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The final video in a series of six on how to build a Kenya top bar hive. This video covers the construction of the lid. By the end of this video one should be able to easily build a Kenya top bar hive. Cast: DavesBees
This video shows how to finish the body of the hive. We drill the entrance holes, add the screen to the bottom, trim follower boards, and attach the legs. At this point bees can go in the hive with any waterproof cover over the top bars. In Part 6 we will make a fitted cover. Cast: DavesBees
This video is a continuation of Part 3 and is a just about 8 minutes long. We drill the legs and use one as a pattern for the other three. That pattern is also used to drill the ends of the hive. Lastly we attach the ends of the hive. Cast: DavesBees
Do you know where your bees are….I do. Mine are on coltsfoot and snowdrops as of March 16 2010. Then I bought 5 Heathers and brought them home and by noon the next day; also March 16 2010 the bees found it! See for yourself. Dave’s Bees Working on Mediterranean Pink Heather – Erica x darleyensis Cast: DavesBees
This is the first in a series of videos on how to build the Kenya top bar hive. In this video we will make a couple of different top bars. Cast: DavesBees
In this video we measure and drill the hive ends and cut the legs for the hive. The video ends a little abruptly but will pick up again in Part 4 Cast: DavesBees
The second in a series of videos on building a Kenya top bar hive. Based on free plans available for download at biobees. This video will show you how to build the follower boards. The follower boards are used as a jig for building the hive. Cast: DavesBees
The first in a series of videos on building a Kenya top bar hive. Based on free plans available for download at biobees. This first video will show you how to build the top bars. Cast: DavesBees
Yes you can build a simple mason bee block at home. I used a 2" by 6", but the wood scraps you use can be just about anything that is 4" to 6" thick. Cast: DavesBees
Watch the hole on the left, that is where the action is. The big fat bees are the drones and their services are no longer needed this season so the girls throw them out. The drones just lie around the hive and eat; contributing nothing to the hive as it builds up for winter. In the spring the queen starts laying drone eggs again when the colony can afford to feed them. Oh by the way they can't feed themselves either and depend on the girls for that as well. Cast: DavesBees
I use scraps from making the top bars as spacers between the topbars and a piece of plywood that is under the hive cover. Cast: DavesBees
Honeybees foraging on Ohio goldenrod. You can see the bees working frantically on this late summer flower. Watch for bees with tattered wings, many folks don’t know the bees actually work themselves to death. Once their wings are too damaged to fly and carry supplies back to the hive they are done. I apologize for the annoying intermittent noise (my cheap tripod) but I enjoyed the ambient sounds. Cast: DavesBees
The is a colony of honey bees that I found by bee lining. I sat in the flowers they were working on and got the line they were leaving on. I was standing under the tree looking further on when I heard them overhead. Cast: DavesBees
These are frames I build for my KTBHs and I call them Rescue Bars. Originally designed for cut outs they work well for feeders as well. The Wire seen in the video could be removed since the bees have attached the comb all the way around. Cast: DavesBees |
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