Andy, I'd like to chime in on the discussion of the best angle for a topbar hive. The most widely accepted angle is the 120 degree that you mentioned. More...
Hi Folks Hope you and your bees are getting excited for a fabulous nectar flow! Just trying to get the word out that I will be teaching a day-long Introduction...
Hi all, I'm completing 4 TBHs this weekend. (2 for me, 2 for sale/giveaway) I'm at the stage where I need to decide about the construction of the bottoms of...
Regardless of the climate, I'd prefer option #2, followed by #3. I'd prefer avoiding #1 if at all possible, even if it is easier to make. Why? Makes for...
... 2 Removable (sliding) solid bottom board with screen floor above it. 3 Screen floor only. thanks in advance, Tom Warren Pleasant Hill, OR PS Did I mention...
#2 is what I'm going with on the Gold Star top bar hive "kit" design with the exception that it doesn't slide - it just installs - on and off - mostly for...
Hello, I'm starting my second season now. I am going into my hive for the first time this season next weekend. What I am looking for? What will I see? How will...
Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions about TBH bottom design. The consensus seems to be that the #2 choice is best, i.e. screen with removable...
... design. ... removable bottom board. Peter H. Rankin Hansen made good sense, it seems to me, by prioritizing ventilation and moisture removal as basic...
Sometimes called, Overkill Bill, I have an combo option. I offered the idea of the screen being fixed and a slider above that, inside. Christy offered a bottom...
Bill said: ---->Wow... My name along side Christy's.. Noone say anything. I want to bask in the moment. Christy says: ----->Ummmm, was it good for you,...
... Yeah, Bill, I share your concerns about TBH trapezoidal design. I was interested in Warre` hives too, but chose to do the horizontals this time around....
... you can use a screen full length, and slide a btm board in just above that when you want to close things for winter. BillSF9c Silly me. I forgot. A hinge...
Hi there. I've been a member of this group a while and have 5 top bar hives. I am also a freelance writer. I am doing an article (due soon) about top bars for...
... never told me you were kinky!!! Coming from SillyCon Valley, I went there that way, and returned the same. ... Alas, 3 more "sure things" went awry in this...
Hi Tom, I have been following the discussion about screened bottom options. I have not been happy with the sliding bottom boards that I have built to date....
... Murphy's Law, Marty. I found your pics just after I completed my first set of TBHs on Monday. <g> I think I'm okay. The screen is tacked to the hive bottom...
Every third bite of food we take is produced with honey bee help. They pollinate a third of our food, but bee colonies are collapsing, and their populations...
Hi there, don't know what happen to the rest of the post. It was suppose to be a link to a petition by PAN (pesticide action network) asking the EPA to take...
... slide a thin board just over that through the entrance opening simply by taking out any entrance reducer I may use. I made some more solid bottom boards...
I have been interested in beekeeping for ages, but never got the opportunity to follow up on it until recently. My sister decided that we needed to do...
TTBH hives are often made wide and deep enough to take a deep frame. They'll work fine with just top-bars. BUT, they're too short. 10 frames will fill up in no...
I have seen top-bar hives with no bottom at all, and no "entrance." The open bottom becomes the entrance. The bees even keep the grass that tries to grow up...
Posted by: "jeff hartman ... they do sell foundationless frames *********************** It has been done...! And you could turn the TB's, short way. Or not. I...
... needed to do something about the lack of pollinators in her garden. However, she is very allergic to bee stings. Therefore it would fall to me to be the...
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