Hi, This message is translated by software, sorry for the mistakes. I notice that I finished my own site, is an expanded, renovated and improved free manual ...
How much can I charge for a 6oz bottle of raw strained/filtered honey? I am clueless about pricing. I live in north Alabama any help would be appreciated....
http://longlangwithlegs.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html the article is published on page 59 of Bee Culture, November 2009 check page 49 while you are in...
Haven't bought or built my 1st TBH yet but was looking at pics and saw a hive that appeared to have 18 bars then another 16 bars on the other side of some form...
Well I got initiated last night. I took everyones advise and went and removed 1 of the 2 honey supers off of each of the hives. Everything went extremely well...
I live in north central Alabama and have just been given 2 complete colonies of bees in addition to 1000's of dollars worth of used equipment. My problem is ...
Got down in the 40s here last week and i went over and put the bottom boards on my 2 topbar hives. I notice dead bees out front ant they were bringing out...
Has anyone ever tried using PVC or another cheap pipe (HDPE) for topbars? They are in convenient sizes, and the roundness might help with straight combs....
Swarm wanted. 415 678 7267 cell My laptop died so I will be off the net after this afternoon. Solvang Thursday night. SanDiego Fri & Sat night Oct 9-10, ...
I made 2 topbars and doing well after swarming in july. They have open screened bottoms, should i close them off for winter??? and what di i need to do to...
Has anyone on this site any experience of using alternative materials for making hives for use in the UK? I am interested in exploring ways of making low cost...
I've seen a few top bar hives made from plastic barrels. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with these? Do they work ok? It seems like I would want...
Greetings, The Hive box((Photo attach)) is (almost )empty again ,so was it before monsoon , it was brought in use in heavy monsoon ,again no rains and hive...
... group or within a Warre Beekeeping group on yahoo? Thank you Vicky TopHive is a TopBar-Type Beek/BeeHive List. Warre' qualifies, but is not typically...
Ok the bees are hanging on for dear life... Anybody had any luck dealing with too many ants? I've tried tanglefoot and water moats with minimal sucess. Thanks...
The Terra does help, and it is basically boric acid...harmless to bees and other living things. Also on the TopHive photo page at Yahoo I posted a picture of a...
I started this yr. got 2 langs and 2 topbars. Been told time to set langs up for winter and put brood cluster in lower deep w/pollen & honey to sides and...
I have been involved with bees- as a hobby - in East Europe -Romania-since I was 14 years old. Now I am 49 and since I have a good size back yard I want to...
Hi Folks Question is:- I have new colony (from swarm May) and they are doing well. They seem to have stopped at bar 13 (of a 25 bar hive). Very small attempt ...
Greetings, How about bees predators? What care with respect to them? ManyThanks, indulkarshailu@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi all, I always think the beekeeping management recommended in the Natural Extensive Beekeeping handbook could be a solution for people with scarce resources...
Dear Sir /Madam I am having a hive in a box ,which was empty all bees had left the box and hive few weeks back ,but now they seems to have come back and so i...
I have 2 top bar hives at present. One is doing great but in the second hive the bees are building comb along the top bars but are interconnecting the comb in...
Lost my queen . In the swarm topbar hive that was doing so well.The other week when i checked they were starting to store honey. Checked today and there was NO...
Sorry for any cross posting, I've posted about this in a couple of places. I need to move my beehive for a couple of weeks, how far away from the usual...
Hi all, Steps for assembling a hive using the natural extensive beekeeping technique. We only use shallow supers (3/4), although a combination of supers of any...