amazing honeybee catch

The amazing capture of the honey bee.

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Science & Technology

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• swarm
• swarms
• bee
• honey bee
• Honeybee swarm

[metaknight357]

DIDN'T THEY STING YOUR HAND!!???

[The2ndJanester]

holy crap, i would have used a bee suit for that shit.

[No0neH3r3]

BTW, smoke does not "calm them down." It actually triggers an eons old response to a perceived fire-threat to the hive.

The bees drop what they're doing and head below (into the hive), filling both stomachs with as much honey as they can in anticipation of an emergency evac of the hive. Smoking them disrupts all activity for about 24 hours; not something you'd want to do alot during a primary nectar flow.

P.S. Bee suits aren't 'sting-proof.' ;)

[No0neH3r3]

When swarming, honeybees aren't terribly interested in stinging (unless the beekeeper does something stupid like squish a few). They're primarily concerned with finding a new home. Hence the frames added to the nuc box.

The queen is usually in the centre of the swarm. I'd say 95% of the time, if I've dumped the main bulk into the box, I've got the queen as well.

[ducksmasher11]

@The2ndJanester this guy is a hardass pterodactyl.

[GamaLuciano]

This is the way to catch European and African bee swarms. People should use a bee suit and should use smoke. Avoid killing the bees.

Later this box should be located apart from people and animals. The regular bee box is 3 times bigger than this one.

[ergoplex]

For everyone freaking out about the fact that he doesn't have a bee suit, here are some things: firstly, he is obviously a beekeeper and has been stung so many times that it doesn't affect him anymore. Also, bees are calmest while swarming and therefore are not likely to sting you. Furthermore, he also realizes that bees are lovely little things and don't want to die stinging you. :D

[Pumanic]

Me and my friend was riding his motorcycle, and ran straight through a cloud of bees going across the bridge we were crossing. They went "Ratatatatataat RATATATATA BAAM!" all over us! xD It was so scary, but oh so fun.

[PILAKOVIC]

@metaknight357 When Honey bees dont have a hive, or honey, or young to protect, they wont attack. Honey bees are actually quite friendly.

[BDOTKAY]

did you buy them

[mizztrina2294]

IMAGINE WALKING IN THE PARK AND STRAIGHT INTO THAT!!! SMH TRAGIC

[gamenode]

@metaknight357

Swarming bees usually don't sting. They are in travel mode and have already gorged themselves on honey from the hive they just left. Because they are so full of honey (I believe) they can't bend their abdomen to stink you even if the wanted to.

So the answer is probably "No". That said, he doesn't want to mash any bees not just because of attrition or he might mash the queen but it releases a pheromone that inspires bees to defend themselves.