Removing the entrance restrictor on a honeybee hive without smoke or protection by www.beinggreenonline.com. I tried to change my hive from a bottom entrance to a top entrance by blocking the bottom entrance with a piece of wood, the honeybees chewed through some wood to create their own entrance and refused to use the top entrance. Since we’ve entered the blooming season I decided to take off the restrictor so their work is not impeded.
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This feral honeybee hive is under the danger of being destroyed by development that’s going on around it. I’ve decided to try and move the honeybee hive into my own manageable bee hive to try and preserve their genetics. www.beinggreenonline.com
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Richard, Nick, Jeremy and Grace transport bee frames from the suburbs of Merstham, Surrey to Holmbury St Mary, high up in the Surrey hills, ready for the spring and summer. It is also a chance to count the number of colonies in the hives, wearing beekeepers’ veils. Only six of the hives are colonised so far this year. The Latin quotation is “ingentis animos angusto in pectore verant” – Great hearts beat in tiny chests. Note these hives are painted with bee-friendly preservative, not paint …
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