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    FREE Bees! How to capture and hive a swarm of honey bees
    We need a hive box, pruning snip, a pruning saw, and a sugar syrup that is 50% sugar and 50% water. Spray the syrup on the bees. The sugar water cools them down gives them some nourishment as well as makes them heavier. This makes them fall easily when we shake the branch. Spray the […]
    Duration: 16:03:00
    Rendering Beeswax from honeycomb
    Take your honeycombs and crush them using your hands to release the honey from the cells and sieve the honey using the sieve device, to separate the honey from the honeycomb. This honey is not good for human consumption since it has been in the hive for long. it’s left so that bees can take […]
    Duration: 05:58:00
    Introducing a bee swarm to a Kenyan Top Bar Hive
    Prepare the beehive: Make sure the new beehive is clean and ready to accommodate the swarm. Remove any debris or old honeycomb from the hive. To Introduce a honeycomb,  provide the bees with a familiar scent, and place an old honeycomb inside the hive. This will help the bees recognize the hive as a suitable […]
    Duration: 04:08:00
    Hexagonal honey comb from a Cathedral Hive | Natural Beekeeping
    To change a cathedral hive to a hexagonal honeycomb, the process involves adding top bars between the existing bars. This allows for the construction of hexagonal cells by the honeybees. The transformation typically takes around two months. The addition of top bars is done strategically. New bars are inserted in the front of the hive, […]
    Duration: 09:12:00
    Giant hornet vs Japanese honeybees. Hot defensive bee ball.
    The giant hornet holds the title of being the world’s largest hornet. In orchestrated attacks, they target honeybee colonies, pillaging the hive of its pupae, larvae, and honey. In Japan, two honeybee species coexist the imported Western honeybee and the native Japanese honeybee. Unfortunately, the Western honeybee lacks effective defenses against the giant hornet. Merely […]
    Duration: 06:21:00
    Capturing Japanese giant hornets with a glue sheet
    In the wild, Japanese honeybees typically nest in spacious cavities, such as hollow trees, in order to build their nests. However, in this particular case, this colony has chosen to settle between these large rocks since last year. During a recent visit, it was observed that the colony was thriving. However, the current situation has […]
    Duration: 08:59:00
    Cutting the honeycomb to extract honey. Apis cerana japonica
    Traditional Japanese beekeepers use a pile box hive which is frameless hence favoring the use of traditional methods rather than a centrifuge extractor. The honey box is placed in a big plastic container with a lid, inside the container there is a 6.5cm tall stainless steel stand that allows honey to drop into the container […]
    Duration: 11:53:00
    Squeezing remaining honey in combs. Apis cerana japonica
    Japan has two kinds of honey bees, the imported Western bee, and the native Japanese honey bee but they keep native Japanese honey bees in a traditional Japanese beehive known as a pile box hive. After getting 70% of the honey by the dripping method, the remaining 30% is acquired by squeezing honey out of the combs. […]
    Duration: 11:29:00
    Summertime honey extraction, Traditional Japanese beekeeping, Apis cerana japonica.
    Usually, there is no honey to extract during winter because the bees have consumed honey, and need to replenish the supply in the spring and summer. However, this colony is very strong, standing at already six boxes high. The lower boxes are used to raise the brood and the top boxes store honey. Remove the […]
    Duration: 08:24:00
    INSIDE THE APIARY | How to Harvest 90 pounds of PURE GOLD Honey
    When managing multiple beehives, it is advisable for a bee farmer to paint each hive in different colors to prevent bee drifting. Bee drifting occurs when bees unintentionally enter other hives because they are unable to distinguish their own hive from others of the same color. In cases of bee drifting, bees from foreign hives […]
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