Comments on: Welcome

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:19:19 +0000

Thank You Lindsay, I’m glad I was able to help and welcome to the world of natural beekeeping!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:02:55 +0000

Nick,
I just wanted to say that I really like the new iPad version of the site.. Nice job!! I’m new to beekeeping and I built my own octagonal top bar hives using inspiration from your site. I’m currently waiting for my package bees so I can get started but I have learned so much about bees and beekeeping here on PTheBeeSpace and I wanted to thank you! I became aware of the plight of the honeybee a few years ago and so I began paying attention to my local situation out of concern. I became increasingly alarmed because I rarely, if ever, saw honeybees around my garden. And so I began doing more and more research about Varroa mites, Tracheal mites, brood diseases and CCD, until I finally decided that the best option was to take matters into my own hands and put in a couple of top bar hives here at my home. I decided to try the octagonal hive because it seemed more natural (in all honesty.. I was going to try to build pdodecagonal hives but felt that it was beyond my woodworking skills) and I wanted to provide the girls as natural environment as I could while still being able to monitor the hive for trouble. So now my hives are built and I await my package bees (Italian/Carniolan cross) and I feel less overwhelmed because of your site and the eloquence of your explanations and observations. For that sir, I thank you and I look forward to more from TheBeeSpace!

-Lindsay

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:09:36 +0000

This is a great photo of bees getting water. I have a similar one somewhere on my hard drive (n0 wasp though). I always watched bees on my pond. In the shallows they would land on algae to get water. I found it very calming to watch the bees come and go.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:16:43 +0000

Vern – You could try something like that if you wanted, but it has been my experience that the honeybees do a pretty good job of regulating hive temperature themselves. I think it would be best to just let the bees take care of the temperature. They know instinctively the ideal hive temperature for their own beehive.

By: Vern Burnie

Vern Burnie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:16:23 +0000

could you use a small solar panel to heat in winter, and a computer fan to cool in winter with a thermostat to control and keep the hive at an optimum level

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:05:20 +0000

Dario – Thank you for your comment! I agree that we must take care of and improve the life of the bees. By doing so, our own lives will improve.

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:57:57 +0000

I congratulate you on your blog. And I make a call take care of and to improve the life of the bees since they contribute a great value to the human existence for million of yeras, I am a beekeeper born in Argentina, I started to study them at the age of 14 now I am 37. There are aportoda to me a natural form of life. And if some you see by its mind the bees are an example of life to follow to learn of the bees. Thank you very much and good luck.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:05:49 +0000

sarah – Thanks for stopping by! I look forward to reading your site as well.

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:41:51 +0000

great site.. looking forward to reading more..