Hornets: last check on their nest in the top bar hive

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

End of the hornets' season

Video length: 7:17
Category: Pets & Animals
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At the Hive Entrance

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

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 you can find clues as to whether you may need to open the hive to check further.

Video length: 4:30
Category: Pets & Animals
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How to Check Brood in a Top Bar Hive

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

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

Warre hive plans here - https://tinyurl.com/warrehiveplans

Video length: 4:25
Category: Pets & Animals
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How to Help Bees Defend Themselves Against Wasps

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

I was asked to look at this hive, which was suffering from wasp attack. Here's what I found and what I did to help them defend themselves. See also the 'periscope entrance', which seems to be an effective deterrent against wasps and hornets.

Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.com

Warre hive plans here - https://tinyurl.com/warrehiveplans

Video length: 8:15
Category: Pets & Animals
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Transferring Bees to a Top Bar Hive

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

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.

Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.com

Warre hive plans here - https://tinyurl.com/warrehiveplans

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Video length: 15:54
Category: Entertainment
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How to Catch a Swarm of Bees: Part I - taking the swarm

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Channel: Phil Chandler - Barefoot Beekeeper  

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.

Free top bar hive plans here - http://biobees.com

Warre hive plans here - https://tinyurl.com/warrehiveplans

Join our FREE Natural Beekeeping Forum - http://biobees.com/forum

Video length: 8:03
Category: Pets & Animals
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Installing a Five-Pound Bee Package in a Top-Bar Hive Seen from Inside the Hive

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Channel: Wyatt Mangum WAM  

Here I am installing a package in a top bar hive with the camera inside the hive. Now you can see how the bees form their cluster like a bee in the hive. Segments of the video show the bees clustering until the next morning. (The bees roar load going in the hive, but that will quit.)
My top bar apiaries can be seen at TBHSbyWAM.com with the link there or search 200 top bar hives.

Video length: 4:14
Category: Howto & Style
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