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Swarms can be easy to collect, or more tricky. Often, you need to be willing to adapt your methods to the situation that is presented to you. It helps to have a range of options. You will find a lot of free stuff on my site at https://biobees.com including plans for top bar hives and our international natural beekeeping forum. My books, including The Barefoot Beekeeper and Managing a Top Bar Hive (the workshop manual for balanced beekeeping), are available here - https://biobees.com/books.php If you find these videos helpful, useful or interesting. please consider making a donation to help support Friends of the Bees at https://friendsofthebees.org And please feel free to LIKE and SHARE any of my videos, and it helps me if you SUBSCRIBE to my channel. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw4lXr25tyg

This colony in a top bar hive is thriving despite having had no Varroa treatment for 2+ seasons. They have nearly filled the hive, so we are splitting them by inserting a follower between two pairs of entrance holes. The side nearest the camera has sealed queen cells, while the laying queen is in the far side. One the new queen has emerged, mated and begun to lay, we can either re-combine them and remove the old queen, or place them in an empty hive. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyX00_BiKX4

Renowned naturalist John Walters talks about the remarkable House Martin - a familiar, yet rather mysterious migratory bird. Kevin Cox, chair of Devon Birds, gives an introduction and closing talk about the Dartmoor House Martins project. http://johnwalters.co.uk http://dartmoorhousemartins.org ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgoCY14o2Yo