The Top Bar Hive: key features and benefits
A look at a beautifully made top bar hive made by Paul MacDonald. I moved a colony of bees into this hive using an unorthodox method that I had never tried before... Paul can be contacted...
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Saturday, 30 December 2017
How to Make an Eco-Floor for a Beehive
How to Make an Eco-Floor for a Beehive
Phil Chandler explains the thinking behind his 'eco-floor' design and demonstrates how to create both an eco-floor and an eco-roof to make the beehive more like a natural, hollow log environment...
How To Make a Quick and Easy Feeder for a Top Bar Hive
How To Make a Quick and Easy Feeder for a Top Bar Hive
There are many ways to feed bees in a top bar hive, and this is a particularly easy and convenient method that incorporates recycling of packaging. Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.co...
Friday, 29 December 2017
How to Check Brood in a Top Bar Hive
How to Check Brood in a Top Bar Hive
Phil Chandler demonstrates a quick brood check in a top bar hive, including comb manipulation and the use of a water spray instead of smoke. Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.com...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
How To Make a Quick and Easy Feeder for a Top Bar Hive
How To Make a Quick and Easy Feeder for a Top Bar Hive
There are many ways to feed bees in a top bar hive, and this is a particularly easy and convenient method that incorporates recycling of packaging. Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.co...
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Honey Harvest - Holland, Michigan 2011
Honey Harvest - Holland, Michigan 2011
I'm a beekeeper! This is my first honey harvest.
Sunday, 24 December 2017
Beekeeping - Top Bar Hive Inspection
Beekeeping - Top Bar Hive Inspection
Beekeeping - Top Bar Hive Inspection Just checking on my KTBH that I started up a few weeks ago. I'll probably get some more top bars started in some other hives to give these girls a boost...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Tuesday, 19 December 2017
Stuart Hayes explains beekeeping on Dublin's City Channel
Stuart Hayes explains beekeeping on Dublin's City Channel
Co Dublin beekeepers' association member explains all about beekeeping to Olive of Dublin's City Channel. This video was first seen on Dublin's City Channel TV station.
Monday, 18 December 2017
Phil Chandler - Behind The Scenes
Phil Chandler - Behind The Scenes
We had a lot of fun doing this project and hope you enjoy watching. Watch the film at URL.
More Than Honey - Official Trailer
More Than Honey - Official Trailer
IN UK FROM SEPTEMBER 6 http://morethanhoney.co.uk IN PORTUGAL FROM October 10th IN BELGIUM from 20/3 http://bit.ly/15uje5j IN THE NETHERLANDS FROM 18/4 http://bit.ly/15ujhy1 IN USA FROM 12/6...
Sunday, 17 December 2017
Harvesting comb honey from my Top Bar Hive
Harvesting comb honey from my Top Bar Hive
I show how I harvest comb honey from my Top Bar hive and discuss my natural anti-varroa treatment using copper strips.http://www.greenurbanliving.co.nz/
Saturday, 16 December 2017
Friday, 15 December 2017
Top Bar Hive w/Langstroth adapter
Top Bar Hive w/Langstroth adapter
This is my first Top-Bar Hive and is based on the Les Crowder design. Once built, I began playing with the basic hive and top-bars. I started evaluating how best to transfer a Langstroth...
Swarming Bees ! Spring Bee Swarm 2013 TBH Beekeeping
Swarming Bees ! Spring Bee Swarm 2013 TBH Beekeeping
Swarming Bees ! Nature/Spring Watch 2013 Honey Bee Swarm from Roger and Christine's Hive in Worcestershire. Top Bar Hive Beekeeping Tutorial. Collecting Honeybee for natural TBH Beekeeping...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Installing the First Package of Bees in a Top-Bar Hive
Installing the First Package of Bees in a Top-Bar Hive
Installing the first package in a five-foot top-bar hive with a wood floor. I added voice over instruction because the background sound was too low. I have been working with bees for 40+...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Top bar hive candy board
Top bar hive candy board
This is my candy board I created for a top bar hive that had no honey stored for the winter. The 10 lbs of sugar was boiled with two cups of water till it turned into a really thick syrup about...
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Friday, 8 December 2017
Nicot queen rearing system - review and explanation
Nicot queen rearing system - review and explanation
The Nicot system is a relatively simple way to start new queen cells without grafting, which means that larvae are not handled or disturbed during their development. In this video, I demonstrate...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Top Bar Hive Demonstration
Top Bar Hive Demonstration
Western Red Cedar top bar hive crafted by Bee Thinking in Portland, OR. Hinged roof; full-length window with mahogany closure; 28 one piece, precision-milled ...
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Phil Chandler and Kevin Inglin - KM016
Phil Chandler and Kevin Inglin - KM016
Welcome to the sixteenth podcast from the team at kiwimana. This week we had a chat with Phil Chandler The Barefoot Beekeeper and Kevin Inglin BK Corner ...
