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How to Sugar Shake a Top Bar Hive as an Organic Treatment for Varroa

Shows how to use icing sugar as an organic treatment for Varroa mite control. This can be a helpful technique to treat newly caught swarms for varroa between more conventional varroa treatments.

This is the part two of our installing bees videos. This is Dad’s hive with his russian queen. We are installing them in a Top bar hive, that he and his friend Rick built.

Backwards Beekeepers TV: Bee Housekeeping

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

Honey Pacifica: The Beekeeper’s Life, The Raw Unheated Honey Process

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 Beekeepers TV: The shopvac Bees (How to do a Cut-Out)

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.

Backwards Beekeepers TV: Smoker and Hive Basics

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