I'm new to the list. I've been directed towards top bar hives, in response to a question on another list about working bees in your old age (I'm in my 50s). I...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Aug 15, 2005 3:15 am
Hi teri, Jon replied to you about the top bar hives, and I am the top bar hiver he talks to on that list. This list here is a non-list meaning no one really...
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girl Mark
girl_mark_fire
Aug 15, 2005 3:18 am
I and several other friends started out with top bar hives, and I think they're far better than Langstroths for a beginner- with the exception that it might be...
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Teri Pittman
teripittman
Aug 15, 2005 4:00 am
... Well, I've joined that one as well, and have been rounding up lots of links. I like to really immerse myself into a subject, to get a feel for it. It's...
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acornjean
Aug 15, 2005 4:37 am
I am also new to topbars. I have two tbh and two langs right now. I like my tbhs much better. My back will not take the weight of beekeeping normally. I...
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girl Mark
girl_mark_fire
Sep 18, 2005 12:58 am
Hello, I was just making extra top bars out of scrap wood the other day and was wondering if there's a concensus on the use of cedar (or redwood for that...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Sep 18, 2005 1:26 am
Nah cedar works just fine. Not sure what it would repel except woid pests, but not hive pests. Scot Mc Pherson McPherson Family Honey Farms Davenport, IA ...
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TopHive@yahoogroups.com
Oct 10, 2005 7:59 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the TopHive group: Are you intersted in discussing historical ways of keeping bees o yes o no To vote,...
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Paul Rowland
paulrowland
Oct 21, 2005 5:18 pm
I'm new to the group. I had found another group on the web(a google group), that had dried up. Are you current and active? I've seen two good sites one by a...
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P.H. Rankin Hansen
PingHansen
Oct 21, 2005 5:44 pm
Welcome Paul, I am sad to say that this group is not very active and that every time someone asks for more activity, some dumbskull jumps in and tell them to...
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acornjean
Oct 21, 2005 5:49 pm
Hello all, I am needing to winterize my frames and need some experienced folks to guide me. I have 2 tbhs new this past spring. They are rocking out but I...
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David McDonald
puehr
Oct 21, 2005 6:03 pm
I would guess that in a northern CA climate, no winterization would be needed. Where are you, exactly? I'm from Mendocino County, originally. As for spring...
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Paul Rowland
paulrowland
Oct 21, 2005 6:25 pm
I would be most concerned about the moisture. Keep the bottom of the hive as dry as possible. Plug any holes, cracks, et cetera. However, make sure that there...
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acornjean
Oct 21, 2005 7:54 pm
David, Thanks for the response. I am in Napa County. I feel I do need to winterize to make sure the colony has access to the honey stores to survive the...
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acornjean
Oct 21, 2005 8:08 pm
Paul, I know that moiture is a big problemfor me. My hives are protected from sun in the summer with a small grove of bamboo to the west and it also keeps...
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Carolyn Chaney
cfchaney
Oct 23, 2005 11:17 pm
A friend of mine has topbar hives with no bottom board, just hardware cloth in the bottom of his hives. He has no problems with cold, and you are right,...
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Hope Martin
madmacr8r
Oct 25, 2005 5:50 am
Just wanted to let you all know how much I've enjoyed listening on this list before signing off. Since we won't be moving, I won't be having bee hives of any...
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P.H. Rankin Hansen
PingHansen
Oct 25, 2005 2:54 pm
Welcome Paul, I am sad to say that this group is not very active and that every time someone asks for more activity, some dumbskull jumps in and tell them to...
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P.H. Rankin Hansen
PingHansen
Oct 25, 2005 3:21 pm
... You will not need to do a lot to winterize them, but come spring (no thaw, I guess), you should prevent moisture from entering the hive from beneath. I...
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P.H. Rankin Hansen
PingHansen
Oct 25, 2005 3:21 pm
... Oops, resent the wrong message. Sorry about that...
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jwheel@...
acornjean
Oct 25, 2005 4:06 pm
... I have been thinking about using open screen bottoms. I already have sturdy screened bottoms with a sliding plastic tray for viewing the dropping debris...
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cedargrove_honey_beez
cedargrove_h...
Oct 29, 2005 3:04 am
New member in Wa state. will take some time to look at previous posts. I am syarting with three hives this month. Winterizing will be my first concern.----...
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P.H. Rankin Hansen
PingHansen
Nov 1, 2005 6:15 am
TopHive Date: Tuesday 01 November 2005 03:16 Hello, "bullittman281" has joined the TopHive group: Comment from user: My name is jason and i live in colorado. I...
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girl Mark
girl_mark_fire
Nov 11, 2005 8:16 am
To get some conversation started here, i"d like to ask folks to do an intro on how you all got started in top bar hives- or how you found out about them if you...
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Robert Cunningham
waywont
Nov 11, 2005 5:56 pm
I first heard of them at a beekeeper's meeting in Richmond, Virginia. An extention agent who had 100 or so (used them for pollination contracts) gave a...
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girl Mark
girl_mark_fire
Nov 11, 2005 8:07 pm
wow , he was doing movable beekeeping with TBH's ? one of the 'issues' is that they're not as easy to move as Langs , since comb is not supported as well as...
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Daron Page
dagwood008
Nov 11, 2005 9:15 pm
just getting interested, no hives yet, my BIL removes hives from time to time and is going to give me the next one he does, I need to get my hive ready soon,...
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girl Mark
girl_mark_fire
Nov 11, 2005 9:37 pm
are you in an area where you get fall swarms (like we sometimes do in California?) Mark...
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Daron Page
dagwood008
Nov 11, 2005 10:59 pm
I am in N.E. Texas, about 50 miles from Dallas, I really do not know if we get fall swarms, ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MwgrlB/TM ... ...
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Bryon Culling
bculling
Nov 11, 2005 11:40 pm
I don't know. I live in Phoenix and i just picked up and hived a swarm on Monday. It was in a water meter box and had been there a few weeks at least. it...
