"Natural way to a Natural Nest" Gary J Piantanida Getting back to a natural state of affairs will require some work and time. We will not undo 150 years of...
"Regression" the Natural Way Gary J Piantanida First off there are some confusing terms that have to be explained: Small cell: 4.9 mm cells mass stamped on a...
How does an infestation of Varroa affect honeybees throughout a season and what can be done about it? You will have to refer to this chart to understand the...
Chemical free IPM to monitor and control varroa Gary J Piantanida edited by Phil Chandler and Norm Weston Monitoring mites should be started in spring, as soon...
Help - Advice needed Back in june I posted and put photos (Powell, WYO)on this site about how I combined a queenless hive with laying workers onto a good TBH ...
When you winterise or close it up for the winter remove the top hive especially if it only contains empty comb. Winterize as a single TBH, if it is full then...
Thanks Gary - good advice. My big fear has been that the queen will move up into the top hive and than won't go back down and how to manage the entrances. We...
This is what my bees do on hot days they spread out to the rear of the hive covering every inch of the inside walls instead of bearding. If the bees leave the...
My top bar hives are fairly long and deep, so my bees have only occupied about 50% or so of the entire space available. I keep a false back a couple of bars...
Hi Gerry, I would take advantage of the space especailly if the bees have access to it around the follower board and put a 10 lb chunk of bakers fondant back...
I glued a 1 inch insulation foam chunk cut to the exact size onto the back(empty side) of the follower board for insulation...cant hurt as they have...
Howard Are you relying soley on the gaps between the bars with or without a roof and if there is a roof does it sit right on the TB's or is there a gap/attic...
Yes the roof has an attic and it has 3 x5/16 inch ventilation holes in the peak...have researched it online and decided to go this way...also I'm in North East...
Hi all, Thanks for your replies to my query. I may take the "middle path" with fondant in part of the empty space, and then some styrofoam to close up the...
I saved two large mason jars full of the bees' honey from last year and am thinking of feeding it back to the bees now. The honey has crystalized. Do I need to...
I don't /won't use the empty space and allow bees there as it will be too hard for them to heat that much open space..a risk I don't want to take...HHH...
Hi, I'm new to the group and just stumbled onto the "TBH" method of beekeeping and had to look a little deeper. I had to drop out of hobby beekeeping fourteen...
On one group we discussed using human urine around the hives to keep bears away. That might help you. The other was laying down net fence flat on the ground...
And if you do use an electric fence to keep the bears out (we have a solar powered one, finally after 13 years of warding the bears off) we have added extra...
You can also try hanging the TBH (or Lateral Lang like I use) in trees on a pully system. That way it is out of the bear's reach. ... From: Jim & Rebecca...
I am leaning towards the ehybred that is like a Lang as far as frames but longer like a TBH. There are some of those out there and another nice thing about the...
Hi, Fred – Oh, I hope you ARE hooked again!!! Hooked on healthy beekeeping methods and healthy bees and on how much you enjoy it -- which will make for a...
As you have a barn, why not put your TBH's inside with their entrances against the outside walls. Drill through the barn walls in the corresponding places....
Have you actually done a pulley system to get the hives up in the trees? Have you been able to stablize the hives from the winds? (we get some strong winds...
Go you have any links to the specs on these ehybrid framed longer hives? I would like to try as a future for lang transition in distant future. Thanks. David...
You just double or triple the length of a Lang and decide how deep you want the box. Except you make the rabit to hold the frames along the side long board and...
In an attempt to raise funds for the biobees web site I have donated two TBH hives to be auctioned off. All it requires is a donation of your choice and pay...
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