1 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:06,700 - Oh, this is perfect. 2 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:07,700 This is gonna be great. 3 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:08,700 Boys love their toys, 4 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:11,033 and beekeepers are no exception. 5 00:00:11,033 --> 00:00:13,666 Straight from Columbia. 6 00:00:13,666 --> 00:00:16,833 On today's episode of "Charlie Bee" they're not happy. 7 00:00:16,833 --> 00:00:18,766 I try out new tools of the trade 8 00:00:18,766 --> 00:00:21,333 Oh, don't grab the hot part, Charlie. 9 00:00:21,333 --> 00:00:23,300 From vaporizers, to urban hives, 10 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,133 and even a box that traps swarms 11 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:27,033 Easy peasy lemon squeezy. 12 00:00:27,033 --> 00:00:28,933 I hear you're having some bee issues. 13 00:00:28,933 --> 00:00:31,500 Leading me to a close encounter with something big. 14 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,566 Whoa, I can feel muscles. 15 00:00:34,633 --> 00:00:36,633 (smack) Ow! 16 00:00:36,633 --> 00:00:37,900 My name is Charlie Agar, 17 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:40,166 and I'm a beekeeper in the Texas Hill country. 18 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:41,166 They got me. 19 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:43,266 I help people with nuisance bee problems 20 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:46,533 and rescue bees from sticky situations. 21 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:48,566 I think I got some bees on me. 22 00:00:48,566 --> 00:00:50,066 With bee populations in decline, 23 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:52,500 it's more important now than ever to save these bees. 24 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,666 (upbeat music continues) 25 00:00:54,666 --> 00:00:56,700 Beekeeping has taken me all over the state of Texas, 26 00:00:56,700 --> 00:00:58,833 and working with bees has given me the opportunity 27 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:02,833 to meet some incredible people along the way. 28 00:01:02,833 --> 00:01:04,933 I'm always learning, experiencing new things, 29 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:06,666 and working hard. 30 00:01:06,666 --> 00:01:07,766 Things can get a little crazy. 31 00:01:07,766 --> 00:01:08,600 Ow, ow! 32 00:01:09,633 --> 00:01:10,966 But I love it. 33 00:01:10,966 --> 00:01:15,966 (engine revs) (upbeat music continues) 34 00:01:20,366 --> 00:01:21,700 This is just wild. 35 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:23,566 I love it, I love it. 36 00:01:23,566 --> 00:01:25,400 We're solving somebody's problem 37 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,933 We're putting these bees to work 38 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:27,966 where they're meant to work, 39 00:01:27,966 --> 00:01:30,766 somewhere safe and away from people. 40 00:01:30,766 --> 00:01:32,466 This is what it's all about. 41 00:01:32,466 --> 00:01:33,433 Retreat. 42 00:01:33,433 --> 00:01:34,466 Woo! 43 00:01:34,466 --> 00:01:37,900 (upbeat music continues) 44 00:01:41,566 --> 00:01:44,200 We're south of Austin, near the town of Butte, Texas. 45 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,166 We got a bee situation now. 46 00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:47,933 We've got a young family, little kids, 47 00:01:47,933 --> 00:01:50,500 we don't need flying stinging insects. 48 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:53,066 So hopefully we can rescue 'em and help this family out. 49 00:01:53,066 --> 00:01:56,266 (upbeat music continues) 50 00:01:56,266 --> 00:01:57,266 Hey Rebecca, how you doing? 51 00:01:57,266 --> 00:01:58,266 - Hey Charlie. 52 00:01:58,266 --> 00:01:59,366 - Woo-hoo. 53 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:00,533 All right, what do you got going on here? 54 00:02:00,533 --> 00:02:02,600 - We've discovered a colony of bees 55 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,333 that have taken over a Purple Martin gourd in our backyard. 56 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:08,233 - We can pick 'em up and put 'em over here. 57 00:02:08,233 --> 00:02:10,900 Oh, not too heavy, and they're pretty mellow. 58 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:12,633 Let's see what we got. 59 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:13,733 (Charlie laughs) 60 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:14,766 The kids have got their noses 61 00:02:14,766 --> 00:02:15,933 pressed up against the glass. 62 00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:17,066 I love it. 63 00:02:17,066 --> 00:02:18,566 Take this propolis off. 64 00:02:18,566 --> 00:02:20,866 It's like gum, look at that. 65 00:02:20,866 --> 00:02:21,933 - Yeah. 66 00:02:21,933 --> 00:02:23,033 - We're only looking for one bee, here. 67 00:02:23,033 --> 00:02:24,366 And that's mama. 68 00:02:24,366 --> 00:02:26,266 This is a marking tube for a queen. 69 00:02:26,266 --> 00:02:28,566 We'll set this right here, when we catch her, 70 00:02:28,566 --> 00:02:30,233 put her in here. 71 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:31,066 Yay! 72 00:02:32,866 --> 00:02:35,633 So what we're seeing here, this is all babies. 73 00:02:35,633 --> 00:02:38,333 Those are larvae, queen lays and egg, it becomes a larvae. 74 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,366 It's like a little worm. 75 00:02:39,366 --> 00:02:40,533 It's like a mouth. 76 00:02:40,533 --> 00:02:41,833 It just eats. 77 00:02:41,833 --> 00:02:43,800 And now we're in honey. 78 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,100 There's a ton of bees in there. 79 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:46,533 - There's still nestin material, that's from our wrens. 80 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:47,366 - Can I pick that out? 81 00:02:47,366 --> 00:02:48,500 - Yeah, of course. 82 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:49,800 I think that's how we discovered it, actually. 83 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,166 I always clean out the nesting material after winter 84 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:53,666 and there were bees. 85 00:02:53,666 --> 00:02:57,066 (bees buzz) (upbeat music continues) 86 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:01,366 (upbeat music continues) 87 00:03:01,366 --> 00:03:02,800 - Yeah, there she is. 88 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,266 Can you see her, right there? 89 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:06,400 Big girl, right there. 90 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,533 See her, guys? 91 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:08,866 - Oh yes, yes, yes. 92 00:03:08,866 --> 00:03:11,300 - See how she's long and kind of pointy? 93 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:12,300 - Yes. 94 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:13,500 - That's how you tell a queen. 95 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:14,800 That's mama. 96 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,666 That's the queen. 97 00:03:16,666 --> 00:03:18,066 - The queen bee. 98 00:03:18,066 --> 00:03:21,433 (upbeat music continues) 99 00:03:21,433 --> 00:03:22,833 Now give 'em a good shake. 100 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:23,666 Harder, like give it. 101 00:03:23,666 --> 00:03:24,500 Yeah, like a whack. 102 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:25,466 - Ooh. 103 00:03:25,466 --> 00:03:26,400 - You wanna vacuum it up some bees? 104 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,600 - Sure. 105 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,433 - So these bees are doing what's called festooning 106 00:03:30,433 --> 00:03:31,966 and hanging on here. 107 00:03:31,966 --> 00:03:34,766 Look at how much pollen's on these bees. 108 00:03:34,766 --> 00:03:35,600 It's nice. 109 00:03:37,633 --> 00:03:39,966 They call me the bee whisperer. 110 00:03:39,966 --> 00:03:42,700 (Charlie laughs) 111 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,400 (upbeat music begins) 112 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,700 Winter is coming y'all. 113 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:49,566 This is the time of year we gotta get all these hives 114 00:03:49,566 --> 00:03:51,433 healthy, ready for winter. 115 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:53,000 We gotta make sure they got enough food, 116 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,433 and they're mite free, or low mite counts. 117 00:03:55,433 --> 00:03:57,700 So I'm out here at the Lake family yard. 118 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:59,166 We got eight hives out here. 119 00:03:59,166 --> 00:04:01,133 I'm gonna use my oxalic acid vaporizer. 120 00:04:01,133 --> 00:04:04,300 Oxalic acid works great when there's very little brood 121 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:05,300 in the hive. 122 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:06,700 Really knocks the mites off. 123 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:08,033 I hate using it. 124 00:04:08,033 --> 00:04:11,266 Nobody likes to put chemicals on their bees, but it works. 125 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:13,800 And the alternative is bees die. 126 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,866 I can't live with that. 127 00:04:15,066 --> 00:04:17,200 It's just grunt work, I gotta wear a mask and gloves, 128 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,900 and I'm like a scientist, but gotta do it. 129 00:04:19,900 --> 00:04:21,400 My trusty generator. 130 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,666 We have a little bit of winter feed, 131 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:27,233 so the bees cannot drink syrup this time of year, 132 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:28,500 when it gets below 50 degrees, 133 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:30,466 they can't take in the syrup, they can't use it. 134 00:04:30,466 --> 00:04:32,300 So I gotta give 'em something they can really chaw on 135 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:33,333 and use. 136 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:34,700 There's also sugar bricks. 137 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:36,133 Some people make 'em at home. 138 00:04:36,133 --> 00:04:39,833 My friend, Stan Gore, this is Stan, he's now marketing them 139 00:04:39,833 --> 00:04:41,566 through Texas Bee Supply. 140 00:04:41,566 --> 00:04:43,700 Some of the proceeds support Hives for Heroes too, 141 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:44,733 which I think is great. 142 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:48,133 We're gonna wear a bee suit 'cause it's a cool day today. 143 00:04:48,133 --> 00:04:49,800 It's actually a little drizzly. 144 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,766 Everybody's home, foragers are home, 145 00:04:51,766 --> 00:04:52,800 the guard bees are home. 146 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,600 So this is the goods. 147 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,800 This is oxalic acid, 10 pounds. 148 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,100 This is powder. 149 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:00,266 It's like straight from Columbia 150 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,833 (Charlie laughs) 151 00:05:01,833 --> 00:05:03,466 Start the generator. 152 00:05:03,466 --> 00:05:05,000 You need AC power. 153 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,900 So what we're gonna do i basically heat up the vaporizer. 154 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:11,466 So this heats up, once i hits 220, we're ready to vape. 155 00:05:11,466 --> 00:05:13,566 So I gotta get my PPE on. 156 00:05:13,566 --> 00:05:15,500 This is my respirator. 157 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,033 Get my veil on. 158 00:05:17,033 --> 00:05:19,433 Not good to breathe or touch. 159 00:05:21,033 --> 00:05:24,133 Now what I do is I scoop it. 160 00:05:24,133 --> 00:05:26,766 There are other ways to do oxalic. 161 00:05:26,766 --> 00:05:29,066 I find this is the most effective. 162 00:05:29,066 --> 00:05:32,533 So I just set these here on each hive. 163 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:33,566 So we're ready. 164 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:34,533 We're above temperature. 165 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:35,633 So I set that there. 166 00:05:35,633 --> 00:05:40,166 Now I take it and I'm just gonna flip it over, 167 00:05:40,166 --> 00:05:42,433 boop, and I'll even tap it. 168 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:45,733 So that's gonna vaporize the hive. 169 00:05:45,733 --> 00:05:47,833 So we watched the temperature go down, 170 00:05:47,833 --> 00:05:49,866 it cools as it's vaporizing, 171 00:05:49,866 --> 00:05:51,833 and once it gets back up to like 210, 172 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:53,800 it's ready to go to the next hive. 173 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,433 Some people have cloths i here so it really sucks it in. 174 00:05:57,433 --> 00:05:59,066 But I find this is plenty. 175 00:05:59,066 --> 00:06:00,300 This is a long process. 