Hi Sasha, You'll have to e-mail him he has not been active anywhere I have been in a while. Here is his address beewiki.linuxfromscratch.org Cheers Gary ...
I've been keeping a pretty close eye on my 1st year top bar hive this winter. Yesterday I went out to find a bunch of bee parts and some comb chewed up. I...
Ryan, Did you find this upon the first opening of the season? If so the mice probably came after the colony was gone. Did you examine everything closely? I...
Put yourself on a swarm list and offer to help collect one of the hives that's looking for a home anytime this spring. We've collected some really nice healthy...
I did find this 1st time I opened the hive. There were a bunch of bee parts along with some chewed comb inside the hive. Thanks again, Ryan ... From: Gary...
Try Groeb Farms in MI, they haven't started shipping packages yet. If they aren't all spoken for (and I doubt they are) you will be able to still get packages...
That link doesn't seem to be accurate - it goes to a thing called Squarespace. What was Scott's commercial tbh operation doing? -- Christy Hemenway GOLD STAR...
Hello, I am getting ready to set up my top-bar hive. I had a link to a nifty top-bar hive tool, but my computer crashed awhile back and I lost it. I think it...
Hi Sarah, I know about the coathanger tool. I used it only a few times before I realized the bees kept getting caught and squished as it slid along the hive...
Hi all, I'm a TBH beekeeper without any experience with langs. Recently, a reader of my blog, Global Swarming Honeybees, asked me to compare langs to TBHs,...
I am convinced that one primary plus of top-bar hives is that the bees build their own comb, rather than use prepared comb. Organic beekeepers (like I am)...
I can add some more reasons for the TBH....THE BEST reason for using them is because they make thier own comb ....so you don't have to use recycled wax that is...
">I'm a TBH beekeeper without any experience with langs. Recently, a reader of my blog, Global Swarming Honeybees, asked me to compare langs to TBHs, ...
A TBH is not only easier to make than a Langstroth hive, but also cheaper A TBH is easier on your back, as you don't have to lift entire boxes, but merely one...
A nuc is just a smaller lang....you could do the same thing with a TBH.Make it smaller by having an expandable inside.The last frame is a removeable slidable...
I have two topbar hives i made them so thay will fit a lang frame so i will be getting a nuc in the next few weeks from a beekeeper down the rd i will be...
Does anyone have an opinion about whether TBHs or Langs "encourage" swarming more? I realize management of the hive, regardless of whether Lang or TBH is key...
I have both and I'm phasing the Langes out of necessity.Both of my shoulders are shot and I'm looking at surgery.As you say its all management really either...
Hi Gerry, A TBH is elegant in its simplicity. A TBH beekeeper will still need to study and read about bees, and would benefit from knowledge of bee biology,...
Hi, I am a strong believer in the benefits of TBH's and foundationless beekeeping. Though regressed bees are smaller, I have not heard that pupation time was...
Okay, allow me to weigh in. I am new to this list, and have found all the earlier conversations very helpful. My situation is that I am a hobby beekeeper...
I really like the idea of your Top Bar hives and the little bit of Langs hybrids Jennifer. Were those tongue and grove fencing available at a national chain?...
The tongue and groove fencing was available at Home Depot and is 7" wide. It comes in 6' lengths, so you get three "ceiling" sections per board (see photo). ...
Hmmm, I see photos do not attach to these emails. I have added my Lateral Lang photo to our photo albums under "Jennifer's Urban Bees: Jennifer Andersen...
Bob, This concept has been around for a long time here is the cite you asked for http://www.bushfarms.com/beeshas.htm the small cell management slide show...
I was able to find some bees close to me, but only nucs, no packages. I'm pretty sure the frames won't fit in my hive, are there any other methods to install...
