Beekeeping » Build It Yourself Plans for Building Hives, Frames and More This popular section of Beesource.com offers downloadable “build-it-yourself” plans in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You will be able to open PDF files after installing the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is a reliable product, widely used, and available free for Windows or Macintosh operating systems. With this powerful software, you can view and print a PDF file at any resolution to any home printer, at an office center such as Kinko’s, or at a commercial offset or digital printing company. You will need Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or higher to open these files. A Note About Copyrights Beesource.com is happy to share our knowledge and experience and make these resources available free of charge. Guide to Beekeeping
.facebook 1406838620910 British Trout Association - Trout farming explained Trout farming was introduced to the UK in the 1950's by a DanIsh entrepreneur. Since that time the industry has grown to its current size of almost 360 trout farms. Rainbow trout (onchorynchus mykiss), although native to North West America has been introduced to regions throughout the world. Around 16,000 tonnes of Rainbow trout are produced in Britain each year, with around 75% of this farmed by table producers. Fish farms usually concentrate on different aspects of the life cycle. Trout is farmed widely in the UK, but particularly in central and southern Scotland, south England and North Yorkshire. A farm on a river will consist of ponds, tanks or raceways with the water supplied by gravity. Screens are installed at the inlet channel, to keep out debris and migratory fish. Once harvested, the trout will be processed for use.
Top Bar Hive Design Plans - Learning Beekeeping Top Bar Hive Design Plans Top Bar Hives are Beautiful in Simplicity They are the minimum needed for a movable comb hive. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (1.6MB) Top Bars in Texas need a little design change. As for designs… The design I like best is the one from Les Crowder Top Bar Hive Design / Plans I did modify it a bit. The video on how to make them is . . . Be sure to watch my video on how to make your top bars, themselves. and . Urban Bees Is there a beekeeper near me? We have been asked many times from aspiring beekeepers if we know of beekeepers in their area. This has led us to create a way of mapping the locations of existing and aspiring beekeepers. The 'Hive Talking' map has different coloured markers identifying people who want to offer their land and for people who want to learn - wannabees. If you are already a beekeeper and are willing to show new comers what a colony looks like you could mark the location of your hive and include contact details. Or if you want to be a beekeeper and are looking for a someone near you to team up with place a marker in the map with your contact details. There are two maps one for entering your location and one for viewing the map with all the locations. We are grateful to the Co-operative's Plan-Bee who helped us with 'Hive Talking'.
The Coolest DIY Project On The Planet And It's So Simple To Create I always thought graffiti was just someone with spray paint creating cool designs in public areas. However, there’s something even more cooler and it’s called Moss Graffiti. Here’s what you’ll need: 3 cups of moss (washed clean of soil)2 cups buttermilk OR 2 cups of yogurt (should be plain yogurt)2 cups of water or beer1/2 tsp of sugarcorn syrup (optional)An old blender Gather up as much moss as you can find Rinse it as best you can to get rid of any soil Break-up the moss and drop them into a blender At this point, add in all of your ingredients, except for the corn syrup. Add corn syrup if it’s still to runny Pour into a bucket Grab a paint brush Start painting your design. This is what happens… (H/T SlipTalk) (via WikiHow) Make sure to give this a share by clicking the button below. Ready For another one? I Didn’t Know What He Was Making At First, But Once He Cut Into It I Was Blown Away
Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Engineering Vermont is experiencing a boom in food systems development and the growth in diversification, markets, growing season, value-added production and localization puts increased infrastructure demands on producers and processors. The UVM Extension Agricultural Engineering Program is geared to assisting these food entrepreneurs in a rapidly changing and highly competitive industry. This education and outreach program is dedicated to enhancing Vermont's food systems. We focus on analysis, design, evaluation and adoption of infrastructure, technology and equipment to meet the needs of producers and processors. Contact us if you have specific technical education needs, and research and development ideas related to Vermont food systems. From the Ag Engineering Blog: Farm to Plate Energy Success Stories DIY Auto-fill Humidifier 3-4-2014 I recently built a humidifier I think others might find useful. Oilseed Economics Update 2014
Natural Substances For Mite Control In Honey Bees The use of natural oils and other substances in the pursuit of mite control in honey bee colonies. This document mainly covers the calibration of LD 50 doses of essential oils with respect to honey bees. Natural or "essential" oils are produced by plants in order to repel predatory insects or to render the plant in some way toxic to the insect if ingested. Essential oils have been shown to have antimicrobial, antifungal, insecticidal and miticidal effects on various pathogens and pests under both laboratory and field conditions. Essential oils have been used for treating honey bee afflictions, including infestations of parasitic mites (varroa and Acarine (tracheal) mites). They do cause contamination of wax and honey, but the levels are minimal. The terms 'slow' and 'fast' are used here to indicate the difference between passive fumigation by a bottle with a wick (or a felt pad in a honey jar lid) and the burning of pungent leaves in a smoker or delivering an aerosol of the oil compound.
Welcome to Herbs 'n Honey Heat A Room For Only 15 Cents A Day! Wanting to cut costs on the energy bill, especially now that temperatures are dropping for the season? Economics may be one reason to seek more sustainable energy sources, but this inventive way to heat the house is also purely fascinating. Journalist, YouTuber, and boat owner Dylan Winter created his DIY heater using tea lights and placed inside a bread tin and covered with two ceramic flowerpots. This creative system uses the scientific principles of convection heat transfer and, according to Winter, can heat his home for around 8 hours a day. His YouTube Channel KeepTurningLeft shows how the method works: The tea lights are first put into a bread loaf tin and covered with a small upside-down flower pot. The hole in the top of the upside-down pot is covered with the metal casing leftover from one of the tea lights. This system works because the candles produce gases full of heated particles that are captured and channeled through the pots. and soy tealights
How To Harvest & Store Herbs Most herbs for culinary use are ready to harvest just before flowers appear on the plant. If you harvest them after the flowers appear there will be a reduction in flavor. Do not cut the herbs too close to the ground, if you leave some lower foliage you may be able to get several cuttings during the growing season. The best time of day to harvest herbs is in the early morning, just as the sun dries the dew from the leaves. The oils are the strongest in the plants at this time. As soon as the herbs have been cut, waste no time in getting them ready for drying. The most common method of drying herbs is also the most picturesque. A variation of this would be to put each bunch in a perforated paper bag, then hang it up to dry. Another variation of air drying is to take the herb plants apart and spread those parts on screens to dry. The fastest drying method is oven-drying. Store your dried herbs in an air-tight container, such as a glass jar. Submitted by KP, WA [Home] [Search]
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