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We had some visitors at work the other day. A swarm of Honey Bees decided to make their home with us
Approximately30000 of the little beauties according to the local beekeeper who came to our rescue
Here he's using a smoker to calm them down before trying to find the Queen
They're not that calm really though. He's using a brush to sweep the bees into the box, hopefully getting the Queen at the same time
more brushing
thankfully the Queen was located and is in the box. All of the other bees are just walking into the box, calm as you like. It took about two hours from stsrt to finish but he got every single one and is rehoming them in an empty hive he has.
I know bees are important, they're vital to our survival, but I was glad to see the back of them. One or two I can cope with, but 30000 at the same time made me feel a little uncomfortable.
As an aside, when we phoned the beekeper he refused to believe we had a swarm because it was too early in the year for them. He had never heard of a swarm this early before.
IamTheNesT
I worked with a beekeeper for a summer as a kid: hard and fascinating job. Biggest swarm I ever saw was around 180k bees...
Degera
Thank you for saving them instead of killing them.
magicbryanconnolly
Glad you called a beekeeper not a pest control bod. Fascinating watching them walk in...
EazyTheHut
Approximately! Really?
oaberbyamd
There is value on rehomming. The beekeeper gets a consolidated beehive, you get rid of a problem. Win win
grandmathinksimsatan
Wtf this exact same thing happened to us today. Shit was wild to walk out side one of the bay doors to 1000 bees. Kinda apocalyptic lmao
TheFastpaws
I love watching swarm captures. I tend to watch like the 328dirtrooster or other homely channels doing it.
DarkRedCape
Always try to contact a bee keeper in situations like this. Bees are in decline and a bee keeper will always say yes to adding to his flock.
AppleShrapnel
Every hive has such bumble beginnings
RIPKobeBryant
This is the bees knees
TokyoKazama
TokyoKazama
Surprised nobody else did it
Odyssey9
HU-WHAT'S THIS???
paleofuturism
those are some Fly Honeys
cauliflowersweetandsour
Thanks for not calling an exterminator!
Mithi
Any exterminator worth his salt should have referred him to a bee-keeper. I'm not even sure if they were allowed to kill bees in Germany.
gaidinbdj
"but I was glad to see the back of them. " Uh, that's the part you *don't* want in your direction.
eratosthenesearth
If you see a honeybee in So. Arizona, 90% chance it's africanized.
eratosthenesearth
Correction: She's africanized.
Himalayiantortoise
How do you find the queen among all those bees? What does its crown look like?
TheFastpaws
She is longer & a little bigger. So she stands out. Once found she goes into a queen cage until she is marked for easier locating.
Houstonruss
The trick to working with honeybees is patience.
ididntgetthejobatfruitloops
Friendo2
Gob is not on-board
magicbryanconnolly
We've had to split one of our hives to prevent a swarm and the association were out to swarms a week back. It is a little early but not 1/2
magicbryanconnolly
Excessively so, Easter being lateish this year throws people's perception of time somewhat.
CustomBuiltFamilyDad
If they weren't building a hive, they were just resting up for the next leg of their journey.
TheFastpaws
You never know! I've seen bees setup in the strangest of places.
CustomBuiltFamilyDad
Word. They set up in the floor of my barn - directly underneath the furnace! - and I had to completely disassemble it to get the queen out!
zeacorzeppelin10
+1 @OP For Bee-ing a decent human Bee-ing
ThomasTheWankEnglne
B+
kakivara
Pretty sure queen is looking for a new hive, and they're stopping to rest. If that showed up overnight that's probably it.
TheFastpaws
Once a hive reaches X size they will swarm. Some stay & some leave to find a new home. Usually more go then stay though.
cbale2000
furriephillips
You oughta check out https://www.youtube.com/user/628DirtRooster
TheFastpaws
I just posted about this I'm another comment. Small channel figured few would know him! Love seeing somebody else watching out there!
furriephillips
He’s great!
furriephillips
Up until I started watching this channel, I thought a bee “swarm” was an anger thing, rather than a growth / environmental thing.
ice1712
That was a bee-autiful gesture
Mockingbirb
Poisonspit
It makes me feel all s-warm inside.
2fligh2high
PoopSammich
I can't bee-lieve you did that
punissuer
Hive five!
KaramojoBell
I'm sure he was ecstatic. Bees are expensive, man.
TheFastpaws
Hobby beekeepers love getting an easy swarm. Commerical keepers don't care though. <3 hobby keepers.
KaramojoBell
I suppose that makes sense.
Iaimtomisbehave
At least they weren't Mexican Killer Bees!
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buckeyegoddess
That .gif made my day! Thank you!
ReadOnlyMemories
I see the joke, interestingly we don't have Killer Bees in the UK. There was a scare about Africanised Bees a while ago but nothing happened
alluro2
There's still a significant amount of scare about Islam Bees and Bad EU Deal Bees, though :D
secondtimeround
Brexit bees! Nasty buggers those
prolorus
You did the right thing. A lesser person would’ve used wasp-fogger poison
grahmcrackersbook
I'd call in some good ol orbital bombardment but you do you.
Kunitsu
If its a wasp/hornet nest, absofuckinglutely! honey bees typically dont mess with me, so we have an agreement to leave each other bee
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Where I live, wasps and especially hornets are protected. Destroying their nests on you own can be prosecuted.
Kunitsu
Damn
prolorus
(And not bug one another)
ZachariasWolfe
A hundred or so, that's what I would have done probably. But 30,000? Fuck that I'm calling a professional and staying the fuck away.
ialwaysexpectthespanishinqusition
Same unless it’s a wasp nest in which cause fritz get ze flamenwerfer
talianagisan
Why fritz? Is hanz drunk again
ialwaysexpectthespanishinqusition
Nien hanz waz a spy
talianagisan
hanz was always suspicious... I think i saw him squatting once, with heel down!
OhioFetish
You are wrong. Unknown hives should be eradicated to prevent disease spread like bee plague or nosema. Unless 100% sure about their origin.
RadioRat
Okay but by a professional. I don’t know Jack about bees, and your endorsement to just vaporize any and all wild hives echoes the same.
OhioFetish
I do know jack about bees. That is standard procedure. By not doing so, he endangers other hives willingly. Good job.
RadioRat
Since you have no posts/comments/status or anything to prove your merit, can you provide a source for that info? You don’t come off as 1/2
RadioRat
Knowledgeable when you pretty much leave it at: kill all wild bees! Domesticated bees only! You sound like PETA
thechelonianshelmet
Sorry, calling in a pro is correct as they can decide whether to save or not. Simply killing a swarm out of ignorance is shortsighted
OhioFetish
Simply killing a swarm out of ignorance saves other hives. Unless you want that particular hvie to be examined. yeah...
thechelonianshelmet
So don't use a pro if available, just kill, gotcha
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OhioFetish
Im not against. he should burn it tho. Taking care of hive like this doesnt pay off. Wont give honey+might spread disease: what a win