Bees + Pure Nature + Real Honey
Bees + Real Nature + Real Honey The Birds and The Bees – Natural Refuge at EarthSong Conservation Area in Central Maine • See how a 600-acre sanctuary in Central Maine nurtures both the disappearing birds and honeybees—completely chemical-free, sugar-free, and plastic-free. 🍯🐝🦜 • See how diverse meadows, forests, and clean streams provide pesticide-free forage from spring […]
Beekeeping or Bee Hosting? Bees & Forest B&B
Beekeeping or Bee Hosting? Bees & Forest B&B Welcome to another update from my ForestBeehive apiary—this time from a newly relocated horizontal Layens hive now nestled in the heart of EarthSong Wildlife Protection Area in Somerville, Maine. Surrounded by almost 600 acres of wild meadows and untouched habitat, this is ideal natural forage country for […]
Horizontal hives, Layens vs. Langstroth frames, wintering clusters
Perfectly circular brood pattern – Layens frame I host USDA Russian honey bees (aka RHBA pure russians) in double-walled insulated horizontal Layens hives – either with peaked roofs or with telescopic roofs. The video shows how 16” deep Layens frames allow honey bees to lay perfectly round brood pattern while conventional shallower Langstroth frames would […]
Honey: How to Tell Real from Fake at a Glance
Honey: how to tell Real from Fake at a Glance Did you know that honey is one of the most faked foods in the world, just behind milk and olive oil? With so many adulterated and fake honey products on store shelves, how can you tell if the honey you’re buying is real? In this […]
Why are U.S. Bees Dying Now??
Why are U.S. honeybees dying now? Why are honey bees in managed bee colonies are now dying en masse in the United States? Massive honey bee die-offs are happening right now in the United States, with many beekeepers reporting catastrophic colony losses of 70% to 100% over the past year. But why is this crisis […]
Water, Minerals and the taste of Honey – Duplicate – [#6188] – Duplicate – [#6258]
Water, Minerals & the Taste of Honey You probably already knew that the honey bees collect not just nectar but water as well. But did you know that the quality of the bees’ primary water source directly affects the quality and taste of their honey? The honeybees that collect clean water and unpolluted natural nectar […]
If Beekeeping=Agriculture, shoud you treat Bees like Cattle??
If Beekeeping=Agriculture, should Bees be treated like Cattle?? Rev. Langstroth, who in 1850s invented conventional vertical multi-box beehive, was a congregational minister who advocated for a “dominion of man over bees”. Langstroth shared the prevailing philosophy of the 1800s, that Man’s mission was to control, dominate and subjugate nature rather than live in harmony with […]
100% Naturally Foraged Honey vs Conventional Honey. Taste & Health Benefits
100% Natually Foraged Honey vs Conventional Honey. Taste & Benefits This Maine wilderness honey came mostly from woodland asters and silver rods that bloom in abundance in the fall in our remote woodlands of Maine. At our ForestBeehive apiary, we are far removed from agricultural and agricultural & industrial pollution, and our bees are […]
Wintering USDA Russian bees in Maine
Wintering Russian Bees in Maine In this video you’ll see how I help my USDA Russian bees overwinter in Maine. In neighboring Vermont, Kirk Webster, a long-time commercial treatment-free beekeeper also keeps Russian bees for the last 20 years. Kirk Webster says that the Russian Bees are still “the best primary source of breeding stock […]
Honey as nature intended – no meds, no sugar. Spinner and honey press
Honey as nature intended – no meds or sugar for the bees In the video, the honey frames collected at the previous stage of the harvest are uncapped and harvested using both the spinner and the honey press. For me beekeeping and honey harvesting is primarily a labor of love rather than purely a matter […]