Hy... i want to share with you our beekeeping, that is quite diffrent than in other countries. We use our own AŽ hives, and keep them in so called beehouses.
This is traditional beehouse:
So you have your hives protected from weather conditions, you work from inside, keep all your tools in... so its much less work.
I am starting to build my own beehouse:
And our hive (we are using also top bar hive):
I will post some new pictures soon, if you have any questions just ask
Hvala lepa za recepturo. Nisem nikoli slisal da bi dali limono ali cimet v medico ampak bom probal. Mi se tudi pripravljamo na zimo. Upam da se kmalo spet slisimo. Mogoce lahko prides k nam in mi en cebelnjak skup zbijes. Zivijo!
Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing the photos!
I just saw a NOVA documentary called "Tales From the Hive" that showed a beehouse that I think was in a German orchard. Same kind of thing where all the hives opened from the back into the honey house. Pretty cool concept.
Yes, this is very cool. Post more pictures. I remember reading & seeing pictures of something like this being done in some areas of the US around 100 years ago.
When you work them from inside & bees get out into the room, is there an issue with them getting back into the hive?
Hello Bostek, Nice job!! Your quite the carpenter and craftsman. I have gotten violin wood from your country and It must be quite beautiful there! Thanks for the post! And good luck with the bees.
Thanks for sharing your culture with me across the planet! Without the Interweb and BeeSourceDOTcom...I would not have known about the craftsmanship of Slovenia's beekeepers!! Keep it up!!
I'd love to see more of how the world's culture's are adapting their techniques and equipment to their localized environments.....or even how within the US; how each region handles their variables?!!
That is a very elaborate hive I've seen pictured....hinges[for observation??]. Super nice HoneyHouse; your structure is coming along nicely and the 3 hive stand is very nice....is the height stand for bear control?
Thanks again, BeeSourceDOTcom and great layout showing some of your equipment bostek!! Let's see more of beekeeping in Slovenia.
These beehouses are beautiful and they teach what can be done. I would be interested in the way the bees are handled inside the house, what the frames look like, how the frames are supported and how the expansion of the individual hive is handled.
As a side note, I listen almost every day to RadioOberkrain.de and just love the music.
Take care and have fun
I had the pleasure of visiting a Slovenian beeyard some years back. I can't remeber his name but he had a successful business mixing honey with Beetroot juice. Great Beekeepers in your country.
You just leave beehouse door and window(s) open, and they go out. No problem
Hello Bostek, Nice job!! Your quite the carpenter and craftsman. I have gotten violin wood from your country and It must be quite beautiful there! Thanks for the post! And good luck with the bees.
You have 2 floors. This is typical AŽ hive. On bottom floor you have beequeen and brood, food and so on. There is a queen grid, that prevents queen to go on 1. floor. So you seperate honey from young ones. If you want, you can remove the grid and have brood also up. So that is some basic about hive.
You can have also 3 floor AŽ hive or some other versions.
And every floor has its own "door", that you can remove if you want(when you check inside). Otherwise you just look at bees thrue the net.
Behind the net you have container, where you put sugar solution, when they dont have enough to eat.
Hello Bostek, please send me a private message regarding your bee house. I would like to send you my email address. Thanks, I would like to keep in touch with you because I do not know any Slovenian beekeepers.
....beekeeping, that is quite diffrent than in other countries. We use our own AŽ hives, and keep them in so called beehouses.
This is traditional beehouse:
I think its good solution, if you dont have any other powersource nearby...i know some that have it for keeping away bears - movement sensors and sirens... because in some parts they have problems with them.
I have seen also that they use car battery and converter to 220V. That is also one possibility.
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 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.
Yes to both, I have these hives and can take some more photos of them if you like. These hives are also double walled, ie insulated and have several other very nice features.
Cheers!
I, too, am intrigued by this AZ hive. Are dimensional drawings available anywhere?
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