Wild Bees From a Cedar Tree

[@Thundermuffin93]

I just get the most awe from watching a bee keeper at his work. What a beautiful and stewarding task. Thank you for taking such good care of Gods creations.

[@getin3949]

Taking care? It's a business, look at the price of honey the next time you're in the store.

[@Thundermuffin93]

@@getin3949 I see your point for sure - I collect honeys and know its price well. But yes, taking care, as this was the capture of a "wild" swarm, which is likely beneficial in the long run to the swarm, as honeybees continue to be threatened. So being captured to preserve, rather than dispersed, exterminated, or otherwise neglected upon discovery.

[@getin3949]

You needn't keep apologizing for your camera work. I can't imagine most people would even consider doing what you just did. I think you did great!

[@falllineridge]

Thanks! Appreciate you watching.

[@genestatler2514]

I am so glad there are people like you that can do things like this!!!

[@krzi-o5619]

Me and my 74 yr old father just started some bee hives last year , we don't have many yet but we are learning every day , we have 6 hives , this has been one of the most interesting things I've ever done in my life , not to mention the memories I'll have from doing this with my dad , hopefully we'll double our hives this year and collect some awesome tasting honey. We learn a lot by watching these videos , keep up the awesome work. 👍👍👍✌✌✌

[@garygilbert1440]

@Fall Fine Ridge Wes, for me, this was one of your best videos on beekeeping. Then, you just did the new one today. Loving these. Thanks.

[@ronbaldwin9772]

Watching you're videos have really struck my interest more on bee keeping.

[@rebecca.medicineeagle]

Wow, I could binge watch your channel all day long. I especially love your honey videos, but your garden is also coming along nicely and I cannot wait to see what you harvest! Thank you for making great content! Stay safe and may God bless you and your beautiful family.

[@kittenclaws5775]

I've said it before, but it's nice to see how honestly kind you are to the little bees

[@guymartel]

Love this video I enjoy the to see how you always look to improve things around your homestead Keep on doing what you do and will see you on the next one

[@johnbender5356]

I would be dressed like Darth Vader or something to play with bees

[@treyrobinson15]

Honey bees are notoriously not aggressive. You can handle a hive really easily without them getting aggressive.

[@johnbender5356]

@@treyrobinson15 that may be but if I get around a wasp nest they want to reenact the attack on Pearl Harbor on my head for some reason. Bees carry pretty much the same weapons as wasps.

[@ulffarjare9371]

Swarming bees are almost quite calm, the only thing that matters is their focus on following the queen. And as a bee keeper you do not want/need angry bees.

[@waitwhat1029]

@@johnbender5356 That gave me an awesome mental image and a really good laugh. Thx much!

[@usapatriot4513]

Your more brave than me moving a hive with no suit but it was entertaining to watch and for a sting or two you got another active hive so it was worth the trouble. Thanks for sharing your videos and God bless!

[@falllineridge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@monicacrotty623]

Bobby's can't be stolen#

[@andrelin4345]

I never get tired of watching whatever it is you're doing, doesn't matter if it's logs or bees

[@vikkih7746]

You are a perfect find to show my third and fourth students about bees

[@hunterm.172]

I’m not even 10 seconds into the video and I hear “It will be all right” Now im definitely tuned in 😂💀😂💀

[@citizendc9]

You handle the stings so well. I wonder how many stings it takes before a person no longer cares for them.

[@ggurwlcom420]

You can built resistance against it naturally but to some people their poison reaction can be extremely quick and potent. Like allergies some can be extremely sensitive to it.

[@gsmarchand]

If you being excessively stung you are improperly handling the bees.

[@MrFHLH]

That is a nice swarm you have, quiet and a good size, will make a fine hive. Congratulations. With brood and some feed unlikely they will leave. They look very happy little chappies.

[@buddyreed2623]

Hello Wes. I was led here from: I Left Honey on The Beehives, Here's What Happened... Interesting for me from a distance. Have good days!

[@TeenHomesteader]

FREE BEES🤣🤣🤣Great video.

