A documentary on Brother Adam's the world famous breeder of the Buckfast bee. Filmed for the BBC in 1987 when Brother Adams was 89.
The film goes into some of the history of developing the buckfast strain of bee, gives a taste of life in their apiary, and documents the search for the Monticola in Africa which was to be added into the genetic mix of the buckfast.
Nice short video portrait of Ontario beekeeper Robert Ireland.
His form of apitherapy sounds rather unique, I'd be curious to learn more about it.
In this video Michael Palmer speaks to the Prince Williams Regional Beekeepers' Association about his practice of overwintering nucs to make up for loses as opposed to buying new colonies.
In part one he covers the benefits of of overwintering nucs, choosing which colonies to use to make your nucs, how to create the nucs.
In part two he looks at some of the unique management practices to this system and some of the equipment options.
This Dutch film implicates pesticides as playing a significant role in the high bee mortality in the Netherlands and questions why the issue hasn't been taken seriously.
The film contrasts interviews with French scientist Prof. Jean-Marc Bonmatin who's research has led to pesticide bans in France against interviews with Dr. T. Blacquiere, the principal adviser to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture who appears to have strong financial connections to Bayer, a pesticide producer.
Michael Bush asking us to think of a hive not just a colony of bees but as an entire ecological sytem with many differnt micro-organisims.
He also touches on the issue of keeping resiliant bees and mites adapting to chemical treatments.
Short straightforward documentary looking at the effects of pesticides on bees.
Some stunning cinematography in the PBS documentary that follows the life of a hive through the season. It's a great way to pick up some of the basics on bees, but even if you're already familiar with the information coverd the video is of interest for all the stunning close-ups, including scenes of the mating flight of the queen.
There is also an interesting 'making of' article that explains how these images were captured.
Noah explains the general reasons behind the recent push for urban bees and offers a few interesting stats on urban vs. country bee health and productivity.
Excellent lecture from Sam Comfort covering his past with the commercial beekeeping industry and why he started keeping top bar hives.
Sam Comfort showing folks around his bee yard. He talks about selective queen breeding, top bar hives, regressing back to smaller cells and keeping bees treatment free.