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beekeeper on board
Hi all,
My main interest is 'natural beekeeping' and I hope some of you will think about taking up the art of bee-herding this year. I'm happy to offer what I can in the way of advice to those who do.
My main interest is 'natural beekeeping' and I hope some of you will think about taking up the art of bee-herding this year. I'm happy to offer what I can in the way of advice to those who do.
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A big welcome :flower:
polgara- Posts : 3028
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Welcome Boibee
Bees in my back 40 would be awesome, but not likely to happen this year unless I lease a spot in my back meadow to one of the local keepers
Bees in my back 40 would be awesome, but not likely to happen this year unless I lease a spot in my back meadow to one of the local keepers
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Hurrah, hello biobee! Glad you could make it!
Compostwoman- Posts : 5688
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Hello
I'll definitely be picking your brains. I'm very interested in starting beekeeping
I'll definitely be picking your brains. I'm very interested in starting beekeeping
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Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:Hi biobee, welcome aboard.
What exactly do you mean by 'natural beekeeping'?
Good question.
The name is, of course, a paradox, which a teacher of mine once defined as 'a truth standing on its head in order to draw attention to itself'.
Beekeeping is not a 'natural' activity, as bees are wild creatures and have no need of humans: mostly we just get in their way. 'Modern' (i.e. 19th century) beekeeping really gets in their way, with its rectangular frames and pre-cast foundation - and beekeepers who delight in shuffling their combs in all sorts of ways that the bees don't approve of.
'Natural beekeeping' is a movement towards providing homes for bees that don't get in their way, but instead offer opportunities to build comb as the bees choose.
We aim to:
- enable bees to build natural comb
- allow bees to find their own balance between drone and worker numbers
- interfere in their lives as little as possible, while recognizing that the act of 'beekeeping' is more than just 'bee having'
- avoid the use of synthetic chemicals and medications
- harvest only what the bees can afford to do without
That sort of thing.
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Hmmm, I guess that makes me a 'Modern' beekeeper then, although, square frames aside, I pretty much leave them to their own devices. Lesbian nudists sunbathing in the flightpath is the thing that gets in the way of our bees most. Actually no, I presume feeding them sugar is not part of the natural method either (the bees I mean, not the lesbian nudists).
Not that I disagree with your approach - we became beekeepers semi-by accident so just bumbled along with what we gleaned along the way, which I guess is more the conventional/modern method because that's what you pick up from books and internet etc.
Would be interested to hear some more about the theory and practice of natural keeping. Perhaps we could prevail upon you to do a little writeup at some point? Maybe even some pictures?
Not that I disagree with your approach - we became beekeepers semi-by accident so just bumbled along with what we gleaned along the way, which I guess is more the conventional/modern method because that's what you pick up from books and internet etc.
Would be interested to hear some more about the theory and practice of natural keeping. Perhaps we could prevail upon you to do a little writeup at some point? Maybe even some pictures?
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Welcome,
This sounds very interesting, I will be waiting to hear more on this.
Karyn
This sounds very interesting, I will be waiting to hear more on this.
Karyn
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Welcome,
I have never heard of this either.
I have never heard of this either.
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Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:Lesbian nudists sunbathing in the flightpath is the thing that gets in the way of our bees most.
Ah, that old problem!
Actually no, I presume feeding them sugar is not part of the natural method either (the bees I mean, not the lesbian nudists).
We only feed sugar when necessary to avoid starvation. Having said that, pure, refined cane sugar is a reasonable approximation to nectar, so I don't think it does any real harm if used in moderation.
Would be interested to hear some more about the theory and practice of natural keeping. Perhaps we could prevail upon you to do a little writeup at some point? Maybe even some pictures?
I can do that. Meanwhile, there is a lot of free stuff on my site at www.biobees.com
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This is really interesting, could you start a thread in the relevant section perhaps to continue?
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Welcome biobee
vwalker99999- Posts : 181
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Thanks for the welcome, everyone. I will post something in the 'birds & bees' section.
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Hi Biobee!
We are the opposite of Billy - when we intended to set up bee keeping it was a year when about half of all the colonies where lost in our area so there was no spare...so having a new approach is very interesting.
Hope to hear lots more
We are the opposite of Billy - when we intended to set up bee keeping it was a year when about half of all the colonies where lost in our area so there was no spare...so having a new approach is very interesting.
Hope to hear lots more
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Hi Biobee and a very late but warm welcome to you.
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