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Stingless Bee Intermediate – Natural hive duplication 2

Bee Intermediate, Hive duplicationBy Nicholas PowellOctober 19, 20167 Comments

Stingless Bee Intermediate  Natural hive duplication 2     Hive duplication is something I have always been interested in. The ability to make a new hive from an existing one means you can use any hive box to start your new colony in. The support offered by the mother colony means your new hive will…

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Stingless Bee Intermediate – Hive split

Bee Intermediate, Hive splitBy Nicholas PowellOctober 19, 2016

Stingless Bee Intermediate – Hive split Performing a hive split is not something that I do often. However, it is an important thing to know how to do successfully. An unsuccessful hive split with leave you with one of two things. A) A hive that appears to be working for the first 3-6 months and…

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Stingless Bee Intermediate – Building a Hive

Bee Intermediate, Building HiveBy Nicholas PowellOctober 19, 2016

Stingless Bee Intermediate – Building a Hive   Building a hive is a great thing to do when working with stingless bees.  The satisfaction of housing bees in something you have created is wonderful.   This video is about building the hive I am currently using for my bees. I normally start bees off in…

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Stingless Bee Intermediate – Removing Brood

Bee Intermediate, removing broodBy Nicholas PowellOctober 19, 20168 Comments

Stingless Bee Intermediate – Removing Brood Removing brood Removing brood from stingless bee hives can be a useful tool for many reasons. It can be used for transfers, boosting hives, making new colonies with the help of existing colonies and of course swarm capture. Removing brood from hives can be difficult to do without causing…

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Stingless Bee Intermediate – Solar wax melter

Bee Intermediate, Solar wax melterBy Nicholas PowellOctober 19, 2016

Stingless Bee Intermediate – Solar wax melter Solar wax melter Making a solar wax melter isn’t something every stingless bee keeper is going to want to do, however, I have found it to be super useful for collecting and recycling wax. In this video you will see how you can build your own. Solar wax…

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Stingless Bee Basics- Boxes

Bee basics, Boxes/hivesBy Nicholas PowellOctober 14, 20163 Comments

Stingless Bee Basics- Boxes   I thought I would put together some videos to help stingless bee keepers who are starting out answer questions they might have. Feel free to post questions below so I can get an idea what people want to know.   The first video is on a couple of box designs…

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Stingless bee basics- Types of stingless bees

Bee basics, Types of stingless beeBy Nicholas PowellOctober 14, 2016

Stingless bee basics- Types of stingless bees Types of stingless bees most commonly kept One thing people might want to see is a few of the types of bees that people keep in boxes. Have a look in the video below as Dean Haley takes us for a tour inside some of his hives.  …

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Stingless Bee Basics- Hive Make-up

Bee basics, Inside a hiveBy Nicholas PowellOctober 14, 2016

Stingless Bee Basics- Hive Make-up What’s the make-up of a native bee hive? Some of you may not have seen inside your native beehive. In this video I will take a quick look inside a hive. Basic componets to a native bee colony are: -Honey pots -Pollen pots -Brood (Where the queen lays) -Different types…

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Stingless bee basics- Where to locate your hive

Bee basics, where to locate your hiveBy Nicholas PowellOctober 14, 2016

Stingless bee basics- Where to locate your hive   Where to locate your hive is something you will need to consider when you get your first hive. Have a look at this little video for a few tips on where to place your hive when you bring it home. Some people build special stands with…

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Stingless Bee Basics- Moving hives

Bee basics, moving hivesBy Nicholas PowellOctober 14, 2016

Bee basics- Moving hives   People often ask about moving hives. How far should I move it and what about swapping my hive from the back yard to the front? Here is a little video on moving hives and relocating them to a completely new area.   Native bees can cope a lot better than…

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