in this, it's rough I know. Anyhow, say "Hey" to your Dad for us, and the missus too. Good to see Pete again as well. Have a great time at the conference!

[@jbielic4067]

#2 is oh so accurate. Rarely are they even remotely close.

[@redwood1957]

I want to see all your cut outs. You are the man. I thought i was watching Joe Friday on Drag Net. Thank you

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL I’ve done 110 so far this year. You’d get tired of watching them.

[@redwood1957]

@@628DirtRooster today is 274th day of the year. You best get moving 😜

[@walterhunter4011]

Good video! You know your stuff Mr. 🐝 Man!

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Randy, I dont know how yall work in that Heat with your heads stuck in the Roof😳🥵. I hope you are having a good Summer 🌞. JO JO IN VT 💞

[@stevefarms7494]

I did a lot of cut outs and only 3 I had to walk away from because where they were in the house .. But I did give them information to who could help them... .. hardly any one around here don't do cut outs... The one that I had to walk away from was behind the chimney and going into the wall and I made holes on the inside the wall and no bee's and the lady told me that they were there for 14 year ...

[@tommychew6544]

Great video, liked getting to see Pete again and loved getting to see your Dad again! You are right about construction knowledge for sure! 20 years ago I would have tried a bee removal if I knew what I have learned from you in the last year and a half or so. Some places can be dangerous, it depends on how they were built. About 9 years ago I helped my brother in law, meaning I did all the work, to cut a hole thru the 1st story level of his and my sister's house to install a 220 air/heat unit. The house was built in a very remote area and the previous owner had built it himself. I'm glad I had an oscillating tool and chose to use that for the cuts inside and out! When I opened up that wall there was a power feed ran where I didn't expect one, I must have missed it by millimeters at the most. Any other tool and more depth would have got me! The builder had just ran it against the interior drywall. It bent out a little where I had cut and was flush against the drywall thru the rest of the opening, how I missed the topside of the cut must have been a miracle!

[@628DirtRooster]

I call that a miracle cut because it's a miracle no one was hurt. lol

[@tommychew6544]

@@628DirtRooster Hear what you're saying, you never really know where a nonprofessional might put something. I'm not a pro but had to completely rewire my separated garage because it had been done wrong and right in so many areas that it somehow worked, scared the crap out of me!

[@sandiebrecken1897]

Great to see you and Pete at it again

[@ellenlewis9860]

Love your videos. You do a great job and ask all the best questions. So glad we have you and the bees too. Love the way you care for the bees and the customer. As big as these problems can be, we do love our Honey. Thanks for the great work, knowledge and peofessionalism!✌

[@manicoptio9305]

Great video. Really enjoyed it and good to see ol' Pete again. A couple of points.. firstly, Pete in blue? is that allowed? He always wears orange! Secondly, the guitar in your truck. Is that in case you forget your smoker and you have to sing a lullaby to the bees? And finally, when you say you and your dad are buying local honey - I hope it's good old Mississipi honey and not some of that dodge louisiana stuff 🤓

[@628DirtRooster]

As long as Pete shows up dressed I’m good with any color. Haha I was going to set up a nuc in that guitar. That is definitely local MS honey.

[@KajunHomestead]

Prayers for you Dad Randy hope he gets to feeling better soon.

[@paulcollin1398]

I keep bees in devon uk and have been watching you on KZbin a big thanks from devon England

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks Paul

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

I have never understood why some people would think keeping the bees would pay for the hours of work and all the deconstructing and reconstruction needed!! And if you are paying for it, you are apt to get a better job. There is respect on the contractor and the contratee that isn’t there for a free job. The one doing the job can be taken advantage of and the property owner can be left with a big hole without the pressures of a contract. Both sides benefit.

[@628DirtRooster]

Very true.

