It is a triangle that is 3/4" on one side, 3/4" on another side and 1" at the base where it attaches to the top bar. It is made by cutting the corner from a...
Yep. Expanding the pics and w 2 pair of glasses on, that is correct. As so many add instead, a 1/8th" thick x 1/4" x ~ 13" log piece for bees to draw comb on,...
I think the attachments are stronger and the tendency to follow the guide better with the triangles. But the wooden starter strips work almost as well at...
... guide better with the triangles. But the wooden starter strips work almost as well at getting them on the bar, even if the attachments don't seem quite as...
My understanding of beekeeping is still coming together but here are some questions. 1)Is it possible to transfer a feral hive into a top bar hive? 2)If so,...
I would build "swarm ketching" frames to fit the top bar hive and do the cutout. Some have used a bar on the bottom of the comb and tied it to the top bar,...
Hi Guys, Man I burned! Could be a rant coming :>))) Had the opportunity to view some of the Organic Meeting presentations video taped at Tucson. One speaker...
Eric, I have attached comb to top bars the following way.......... Cut 2 strips of VERY old bath towel, or shop rag, etc. (something that is threadbare) I cut...
I have also used a similar tactic but it was used on standard frames instead of topbars. I used #6(?) wire cut into strips about 1" wide, and long enough to...
I found plastic tree netting cheap at OSH cut it in long two sided triangles. I placed the comb in the middle at the small end. Then draped the two lose ends...
What may occur, if: A piece of comb, with honey, was placed on the btm (screen, or w/no screened btm,) of a TBH and bees were allowed to rob it to create the...
Hi Bill As long as the honey has not set and you put it in some container to stop it dripping through any mesh floor, I see no problem. I often put wet supers...
... Hello Grant! I have trouble with the brightness of the sky hurts my eyes, so I wait toward late afternoon to start. I usually either lay on my back or sit...
Hello All, I cross post this article from: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles/? yguid=116788135 Due to it being related subject...
Hello All, I usually never bother placing late swarms on their on, I have always chose to combine these swarms from July bee calls into weak colonies. But in...
I also have a bee gum in my backyard apiary and noticed the same thing regarding cleansing flights from this gum. I assumed that they had died out during the...
Hi Can someone correct my ignorance and explain what a "bee gum" is please? I'm guessing it is a vertical section of tree trunk that contains a natural void...
In the old days, at least in the U.S., many beekeepers kept their bees in gum tree sections. I am not familiar with this practice, and believe it became...
Pete You would be correct. Jim Pete <intelpete@...> wrote: Hi Can someone correct my ignorance and explain what a "bee gum" is please? I'm guessing it is a...
I grew up in Florida, and left 2 weeks out of high school. I visit every once in awhile, and it just confirms the correctness of my decision (although the...
The beekeeper would take a section of hollow tree as big in diameter as possible to handle, and cut it to about 2 feet long. Then using a long chisel smooth...
Hi Vic, I had a small(250 hives) sideline operation at Delta Junction during the 70's. I wintered them both outdoors and indoors. Settled on indoors. It's hard...
Hi Dennis, Well, this is only the second winter I've tried. The first year I only had one topbar hive; I put some blueboard around it but it died out. This...
Hey folks, Its been swarming down here in So. Cal. right now. I checked the group files and bee temperament is the 1st criteria for assessing a group under...
Eric, I'd say that's not a good sign. I've been grabbing swarms here in San Diego for the last 3 years and even those that turned out to be extremely ...
Hey Jeff, I hear what your saying and the only thing keeping me from writing these guys off is that there have been no stings yet. Pete told me he thought they...
Hi, Find a new setting for assessing. My opinion differs from others most of the time. I put more attention towards simply bees surviving. Today, unlike in the...
Hi, If this is done you will still probably not have the best of genetics, I would give them a chance to prove themselves and in the end only kill the queen...
