Pete and Mim demonstrate an alternative honey harvest using our top bar hive.
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7 Responses to Barefoot Beekeeper Honey Harvest
I dont like to use smoke because it actually terrifies the bees because
they think it is a fire. They dont really get pacified at all in fact they
are in panic so they try to protect the inner hive and dont fly. We tried
to remove them with a gentle brush and they didnt seem to get hurt. We only
took a little honey so hopefully there didnt mind!
AwakenedLifeProject
December 4, 2013 at 4:32 am Reply
Personally i’d sweep back in to the hive, but the queen is quite unlikely
to be hanging around on capped honey.
@AwakenedLifeProject Thanks for the answer! I am new to the topic but
definately interested in it as well as in permaculture and community
living. I saw your website and felt in tune with your philosophy and ideas.
I am a frequent visitor to benfeita area as a part of my family comes from
there (although I live in Lisbon now), so it would be a pleasure to meet
you and your project in person sometime! Wish you the best!
Hi Fernando, You are very welcome to come for a visit when you are in the
area. Just send me and email or give us a call a few days before. Pete
AwakenedLifeProject
December 4, 2013 at 6:15 am Reply
Good to know that you are engaging in organic beekeeping and leave enough
honey for their winter but I have to ask: why you didn’t use smoke to scare
the bees away instead of removing them mechanically. It seemed that it was
a bit aggressive to them
I dont like to use smoke because it actually terrifies the bees because
they think it is a fire. They dont really get pacified at all in fact they
are in panic so they try to protect the inner hive and dont fly. We tried
to remove them with a gentle brush and they didnt seem to get hurt. We only
took a little honey so hopefully there didnt mind!
AwakenedLifeProject
December 4, 2013 at 4:32 am
Personally i’d sweep back in to the hive, but the queen is quite unlikely
to be hanging around on capped honey.
Michael O. Cox
December 4, 2013 at 5:23 am
How can you be sure you didn’t brush the queen off the comb away from the
hive?
JLEADPIPE
December 4, 2013 at 5:30 am
@AwakenedLifeProject Thanks for the answer! I am new to the topic but
definately interested in it as well as in permaculture and community
living. I saw your website and felt in tune with your philosophy and ideas.
I am a frequent visitor to benfeita area as a part of my family comes from
there (although I live in Lisbon now), so it would be a pleasure to meet
you and your project in person sometime! Wish you the best!
Fernando Sousa
December 4, 2013 at 6:11 am
Hi Fernando, You are very welcome to come for a visit when you are in the
area. Just send me and email or give us a call a few days before. Pete
AwakenedLifeProject
December 4, 2013 at 6:15 am
Good to know that you are engaging in organic beekeeping and leave enough
honey for their winter but I have to ask: why you didn’t use smoke to scare
the bees away instead of removing them mechanically. It seemed that it was
a bit aggressive to them
Fernando Sousa
December 4, 2013 at 6:43 am
I was wondering the same thing…If he is going to use a brush instead of
smoke, why not brush them back into the hive instead of into the ground?!?
comfortouch
December 4, 2013 at 7:41 am