[@jeffcole1914]

He noticed them two weeks ago lol as usual I loved this content I subscribed last video with the camper hive wow wow it deserved two lol loved watching the constant of both thanks I haven delved deep enough to see your store but thanks again 🙏👍

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for subbing

[@dorr221]

That was a good informative video.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks man

[@jimjames8995]

Randy, thank you for all of the advice on what to watch out for when doing jobs from a financial standpoint and hazards. I would love to see a full video on lessons learned and the stories surrounding them. I had a small business construction company hire me on a handshake for a job at an retirement complex with a HOA. He said he would pay after he got paid. I never saw a penny despite following up in person twice. I have learned to only deal with the homeowner. I might do with a Purchase Order or a contract since that would give me justification for a lien, but, that creates more issues.

[@FirstLast-tw1qf]

From my experience if you have to wait to get paid he can wait til to get the job done

[@lisamarie6611]

I love this channel...I pray if Im ever in your area...I meet you...🥰🥰💕💕Thank you..Jesus! 2011 before my son was taken back home we had a bee hive!😂😂 Now I love anything about bees! I love the other channels but my heart needs to speak here!

[@628DirtRooster]

Aw Lisa Marie we so appreciate you being here with us. I hope you have a blessed summer.

[@GEEZBEEZ]

Enjoyed the video. Lots of good tips. I’ve got some privet blooming. Crazy year. Lots of rain here and things blooming out of order. Still flowing. Take care.

[@Synergyfarm]

I do removals full time and this video was very informative. I’d love to pick your brain on price ranges on certain jobs. It would be a huge help to me

[@ArtistBrianSheffield]

If you ever work with the cops you could set up a sting operation.

[@donbearden1953]

Randy, you speak with so much knowledge and experience about biding jobs and construction. You have an advantage over most folks, because of your background with insurance claims. I have no desire to do a cutout although I love watching you do them. Tell your dad I said hello! I definitely understand how health problems can interfere with a man working bees. I’m looking at giving it up myself because I can’t take care of them like they need to be taken care of.

[@628DirtRooster]

No doubt the years of negotiating insurance settlements helps. Keep dad in your prayers. He’s in the ICU unit since Tuesday. He’s in bad shape from some internal bleeding. They also discovered an aortic aneurysm that’s at 4.1, whatever that means.

[@coptotermes]

Great video mate. Thanks for the advice, thankfully received. Keep well peeps.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks man. Glad to help.

[@marielg9143]

i think you guys do an amazing job for all the stuff you put up with. It looks great. There's got to be a better material for the sub-tropical weather that would last. Love you guys

[@dagwood1327]

I installed vinyl siding on 3-4 jobs. I really didn’t like the product. I also did a few cut outs. After I found out people in my area didn’t want to pay I quit doing them. They didn’t even want to pay carpenter wages. I said. Carpenters don’t usually have to get stung and wear a hot bee suit to do their work. They just thought I would get bees for my effort.

[@628DirtRooster]

Yep, a lot of people think you're digging some kind of super valuable treasure out of their walls.

[@rachelstone4967]

Amazing work getting it back as good as new. Not as easy as you made it look I'm sure!!! Really appreciate the explanations too - reinforce that I will stick to demo jobs / trees only. Or I'll provide a bee suit if they provide the carpenter. Did a removal for a mate - he removed the roof iron & I removed the bees. Teamwork is also important - you guys are a great team!

[@lindseyhomesteadfarm2653]

I’m telling the humidity here in Dandridge and in Pigeon Forge has been really bad. This whole area actually. Not uncommon though here in East Tennessee. It’s funny you were talking about the privet because I have some here just starting to bloom and it should all be over by now. Crazy year for sure. You guys be safe and have fun at the Mississippi Valley conference.

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Thanks! Very interesting!

[@kennethsiler9503]

Yes I had fun you’re down there I was hoping to catch you I kept trying to get messages to you Monessen prevailed I don’t know better next year something from you where you’re at well I was wanting some of your honeybees one of these days we’ll try again I enjoy watching you I am mystery ED

[@628DirtRooster]

Have to catch me in April. Nucs are ready early April.

[@JCsBees]

Great video! I learned a long time ago about the in's & outs of cutouts. They are fun but not for me. Now I gotta ask... What the heck did you do to the acoustic guitar? Broke the bridge clear off! lol

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL My grandson broke it. He's a four year old wrecking machine who is big enough to get a job. I was going to put a hive in it for a video.

