Heathland Beekeeping - 2. Central Europe, Northern Lower Saxony - Preparations for the Swarming Period in a Heather Skep Apiary

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Title	Heathland Beekeeping - 2. Central Europe, Northern Lower Saxony - Preparations for the Swarming Period in a Heather Skep Apiary
Alternative Title	Heideimkerei - 2. Mitteleuropa, Nördliches Niedersachsen - Vorbereitungen auf die Schwarmzeit in einer Korbimkerei
Author	Kleindienst-Andrée, Dore
License	CC Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 3.0 Germany: You are free to use, copy, distribute and transmit the work or content in unchanged form for any legal and non-commercial purpose as long as the work is attributed to the author in the manner specified by the author or licensor.
DOI	10.3203/IWF/E-2901eng
IWF Signature	E 2901
Publisher	IWF (Göttingen)
Release Date	1986
Language	English
Producer	IWF
Production Year	1983

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Film, 16 mm, LT, 154 m ; F, 14 min

Subject Area	Ethnology
Abstract	After first flowering the bees are collected and returned to the premises of beekeeper Georg Klindworth (Langenfelde bei Sittensen) where they receive artificial food. Tools are inspected and repaired in preparation for swarming. Nets, boxes for sending the animals, basket hives are repaired and sealed in cow dung.
Keywords	plaiting apiary bees / bee feeding bee / hive bee / swarm / catching nets weaving beekeeping animal husbandry