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General Q&A, Bee chat and only Bee chat please
 #5860  by AndrewLD
 02 Mar 2020, 22:01
If you are interested in skep beekeeping, are you aware of the You Tube series on "skep beekeeping in the heathlands" videos that record the life of German skep beekeepers in the late 1970's. It is a fascinating series and includes by far the best recording of queens tooting I have heard but it's quite a way through the video.
As for nadiring, I cannot help feeling it is one of those expressions that modern beekeepers use as doctors do, to stop outsiders understand what the heck they are talking about! I am going to stick with under-super even if it is a contradiction in terms, but at least we all know what a super is.
 #5861  by Patrick
 03 Mar 2020, 07:59
Thanks Andrew. I have seen them and they are a superb archive. I particularly liked the long nets used to catch swarms.

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Not sure I help matters by using under supering as describing putting on new additional supers under the current stack... doh!
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