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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItpOOiv8stQ
On-the-spot video showing a method of introducing a caged queen under the transparent feeder cover of a Paynes polynuc.
(re-uploaded as the original was truncated)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqZ2zQ00yU
Shows Phil Chandler (The Barefoot Beekeeper) transferring bees from a laundry basket (a.k.a. top bar skep) into a horizontal top bar hive. Using a water spray instead of smoke, he shows how bees remain calm thoughout the operation.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YsQTgOCzOQ
This is the short version. The longer one with details of construction and my thoughts about it can be found here https://youtu.be/8KbnXpRkEfU
I interviewed the designer, Bill Summers, for my podcast, which you can hear at https://biobees.libsyn.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7alpdxF0yQ
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 have been thinking about this for a while, and I think it has some interesting possibilities. Let me know what you think.
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
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0YfuU_tNjU
This method is a big improvement on the old "crop-and-chop" technique, and can be used to make several nucs from a single colony, or to populate a full-size top bar hive using a frame hive, but without the destruction of frames.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx2fuiIa6eE