And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as BEES do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.- Deuteronomy 1:44
Posted in Bee Removals, Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Anyone that has done more than one cut-out knows what a pain it is to try and tie the comb into frames. Yes rubber bands may be easier, but they bring there own challenges too as they can sag with heavy comb. My preferred method is to use cut-out frames which are just regular frames [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 2nd, 2009 12 Comments »
Another crappy weather day gave me the opportunity to build some more medium supers. I buy rough cut 1×8 lumber from a local mill. I plane the boards down to 7/8″ so the supers are a little bit tougher that the normal 3/4″ commercial supers. Then using the table saw, I cut the boards to [...]
Posted in Beekeeping on Feb 17th, 2009 No Comments »
You may not have known, or even cared, but beekeeping is illegal in NYC. This became a problem for a number of different efforts to raise veggies in various community gardens and urban farming experiments. Suddenly, beekeepers were in demand, but we were considered to be slightly less socially acceptable than skateboarders. There is now [...]
Posted in Beekeeping on Jul 22nd, 2008 178 Comments »
Various footage of honeybee washboarding.
Posted in Bee Removals, Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
Well I finally got around to building my “new and improved” bee vac design. I had it all figured out in my head for a while now, but never got to actually put one together. You can see it and all the details here.
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