Phil Chandler and Kevin Inglin - KM016
Phil Chandler and Kevin Inglin - KM016
Welcome to the sixteenth podcast from the team at kiwimana. This week we had a chat with Phil Chandler The Barefoot Beekeeper and Kevin Inglin BK Corner ...
Sunday, 3 December 2017
Honey - Lydia Hol & The Barefoot Boys
Honey - Lydia Hol & The Barefoot Boys
Rehearsing on Pender Island. We cozied up in this cave one afternoon to practice our vocals and enjoy the rain. Filmed by our fiddle player Damian. Check out ...
Saturday, 2 December 2017
Girl Like You--Phillip Chandler
Girl Like You--Phillip Chandler
An original off my lil album thing im putting together. Here I go, sailin uncharted waters im just sailing off getting lost to find out gotta know gotta ask you ...
Friday, 1 December 2017
How to conduct a Formic Acid treatment in Top Bar Hive
How to conduct a Formic Acid treatment in Top Bar Hive
Janet Luke demonstrates how to conduct a formic acid organic treatment in a Top Bar Hive using simple equipment.
Saturday, 25 November 2017
Bees Runyard Ranch, with Craig the barefoot bee keeper
Bees Runyard Ranch, with Craig the barefoot bee keeper
Another wild bee hive in the backyard. Had one last year too. Not easy to find a bee keeper in this county that will relocate them. I found Craig Miller from the ...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Saturday, 18 November 2017
Where is the Queen? Top-bar hive initial inspection
Where is the Queen? Top-bar hive initial inspection
It has been a few days and it is now time to check on the bees. What will I find in this new hive? Does the Queen actually wear a crown? These are all questions ...
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Why a Gold Star top bar hive?
Why a Gold Star top bar hive?
Here is the answer, in the connection between the Life Cycles of the Honeybee and Varroa Mite! For more information visit: ...
Monday, 13 November 2017
top bar hive split
top bar hive split
showing how I split my top bar hives. queen decides to play hard to find. I find her right after video lol.
Friday, 10 November 2017
Eco Bee Box - Utah Hive Langstroth Top-Bar
Eco Bee Box - Utah Hive Langstroth Top-Bar
Eco Bee Box has a Kickstarter campaign, this hive is currently for sale.
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
A Chat in the Park With Bryn Simon
Bryn Simon, President of Sydney Inner West Beekeepers, NSW, Australia, was in the UK and asked if he could visit and ask me some questions.
The sound quality is not perfect: there was a fair bit of background noise from road drills and seagulls, and I had the gain turned up a little too high, but if you can overlook that, we had a good chat about bees and beekeeping.
Monday, 6 November 2017
Honey harvest and must have beekeeping tools.
Honey harvest and must have beekeeping tools.
Fight Mites links below, click on the "show more" tab below to get the link to the mites study and where to get foggers and oil. Click on the link below if you are ...
Sunday, 5 November 2017
Capturing my first swarm
Capturing my first swarm
This video documents the capture of my first wild swarm of honeybees. It was filmed by my wife Sandra in my back yard blackberry patch. She was barefoot and ...
Two queens in one hive!
Two queens in one hive!
http://www.biobees.com Most people think that you only ever have one queen in a beehive, but as this video proves, after supersedure it is not uncommon for the ...
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Top Bar Hive Powdered Sugar Treatment
Top Bar Hive Powdered Sugar Treatment
My first treatment for varroa mite using the powdered sugar method.
Friday, 3 November 2017
Bees first taste of Fall Feeding
Bees first taste of Fall Feeding
Bees First Taste of Fall Feeding, Inside feeder for a Top Bar Beehive. Feeding 2:1 Sugar syrup for the first time this fall. Phil Chandler's Webpage ...
How are bees from hell made, and how to avoid it
How are bees from hell made, and how to avoid it
This snippet is part of over an hour long conversation with Phil Chandler, a renowned beekeeping expert.
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Pagoda Hive - first check after badger damage.wmv
Pagoda Hive - first check after badger damage.wmv
http://www.biobees.com The Pagoda Hive had its floor mesh ripped out by a badger and is now 'bottomless', but the bees don't seem to mind. They are busy ...
How to convert from frames to a top bar hive - part 1 (New)
How to convert from frames to a top bar hive - part 1 (New)
How to convert from frames to a top bar hive - part 1 (New) - home of the Barefoot Beekeeper The hive shown is a Modified Dadant, built for Brother Adam at ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Organic and Natural Beekeeping
Organic and Natural Beekeeping
The Barefoot Beekeeper a revolutionary book about 'sustainable', chemical-free beekeeping, showing how it can be simplified and made accessible to all, ...
Bee Hive: Kenyan Top Bar Hive
Bee Hive: Kenyan Top Bar Hive
http://wireofinformation.wordpress.com The Kenyan Top Bar Hive: Top Bar Hive Beekeeping is for people that like to make highly useful things with little money.
