Dance of the Bees – Part 2 – Natural Comb Systems
Words by Muhammad alFatih (Anthony Andrist) honeybeepermaculture@gmail.com Phil Chandler describes natural beekeeping as “beekeeping for the sake of the bees, not the honey.” Using natural comb has many advantages. Natural comb leaves the bees to build what they need,...
Dancing with Bees – Part 1 – Choosing a Hive
Words by Muhammad alFatih (Anthony Andrist) honeybeepermaculture@gmail.com With spring coming along steadily we thought it might be time to diversify our beehives into a more natural and sustainable medium. There are a number of designs available, but we wanted...
Street Verge Beekeeping
Amongst the McMansions of Marsfield sits our humble home and out the front on the street verge, our top bar Kenyan beehive. Admired by many walkers, it starts many a conversation and since setting it up, around 12 months ago I have met more neighbours than over the...
Beekeeping Bonanza at Bandusia in PSI’s Beekeeping workshop.
20 new responsible beekeepers have emerged into society from last weekends beekeeping workshop. They got the hands on experience playing with the bees and the latest cutting edge information and theories about bees from the trainers Doug Sommerville and Anthony...
