Experience Russian beekeeper Vladimir Khomich.

[Gscot]

Fantastic film and thanks for letting us view it. What a set up"

[Jon]

Well worth watching.
It is amazing how much there is in common between different countries with regard to beekeeping.
Nearly everything in the video was familiar and understandable even without a soundtrack.

I use a queenright queenraising system like the guy in the video but I graft larvae directly from a comb into the cell cups rather than using a system which confines the queen until she lays in the cup.
I noticed that eggs rather than larvae were introduced. I use 12-24 hour old larvae when queen rearing as I have been led to believe that eggs are often rejected but that is obviously not the case with your system.

I enjoyed seeing how the beekeeper in the video had home made devices to speed up assembly of both supers and frames.
The frames used in the supers are quite different from the ones we use with a wire support rather than a wooden one.

What race of bee is he working with? They are very dark but the odd one had a yellow band. The queen looked more like a AM carnica than an AM mellifera queen although some of mine are slightly banded as well.

[fatshark]

Fascinating. Did I count up to 16 boxes for a single hive? All with eight frames and all less deep than a National super. That's a lot of handling.

The main thing unfamiliar was the additional slotted entrance just above the standard entrance. I assumed this might be a way to simply reduce the entrance to stop robbing? I have a Russian colleague and will ask him.

I agree with Jon ... neat box and frame building jigs.

[COVENANTER]

great video i could understand it no problem.Just by watching. was amazing seeing the bees so busy when all the snow was arround are the bees apis melifera melifera .they seem very dark.