June 28, 2012 - Hotel a Abeilles - Page 3

Griff · 06-29-2012, 09:23 AM

Great find CaliMama! Imma add this to the list of things I'll never get done but oughta.

orthodoc · 06-29-2012, 09:07 PM

Thanks, Adak! I hadn't known about solitary bees; I was only aware of the communal type. If/when I get my rural property, I'm going to build one of those bee hotels.

ZenGum · 06-29-2012, 11:37 PM

Adak, that's so informative, I'm going to forgive your apostrophe abuse.

sandypossum · 06-30-2012, 09:26 PM

Last week I saw an item on Gardening Australia about making a smaller version of this. I'd like to have a crack at making something halfway between the two versions.

This year we also got a top bar hive (after reading about Phil Chandler's "Barefoot Beekeeping") and are keen to get our first bees into it in a few months once spring arrives. The usual way of beekeeping seemed too complex for me, and too much equipment, especially for extraction. I like the way the Barefoot Beekeeping encourages everyone to do it, with minimal equipment, and we're planning to extract by just breaking up a comb at a time in muslin, so no equipment there either.

06-29-2012, 09:23 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Great find CaliMama! Imma add this to the list of things I'll never get done but oughta. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-29-2012, 09:07 PM	#2
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thanks, Adak! I hadn't known about solitary bees; I was only aware of the communal type. If/when I get my rural property, I'm going to build one of those bee hotels. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

06-29-2012, 11:37 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Adak, that's so informative, I'm going to forgive your apostrophe abuse. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-30-2012, 09:26 PM	#4
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	Last week I saw an item on Gardening Australia about making a smaller version of this. I'd like to have a crack at making something halfway between the two versions. This year we also got a top bar hive (after reading about Phil Chandler's "Barefoot Beekeeping") and are keen to get our first bees into it in a few months once spring arrives. The usual way of beekeeping seemed too complex for me, and too much equipment, especially for extraction. I like the way the Barefoot Beekeeping encourages everyone to do it, with minimal equipment, and we're planning to extract by just breaking up a comb at a time in muslin, so no equipment there either. __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

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