[@beeornottobee4507]

Hi from Belarus bee's forests! 👍👍👍✊🙏 I'm to bee keeping and found this very practical and informative. I'm realizing that this is a complex

[@kimpulsipher647]

That sting could send me to the hospital. Can't eat honey or use bee's wax. sad. Thank you for saving them. They are precious.

[@nelsonsmith6963]

Were they in danger?

[@kimpulsipher647]

@@nelsonsmith6963 There are people out there that instead of calling for someone to get them will burn them. Think of the loss.

[@zombieguyproducion]

@@kimpulsipher647 Especially in a time where there is a collapse in the global bee population :/

[@allanpeters4403]

A different video, but an enjoyable one - thanks for keeping honey bees going - they are a much needed part of nature.

[@johnnytyson8645]

Realy enj0yed this one. Man of.many talents thank you for taking me along god bless

[@jimmowers7675]

I’d be watching you from about a mile down the road. I’m very allergic to bee stings. Thanks for sharing though. God Bless.

[@teddie_schaefer1963]

Ok this was so cool. I have never watched the bee/honey videos before. I just watched them all this one for the 2nd time.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

It’s hard to film and deal with a swarm in a tree isn’t it, 😂. Nice swarm recovery, you are much more thorough than I am, lol, but I have no doubt at all you got the queen and they will stay in your box. I just put the box under them and shake and every once in a while they decide they don’t want to stay, even when I’ve given them brood I’ve had them leave on occasion. I had one last weekend that came from one of my own hives. I have a top bar hive just for fun and it throws swarms every year, so I just put them in Lang’s. I always get a bunch of hate comments on my bee vids from the novice bee huggers which know more than a 10 year veteran beekeeper, lol. Keep up the good work.

[@mustanghill1259]

I've heard about bee charmers. You're definitely one of them. Brave man.

[@Rooster2628]

It was GREAT camera work. Thank you for sharing! Please share more.

[@waitwhat1029]

Bees: We will sting you Man: No you won’t Bees: No we won’t Is nobody going to acknowledge the Jedi mind trick seems to works on bees? 🤣

[@nealtubbs9608]

Very interesting informative video. I'm amazed that you only got stung once.

[@hokep61]

Been there, done that! I have a few Cedar trees around my hives. Seems evertime one swarms, they end up in one of the nearby Cedars. This happened so often, I made a mesh wire cage on a heavy pole to reach up and knock them loose.

[@dianemoore2945]

Oh my, I couldn’t stop watching, my skin was crawling and the sound was actually making me anxious. Do these bee’s have conflicts with your other bees? I am learning so much! By the way, I do love honey so I guess I should know where it comes from. Thanks!

[@vittoesmith1]

Thanks for saving natures most valuable creature. Good job.

[@jewellloding3728]

Thank you, I found this video very interesting. I live in California, near Los Angeles. And we've had bees swarm in our elm tree 3 times over the last 45 yrs. The first time I called a bee keeper and had it removed. I was afraid the kids might mess with them and get bit. Then I did research and found out that if left alone, the bees would usually leave on there own in a few days. So I left them and sure enough they left a couple days later. Again thank you for the video I really enjoyed it.

[@PhillipHall01]

Good video. I have a tip for you. I have learned to remove swarms like this with a bee vac. No sugar water necessary and with the proper set up even the queen can be vacuumed up with out injury. East fast and efficient.

[@falllineridge]

Thanks for the tip!

[@mikedkc]

Fascinating work. Great job sharing.

[@1herbert100]

You are a brave man. A single bee sends me running. Good video. God Bless

[@falllineridge]

Thanks 👍

[@waitwhat1029]

There’s brave and then there’s Are you sure your mortal? Brother falls under the second category. 🤣

[@earlsmithson4749]

Wes, I really enjoy your vids working with Bees.

[@falllineridge]

Glad you like them! Hope to do a few more this year, Lord willing.

[@gsetful]

Wow, you are a brave man!

[@AlexIsModded]

Wow, this swarm had a great temperament. Nice genetics!

[@michaelfike7542]

Good catch. They made it a new home as soon as you dropped them in.👍❤🐝🐝🐝

[@falllineridge]

Yep, they took to it fast.

[@holdemNE1]

I'm not 100% certain but I am pretty sure that those are Tracker-Jacker bees.

