Beekeeping Videos
Updated: 30th April 2021
Books are great, but it's always great to see things in action, especially when you're learning a new skill or looking for tips - and this applies to beekeeping too!
8 Short Beekeeping Videos Sharing Handy Tips
Here are 8 short and useful beekeeping videos offering tips on techniques for things like inspecting a
hive, building Varroa mite out of the bee hive, useful beekeeping tools,
swarm catching, and converting from frame to top bar hives.
7 of these videos were created by beekeeping guru, Phil Chandler.
Video 1: Handy pocket-beekeeping tools
....including a great idea for an icing/powdered sugar puffer.
Video 2: How to catch a honey bee
swarm
Video 3: Varroa Dusting And Top Bar bee hive check
Read more about Varroa, including natural treatments.
Videos 4, 5 & 6: how to convert from a framed bee hive to a top bar hive
Bees naturally build their honey combs downwards.
Top Bar hives allow for this natural behaviour.
These next beekeeping videos demonstrate how to convert from a framed bee hive to a top bar hive.
The 'chop and crop' technique is used to ensure minimal disturbance to the bees.
When transferring bees from a Dadant beehive, to a Top Bar bee hive, such a task is best performed during the first half of the season.
Video 7: How to check up on a top bar bee hive
Video 8: Two queens in a hive and supersedure
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