My bees on TV

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Always look in a mirror before judging others, you might not see an oil painting or a water colour

I always see a masterpiece - unfortunately it's a Piccasso

 

[REDWOOD]

I always see a masterpiece - unfortunately it's a Piccasso

 

[Liam C Ryan]

Watching the program now , very nice.

 

[richardbees]

I was watching and it looked good ---- then got interrupted !!!

Any idea when's the repeat?

richard

 

[REDWOOD]

Catch up on i player now

 

[richardbees]

(gulp) I haven't got one

 

[Brosville]

It may sound like yet another offering from the omnipotent Apple organisation, but "iplayer" is provided by the BBC, and can be watched by anyone in the UK with a broadband connection, and a half-decent computer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ncr7h/Wartime_Farm_Episode_6/

I've watched the series throughout, and several of the team's earlier pieces - I've thoroughly enjoyed them all, and rate Ruth Goodman as one of the best presenters on TV today - a real character, a very bright lady, and always brings enthusiasm to whatever she's engaged in.... a delight to watch!

 

[Mike a]

As promised here is the video I took.

Its just over 10 minutes long and a word of warning its 1.5 gig so those of you with a slow connection you may find it keeps pausing.

http://youtu.be/FQTq-G0vxSc

Some pictures and some of the footage taken at the time they filmed Mike and Alex for episode 6 you may need to turn your volume up as well.

 

[priono]

I watched all, victorian, edwardian and wartime farm. the latter is def the best and i saw your bees yesterday. I liked the skep cos in old fashioned one piece skeps you need to throw the bees of the house before u can harvest the honey but this two piece skep has something like a brood box and super. My only doubt is that this one looked rather small for a full colony. most likely to swarming and loosing your colony i guess...

 

[BeeJayBee]

Thanks for that, Mike.

As an aside, did I hear on the programme that there was a fixed price for honey during the war, or did I dream it?

 

[priono]

Thanks for that, Mike.

As an aside, did I hear on the programme that there was a fixed price for honey during the war, or did I dream it?

yes they did say that. compared to nowadays price they said £4/lb

 

[Haughton Honey]

yes they did say that. compared to nowadays price they said £4/lb

So, in reality and taking inflation in to account, not a great deal has changed over the years

 

[psafloyd]

I always see a masterpiece - unfortunately it's a Piccasso

Nothing wrong with Picasso. More a Bacon man, myself. I'm talking art, but pork products are lovely.

 

[richardbees]

Thank you brosville -(and Mike if that doesn't work)

 

[Mike a]

To be honest I have no idea if they will show any more of Alex working with the bees in this series. I hope they do but we had long periods of constant rain 3-4-5 days in a row followed by a few days of sun shine which wasn't too much of a problem for established colonies with plenty of stores.

I heard a few weeks later they were being fed sugar water just in case to ensure they didn't starve for awhile but I have no idea if he managed to get any honey this year or how big the colony grew to but she started laying quickly once they had made several combs.

After the filming I spoke with Alex again on the phone, he asked what I wanted to do with the bees after the end of the filming at Manor Farm. After a long chat about bees and what he had researched about bee keeping in skeps I was more than happy to let him take them home with him and suggested he might want to make another larger skep ready for next year to replace the two skeps he had made for the filming or make the new skep into a brood chamber and the smaller ones into supers.

 

[beebreeder]

Hi Mike I know Alex's brother fairly well, he has kept bees for a few years but has moved from our area, i think, so Alex has access to plenty of advice

 

[Luminos]

Hi Mike I know Alex's brother fairly well, he has kept bees for a few years but has moved from our area, i think, so Alex has access to plenty of advice

Maybe he's om the forum