beekeeper beginner from Slovenia

[bostek]

Here are 2 new photos:






My first swarm:



and my first bees(that i got in smaller AŽ hive):

[bostek]

And some from this year:

[arcowandbeegirl]

Wow thanks for posting! How interesting!

[D Coates]

Very cool, I really appreciate you showing the interior set up. I've always wondered how things are laid out in there. Being completely different from anything here in the US any more photos you want to put up are greatly appreciated.

[AstroBee]

I hope that's not a power line that's supporting your aluminum ladder

Nice pics.

[bostek]

Very cool, I really appreciate you showing the interior set up. I've always wondered how things are laid out in there. Being completely different from anything here in the US any more photos you want to put up are greatly appreciated.

I wil show you, or record how am i working and so in spring... so you will see from begging how is like to work with AŽ hive.

I hope that's not a power line that's supporting your aluminum ladder

Nice pics.

Hehe... no... its telephone line, so no problem If it would be power line, i would go near that

[bigwoodsbees]

I am very interested in learning more about how you keep bees in the AZ hive so please do continue to post photos and information as your spring season gets underway.

[Michael Bush]

I am fascinated by any hive that lets me open the brood nest without lifting supers. I have a few details that I think I'm beginning to see.

1) Are the frames suspended on that metal rod we see in the back (front?) of the hive? Is there another in the front (back?)?

2) Is that a spacer across the back wall (from the point of view of the door)

[Barry Tolson]

I, too, am intrigued by this AZ hive. Are dimensional drawings available anywhere?

[bigwoodsbees]

This site has some line drawings.

http://web.bf.uni-lj.si/jbozic/cic/AZhive.html

[bostek]

A little photo presentation.

In the right side you see AŽ hive. Down you have queen and brood, up you have honey and between queen grid.



Preparing "upstairs" - frames for natural honeycomb:



And here you see how you can work. Here i am by my temporary beehouse, will start in new this year. So you just pull frame out and take a look. Just open outer and hive inner door and check what do you need. No need to lift anything:



I will prepare this spring some detailed photos of hives and work aroud them. Maybe also some videos.

[PerryBee]

Looks pretty comfortable, sitting in that chair working your hive!
Thanks for the pictures!

[bigwoodsbees]

Wow! Thanks you so much for posting the great photos. I look forward to learning more from you about this type of hive.

[hipifreq]

Thanks so much for posting more photos Bostek. I really appreciate the chance to see how another culture keeps bees.

[clgs]

Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful design. While looking for more photos on the internet I found the following:

http://www.zirovnica.com/2003/cebela.../zbornik14.jpg

If you do some snooping for photos of Slovenian beehouses you'll find some fantastic artwork on the hive fronts. So Beautiful as well as practical. To not have to lift up boxes....Yea!!

Looks like a lot of technical care goes into the design of these beehouses. Are they sold in kits to build on site? Also - are there suppliers of the AZ beehive box that will sell into the US?

[bostek]

I am back again I made a little video, so you can see how i am cheking my bees... i am just a beginner, so maybe others are doing other way... but you can see how are we working with our hives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-hF9KFl-zk

[garyk1398]

What a great thread and thanks for sharing it with us!

[bostek]

My new beehouse with 6 colonies, room for 4 more and 6 smaller hives...

[kbfarms]

Love the pictures, please keep them coming. It looks like you have dairy goats also? Is that an Alpine up on the hill? We raise Nubian dairy goats.

[arcowandbeegirl]

Wow what a neat bee house you have built!! Thanks so much for sharing with us!