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Sunday, 29 October 2017
The Cadbury Sisters - Barefoot | RTTV Sessions
The Cadbury Sisters - Barefoot | RTTV Sessions
The three lovely sisters visited Leicester and joined us for a session with us before their set at the Cookie Jar. Here are The Cadbury Sisters performing ...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Top Bar hive Harvest Idaho
Top Bar hive Harvest Idaho
top bar hive Idaho. Check out My video Top Bar with straight sides for a new and better design. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-iJJNfP50w To watch similar ...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Monday, 23 October 2017
Early Season Varroa Dusting and Top Bar Hive Check
Early Season Varroa Dusting and Top Bar Hive Check
http://www.biobees.com Dusting bees with powdered sugar is an effective way to keep Varroa infestations down to manageable levels. While not being 100% ...
Winterizing a Kenyan Top Bar Hive
Winterizing a Kenyan Top Bar Hive
First year beekeeper in upstate NY discussing plans to winterize a Kenyan Top Bar Hive to get through its first winter. My blog: ...
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Entrance modification for top bar hive
Entrance modification for top bar hive
http://www.biobees.com This is an experimental entrance modification for a top bar hive to reduce the exposure of bees to falling Varroa mites while enabling the ...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Top Bar Hive Retirement
Top Bar Hive Retirement
Top Bar Hive Retirement After 4 years in service, it's time to go. This was my original beehive and TBH, with viewing window and fancy sliding bottom board to ...
(1/2) Bienenhaltung für Selbstversorger und Anfänger ( Top Bar Hive) selber bauen
(1/2) Bienenhaltung für Selbstversorger und Anfänger ( Top Bar Hive) selber bauen
Imkerei und Honig selber machen fängt mit einem Top Bar Hive an. Ich bin zwar kein Imker und mache Honig, jedoch liefere ich eine Anleitung wie Ihr euch ein ...
Sunday, 15 October 2017
Urban Beekeeping: Heavy lifting & capped honey
Urban Beekeeping: Heavy lifting & capped honey
My new hobby is starting to test my energy reserves thanks to the heavy supers full of honey. I have M.E. (Chronic Fatigue) and while I still have a surprising ...
An Unexpected Honey Harvest From a Cross-combed Top Bar Hive
An Unexpected Honey Harvest From a Cross-combed Top Bar Hive
Lesson learned? I hope so. This is why it is important to inspect your top bar hive on a regular basis in the Summer. I had an unexpected honey harvest because ...
Friday, 13 October 2017
Top-Bar Beekeeping with Les Crowder and Heather Harrell (DVD) Trailer
Top-Bar Beekeeping with Les Crowder and Heather Harrell (DVD) Trailer
hands-on workshop in the field from master beekeeper Les Crowder, focusing on how to manage bees naturally using the innovative top-bar hive system.
Top Bar Hive controle op 2 mei 2015
Top Bar Hive controle op 2 mei 2015
Beschrijving: om vroegtijdig de zwermdrift te onderkennen, wordt dit volk gecontroleerd op belegde dopjes. Tevens worden nieuwe toplatten tegen het ...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Top Bar Hive: Explaining the Build Up Period
Top Bar Hive: Explaining the Build Up Period
Phil Chandler explaining the Build Up Period and how to take account of the bees' need to expand quickly during the fruitful period. See more information about ...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Moving Top Bar Hives and other Minor Disasters
Moving Top Bar Hives and other Minor Disasters
http://www.learningbeekeeping.com So Terry was kind and gave me a hive, but I had to move it. With his help we moved the hive but it broke some comb, which ...
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Converting Frames to Top Bars: the 'Crop and Chop' Technique
Converting Frames to Top Bars: the 'Crop and Chop' Technique
http://www.biobees.com The 'Chop and Crop' technique for converting bees on frames to top bar hives demonstrated by Phil Chandler at Embercombe, Devon.
Monday, 25 September 2017
moulding Beeswax starter strips foundations for top bar bee hive
moulding Beeswax starter strips foundations for top bar bee hive
moulding Bees wax starter strips for top bar bee hive the easy way check out http://www.TheHoneyPig.co.uk for more beekeeping and our local honey.
Thursday, 21 September 2017
First Top Bar Hive...Hives! - 019 - Queenless Split
First Top Bar Hive...Hives! - 019 - Queenless Split
My TBH was booming, and rather than just wait until next spring to try a split, I'm trying my hand at it this summer. I think it is still early enough that there is ...
Top bar hive full of bees
Top bar hive full of bees
Top bar hive full of bees 22 bars of fully drawn comb. Great view from under my hive. I hope you enjoy. Please comment and rate, and don't forget to subscribe.
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Getting Young People Involved With Beekeeping with Orren Fox - KM079
Getting Young People Involved With Beekeeping with Orren Fox - KM079
Intro to our interview with Orren Fox, the full show is at:- http://kiwi.bz/fox.
Monday, 18 September 2017
Out of control, improperly built, top bar hive, novice beekeeping.
Out of control, improperly built, top bar hive, novice beekeeping.
beebusters.com This top bar hive was built incorrectly and not tended to properly. The bees became aggravated and confused.
