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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: hardwood on February 02, 2012, 01:23:41 AM

Title: Doris's bees...Video added
Post by: hardwood on February 02, 2012, 01:23:41 AM
Doris's bees.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPc4mCtFZyo#ws)

Scott
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Post by: oblib on February 02, 2012, 01:32:13 AM
good job
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Post by: hardwood on February 02, 2012, 01:33:56 AM
Dang! Youtube has foiled me again...GRRRR. I'll have to try to upload again in the morning...sorry 'bout that y'all.

Scott
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Post by: D Semple on February 02, 2012, 12:50:21 PM
Great job Scot & Peg, your perseverance paid off.

Thanks for posting up the video, can't wait for our cutout season to start in April.

Don
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Post by: Rex Smith on February 02, 2012, 01:11:15 PM
Good work & good video!
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Post by: AllenF on February 02, 2012, 09:52:06 PM
Good video, thanks for posting.
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Post by: schawee on February 02, 2012, 10:18:02 PM
good catch on the queen scott.
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Post by: JackM on February 03, 2012, 09:50:17 AM
Thanks for the tip about smoking where you got stung.  Never considered that.
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Post by: Scott_Derrick on February 03, 2012, 12:20:59 PM
Thanks for posting the video. Enjoyed it!
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Post by: yockey5 on February 03, 2012, 12:52:56 PM
Greeeeat video!
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Post by: Dave360 on February 03, 2012, 09:53:50 PM
Thanks for taking the time to video
love to watch these

Dave
Title: Re: Doris's bees...Video added
Post by: hardwood on February 06, 2012, 01:30:24 PM
I'm glad ya'll liked it! Schawee, I grabbed the queen but when I opened my hand to show the owner she flew. I snatched her out of the air as she flew circles around my head. Then the owner's friend wanted a picture so I opened up again and this time she flew off over the roof :'(

Luckily she flew back to the cluster and this time Peggy grabbed her and we put her straight into the vac box (didn't have any queen catchers or cages with us).

Scott
Title: Re: Doris's bees...Video added
Post by: Jim134 on February 06, 2012, 02:21:42 PM
Quote from: hardwood on February 06, 2012, 01:30:24 PM
I'm glad ya'll liked it! Schawee, I grabbed the queen but when I opened my hand to show the owner she flew. I snatched her out of the air as she flew circles around my head. Then the owner's friend wanted a picture so I opened up again and this time she flew off over the roof :'(

Luckily she flew back to the cluster and this time Peggy grabbed her and we put her straight into the vac box (didn't have any queen catchers or cages with us).

Scott



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   BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
Title: Re: Doris's bees...Video added
Post by: JP on February 07, 2012, 10:52:29 AM
That one looked like a lot of fun. This one is proof positive you have to have patience & perseverance to do a proper job. Those who want to be in and out in two hours should find other work.  :-D

That one reminded me of the one Schawee & I did in the diesel engine where she flew off about 75' away.

Great job you two & BTW loved the footage as you were filming down in the cavity. Kinda looked like an esophagus lined with bees!


...JP
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Post by: greenbtree on February 12, 2012, 11:35:28 AM
"an esophagus lined with bees"  Now THERE'S an image that will help me sleep at night!  Thanks JP! :-D

JC
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Post by: JP on February 12, 2012, 12:24:38 PM
Quote from: greenbtree on February 12, 2012, 11:35:28 AM
"an esophagus lined with bees"  Now THERE'S an image that will help me sleep at night!  Thanks JP! :-D

JC

Nothing wrong with a lil horror flick now and again to get the blood boiling right?  :-D


...JP
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Post by: Sparky on February 12, 2012, 01:03:38 PM
Scott, do you and peg go in and evaluate the temperament of the bees first before you stat the removal ? I ask because of concern about not knowing if they are Africans or not. Nice footage and good catch with a mid air grab.
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Post by: hardwood on February 14, 2012, 01:33:27 PM
Sparky, we always walk around them and pick a few up before we start but almost all the one's we run across (even the one's we've tested positive for AHB genes) were docile in the beginning. As we get more and more into it their attitude may or may not change.

These bees were very gentle...not a single sting that wasn't my fault!

Scott
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Post by: bee-nuts on February 15, 2012, 05:03:50 AM
That is one of the best removal videos I have seen to date.  The queen find/catch was excellent.  Great work you two!!
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Post by: Country Heart on February 19, 2012, 05:20:58 PM
I always feel like I've attended a master bee class when I watch your videos.  Great job! 
Thanks for the excellent lesson.   :)