176 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:02,333 Treating all my 200 hives with OA. 177 00:06:02,333 --> 00:06:04,033 This can take days. 178 00:06:04,033 --> 00:06:04,866 Next one. 179 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:09,700 You can see it coming out the back and the sides. 180 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:12,233 You can see where the hive has holes. 181 00:06:12,233 --> 00:06:14,333 Sometimes I bring the speaker out here 182 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:15,933 and jam some tunes. 183 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:19,833 Load up some more drugs. 184 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:24,100 People think, beekeeping, you just put bees in the hive 185 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,333 and you just walk away and just have 'em, 186 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:27,933 and they're gonna pollinate your garden, 187 00:06:27,933 --> 00:06:28,900 and isn't that great? 188 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,233 And it's not the case. 189 00:06:30,233 --> 00:06:32,766 Bees require attention, whether it's feed, or treatment, 190 00:06:32,766 --> 00:06:34,666 or at least monitoring for mites 191 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:35,933 whether you're treating or not, 192 00:06:35,933 --> 00:06:39,766 you have to know what's going on in your bees. 193 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:42,600 I think this hive's in trouble. 194 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,233 We'll find out in a minute. 195 00:06:44,233 --> 00:06:46,900 I think this hive's actually not 196 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:48,300 Oh no, they're okay. 197 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:49,833 They're fine. 198 00:06:49,833 --> 00:06:51,300 There's bees, nevermind. 199 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:53,566 It's just not the kind of day they wanna fly. 200 00:06:53,566 --> 00:06:56,633 (upbeat music continues) 201 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:57,700 One last one. 202 00:07:00,333 --> 00:07:01,566 And that's it. 203 00:07:03,366 --> 00:07:07,100 Best part is taking this thing off your face. 204 00:07:08,066 --> 00:07:11,866 Oh, it's like taking your bra off at the end of the day. 205 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:12,700 Hoo! 206 00:07:15,233 --> 00:07:16,900 This is the winter feed. 207 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:19,233 It's like little pollen, little nectar, 208 00:07:19,233 --> 00:07:22,000 and then I've got my sugar bricks, 209 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,733 but we'll see who needs what. 210 00:07:23,733 --> 00:07:24,933 I think that's it. 211 00:07:24,933 --> 00:07:26,433 By and large, we're gonna be dealing with 212 00:07:26,433 --> 00:07:28,766 very unhappy bees today. 213 00:07:28,766 --> 00:07:30,366 This is cold weather beekeeping. 214 00:07:30,366 --> 00:07:33,600 It's a little bit rainy and they're just not happy. 215 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,566 Oh, there's the queen, and this hive is just not happy. 216 00:07:36,566 --> 00:07:38,500 Oh, there's the queen, right on top. 217 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,600 She's a bee weaver queen, one of my pinks. 218 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,000 This hive might be a major Barney. 219 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,366 No, they're doing fine, bu there she is, that's so weird. 220 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:48,600 Go back in the dark, honey. 221 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:50,766 This was a treatment. 222 00:07:50,766 --> 00:07:52,800 I don't think we need anymore. 223 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,833 Put the spacer up on top here 224 00:07:54,833 --> 00:07:58,366 so that I can put the winter feed up here. 225 00:07:58,366 --> 00:08:00,733 It doesn't smell good. 226 00:08:00,733 --> 00:08:04,266 So I give 'em a little bit of winter patty here. 227 00:08:04,266 --> 00:08:07,066 That was weird seeing the queen right up on top. 228 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:08,166 The other thing is I might give 'em 229 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:10,900 just a little bit of sugar water 230 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:14,466 I typically go from the back. 231 00:08:14,466 --> 00:08:15,633 You just grab with two fingers. 232 00:08:15,633 --> 00:08:18,333 If you can lift it, I can barely lift that. 233 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:20,666 This hive is stronger than they appeared. 234 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:22,266 We did just put sugar water in there, 235 00:08:22,266 --> 00:08:23,566 but there's plenty of resources. 236 00:08:23,566 --> 00:08:26,966 This hive, however, is way too weak. 237 00:08:26,966 --> 00:08:30,433 You almost wanna not be abl to pick it up with two fingers. 238 00:08:30,433 --> 00:08:33,433 So not too bad, not too good. 239 00:08:33,433 --> 00:08:36,100 (upbeat music continues) 240 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:38,800 Yeah, this is almost like a nuke now, my goodness. 241 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,633 This is really like a three frame nuke. 242 00:08:40,633 --> 00:08:42,300 One, two, three, really tiny. 243 00:08:42,300 --> 00:08:43,766 Will they survive winter? 244 00:08:43,766 --> 00:08:45,533 I don't know. 245 00:08:45,533 --> 00:08:47,900 Just a little bit to keep them encouraged. 246 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:49,433 It's gonna be warm enough the next few days 247 00:08:49,433 --> 00:08:51,266 that they'll be able to drink it. 248 00:08:51,266 --> 00:08:54,866 And then I'm gonna grab another spacer 249 00:08:54,866 --> 00:08:56,766 and give them some sugar brick. 250 00:08:56,766 --> 00:08:57,766 This is just called a shim. 251 00:08:57,766 --> 00:09:00,066 I just make 'em in the backyard. 252 00:09:00,066 --> 00:09:04,966 A hive this small will mak it over winter, but not ideal. 253 00:09:06,466 --> 00:09:08,266 You can make this at home. 254 00:09:08,266 --> 00:09:09,433 Oh, it smells good. 255 00:09:09,433 --> 00:09:11,400 It smells like some lemongrass. 256 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,033 Hopefully they can defend it. 257 00:09:13,033 --> 00:09:15,433 I have the entrance reduced real small. 258 00:09:15,433 --> 00:09:17,000 Been a brutal, brutal year. 259 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,666 I'm gonna do the two finger, see how heavy. 260 00:09:19,666 --> 00:09:21,500 Yeah, they're a little light. 261 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:22,733 They have too much room. 262 00:09:22,733 --> 00:09:25,566 Bees like to be crowded, so I'll make 'em crowded. 263 00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:27,800 This hive is a fall split. 264 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,133 They don't have a lot of resources. 265 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:30,833 Here's a little stand crack, ladies. 266 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:34,333 Hopefully some of these hives are thriving. 267 00:09:34,333 --> 00:09:35,600 Yuck, terrible. 268 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:38,800 They're not looking great. 269 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,500 And I'll come back soon just to make sure. 270 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:44,900 Worst case, I'll pinch one queen and I'll combine these. 271 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:46,333 That's pretty standard practice. 272 00:09:46,333 --> 00:09:49,800 No point hoping that a little tiny hive like that 273 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,500 is gonna make it through the winter. 274 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:55,000 They need numbers to vibrate, move their muscles, 275 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 and keep warm. 276 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,600 They need numbers and they need food. 277 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,433 Be keeping is a little demoralizing sometimes. 278 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:05,033 They are gonna reduce size for winter, 279 00:10:05,033 --> 00:10:06,633 but I don't want 'em to reduce size so much 280 00:10:06,633 --> 00:10:08,366 that there's no bees. 281 00:10:09,566 --> 00:10:13,466 Ow guys, come on, you gotta over winter. 282 00:10:13,466 --> 00:10:14,733 Don't sting. 283 00:10:14,733 --> 00:10:16,933 Well at least they're feisty, that's good. 284 00:10:16,933 --> 00:10:18,300 Just a little bit of encouragement. 285 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:20,300 I don't want to give 'em a ton, because if it gets cold, 286 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:23,333 then they've got a bunch of cold liquid in there. 287 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:25,600 This is more the kind of stuff I want to give them. 288 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,566 Oh, I smell bananas, so they're stinging. 289 00:10:27,566 --> 00:10:28,700 That's good. 290 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:30,800 I like when they sting, means they're active. 291 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Ow, they're not happy, but it's all right. 292 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,033 Would you be if I took your house apart on a cold day? 293 00:10:38,033 --> 00:10:40,533 There's a good, there, that's what I like to see. 294 00:10:40,533 --> 00:10:43,566 It's a viable hive, not a dying hive. 295 00:10:43,566 --> 00:10:45,800 We've seen some really crappy hives today, 296 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,900 and I really shouldn't disturb them too much when it's cold. 297 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:50,366 But this will probably be the last time I'm in them 298 00:10:50,366 --> 00:10:51,633 for a while. 299 00:10:51,633 --> 00:10:53,666 So I'm gonna give 'em some liquid courage 300 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:56,733 and they'll get a little winter feed. 301 00:10:56,733 --> 00:10:58,566 Eat up, ladies. 302 00:10:58,566 --> 00:10:59,766 Voila. 303 00:10:59,766 --> 00:11:02,500 Now I have to do it to 182 more. 304 00:11:04,966 --> 00:11:08,533 (Charlie snarls and sighs) 305 00:11:10,533 --> 00:11:13,266 (honey drizzles) 306 00:11:13,266 --> 00:11:14,766 It's Christmas time at Charlie Bee Company. 307 00:11:14,766 --> 00:11:17,100 We got some new toys this year. 308 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:21,266 This, my friends, is the Bee Box straight from Italy. 309 00:11:21,266 --> 00:11:22,266 This is awesome. 310 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:23,866 (upbeat music continues) 311 00:11:23,866 --> 00:11:27,866 (Charlie speaks broken Italian) 312 00:11:28,866 --> 00:11:30,766 I really wish I could speak Italian. 313 00:11:30,766 --> 00:11:31,766 It's pretty cool. 314 00:11:31,766 --> 00:11:32,866 We need a bigger table. 315 00:11:32,866 --> 00:11:34,800 We need a little more room to spread out. 316 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,800 I have the beginning laid out, boom. 317 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:41,366 (upbeat music continues) 318 00:11:41,366 --> 00:11:45,366 That's one side, now we assemble the other side. 319 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:50,900 All right, so now we need some plywood. 320 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:54,000 You know beekeepers love to putter and tinker. 321 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,966 If I got this in the mail, I'd be pumped. 322 00:11:56,966 --> 00:11:59,533 It's like a little Ikea project. 323 00:11:59,533 --> 00:12:03,033 So the idea here is this is for urban beekeepers. 324 00:12:03,033 --> 00:12:06,166 So this is for beekeepers that don't have a ton of space, 325 00:12:06,166 --> 00:12:08,333 who want to keep small colonies, 326 00:12:08,333 --> 00:12:09,833 produce a little bit of honey. 327 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:11,200 The key piece is this chimney. 328 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,866 I can't wait to put the chimney together. 329 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:15,300 I think that's the genius part. 330 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:18,200 So the bees come out like way up high, 331 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,900 that way they won't sting our dogs. 332 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,000 Ooh, that's starting to look like something. 333 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,966 All right, next we're gonna build this shelf. 334 00:12:25,966 --> 00:12:28,800 That goes together nicely. 335 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,466 Oh, Magoo, you've done it again. 336 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:35,300 All right, so from here we'r gonna be building up, I think. 337 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:37,000 So I'm gonna take it and put it on the floor, 338 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,133 so I'm not reaching up. 339 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:40,400 So now we have our own little table. 340 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,066 I'm gonna take this. 341 00:12:44,233 --> 00:12:47,933 I'm really much better at taking things apart 342 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:51,033 than putting them together. 