Slovenian Bee House

Join Aussie Mike on a personal tour of a genuine Slovenian Beehouse. Franc Jereb generously describes his beekeeping experience and shows Mike the ways of the Slovenian beekeeper.
Franc's grand daughter, Urška Rupar does a wonderful job of translating to english. Great effort, considering she's not a beekeeper.
See how easy beekeeping is with AŽ hives in a bee house, No heavy lifting. Protected from the weather. Easy bee management.
The AŽ (Alberti-Žnideršič ) hive was created by Anton Žnideršič early in the 20th century, incorporating inovations by German teacher and beekeeper, Adolf Alberti and German beekeeper, Ferdinand Gerstung and several others. Anton's main innovation was the rear access to the frames. He promoted the system to Slovenians and others.
The AŽ hive is now used by 90% of Slovenian beekeepers and is gaining popularity throughout the world.
The Carniolan bee is native to Slovenia and it is illegal to keep any other honey bee. This means Slovenia is the only place where there are pure Carniolans.