Bill Summers with a Zest frame made of bamboo - it began here
Beekeeping with Zest
Available via NORTHERN BEE BOOKS .
Click on PDF below to download introduction
- book-ch.1.introduction.pdf
- BEEKEEPING WITH ZEST INTRODUCTION
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on Video below for Zest HQ and Zest Hive
Constuction
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on Video below for Zest Colony Inspection
Zest Plastic Frame + Spacers
The Zest plastic Excluder and partition board
Zest Plastic Frames,Excluders, and partitions in a "Full" Zest.
A populated Zest frame
Zest Hive in Garden
Zest Honey Warmer with Digital Thermostat
Zest Plastic Frames box of 12 £30.00 per box
Zest Plastic (4 Piece) Bearer Frames £30.00 each
Zest Queen Excluder Box of 4 Excluders including
partition adapters for 2 Excluders. £30.00
The Zest Standard Starter Kit Order Now enquiries@thezesthive.com
Special 2017 Offer = 24 Frames + Top Bearer Frame + 4 queen Excluders ( 2 of which include partition boards) + 2 DPC Vermin guards + 2 Pieces Insulation + Ropes with hose pipe protectors + 24 frame spacers for Honey store £175.00 inc p+p
Zest Excluders = 1 box includes 4 x Excluders (2 with Partition boards)
The ZEST plastic beehive frames
can be deployed in a horizontal ZEST hive , with a Zest Top Bearer
Frame , or in a double B.S. National brood chamber. It may be with
or without a Durrant/ZEST insulated block encasement and top bee
entry
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Zest Hive - Key Features
- DIY Build
- Thermo-Regulation
- A warmer, dryer hive
environment reduces the thermo-regulation duties, allowing the
temperature to rise to the ideal. This speeds the biological
process of pupating ,and helps regulate humidity.
- Top entrance (controls
airflow)
- Condensation (
controlled by the bees )
- Ventilation ( reduced
)
- Humidity Level (
Comfort / Discomfort )
- Dew Point ( internal
-v- external temp )
- Less
Swarming
- Swarms occur due to
lack of space , The Zest Hive has variable space controlled by the
beekeeper , more importantly the bees are able to more effectively
, and efficiently manage space
- Functionally Varroa
Free
- The understanding of
how Temperature, Relative Humidity , and Dew Point impacts
Bees and Varroa Life cycle needs further research
- Less Intervention
- Better Temper
- Ease of
Manipulation
- Half the Cost of Wood
Hive
- Less Winter
Feeding
- Improved Bee
Health
- Still not convinced , there is much
more to know :-however the Useful links below provide some of the
best information available to support the actual experiences of
Zest users .
- Constuctive Beekeeping written in 1918 by Ed
Clark.
-
Zachary Huang describes
the Varroa Lifecyle - Controlling Varroa Reproduction via
Fecundity and Fertilty will win the battle with
varroa.
-
Varroa mite reproduction and Humidity by B. Kraus, H.H.W.
Velthuis
Useful Links
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