[@TennesseeTim38451]

It’s only been there about 2 weeks!!! 😂😂😂

[@628DirtRooster]

Every time. haha

[@raymondrobinson5251]

Great description on drone eyes. Compared to a horsefly is an awesome description. Ps: I worn a headband for years to keep sweet off my glasses.

[@jamescohn4268]

Great advice and great video. Thanks for sharing! Would love to intern to learn but too far away. Blessings.

[@628DirtRooster]

Thanks for watching!

[@ronwade5646]

This is fun😊

[@Goodnews4man]

Time and material with an estimate.

[@WillyPete_]

Find a neighborhood of new home construction.... Study the framing, understanding the space bees need and that "corners and Joints" being where a hive entrance is likely to be. I once estimated a 4 foot soffit job which ended up being 10 feet of comb, plenty of solidified honey, and much more work that I estimated, lesson learned. I cant sell water during a drought.... honey sells itself. Small colonies in dirty situations, lots of hive beetles... after the removal, the brood comb holds that which causes the decline of the colony... toss all of the comb, and make them start fresh and clean. hard lesson learned, lost 3 this season.

[@Itstime2029]

What is the disc on Pete’s arm for? Diabetes?

[@mikeferguson8075]

Love the video but hate the heat! Great job guys ! That electrical service head was installed wrong and would never pass an inspection. It's a wonder that the service guy put power on it.

[@brettellis1837]

See ya are getting heat wave over there winter here but very hot day light hrs . As for cut outs pass on that.

[@philaandrew100]

Brick veneer home on concrete slab, Bees in the wall cavity.. I told the home owner it was going to entail removing a section of plasterboard to get to the hive and it would cost 1200AUD. They nearly had a fit and said the pest guy quoted 200AUD to exterminate the hive. Guess how that ended for them... 3 years later, same house, another hive and I quoted 2.5K and the guy couldn't get his wallet out fast enough.. Guessing the repair bill from the first hive was enough to make him realise a thing or two😂Always stand your ground on job pricing.

[@fionmor4893]

can you suggest a good pair of gloves that bees can't sting through?....

[@628DirtRooster]

Guardian Bee Apparel has some great gloves.

[@fionmor4893]

@@628DirtRooster thank you so much... love your channel...

[@ZelmaBees]

Another informative and entertaining video, thanks Randy. Question: If homeowner's insurance doesn't pay for bee removal(s), do you carry your own personal insurance? The thought came across my mind when you handed Pete the smoker and remarked "it might be blowing flames by now."

[@nancynolton6079]

LOL Money on the Barrel filled with Gold!! Gotta shake your head at folks "wanting to be paid" to have you remove bees from their house thinking they are doing "us" a favor!

[@howardtoob]

I use stainless steel pot scrubbers from amazon to plug holes. Cheap and easy to use. Just sayin.

[@doak4886]

Setting on the tailgate waiting on the power company with a perfectly good trampoline setting there just waiting to be jumped on. Sometimes I just don’t think you take advantage of all that life offers.

[@628DirtRooster]

HAAA!! You are so right!

[@greg33033]

that is what you call cash on the barrel head. i'm just starting out and only do very easy removals. i had a nuc hive in carport and a swarm moved into it two weeks ago. wish they all were like that.

[@628DirtRooster]

That’s a nice easy start.

[@turdferguson5300]

I'm itchin just watchin you remove the insulation. Never mind the bees... When you have to be in fiberglass insulation rub a 50/50 mix of baby powder and corn starch on your skin. It'll fill in the pores so the fiberglass can't get imbedded. If it doesn't help the itching you can at least see the bees better... lol

[@howardtoob]

I charge $200.00/hour for myself and my helper who I pay $40.00/hr. more often than not the homeowners are wrong in how long the bees have been at the location. If I get a homeowner that wants to screw me I go to the vacuum and tell them I will release the bees. For some reason I get paid! Can you imagine?