343 00:12:51,033 --> 00:12:52,366 You got bees in your eaves, 344 00:12:52,366 --> 00:12:55,566 that's when I roll up my sleeves 345 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:58,033 So this gets on top. 346 00:12:58,033 --> 00:12:58,866 Cool. 347 00:13:00,133 --> 00:13:02,533 We've got the entrance disc. 348 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:05,733 Everybody in, ventilation. 349 00:13:07,733 --> 00:13:09,266 Queen excluder. 350 00:13:09,266 --> 00:13:12,300 (tools whir) (upbeat music continues) 351 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:15,500 Wow, this is like a fishbowl. 352 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:18,666 So the bees are gonna go right here. 353 00:13:18,666 --> 00:13:19,933 That is pretty cool. 354 00:13:19,933 --> 00:13:23,333 Gonna be able to observe the bees. 355 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:26,633 All right, so this is the mesh bottom. 356 00:13:26,633 --> 00:13:29,366 Gotta make sure we don't scratch our sides. 357 00:13:29,366 --> 00:13:31,933 (upbeat music continues) 358 00:13:31,933 --> 00:13:34,400 I wonder if the bees like plexi on the sides? 359 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,666 I'm interested to see that. 360 00:13:37,866 --> 00:13:40,666 All right, so this is the varroa catcher, 361 00:13:40,666 --> 00:13:42,033 or whatever you call it. 362 00:13:42,033 --> 00:13:43,733 This isn't simple to put together, 363 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:46,566 but it is wonderfully designed. 364 00:13:46,566 --> 00:13:48,533 This took like three years to design. 365 00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:50,466 They went through 10 different prototypes, 366 00:13:50,466 --> 00:13:52,066 all kinds of iterations. 367 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:55,933 I'm excited to see how the bees respond to it, too. 368 00:13:55,933 --> 00:13:59,966 This is where all the honey is gonna live. 369 00:13:59,966 --> 00:14:05,033 You don't have to have ma skills, but it certainly helps. 370 00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:07,266 All right, we're gonna make the chimney. 371 00:14:07,266 --> 00:14:08,766 This is where it's at. 372 00:14:08,766 --> 00:14:11,600 This is that feature that I'm so keen on. 373 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,633 I think this is a great idea. 374 00:14:13,633 --> 00:14:14,466 Bene! 375 00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:19,633 These are the bee escapes, 376 00:14:19,633 --> 00:14:22,266 so they can get in and out the sides. 377 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:24,433 They just go on like that. 378 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,300 So when it's that time of year for honey, 379 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:31,566 you put some foundation in these, 380 00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:33,533 and then you just set these right up here, 381 00:14:33,533 --> 00:14:36,433 and then these just get covered right up. 382 00:14:36,433 --> 00:14:40,000 And you take these out to let the bees go to work 383 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,133 with the honey. 384 00:14:41,133 --> 00:14:43,866 I feel like a magician, voila. 385 00:14:43,866 --> 00:14:45,366 We did it! 386 00:14:45,366 --> 00:14:48,000 That was so awesome to see this all come together. 387 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,700 And I mean this is a coo idea for a backyard beekeeper, 388 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:52,166 small scale beekeeper. 389 00:14:52,166 --> 00:14:54,066 It's not how I work bees particularly, 390 00:14:54,066 --> 00:14:56,233 but I'm gonna give it a shot, and I'm gonna play with it 391 00:14:56,233 --> 00:14:57,566 and see how it works. 392 00:14:57,566 --> 00:15:00,233 And I just love how beekeepers in general 393 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,633 are just so inventive. 394 00:15:01,633 --> 00:15:04,366 So the entrance, if they guard up this high, 395 00:15:04,366 --> 00:15:06,066 it's so much better than if they're guarding 396 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:08,800 right at waist level, which is how we usually have it. 397 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:09,866 So that's kind of unique. 398 00:15:09,866 --> 00:15:12,233 You can see the bees filling your honey. 399 00:15:12,233 --> 00:15:14,533 You could open up the side and do a little display. 400 00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:16,366 Really neat idea. 401 00:15:16,366 --> 00:15:18,100 I'm excited to get it painted, 402 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,533 get some bees in it, and see how they do. 403 00:15:20,533 --> 00:15:23,333 (honey trickles) 404 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:25,666 (upbeat music begins) 405 00:15:25,666 --> 00:15:26,500 There's the man, how you doing, Chad? 406 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:27,566 - Hey, good morning Charlie. 407 00:15:27,566 --> 00:15:28,633 - Good morning, good to meet you. 408 00:15:28,633 --> 00:15:29,666 - Good to meet you. 409 00:15:29,666 --> 00:15:30,700 - So we got a little bee problem here. 410 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:31,733 - We do, yeah. 411 00:15:31,733 --> 00:15:33,333 So this morning we're gonna be removing 412 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:34,833 a really nice hive that we found 413 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:37,033 out of area 15 here in Landa Park. 414 00:15:37,033 --> 00:15:39,900 Certainly from the amount of traffic we get in Landa Park, 415 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,666 we wanna make sure that the bees are taken out safely, 416 00:15:42,666 --> 00:15:45,700 but also we wanna make sur that our children, or parents, 417 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:47,166 or anybody being in this area 418 00:15:47,166 --> 00:15:49,266 that potentially are gonna have any stings 419 00:15:49,266 --> 00:15:50,600 or issues with that. 420 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,766 So we wanna make sure that the area is cleaned up 421 00:15:52,766 --> 00:15:54,033 and safe for them. 422 00:15:54,033 --> 00:15:57,066 - I've got the Zen master with me today, Al Fiedle. 423 00:15:57,066 --> 00:16:00,100 He's gonna whisper to thes bees and they will come with us. 424 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:01,633 That's how we roll around here, so. 425 00:16:01,633 --> 00:16:02,633 - I can't wait to see it, I'm excited. 426 00:16:02,633 --> 00:16:04,966 - Oh, they greeted me. 427 00:16:04,966 --> 00:16:06,433 - Did they say hello? 428 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:08,366 - It's sort of like a little baptism. 429 00:16:08,366 --> 00:16:12,166 Welcome to our hive, we hope that hurt. 430 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:13,266 They're a strong hive. 431 00:16:13,266 --> 00:16:14,633 They're doing pretty well up there. 432 00:16:14,633 --> 00:16:18,266 The question is, how much i outside and how much is inside? 433 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:19,500 - This is gonna be fun. 434 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:20,500 - This is gonna be fun. 435 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:22,500 Look at 'em hanging out there. 436 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:23,500 - They're just exposed. 437 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,166 They're probably inside the tree too. 438 00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:26,166 - I think so. 439 00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:27,200 - That'll be the hard part. 440 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,300 - That'll be the hard part. 441 00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:29,566 There are a lot of people walking around. 442 00:16:29,566 --> 00:16:31,333 They are curious. 443 00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:35,166 So we might have folks running a little bit of interference. 444 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:38,100 Bee Mobile is having a hard time right now. 445 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,866 It's just not running very well, not shifting very well. 446 00:16:41,866 --> 00:16:43,066 It's filthy. 447 00:16:43,066 --> 00:16:44,733 I've got my dad's awesome mobile 448 00:16:44,733 --> 00:16:48,133 sort of turned it into the Bee Mobile, 449 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:50,300 so I'm kind of in trouble. 450 00:16:51,266 --> 00:16:53,200 We're gonna smoke 'em pretty heavy. 451 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,766 If we were out in a pasture somewhere, 452 00:16:54,766 --> 00:16:56,700 I wouldn't worry about it so much, 453 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:58,566 but we are among peoples, 454 00:16:58,566 --> 00:17:01,366 and so we're gonna hit 'em hard with smoke. 455 00:17:01,366 --> 00:17:03,266 The bees will retract. 456 00:17:03,266 --> 00:17:04,766 Also give us an idea of what we're seeing 457 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:06,766 and then they'll kind of reform. 458 00:17:06,766 --> 00:17:08,200 We're about 25 feet up in the air 459 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,200 and we have this arborous ladder we borrowed 460 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,433 from the city, which is great. 461 00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:13,333 Ultimately we wanna be underneath these bees, 462 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:16,366 not leaning against the tree and hanging, but working up. 463 00:17:16,366 --> 00:17:17,900 So that's gonna be nice. 464 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:18,733 Ow! 465 00:17:21,033 --> 00:17:22,066 - What happened, Charlie? 466 00:17:22,066 --> 00:17:23,066 - Got stung by a bee. 467 00:17:23,066 --> 00:17:24,133 - No! 468 00:17:24,133 --> 00:17:26,033 - So we can see a lot more of the comb now. 469 00:17:26,033 --> 00:17:27,266 See what the hive looks like. 470 00:17:27,266 --> 00:17:29,600 They're definitely inside. 471 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,833 All right, they're sufficiently unhappy. 472 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:32,933 Is there a stinger? 473 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:34,966 - No, don't see one. 474 00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:36,033 - Got me good. 475 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:38,066 - Well it's a lot worse i they're stinging on the inside 476 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:38,900 of those. 477 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:39,733 - Yeah, right? 478 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:40,566 - That really hurts. 479 00:17:40,566 --> 00:17:41,433 - They got me good. 480 00:17:41,433 --> 00:17:44,166 (upbeat music continues) 481 00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:46,333 Okay, let's get some bees. 482 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:49,900 That's a lot of bees. 483 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,500 All right, so I'm just gonna reduce numbers to start. 484 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:54,366 Because I see honey at the top here. 485 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:57,333 Oh this is big hive, this is 20, 30. 486 00:17:57,333 --> 00:17:59,133 - Even more, probably. 487 00:17:59,133 --> 00:18:00,333 - Or more. 488 00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:04,033 You could smoke toward me as much as anything. 489 00:18:04,033 --> 00:18:07,700 Yeah, I'm smelling bananas already. 490 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,500 The thing is, I'm seeing honey all out here. 491 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,300 This whole thing could be on the outside, 492 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:13,800 which would really make my day. 493 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,733 Honey usually indicates the edge of the hive, so. 494 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:18,000 - Yep. 495 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,033 - I'm gonna start picking it apart. 496 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:22,400 I'm taking a lobe off here. 497 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,300 (upbeat music continues) 498 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:26,400 Boy, that would be kind of cool 499 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,333 if we didn't have to go inside this thing. 500 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:30,866 Coming down. 501 00:18:30,866 --> 00:18:32,100 Nice shot. 502 00:18:33,233 --> 00:18:36,066 - Wow, it's just all honey. 503 00:18:36,066 --> 00:18:37,166 That's crazy. 504 00:18:38,533 --> 00:18:39,500 Yes! 505 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:40,533 - Perfect. 506 00:18:40,533 --> 00:18:41,533 - Perfect. 507 00:18:41,533 --> 00:18:43,733 Guys, I think we got an open air hive. 508 00:18:43,733 --> 00:18:45,500 I don't wanna jinx it, 509 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:47,633 but I'm not seeing much of a cavity yet. 510 00:18:47,633 --> 00:18:49,966 I think they just built this in a hollow. 511 00:18:49,966 --> 00:18:53,033 Well, I'm guessing, so I don't wanna. 