Worldwide Beekeeping

Beekeeping => TBH, Warre, and Other Alternative Hives => Topic started by: iddee on January 19, 2022, 05:03:42 am

Title: A REAL alternative hive.......
Post by: iddee on January 19, 2022, 05:03:42 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItlOFLTUAs

 :o :o :o

Title: Re: A REAL alternative hive.......
Post by: efmesch on October 29, 2024, 02:03:39 pm

This fellow deserves an award for originality.   BUT I think his method of beekeeping enters the field of being too good to be true.  Re-cycling plastic bottles is great, but in a cold climate like that of St. Petersburg I wonder how many bottles are lost from cracking of frozen plastic.  How many hives can one manage with all the one-use hives needing replacement on an annual basis?  How many beekeepers have the equipment and and the skills  to do all of the construction involved?  I think that his lack of concern for loss due to Varroa is due to the constant replacement of equipment.  His management methods keep the varroa from building up a population that can reach damaging levels.

But he has the real spirit of a beekeeper who loves bees.  It is people who share his interest in bees who inspire others.