[@philliproberts-bx6ec]

I hav a hive that comes an goes every year or two. Do they need a queen ? Its in a big holow tree in yard.

[@niagra898]

HOW do ya’ll do that in that heat ?!?

[@happysalesguy]

Just watching you touch that fiberglass insulation with bare hands makes me itchy!

[@NightOwlGames]

what if you get a bee call out assuming its just regular honey bees but it turns out to be killer bees without wearing a suit? how can you tell the difference before its too late?

[@goodvideos.113]

ミツバチを育てるという仕事についてとてもよく話してくださいました。

[@628DirtRooster]

Thank you for the nice comment. :)

[@Burntbranchcreekbees]

Can you provide a link or source for that 3M filter material? Great video.

[@628DirtRooster]

It's sold in single pack sheets. Lowes usually has it in stock. Home Depot is hit or miss. It is on the same aisle as the A/C filters.

[@amywill9185]

Let it be known that you have found a bandana to fit around that big ole brain of yourn! 😅 I was sidetracked while your video was on and I heard that and laughed out loud. I may have snorted too. 😂you do sort of look like you are gonna bust out in some aerobics. 🤸🏽‍♀️🤾🏽‍♂️

[@timmorris7022]

I believe i have you beat on the sweat factor .😅

[@628DirtRooster]

Let’s call it a draw.

[@whatcher8151]

sometimes ya lose, then ya get smart. ppl lie too because 3 others have been there besides them. IS THERE INSURANCES FOR HIMEOWNERS?

[@628DirtRooster]

There is no home owners insurance that covers bee removals.

[@dandorosheff256]

How do you and your partner share the rewards?

[@howardtoob]

removing vinyl siding is a PIA.

[@dcsblessedbees]

As someone that spent 15 years in construction, I don't want to do cut outs.😂

[@LindaSmith-vq1br]

Fastest siding in the South!

[@pamelaschniepp6075]

The slime was something I hadn't seen before. What causes it? Or do I want to know? 😂

[@628DirtRooster]

Is a mucus produced by small hive beetle larvae. Nasty stuff!

[@davidmartin6312]

Your my kind of carpenter rooster , you can take a car engine out with a pair of channel locks and a screw driver.😁

[@628DirtRooster]

Funny enough me my brother and a friend pulled the engine and transmission out of my old Camaro in forty minutes one time. Of course we were very experienced.

[@kerrycasey1563]

What was the black slime ? Was that disease that wiped out the hive?

[@briansmith6824]

Small Hive Beetles invade and lay their eggs. The SHB larva eat the honey, make it rot and it drips out. Real stinky and messy. Then the cockroaches come along.....

[@kerrycasey1563]

@@briansmith6824 was also thinking disease because the whole population was gone but I know how destructive wax moths and hive beetles can be

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Funny how customers vanish time to get paid.. I hit them for 165.00 right off the bat basic service call.. they decide to move forward I take the 165.00 off the job.. I know guys run a lot adds charge 250.00 to bid it and it's always 4.995.00 ... They make living off service calls.. bid 6 a day at 250.00 each pretty good money.. I'd bid the first one 400.00 second one 1.200

[@ronwade5646]

Better to Bee Shocked By Price than stung by 🐝🍯🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝😊

[@NorthernANTs]

I make $150. an hours for the Honeybee relocation.

[@paularndt6111]

Was self employed all my life. Most all customers think everything is a easy job. Lol😊

[@628DirtRooster]

Very true

[@kennystandridge58]

Great video Randy, my question is this, what is a fair amount to pay a helper for a 4 or 5 hour job?

[@628DirtRooster]

That's something for you to negotiate. It depends on what they bring to the table as far as skill set, abilities and tools. Your helper may be worth more than you. Completely depends.

[@greatlakesnarwhalmichellee4507]

I would think live removal should cost at least as much as exterminator

[@OkieRob]

I'm off to enroll in Junior Samples sales Techniques.

[@628DirtRooster]

LOL You probably already have the uniform.

[@dannsherstone1037]

That pig must have smelled so bad! I feel so bad for you and that pig!