The Official Random Video Thread!

[squisher]

Swarms of honeybees are quite docile though like John said. Still wouldn't catch me frigging with one though.

 

[stig]

Look again,John.
It is not a swarm, it is an open air hive.
Had it been a swarm, I would not have been impressed, like you said, catching those are childs play.

 

[squisher]

Yah that's what I was wondering about too Stig. It looks like a hive that was established or establishing itself there.

 

[BlackSmith]

I miss working with bees.

 

[stig]

Me too.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Why not get back into it guys?

I would work with bees if they were not so terrifying.

 

[stig]

I quit a lot of things when I became my own boss, Jim.
There were somehow more hours in the weeks when I was working for the State forest.
I'll probably take up beekeeping again when I retire.
One of my old apprentices got real interested in my bees and ended up having a few hives at my place while he worked for me.
He still has some and I get honey from him every year.

" The beekeeper's apprentice" by Laurie R. King is a good read if you like Sherlock Holmes.
Sorry, that was a derail.

 

[No_Bivy]

Key is to stay relaxed....carry on as normal....have a smoke...then a beer....take ride......it's easy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8JqJT02Flg

 

[FireFighterZero]

Okay, thats pretty much the scariest thing I can think of.

I would flip out, then probably die.

 

[stig]

That is a swarm, albeit an artificially created one.
Those don't sting.
Removing that hive is a different matter.

 

[MasterBlaster]

They don't sting? Well big deal then...

A schoolkid could do it.

 

[stig]

If the schoolkid could sit still for it.
If you accidentally squish one, it will sting.
It is a trick that has been done by beekeepers for ages, to impress non bee-savvy people.
Usually just done as a beard of bees.
If you look around the 25 seconds mark, you'll see a yellow plastic box in the bunch of bees, they are placing on him.
They have the queen in there. The swarm stays close to her.

 

[cory]

So when I saw that "cone" of bees years ago on a power line or limb (can't remember which) (it was a mass of bees probably 2' high by1.5' wide), that was a swarm and essentially harmless, though sound of 10,000 bees buzzing was mighty scary.

 

[cory]

And if hive removal is the more dangerous task, how did that guy do it without any issues? I think the TH needs a quick lesson in the ins and outs of bees!

 

[gf beranek]

Let them bee.

 

[squisher]

I don't think there is a quick lesson in bees, besides the quick lesson of getting stung.

 

[gf beranek]

Oh, the woodsman deals with more that one mans share of the pesky critters.

 

[MasterBlaster]

No pesky critters here!

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[Peter]

And if hive removal is the more dangerous task, how did that guy do it without any issues? I think the TH needs a quick lesson in the ins and outs of bees!

Bees aren't really a quick lesson subject, more like a lifetime of learning.

In short, a colony of bees in a hive will fight to the death to protect said hive.

A swarm will just follow the queen, but obviously has no hive to protect.

The temperament of the bees in a colony is determined by the queen, so an aggressive hive can be dealt with by re-queening.

We have 2 hives, but it's more my dads thing. I'd like to learn more.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Speaking of bees...

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[cory]

Bees aren't really a quick lesson subject, more like a lifetime of learning.

In short, a colony of bees in a hive will fight to the death to protect said hive.

A swarm will just follow the queen, but obviously has no hive to protect.

The temperament of the bees in a colony is determined by the queen, so an aggressive hive can be dealt with by re-queening.

We have 2 hives, but it's more my dads thing. I'd like to learn more.

Thanks Peter. No doubt it is a lifetime of learning, sorta like trees, to work with bees. Btw, how do you tell which one is the queen and are queens born or made?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Queens are BIG.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Very cool.

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[pantheraba]

People are so cool! They made a good memory there.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy! I can't imagine the engineering and MONEY that went into this!

Groovy tunage!

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