Thanks to everyone who participated and shared their favorite Christmas/family tradition. I had a great time reading them. I hope you did too. Now it's time to draw names to see who gets a candle...
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Candle Shrinkage Trick - Bee Vlog - Dec 9, 2014
If you're making large candles you will experience shrinkage as the wax cools. There's an easy trick to fixing it without making a mess or a blobby bottom.
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Monday, December 8, 2014
Beeswax Candles - Bee Vlog - Dec 6, 2014
Making 100% beeswax candles from the wax harvested this year.
As a thank you to all my viewers for their part in making this a very fun year and helping the channel grow I'm giving away candles to 3 lucky people. I've also got a few extra candles available for sale at a discount in my shop. See video for details.
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As a thank you to all my viewers for their part in making this a very fun year and helping the channel grow I'm giving away candles to 3 lucky people. I've also got a few extra candles available for sale at a discount in my shop. See video for details.
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Inside a Bee Tree - Bee Vlog - Nov 12, 2014
How do bees cope with freezing temperatures? What advantages do trees have over our man-made hive boxes? In this video we get to take a peek inside a bee tree and see if I can mimic the conditions of a tree.
Paper by Marla Spivak showing benefits of propolis to bees.
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Paper by Marla Spivak showing benefits of propolis to bees.
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Monday, October 27, 2014
Vlogging in the Rain - Bee Vlog - Oct 25, 2014
I got a few questions asking why I would install rain protection for my hives. Well, it rains a lot here. We basically live in a perpetual state of wetness for about 6 months. So anything I can do to reduce water in and on the hives might help with overwintering.
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Hive Entrance Follow-up - Bee Vlog - Oct 18, 2014
I'm really liking the alternative entrances I've been adding to the beehives this year, and it looks like the bees like them as well. The 1" holes seem to give plenty of room for bees to come and go, even in heavy traffic, but remain easy to guard. I'm going to be modifying more hives next year to use this same method.
But there's still more to be learned from this design. This year it's only been used on 1st year hives that are still relatively small. I don't know what to expect on larger hives and during a major nectar flow. I'm interested to see if holes in every box have an effect on how the bees organize the interior of the hive. So those are some of the observations to be made next year.
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If you want to re-watch or catch how this started, here's the start of the modified hive entrance experiment.
But there's still more to be learned from this design. This year it's only been used on 1st year hives that are still relatively small. I don't know what to expect on larger hives and during a major nectar flow. I'm interested to see if holes in every box have an effect on how the bees organize the interior of the hive. So those are some of the observations to be made next year.
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If you want to re-watch or catch how this started, here's the start of the modified hive entrance experiment.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Rain Protection - Bee Vlog - Oct 11, 2014
In an effort to reduce the amount of water in and on the hives this winter, I'm installing a roof over all the hives. It's kind of a small roof. I wish it were a little bigger. But I think it will still be an important addition. Especially for the nucleus hives that don't get much rain protection from the lid.
Pipe performance by my son, David.
Musical selections are (in order):
Seonaidh's Tune
Craig-a-Bodich
A Cup of Tea
All Tied Up
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Pipe performance by my son, David.
Musical selections are (in order):
Seonaidh's Tune
Craig-a-Bodich
A Cup of Tea
All Tied Up
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