Close encounters of a Spanish Beekeeper

KangaAir · May 30, 2019

The trusted Mavic bird was a tad sticky but running sweet on this mission ... no stings attached!

Genuinely like to thank the Beekeeper for his fabulous support helping capture his work as a third generation beekeeper in the South of Spain.

Fleek · May 30, 2019

KangaAir said:
The trusted Mavic bird was a tad sticky but running sweet on this mission ... no stings attached!

Genuinely like to thank the Beekeeper for his fabulous support helping capture his work as a third generation beekeeper in the South of Spain.

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So nice! Really well done & tells a good story.
Bees sometimes swarm at my drone. Bet your props finished off a few.

KangaAir · May 31, 2019

Fleek said:
So nice! Really well done & tells a good story.
Bees sometimes swarm at my drone. Bet your props finished off a few.

Not as many as I thought it might, they're pretty clever. I was standing around 100 metres away on a cliff edge, reckon they might have known I had something to do with it, quite a flew started buzzing me 5 minutes into the flight. Prior to that there were none around. An amazing part of nature. The wife and I were invited back to the beekeepers village to suit up and visit a queen bee and hive. It was an unforgettable first hand experience.

Greg Webb · May 31, 2019

Nicely put together!

KangaAir · May 31, 2019

Greg Webb said:
Nicely put together!

Thx for your feedback Greg

Recycler · May 31, 2019

I convinced myself at one point the smoke was going into, not coming out of, the smoke gun. Was that an optical illusion, or did you reverse that particular clip for some reason?

KangaAir · May 31, 2019

Recycler said:
I convinced myself at one point the smoke was going into, not coming out of, the smoke gun. Was that an optical illusion, or did you reverse that particular clip for some reason?

No reversing, the puffers being used to calm bees are filled with wooden twigs, very old fashioned diaphram which is blowing air into the smoke box, squeezed by hand. I have some close up footage of the beekeeper preparing one of your interested to see it. No software illusions, all forward movement and some slow mo.

Hardgainer · May 31, 2019

That was very interesting. A great subject and scenery. Thanks for posting

KangaAir · Jun 1, 2019

KangaAir said:
The puffers being used to calm bees are filled with wooden twigs, very old fashioned diaphragm which is blowing air into the smoke box, squeezed by hand. I have some close up footage of the beekeeper preparing one if interested..

Went back and checked my footage last night, I did reverse part of the footage for one scene with the beekeepers LOL. You are the first person to notice it, well done picking it up Recycler.