One of my favorite birders to follow on Twitter is Scott Fraser. He’s funny and has a hardcore programming job by day and a hobby farm by night. He started beekeeping and he made a time lapse video showing his family installing their bees this spring. It’s interesting to watch because of the lack of bee suits the family wears–note how the kids are dressed. Also, he installs his bees a little differently than I do–not that there’s anything wrong with that. Goodness knows that beekeepers never agree on the best way to do something (that and a genuine love of bees are the 2 most consistent things about beekeeping).
Categories: beekeeping
It is the makeshift protection that gets me the most. It would be one thing if they went completely without any bee gear, but the sort of “home made” bee garb makes me smile. Great video.