🔵Removing bees from Honey supers FAST!

I had a similar experience with a queen this year. Went out and pulled 2 medium boxes off, put one empty medium back on, then the bee escape and the 2 full boxes back on. Next day I pulled the 2 full boxes off and took them with the rest around the corner to my shop. I stood the boxes on end to clear out the stragglers with a leaf blower. After going through the bottom box I found brood. At this point I started to look on the ground and sure enough there was a cluster with my marked queen in the middle. I got lucky and she was just fine, took her over and she walked right in the front door and started to lay again. That was a valuable lesson.

I had a queen that I actually watched go through the queen excluder. She went through sideways, squeezing through on her side. The darnedest thing I have seen.

I was pulling honey off yesterday before your live chat. I to use Honey Bandit. I was applying Honey Bandit to my fume board and noticed my bottle had a crack in it. I pulled the frames I wanted and felt this burning sensation on my stomach. I thought I had gotten stung. I took the frames into the house and the stinging sensation started to spread. Long and short of it, if you get Honey Bandit on sensitive skin it produced a chemical burn on me. Great product and I will continue to use it, but with more caution.

"My momma always said, Life is like a queen bee slipping through multiple brands of queen excluders, you never know what your gonna get." - Forrest Gump

K & L, thanks for the video. Sorry I only made it live chat for the last 5 minutes. I hope your honey harvest is far better than you thought.

Thanks Kamon, great video. I am in the process of making my own bee escapes. I like the idea of running all the bees out and being able to pull the supers without worrying about the bees. I need to also remember to bring a cover to prevent the robbing. Love your videos, you really do a great job.

Made our fume boards with 2 inch rims, sheet aluminum flashing, and felt fabric. A little spray of Honey Bee Gone and some sun and PRESTO...thanks for the vid , keep kool

I really enjoyed the live chat last night! My favorite part was seeing Laurel.

I harvested this week and noticed there wasn't a lot of bees up in the supers as well - because it was HOT! lol Thanks for the video Kamon.

I accidentally let heat exhaustion sneak up on me last week . I stayed sick for two days. Being 57 , ain’t gettin no easier. LoL

I wish this out a day earlier..I didn't have any escape boards so I did the shake and brush..Good lord it was hot so I was ready to pass out..I will try this method kamon and laurel thanks a bunch for everything you do for us newbie bee keepers..

Honey harvest is the best 😊👍🏻

Perfect timing for this video. Thank you sir!

Literally eating a honey sandwich because I skipped lunch when he started making a metaphor about bee diets 😂 9:54

Honey bandit and Fisher Bee Quick are the same thing. We use smoke, then fume board, then blow the stragglers with a blower that runs off the bee truck. I put a 12 volt to 110 volt thing on it. (Inverter)

Yes, great advise. Let the bee keep what they can, instead of letting greed take over. Love it.

I've never heard of a fume board! Thanks for sharing. I just use a bee escape board, but it takes a few days for the bees to clear out. **

Great info. Thanks Kamon! After nearly killing myself in the NC heat this weekend, I think I’ll give this method a try.

Hopefully you got 2 queens in that box to make a split. 🌱🌸🐝🍯

Hey when ya gonna do a video of your extraction and bottling . Thanks ! I did find what to use to keep ultra bee patties from molding. A little honey B healthy and a touch of amino B . The remaining patties began attracting hive beetle larvae so I removed all patties from colonies last weekend . Goldenrod is blooming good right now and we have been having a very good rainfall this summer so far . Eighteen hives in Prince George, Va .