A fellow beek from Poland read my swarm trapping book and built a trap. It caught bees, but under it.
Honey plant blooming during sarm Texas winter
12.10
I was out in a field north of Houston and saw Indian Blanket blooming on Dec 8.
A bee smoker for the third world
11.20
I’ve been working for a while on a design for a smoker that is appropriate for third world beekeeping.
Scorpion and a Commentary
10.29
A new video is put out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCuyJ5qQKY&list=UUndWYkPK3h04-69TmN_ZcNw&index=1&feature=plcp
Covering an inspection with some creepy crawlies and a voice over commentary.
New Video added on Tips and Tricks
09.11
A few interesting tricks learned at the outyard are explained in our new video on tips and tricks.
Beekeeping photography
08.30
The coolest beekeeping photos around! Worth a click. or two. or three. or…hell, I lost an hour here.
Beekeeping Fan Store Added
08.20
So I’ve been wanting to put out some T-shirts that help promote beekeepers in our society. You know – cool shirts beeks would love to where. The problem is, I’m just an engineer and my aesthetic aptitude scores show I’m in the bottom 2% of the nation. I mean hey, you’ve seen the shirts I wear in the videos. Nuff said.
So I want to try to tap into my audience. I’m looking for any artist out there who’s got really cool ideas for a Beekeeping shirt.
Trip to OutYard Video added
06.27
Did an inspection, some honey harvesting, and a bit of repair.
NY Swarms in the news
06.19
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/nyregion/honeybee-swarms-increase-in-nyc-after-mild-spring.html?_r=2&hp
“One swarm covered the side-view mirror of a Volvo station wagon in a lot by the Hudson River, trapping a family of three inside. Another humming cluster the size of a watermelon bent a tree branch in front of a Chase Bank on the Lower East Side, attracting a crowd of gasping onlookers. And for several hours, thousands of bees carpeted a two-foot-tall red standpipe on the patio of a South Street Seaport restaurant, sending would-be outdoor diners elsewhere. “
Free Webinar by Dr Seeley on bee swarming today!
05.16
ForestConnect Webinar Series
How Honeybees Choose a Forest Home
Thomas Seeley, Cornell University
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
May 16, 2012