The conventional wisdom among beekeepers is that hives need top ventilation for summer heat or winter moisture. I don’t agree with that advice and explain why in this video.
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Honeybee Rescues – Win Some, Lose Some
I recently had two opportunities to remove bees from hollow trees. But the efforts were not both as successful as hoped.
Why the Layens Beehive?
When the overwhelming majority of beekeepers in the US use Langstroth hives, why would anyone choose, instead, to use a hive design that has less availability and fewer resources to help new keepers? In this video I compare the Langstroth and Layens hives and share why I prefer to use the latter.