PetitePets – top bar hive beekeeping

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This video will show you how simple it is to safely inspect both sides of a bar of natural wax honeycomb, as is found in a top bar hive.

Did You Know? The honey bee has been around for 30 million years. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. Honeybee’s wings stroke 11400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.A colony of bees consists of 20000-60000 honeybees and one queen.Worker honey bees are female, live 6 to 8 weeks and do all the work.The queen bee …

This was a creepy moment in my lifetime,so far.that’s why I picked the song halloween!

Honey bee’s are disappearing, this should concern all of us, they are a vital link in our food supply – 1/3 of the bees in North America have vanished. A frame full of honey is very heavy 15-20 lbs.

30% of the bee’s in North America have ‘disappeared’ research is going on to find out what is killing them and how to stop the devastation. I have a real fear of bees – Cindy had to take over. I ran like a girl.