Thursday, 14 September 2017
How To Build a Top Bar Beehive from start to finish by Jon Peters
How To Build a Top Bar Beehive from start to finish by Jon Peters
Learn to build a top bar beehive from start to finish Philip Chandler video on the bee feeder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN6iKmoCnqY This is a project ...
How to Build a Top Bar Beehive
How to Build a Top Bar Beehive
How to make a top bar bee hive. Link to plans that I used but modified to build mine. http://nmbeekeepers.org/topbar-hive-plans/
Correcting cross combing Top Bar Hive
Correcting cross combing Top Bar Hive
Watch as I discover some minor cross combing. I make a few little cuts here and there and squeeze some comb back into place in the middle of the bar.
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Top Bar Beehive Inspection
Top Bar Beehive Inspection
Top bar beehive inspection ten days after install. Bees Have built comb ten bars out from the entrance to the hive. Queen be is spotted laying eggs on the fifth ...
Sunday, 10 September 2017
How To Inspect And Manage A Top Bar Hive At To Do List Home
How To Inspect And Manage A Top Bar Hive At To Do List Home
http://todolisthome.com/blog This is a pretty cool video of the latest top bar hive inspection. I show how I inspect and manage the hive and it is wonderful to see ...
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Honey Bees, Beekeepers' Enemy the Hive Beetle
Honey Bees, Beekeepers' Enemy the Hive Beetle
The hive beetle is a pest. The best defense is a strong hive. By strong hive, we mean a hive with a large number of bees.
Top bar hive langstroth super hybrid
Top bar hive langstroth super hybrid
How to put a super on a top bar hive for easy honey extraction.
Friday, 8 September 2017
Formic Acid Treatment for Varroa in a Top Bar Hive
Formic Acid Treatment for Varroa in a Top Bar Hive
Janet explains how she treats her top bar hive for varroa using formic acid.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Requeening my top bar hive with a Buckfast!
Requeening my top bar hive with a Buckfast!
Requeening my top bar hive with a Buckfast. This video was just me double checkijng htere was no queen.... it was a new package whose queen is no where to ...
Beekeeper Eamon Magee
Beekeeper Eamon Magee
Irish beekeeper Eamon Magee talks about the time he was most scared.
Full Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive Inspection (3 Weeks In) 1 of 2
Full Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive Inspection (3 Weeks In) 1 of 2
George and Martha walk through a full hive inspection of their two top bar barrel bee hives. This video covers setting up the smoker and the first hive (Lexington).
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Bee Topbar Superorganism
Bee Topbar Superorganism
Talon explains the ins and outs of topbar beekeeping. He explains the role of th workrs, the drones and maybe he will find th queen bee as well. Sign up for the ...
The First Steps in TB hives beekeeping. Part II
The First Steps in TB hives beekeeping. Part II
Top Bars Hives. The second step (of 2) in "The First Steps in TB hives beekeeping." Quality is compromised, especially audio, due to compression to fit YouTube ...
Top bar and Langstroth hives together as one
Top bar and Langstroth hives together as one
A better way for the backyard beekeeper with more options.
Learning Top Bar Hive Beekeeping - Fixing Comb 1/2
Learning Top Bar Hive Beekeeping - Fixing Comb 1/2
http://www.LearningBeekeeping.com Join us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/LearningBeekeepingcom/143318882355886 A 6 bar nuc is being ...
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
First Steps in TB hives beekeeping. Part I (of 2)
First Steps in TB hives beekeeping. Part I (of 2)
Wojtek's Hives Top Bars Hives. First Step, (of 2). Quality is compromised, especially audio, due to compression to fit YouTube limits of time and bits. This video ...
Top Bar Hive: Expanding the Brood Nest
Top Bar Hive: Expanding the Brood Nest
Green Sanctuary Community Apiary hive stewards work with Anaiis Salles, resident beekeeper, on a glorious Saturday morning at Awbury Arboretum in ...
Saturday, 2 September 2017
Learning Top Bar Hive Beekeeping - Comb managment 1/2
Learning Top Bar Hive Beekeeping - Comb managment 1/2
http://www.LearningBeekeeping.com Join us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/LearningBeekeepingcom/143318882355886 April and the hive is ...
Fun moving of wild bee tree to top bar hive part 1
Fun moving of wild bee tree to top bar hive part 1
Had a tree that fell from a storm that had a wild bee hive in it. Moved it from the tree to the top bar hive. Had a great time and learned a lot plus got stung in ...
Top Bar hive Harvest Idaho
Top Bar hive Harvest Idaho
top bar hive Idaho. Check out My video Top Bar with straight sides for a new and better design. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-iJJNfP50w To watch similar ...
Hammer® woodworking project "top bar hive"
Hammer® woodworking project "top bar hive"
What would Tyrol's unique nature be without its busy bees? In the latest HAMMER enthusiast video project, we build our hardworking bee colony a beautiful ...
