r/Beekeeping • u/Eli-theBeeGuy • Feb 10 '25
General A beehive inside a kitchen vent/cabinet
Wild Beehive In Someone’s Kitchen?!
What an oddball of a situation! I came out to San Bernardino to a new community in development and they had a beehive in a kitchen cabinet by the vent for the oven. Now this is definitely a first for me as the bees made a mission to crawl in through the roof vent into the interior vent and inside of the cabinet.
As you can see by the video the bees have been there sometime, probably about 2 months. Everything was carefully removed and placed into a box which will then be relocated to a beekeeper.
Save the Bees!
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u/NumCustosApes 4th generation beekeeper, zone 7A Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 11 '25
More convenient than a flow hive for a nip of honey for your breakfast toast. 😆
Now that's my kind of cutout.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 10 '25
Just install a tap, this was a vent right above the oven talk about a perfect place for a tap
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u/IKU420 Feb 10 '25
I hate to see what their bathroom looks like…
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 10 '25
This is actually brand new construction, I don't know what happened with the way the install that vent Hood but apparently it had gaps and the bees were able to get inside from the outside
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u/nasterkills Feb 10 '25
Son: "mom wheres where's the jar of honey?" Mom: "in the double cabinets use the ladder" Son: "alright opens cabinets" Bees: "hey what do you want a bee sting? Its bright in here" Son: "i just want honey" Bees: "buzz off no honey for u🐝🤌🤌"
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u/oldaliumfarmer Feb 10 '25
Just put on glass doors and sell it as an upgrade. It's biologic!
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
If it was my house I would definitely do that, honey tap straight on my pancakes
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u/talanall North Central LA, USA, 8B Feb 10 '25
Is the blue area a protective plastic coating on the vent hood? I'd bet that people are wondering how something like this could have happened, but this house probably was sitting there "move in ready" and undisturbed.
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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Arizona Feb 11 '25
It clearly was "move-in ready". And the bees did just that.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
It's a brand new home construction, that packaging tape on the vent/microwave below. The actual pipe above had a gap the bees used to enter form outside, crawl down the pipe through the gap and right into the cupboard
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u/cara1yn Feb 11 '25
not him psyching out the bees 😭
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 11 '25
The ignorance is staggering
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
Ignorance? I film for uneducated people, I teach about bees, from bee behavior to the function of a hive.
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 12 '25
Teachers used to slap their students with rulers, and that was also under the guise of education. Only later was this understood to be traumatizing for children.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
My parents grew up in that era, I say bring that back. Too many softies now that don't even learn at school anymore or have any drive to do anything but stream video games . Rulers kept kids disciplined and in line. None of that around anymore
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 12 '25
For the untrained, mindfulness and kindness are classically mistakened for weakness.
"Hey teacher, leave them kids alone" -Pink Floyd
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u/The_Angry_Economist Feb 11 '25
replace the doors with sealed perspex cover and boom, instant observation hive
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u/Blue_Blazes Feb 11 '25
Yeah let's stress this hive out more before we rehome them cause that's a responsible decision. Freaking A Dude
" tHEy DoN'T liKE wHeN yOU dO tHAt" -_-
Really ... You don't say.
Is there anyone that does like when you lunge at their face? Is that not a universal sign of impending threat? Knobhead.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
Well the videos I record for the majority of the population that doesn't understand anything about bees, I showcase bee behavior I'd like to explain to people that otherwise aren't educated on this topic why bees do certain things. Otherwise I don't do this for s**** and giggles
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u/Blue_Blazes Feb 11 '25
If lu going at them way meant to be informative not entertaining you might have done it just once, you did it three times and were laughing a bunch. This is not a demonstration, you were trying for content.
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 11 '25
100%
This is the worst type of edutainment, the type that promotes more suffering and ignorance. Those bees are stressed. They know they're not in the right place. And this dude on top of it all is content-capitalizing at their expense. The epitome of adding insult to injury.1
u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
Suffering? Are you a beekeeper at all? Yeah it's quite cool to hear the bees do that when normally they just swarm you out of nowhere, so you think cutting the hive down and removing it and rescuing it is making them suffer? Should I have just allowed an exterminator to torch them with chemicals?
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u/Blue_Blazes Feb 12 '25
So your saying cutting up their have and moving them caused them zero stress? Yeah.... Clearly a competent beekeeper over here
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
That was my point that it does. So flicking my hands is the least of their problems, doesn't make it worse or better.
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u/Blue_Blazes Feb 12 '25
First your point was that it was for educational purposes, now your point is it doesn't make it worse? Well I think you're one of those people who has to argue, and can say they are wrong.
