Practical Beekeeping Guide
12 chapters — a complete beekeeping year from the first cleansing flight to winter preparation
Videos are in Bosnian with English subtitles
Guide chapters
Each chapter includes a guide text, video lesson and original transcription
Introduction — About the author and film purpose
Introduction, 34 years of experience, purpose of the film
VA bottom board — Mesh bottom board
Construction, advantages, varroa and swarming control
Cover board and divider board
Multi-purpose board, pollen patty, bee escape, divider
Queen rearing
Mating nucs, Roshus bottom board, queen cell formation
Productive colonies
Frame sorting, preparation for the main honey flow
Auxiliary colonies and treatment
Auxiliary colonies, oxalic acid treatment, colony merging
Swarms and honey extraction
Queen cells, forming honey supers, extraction
Winter preparation
Bee escapes, removing honey supers, honey packaging
Winter period
Feeding, formic acid, thymol, colony equalization
Second spring period
Dormancy, oxalic acid, pollen patty, equipment
Early spring period
Cleaning bottom boards, winter bee replacement
Intensive spring work
Stimulative feeding, brood rotation, biological maximum