Comments on: Honey Bee Farm http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/ Quinta das Abelhas, Permaculture in Central Portugal Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kirst http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Kirst Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:58:54 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1152 Hi Luise Thanks for the links. As Andy says we are making a Warre hive but I am looking to make several changes to Warres original designs 1) adding an open mesh floor - varroa mite were not a problem in Warres day 2) a modified roof. When the modifications have been made I will post images of the completed hive. Matt Hi Luise

Thanks for the links. As Andy says we are making a Warre hive but I am looking to make several changes to Warres original designs 1) adding an open mesh floor – varroa mite were not a problem in Warres day 2) a modified roof. When the modifications have been made I will post images of the completed hive.

Matt

]]> By: Andy http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Andy Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:36:35 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1145 thanks luise. matt is making a warre hive, and i hope to find time to build a top bar. it does seem that swarms are common here. thanks luise. matt is making a warre hive, and i hope to find time to build a top bar.
it does seem that swarms are common here.

]]> By: Andy http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Andy Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:30:47 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1144 zoe, apparently there was another today while we were out, and no the 2nd didnt really even settle. i think our pond is a swarm magnet! zoe, apparently there was another today while we were out, and no the 2nd didnt really even settle. i think our pond is a swarm magnet!

]]> By: Luise http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Luise Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:05:54 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1141 Sorry, typo in the one link: http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/bilder/Emile_Warre_Technische_Zeichnungen_engl.pdf Sorry, typo in the one link:
http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/bilder/Emile_Warre_Technische_Zeichnungen_engl.pdf

]]> By: Luise http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Luise Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:04:22 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1140 Sounds great! I will be starting beekeeping using a Warré hive this year. Warré's idea was also of minimal disturbance and letting the bees (who know more than we do anyway) do their own thing. If you're interested, here's some good info: http://warre.biobees.com/beginner.htm And Warré's book on beekeeping translated into English: http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/sustainable_beekeeping.pdf Construction info for a Warré hive (easy to build yourself!) is here: http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/bilder/Emil_Warre_Technische_Zeichnungen_engl.pdf From what I've heard bees like the Warré hive, so swarms will settle in them, too. I've heard from a German beekeeper who caught 18 (!!!) swarms in her Warré hives last year! My husband, son and I are considering maybe moving to Portugal next year and since Warré recommends swarms for starting a hive (swarms are the healthiest), I was wondering if it's very common for swarms to occur in Central Portugal? I assume it depends on the location, but where I live in Germany for example, swarms are not so common because the local beekeepers discourage them. Anyway, good luck beekeeping!! Luise Sounds great! I will be starting beekeeping using a Warré hive this year. Warré’s idea was also of minimal disturbance and letting the bees (who know more than we do anyway) do their own thing.

If you’re interested, here’s some good info:
http://warre.biobees.com/beginner.htm
And Warré’s book on beekeeping translated into English: http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/sustainable_beekeeping.pdf
Construction info for a Warré hive (easy to build yourself!) is here: http://www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/bilder/Emil_Warre_Technische_Zeichnungen_engl.pdf

From what I’ve heard bees like the Warré hive, so swarms will settle in them, too. I’ve heard from a German beekeeper who caught 18 (!!!) swarms in her Warré hives last year!

My husband, son and I are considering maybe moving to Portugal next year and since Warré recommends swarms for starting a hive (swarms are the healthiest), I was wondering if it’s very common for swarms to occur in Central Portugal? I assume it depends on the location, but where I live in Germany for example, swarms are not so common because the local beekeepers discourage them.

Anyway, good luck beekeeping!!
Luise

]]> By: Zoe Trent http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/03/honey-bee-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Zoe Trent Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:28:23 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=812#comment-1136 Didn't the second swarn stay either? And did they settle in the same place again? Didn’t the second swarn stay either? And did they settle in the same place again?

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