Introduction to Swarm Relocation and Beekeeping Gear

hey there folks this is Josh stone orig farmer welcome back to the farm it is a beautiful sunny day here in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and we're going to be getting into the beehives today so come along on the farm blog as we work with a couple swarms that we caught so honey bees swarm and we'll get into more detail about why they swarm and what they do in just a little bit but the honey bees swarmed we captured the swarm we put them in a box a smaller box and that box is getting too crowded form so we're going to move them to larger boxes we'll show you what the frames of bees look like we'll show you what healthy hives look like hopefully we'll find a queen bee we'll be able to show you that and we'll just have some fun working with the bees and a little bit of Education so come along today on the farm as we work with our honeybees and have a little bit of fun all right [Music] while I'm getting suited up I want to thank John over at triad V supply guys we get all of our B supplies from triad B supply or triad B supply.com John is a fellow that owns that business he's a good friend of mine he doesn't pay me to say that he's just a good friend he's just a great guy tried be supplied calms where we get all of our B supplies first thing let's talk about his preparedness I have one of these little baskets that I got from the farmers market and inside this basket it's pretty much everything I'll need for working my bees today my hive tool all the tools that I'll need for working my bees I've got my gloves in here so when I need to jump in the Beehive I can grab my basket and I can run with it I also have entrance reducers and all the small things that I think I might need also a little propane torch in here or this is actually map gas for lighting up my smoker if I need it now today we probably won't use a smoker because it's a high nectar flow time of year and that means that the bees are happy and happy bees normally don't sting so I guess you can kind of take this as a bit of a beginner beekeeping lesson - if you guys are seasoned beekeepers and you have any comments or any suggestions please leave them down there in the comment section or if you have any questions if you're new to beekeeping please leave them down there in the comment section there are a lot of things that we need to keep with us all the time consistently I always have a hive tool in the gaiter because it's super duper handy to have with me here on the farm so today we have…