Where is the queen? Listen closely and you will find her

[@silent8ch977]

Wow... My experience is if you ask 10 Beekeeper’s a question you’ll get 20 different answers. I feel like every time I’m on KZbin trying to figure something out... it’s one of your videos that truly helps me. Thank you so much for doing this! I’m truly grateful.

[@colleenmurphy6529]

That is great. I have learned so much from you and I don't even have bees. Just love nature. You should write a book.

[@creatorediillusioni]

totally agree!

[@traceysteel800]

That's a brilliant tip. I'm about to move a small colony with a new queen back into a nuc for the winter, but I'm a new beekeeper and I can't spot the queen. You have given me a way of knowing where she is without actually seeing her. Thank you so much. I feel better about moving the colony now

[@YodaAz58]

Excellent tip! I have worked with bees for some 5 yrs now and first time that was pointed out to me. You sir have very calm bees also!

[@KyleCowden]

Fascinating. I'm six weeks into keeping and was beginning to wonder if I had a queen. But when I was scooping up a beard that stayed on ab old box and she came running up my arm. Put her on the porch and she ran inside. When I open the hive here in a week or so, I'll be listening.

[@kidneypop]

Very helpful information. Transferred a Nuc last week, didn’t see the queen but they seem happy. Lots of new bees trying to figure out their location which is a good sign. Going to listen to hive from now on. Thanks

[@larag4646]

Thanks for this video. Spent all winter watching your channel. I got my first nuc and wasn't able to find the queen. The bees in the new hive started their chain saws while I was looking for her so I figured she was still in the box. After moving another frame from the nuc to the hive box (that I looked but still didn't see her), they all quieted down so I was pretty confident she was in the hive even without having spot her.

[@amylarson3958]

THANK YOU for verifying my observations - I keep telling people "It's all about the bees' - 'they will tell you what is going on in your hive' - you don't have tear your hive apart every time you check on it.......just 'cause you can't see her don't mean she ain't there !

[@jeremymoore16]

Probably the best video showing the sound a queenless hive makes. Well done sir!

[@honeybeeasian7718]

Excellent example of how a hive reacts to being queenless. Also shows how quickly they realize it. Thank you so much for this video.

[@kaidosbuddyagaindoberman9119]

Wow they fricken amaze me. How sophisticated and complicated their lives are. How the hell would they all know their queen is gone, amazing. Such awesome things.

[@Beerbatter1962]

I've been going through your videos for the past couple weeks after discovering your channel, and I can honesty say your are THE BEST bee teacher on KZbin right now. Everything (I thought) I knew is starting to make so much sense now. Like a puzzle; seems all you get out there are all the little pieces of information, and its up to us newbies to figure out how to put it all together. What I keep learning from your videos over and over again is that it's all about knowing the bees; how they behave, why they do what they do, etc. That was the part that was missing for me and you are doing a great job in your videos of explaining why the bees are doing what they are doing. It helps me so much to understand the bigger picture, not just the tidbit. Thanks and keep up your great contributions to the art.

[@davidhaught84]

I really appreciate that. Means so much to me to get feedback like that. Thank you so much!!!

[@TarotandWitchery]

The contrast was perfect! I could immediately tell the difference.

[@SewTexas]

YOU ARE THE BEE WHISPERER! Thank you.

[@bassnazi4713]

Amazing how that traditional swarming sound came through right after you took the queen.

[@mamahound]

As new beekeepers, this informational video is really helpful and makes sense. Thanks for sharing and showing us newbees how it's done.

[@anthonystoll5289]

I just got a few hives this spring, and one swarmed out within the first week (I placed new deeps on top upon installation). First inspection a week later, I had a feeling I was queenless and those bees acted the same way! Loud, upset and flighty!

[@noelsussex9163]

Thank you from the UK. I saw my marked queen when she arrived a year ago. She swarmed two months later and I never saw her daughter. I bought a set of marker pens this year and had my yellow marker all ready and... they just sent off a huge swarm. Yellow retired ... red marker pen will be unwrapped. Smiles. Thank you for your excellent videos.