[@yeagerxp]

Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

[@12ar34sw]

Awesome video. Who cares if the camera work is shakey. Thank you for sharing this with us. This is so cool.

[@dresheraton9276]

IKR....I am in bed and swatted my ear at one point. The camera work is fine.

[@lialos]

Great catch! I look forward to some updates on these girls.

[@marceltrudel2131]

When you put the bees in the box , and you said you was going to take them home, there was still a mess of them still flying in the tree, are they going to follow you home or will they start another hive in the tree again ?

[@warmad2596]

Out of curiousity... How often do you get stung or are you just used to it at this point it doesn't bother you anymore?

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Just subbed to your channel. Nice catch. I caught a small one last week and the queen must have died and they are making a new one from the brood frame I put in. Thanks!!!

[@garyallen8205]

I used my imagination...made a left turn. Now I'm at Lake Como in Italy....Hi George! That was George Clooney..as if I need to intro him....

[@Ethanthesharkganne]

What happens to the bees that don't make it into the box? Do they go find another hive?

[@brthehimalayanbeeman]

Good work ❤️👍

[@lauraborgmann8285]

How many hives do you have? How much honey do you sale in a year?

[@allenhenry1113]

Wow! Thats a cool informative clip. Do you go around collecting them? Its really cool watching them when they do that. Why do they?

[@falllineridge]

Not normally, but this one was fairly easy and the person was a friend. They swarm for a couple of reasons. First, they do it for reproductive purposes. It's just how they spread. One hive turns into two, or three, sometimes more. They can also do it if they run out of room. If the hive becomes bound up with honey or syrup and they don't have anywhere else to put stuff, they'll swarm.

[@scottfortune9016]

You should use a queen excluder to keep her inside, but still allow the other bees to come and go. Put the queen excluder above the landing board. She's essentially locked in... Add long as she's not small enough to fit thru, since she's thinner, as she has swarmed out from somewhere.

[@stormnight122]

11:13 "o look at that one.....so anyways" XD

[@loloholmes2793]

No beekeeping gear? Manly Man!! Nerves of steel

[@ekimnamdets6946]

Im really interested in the hero to hives program, moving back to the Wisconsin area soon, I don’t wanna get into heavy agriculture but beekeeping honestly sounds like an awesome idea to me

[@idigbebop]

For transport did you put them in the back seat ?

[@joeyshofner639]

Question: Do you have to check if these are a African hybrid or is that not a concern to you?

[@jaytodd5809]

So..no hive on the limb? ..in transit?

[@brthehimalayanbeeman]

Congratulations 👍

[@bobfanning6816]

I usually use green grass to stop up the entrance. As it dries, the opening is increased. Also, I have a 5 gallon bucket duct taped to a pole. Instead of climbing, I just hit the limb with the bucket (or the pole that it taped to) and then dump the bees in the hive. The way that you did it is better but with a higher risk of falling off the ladder or getting stung. My bucket method is much tougher with Eastern Red Cedar trees as you had. You did good!!

[@wadenya1]

Very informative video. Thank you.

[@aceelectriccompany1181]

Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@kurtmagnus5243]

You keep on talking about terrible camera work but I have to say it’s extremely well in spite of the situation

[@suezbell1]

It surprises me that you put them close to your existing bees before ensuring they are sprayed/healthy. Do bees normally stay only with their own hive? Can they tell which is their "family"?

[@jimp.4531]

Honey, we're home.

[@trampster7306]

Interesting video Wes. It looked very scary seeing you up that ladder without any kind of protection from the Bees. Not something that I would do. Years ago I was living in a cottage here in South West UK with old stone walls and small windows. We had a swarm of Bees land on the Kitchen window completely blocking the light, and a few of them eventually found their way through the cracks in the stone into the bathroom - there was a small gap around one of the overflow pipes. Scary times with Bees flying around the room in a small house. Eventually we got a Bee keeper to turn up and collect them as you did, but the ones inside the house had to be exterminated unfortunately. Hope you & yours are good - stay safe & well. 👍👍

[@falllineridge]

Yikes! Sounds like a lot of fun until they started coming in.

