a good-sized swarm Jesus look at them all they’re still coming out of the
all they’re still coming out of the
all they’re still coming out of the entrance it’s honey season in the
entrance it’s honey season in the
entrance it’s honey season in the mountains of North Carolina homesteaders
mountains of North Carolina homesteaders
mountains of North Carolina homesteaders Tony and Amelia are banking on a major
Tony and Amelia are banking on a major
Tony and Amelia are banking on a major harvest this year I can really smell the
harvest this year I can really smell the
harvest this year I can really smell the honey yeah no it smells like a honey
honey yeah no it smells like a honey
honey yeah no it smells like a honey everywhere right now
everywhere right now
everywhere right now I want them to start looking for a new
I want them to start looking for a new
I want them to start looking for a new home before we catch them whoa but if
home before we catch them whoa but if
home before we catch them whoa but if you look up towards the Sun you can feel
you look up towards the Sun you can feel
you look up towards the Sun you can feel beasts warm when they are ready to
beasts warm when they are ready to
beasts warm when they are ready to propagate to themselves so they’ll take
propagate to themselves so they’ll take
propagate to themselves so they’ll take their population of let’s say 10,000 and
their population of let’s say 10,000 and
their population of let’s say 10,000 and half of them will leave with a new queen
half of them will leave with a new queen
half of them will leave with a new queen I wonder if the Queens out yet I’m
I wonder if the Queens out yet I’m
I wonder if the Queens out yet I’m watching for they go out find a new
watching for they go out find a new
watching for they go out find a new location to live in and they build
location to live in and they build
location to live in and they build themselves a new house in hopes that the
themselves a new house in hopes that the
themselves a new house in hopes that the next year they could have a swarm and do
next year they could have a swarm and do
next year they could have a swarm and do the same thing
I think she’s gonna land right in that
I think she’s gonna land right in that tree yeah that’s the spot she must be up
tree yeah that’s the spot she must be up
tree yeah that’s the spot she must be up in there somewhere there you go they’re
in there somewhere there you go they’re
in there somewhere there you go they’re zeroing in on it
zeroing in on it
zeroing in on it that’s almost landed that’s a good-sized
that’s almost landed that’s a good-sized
that’s almost landed that’s a good-sized one so once we see them swarming the
one so once we see them swarming the
one so once we see them swarming the plan of action is to get an empty hive
plan of action is to get an empty hive
plan of action is to get an empty hive box there’s this hive
box there’s this hive
box there’s this hive get up into the tree where they’ve
get up into the tree where they’ve
get up into the tree where they’ve swarmed into and not the swarm into the
swarmed into and not the swarm into the
swarmed into and not the swarm into the new hive every minute is a minute that
new hive every minute is a minute that
new hive every minute is a minute that the scouts are looking for a place to
the scouts are looking for a place to
the scouts are looking for a place to move to so the clock’s ticking once they
move to so the clock’s ticking once they
move to so the clock’s ticking once they leave their mother colony Oh
oh my god we have two swarms happening
oh my god we have two swarms happening at the same time in the same tree two
at the same time in the same tree two
at the same time in the same tree two swarms in one tree I’ve actually never
swarms in one tree I’ve actually never
swarms in one tree I’ve actually never seen this before
seen this before
seen this before twice the bees twice the risk yeah well
twice the bees twice the risk yeah well
twice the bees twice the risk yeah well let’s get let’s get this one first yes
let’s get let’s get this one first yes
let’s get let’s get this one first yes the two swarm to right up against each
the two swarm to right up against each
the two swarm to right up against each other so this is a little sketchy we go
other so this is a little sketchy we go
other so this is a little sketchy we go one big risk is that we shake one branch
one big risk is that we shake one branch
one big risk is that we shake one branch and shakes the other branch the other
and shakes the other branch the other
and shakes the other branch the other swarm falls off and lands on one of us
swarm falls off and lands on one of us
swarm falls off and lands on one of us go to your left just a little bit if
go to your left just a little bit if
go to your left just a little bit if something goes wrong like a big fall on
something goes wrong like a big fall on
something goes wrong like a big fall on your head or they fall on your body or
your head or they fall on your body or
your head or they fall on your body or they fall anywhere and just get really
they fall anywhere and just get really
they fall anywhere and just get really upset
upset
upset that’s like thousands of bees all
that’s like thousands of bees all
that’s like thousands of bees all singing you at once going in
singing you at once going in
singing you at once going in when you shake either one really hard
when you shake either one really hard
when you shake either one really hard shake and that helps to ensure that the
shake and that helps to ensure that the
shake and that helps to ensure that the clean comes off she’s in the middle got
clean comes off she’s in the middle got
clean comes off she’s in the middle got it
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