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We are going to do some bee beards today.
We have a few volunteers that are stepping up to
do this.
So the first thing we do is we cage the queen.
We found the queen in this colony, we've set
the supers off, and we cage the queen
and we are going to make a necklace
out of this queen, so it will be suspended
from the bearder's chin like so and it's ideal if
you have a good nectar flow happening here,
sometimes people will move the hive away so
the field bees aren't there you are just dealing
with young bees, but we have some brave volunteers
today so we're not going to bother with any of that
we're just going to shake the bees right out of here.
So we'll tie the queen on, we'll take frames out,
we'll shake them onto a cloth and then we'll
pour them on to the bearder. Let's go.
Now breathe, breathe deeply Ivan.
It only stings right?
Ivan: Alright
Paul: Only stings.
So we've got Ivan here and we have Stephanie
both volunteering.
There we go and we've got our bee queen necklaces on.
We've set up a little station here, so we are going to be
shaking the bees onto this feed bag here and then
we'll pour the bees on.
Ivan will provide a support.
He's going to keep his arms tight to his body so the
bees don't get underneath his armpits there
and then he is going to create a little shelf
like so so that when we pour the bees they
have a platform to land on then the bees can run up
and hang from his chin.
We are basically simulating a bee swarm where they
would hang on a tree branch, so there's a nice
little tree branch we got here.
Let's go with the bees.
Actually I think the newspaper worked better.
Well we got a few bees there.
Background voice: Good job Ivan.
Background voice: Steph now what you should actually
actually do is go on a wee little walk.
I'll follow you around.
Paul: I think that's a done beard.
Background voice: That's looking very good.
Looking good.
Paul: Got my Ontario Farm Association card
here to work with here, because we are
bee farmers after all.
Good, now let's go for a walk.
Unknown: You can stop there that's a good photo.
So Ivan is just about ready to get these bees taken
off, as you might be able to tell.
What he's going to do is give a sharp jolt,
so that the bees fall down at the entrance
of their own colony and then they can run in.
You do get some bees inside your shirt
when you do this maybe and a few extra bees
around, so we do have a bee blower here that
we are going to use to blow the rest of the bees off.
I'll get that started and then Ivan
will do the jolt.
OK Ivan, so jump up high in the air and then land
with a jolt so the bees fall in front of you.
Right, right where you are, right now.
Good. Now step back and do it again.
Do it again.
Good. OK ready?
Here we go.
You're done.
Female voice: He runs away and never comes back.
Ivan: I had one here.
Female voice: One?
Paul: Gradually take her out of there.
There we go and we'll lay her by the
entrance there.
So what you are going to do is come over and
stand right here and shake with your head.
You'll come this way here. Great.
And I'll get the bee blower going and what you'll do
is you'll tip your head forward and jolt,
and then you step back once and jolt again.
You do that twice and then I'll blow the bees
off and then if you want you can go around behind
the hives there to take your shirt off but the
camera won't follow her, OK?
We'll all look the other way, but it's up to you
whether you want or need to do that.
The queen's right at the entrance, so don't
jump there.
OK, we'll get the blower going.
Alright.
Good. Step back.
Good. One more.
Stephanie: One more?
Paul: One more. Yep. Great.
You're good.
You want to go over take your shirt off over there
behind the bee hives and clear out those last few
ones inside.
She did great didn't she?
That was wonderful.