www.biobees.com – home of the Barefoot Beekeeper The hive shown is a Modified Dadant, built for Brother Adam at Buckfast Abbey. You can use the same method for any framed hive, inlcuding the Langstroth, British National or WBC.
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How to convert from frames to a top bar hive – part 1
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How to do a quick check on a top bar hive
www.biobees.com Phil Chandler – The Barefoot Beekeeper – demonstrates how to do a quick inspection of a top bar hive using his two-follower system.
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Entrance modification for top bar hive
www.biobees.com This is an experimental entrance modification for a top bar hive to reduce the exposure of bees to falling Varroa mites while enabling the hive atmosphere to be retained.
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How to hive a bee package GardenFork.TV Beginning Beekeeping
Hiving a package of honeybees into your beehive is easy to do, and we show you here in our Beginning Beekeeping video series how to get your honeybees into your beehive. Gardenfork : Beginning Beekeeping is sponsored by BrushyMountainBeeFarm.com This is one of a series of Beginning Beekeeping videos that you can watch on GardenFork.TV
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Late Winter Feeding : Beginning Beekeeping : GardenFork.TV
Watch all our beekeeping videos on our site, GardenFork.TV . Late Winter Feeding is usually needed to get your beehive through the late winter and early spring. It may be that your honeybees have eaten all the food they stored for the winter, and the only way to know is to quickly open the hive on a warm winter day. Watch our latest Beginning Beekeeping video as we feed our bees fondant and quickly check on their hive. More honeybee and beekeeping info on our site: www.gardenfork.tv note: we are beginning beekeepers, and have made these shows to show people what we have learned. If you have something to add, please visit our site and leave comments for each beekeeping video