Friday, 1 September 2017
Trailer - HAMMER® woodworking project "top bar hive"
Trailer - HAMMER® woodworking project "top bar hive"
What would Tyrol's unique nature be without its busy bees? In the latest HAMMER enthusiast video project, we build our hardworking bee colony a beautiful ...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Taking honey from a traditional beehive in Japan PART3
Taking honey from a traditional beehive in Japan PART3
We have published Kindle e-book written in English that is introduction of traditional beekeeping. It is not long,but is only $2.99. Please search "Traditional ...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Colony Collapse Disorder: It's Pesticides, Stupid!
Colony Collapse Disorder: It's Pesticides, Stupid!
http://www.biobees.com CCD is caused by pesticides. Specifically, neonicotinoids in a synergistic combination that is yet to be fully understood. That is the ...
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Starting a top bar hive from 2 frames
Starting a top bar hive from 2 frames
This was my first time setting up a top bar hive, and I was making this up as I went along, based on what I've learned and read one the last two years of ...
Monday, 28 August 2017
Winterizing Top Bar Hives - Pampered Bees theOZer Style
Winterizing Top Bar Hives - Pampered Bees theOZer Style
Love Bees. Resonate. This early December 2014 vid shows how theOZer has prepped his top bar hives for the winter over using a terrarium electric heating pad ...
Sunday, 27 August 2017
Friday, 25 August 2017
Top Bar Hive und Honigernte 2015
Top Bar Hive und Honigernte 2015
Wir werfen noch mal einen Blick in unsere Top Bar Hive. Nebenbei machen wir unsere Honigernte 2015.
Tips & Tricks of starting bees in top bar hives, revised 5/6/2014
Tips & Tricks of starting bees in top bar hives, revised 5/6/2014
http://www.goldstarhoneybees.com This video was annotated on 5/6/2014 with new information - most importantly: PLEASE DO NOT PAINT WAX ON YOUR ...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
At the Hive Entrance
At the Hive Entrance
For me, time spent watching bees is always time well spent. You can tell a lot about the mood and status of a colony from their behaviour at the entrance, where ...
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
What Is A Commercial Hive?
What Is A Commercial Hive?
Which hive? East devon beekeeperscommercial hives might be saving crops, but they're killing wild commercial irish bee supplies. The beecentric hive is a ...
Monday, 21 August 2017
Benefit of standing barefoot in dirt~animals know
Benefit of standing barefoot in dirt~animals know
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Sunday, 20 August 2017
Harvesting honey with a Fume Board
Harvesting honey with a Fume Board
How to drive beesfrom the honey super using a Fume Board.
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Swarm traps and top bar hives
Swarm traps and top bar hives
swarm traps on the cheap and a quick tour of my top bar hives.
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
permaculture beehive just bees
permaculture beehive just bees
Permaculture beehive JUST BEES FLYING IN AND OUT. The Rationale Conventional Beekeeping is: few expensive hives concentrated with reduced and ...
Friday, 11 August 2017
New bees move into Tanzanian Top Bar Hive !
New bees move into Tanzanian Top Bar Hive !
This video shows me moving the bees from a nuc hive into their permanent home. This is a Tanzanian style long hive. I have divided the hive into two ...
Sunday, 6 August 2017
Top Bar Hive beekeeping
Top Bar Hive beekeeping
A quick look into my top bar hive. First the bees at the entrance then into the hive to see the bees on the comb.
Saturday, 5 August 2017
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Quick and easy feeder for top bar hives
Quick and easy feeder for top bar hives
There are many ways to feed bees in a top bar hive, and this is a particularly easy and convenient method that incorporates recycling of packaging. Free top bar ...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
KTB hive full of honey but with incorrect top bar width, Nialeya, Guinea
KTB hive full of honey but with incorrect top bar width, Nialeya, Guinea
Here is a KTB hive in a great honey-producing area. It suffers from an extremely common problem here: incorrect top bar width, and lack of a good starter strip or ...
Langstroth vs. Topbar - Part 1, May 29, 2013
Langstroth vs. Topbar - Part 1, May 29, 2013
My initial observations and comparisons between Langstroth and Topbar beehives. All hives were started from Italian packages on April 21, 2013. All of the ...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Why plywood for Top Bars is a bad idea
Why plywood for Top Bars is a bad idea
http://www.learningbeekeeping.com Plywood will delaminate which makes it a terrible material for TBH construction. Learn from my mistakes.
Friday, 28 July 2017
The Parts of a Top Bar Hive - Beekeeping in 60 Seconds
The Parts of a Top Bar Hive - Beekeeping in 60 Seconds
Nathan Beach shows the parts that make up a Top Bar Hive. Find Beekeeping in 60 Seconds: On Facebook: ...
BAREFOOT MAN
BAREFOOT MAN
A Des Moines man is walking to the beat of a different drummer and he's doing it in his bare feet. That's right...Channel Five Eyewitness News reporter, Jay ...
What about the update on the top bar hive?
What about the update on the top bar hive?
www.studiobeeproductions.com Well I finally got a little break to go check on the casket bee box, or my modified top bar hive. There is always a sense of ...
