Comments on: Stackable Urban Beehive is Perfect for Beginner Beekeepers

By: masti

masti — Sat, 04 May 2013 01:48:24 +0000

Hai all I am starting bee keeping for the first time in our area of around 69 km with lush greenery and part of it is forest in maharashtra india if any one can help me for traditional beehive making just now I got 10 bee hive from khadi gram udyog mandal who is govt organisation to createmployment for small farmer. You can send me your valuabel suggestions to mastifarm@yahoo.com.
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Harish doshi 91 9869612236

By: midas

midas — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:19:33 +0000

I am all for innovation but please don\\\’t let people think that honeybees are in decline in urban areas, The number of hives in London has doubled in the last four years and some now fear that the main problem is not having enough nectar and pollen for them. The modern urban beekeeper takes a stake in the environment in which their bees live which means planting for bees. There are big pressures on nectar and pollen in London and other valuable pollinators such as bumblebees get bounced out. They need our help. 34% of people go into beekeeping without ANY training so if you get funky hives like this make sure you know what you are doing!

Angela Woods
London Beekeepers Association

By: Yolanda Bertaud

Yolanda Bertaud — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:20:20 +0000

I am not too keen on the idea that this design uses plastic for the beehive, may cause some harm to the bees that are already stressed and dwindling in population. Has this product been tested?

By: mrspie

mrspie — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:49:25 +0000

In urban areas, honeybees are not really necessary for pollination, and the decline in commercial beekeeping stocks is not much of an issue (especially in North America, where they are an invasive species). It is native bees that are in distress, and weird new beekeeping equipment is not going to help them (may even hurt them, since many compete with honeybees for nectar and pollen).

Also, ordinary beekeeping equipment could not get much simpler, and this system is way more complicated and locks you into one supplier. I always recommend that my beekeeping students choose standard equipment that will last long and can be repaired easily.