Bee Keeping

[Sean7a]

Made by Hand / No 3 The Beekeeper on Vimeo

A nice video from the "This is made by hand" series.  I've posted a few of their other videos on here before.  This one isn't as great as the others (knife making video is fantastic) but is still well done and also relevant as I know there were some threads a week or two back about creating hives.

 

[davee]

Thanks for posting. An interesting video.

 

[Tinker]

My Dearly Beloved grew up with bees.  On a recent visit to out of state friends, she greatly enjoyed working with our friend who was extracting honey and preserving into containers.  I will show her this vidio just to show her we are not ALL bad.  [popcorn]
Tinker

 

[Vindingo]

Bee keeping is on my list of activities to take up.  I've got chickens and garden going, next will be bees maybe goats... 

I doubt I will move to an over crowded city and get ironic tattoos to start my homestead though. 

 

[tiralie]

I've posted a few of their other videos on here before. 

thanks again for this one.

This one isn't as great as the others (knife making video is fantastic) but is still well done and also relevant as I know there were some threads a week or two back about creating hives.

Agreed. Seemed to be more about bee keeping dogma and lifestyle, rather than the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How story  that made the knife maker so interesting. The story line and the amazing shots, made the knife maker interesting to see over and over...that and his foul language which I can too readily (unfortunately) identify with also made it entertaining.
Tim

 

[Sean7a]

I've posted a few of their other videos on here before. 

thanks again for this one.

This one isn't as great as the others (knife making video is fantastic) but is still well done and also relevant as I know there were some threads a week or two back about creating hives.

Agreed. Seemed to be more about bee keeping dogma and lifestyle, rather than the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How story  that made the knife maker so interesting. The story line and the amazing shots, made the knife maker interesting to see over and over...that and his foul language which I can too readily (unfortunately) identify with also made it entertaining.
Tim

Agree 100% with all statements Tim.  Spot on.

 

[Vindingo]

Agree 100% with all statements Tim.  Spot on.

I'll throw a +1 to that.  Tim sums it up nicely.  

I watched the knife maker one again, and he seems like the kind of guy you'd like to have a (or a few) beer with.  

A lot of what he says resonates with me, as I am sure it does with many others here.    

 

[Sean7a]

Agree 100% with all statements Tim.  Spot on.

I'll throw a +1 to that.  Tim sums it up nicely.  

I watched the knife maker one again, and he seems like the kind of guy you'd like to have a (or a few) beer with.  

A lot of what he says resonates with me, as I am sure it does with many others here.    

Resonates, but also taught me quite a bit.  That man truly is doing what he loves.  Takes a lot of balls.  Sometimes it seems so complex and difficult to go down that path, but it really is so simple to pursue a true passion.  Courage is taht one ingredient that might be the hardest to come by.  Also digesting the fact that you may fall flat on your face, hard.

At the same time he's "blessed" to have figured out what his true passion is in life.  In due time....

 

[ericbuggeln]

Vinny, I didnt know they let hippies in NJ? Eric

 

[jmarkflesher]

I was surprised to see she had top bars in her hives. The smoker makes the bees think forest fire. Knowing they may have to flee they gorge themselves on honey. This makes them more docile. Colony collapse is a big issue. A university in Italy has linked the deaths to a newer chemical put on seed to protect them from rot and from bugs eating the seed. MARK

 

[andvari]

A university in Italy has linked the deaths to a newer chemical put on seed to protect them from rot and from bugs eating the seed. MARK

Imidacloprid is the active ingredient. The problem with that theory is that this particular stuff isn't used in a lot of places that suffer from colony collapse. For example France banned this material in 1999 and still has colony collapse problems.

Ultimately it's going to have to be a combination of factors that accounts for colony collapse - pesticides, parasite, disease, naive bee breeding practices and so on. There might be a Nobel Prize in it for whomever figures out how to stop it.

 

[jmarkflesher]

Andvari, People do not realize that if we loose the bees we can end up in a world wide food shortage. MARK  Where in Central NJ?

 

[Vindingo]

Vinny, I didnt know they let hippies in NJ? Eric

I am an enigma my friend... multifaceted if you will.  I am also moderately offended by your suggestion that I am a hippie.

[tongue]

 

[ericbuggeln]

Vinny, i was just kidding, but you are living of the land and you got that long hair? I see youre eyeing the party pretty hard. Its not that far. You know you want to? Eric

 

[andvari]

Andvari, People do not realize that if we loose the bees we can end up in a world wide food shortage. MARK  Where in Central NJ?

Europe has other problems with their bees too.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/18/us-france-hornets-idUSTRE57H56M20090818

I am not sure about an actual food shortage because grains don't depend on bees for pollination.

However there would be big economic losses and a lot of the foods we are accustomed to would become uneconomic, scarce or more expensive.

Honeybees are not native to North America so all native North American plants can get along without pollination by honeybees.

Central NJ

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