Professor Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex talks about the threats to bees from pesticides and habitat loss.. Recorded at the Moor Meadows Conference at Brimpts Farm on Dartmoor, July 2017.
Phil Chandler demonstrating how a swarm can be taken from a tree directly into a swarm basket. Top bars are added immediately and the bees left to build combs for 1-2 weeks, when they can easily be moved into a top bar hive.
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There had been a lot of scouting activity around this hive for several days and today they decided to move in. The Buddha may or may not have helped.
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Emily Reed, beekeeper at Village Farm, Devon, UK, talks to Phil Chandler about her Lazutin hives, which she has built and installed to house native black honeybees (Apis mellifera mellifera), sourced a few miles away in Cornwall.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKTzK9KcL8
I started making a video about scouting activity, and it became clear that a swarm as about to happen. So I kept filming...
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This colony had to be removed before the building they were in was demolished, so despite it being the wrong time of year to attempt this risky operation, we had to give it a shot.
We used a polystyrene Langstroth nucleus box in the upright position, tying combs into frames using soft cotton string.
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The European hornet (Vespa crabro) does take a few bees, but seems to prefer prey that doesn't fight back.
This is the second part. Part 1 is here https://youtu.be/CvWKOlSD41Y
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Drones have had a bad press from the beekeeping establishment for well over a century, and have been actively suppressed by beekeepers in the mistaken belief that fewer drones mean more honey. In this video, I explain why this has happened, why it is wrong and what you can do about it.
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