512 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,200 Okay, I'm gonna drop it. 513 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,600 (upbeat music continues) 514 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,666 Good thing I played soccer in high school, 515 00:19:01,666 --> 00:19:03,933 not basketball or baseball. 516 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,333 Boy, I'm no good. 517 00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:10,366 I made one so far. 518 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:11,466 That's pretty lame. 519 00:19:11,466 --> 00:19:13,000 - Maybe we should move the bucket. 520 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,033 - Well if you move the bucket, I'll probably throw 'em 521 00:19:15,033 --> 00:19:16,466 right where the bucket was. 522 00:19:16,466 --> 00:19:19,100 (both laugh) 523 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:20,100 Coming down. 524 00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:22,133 Yes! 525 00:19:22,133 --> 00:19:23,466 Look at all that honey. 526 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:25,400 Yeah, it goes way back. 527 00:19:26,366 --> 00:19:29,366 Yeah, we definitely have to turn this into an abscond. 528 00:19:29,366 --> 00:19:31,566 So there's a bunch of bees over here. 529 00:19:31,566 --> 00:19:32,733 It can sometimes be an indicator 530 00:19:32,733 --> 00:19:35,600 that the queen is hanging out here. 531 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,333 - If she is, that means that the hive is not deep. 532 00:19:38,333 --> 00:19:40,200 - I don't think it's deep anyway 533 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,766 but I think there's material back in there. 534 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,066 We didn't see much brood, 535 00:19:46,066 --> 00:19:48,600 so I think the brood might be in there, 536 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,233 but I think abscond is a good next step. 537 00:19:51,233 --> 00:19:54,033 All right, so we did the cutout portion of our show. 538 00:19:54,033 --> 00:19:56,366 I think the bees are down in this side. 539 00:19:56,366 --> 00:19:58,533 I could feel way down in there, I could feel comb. 540 00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:00,133 In fact, I think that's where the babies are. 541 00:20:00,133 --> 00:20:01,866 That's why we saw so much honey hanging out. 542 00:20:01,866 --> 00:20:03,300 They just ran outta space. 543 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:06,400 So I think we convert to a forced abscond here 544 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,300 and it's just gonna take us some time. 545 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:09,133 Do you wanna do this, Al? 546 00:20:09,133 --> 00:20:09,966 - Yeah, I'll do it. 547 00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:10,800 - You sure? 548 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,733 - You take five. 549 00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:13,666 - I'll take five. 550 00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:14,866 You feeling okay up there? 551 00:20:14,866 --> 00:20:15,866 - Yeah. 552 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:18,000 - Be careful not to get it stuck, Al, 553 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,866 and don't torque yourself off the ladder. 554 00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:24,933 (tools whir) (upbeat music continues) 555 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:25,900 There you go. 556 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:26,933 - Into it. 557 00:20:26,933 --> 00:20:27,766 - Great. 558 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:31,600 We can switch, Al, I'll com up with some smoke and a scope. 559 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:32,933 You see any smoke coming outta here? 560 00:20:32,933 --> 00:20:34,033 Oh I do. 561 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:35,900 - Oh yeah, very light. 562 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:37,733 - Little bit, that's all right. 563 00:20:37,733 --> 00:20:39,800 I'm gonna back up all those bees 564 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,433 So I'm being very un-Stan Gore 565 00:20:42,433 --> 00:20:45,600 and not being patient with trying to find the queen, 566 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,600 because there's just, we're 25 feet up, 567 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,233 and one of our onlookers already got stung, 568 00:20:50,233 --> 00:20:52,400 so we don't need that. 569 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,833 (upbeat music continues) 570 00:20:58,233 --> 00:21:00,266 This kind of indicates an abscond, 571 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:01,933 the way they're hanging out here 572 00:21:01,933 --> 00:21:04,500 I mean if we were Zen masters like Stan Gore, 573 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:06,200 we'd be looking for the queen. 574 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 I'm looking for her, but boy, 575 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,133 I just gotta get these numbers down. 576 00:21:10,133 --> 00:21:11,933 That's all I'm worried about right now. 577 00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:14,166 There's so many people walking around. 578 00:21:14,166 --> 00:21:16,433 I'm gonna finish this hole I started if I can. 579 00:21:16,433 --> 00:21:21,433 (tools whir) (upbeat music continues) 580 00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:25,633 I don't think this hole made it through. 581 00:21:25,633 --> 00:21:29,933 No, I think we got enough of an abscond, though. 582 00:21:29,933 --> 00:21:31,900 They just keep coming out though, there's a lot of bees. 583 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:33,300 It's like a clown car. 584 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:35,533 I think we switched the back out too, 585 00:21:35,533 --> 00:21:37,400 because it's getting heavy. 586 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,100 Besides already getting heavy with bees, 587 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,766 this vacuum just ain' sucking like it's supposed to. 588 00:21:41,766 --> 00:21:42,966 Yeah, it's all clogged. 589 00:21:42,966 --> 00:21:45,500 This is clogged and dirty. 590 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,533 We got honey in it. 591 00:21:46,533 --> 00:21:48,200 Got to clean it out. 592 00:21:49,566 --> 00:21:50,566 - Oh, sweet. 593 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:54,866 - Yeah, that was all gunked up. 594 00:21:54,866 --> 00:21:59,833 It was still drawing bees but they were getting clogged. 595 00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:01,333 This is like a boxing ring in he 596 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:03,233 Ding, ding, ding, ding! 597 00:22:03,233 --> 00:22:07,666 And in this corner, weighing in at far too much! 598 00:22:07,666 --> 00:22:09,733 Let's see how it's working. 599 00:22:09,733 --> 00:22:12,166 (vacuum whirs) 600 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:13,900 Ah, that thing sucks. 601 00:22:15,366 --> 00:22:17,900 Just a lot of bees here, guys. 602 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:20,733 (upbeat music continues) 603 00:22:20,733 --> 00:22:22,200 - There's any smoke coming out up there? 604 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,233 - Nope. 605 00:22:23,233 --> 00:22:24,733 Is the smoker pushing smoke? 606 00:22:24,733 --> 00:22:29,733 (tools whir) (upbeat music continues) 607 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:34,566 With the vac cleaned out, we should be home free. 608 00:22:34,566 --> 00:22:36,166 (smack) Ow! 609 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:38,333 That just punched me right in the face. 610 00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:39,366 Did you get that? 611 00:22:39,366 --> 00:22:40,733 (audio slows) 612 00:22:40,733 --> 00:22:41,566 Ow! 613 00:22:42,466 --> 00:22:43,300 That hurt. 614 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,600 (upbeat music continues) 615 00:22:48,666 --> 00:22:50,233 I think our bit is stuck. 616 00:22:50,233 --> 00:22:53,666 (upbeat music continues) 617 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:56,800 Yeah. 618 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:57,800 Nah, I'll come back. 619 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,033 I've got a corded one. 620 00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:01,766 I just have to have a generator. 621 00:23:07,233 --> 00:23:10,366 This has happened to me before, it just gets stuck in there. 622 00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:12,833 Especially if it's just going into solid wood. 623 00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:13,833 It just. 624 00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:14,800 (Charlie mimics tool sticking) 625 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,266 and it sticks. 626 00:23:16,266 --> 00:23:18,033 It's the honeybee! 627 00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,033 What's up? 628 00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:21,200 - Is anybody's arms getting tired and need a break? 629 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,200 - Sure. 630 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,366 - Well I showed up 631 00:23:23,366 --> 00:23:25,566 and I'm gonna see if I can relieve some people 632 00:23:25,566 --> 00:23:30,200 of reaching up, because I bet you that's tiring. 633 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,966 (Charlie laughs) 634 00:23:31,966 --> 00:23:33,600 - It is. 635 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:34,866 I think I'm gonna tap out, guys. 636 00:23:34,866 --> 00:23:36,033 I'm kind of done. 637 00:23:36,033 --> 00:23:37,566 - You sure you don't want those bees sucked up? 638 00:23:37,566 --> 00:23:38,400 - Oh yeah. 639 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,233 - You do want 'em sucked up. 640 00:23:39,233 --> 00:23:40,066 - We will, yeah. 641 00:23:40,066 --> 00:23:41,066 - You want me to do it now? 642 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:41,900 - Sure. 643 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,133 - No dying. 644 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,100 - We're gonna vacuum up as many bees as we can 645 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:48,500 and just call it. 646 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,433 - Please don't sting me in the f 647 00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:52,333 - I think we've solved the bulk of their problem, 648 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:55,900 and I think they'll come bac like tomorrow and close it up. 649 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:59,066 (transition pops) 650 00:23:59,066 --> 00:24:02,700 (upbeat music continues) 651 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:05,433 All right y'all, we're in downtown New Braunfels. 652 00:24:05,433 --> 00:24:08,633 We're setting up an urban hive on top of this rooftop. 653 00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:09,666 I'm so pumped. 654 00:24:09,966 --> 00:24:12,200 We're working with the Heimer family today at their shop, 655 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,800 Comal Flower Shop. 656 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,500 Flowers, bees, can't get any better than that. 657 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,733 Good morning y'all. 658 00:24:17,733 --> 00:24:18,566 - Hi. 659 00:24:18,566 --> 00:24:19,400 - How you doing? 660 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,233 - Hi, good, how are you doing? 661 00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:21,066 - Good, I'm Charlie. 662 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:21,900 - Nice to meet you. 663 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:22,733 - Nice to meet you. 664 00:24:22,733 --> 00:24:23,566 - I am Mary. 665 00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:24,400 - Mary, nice to meet you. 666 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,233 Thanks for having me. 667 00:24:25,233 --> 00:24:26,066 - Of course. - I'm psyched. 668 00:24:26,066 --> 00:24:26,900 - We are too. 669 00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:28,966 - Sounds like we're gonna get y'all into some honeybees. 670 00:24:28,966 --> 00:24:30,100 - Yes. 671 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,000 - Tell me why y'all are interested in bees. 672 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,200 - Well, bees and flowers are very symbiotic. 673 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,300 You kind of need bees to have flowers. 674 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,300 - Sure. 675 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:37,966 - So it's really important for us. 676 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:39,500 We really care about the environment. 677 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:40,500 - Yeah. 678 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:41,566 - We're all about sustainability, so. 679 00:24:41,566 --> 00:24:42,566 - Cool. 680 00:24:42,566 --> 00:24:43,766 - Super important to us and our shop. 681 00:24:43,766 --> 00:24:44,766 - Tell me about the shop. 682 00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:46,033 How long have y'all been in business? 