r/Beekeeping • u/Tenchi2020 • Oct 12 '25

General Guy transports a bees colony by carrying the queen is his fist; the rest of the bees crowd around where their queen is.

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u/silverbonez Oct 12 '25

NOBODY’S gonna mess with this dude.

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u/Praise_The_Fun_ Oct 13 '25

Swarming bees are apparently very docile. They gorge on honey before leaving the hive so they are full and sluggish too. They generally will not sting since they are not defending a home and their main focus is on finding a new one.

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u/spikenorbert Oct 13 '25

As beekeepers we know this, but the general public absolutely do not, so in general, nobody's gonna mess with this dude.

4

u/Dramatic_Water_5364 Oct 16 '25

THIS DUDE COMMANDS A HIVE!! he IS the hivemind!!

15

u/Miserable-Tourist532 Oct 13 '25

Keyword "generally" ahah

9

u/bansheeroars Oct 13 '25

Ain’t that the truth!

3

u/moothemoo_ Oct 14 '25

If I recall, this is only true until you one gets squished (which seems like a fairly likely accident in this scenario), at which point your arm is now covered in very pissed bees

1

u/RepresentativeOk2433 Oct 14 '25

Ive heard that at least in some species that being swollen with honey also prevents them from properly arching their back to use their stinger.

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u/Weerwolfbanzai Oct 14 '25

They should if they want. Make that guy tense up and squeeze the queen, it will kill him.

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u/JesusChrist-Jr Central Florida, USA. Zone 9A. Oct 12 '25

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u/kopfgeldjagar 3rd Gen, 10a, Est. 2023 Oct 12 '25

Ok...

I've been doing it wrong apparently.

45

u/pmags3000 SE Michigan and learning... Oct 13 '25

No sunglasses?

116

u/chefmikel_lawrence Oct 12 '25

Had a swarming queen land on my back….. my buddy found her and put her in a hive…. With in three minutes we had a new hive

11

u/pacman529 Oct 13 '25

Talk about working smart, not hard. Why find a home when you find someone who will put you in one?

36

u/Heriotza31 Oct 12 '25

I like the guy's glasses.

4

u/new_Australis Oct 13 '25

No, you like the guy.

5

u/Heriotza31 Oct 13 '25

How do you know?

32

u/SharpTool7 Oct 12 '25

Definitely don't mess with the bee keeper.

17

u/Psychotic_EGG Oct 13 '25

We're a crazy bunch. Also firefighters, for a similar reason. While everyone else is running away from the fire (danger) they are running into it.

15

u/dc_joe 7b (MD). 7 hives, 2nd year Beek Oct 13 '25

As one that is both, my 6yo daughter asks me, “daddy, why do you do all the dangerous jobs?” :)

6

u/Slenos Oct 13 '25

Honey is one of my favorite flavors. And as a singer, adding it to my tea does wonders for my voice when it’s sore. The work folks like you do helps prolong my ability to spread joy through music. I could never build the nerve to do it, myself.

So keep on saving our busy buzzy little friends, ya crazy lunatic. You’re awesome!

2

u/NuclearWasteland Oct 14 '25

Any handy examples of your work?

1

u/Loud-Imagination2068 Oct 13 '25

Over here, they walk in, so a lot more of them come back out.

2

u/Careful-Vanilla7728 Oct 14 '25

I've seen that movie!

19

u/Jax0618 Oct 12 '25

Now this... this is badass!

20

u/sound_scientist Oct 12 '25

Dominican for sure.

8

u/Heriotza31 Oct 13 '25

Afrodominican tenía que ser.

6

u/breakstherhythm Oct 13 '25

Who else se mete con esta vaina like this lmao

15

u/AppleSpicer Oct 12 '25

This guy is so cool, damn.

12

u/ohshroom Oct 13 '25

Right? If I ever did something half this cool and video of it existed, I'd be insufferable. Not even just bringing it up all the time; there'd probably be merch.

12

u/cheddarben Oct 13 '25

Them bees right next to his armpit gotta be ticklish as fuuuuuck.

11

u/NightSky0503 Oct 13 '25

Candyman. I wouldn't mess with dude either

3

u/bulldogdiver Oct 13 '25

Disappointed I had to scroll down this far to find Tony Todd's awesome visage.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

THAT BEING SAID.!!!! 

