Bee Yard UNDER WATER, **** STUCK ****

00:00 - so I'm just heading out this morning to 00:02 - go pick up the bee yard dad was out 00:06 - driving around with the tractor checking 00:09 - pasture fences early this morning 00:12 - because that's what dads do best as they 00:15 - get up really early and they go do stuff 00:18 - so you drove up to one of our pastures 00:22 - and I check in one of my B yards the B 00:29 - yard is in a little bit of a low spot it 00:31 - can't get at it and now with all the 00:33 - snow and this melt and not only in the 00:37 - melt but the slow melt everything is 00:39 - starting to run off the land but the 00:43 - waterways are plugged full of snow still 00:45 - so it's backing up water right across 00:48 - the pasture one of our pastures is right 00:49 - under water and to move the cattle off 00:53 - that one shortly but it's creeping up to 00:57 - one of my B yards so it's going to end 00:59 - up 01:01 - the B yard will be under water this 01:04 - afternoon so we're just heading out with 01:06 - the B truck and I'm gonna pick the yarn 01:10 - out but I won't be able to get in there 01:11 - without getting stuck so dad has the 01:14 - tractor and he's gonna hopefully not 01:17 - have to pull me in and pull me out but 01:19 - if needs be at least you'll be there at 01:21 - the tractor to help me out what a treat 01:29 - so we are about to venture in here with 01:34 - the B truck and the tractor and I'm 01:36 - gonna pull these colonies out of the 01:39 - water 01:39 - pallets have them off the ground these 01:44 - clusters will be up in the box so there 01:48 - won't be any losses here it's nothing 01:51 - like putting a bee yard in the bottom of 01:55 - a flood plain our pasture extends right 02:03 - far back this is what our entire pasture 02:05 - here looks like now the cattle are kind 02:07 - of marooned on some high ground so they 02:10 - are gonna be pulled out today but first 02:14 - my bees 02:22 - [Music] 02:25 - one 02:56 - [Music] 03:40 - [Music] 04:00 - [Music] 04:42 - nothing is easy you think this would be 04:46 - the wettest part ooop high ground 04:59 - get out of here might have to get the 05:00 - four-wheel drive tractor 05:03 - [Music] 05:06 - [Applause] 05:21 - [Applause] 07:57 - [Music] 08:40 - [Music] 09:01 - I was going to drop him off in another 09:05 - bee yard but - everything's so bloody 09:08 - wet and I didn't feel like getting stuck 09:11 - again so I figured hell we're close 09:13 - enough to bringing these hives in might 09:15 - as well just bring them up to the 09:17 - loading pad here and drop them off and 09:19 - these will be the first ones in but any 09:21 - rate these guys are gonna live here I'm 09:23 - gonna take the pails I took off the yard 09:26 - because you're still feeding on them and 09:27 - I'm gonna put them on and just let them 09:29 - you know maybe redirect their attention 09:31 - to the syrup and just get settled in the 09:35 - yard here right that's it for that 09:39 - little adventure 10:05 - just a little bit disorientated a little 10:07 - bit confused 10:16 - and feeding 10:20 - so hopefully they can find their place 10:22 - and get back to their home and just kind 10:27 - of settle in and maybe take down some 10:29 - syrup and just pretend none of that 10:34 - happened