683 00:24:46,033 --> 00:24:48,366 - The shop has been in business for over 60 years. 684 00:24:48,366 --> 00:24:52,500 We bought it in 2008 and I had really no idea 685 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,666 about floristry, and I shadowed and learned, 686 00:24:54,666 --> 00:24:56,600 and the previous owner taught me a lot. 687 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,766 Emma came in 2020 to help us out, 688 00:24:59,766 --> 00:25:03,233 and she's brought in some new, not only modern vibes, 689 00:25:03,233 --> 00:25:05,966 but she's taught me a lot about sustainability 690 00:25:05,966 --> 00:25:07,333 and the environment. 691 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:09,466 - So you're like a filthy hippie, like me. 692 00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:10,466 - I am, I really. 693 00:25:10,466 --> 00:25:11,866 - I love it, I love it. 694 00:25:11,866 --> 00:25:12,900 That's great. 695 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,800 (upbeat music continues) 696 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,733 After a little chinwag, it's time to check out the home 697 00:25:16,733 --> 00:25:18,300 for their new bees. 698 00:25:19,733 --> 00:25:21,733 Oh, this is perfect. 699 00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:22,733 This is gonna be great. 700 00:25:22,733 --> 00:25:23,733 Okay, cool. 701 00:25:23,933 --> 00:25:26,766 Got a nice spot right in downtown New Braunfels. 702 00:25:26,766 --> 00:25:28,700 We've got the plaza right there. 703 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,866 We've got the bakery right across the street. 704 00:25:30,866 --> 00:25:31,900 - Oldest bakery in Texas. 705 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:33,266 - Oldest bakery in Texas. 706 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:34,400 Lots of good forage. 707 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,000 So let's look at the compass. 708 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,900 That's north, that's south. 709 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:41,133 So the sun's going down over there. 710 00:25:41,133 --> 00:25:43,266 So I'm thinking I set the bees here, 711 00:25:43,266 --> 00:25:45,233 and morning light is this way. 712 00:25:45,233 --> 00:25:47,833 So I want them to go out toward the morning light. 713 00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:50,566 So we'll face their entrance kind of out this way 714 00:25:50,566 --> 00:25:52,733 and they should do just fine. 715 00:25:52,733 --> 00:25:53,566 - Awesome. 716 00:25:53,566 --> 00:25:54,400 - All right, cool. 717 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,366 - Yeah. 718 00:25:55,366 --> 00:25:56,333 - Well I'll load everything up here 719 00:25:56,333 --> 00:25:57,466 and get you suited up. 720 00:25:57,466 --> 00:25:58,466 - All right. 721 00:25:58,466 --> 00:25:59,466 - And we'll get dirty in the bees. 722 00:25:59,466 --> 00:26:00,300 - Very cool. 723 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,200 - Have some fun. 724 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,033 - I'm excited, all right, cool. 725 00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:02,900 - Awesome. 726 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:06,333 (upbeat music continues) 727 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,400 Here's the honeybees. 728 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,466 All right, so let's meet these poor, unhappy bees. 729 00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:13,466 - All right. 730 00:26:13,666 --> 00:26:15,266 - They're unhappy 'cause it's so cold out today. 731 00:26:15,266 --> 00:26:17,333 So this is just a tiny little swarm. 732 00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:19,166 So that's a frame of honey I've given 'em. 733 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:20,033 See where they've eaten it? 734 00:26:20,033 --> 00:26:20,866 - Yeah. 735 00:26:20,866 --> 00:26:21,700 - See those openings? 736 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:22,533 - Yeah. 737 00:26:22,533 --> 00:26:23,466 - They've eaten that. 738 00:26:23,466 --> 00:26:24,300 - So cool. 739 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:25,133 - Right? 740 00:26:25,133 --> 00:26:25,966 - There's so many. 741 00:26:25,966 --> 00:26:26,800 - So this is all honey here. 742 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,566 So I'll put this in here. 743 00:26:28,566 --> 00:26:29,966 - All right. 744 00:26:29,966 --> 00:26:32,366 - You're fearless, I love it. 745 00:26:32,366 --> 00:26:34,333 And I see a big fat queen already. 746 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:35,333 - Awesome. 747 00:26:35,333 --> 00:26:36,166 - Look for her, you see her? 748 00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:37,000 - Is that her? 749 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:37,833 - That's her. 750 00:26:37,833 --> 00:26:38,666 - That's her. 751 00:26:38,666 --> 00:26:39,633 She's a queen bee. 752 00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:41,400 - She's beautiful, she's a light colored queen. 753 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,400 - She is beautiful. 754 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,566 - I bet this is a queen 755 00:26:43,566 --> 00:26:45,433 that came from somebody's nice apiary, 756 00:26:45,433 --> 00:26:47,166 'cause this is a swarm. 757 00:26:47,166 --> 00:26:48,500 So this is good news. 758 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:51,400 But they've got this nice frame of drawn comb. 759 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,466 They'll like that. 760 00:26:52,466 --> 00:26:54,433 It's a really tiny hive. 761 00:26:54,433 --> 00:26:58,333 We're hoping we can just help them to survive winter. 762 00:26:58,333 --> 00:26:59,533 And you can grab the last frame. 763 00:26:59,533 --> 00:27:00,600 - Okay. 764 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,633 This is so cool. 765 00:27:01,633 --> 00:27:02,833 - You can put that right in there. 766 00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:03,666 - Okay. 767 00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,533 - Let's just put that right in the middle. 768 00:27:06,533 --> 00:27:08,366 - So how many bees do you think are in here? 769 00:27:08,366 --> 00:27:09,666 - Probably 1,000. 770 00:27:09,666 --> 00:27:10,500 - Wow. 771 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:11,866 - Something like that, not that many, really. 772 00:27:11,866 --> 00:27:13,533 A big hive is 50,000. 773 00:27:13,533 --> 00:27:14,666 - Oh wow. 774 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:18,466 - So the bee box is kind of a unique setup. 775 00:27:18,466 --> 00:27:20,666 So this is the honey system they use. 776 00:27:20,666 --> 00:27:24,700 When the bees fill this up, well, we can take this out. 777 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:25,533 - All right. 778 00:27:25,933 --> 00:27:27,466 - And then the bees can come up and they make honey, 779 00:27:27,466 --> 00:27:29,233 and these frames got a little water on it, 780 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:31,633 and we'll put a little foundation in the frames 781 00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:33,033 to encourage them to do that, 782 00:27:33,033 --> 00:27:34,066 and then they build it up, 783 00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:36,400 and then that will be literally comb honey. 784 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,600 I think it goes like that. 785 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:38,633 Yep. 786 00:27:38,633 --> 00:27:40,466 That just sets. 787 00:27:40,466 --> 00:27:41,966 You're in the bee business. 788 00:27:41,966 --> 00:27:43,066 - All right, I love it. 789 00:27:43,066 --> 00:27:46,500 - Nobody got stung or killed, that was good. 790 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:47,500 - No, they were very calm. 791 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:48,566 - And here's the cool part, too. 792 00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:50,866 This is a little display hive. 793 00:27:50,866 --> 00:27:51,966 - Oh wow. 794 00:27:51,966 --> 00:27:53,500 - So we can see what's going on in there. 795 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:54,733 - So you can see them go to work 796 00:27:54,733 --> 00:27:56,333 - How do you feel about having bees on your roof? 797 00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:58,100 - I love it, I think it's so coo 798 00:27:58,100 --> 00:27:59,366 - Awesome. 799 00:27:59,366 --> 00:28:01,800 Fingers crossed, come back in spring. 800 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:02,833 - Okay. 801 00:28:02,833 --> 00:28:03,833 - And that queen takes off building 802 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:05,033 and you get a nice big, strong hive. 803 00:28:05,033 --> 00:28:06,033 - Wow. 804 00:28:06,033 --> 00:28:07,000 - I think it'll be cool. 805 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,066 - Awesome. 806 00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:09,066 - All right, you ready for this? 807 00:28:09,066 --> 00:28:10,066 - I'm ready, I'm so excited. 808 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,100 - Cool, we'll close them in and say a little bee prayer 809 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:14,866 that they get strong and healthy 810 00:28:14,866 --> 00:28:15,700 - Yep. 811 00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:23,666 - Big day today, I got Rob Palla coming from Laura Bees. 812 00:28:23,666 --> 00:28:26,100 He is the oxalic man. 813 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:29,700 He's got this awesome battery operated oxalic vaporizer. 814 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:32,233 So we've got a couple yards that are ready for treatment. 815 00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:34,566 So we're gonna test the unit. 816 00:28:34,566 --> 00:28:35,566 How's it going, Rob? 817 00:28:35,566 --> 00:28:36,566 - Good, man, how are you? 818 00:28:36,566 --> 00:28:37,600 - Good, thanks for coming out. 819 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:38,566 I appreciate it. 820 00:28:38,566 --> 00:28:39,566 First time in Texas? 821 00:28:39,566 --> 00:28:40,566 - Yep, first time. 822 00:28:40,566 --> 00:28:41,566 First time. 823 00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:43,833 - Awesome, I hear I'm gonna get my oxalic on today. 824 00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:45,000 - I hear you're having some issues 825 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,166 with some noisy generators around the bees. 826 00:28:46,166 --> 00:28:48,366 So we have a new battery powered product 827 00:28:48,366 --> 00:28:49,366 that we'll share with you. 828 00:28:49,366 --> 00:28:50,500 - How'd you get into this? 829 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,200 - So we started as a small beekeeping operation 830 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,333 just a few years ago, 831 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:55,466 and then we ended up, out of necessity, 832 00:28:55,466 --> 00:28:57,966 coming up with this product to treat bees 833 00:28:57,966 --> 00:29:00,566 that evolved into this battery unit just outta necessity. 834 00:29:00,566 --> 00:29:02,300 So that's what we do now. 835 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,500 - Treating all 200 hives is an arduous process. 836 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,333 It can take me a week to get around to every hive. 837 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:09,733 With each hive needing several rounds of treatment. 838 00:29:09,733 --> 00:29:12,266 We're talking about months of work during winter. 839 00:29:12,266 --> 00:29:15,100 So anything that can speed u this process would be awesome. 840 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:16,266 - So I think it's a perfect fit 841 00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:17,533 for what you're trying to do. 842 00:29:17,533 --> 00:29:19,633 - All right, cool, well I got some bees here. 843 00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:22,500 Let's get suited up and let's get in and find some trouble. 844 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,333 You ready? 845 00:29:23,333 --> 00:29:24,166 - I'm excited. 846 00:29:24,166 --> 00:29:24,966 - All right, let's do it. 847 00:29:24,966 --> 00:29:26,533 - All right. 848 00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:30,533 (upbeat music continues) 849 00:29:30,533 --> 00:29:31,533 - Look at that. 850 00:29:31,533 --> 00:29:33,066 That looks very futuristic. 851 00:29:33,066 --> 00:29:36,666 - Yeah, there you go, so that's the new Instant Map 18 volt. 852 00:29:36,666 --> 00:29:37,666 Pull the plunger out. 853 00:29:37,666 --> 00:29:38,500 - Yep, okay. 854 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:39,333 - That's your plunger. 855 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:41,966 This is how you add your dosage higher and lower. 856 00:29:41,966 --> 00:29:43,666 You've got your one, two, three, four. 857 00:29:43,666 --> 00:29:44,800 - Okay. 858 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,300 - And you spin that, it's a fine thread screw. 859 00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:48,933 So you'll see that yo created a cavity by doing that 860 00:29:48,933 --> 00:29:49,933 in the bottom. 861 00:29:49,933 --> 00:29:51,300 You'll see when you operate the plunger. 