Cool video of a huge queenless cluster of bees

[rrog13]

I came across this video last night……it’s a bit long but it sure kept my attention.  These guys are capturing orphaned bees from the bee yard of a big operation.  I'm not really sure calling it a swarm really fits since their home simply vanished for them.  Looks like a lot of fun though!

[Bakersdozen]

That's quite a video rrog!  Thanks for posting.  I like the one smoker that has a sticker on it that reads "Diesel Fuel Only". 

[riverbee]

rrog, tbone posted this video back in late march, it is a cool video!
iddees reply is here as to what is happening in the video and also other replies:

This is a fun video to watch!

[rrog13]

thanks riverbee ........sorry for the duplicate post.  I guess I missed the original.  It sure would be a fun experience to do something like that.

[LazyBkpr]

I guess I missed the first posting..
   I have seen this on a smaller scale when they pull the bees from the blueberry fields in Maine. THose fellows didnt leave anything behind to "collect" bees, and in fact left several boxes the bears had torn open as well..  I was not impressed, but its not about the bees, its about the money, and time is money to them..
   I didnt go north to help PICK blueberries, I went to help put together hives. We usually ended up with anywhere from ten to twenty hives by the end of the day...
   I stopped helping when I realized, they used these bees to get HONEY...  and let the bees die, and the next year they get more bees when the pollinators leave.. their cost is ordering fifteen to twenty queens every year... then they get about a thousand pounds of honey to sell, by taking ALL of it, so the bees starve to death each winter...   Not cool, I wanted no more part of that.  afaik they are still doing it to this day.
    A pretty easy racket, if you dont care about the bees.