Catching a Swarm of Bees

[myjugsarehuge]

I'm going to hive a swarm of bees that I caught later tonight, they are my bees but I've never hived a swarm before. your video was really interesting. I caught the swarm yesterday morning and used the "tip them straight in hive" method and they flew straight back out and regrouped on the same branch as I caught them!! So today I'm going to this more traditional method of letting them walk in themselves. Fingers crossed. 

[bigjoejoe18]

yea on a serious note thanks for not killing them, most people would want to kill them. u can kill hornets though they just bite and sting cause they want to. wasp also. they are bee killers

[reymasterio25]

word

[ilisid]

Always be careful, you never know if you are dealing with Africanized Honey Bees. The last thing we want to do is mix them with traditional Brazilian or European Honey Bees.

[nousernameideasleft]

Wow 5 lbs. Thank you for not killing them, those are worth some money AND honey.

[bigjoejoe18]

lol money honey lol

[skydragonl]

Yup what diaolos is saying is correct, you might think we don't need em', but we do.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

why the hell would you catch the bees?

omg im petrified of bees ._.

kill them burn them kill them kill them

[diaolosporos]

Do that and then you, me, all the earth will prolly die.

Bees->Polenation->Fruits .... see how the chain goes???

So please dont burn them kill them.

[maraseea]

actualy its:

Bees->Polenation->plants which alow us to breath

[pdavid24]

no...maraseea...its plants->flowers->pollination->­Fruit-> we eat

[WoodsHouse1]

wtf its ozzy osbourne ??????????

[Tom6093]

@Ozzy0sbourne You worship the King of Metal but your afraid of bees ???? Your a disgrace to metal heads everywhere. Lol, ( kidding) We don't need to kill these insects. They polenate the crops, fruit trees and actually are quit harmless when they are away from their hives. They benefit all of us. Yes !!! The Africanized bee thing is scary, but they are controled . Lets not let our instincts kill off more of our natural recources.

[fishingthewatershed]

Nice swarm! If you have other hives then grab a frame of brood from them, put it in this new hive and it will anchor the bees to this new site. Bees are compassionate and will not desert brood. I have caught 3 swarms in the last 2 years and they are all doing great, hope yours are too.

[gopherdude]

How does one go about catching a colony of bee's?

[pdavid24]

Capture the queen and move her

[Mommieeeee]

What a great find! 5 lbs. of bees is worth alot of money! Thank you for re-hiving them and not killing them. We need more people like you!

[hstormchaser]

good for you.

[johnknoefler]

they are not wild bees. Really North America has no wild bees. Most likely they are of the Italian strain or some other hybrid bee. Notice the light yellow color? But any way good work. If you managed to not kill the queen then you should have a healthy hive that makes some honey over the summer.

[Timotheus10]

You are very brave. I'm incredibly afraid of bees.

[Forgivehumanity]

lol yea

[jacklint2]

thats alot of bees