862 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:52,433 - Wow. 863 00:29:52,433 --> 00:29:53,600 - It just pushes that. 864 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,000 - So I'm gonna go into oxalic, put it in here, 865 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,400 and then I go puff. 866 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,000 Do I have to hold that down? 867 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,000 - Nope. 868 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,966 - So tell me about oxalic in general. 869 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:03,166 What is it and how does it work? 870 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:04,766 - Essentially all you're doing as a beekeeper 871 00:30:04,766 --> 00:30:07,166 is increasing the levels of oxalic acid 872 00:30:07,166 --> 00:30:08,533 naturally in the beehive. 873 00:30:08,533 --> 00:30:11,233 Raising that threshold to kill the mites, but not the bees. 874 00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:12,766 - It's hard to kill a bug on a bug, right? 875 00:30:12,766 --> 00:30:14,033 - It's very difficult. 876 00:30:14,033 --> 00:30:17,233 Oxalic acid is one of the least abrasive treatments 877 00:30:17,233 --> 00:30:18,366 on the market right now. 878 00:30:18,366 --> 00:30:19,566 - And I've been doing that. 879 00:30:19,566 --> 00:30:22,466 I think, too, as ne beekeepers, it's overwhelming. 880 00:30:22,466 --> 00:30:24,166 There's all these different strategies. 881 00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:25,966 There's all kinds of philosophies. 882 00:30:25,966 --> 00:30:29,433 People are very passionat about treatment, non-treatment. 883 00:30:29,433 --> 00:30:31,133 What is the right thing to do? 884 00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:33,366 - So I actually have recently acquired 885 00:30:33,366 --> 00:30:36,633 a lot of those beekeepers who want to be treatment free, 886 00:30:36,633 --> 00:30:38,000 because the studies that came out 887 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,766 showing that when you treat with oxalic acid, 888 00:30:40,766 --> 00:30:43,466 the level of OA found in honey is raised 889 00:30:43,466 --> 00:30:46,366 by such a small percent, that it's almost negligible. 890 00:30:46,366 --> 00:30:48,166 People are starting to convert over to it 891 00:30:48,166 --> 00:30:49,566 because it's one of those things 892 00:30:49,566 --> 00:30:50,666 that's already in the beehive. 893 00:30:50,666 --> 00:30:52,133 Again, you're just raising the level. 894 00:30:52,133 --> 00:30:53,633 - So this is a life changer for me. 895 00:30:53,633 --> 00:30:54,633 I'm serious. 896 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:58,966 I have yards where I've got a 30, 40, 50 yard walk. 897 00:30:58,966 --> 00:31:00,933 I love my generator, but it's heavy, 898 00:31:00,933 --> 00:31:02,266 and it's just a lot of work. 899 00:31:02,266 --> 00:31:04,166 So this means I can just put this in my toolkit 900 00:31:04,166 --> 00:31:05,233 and off we go. 901 00:31:05,566 --> 00:31:07,200 - Yeah, I really think thi will be a good solution for you. 902 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,233 - Yeah. 903 00:31:08,233 --> 00:31:09,233 - It's been on and heating 904 00:31:09,233 --> 00:31:10,300 and we've had a whole conversation. 905 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:11,300 - You had said it takes a little while. 906 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:12,433 That's not a little while for me 907 00:31:12,433 --> 00:31:13,433 That's fine, that's perfect. 908 00:31:13,433 --> 00:31:14,466 That's a couple minutes. 909 00:31:14,466 --> 00:31:16,133 We got our four hives here. 910 00:31:16,133 --> 00:31:17,100 They all need treatment. 911 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,100 I'll follow your lead. 912 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:21,066 (upbeat music begins) 913 00:31:21,066 --> 00:31:22,333 - All right, that's all you do. 914 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:23,900 You've already preset your plunger 915 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:25,433 just by twisting the end of it. 916 00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:26,466 - Yep. 917 00:31:26,466 --> 00:31:28,333 - Stick it into your OA. 918 00:31:28,333 --> 00:31:31,033 You'll see that it fills the end of the plunger. 919 00:31:31,033 --> 00:31:33,066 And then we'll just do a simulated treatment here 920 00:31:33,066 --> 00:31:34,333 so I can show you how it works. 921 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:35,366 - That's great. 922 00:31:35,366 --> 00:31:36,366 - I always suggest people do this just 923 00:31:36,366 --> 00:31:37,366 so they know what they're doing. 924 00:31:37,366 --> 00:31:38,400 - Okay. 925 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,000 - You take it, you stick it in. 926 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,466 - Oh, that's awesome. 927 00:31:43,466 --> 00:31:46,466 - You just take, pull you plunger out, go for the next one 928 00:31:46,466 --> 00:31:48,333 There's no need to wait for anything to cool. 929 00:31:48,333 --> 00:31:49,800 No need to flip any switches. 930 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:50,766 - Cool. 931 00:31:50,766 --> 00:31:52,600 - As fast as you can go, it can go. 932 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:53,933 Just load it up. 933 00:31:55,433 --> 00:31:58,000 All the way in, all the way in. 934 00:31:59,966 --> 00:32:01,966 - Wow, that is so cool. 935 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,300 That makes it easy. 936 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:06,200 - All right, so we're just gonna do what we did on the table 937 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,200 into the bees. 938 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,233 - Into the bees. 939 00:32:08,233 --> 00:32:11,466 - Stick the plunger in and press 940 00:32:11,466 --> 00:32:13,900 - It's a much thicker cloud than I get out of mine. 941 00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:15,833 - It's a lot of vapor comes out of this. 942 00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:17,900 - The bees don't love it, but that's just. 943 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:18,966 - The nature of the bees. 944 00:32:18,966 --> 00:32:20,900 - Yeah, nobody likes taking their medicine. 945 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:22,633 - They like mites a lot less. 946 00:32:22,633 --> 00:32:23,633 - Yeah, that's right. 947 00:32:23,633 --> 00:32:25,166 Does this get hot? 948 00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:26,000 A little bit, right? 949 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:26,833 - Yeah. 950 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,033 With your thin gloves, yeah, just be mindful it. 951 00:32:29,033 --> 00:32:31,133 The piece that you're holding right now won't, 952 00:32:31,133 --> 00:32:32,233 but the bottom can. 953 00:32:32,233 --> 00:32:34,400 (upbeat music continues) 954 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,133 - No generator, no cords. 955 00:32:36,133 --> 00:32:37,733 This is gonna save me so much time, 956 00:32:37,733 --> 00:32:39,200 going yard to yard to yard. 957 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,566 These bees are feisty, I know for sure. 958 00:32:41,566 --> 00:32:45,500 So they're not gonna be happy about this at all. 959 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:47,133 All right, whew. 960 00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:48,133 - And there you have it. 961 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:49,200 - There we go. 962 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,066 One yard down, we can move to the next. 963 00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:56,500 Oh, don't grab the hot part, Charlie. 964 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:57,833 (Charlie laughs) 965 00:32:57,833 --> 00:33:00,733 (bees buzz) 966 00:33:00,733 --> 00:33:02,766 (upbeat music continues) 967 00:33:02,766 --> 00:33:05,166 So this is a classic yard of mine, I got 10 hives. 968 00:33:05,166 --> 00:33:06,866 Boom, boom, boom, boom, one at a time. 969 00:33:06,866 --> 00:33:09,100 And this is all I need. 970 00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,766 Boom, boom, smoking. 971 00:33:11,766 --> 00:33:14,100 - This is gonna be so great for your operation. 972 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:16,800 - Oh man, it'll make me treat more regularly 973 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,733 when it's less of a pain in the butt. 974 00:33:18,733 --> 00:33:20,600 Man, I'm just going to rock and roll here. 975 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:21,600 Is that cool? 976 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,466 - That's what it's designed for. 977 00:33:22,466 --> 00:33:23,300 - That's great. 978 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:24,566 - Right down the line. 979 00:33:24,566 --> 00:33:27,800 (upbeat music continues) 980 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,800 - Oh man, this is so much easier 981 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,000 It's just portable. 982 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,366 So many places where I have to carry this around, 983 00:33:33,366 --> 00:33:35,900 and instead of loading up a generator, and cords, 984 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:37,933 and all this stuff, this thing fits in a little briefcase, 985 00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:40,466 batteries and all, and I just go yard to yard. 986 00:33:40,466 --> 00:33:43,333 This is like revolutionizing my little operation here. 987 00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:45,500 I love that we're pissing off some bees. 988 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:46,500 This is great. 989 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,866 - Pissing off some mites, too. 990 00:33:47,866 --> 00:33:49,766 - Yeah, pissing off some mites in the process, too. 991 00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:50,966 Last one. 992 00:33:50,966 --> 00:33:51,866 - Last one. 993 00:33:53,166 --> 00:33:54,333 - Boom, done. 994 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:55,733 That was seven minutes? 995 00:33:55,733 --> 00:33:57,533 How many minutes per hive, right? 996 00:33:57,533 --> 00:33:59,066 I mean seconds per hive. 997 00:33:59,066 --> 00:34:00,266 - And you're onto the next yard. 998 00:34:00,266 --> 00:34:01,833 - You are helping a lot of beekeepers. 999 00:34:01,833 --> 00:34:03,533 - I went from somebody who could help 1000 00:34:03,533 --> 00:34:07,833 with my 20 to 40 colonies that I run a year to 200,000. 1001 00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:08,933 - That's awesome. 1002 00:34:08,933 --> 00:34:10,566 - It's incredible. 1003 00:34:10,566 --> 00:34:11,633 - Now you have 200,200. 1004 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:12,800 - There you go. 1005 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:13,766 - Thanks to my hives. 1006 00:34:13,766 --> 00:34:15,066 - Awesome, it's always great to hear. 1007 00:34:15,066 --> 00:34:15,900 - Good stuff, man. 1008 00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:17,633 All right, let's get some lunch. 1009 00:34:17,633 --> 00:34:18,633 - All right. 1010 00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:23,000 (honey drizzles) 1011 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,166 - We are here at Animal World Snake Farm and Zoo, 1012 00:34:26,166 --> 00:34:27,500 just south of New Braunfels. 1013 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,100 I love this place. 1014 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:30,900 We're gonna get a behind the scenes tour of it, 1015 00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:33,800 but we're really here to set up swarm traps. 1016 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,333 There's no bees here right now, 1017 00:34:35,333 --> 00:34:37,600 but this season the bees are reproducing 1018 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,200 and they're coming in full force 1019 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,666 So we're setting up a lure box 1020 00:34:40,666 --> 00:34:42,766 so that we can catch those bees on the move. 1021 00:34:42,766 --> 00:34:45,900 No bees yet, so the wife is joining me. 1022 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:47,366 The queen bee's gonna be here. 1023 00:34:47,366 --> 00:34:49,966 She's kind of been out because of her allergy. 1024 00:34:49,966 --> 00:34:51,466 We're not touching bees today. 1025 00:34:51,466 --> 00:34:52,766 We're setting up the swarm trap, 1026 00:34:52,766 --> 00:34:54,333 we're gonna learn a little bit about the snake farm. 1027 00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:57,966 We are gonna get jiggy with the wild animals. 1028 00:34:57,966 --> 00:35:00,366 Kay heard we were coming, she's like, "I wanna go!" 1029 00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:01,733 - Are you a snake man? 1030 00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:02,866 - We love critters. 1031 00:35:02,866 --> 00:35:04,566 - Well we got cute, cuddly stuff here, too. 1032 00:35:04,566 --> 00:35:07,233 - I like that better, but. 1033 00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:08,866 - I hear we've been having some bee issues. 