What about the update on the top bar hive? 000
What about the update on the top bar hive? 000
www.studiobeeproductions.com Well I finally got a little break to go check on the casket bee box, or my modified top bar hive. There is always a sense of ...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Top bar hive review - Devon grown redwood
Top bar hive review - Devon grown redwood
A look at a beautifully made top bar hive made by Paul MacDonald. I moved a colony of bees into this hive using an unorthodox method that I had never tried ...
MakerFaire NC 2010: Jimmy Chalmers
MakerFaire NC 2010: Jimmy Chalmers
Interview with Jimmy Chalmers, enthusiastic beekeeper, at MakerFaire NC 2010.
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
BEEKEEPING! My Top bar Hive.
BEEKEEPING! My Top bar Hive.
Watching the entrance to my Top bar hive, IN STUNNING HD! Lol, I talk for a few mins about my new hive, ill have a few inspection videos soon enough!
Bashkir Honey Ancient Wild-Hive Beekeeping
Bashkir Honey Ancient Wild-Hive Beekeeping
How Bashkirs collect best honey in the world and train beekeepers from other countries.
Extracting honey from a top bar hive
Extracting honey from a top bar hive
This video shows you how to extract honey from a top bar hive using a traditional honey extractor.
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
HAMMER® woodworking project "top bar hive" trailer
HAMMER® woodworking project "top bar hive" trailer
What would Tyrol's unique nature be without its busy bees? In the latest HAMMER enthusiast video project, we build our hardworking bee colony a beautiful ...
Sunday, 23 July 2017
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping, Think Beek
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping, Think Beek
Think Beek Urban Beekeeping in the Philippines Natural Beekeeping.
Friday, 21 July 2017
Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping: Wisdom & Pleasure Combined
Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping: Wisdom & Pleasure Combined
Wyatt A. Mangum Topbar Hive book Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping: Wisdom & Pleasure Combined Its 411 pages experience with TBH and excellent photos.
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Top-bar Hive with 1-month old Bee Swarm
Top-bar Hive with 1-month old Bee Swarm
First year beekeeper demonstrating the easy inspection of a top bar hive for anybody else interested in top bar hives or beekeeping in general.
Sunday, 16 July 2017
Colmena kenyan top bar hive
Colmena kenyan top bar hive
Conocida como colmena africana, keniata o colmena horizontal (ktbh) "kenyan top bar hive" Es muy común en varios países de Europa y norteamérica, ...
Monday, 10 July 2017
Beekeeping - My First Kenyan Top Bar Hive - Part Two
Beekeeping - My First Kenyan Top Bar Hive - Part Two
Beekeeping - My first Kenyan top bar hive - Part two. Today I got to combine two of my passions: off grid solar power and beekeeping. I've made some more ...
Sunday, 9 July 2017
top bar hive split and cross comb removal tutorial wmv
top bar hive split and cross comb removal tutorial wmv
In this video Jen Rasmussen of Paradise Nectar Apiaries demonstrates how to split a top bar hive and remove cross comb sections. For more information visit ...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Top Bar Straight Sides Idaho
Top Bar Straight Sides Idaho
Top bar hive With square sides Bee Hive new design. Remove foundation from Langstroth hives . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCPBCdQNgNg.
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Tyson Chandler: Phil Jackson 'Helped Me Out' By Shipping Me to Dallas | TMZ Sports
Tyson Chandler: Phil Jackson 'Helped Me Out' By Shipping Me to Dallas | TMZ Sports
Phoenix Suns star Tyson Chandler says he ain't gonna trash his old boss, Phil Jackson -- telling TMZ Sports the Zen Master "helped me out" by trading him from ...
Monday, 3 July 2017
Dave Goulson and Brigit Strawbridge
Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at Sussex University, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and has published over 200 scientific articles on the ecology of bees and other insects. His published books include Bumblebees; their behaviour, ecology and conservation (2010, Oxford University Press) and A Sting in the Tale (2013, Jonathan Cape), and A Buzz in the Meadow (2017, Vintage Books.
Brigit Strawbridge is a campaigner on behalf of bumblebees and other wild bees and is currently working on her first book.
Our conversation includes ways in which beekeepers can help support other pollinators; the impact of pesticides, habitat loss and diseases on wild bees; the dangers of neonicotinoids, and the current state of bee research.
Recorded at Brimpts Farm on Dartmoor during the Moor Meadows conference on July 1st 2017.
Saturday, 1 July 2017
How to handle combs in a top bar hive
How to handle combs in a top bar hive
Handling comb without support from a frame can be tricky, but using this technique demonstrated by Phil Chandler you can check both sides of a comb quickly ...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Emergency Queen Cell Found ~ Top Bar Hive Inspection One Month After Colony Installation
Emergency Queen Cell Found ~ Top Bar Hive Inspection One Month After Colony Installation
https://www.beepods.com/ This video is about Beepods Top Bar Hive Inspection One Month After Colony Installation.
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
DO BEEKEEPING by Orren Fox
DO BEEKEEPING by Orren Fox
Honey. Drizzled over a slice of fresh bread… or eaten directly from the spoon… is one of life's great pleasures. And with beehives springing up on urban rooftops ...
