Insulated Inner Cover Beekeeping 101 GF video
All the hives we have lost have been in the late winter – early spring due to condensation. This year I am determined to eliminate condensation from our hives. Here is a beginning…
Preparing Beehives for Winter
Winter is coming. Just before the October storm that dumped 20″ of snow here, I went out to our two beeyards and got the beehives ready for winter. The biggest danger to beehives…
Hive Crashes & Roundabouts : GardenFork Radio
One of Eric’s beehives crashes, and then we segue to traffic roundabouts, which reduce car crashes. Then Near Space cameras and a DIY Broiler Fired pizza oven from Mike Senese. We hope to get Mike to Skype into the show soon. Call with your questions or comments: 860-740-6938
Bearproofing your beehives with a bear proof electric fence
We are going to start a second beeyard at another farm. We wanted to have a second beeyard as a hedge against the chance that a bear will destroy our existing hives.
Our hives in their current location are surrounded by a traditional electric fence, three strands, and is part of a larger electric fence to keep beef cattle in their pasture. Bill, who owns the farm where our hives are, thinks the local bears are already aware of his electric fence, and have not tried to get to our beehives.
Done Is Better Than Perfect : GardenFork Radio
This episode of GardenFork Radio takes its title from a Tweet posted by Nichelle Stephens of Cupcakes Take The Cake cupcake blog. It pretty much sums up the GardenFork mindset. Monica, our BBQ and Food Safety Correspondent, joins us for an hour of mosquitos, mosquitos, tomato hornworms, roadfood.com, a bear proof electric fence for beehives, and Eric shares fish with Brancaccio’s Food Shop, a great italian food place in Kensington, Brooklyn
Beehive lost to nosema?
I went over to a friend’s house yesterday to find he had lost a hive recently. There were few dead bees in the hive, but here was a ton of what I think…
How to move a Beehive : GardenFork.TV Beginning Beekeeping
We decided to move one of our beehives, and learned how to move a beehive, and now we’ll show you how we moved the beehive. ( that’s a lot of Beehives ) BUT,…