[@backyardmechanic921]

What point was there in shutting the entrance up when the bees wanted to get in. If they want to leave there's nothing you can do to stop them. The best way to hive a swarm is to shake then onto a cloth in front of the hive and let them walk in.

[@honeybee6578]

Gotta be extra careful on that ladder! You've got a family to think about and sometimes a swarm is not worth the risk. Thank you!

[@andrewsmyth6027]

i am thinking a bee brush and some thin gloves may be of assistance, but excellent video.

[@ulffarjare9371]

Late march? Is this normal swarming season in your hoods? Which months does your bees have their winter "sleep"? (Sorry for poor english).

[@falllineridge]

Yes, this is normal for us. For here, our cold months are roughly December-February.

[@kiawandajr1097]

Absolutely amazing! nice job

[@donnablunt6065]

Thank you.

[@seafieldgrant6957]

Leaping lizards how did you not get stung ?

[@poorhouseracing]

They don't have a hive to protect whlie they're swarming so they dont tend to sting unless they're forced to.

[@gs427]

Question: Does removing bees from this tree affect the local environment? Like afect the flowers or something, i know you just rehouse them, but since they are so important i just figured

[@billmorris2613]

Good evening from SE Louisiana 2 Apr 21.

[@КопаюСнимаюинетолько]

I don't understand... Why does video is named "Free bees" but not "Wild bees"?

[@КопаюСнимаюинетолько]

Oooh! I understood) author'd like to say that he didn't buy these bees but get them full free! Ok, sorry for my bad English) nice and interesting video)

[@falllineridge]

I like your idea better! Thank you for watching!

[@benslocum5502]

Isn't sugar bad for bees?

[@falllineridge]

Does no harm in such small quantities like this.

[@benslocum5502]

@@falllineridge thanks, I'm currently learning how to keep bees, thank you for your sharing!

[@paulstan9828]

You are a brave man. I’d be wrapped in a hazmat suit! 👍😁 They are amazing creatures though aren’t they.

[@canalolenhadorvaldir]

YOU EPINOTIZED The bees 🐝🤠🤠 A yug from BRAZIL🇧🇷 🌲🏞️

[@magar11k]

🐝🐝🐝

[@basemmmahmood4327]

yes very good vedio Beautiful 🌷🐝

[@johnturner2175]

Can I suggest a soft bristles paint brush

[@judithclever1103]

Why don't you use smoke?

[@falllineridge]

Smoke would work, but it works better at the hive. Sugar water wets their wings and prevents flight (at least for the bees on the outside of the swarm). Smoke is helpful if they are defensive, swarms are not normally defensive.

[@hudaverdierkaradas6109]

Are you beginner or cruel

[@maxpower1337]

Great content 👍

[@falllineridge]

Thank you!

[@terrypomatto907]

Back when working with bee swarms, I would put a box under the swarm then cut the limb off with a buck saw.

[@piledriver141]

Sugar water 💧👍 nice. You will do better next time!! Not easy to do on camera!! Do you watch Fred Dunn on KZbin?

[@Meaningalex]

Dang killing them out the gate

[@joeholland4144]

Great video!

[@falllineridge]

Thanks!

[@filipvernica258]

Next time you can tight two frames together on the stick reach for ,they will fill up your frames just throw them in a box and go and go again until you have the whole pile , free advice.

[@conniewilson5531]

What happened to the bees that you didn't capture? Did you just abandon them? Why didn't you capture the queen, set up a box at the site put the queen in it, add some lemon grass I think it is and leave the box there till night fall so you could come back and save all the bees?

[@justintime2277]

👍 From Cadillac Michigan

[@terryeason4319]

You are bad to the bone. like baba bad To the Bone gave me cramps in my legs cuz my toes were curling under so bad from watching you doing that.

[@Jayf1981]

Most folks leave 🐝 alone, it seems dangerous to relocate a swarm, but there you go!

[@GoneWildKennels]

I bet you learned a valuable lesson. Good swarm

[@bladewiper]

very interesting, thanks for posting.

[@harrycockfield5114]

Bees are good..you are brave...😃

[@jonnyrocker7919]

You are an amazing man

[@marylott3076]

Fascinating! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@Sassafras30]

Nice docile swarm you found, not like killer bees that are out there.