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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.

Big Black Snake strikes camera lense, close up picture. The southeastern United States is home to a great diversity of snakes. There are about 45 species of snakes (only 6 of which are venomous) that may be found along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal states from Louisiana to North Carolina. These snakes live in a variety of upland and wetland habitats and play important roles in the region’s ecology. They are both predators and prey, and thus form important links in natural food webs …

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Backwards Beekeeper Kirk Anderson (aka Kirkobeeo) shows how to make starter strips and put them in your hive frames. Starter strips are the Backwards Beekeepers’ alternative to the wax foundation traditionally used in beehive frames; the wax sheets sold commercially usually come from hives that use chemicals and fungicides.

Letting your bees draw their own comb also means that they’ll build cells that are the size they want, not the size you tell them to build. This means you get bees that are slightly smaller (just like in the wild) and better able to resist mites and other problems.

Find out more on the Backwards Beekeepers blog: http://beehuman.blogspot.com