Expert beekeeping tips with Robin Dartington
One of the great features of the Beehaus is that you can divide a strong colony in the Spring to stop them from swarming. In this film, expert bee keeper Robin Dartington takes us through his Beehaus where he did just that. We look through both sides of the Beehaus to find out if the artificial swarm has worked and if the new colony has produced a new Queen. As he’s inspecting, Robin show’s us some of his tips and tricks such as lifting and turning frames with ease, how to clear bees off the comb and marking a queen.
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Alan c silverio
January 2, 2013 at 3:52 pm
dividing a colony is not a form of swarm control never has been and never will so its rubbish to say it is and very misleading to say so.
alpacatrekker
January 2, 2013 at 4:41 pm
useless rubber gloves 🙂
hionutz82
January 2, 2013 at 5:18 pm
Great Video.I just set up a new beekeepers forum. Join now at beekeepersforum . com
William Walker
January 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Smaller bees don’t get tracheal mite.
They’re also more natural. Large bees are man-made. A natural colony, given enough vertical space, will produce comb with different size cells and produce different sized bees depending upon the requirements of the hive…apprently.
Check out Oscar Peronne’s hive and the discussions at biobees dot com forums.
RayMerrell68
January 2, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Loved watching this, very good, although the beehive is totally different to what we use in Oz.
deer4tony
January 2, 2013 at 6:35 pm
very interesting. good vid.
I made some videos on bee pollen as I’m a beekeeper in mississippi
WallsBeeMan
January 2, 2013 at 7:34 pm
they just make little cups at the bottom of the brood frames in case they have to make a new queen, it’s perfectly normal..unless there is an egg in it. Now if this was an opened queen cell it would have a rough rim, from it being chewed open, so the queen could escape.
Jeremy Mizak
January 2, 2013 at 8:05 pm
Queen cell at 9:24 anyone?
Rob Gallagher
January 2, 2013 at 8:42 pm
i found a bunch of honey bees in a LOG! now i need a hive to put them in! preserve the bees! no more CCD!
Leiflton
January 2, 2013 at 9:27 pm
potrebbe essere molto interessante e istruttivo se fosse parlato in italiano.
luigi47ful
January 2, 2013 at 9:34 pm
That guy sounds like Richard Dawkins.
pseizure2000
January 2, 2013 at 10:01 pm
10:12 Bee murderer!!! jk, jk. Thats the hardest part for me, knowing that there is going to be casualties to do what needs to be done
seanpinoobers
January 2, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Your bees appear to me to be larger bees. I hate to see the tiny bees over here in the U.S. Are the English trying to downsize the bees to teeny tiny bees?? So sad to see these too- small bees working my apple tree. What is your opinion on smaller bees? I hate them. What do you think the advantage is to have smaller bees?
Loved the vid and hope to see more!
Joyouslife1943
January 2, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Very informative. Thank you
billshade08
January 2, 2013 at 11:50 pm
good aussie hive tool
smelmore
January 3, 2013 at 12:28 am
Excellent Video!!!
virginiawolf88
January 3, 2013 at 12:49 am
LOVE THE HIVE AND THE HONEY BOXES TOO. FORGET US ENGLISH HAD ENOUGH OF HEARING ‘SUPERS’ I’M ALL FOR HONEY BOXES…JOLLY GOOD
jannassary
January 3, 2013 at 1:30 am
bees of the future
918EV
January 3, 2013 at 1:53 am
great video , i love it . please post more
Riversland6544
January 3, 2013 at 2:08 am