[@anne-christinemarcou4481]

PREFECT!! CORRECT!!!! MISS THIS HOBBY SOOOO MUCH!! HAPPY SPRING & EASTER TO ALL 🐝🐞🐝🐞🐝🐞🐝🐞& BEEZZZZNESS 😊😊😊😊☺

[@justdigginOG]

don't know why, but I was thinking you were gonna have a queen piping in the video, so that's what I was listening for, lol. Great video, you have some great content.

[@danlucas148]

Thanks so much for posting this! I’ve got one 6 frame nuc as my first hive and unfortunately it fell over I some heavy winds. Since then I wasn’t sure if the queen was alive but when I inspected they were quiet and docile so I’m quite sure she’s in there somewhere.

[@jjjackson5183]

It amazes me how confidently you reach in to.pull a frame. No gloves, etc. Now I can be brave around carpenter bees...

[@willdelito8561]

I THINK CARPENTER BEES REACT DIFFERENTLY.

[@georgekatsinis5224]

WOW. That difference in sound is AWESOME.

[@AWoodworkersLife]

David this is so neat. I can see how an experienced beekeeper would be able to tell if a hive loses their queen before they even dig into it. Thanks.

[@amylarson3958]

I cannot begin to tell you how much I've learned. Listen to the bees (AKA The Bee Whisperer) - Even the experienced bee keepers in my club don't truly listened to their bees - ha ha! I know something they didn't know - thank you.Think if I hadn't said 'singing' they wouldn't have rolled their eyes. they do sing....

[@chancetolbert4852]

Ask 10 beekeepers for advice. Youll get 12 different answers

[@gotskinn]

Sometimes it sounds like a puppy whining. I can't even begin to imagine how they make that noise.

[@bwakel310]

I just ordered a queen from you. Hopefully I will get her soon!

[@reneemoody6663]

THIS WAS EDUCATIONAL ON SO MANY LEVELS!!! I AM A GRANDMOTHER OF 10 GRANDBABIES!!!! 2 OF THEM ARE DOING REPORTS ON BEE'S OR WASPS!!! I FOUND BARNYARD BEE'S ON YOU TUBE & NOW UMM BATTING 1,000 WITH THEM FOR SHARING YOUR YOU TUBE VIDEO!!!! I HAVE S

[@michaelg2867]

Probably the coolest bee keeping tip I’ve learned to date. 2nd year newbie. Thank you!

[@joshuarichardson794]

Good show

[@yerouttaheah]

Tried this yesterday. I only had a 4 frame nuc available, but I was surprised at how fast the reaction took place, and LOUD! Next week I will use a 10 frame box and move frames until something changes. By taking the top box off, I should be able to tell which box she's in too. Very useful.

[@gotskinn]

I installed my FIRST nuc on motherdays morning. Happy mothers day to me! I am absolutely in love w my bees. They are SO gentle. Amazing journey I have signed up for.

[@nigelw598]

Gday David, Once again. Thanks so much. Priceless information for newbies like me. I really appreciate the time you take to pass on the info. Cheers, Nigel

[@AllisonReece]

Wow! What a difference in the boxes! You can hear it!

[@Tourarounwarsaw]

Thank you very much for the tip, this made me sure that my first colony I bought few days ago is without a queen. Keeping bees for the first time I was getting quite anxious simply thinking that I was failing to spot the queen.

[@liberty_belle5063]

I think I heard a bee scream “Never let go Jack!” from that bee chain.

[@HornadySetiawan]

Possibly why they roar: the bees think the queen flies out of the hive, so they flap their wings fanning out pheromone to the surrounding air to help the queen find her way back to the hive.

[@beek57ks49]

do you think they might do that while she is gone on her mating flight?

