Extract from the book “Bee Wisdom: Teachings from the hive“, by Sandira Belia. “Among the strangenesses of the bee world, here is one of the most curious: parthenogenesis. This is asexual reproduction where an embryo can develop from an unfertilised female gamete. Among most species who practise this style of reproduction (like some reptiles and fish), the generated offspring is female. With the bees, however, when the queen deposits an
The original French book of Sandira Belia – La Déva des abeilles – is finally out in English!Published by Northern Bee Books, it is available on most online bookshops.You can order it directly here with free delivery worldwide. This book is not only addressed to beekeepers, far from it. It is accessible to the wider audience and may be read at different levels of depth. The passages sharing personal experiences
How to sting without Removing the Bee’s Stinger? Bee venom is a powerful medicine that can be used as an anti-inflammatory. Most techniques using bee venom implies the death of the bee, when she loses her stinger.In this video, I show you a simple way to avoid the death of the bee when using her venom. Explore more of magical properties of bee venom and other teachings of the hive,
Our last bee-friendly hive is born: we have called it the ‘CobCortiço’. Made of cork, cob and wood, this hive with thick, breathable walls should strongly support the swarm to build up a strong and powerful core. We added a ‘symbiotic floor’, an extra box below the hive body, where a symbiotic relationship can be established between the bees and micro-organisms. The size of the box is wider than the
April 2020, Alentejo, Portugal. The first part of the video describes our experiment to make a hollow olive tree suitable for bees to live in.The holes of the tree are filled with several layers of cob.The recipe of the cob mixtures will be explained in another video coming very soon.The second part of the video shows our mistakes and eventual success in bringing a swarm inside the tree cavity…
A beautiful swarm ‘walked’ into her new home, a Top Bar Hive, located one kilometre away from where the swarm landed. The cluster has been split into two parts and re-united.
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Feliz por podermos reunir em grupo pequeno!Já não temos vagas. O nosso próximo evento: Viver no Hummm, 6-7 de Junho. Download cartaz
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Happy we can meet in a small group! We are fully booked! Our next event is Living in the Hummm, June 6-7 Download the flyer