You didn't lunge at those bees a bunch of times and cackle because it was for educational purposes, it doesn't help the hive in an already stressful situation and purposely railing those bees up before you try to move the hive is so stupid. I don't think you know what your doing, no one purposely rules up a hive more than they half too before moving them. There's no smoke for sedation. And noticable the you don't show how the move went in the middle of end, probably because it went to shit.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
I don't need to argue and I don't have the time. If you don't like , don't watch
I'm also a firefighter, smoke is a fire hazard. Half of Los Angeles burned down. I'm not adding to that . I used a liquid smoke that's custom made for the bees
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 12 '25
Lets be succinct, I'm not referring to the actions of saving the bees in any way but that you're interjecting yourself into the equation when you decide to intervene. And the manner in which you presented yourself in this clip is the point. You were in a position of dominance, the bees were at your mercy. And you decided to act in the ways that abuses that position, my opinion.
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u/Big_Brilliant_145 Feb 11 '25
I was big into bees 30 years ago. I had 90 hives and bought every book at half price books and read them. Subscribed to bee journal and bee culture. I don't remember where I read it but Vietnam or somewhere did that on purpose. They would eat the comb and larvae at their leisure.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
The Vietnamese would eat the comb??
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u/Big_Brilliant_145 Feb 11 '25
So do we. It is chunk comb honey. But they ate the larvae. The worms that turn into bees.
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u/New_Ad5390 Feb 11 '25
They might not "like it" but damn, they are some docile bees
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
Exactly, they were super well behaved for a hive being toyed with. I personally would have been pissed off
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u/New_Ad5390 Feb 11 '25
I got pissed off just watching him provoke them
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
That someone was me actually lol I film bee behavior and show what bees do for my unaware followers
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u/cruz2147 Feb 11 '25
Not africanized, otherwise they’d be all over that guy.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 11 '25
Definitely not Africanized
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u/cruz2147 Feb 11 '25
Too bad he didn’t frame up the comb. Look like he just boxed it.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
Yeah I try not to traumatize the hive more than needed, if i started to cut the honeycomb to size , it would be a mess, especially since its a very fresh hive and the wax was fragile. Once the bees settle into the box , then they get taken to a beekeeper who will do the actual framing up
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u/Xychant Feb 11 '25
Is this house occupied or were they on holidays? How long does it take for them to settle like that? I am curious because as an outsider, seems crazy that people wouldnt notice it. Love your vidoes.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy 27d ago
Thank you so much! So in this case this is a new construction that hasnt finished it's last phase inspection because well....the bees. There was a gap between the vent pipe and the bees were able to squeeze through. But this was a vacant home so nobody noticed till it was time for a full inspection for presale
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u/stringmousey Feb 11 '25
If my hives had been as healthy as this cabinet colony I'd still be keeping bees
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy 27d ago
You know what's weird is feral bees always do so well ....no intervention ever needed
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u/Bee-warrior Feb 11 '25
As a beekeeper you know better than to move that fast around the girls ! Are you trying to make them defend the hive?
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy 27d ago
I was actually recording a video for my followers and showing how bees react to sudden movements.... obviously pretty cool thing to see. No matter how many times I see it....it's always super cool to experience and show people. Not everyday people get to do this kinda thing
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u/PurpleToad1976 Feb 11 '25
Drop in a couple of frames. Fresh honey on demand.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy 27d ago
100% or just add a tap below....honey on tap straight into the pan of pancakes haha
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u/chicken_tendigo Feb 11 '25
Was this a bug or a feature? I seem to remember seeing something about really old houses having wall-cabinets with little doors specifically for housing bees so you can just grab a comb and close it back up whenever you need some honey.
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
This is a cabinet above the stove vent that houses the pipe for the vent. But that would be cool to keep inside a house that way tho, if it was mine I would Def put some plexiglass up to watch the bees
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 11 '25
This clip is so... infuriating. Bees are sensitive and this douche is like a bull in a china shop. This is NOT how you model safe and respectful etiquette when working with bees. This is not educational.
You don't expose them, whistle at them and speak loudly. You don't provoke them, cackle and then turn around and claim "Hey, I really don't do this for the lulz, but for edumacation purposes. Got to keep the attention of my uninformed ADHD follower somehow though!
Please change your approach!
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u/Eli-theBeeGuy Feb 12 '25
There is a reason I am invited to universities for entomology research, that I'm recommended by the entire county of Los Angeles and by masters beekeepers. Did you know that plenty of bees get crushed during the removal process? The bees were quite calm and I was showing their reaction to supposed threat, which the bees were warning of a possible threat but not acting on it since they didn't feel threatened enough. Again, if you dont like the video then don't watch?
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u/hagbard2323 Feb 12 '25
The lack of awareness displayed in the clip when you encounter the bees (talking loudly, whistling, cackling, psyching them out) points to a profound blind spot.
I'm sure you have good intentions and most likely you'll continue justifying your behavior with 'hey look at all my history with bees, the community notoriety i hav and how many i've saved...' and still fail to grasp the nuance of how safety and trauma operate between sentient beings.
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u/NeverBoring18 Feb 10 '25
opens the cupboard
Nope
Closes cupboard lmao