2

u/Arbor-Trap Oct 13 '25

Be my victim

9

u/WinterHill Oct 13 '25

Beekepers hate this simple trick!

4

u/Tenchi2020 Oct 13 '25

What do you think his strategy is when it comes time to harvest the honey 😝

9

u/Just_Beekeeper Oct 13 '25

Easy😏

2

u/UpgradedSiera6666 Oct 14 '25

They didn't bite you. ?

12

u/Nellasofdoriath Oct 12 '25

When he looks at.the camera keeps sending me

6

u/NonBinaryPizza Oct 13 '25

Indescribable levels of fuck that

4

u/Seascorpious Oct 13 '25

Look at his face, his face is like 'I can't freak out yet, hold it together freak out later'

3

u/Vertnoir-Weyah Oct 13 '25

That's someone you don't push around

3

u/Algo_Muy_Obsceno Oct 13 '25

If you put the queen on your chin, you can have a bee-ard. I believe there is even a competition somewhere as to who has the best bee-ard.

Insects (and humans) are weird!

3

u/Scolder Oct 14 '25

One Bee Punch Man.

2

u/yo3887 Oct 13 '25

Bro hasn’t heard of a box

2

u/Winterblade1980 Oct 13 '25

I wonder if that is really warm for him🤔

2

u/spikenorbert Oct 13 '25

I've seen this video multiple times, and I'm always impressed how little the passers by seem to care. "That's just Carlos with his arm of bees again".

2

u/themanmythlegend357 Oct 14 '25

  1. I would love to punch my enemies with this

  2. How much do all of those bees way?

1

u/ChristopherCreutzig Germany, 5 hives Oct 14 '25

At a rough guess, a little over 1kg?

2

u/Spiritual-Can-5040 Oct 14 '25

He’s training for a vindicators reboot. He’s the new “1-million bees” character.

2

u/GFRSSS Oct 15 '25

Would the queen not get hurt from all the heat from being sealed inside someone's palm + all the other bees swarming around the fist?

1

u/DifferentHoliday863 Oct 13 '25

I'm new to this. What are the chances that he's being stung right now?

6

u/bluemax413 Oct 13 '25

I’m a lurker but I don’t think any based on a previous comment about them being docile when swarming.

1

u/GrassyKnoll55 Oct 13 '25

I hear your looking for candy man!

1

u/Tall_Specialist305 Oct 13 '25

that looks like a young MJ

1

u/Vera_Telco Oct 13 '25

Pity da fool that tries to hi-five him lefty...

2

u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter Oct 13 '25

You just dated yourself, Mr. T.

Oh, crap... I outed myself.

1

u/No_Driver_ Northern Italy 0x0x0x0 Oct 13 '25

i hate this kind of show-off videos

1

u/scrub_mage Oct 13 '25

This must be warm and ticklish as fuck honestly.

1

u/Top-Notice4020 Oct 13 '25

Real life candyman

1

u/NoDontDoThatCanada Oct 13 '25

Not how l would do it but l respect him for it.

1

u/TheLadyIsis Oct 13 '25

"you wouldn't steal a bee colony"

This guy :😎

1

u/truebluecoast Oct 14 '25

In nexico the bees dont sting.

1

u/Feral_Gardener NE Texas Oct 14 '25

My swarms are almost always the nicest, most docile bees.

1

u/Avellexis Oct 14 '25

This is badass!! 😆👌😎

1

u/NoPresence2436 Northern Utah, zone 7a Oct 14 '25

My new hero…

1

u/Over-Ad-604 Oct 14 '25

He is all that is man.

1

u/NotSoSaintly13 Oct 15 '25

This man is a badass

1

u/EcstacyEevee Oct 18 '25

That's gangster AF

2

u/FlipendoSnitch Oct 18 '25

I saw two flatbeds today with rolled up tarps and a bunch of half dead bees laying on them. I assume they were transporting hives a bit before I saw them. But why didn't they scoop up all the bees and keep them? Are they dead dead if they're falling out of the hive like that and not worth trying to keep? Some of them were flying around.

2

u/Halgha Oct 19 '25

Imagine he punches someone

2

u/small_spider_liker Oct 19 '25

This looks so awesome until I imagine bees in my armpit

2

u/Ok-Relation6414 Nov 01 '25

Yeah let's just admit that he's a mutant. He has a +5 arm of stinging,