Beehive Inspection

Sergio and Gordon make an inspection of a honeybee hive 2 weeks prior to harvesting. This is our first year of having a hive which is a part of our lifeplan of learning to live an environmentally sustainable lifestyle, a critical goal if one is to live in peace, real peace. It is Sergio's first time working with bees and we are definetly learning as we're going. This video was taken two weeks prior to harvesting the honey, where I'm sure we'll be wearing protective head covers! But here, the inspection was quick and we didn't expect to bother the bees very much.
Sergio is an Iraq War Veteran who testified a number of times in D.C., most notably at the "Winter Soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan" hearings in Silver Spring in March of 2008 which I witnessed with my own eyes. Here's a link if you wish to see Sergio's testimony and that of many others too which are permanently archived for history on the IVAW.org website:
http://tinyurl.com/ox6tbh

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Education

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• beehive
• inspection
• honey
• winter
• soldier
• peace
• sustainabe
• food

[GordonSturrock]

Hey thanks for the tips!!!! Our bees thank you too!!! :-)

[TheBigfootkiller]

Looks like you guys are having fun! But a little advice on the smoker, you are WAY over smoking them and thats a great way to really make your bees mean, a few puffs at the intrance and a few more at the top and a little more as you go along is the key, hope you dont think im out of line it just seems like you guys are really enjoying your bees and I would hate to see this practice ruin it for you, good luck and keep having fun. Terry