The magic of urban beekeeping: a backyard San Francisco hive
Perhaps motivated by a drive to prop up the bee populations decimated by colony collapse disorder, beekeeping has become popular in cities worldwide. We visit one San Francisco beekeeper who keeps her hive in a Bernal Heights backyard where she escapes once a week to check on her colony. For Alexandra Danieli, beekeeping is part meditation and part fascination with a magical world of GPS, honing pheromones and group intelligence.
14 Responses to The magic of urban beekeeping: a backyard San Francisco hive
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Great video, I do beekeeping me self 🙂
workwithnature
October 1, 2011 at 4:00 am
NICE NICE NICE VIDEO!
jannassary
October 1, 2011 at 4:31 am
thank you very helpful !
MrChickendog
October 1, 2011 at 4:46 am
It’s nice to see that sometimes the best teachers are the ones that are still learning! 🙂
juniper30
October 1, 2011 at 4:54 am
Thank you kirstendirksen for the reply. I appreciate it.
greatmasterboy
October 1, 2011 at 4:56 am
@greatmasterboy I just shot the video, but I asked “the bee lady”, Alex, and she said : “The bees were ordered through the San Francisco beekeeping society. They help beginners and also advanced beekeepers with resources, meetings, rental equipment and ordering bees. I guess they want to make sure that people know what they’re doing since there is quite a lot to it. Most cities or counties seem to have a bee club or a bee association to help with all that.”
kirstendirksen
October 1, 2011 at 5:29 am
This was a simple yet informative video especially for those who don’t know anything about beekeeping like me. The bee lady seemed very nice too. I suddenly became interested in keeping a beehive.Where did you order your bee package ?
greatmasterboy
October 1, 2011 at 6:02 am
This is a very interesting video you have done a good job with the bees
crossbyfields
October 1, 2011 at 6:31 am
Very nice hobby.
You have a very good colonies of bees here. (maybe they are Buckfast , considering the very fast development of the colony).
You are right about the urban bees in comparison with the country bees. I have 3 beehives in the city of Amsterdam and 2 others in the countryside of Amsterdam. Definitively those in the city go much better than those in the countryside.
I like your video and the accent in your English.
Friendly
Artan
ArtaniAM
October 1, 2011 at 6:36 am
Awesome work both the bee keeper lady and you for filming her.
vention4wh
October 1, 2011 at 6:48 am
this lady was very interesting to listen to and it sounds like she has done her homework very well…. which is quite rare for someone on youtube…. ha ha.
deanznz
October 1, 2011 at 7:04 am
Great job Kirsten!!
alexaa77
October 1, 2011 at 7:57 am
I uploaded a video of bee eating flower nectar that looks exactly like these bees. But, I’m in Florida. I loved this video. Twelve minutes flew by fast.
herozoom
October 1, 2011 at 8:35 am
Another interesting video. We can’t get over how casual and professional your videos are. Her funny “…you don’t want to piss your neighbors off.” probably would have been edited out by most. For some reason it doesn’t seem vulgar here. We feel as if we were really there with you looking at the bees. We’re looking forward to more videos.
TheDenisedrake
October 1, 2011 at 8:46 am