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The bicycle wheel extractor begins with a bike. The frame cage is made of the bicycle rims, with the spokes serving to hold the frames in place. Which bike you want is based on your drum and your frames. Not all bike wheels are created equal, primarily because of the spoke design. For the western supers I use, I discovered that the front wheels of some sixteen inch bicycles would fit nicely, while the rear wheel and some other spoke patterns wouldn’t allow western frames (but did allow true shallow frames). The way that I discovered this involved my daughter’s bike. “You don’t need a wrench to put on streamers,” she said. Her bike wasn’t right anyway. I didn’t want to buy two bikes just to sacrifice the front wheel, so tape measure in hand I descended on yard sales and thrift shops, carrying a western frame along for a “test fit”...
Bees of the World
Honey hunting in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (India) by Kunal Sharma
Honey Bees of Afghanistan by Farooq Ahmad
The Bee Trees of Nandagudi/Ramagovindapura by S. Petersen and M. Reddy
The Pollinator Elements of the Sikkim Himalayan Region by K. Singh, K. Gaira and L. Rai
Bees and other Pollinators: Their value and health in England(gov.uk/defra)
The Scottish Beekeeper (Magazine) from the Scottish Beekeepers Association
Nordic Beekeeping (Apimondia Magazine)
The Decline of England's Bees (University of Reading)
Bees and their Role in Forest Livelihoods (F.A.O of the United Nations)
The 2008 food crisis was an important catalyst for realizing the need for a fundamental transformation and questioning some of the assumptions that had driven food, agricultural and trade policy in recent decades. The world currently produces sufficient calories per head to feed a global population of 12-14 billion. Around 1 billion people chronically suffer from starvation and another billion are mal-nurished. Therefore hunger and malnutrition are not a product of insufficient supply but results of prevailing poverty and above all access to food. The world needs a paradigm shift in agricultural development: from a “green revolution” to an “ecological intensification” approach. This implies a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based industrial production towards mosaics of sustainable, regenerative production systems that also considerably improve the productivity of small-scale farmers.
This hive is called by a number of names: the David hive, the Kenya hive, or simply the frameless movable comb topbar hive. These hives were designed for use in Third World development projects. The David hive was developed by an Israeli apiculturalist, 1. Linder, for use in Senegal, Africa. The Kenya hive was developed by two English beekeepers, E. J. Tredwell and P. Paterson. It was designed for use in Kenya, Africa. (Sperling:1980, p. 285.) Both of these situations lack the kind of material and monetary resources that facilitate Langstroth
beekeeping. But I believe that their necessity has been mother to a great invention. The topbar hive is an appropriate technology tool for beekeeping. It's not an inefficient primitive instrument nor is it a high cost convenience. It lies somewhere in the middle. It operates by the same discovery that enabled the Langstroth hive - the bee space. In this hive independent movable combs are suspended from carefully sized topbars. The topbars are the precise width that once a comb is build on one· the bee space between that comb and the next is preserved. The combs are built entirely by the bees.
Basic Beekeeping Manual by Pam Gregory - Top Bar Hives (Africa)
This is a 2 volume publication written by Pam Gregory with assistance of Gay Marris of the U.K. National Bee Unit (FERA) that concentrates on top bar hive beekeeping, but many of the techniques and ideas can also be used by traditional and frame hive beekeepers. "This field manual is designed for use by field-based trainers in sub Saharan Africa. It is based on colour pictures with few words. The manual covers basic techniques needed to start a beekeeping business. It also offers some new ideas to help beekeepers to become independent by making their own equipment from local materials. I hope that this will help people to start beekeeping at an affordable cost, and maybe to experiment with new materials. The pictures show some of the many different ways that people keep bees. This is intended to promote discussion and shared experiences to help people to solve problems locally. The manual concentrates on top bar hive beekeeping but many of the techniques and ideas can also be used by traditional and frame hive beekeepers." The Advanced Beekeeping Manual covers more advanced management techniques and problem solving and offers some ideas about how to tackle them. The Swahili language version of this manual.
Choosing a site, making a hive stand and attracting bees (BFD)
Video - Top Bar Hive Inspection (honeybeesonline.com)
Video - Comb Management Part 1 (learningbeekeeping.com)
Video - Comb Management Part 2 (learningbeekeeping.com)
Top Bar Hive Ventilation (T.J Carr and John Bradford)
Video - How to Make a KTBH Feeder (Philip Chandler biobees.com)
Mite Management of Top Bar Hives by Randy Oliver (scientificbeekeeping.com)
Harvesting honey from a Top Bar Hive (Howland Blackiston)
How to Harvest Honey from a Top Bar Hive (Pam Gregory)
A trapezoidal frame adapted for centrifugal extraction (B.F.D.)
Beekeeping in the Maya Region of Mexico
Keeping Africanized Bees in Belize
Beekeeping in Jamaica (Government of Jamaica)
Creative Beekeeping ideas from Eastern Europe
Beekeeping Spring Checks (National Bee Unit - Britain)
The Basics of Beekeeping by M. Peterson (Scotland)
My Beekeeping Year by Ian Craig (Scotland, monthly guide, S.B.A.)
Seasonal beekeeping in Scotland
Beekeeping in Scotland - forage
Beekeeping in Scotland - bee biology
Beekeeping in Greenland by Ole Hertz (B.F.D.)
Beekeeping in Greece by F. Hatjina (Hellinic Institute of Apiculture)
Beekeeping at Tel Rehov (Israel)
Beekeeping Training for Farmers in the Hymalayas
Hymalayan Honey Bees and Beekeeping in Nepal by R. Thapa
Improving Indian Bee Hives and Beekeeping by J. Abbott (M.I.T.)
Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (Northeast India)
Beginner Beekeeping in Developing Countries
Basic Beekeeping Manual (Africa)
African Organic Beekeeping Training Manual
A Beginners Guide to Beekeeping in Kenya
Beekeeping in S.W. Ethiopia by P. Gallmann and H. Thomas
Bee Hive Construction and Beekeeping Training for Zimbabwe Youth
Beekeeping Training Manual (Uganda)
Practical Guide for Organic Beekeepers in Africa (EPOPA)
Bees and Red Light (Night time hive inspection in Africa - B.F.D.)
People and Bees (Government of Tanzania)
Australian Beekeeping Guide (State Government Victoria)
Biosecurity Manual for the Honey Bee Industry (Australian Government)
Best Management Practices for Beekeeping (Australian Government)
Asian Honey Bee Manual (Australian Government)
Easy Beekeeping for Hobbyists in New Zealand by Tudor Caradoc-Davies
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