1034 00:35:08,866 --> 00:35:10,900 - We have, not so much right now 1035 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,766 but definitely when it starts to warm up 1036 00:35:12,766 --> 00:35:15,300 and we sell ice cream, those bees just come in. 1037 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:17,366 But we wanna make sure they're well taken care of. 1038 00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:19,833 - The hope is to capture bees on the move, right? 1039 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:21,533 So bees that are looking for a new home, 1040 00:35:21,533 --> 00:35:22,833 they're gonna move into that box 1041 00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:24,733 and then when they do, y'all can tell me, I come out, 1042 00:35:24,733 --> 00:35:26,900 whisk them away and then set it back up, catch another. 1043 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:27,733 - Fantastic. 1044 00:35:27,733 --> 00:35:28,566 - Yeah, it'll be great. 1045 00:35:28,933 --> 00:35:30,066 We'll grab that trap and we'll meet you in there. 1046 00:35:30,066 --> 00:35:31,066 - Fantastic. 1047 00:35:31,066 --> 00:35:31,900 - Awesome. 1048 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,800 Put this baby together. 1049 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:38,533 This is the interceptor swarm trap. 1050 00:35:38,533 --> 00:35:41,733 When bees swarm, they're looking for a new home, 1051 00:35:41,733 --> 00:35:43,400 and this is their new home. 1052 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,866 Bees will swarm. 1053 00:35:44,866 --> 00:35:47,866 It's sort of like telling teenagers not to make out, 1054 00:35:47,866 --> 00:35:48,866 you know what I mean? 1055 00:35:49,066 --> 00:35:51,433 Like their drive to reproduce is just as strong 1056 00:35:51,433 --> 00:35:53,200 as a hormonal teenager. 1057 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,733 These are vents, these are so the bees can have air 1058 00:35:56,733 --> 00:35:58,200 when they move in. 1059 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,400 Bees are very sensitive to temperature. 1060 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,333 They like to be able to control the temperature, 1061 00:36:03,333 --> 00:36:04,900 and that means ventilation. 1062 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,900 So they won't move into a space that's not well ventilated. 1063 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:09,666 Then here is the hanger. 1064 00:36:09,666 --> 00:36:13,133 This hanger goes right in like that 1065 00:36:13,133 --> 00:36:14,933 and then goes up like that. 1066 00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:16,600 This is the entrance. 1067 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,633 So this pops in here like that, 1068 00:36:18,633 --> 00:36:21,100 and that just hangs down open. 1069 00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:23,566 So the bees find it, and then once they move in, 1070 00:36:23,566 --> 00:36:27,800 to transport 'em, you jus close it up and take 'em away. 1071 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,633 So we'll put these frames in here. 1072 00:36:32,566 --> 00:36:34,966 Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. 1073 00:36:34,966 --> 00:36:35,800 Woo! 1074 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:38,300 Oh, thank you, boo. 1075 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:39,400 - Sure. 1076 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,733 Age before beauty. 1077 00:36:40,733 --> 00:36:44,466 (upbeat music continues) 1078 00:36:44,466 --> 00:36:46,100 Oh, baby, what? 1079 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:47,933 - Look at this place, I love it. 1080 00:36:47,933 --> 00:36:50,000 - While formerly known as just snake farm, 1081 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,200 we actually have all kinds of animals out here. 1082 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,333 Everything from monkeys, lama, zebras, hyenas, 1083 00:36:56,333 --> 00:36:59,133 mountain lions, large white lions. 1084 00:36:59,133 --> 00:37:00,200 Pretty much we have something 1085 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,833 for every animal lover out there. 1086 00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:04,633 - I could spend all day admiring these critters, 1087 00:37:04,633 --> 00:37:06,000 but before I get carried away, 1088 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,533 I gotta help these people with their bee problem. 1089 00:37:08,533 --> 00:37:10,733 That looks like a good spot over there, that tree. 1090 00:37:10,733 --> 00:37:12,933 - All the snakes are inside, right? 1091 00:37:12,933 --> 00:37:15,800 - Let us know if you see one. 1092 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,900 So how exactly does that work? 1093 00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:19,966 - I could really hang anything that's a box 1094 00:37:19,966 --> 00:37:21,200 and put a lure in it. 1095 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,200 But this is kind of specially designed. 1096 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,700 It's the right kind of space 1097 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:25,900 that they're looking for, actually. 1098 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,766 These are regular frames for a beehive. 1099 00:37:27,766 --> 00:37:30,600 That's that's a plasti foundation, it's got wax on it. 1100 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,200 I threw one frame in here 1101 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,733 that has a little bit of drawn wax and honey. 1102 00:37:34,733 --> 00:37:36,500 They'll really like that. 1103 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:41,433 And then down in the botto of this, this is a swarm lure. 1104 00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:44,500 So this just goes inside here 1105 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:46,500 and that'll attract them. 1106 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:47,966 They'll like this smell of this. 1107 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,566 Bees are very scent driven. 1108 00:37:49,566 --> 00:37:51,000 When they're looking for a home, 1109 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,133 they're in what's called bivouac, a big cluster of bees, 1110 00:37:54,133 --> 00:37:55,633 you might have seen one at some point, 1111 00:37:55,633 --> 00:37:58,000 come here and smell this box, 1112 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,766 and we're gonna put the lure in here, 1113 00:37:59,766 --> 00:38:02,166 and they're gonna go back and tell their 10,000 friends, 1114 00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:04,000 "Hey you guys, we got the spot." 1115 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,133 So they're gonna move in here 1116 00:38:05,133 --> 00:38:07,500 and then once they move in, 1117 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:11,266 all I have to do really is just close this up 1118 00:38:12,766 --> 00:38:16,133 at dusk or dawn, and then I just take it away. 1119 00:38:16,133 --> 00:38:17,100 - Sweet. 1120 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:18,700 - Take it out to the bee yard. 1121 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:19,966 You're okay with a spike in this 1122 00:38:19,966 --> 00:38:20,966 - Sure. 1123 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:22,600 - If I had a hammer. 1124 00:38:25,033 --> 00:38:26,033 Oop. 1125 00:38:26,033 --> 00:38:27,066 - Watch out. 1126 00:38:27,066 --> 00:38:27,900 - Yeah. 1127 00:38:30,366 --> 00:38:33,833 All right, and then this is just gonna go right on here 1128 00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:37,666 and then the strap, pass this around the back. 1129 00:38:39,566 --> 00:38:41,433 I think that'll be fine. 1130 00:38:41,433 --> 00:38:43,833 And then this is stuff that I use all the time. 1131 00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:46,466 It's called Swarm Commander. 1132 00:38:46,466 --> 00:38:47,533 You can smell this. 1133 00:38:47,533 --> 00:38:49,266 It smells a little bit like lemongrass. 1134 00:38:49,266 --> 00:38:52,033 So what we're gonna do is just put a little pump, 1135 00:38:52,033 --> 00:38:56,333 a few pumps on this Q-tip, and then we're gonna say, 1136 00:38:58,166 --> 00:39:01,033 "Hey, this is where you should go, ladies." 1137 00:39:01,033 --> 00:39:04,766 Drop it right in there and then we're good to go. 1138 00:39:04,766 --> 00:39:05,966 - So how do I know? 1139 00:39:05,966 --> 00:39:07,600 - The bees are coming in? 1140 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:08,600 - Yeah. 1141 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:09,633 - You'll see bees coming in and out. 1142 00:39:09,633 --> 00:39:10,633 - Okay. 1143 00:39:10,633 --> 00:39:12,233 - I mean, if we waited here long enough, 1144 00:39:12,233 --> 00:39:15,733 it wouldn't be unusual to see a bee find this immediately. 1145 00:39:15,733 --> 00:39:19,166 When bees move in, I almost consider it like a blessing 1146 00:39:19,166 --> 00:39:20,200 or something. 1147 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:21,466 It's kind of, it's an event, rig 1148 00:39:21,466 --> 00:39:22,533 They're not like cockroaches. 1149 00:39:22,533 --> 00:39:23,966 They don't just move in everywhere. 1150 00:39:23,966 --> 00:39:25,133 - Yeah. 1151 00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:26,766 - You're in the middle of a reproductive event 1152 00:39:26,766 --> 00:39:28,300 of a super organism. 1153 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,533 So this queen leaves and then they go find another place, 1154 00:39:31,533 --> 00:39:33,766 then back in the hive they make a new queen, 1155 00:39:33,766 --> 00:39:36,200 and she mates locally and then they repopulate. 1156 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,933 So that's their reproductive goal. 1157 00:39:37,933 --> 00:39:38,966 - Got it. 1158 00:39:38,966 --> 00:39:40,000 - Is to make more hives. 1159 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,400 - These are bees that don't have a hive. 1160 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,266 - These are bees looking for a home. 1161 00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:45,366 - Got it. 1162 00:39:45,366 --> 00:39:47,566 - What we just put up is an awesome home. 1163 00:39:47,566 --> 00:39:51,000 This is like primo, there's resources, there's wax. 1164 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,700 Smells like a queen. 1165 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:55,733 So it just tells 'em like oh, there've been queens here. 1166 00:39:55,733 --> 00:39:57,666 This is like a queen-friendly place. 1167 00:39:57,666 --> 00:39:59,466 Maybe there've been bees here before, 1168 00:39:59,466 --> 00:40:01,700 and you'll see 'em coming in and out, in and out. 1169 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,600 Just call me, I live right up the road. 1170 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:04,733 - Awesome. 1171 00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:08,200 - We'll pop in, close that up, whisk it away. 1172 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,066 - So cool, I'll let you close it 1173 00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:11,100 - Catch some bees. 1174 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:11,966 - Fantastic. 1175 00:40:11,966 --> 00:40:13,400 - Yeah, don't mess with them. 1176 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,100 Don't mess with them for sure. 1177 00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:16,133 What are these called? 1178 00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:17,233 - Watusi. 1179 00:40:17,233 --> 00:40:19,000 - Watusi, that's good. 1180 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,200 And buffalo, American Buffalo. 1181 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,366 - Yeah, all kinds of stuff. 1182 00:40:21,366 --> 00:40:23,966 Y'all want to meet some up close and personal? 1183 00:40:23,966 --> 00:40:25,000 - Love to. 1184 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000 - Let's do it. 1185 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,333 - All right, cool, awesome. 1186 00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:28,666 Critter time! 1187 00:40:28,666 --> 00:40:30,666 Let's get some critters! 1188 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,000 All right. 1189 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,000 - Check it out. 1190 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,233 - Let me introduce you guys to Tilly. 1191 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:37,433 - Tilly 1192 00:40:37,433 --> 00:40:40,233 - Tilly's excited now because I have a banana here. 1193 00:40:40,233 --> 00:40:42,233 - Oh, Tilly's gonna give you a poop. 1194 00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:43,466 - Oh, there she goes. 1195 00:40:43,466 --> 00:40:45,466 - She's excited. 1196 00:40:45,466 --> 00:40:47,700 - You guys deal with pollinators, so do we. 1197 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:50,366 This is one of Madagascar's biggest pollinators. 1198 00:40:50,366 --> 00:40:51,366 - Oh really? 1199 00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:52,433 - We're seeing why. 1200 00:40:52,433 --> 00:40:55,066 They just eat so much fruit and vegetation. 1201 00:40:55,066 --> 00:40:56,066 - Oh my gosh. 1202 00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:58,566 - And then just go spread it all over the forests 1203 00:40:58,566 --> 00:40:59,733 of Madagascar. 