The Bees that came in from the cold

[BBG]

Seems the Russians are grasping the new technology even though they're at the back of beyond.

Leastwise, I think they're doing that.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VoAL07FHPc&feature=autoplay&list=ULBlpYCmWxj20&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=3"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VoAL07FHPc&feature=autoplay&list=ULBlpYCmWxj20&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=3[/ame]

 

[luckydunny]

I would not want to live next door to that many hives but then I don't want to live in Russia at all!!!

 

[AnotherNewBee]

I think I caught 'propolis', but that's all.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I think I caught 'propolis', but that's all.

Isn't he the Russian agriculture minister though?

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Isn't he the Russian agriculture minister though?

:shrug:

I know know we haven't got a :shrug: smilie but you get the point.

 

[BBG]

Not sure what they're up to here. Anybody any thoughts?

Propolis - Ag Minister v good

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7nrYZswIOI&feature=BFa&list=UL7VoAL07FHPc&lf=mfu_in_order"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7nrYZswIOI&feature=BFa&list=UL7VoAL07FHPc&lf=mfu_in_order[/ame]

They're on TheTetriska on Youtube if anybody's interested.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

:shrug:

I know know we haven't got a :shrug: smilie but you get the point.

I've often thought a shrug smilie would be handy actually - could have two - one British I dunno shrug, and one Gallic I don't care one

 

[tonybloke]

interesting how the frames are staggered, heightwise

 

[AnotherNewBee]

interesting how the frames are staggered, heightwise

What would that achieve? Does it have any advantages/disadvantages compared to frame heights that aren't staggered?

 

[BBG]

Take your partner and .....

Something shifty here?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4YV3NAdmXg&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4YV3NAdmXg&feature=related[/ame]

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Clever idea - I think it's just a slant on brood and a half but just using one size box although you'd obviously have to dismanlte the whole outfit to do a full inspection

 

[Queens59]

I love the line dancing bees!!

 

[Hombre]

Well, in the first clip I thought the floor to be a bit skeletonised and on the fragile size. I didn't like the idea either of the non metal mesh in the floor. If the bees didn't get it, the mice and rats would.

Hedgerow Pete chequerboarding for productivity, security and not an easy life.
Boris Yeltzin seeks to confuse BBKA members.

We have all heard of the famous Russian Dancing Bees, haven't we? Particularly now that there is a lot of pressure to leave Yogi and his pals alone.

Yuri Gagarin riverdance bees, complete with a reverse gear. Are bees affected by the low frequencies from your neighbour's boom box? Dah!

 

[Luminos]

I've often thought a shrug smilie would be handy actually - could have two - one British I dunno shrug, and one Gallic I don't care one

Absolutely - shrug, pout, bof

 

[BeeJayBee]

Something shifty here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4YV3NAdmXg&feature=related

Washboarding?

http://www.honeybeesuite.com/washboarding-bees-arockin-and-alickin/

 

[BBG]

Washboarding?

http://www.honeybeesuite.com/washboarding-bees-arockin-and-alickin/

Thanks for that - very interesting.

 

[OXFORDBEE]

Decree for the protection of beekeeping (1919)

1. When the labour of individuals or their families is used for beekeeping, it is forbidden to limit by any rules either the number of apiaries or the number of hives. Such apiaries cannot be requisitioned or brought under any departments, but must be left in the possession of the beekeepers themselves, and therefore any claims by any organisations or persons to take over for their own use already existing working apiaries are unlawful.

2. Whatever decrees there may be limiting the quantity of honey which is to be set aside for the feeding of bees or for personal consumption are to be disregarded.

3. Taxation of beekeepers shall take place under the general direction of the finances and expenses of local councils. Beekeepers do not come under special tax laws.

4. Agricultural departments are bound to show every cooperation to all organisations and persons desiring to occupy themselves with beekeeping, and to offer every possibility to establish apiaries in the most convenient places. When an apiarist is transferred and new plots of land allocated, or when hives and equipment are moved to such places, there must not be any limitation of beekeeping.
N.B. All working beekeepers have the right to demand from the veterinary workers’ commission certificates of safe conduct and technical help.

5. Limitations of the exchange or sale of bees from apiaries is forbidden.

6. All orders and decrees of local authorities contrary to the present decree must be changed.

7. Those violating this decree will be prosecuted.
In accordance with the laws of the R.S.F.S.R.

President Sovnarkom (Signed) V. Ul’yanov [Lenin] April 1919

 

[BBG]

Easy to understand.

There wrote a man who wanted bees to survive and cleared the decks of petty bureaucracy to ensure it.

I wonder how many of our worthies he would have taken outside and shot for not having done enough to discover solutions to the honeybee problems.

 

[RoofTops]

My take is this:

To save costs on tooling they are producing only one sized box. If you want deep frames just use 2 over the floor.

The second video seems to show the introduction of a colony in one "brood box" (actually 2 shallows but used with deep frames). The chequer boarding is I think an attempt to get them into a larger volume for brood. Inspections could be fun.

Not sure what the hive is. The first shots show only 9 frames but the deep frames look like Dadant/Jumbo Lang. However, the Russians do have their own size of hive (like everyone else) so it is probably one of these.

Interesting they have gone for "the lip". Could be a copy of the Paradise hives which have sold well in Russia.

 

[Scutellator]

Seems the Russians are grasping the new technology even though they're at the back of beyond.

Nope. Just a polyhive commercial.