[@HornadySetiawan]

Amber Hoffman yes infact i see lots of bees kinda like bearding and fanning at the entrance, while waiting for the queen out on mating flight.

[@tdbarton7712]

Thank you so much. Learning how and what to listen to is invaluable. I have a feral hive in my shed & two very experienced bee keepers are helping me get set up to provide them a new home in a bee box. We will do the removal & re-establishment in about 2-1/2 weeks. I'm gorging on KZbin vids & yours are so informative. Thank you for sharing you knowledge & intuition.

[@veragiles981]

Really useful tip for me here in the UK as a new beekeeper. I split my hive a week ago, so I can put your advice into action. Thanks again!

[@sharonriley948]

David, Just a note to say I really like your videos. Have been keeping bees for 25 years but you teach me things I didn't know You and Don the Fat Bee Man. Thanks man!!! Rick in pa.

[@helenaringdahl2234]

Thank you for this video. I notised that my first hive was loud today, becauce they been queenless sins yesterday. I pit them together with my second hive now, with queen.

[@benfoster8898]

Wish there was a love button love your videos and learning what you share thank you. Ill be getting all my supplies from you for sure.

[@donnypodcast]

Thanks for making your videos. I have very little experience with bees. I did some hive removals for a guy as his helper. I never had property to own my own hives but I want to. Now, a friend of mine wants to buy some hives and have me manage those hives. So, it was great to find your videos and learn from them.

[@RoughAndWretchedRAW]

Gotta say this video in particular was invaluable to me. I have two 10 frame hives I bought this year. Although i've watched hundreds of videos on everything bees this was my first year as a beekeeper. Got my hives in June. My plan was just to propagate for the wild but my wife decided she wanted honey. The hives were decent but not strong. Had major chalk brood issues thanks to our terrible spring. I was only able to find hives to buy toward the end of June because of the huge widespread loss of bees in spring. Anyway because my wife wanted honey my plans to propagate were put on the back burner and the focus became to get those hives issues cleaned up and get them strong. I was fairly successful and got about half the potential or 260lbs of honey. I pulled a couple late season nuc splits and bought some queen cells from the same gentleman I bought the hives from. While I wanted to raise my own queens i didn't want to pull strength during the main flow to do so and as i'm in Saskatchewan Canada I didn't want to chance a later split. He had some cells he was willing to sell me immediately that would be emerging in a couple days so I had to get the splits made and made quick so they could be queen less for a bit before I picked up the cells. The first hive went like clock work. In, found the queen caged her. Took two frames of emerging brood and was out in minutes. The second hive was a nightmare. I went through the hive 3 times carefully and couldn't find her for the life of me. I had taken a couple frames out and had just set them in the nuc box just to facilitate more room to search and that's when I noticed it. It didn't click at first as I thought the noise was pissed off bees due to my major intrusion. As I went through the 10 frame for the fourth time I noticed the hive was roaring and I mean roaring. And I was swearing and apologizing. No luck then I stepped over to the nuc which was quiet. They hadn't only experienced as much intrusion but were moved. That when the memory this video was recalled and clicked. 100% she's in the nuc. I looked very carefully and there she was. It's a lesson i won't forget again. That hive was roaring on the second time through. I'd have had her found in half the time if it had clicked right away. Thank you very much for the video. No way I would have been observant enough to have picked up on it my self considering the task at hand and timeline. I have literally watched many hundreds of videos from all over the world and this video is the ONLY video from beekeepers or researchers that has pointed this simple truth out.

[@joeyperez8581]

Thnx, from a new beekeeper, old Navy vet here.

[@gkseifert]

EXCELLENT! I don't know if you purposely set it up with the sun lighting those bees as it did, but now, even if I were to lose my hearing altogether, I would still be able to tell if the queen was in a box or not just by looking in the box. The sun glistening off all those little wings when the queen was removed was mistakable, and unforgettable, evidence that she was gone. And when she was in the box they were almost all quietly moving around with no fanning at all. Great demonstration! Now I know what to look for. Thanks.