1204 00:40:59,733 --> 00:41:02,366 - Oh my goodness, can we touch? 1205 00:41:02,366 --> 00:41:04,200 - Yeah, absolutely, she's super sweet. 1206 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:05,266 She's a brown lemur. 1207 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:06,266 - Brown lemur. 1208 00:41:06,566 --> 00:41:09,300 - Just one of many dozens of different species of lemurs 1209 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,933 only found on the island of Madagascar. 1210 00:41:11,933 --> 00:41:13,433 You guys want to give it a shot? 1211 00:41:13,433 --> 00:41:14,466 - Yeah, do I just? 1212 00:41:14,666 --> 00:41:16,833 - Yeah, just like kind of let her come on to you. 1213 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:17,833 - Okay. 1214 00:41:17,833 --> 00:41:18,966 - There we go. 1215 00:41:18,966 --> 00:41:20,666 She's like, "Hey, just let me keep the banana 1216 00:41:20,666 --> 00:41:22,000 and anyone can hold me." 1217 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:22,833 Yeah, there you go. 1218 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:25,600 Her nickname is Tilly Pig, because she actually oinks. 1219 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:26,400 I mean, just like a pig. 1220 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,233 She'll. 1221 00:41:27,233 --> 00:41:28,066 (zookeeper mimics oinking) 1222 00:41:28,066 --> 00:41:28,900 - Oh, how funny. 1223 00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:29,733 - Yeah it is. 1224 00:41:29,733 --> 00:41:30,566 - Oh, we're making fun of you. 1225 00:41:30,566 --> 00:41:31,400 - One of the cutest things. 1226 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,466 She's like, "Eh, taller tree." 1227 00:41:33,466 --> 00:41:36,366 She wants to go to the taller tree now. 1228 00:41:36,366 --> 00:41:37,700 - Does she want her peel? 1229 00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:38,733 She's not gonna eat her peel 1230 00:41:38,733 --> 00:41:39,566 - Doesn't look like it, no. 1231 00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:40,400 (Tilly oinks) 1232 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,233 - Oh there she is! 1233 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,300 - Oh, do you hear that oinking that she's doing? 1234 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:44,300 - She's oinking. 1235 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:45,300 - She is. 1236 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:46,333 - Lemurs are good stuff. 1237 00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:47,533 - Lemur species actually communicate 1238 00:41:47,533 --> 00:41:49,766 with more vocalizations than any other primates. 1239 00:41:49,766 --> 00:41:52,400 So you have primates that we look at as more intelligent, 1240 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,700 like your big apes and stuff. 1241 00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:55,733 - Chimpanzee. 1242 00:41:55,733 --> 00:41:56,733 - Yeah, absolutely. 1243 00:41:56,966 --> 00:41:59,333 But lemurs actually have over a dozen different calls 1244 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:00,333 that they make. 1245 00:42:00,333 --> 00:42:01,833 So it's amazing to hear. 1246 00:42:01,833 --> 00:42:03,166 - Oh, you wanna poop on me? 1247 00:42:03,166 --> 00:42:05,666 Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamed of this moment. 1248 00:42:05,666 --> 00:42:07,266 - Oh, there you go. 1249 00:42:07,266 --> 00:42:08,266 - She likes it. 1250 00:42:08,266 --> 00:42:10,266 - Oh yeah, there you go. 1251 00:42:10,266 --> 00:42:12,000 - She's watering you down. 1252 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,333 (Charlie laughs) 1253 00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:15,933 - Wow, that's called trickle down economics, right there. 1254 00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:18,966 - Yeah, she's like, all right, I'll take my perch back. 1255 00:42:18,966 --> 00:42:20,433 - She got me really good. 1256 00:42:20,433 --> 00:42:21,900 - She pee-pee'd all over you. 1257 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:24,333 - All right, well, me and Tilly are gonna slip through here. 1258 00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:25,433 - Okay. 1259 00:42:25,433 --> 00:42:26,666 - Go the back way, we'll put her up and then. 1260 00:42:26,666 --> 00:42:27,766 - Hi Tilly. 1261 00:42:27,766 --> 00:42:29,300 - We get to one of my favorite animals. 1262 00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:30,433 - Thanks for peeing on me! 1263 00:42:30,433 --> 00:42:32,500 Thanks for peeing on me! 1264 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:35,000 It's not very smelly, it's just kind of warm and wet. 1265 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,900 Kinda like me after a bee removal. 1266 00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:38,366 (Charlie laughs) 1267 00:42:38,366 --> 00:42:39,266 - So gross. 1268 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,166 - While this place is now known for its furry friends, 1269 00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:45,366 they originally started out as a snake farm, 1270 00:42:45,366 --> 00:42:49,200 and I'm about to get my hands on the biggest snake here. 1271 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,200 There he is. 1272 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:51,700 Oh my goodness. 1273 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:52,700 - All right, y'all ready? 1274 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:53,700 - Yeah. 1275 00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:55,533 - Okay, ladies first. 1276 00:42:55,533 --> 00:42:57,733 - If you could, just kind of hold your hands out. 1277 00:42:57,733 --> 00:42:58,800 - Okay. 1278 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,800 - And line up kind of next to Charlie there 1279 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,333 so we can disperse some of the weight here. 1280 00:43:03,333 --> 00:43:04,333 - Oh, he's heavy. 1281 00:43:04,333 --> 00:43:05,333 He, she? 1282 00:43:05,333 --> 00:43:06,333 - He. 1283 00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:08,366 - He's checking me out. 1284 00:43:08,366 --> 00:43:10,133 I smell like lemur pee. 1285 00:43:10,133 --> 00:43:12,133 - This is Hercules. 1286 00:43:12,133 --> 00:43:13,233 - Hercules. 1287 00:43:13,233 --> 00:43:15,966 - And Hercules is about 14 feet long 1288 00:43:15,966 --> 00:43:17,766 and weighs over 100 pounds. 1289 00:43:17,766 --> 00:43:19,633 - Okay, are you going? 1290 00:43:19,633 --> 00:43:22,966 Would you like Hercules all to yourself? 1291 00:43:24,133 --> 00:43:26,266 - I'm like Hercules. 1292 00:43:26,266 --> 00:43:28,666 Whoa, I can feel muscles. 1293 00:43:28,666 --> 00:43:31,433 I can feel serious muscles. 1294 00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:33,833 - You can see how he i sticking his tongue out there. 1295 00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:36,100 That's how he smells, that's right. 1296 00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:37,566 So he is gonna stick his tongue out 1297 00:43:37,566 --> 00:43:39,700 and the odors go on his tongue 1298 00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:41,066 and then go back into his head 1299 00:43:41,066 --> 00:43:42,600 where he has the same thing we have to smell, 1300 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,100 a Jacobson's organ, 1301 00:43:44,100 --> 00:43:46,500 and that identifies the smells in the air. 1302 00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:49,733 So right now he's smelling some lemur on you. 1303 00:43:49,733 --> 00:43:51,833 He's like, "Hmm, lemur." 1304 00:43:51,833 --> 00:43:53,366 - You're a really big lemur. 1305 00:43:53,366 --> 00:43:55,633 - Well he just like flexed. 1306 00:43:57,133 --> 00:44:00,100 I felt like the muscle go like, oomph. 1307 00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,400 - Yeah, just one breath, 1308 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,600 they have a really long, one big functioning lung. 1309 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:08,000 When they fill that up, I mean it really creates 1310 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,700 some pressure. 1311 00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:11,433 So, and you know, a lot of people assume, 1312 00:44:11,433 --> 00:44:13,466 well, he must not have any teeth. 1313 00:44:13,466 --> 00:44:16,433 He actually has nearly a hundred teeth in his mouth. 1314 00:44:16,433 --> 00:44:19,433 He has pretty large, curved back, kinda like fish hooks 1315 00:44:19,433 --> 00:44:21,500 that allows him to hold onto his prey. 1316 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:23,466 He's not venomous, but he's a constrictor, 1317 00:44:23,466 --> 00:44:26,200 so he would squeeze his prey before he eats it. 1318 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:27,733 And like he's constricting. 1319 00:44:27,733 --> 00:44:28,766 - Are you taking him off? 1320 00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:29,933 - No, my hat's crooked. 1321 00:44:29,933 --> 00:44:30,766 - Oh. 1322 00:44:30,766 --> 00:44:31,600 - How heavy is he? 1323 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:32,600 - He's a little over 100 pounds. 1324 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:33,666 - A little over 100 pounds, okay 1325 00:44:33,666 --> 00:44:35,366 - But it's a really awkward weight, right? 1326 00:44:35,366 --> 00:44:36,366 - It is, yeah, yeah. 1327 00:44:36,366 --> 00:44:38,266 - It feels like even heavier than that. 1328 00:44:38,266 --> 00:44:39,600 - Is he getting PO'ed? 1329 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,166 - No. 1330 00:44:41,166 --> 00:44:42,900 I don't know, is he hissing? 1331 00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:43,900 - Nope. 1332 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:44,900 - Oh shoot, we better. 1333 00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:45,933 No, I'm kidding. 1334 00:44:45,933 --> 00:44:47,000 (Charlie laughs) 1335 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,366 No, he hasn't bit anyone all day today. 1336 00:44:48,366 --> 00:44:49,200 - Oh good. 1337 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,100 - He's a good sport. 1338 00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:53,400 - Ah, all right. 1339 00:44:54,333 --> 00:44:55,166 - Hi baby! 1340 00:44:56,433 --> 00:44:57,433 - That was cool. 1341 00:44:57,433 --> 00:44:59,166 That was way cool. 1342 00:44:59,166 --> 00:45:00,533 I feel like Mike Rowe. 1343 00:45:00,533 --> 00:45:04,033 (upbeat music continues) 1344 00:45:05,633 --> 00:45:07,500 - Well, thanks again for coming out. 1345 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:09,400 - That was awesome, man, thank you. 1346 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:10,533 I appreciate it. 1347 00:45:10,533 --> 00:45:12,000 - Since you were a good sport, held a python, 1348 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,633 got peed on by a lemur. 1349 00:45:13,633 --> 00:45:14,733 - Got a lemur to pee on me. 1350 00:45:14,733 --> 00:45:16,466 - Figured we could send you with a little. 1351 00:45:16,466 --> 00:45:17,566 - Oh, dude! 1352 00:45:17,566 --> 00:45:19,066 - Dry parting gift. 1353 00:45:19,066 --> 00:45:21,166 - That is awesome, I love it. 1354 00:45:21,166 --> 00:45:23,066 I will wear that with pride. 1355 00:45:23,066 --> 00:45:25,500 You guys wanna see an albino Burmese python? 1356 00:45:25,500 --> 00:45:27,666 It's like a Burmese python that just. 1357 00:45:27,666 --> 00:45:28,733 - Maybe we should not show that. 1358 00:45:28,733 --> 00:45:30,566 - That just ate a pig. 1359 00:45:31,666 --> 00:45:32,700 - Woo. 1360 00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:33,800 - There you go. 1361 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,000 - Let's take that shine down a little bit. 1362 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,366 - Take my shine down a little bit. 1363 00:45:38,366 --> 00:45:39,866 Hoo, that's great, I love it. 1364 00:45:39,866 --> 00:45:40,700 Thank you, man. 1365 00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:41,700 - Hey, thank you 1366 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:42,633 - Appreciate it, thanks for having us. 1367 00:45:42,633 --> 00:45:43,700 - Thank you so much. 1368 00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:45,266 - Hopefully we'll be in touch soon 1369 00:45:45,266 --> 00:45:46,500 with some bees for you. 1370 00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:47,966 - Yeah, let us know about that swarm trap. 1371 00:45:47,966 --> 00:45:49,866 I'll be out in a heartbeat if you've got bees on it. 1372 00:45:49,866 --> 00:45:50,866 - Fantastic. 1373 00:45:50,866 --> 00:45:51,866 Awesome, nice to meet you. 1374 00:45:51,866 --> 00:45:52,700 - Nice to meet you. 1375 00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:53,533 Thanks, Jarrett. 1376 00:45:53,533 --> 00:45:54,366 - All right! 1377 00:45:54,366 --> 00:45:57,766 (upbeat music continues) 1378 00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:10,033 (music begins) 1379 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,366 For more information about Charlie Bee Company, 1380 00:46:12,366 --> 00:46:14,600 including new and exciting removals, 1381 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,933 visit us online as charliebee.com.