Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

ocba - Re: [ocba] German Beekeeping with Skeps videos

ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Orange County, NC Beekeepers

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Natalie Sadler MD <nsadler AT mindspring.com>
  • To: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>, wbowes AT gmail.com, birdcr AT concentric.net
  • Cc: OCBA <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] German Beekeeping with Skeps videos
  • Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:31:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Amazing! Thank you for sharing. It makes me want to have a skep hive.
Natalie Sadler
-----Original Message-----
From: annallys Goodwin-Landher
Sent: Feb 21, 2012 9:13 AM
To: wbowes AT gmail.com, birdcr AT concentric.net
Cc: OCBA
Subject: Re: [ocba] German Beekeeping with Skeps videos

I'm impressed with the simplicity of the set-up, hives and tools.  German thrift vs American capitalism, what a great object lesson!

Annallys Goodwin-Landher
919 933-9109
annallys AT hotmail.com
 



Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:49:38 -0500
From: wbowes AT gmail.com
To: birdcr AT concentric.net
CC: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [ocba] German Beekeeping with Skeps videos

Randy:

This is a fascinating video.  I hope to watch the rest the series.  Thanks for drawing this to our attention.

Watty Bowes

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM, birdcr AT concentric.net <birdcr AT concentric.net> wrote:

Everyone,

I happened into 8 videos on YouTube that were posted at the end of
May last year. These videos demonstrate from the beginning of the
season up until winter how they use migratory skeps in beekeeping
in the Heathlands. To me it was fascinating the entire thing. Very
little of how they do it compares with our ways of beekeeping.

 I want one of those pipe smokers, handsfree and ready when you
need it. No lumber is used in the hives themselves and skeps made
from straw and reeds can last 75 years when used it the sheds and
covered in cow dung.

Swarming, it is a business to these beekeepers they stay on watch
and capture the swarms with nets right on the front of the skeps.
So the bees swarm and they sell the bees. Please check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upbONroWPic
This is the first of 8 videos, look on the YouTube right side bar
for the other 7 videos.

Cheers,
Randy Emmitt
Rougemont, NC

_________________________________________
ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/
Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/



--
Watson A. Bowes Jr., M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
211 Huntington Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-929-3323

_________________________________________ ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/

Natalie Sadler, MD
Holistic Psychiatry
200 N. Greensboro St, Suite C7a
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 929-7527



Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page