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Serg wrpote: "Here are the pictures of Bashkir bortniks working and construction of artificial tree cavities for you:" A fascinating post, Serg. I can picture...
Bernhard wrote: "You harvest the whole comb top to bottom. " So this is equivalent to Warré's pioneering method (méthode héroïque) ? You drive out the bees...
... I can see this now. A bandsaw is similar and has the same deficiency, esp when pushed for rapidity, which is how a bucksaw is used. And a miter saw has a...
Hi Bernhard! I agree with John - taking combs out of the hollow trees is messy, hard job, very stressful for bees and needed severe smoking. Nikolay Vitvitsky...
Hi John, the process you describe is your experience, but not the tree hive harvest experience. First you drive some of the bees out by smoking them lightely, ...
Hi Bernhard, "When harvesting all the comb, or let's say every year one half of the comb, comb renewal is done without cutting and nadiring anything. All you...
Hi Bernhard- ... I'm trying to picture what you are describing, but all I can see is huge carnage. Complete messes, with thousands of bees drowning in...
Andrew wrote: "It is interesting that your comments seem to indicate bridging (burr comb) between levels, while John and Bernhard claimed that they see no such...
Ok, it seems to be the case that prolonged hatching of bees has severe effects on bees through varroa production. See this chart what happens, if you start a...
Hi David, It is interesting that your comments seem to indicate bridging (burr comb) between levels, while John and Bernhard claimed that they see no such...
Andrew: "As for squeezing honey with hands, It may indeed work well. I am somewhat reluctant to recommend it to the wider population though, as it seems...
Bernhard wrote: "There are two or three other beekeeper in Australia keeping bees in Warre' - they are at the Gold Coast and further up North." I know of Tim...
I thought the following abstract might be of interest. Journal of Economic Entomology Published by: Entomological Society of America Journal of Economic...
Andrew qrote: "Some recommend covering bar tops with oil to prevent bees building bridges between boxes. Did it work for you?" I coat the tops of my top bars...
Burr comb is no problem, except when cleaning the top bars for the next install. I have been using wire to cut between the boxes with no problems so far. Quite...
John, One more question to you, if I may. What is your recommended technique of feeding sticky wax chunks back to the bees - any do's and, most importantly,...
Hello John, Many thanks for replying. I am fully aware that convincing "infidels" will be the biggest challenge. This is why I want to cover all the...
Hi Bernhard, Many thanks for the reply. I appreciate the good news that the combs do not get attached to the bars below. I am just setting the first three...
Hello Andrew, ... " The bees leave a gap between the bottom of combs and topbars of the next box. The edge of boxes are stuck with propolis but no problem for...
Hi John, I wouldn't bother cutting the trunks into pieces. I know there is some idea behind the nadiring, especially comb renewal. But why not harvesting all...
... I didn't need any tool to seperate the boxes. There is no bridge which doesn't get separated by a twist. Don't oil the topbars, this would be an ugly mess!...
Hi guys, I would like to promote biological (natural) beekeeping in my neck of the woods (Victoria, Australia). However, I want to try and be happy with...
John, ask the city if you can harvest those logs, then go RENT a chainsaw, or find someone that'll either let theirs to borrow, or buck up sections for you....
Hi Bill- Hi Bill- ... firewood logs) then completes the task. I think a crosscut saw ... I've tried this, with very poor results. The buck saw cuts through...
Hi Serg- ... obtain flat edges of pyramidal elements. I didn't know about the method of rubbering them with sand paper on a flat board then. >Vitvitsky advised...
Make your self a large miter box. A large bucksaw (as used for firewood logs) then completes the task. I think a crosscut saw would just get the teeth fouled...
When I made elements of Vitvitsky hive, which have form of truncated pyramids, their edges where very uneven. I tried to plane them with electric and hand...
