1930's feeder

[Little John]

There are some interesting videos on Youtube about beekeeping in the 1930's:
http://youtu.be/D7F5u7Uqt1U
http://youtu.be/YujIjFKMu2s
http://youtu.be/GuFE0wUgLFE
http://youtu.be/4EJ2LvQjpKU
http://youtu.be/Sc1VaRAVkFQ

and in a couple of them a top feeder is shown. Has anyone come across this design before ? Looks like it has a row of 'frame-equivalents' rather than a float. With glass cover - looks to me as if it could be quite a useful bit of kit.

LJ

 

[the beehive lodge]

thanks

very good viewing

 

[simoncav]

They are great to see.

However, if you like those go to the British Pathe website which has a stack of Newsreel films from the 1930-1950's. Just enter bees in the search field and sit back for an hour or two browsing through some amazing films.

This is one of my favourites, but the ones that stun me are the ones featuring kids handling bees and wearing clusters as hats without a single sting!

 

[Outlander]

They are great to see.

However, if you like those go to the British Pathe website which has a stack of Newsreel films from the 1930-1950's. Just enter bees in the search field and sit back for an hour or two browsing through some amazing films.

This is one of my favourites, but the ones that stun me are the ones featuring kids handling bees and wearing clusters as hats without a single sting!

Thanks for link. So very intresting and not just for bees.

 

[alanf]

There are some interesting videos on Youtube about beekeeping in the 1930's:
http://youtu.be/D7F5u7Uqt1U[/urlJ[/...d but it homes in on the queen every time. :)

 

[Little John]

I want one of those queen detectors. Is making them a lost art? It looks like no more than a bit of painted wood but it homes in on the queen every time.

It was the guy beekeeping in his suit and fedora which amused me. A couple of others wearing brown lab-coats and plus-fours - but not one veil or a pair of gloves to be seen between the lot of 'em ... until near the end when they went out on the moors. They must have had very different bees back then ?

LJ

 

[Dishmop]

but the ones that stun me are the ones featuring kids handling bees and wearing clusters as hats without a single sting!

ah thats because its before they started suffering from hyper lazy playstaion nut allergy brought on by orange juice.