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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Swarming and Swarm Management
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Monday, May 24, 2010. Swarming and Swarm Management. We are well into swarming season in the UK, much of Europe and the USA, so we are getting lots of swarm-related questions on the forum. This has prompted me to write an ebook dealing solely with the subject of swarming and swarm management. Friends of the Bees.
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: 10 Lessons We Can Learn From Honeybees
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Thursday, February 17, 2011. 10 Lessons We Can Learn From Honeybees. We can learn many things by observing the behaviour of honeybees. Here are ten examples of lessons we could usefully apply to our own lives. 3) Honeybees demonstrate that division of labour can be highly efficient. And everyone knowing how to do ...
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: What Is Wrong With Modern Beekeeping?
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Monday, April 25, 2011. What Is Wrong With Modern Beekeeping? Text of a talk presented at the Spring Convention of the British Bee Keepers Association, April 15 2011. Some speakers begin with a foreword; I shall begin with a forewarning: this talk may offend some people. The honey bee was. created not merely with ...
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Learning by Playing Around - Avoiding Dogma
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Learning by Playing Around - Avoiding Dogma. I get quite a few emails from people asking me to explain in more detail how to perform some aspect of top bar beekeeping. Often, the questions are about matters for which there is no hard-and-fast answer, such as 'when should I split a colony?
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Introduction to Natural Beekeeping
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Introduction to Natural Beekeeping. Mindful that many of the people attending my weekend events and talks may not have a clear idea of what 'natural beekeeping' means, I have put together an article setting out my personal take on natural beekeeping. Friends of the Bees. That you may like...
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Why GM is dangerous
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Monday, October 18, 2010. Why GM is dangerous. Nature will always find a balance, but the balance position may not always suit us. What humans do is mess with the ecosystem on many levels simultaneously, resulting in a complex set of interactions that cannot fully be anticipated or understood. Friends of the Bees.
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Is the BBKA planning an even cosier relationship with Bayer?
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Is the BBKA planning an even cosier relationship with Bayer? The headlines have been about BBKA ending their pesticide endorsements, but look more closely: they are planning a deeper relationship with the same corporations. Update re. BBKA endorsement of insecticides. 2) My interest in th...
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: Have we been lied to for 10 years?
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Have we been lied to for 10 years? Have we been lied to for 10 years? Or has the pesticide industry been lying to the British Bee Keepers Association? Bernie Doeser's report reveals barely believable levels of negligence and incompetence in this whole episode, starting with the fact that ...
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: New book - Learning From Bees: a philosophy of natural beekeeping
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Wednesday, January 09, 2013. New book - Learning From Bees: a philosophy of natural beekeeping. Need a good read about bees while yours are tucked up in their cosy hives for the winter? I have just published a new book - only about 23,000 words this time - which is available as a paperback. 11 The Nature of Bees.
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The Barefoot Beekeeper: 10 Questions for the Executive of the British Bee Keepers Association
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Chemical-free, low-impact, sustainable, natural beekeeping using top bar hives: a minimalist approach to beekeeping without synthetic chemical inputs, expensive equipment or wax foundation. Monday, January 10, 2011. 10 Questions for the Executive of the British Bee Keepers Association. These are the key questions that need answering if the BBKA wishes to be seen as fairly representing the interests of British bees and bee keepers:. 6) And is the Executive familiar with the research (iii) published in 200...