[@privatebubba8876]

Excellent demonstration David.

[@Cozmo2k4]

That is cool. Me and the wife bought our first 2 nucs this year. We go pick them up the week of the 14th. We've watched just about all your videos trying to learn as much as we can before we get them. We are in northern Wisconsin so it will be a little more difficult for us, especially if we have another winter like this past one again. We are both excited to start growing our apiary. Cheers!

[@bbaker6295]

So last night I made a split looked through the hive and never found the queen thought they may have swarmed yet they were quiet. As soon as I moved a frame of brood with bees over to the new hive the old hive roared like this. Finally found the queen hiding in that one frame

[@cpas878]

Great video and tip. Ive had times I couldn't find the queen and this will be very helpful.

[@oldgreenwichhoney7460]

Brilliant. This video will save me a lot of time looking for queen during splits!

[@familyhearingandbalancecen9777]

Great point about listening to the hive!

[@RockingG1961]

Very cool. My wife and I are restarting our bee yard this year. This will help us a ton.

[@RockingG1961]

Oh yeah, I subscribed.

[@speedfreak7371]

Man thanks for all the videos and information. I am a new beekeeper. I caught a wild bee swarm.

[@Diypics]

That is the most helpful tip I've heard all year! Thanks

[@jeffschutt926]

Thanks Dave. You are a great resource for new bees like myself. Keep it up!

[@momopaints]

Thanks. This helped a ton. We recently had to split a hive because they were threatening swarming.

[@p.markmcgonigle4568]

That was an AWESOME tip!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@stephenbamford]

You, sir, surely know your bees. Thanks for sharing!

[@wendynoto4726]

Listen to you talk about a livestream I just found you I absolutely I am amazed at the principles that God has shown me about him with these B's at the end of the day I really appreciate this and I'm going to keep on watching cuz I'm learning a lot

[@Mark-ff3vo]

Good information as usual! Thanks for your videos. You're helping me a BUNCH!

[@green2stayecoswdmarketingn339]

"11people who watched this were looking for a rock band! 😂

[@reginabecker17]

I love your videos you explain everything so wonderful and in detail. It helps me so much as a new beekeeper. And your passion for your bees shows in every video. Thank you so much

[@reneemoorefrost4871]

I've never heard a bee sound like a rooster. Time 1:38

[@Digger927]

Lol.

[@girlart9]

Renée Frost HAHAHA!!!! Thanks

[@edwardfoehring8827]

LMAO.

[@simopr09]

1:34 :D

[@jman414999]

amazing Dave I didn't think they did this until I did a split last week but you are right they are roaring..

[@jman414999]

yeah you lost me Brent

[@Digger927]

Yeah sorry, my YT has been messed up lately and really laggy. That post was supposed to be a response to a comment below about bees sounding like a rooster.

[@jman414999]

LOL ok that is funny. Have fun ..

[@Digger927]

Ha, I thought so. It took me a little bit to figure out what was going on with that comment. It was like that yesterday, I'd click on a link and it would open something further up on the page or post a comment and it went to the wrong post...it was weird. Working okay so far this morning. Happy Beekeeping!

[@Maranatha_Acres]

This is awesome! I am a new beekeeper and have learned a lot from your apiary walk throughs.

[@Betterfoodforbettermood]

Ive learned so much from watching your videos . Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge & experience to make our world better. torrid greetings from phoenix.

[@imyourhothotsex]

I’m no bee keeper, but I have been enjoying your videos! Thanks for a great watch lol

[@sierrabravo7368]

I hope it works I'll try it tomorrow I am just soooo happy to have this tip right now

[@rochrich1223]

It looked to me that the queenless bees held there wings out to the side more than the queenright bees, even those not fanning.

[@smcfamily1885]

I can't have bees where I live but I really do love these and what they do in the garden thank you for sharing your bees with me 👍👍👍😄

[@gloriagzlz]

Thank you so much for your help. These videos are filled with so much information.

