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check out this video
http://anarchyapiaries.org/hivetools/node/14
note there are no bees in these top bar natural comb hives! no wonder they wear no equipment. those hives are smaller then my 4 frame nucs in july!
this may be a classic honest mistake making claims about survivor bees when you got small populations. mites are parasites thus if the hives are kept small you never get the overwhelming explosion of mites.
this operation appears to be more interested in selling bees then producing honey thus the small hives and frequent splits into mid season.
elsewhere in his blog he indicate huge losses over winter. my assumption is that also is a product of small clusters.
http://anarchyapiaries.org/hivetools/node/14
note there are no bees in these top bar natural comb hives! no wonder they wear no equipment. those hives are smaller then my 4 frame nucs in july!
this may be a classic honest mistake making claims about survivor bees when you got small populations. mites are parasites thus if the hives are kept small you never get the overwhelming explosion of mites.
this operation appears to be more interested in selling bees then producing honey thus the small hives and frequent splits into mid season.
elsewhere in his blog he indicate huge losses over winter. my assumption is that also is a product of small clusters.