Sunday, 25 June 2017
KTB hive full of honey but with incorrect top bar width, Nialeya, Guinea
KTB hive full of honey but with incorrect top bar width, Nialeya, Guinea
Here is a KTB hive in a great honey-producing area. It suffers from an extremely common problem here: incorrect top bar width, and lack of a good starter strip or ...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Installing a queen excluder in a top bar hive.
Installing a queen excluder in a top bar hive.
Installing a queen excluder in a top bar hive.
Monday, 19 June 2017
The Gentle Beekeeper - The Queens Whim
The Gentle Beekeeper - The Queens Whim
May 2011 - Swarm Introduction, Absconding, and Recapture/Introduction.
Friday, 16 June 2017
Bellator NYC Media Call Fedor, Mitrione, Chandler, Primus, Davis, and Bader
Bellator NYC Media Call Fedor, Mitrione, Chandler, Primus, Davis, and Bader
Listen in on the Bellator NYC media conference call featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Matt Mitrione, Michael Chandler, Brent Primus, Phil Davis, and Ryan Bader.
First inspection of our new TopBar Bee Hive
First inspection of our new TopBar Bee Hive
The first inspection seven day after we installed the 3 lb package of bees and Queen. I also check the 2 quart feeders to see how they are doing.
Thursday, 15 June 2017
New Top Bar Hive - First Check
New Top Bar Hive - First Check
Last week we migrated the bees from a smaller hive into a larger hive. Let's see how things are going in there. Some cross comb is removed and it looks like ...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
How to Inspect a Top Bar Hive in Summer
How to Inspect a Top Bar Hive in Summer
Last August I was inspecting a TBH. I found the brood nest to be healthy, the queen prolific, I show the egg pattern and then proceed to fix some comb issues.
Bees in danger: the BBKA is owned by BAYER
Bees in danger: the BBKA is owned by BAYER
http://www.britishbeekeeping.com The British Bee Keepers Association endorses pesticides manufactured by Bayer and Syngenta. That's right - the organization ...
Top Bar Hive at Welcombe, Devon
Top Bar Hive at Welcombe, Devon
http://www.biobees.com Those who say that top bar hives are unsuitable for our (UK) climate may like to watch this short video, which shows a top bar hive in ...
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Catching a Swarm of Honeybees
Catching a Swarm of Honeybees
http://www.biobees.com Catching a swarm of bees is not usually difficult if it is within reach. This medium-size swarm was conveniently placed and all I had to do ...
Top Bar Hive transfer
Top Bar Hive transfer
www.studiobeeproductions.com Well, I finally got around to using the TBH that I built in January, and wow, was it fine. Let me know your thoughts as this is all ...
Barrel Top Bar Hive Inspection 1-5-14 - Lakeland, Florida
Barrel Top Bar Hive Inspection 1-5-14 - Lakeland, Florida
I Took advantage a very mild day in January to inspect one of my barrel top bar hives.
Monday, 12 June 2017
Thursday, 8 June 2017
How to use the Morris Board to raise queens
How to use the Morris Board to raise queens
The Morris Board is device that can make the continuous raising of queen bees possible throughout the season. It is not difficult to make, although reasonable ...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Burlington Stop with Phil Chandler - Day 2
Burlington Stop with Phil Chandler - Day 2
Burlington, Ontario Stop with Phil Chandler - Day 2 Freelance caricature artist, cartoonist and illustrator Phil Chandler. http://www.chandlerarts.ca Like, share, ...
Monday, 5 June 2017
Controlling Varroa mites in a top bar hive
Controlling Varroa mites in a top bar hive
This video provides suggestions on controlling Varroa mites in a top bar hive using cultural mechanical control methods.
Saturday, 3 June 2017
Friday, 2 June 2017
Cathedral Hive New Hexagonal Top Bar Hive
Cathedral Hive New Hexagonal Top Bar Hive
The NEW Cathedral Hive! The next evolution in top bar hive design. The Cathedral Hive is designed by Corwin Bell and crafted by BackYardHive.com in ...
Top Bar Hive Mount/Stand
Top Bar Hive Mount/Stand
Here's a great way to mount our Top Bar Hives. The Mount bolts easily to a standard 4 x 4 set in the ground. This stand provides for a clear working area around ...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Top bar hive - treatment free bees
Top bar hive - treatment free bees
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 ...
How to do a quick check on a top bar hive
How to do a quick check on a top bar hive
http://www.biobees.com Phil Chandler - The Barefoot Beekeeper - demonstrates how to do a quick inspection of a top bar hive using his two-follower system.
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Inspection 14 Days After Top Bar Hive Package Install
Inspection 14 Days After Top Bar Hive Package Install
Scott Offord, Beepods --- Top Bar Hive Inspection 14 Days After Package Install https://www.beepods.com.
Sunday, 28 May 2017
New swarm gets moved into the top bar hive nuc
New swarm gets moved into the top bar hive nuc
www.studiobeeproductions.com I got really lucky on this one folks. I wanted to catch a fairly large swarm to put into my TBH nuc and then transfer it when it got ...