[@pepeleseb]

I just split one of my hive today but couldn't find the queen. I had to do it as the queen cell just got capped nd I wont be home to check them for 2 weeks. I'm just hopping she was down the side like you said... I guess I'll find out in 2 weeks If there is the same amount of brood then good 🤞😖🤞 thanks from Scotland for your good videos

[@lesacarter3028]

Thanks! Just started two new hives. Didn’t know this! In FL.

[@lesacarter3028]

Just subscribed.

[@stevehappe8583]

That was a great presentation. Thanks again!

[@Digger927]

I'm convinced there's far more to their communications than pheromone. I've dropped queens in grass before and workers find them too quickly for it to have been the scent.

[@kaysmith3284]

With Queen, they are content...amazing 👍🏻👏🏻🌹

[@borjalanusse4296]

Nice technic. Just be careful if you miss the queen, you move the frame where she is and she falls to the floor.

[@TheKisj]

This is awesome, learned a lot from this video on what to listen for if there is no queen inside the hive 👍

[@shawnzilla83]

Great video. Thanks for the tips. It is awesome to have you share with us.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

GREAT things to know, thank you!

[@tomhall3172]

Great tip brother

[@KentuckyBackyardMechanics]

With all that drone brood on that frame and the bees all gathered and hanging in that on spot was that a sign of a possible swarm getting ready to happen

[@bartosrobert4213]

Joe B no way...looool

[@foxylady7677]

It's so funny I'm terrified of bees(anykind) I got attacked by bees when I was a little girl but I do love you're videos

[@daveb8810]

wish I was close enough for that coffee and conversation thanks for the invite anyway

[@fockerjb]

I know this was three years ago, but damn this was a fascinating video to watch.

[@cathysayle]

Awesome example...thank you!

[@togwilson]

Wow that’s amazing!!! Thanks for this great information!

[@rogerjodoin505]

So I assume the new box is far enough away so that the original colony doesn’t just fly over to their queen due to her pheromone?

[@craig6903]

David have you ever thought of getting a body camera? Tripods of course doesn't work for you. But if you had a camera mounted to you, you could use your two hands to show the frames

[@wadeshelton2911]

Craig a go pro in headlight style works great

[@johnpick8336]

Outstanding Information ! Thank you !

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

Thank you for this video. I have trouble finding queens

[@MuhammadAlDjazairy]

Excellent job. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

This was really helpful. Thank you

[@mohiildeen12]

Thanks man.i love your videos . very useful 👍.I heard Michael Bush say. When the bees lose their queen. bees will calling out the queen. (We are here 🙆 we are here🙆). So she can find the way back to the hive . He is right and really funny😂

[@Kangaroos_News]

Is it just me or does it seem that 'queenless', ( obviously only temporarily ), bees wings even seem to kind of stand up a bit more when they're roaring? Great vid- new Ozzy beekeeper here with my first 6 hives and their first winter here & loving your channel. I've also got a box my family has had for getting up around 50 years of tiny little stingless Aus native bees- a bit of fun to check out for my US bee buddies :D

[@George-nx5lo]

I think they sense the queens pheromones are weaker or gone, so they beginning fanning to increase air flow in order to prove or disprove what the bees thought. Kinda of a way for them to double check or spread the news

[@randymueller2611]

Great points! Always learning. Thx

[@Pufferfish28]

Nature is amazing!

[@kathyarvin8155]

Still undecided. I live in an apartment and nowhere to keep the bees 🐝. Not sure if my friends would be willing to put in there back yard. There are ordinance of must be 40 ft from road or side walk and 50 ft from hospital 🏥 or medical facilities, schools 🏫.

[@strive4impact]

Really good tip. Thank you!

[@brandichilds3273]

Wow. That is crazy. I never knew how interested in bees 🐝 I am. I want some bees!