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The morning after a big rain storm, the hive’s front porch is littered with bee corpses and other debris. But the workers have already started the cleanup, and before long the place is spotless. Here’s a look at what they do. Video by Russell Bates. Find more at www.BackwardsBeekeepers.com

My name is Jonathan Poto and I am the grandson of Nick Poto, the founder of Honey Pacifica. I created this video to give others a little bit of insight into the work the goes on to create great honey. I hope that you enjoy my video! If you are interested in learning more about Honey Pacifica, please visit www.honeypacifica.com. We sell various gourmet raw honey, unheated honey, and flavored honey. We also feature specialty bee products such as honeycomb, royal jelly, pollen, propolis, honey candies, beeswax candles, and skin creams.

Backwards Beekeeping guru Kirk Anderson (aka Kirkobeeo) brings a shopvac-turned-beehive over to Erik & Kelly of homegrownevolution.com. Once there, he shows us how to do a cut-out, which is a live transplant of a bee hive from a bad location into a good one. Video directed by Russell Bates. Music by The Incredible Moses Leroy.

Kirk Anderson (aka Kirkobeeo) shows new beekeepers how to light a smoker and do a basic hive inspection. Video directed by Russell Bates. Find more at www.BackwardsBeekeepers.com

Well, I finally went to a class at the Pfeiffer center which is school for biodynamic agriculture . Organic beekeeping with instructors Chris Harp, Ross Conrad, Luis Feliciano and Mac Mead. The class was friday night and all day saturday, which is not nearly enough time to cover all of the information that these teaches have to offer. The course was a mixture of class room and hive side lecture with each instructor bring there own methods, prospective and knowledge base. The participates …