Honey Bees In Small Eave Section-July 15, 2010

JP · July 16, 2010, 10:59:16 PM

Pretty house, industrial bees, but pissy. I don't like overhead removals, had lots of honey dripping down on my veil/face. Had to wash two jackets when I got home.

Left nuc in place. Went back with Schawee yesterday evening and we vacuumed a bunch of bees up which he combined with another hive.

Nuc is full of bees covering brood.

Hopefully I get the queen on this one but I do have eggs from the cut out if not.

Schawee, watch out! George sure likes the red umbrella! :-D

...JP

Honey Bees In Small Eave

fermentedhiker · July 16, 2010, 11:12:15 PM

Nice job, thanks for sharing.

iddee · July 16, 2010, 11:28:22 PM

Not only veil, but gloves, too. Those ladies must have been testy.

Probably mad about too much oil in their water around there. :-D

JP · July 16, 2010, 11:33:48 PM

Iddee, I can't really blame the bees for being a lil pissy. There were a ton of them and it was difficult to work in that area without smooshing a few, who of course put out alarm pheromone.

The only thing I regret about this job is that I don't have footage of a three lb honey comb section falling right on my face. It was messy but tasty, but just too dang messy! :-D

...JP

iddee · July 16, 2010, 11:37:51 PM

I hope the comb had been cleared of bees first. I have gotten a neck and shoulder full of stings that way, and it AIN'T fun.

hardwood · July 17, 2010, 09:24:38 AM

Looks like those sections of comb were perfect frame size...no trimming needed?

Good job again Bro!

Scott

Shawn · July 17, 2010, 12:05:26 PM

Nice video. I was wondering if you owned a suit :-D

JP · July 17, 2010, 05:24:29 PM

Iddee, the section was free of bees, so I was just powed with honey.

Scott, they did not require much trimming, you're correct.

Shawn, I own several suits, just don't like wearing 'em! :-D

...JP

annette · July 18, 2010, 12:29:38 AM

This was a good one and I am curious about something. You said the bees are still going in and out of a section in the brick. So would that be another hive or the same one with the queen in that section.??? If you go back and they are still going in and out, what will you do then??

JP · July 18, 2010, 06:29:08 AM

Only one colony Annette and I'll let you know how it all turns out.

...JP

specialkayme · July 18, 2010, 12:23:02 PM

Your videos are so informative . . . and entertaining! I hope to get into cut outs some day.

JP · July 18, 2010, 11:15:29 PM

Thanks special, glad you're getting something out of them. I sure enjoy making them.

...JP

daven8er · July 19, 2010, 08:04:03 AM

Awesome video JP! Would like to see what you do with a hive when you get it to your yard and how soon you release the queen. You do such a good job with your videos and I have learned so much from them. Thank you!

cklspencer · July 19, 2010, 02:23:45 PM

Another great video.

JP · July 20, 2010, 12:28:18 AM

Quick update on this hive folks. I went by earlier this evening and the only bees going in and out were in the nuc. Nothing underneath the eave and none by the metal flashing that meets the brick.

Went by tonight, right at dark and hauled them away. Had Schawee meet me at my house to pick this one up and the second hive from the house in Avondale which had two hives.

We opened the nuc and the queen is in there and we watched her laying!

...JP