05: Bailey Comb Change Conversion - Stewart Spinks at the Norfolk Honey Co.

One of the ways that you can renew comb in a beehive is to use a method called the Bailey Comb Change, it's a straightforward method which is very easy to set up and works pretty much all of the time.

I took the opportunity to use a conversion board to change the hive to one of our new Happy Valley Honey, Honey Paw Poly Langstroth hives.

This season we are delighted to have our YouTube channel sponsored by Happy Valley Honey. Each week we will be uploading videos featuring our bees in the Honey Paw poly hives supplied by Paul Beardmore at Happy Valley Honey.

We'll be showing all the usual inspections, tips and techniques specifically housed in the Honey Paw Poly Hives.

These are a Langstroth hive which is a hive type I'm not familiar with and have been keen to try out for some years now so I'm very pleased to be collaborating with Paul and Happy Valley Honey in presenting these hives on our YouTube channel.

Check out the Happy Valley Honey range here on their website:
https://www.happyvalleyhoney.co.uk/

Happy Valley Honey are situated in Bollington Cheshire, UK. Happy Valley Honey produce honey, beeswax candle and retail Beekeeping Supplies including the Honey Paw Hives.

Paul Beardmore, owner and beekeeper of HVH started beekeeping in 2008, With around 3 hives, situated at his workplace and had no idea that beekeeping was actually the profession he wanted to be in. Largely single-handed, Paul has around 120 colonies of bees, divided between 10 apiaries.

The Bees forage for nectar and pollen in the fields, gardens and hedgerows of The Macclesfield Borough, and During the spring and summer months some hives are moved to take advantage of the changing nectar flows from the Heather in the Peak District and the Oil Seed Rape.

Happy Valley Honey are members of the UK's Bee Farmers Association.

Happy Valley Honey have supplied me with all of the beehive equipment featured in this series of beekeeping videos.

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