OOohhh, this is wonderful! I love seeing old films and getting a look back at the way things were. Amazing really, how little has changed and how good the advice still is. I also love the "feather mattress" reference :)
It's amazing how with all of this moving around, the bees know where their homes [hives are. Just think of it, if your house was a trailer house attached to a truck and I drove you around hundreds of miles, then without you seeing where I took you, I stopped the truck and you had to go out searching for work. Would you know how to get back home without a road or a map? These bees go out and probably fly far away from the hive looking for blossoms, yet, yet, they find their way back to their hive. Also, with all of those hives, do they know what hive to go back to, or does it matter? Can they go back to the neighboring hive? Fascinating little beasts they are.
Since being published here the two Apiarists have been identified. Read their interesting story here www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/2193379/throwbackthursday-begas-beekeepers-on-the-move-identified/
Takes me back to 1960 when first I started in beekeeping, wow what memories
It's a good lesson, that our heritage is hard work in tough environments.
just found this today beekeeping early days of Australia great short film looks like times are a lot simpler way of life
OOohhh, this is wonderful! I love seeing old films and getting a look back at the way things were. Amazing really, how little has changed and how good the advice still is. I also love the "feather mattress" reference :)
Hi Frederick thanks for the positive feedback. Gives us a buzz ;-)
Absolutely! :)
It's amazing how with all of this moving around, the bees know where their homes [hives are. Just think of it, if your house was a trailer house attached to a truck and I drove you around hundreds of miles, then without you seeing where I took you, I stopped the truck and you had to go out searching for work. Would you know how to get back home without a road or a map? These bees go out and probably fly far away from the hive looking for blossoms, yet, yet, they find their way back to their hive. Also, with all of those hives, do they know what hive to go back to, or does it matter? Can they go back to the neighboring hive? Fascinating little beasts they are.
what a great video into beekeeping years gone by i think they did it a lot tougher than today
Technology at its finest with the advanced truck handbrake @ 6:40 ...
Since being published here the two Apiarists have been identified. Read their interesting story here
www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/2193379/throwbackthursday-begas-beekeepers-on-the-move-identified/
***** Thank you very much for the positive feedback (like Jimi & a Marshall). We have a few thousand more so please keep watching.
Great flick, I love to see how things have evolved with beekeeping. I don't think I could ever work in shorts around bees.
I'd bee happy to talk to you about the piece of footage. I'm ( sort of ) related to to Ron.. the younger one in the video ...
That was awesome