Vid1-Newbie Beekeeping Season1.mpg
Vid1-Newbie Beekeeping Season1.mpg
The first season of a newbie beekeeper. Langstoth and Top Bar hives and making your own equipment in preparation for recieving Nucs. Includes some ...
Friday, 26 May 2017
Top Bar Hive Cross Comb PainfulTreatment
Top Bar Hive Cross Comb PainfulTreatment
Hadn't had the right weather to address cross combing, shouldn't have waited on the weather. So many little fatalities. So many things done wrong. Ultimate goal ...
Correcting Crossed comb in a top bar hive...
Correcting Crossed comb in a top bar hive...
This video will show you one way to correct a "whacky wax" problem in your top bar hive - when the bees wander off the bar, and occasionally stick things ...
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
BackYardHive New DVD: Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and The Bee Guardian Methods
BackYardHive New DVD: Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and The Bee Guardian Methods
This is an excerpt from the full length (85 minute) DVD at http://www.backyardhive.com Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and The Bee Guardian ...
Monday, 22 May 2017
Adriatic: A top bar hive inspection
Adriatic: A top bar hive inspection
A middle spring inspection of a top bar hive that is on top of an O'Keefe's Wifi Hive Scale. This colony has been putting on around four pounds per day. Inspected ...
Friday, 19 May 2017
Top Bar Hive Design, No touch Beekeeping
Top Bar Hive Design, No touch Beekeeping
Modular Aquaponics Design and Equipment How the Top Bar Hive Design at MADE Farms works. For No touch Beekeeping. Permapicultura ThinkBeek MADE ...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Inspecting A Top Bar Bee Hive, Will The Bees Swarm?
Inspecting A Top Bar Bee Hive, Will The Bees Swarm?
We are inspecting the bees in our top bar bee hive, as we know that they are about to swarm. They have been building queen cups in preparation so it is time to ...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Top Bar Hive FEEDER
Top Bar Hive FEEDER
This is a feeder that will sit on top of the top bars allowing the bees to access and get gallons of sugar water from one end or pollen and/or dry sugar from the ...
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Transferring Bees to a Top Bar Hive
Transferring Bees to a Top Bar Hive
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 ...
Splitting a top bar hive
Splitting a top bar hive
During the process of splitting one of my top bar hives, I was trying to find the queen to move her to the split. There were lots of drones and workers which makes ...
Saturday, 13 May 2017
Pallet Topbar Beehive
Pallet Topbar Beehive
I am starting a road down beekeeping and I needed some hives. In this video I will show you how I made a Topbar Hive out of pallets you can get for free just ...
Friday, 12 May 2017
True Love-Phil Wickham (with Matt Chandler CJ Mahaney) youtube trim - YouTube2.flv
True Love-Phil Wickham (with Matt Chandler CJ Mahaney) youtube trim - YouTube2.flv
Edited and trimmed video. I do not own this video, just simply trimmed it. It's owned by bball1989. Hope you enjoy! - God Bless.
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Barefoot Organics Bee Swarm 2012
Barefoot Organics Bee Swarm 2012
Since this video, the bees have decided to call this new hive their permanent home.
Saturday, 6 May 2017
Philip Marlowe TV Series "Murder Is A Grave Affair"
Philip Marlowe TV Series "Murder Is A Grave Affair"
Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe became a half hour television series that aired on ABC for 26 episodes in 1959/60 "Murder Is A Grave Affair" was #23.
When Bees Go Bad: splitting and moving a colony in a top bar hive
When Bees Go Bad: splitting and moving a colony in a top bar hive
Sometimes, even good bees go bad. Their owners get fed up of being ambushed and chased down the garden, and the hive just has to go. Here's how we ...
Beekeeping with my Daughter.
Beekeeping with my Daughter.
Beekeeping with my Daughter. Well, this is my first crack at mentoring someone completely new to working bees. This is my eldest daughter's first experience ...
Friday, 5 May 2017
Eco-Floor idea for beehives - try it yourself!
Eco-Floor idea for beehives - try it yourself!
Phil Chandler explains the thinking behind his 'eco-floor' design and demonstrates how to create both an eco-floor and an eco-roof to make the beehive more ...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Chandler's Impressions: Phil and Grant, Eastenders.
Chandler's Impressions: Phil and Grant, Eastenders.
Phil and Grant find themselves in deep trouble after they are paid a visit by one of East end's most notorious villains.
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Homestead Beekeeping: Installing Bees In a Homemade Top Bar Hive
Homestead Beekeeping: Installing Bees In a Homemade Top Bar Hive
We have decided to add bees to our new homestead, and here they are! I have found that they have come into my path sooner than I expected. I am taking my ...
How to Install a Package into a Top Bar Hive
How to Install a Package into a Top Bar Hive
How to Install a Package of Bees into a Top Bar Hive. Learn more at www.beethinking.com.
Extracting honey from a top bar hive
Extracting honey from a top bar hive
This video shows you how to extract honey from a top bar hive using a traditional honey extractor.
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