Sunday 31 December 2017

The Top Bar Hive: key features and benefits

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...

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

Making straight comb

Making straight comb
making straight comb and manipulating your top bar hive.

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

My Topbar Hive

My Topbar Hive
My most successful beehive has nothing to do with how it looks.

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

Walking around my apartment barefoot

Walking around my apartment barefoot
Sorry for no videos I'm working on it!!

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.

 


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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

Progress on Improved Top Bar Hive Design - Artisan Apiary Project

Progress on Improved Top Bar Hive Design - Artisan Apiary Project
via YouTube Capture.

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% ...

Moon Festival 2017

Moon Festival 2017

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

Barefoot and Pregnant with a 44 mag

Barefoot and Pregnant with a 44 mag
Barefoot and Pregnant with a 44 mag.

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

Honey Harvest Summer 2016

Honey Harvest Summer 2016

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

Backyard beekeeping

Backyard beekeeping
Backyard beekeepers are preparing their hives for winter.

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 ...

Pulling Honey From A Top Bar Hive

Pulling Honey From A Top Bar Hive
Removing honey from a top bar hive.

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

Les Crowder - Top Bar Hives Talk - Part 3

Les Crowder - Top Bar Hives Talk - Part 3
Les Crowder - Top Bar Hives Talk - Part 3.

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

Top bar hive

Top bar hive
Top bar hive with varroah mesh and viewing window in Ireland.

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

Mr. Eds' honey harvest 2014

Mr. Eds' honey harvest 2014
Honey harvest.

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

My review and explanation of the Nicot queen rearing system https://youtu.be/ZO9u9T8li-Q

Thursday 3 August 2017

Introducing Bees to a Top Bar Hive

Introducing Bees to a Top Bar Hive

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

Barefoot Organics Bee Swarm

Barefoot Organics Bee Swarm
June 1 2012: first swarm at the farm!

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.

Beekeeping 01

Beekeeping 01
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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.

My Kenya Top-Bar Hive 2017

My Kenya Top-Bar Hive 2017
A quick look at my Kenya Top-Bar Hive, May 1st, 2017.

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.

 


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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

Telarus XO Event Featuring Phil Chandler

Telarus XO Event Featuring Phil Chandler
More info: http://www.telarus.com/staff.html.

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.

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

Dr phil show with chandler and josh

Dr phil show with chandler and josh
Haha.

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 ...

bee keepers sea change (1).avi

bee keepers sea change (1).avi
bee keepers sea change.

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.