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BEEKEEPING - Learning and teaching

Interview with John Phipps, the editor of The Beekeepers Quarterly

 

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Old stone bee hives. This is the back of the hives. The swarms were put
in the back and closed in with a stone. A small entrance is at the front of
each hive. Honey crops were small - about 0.5 kg and the bees frequently
swarmed as the hives were small.

An apiary in Germany

An apiary in Germany: skeps

A Cottage Hive. These hives had double walls on two sides of the hive only. I made this one and three others for a woodworking project. All the timber was from old doors.
 

An old apiary. The hives have double walls and are difficult to move and involve a lot of work. They also need a lot of maintainance. The hives use British Standard frames with 10 in each brood box.
 

 

Harvesting honey - honey usually removed during the day when the bees are flying by shaking or brushing bees off the combs


 

part 1 (editorial work, BKQ magazine)

part 2 (beekeeping in Greece)

part 3 (beekeeping in UK, working with children)

part 4

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