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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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.----...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ... ...
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...
</blurb>I know some members are a bit tweaked that a send tbhers to other lists, but quite frankly mark has just demonstrated why I do so. Having said this I...
I was wanting to keep some bees, but what I knew about Langstroth hives seemed very complicated. So I went to a 2 day workshop at the Permaculture Institute...
Well, for starters, most mating nucs here in Northern Europe are actually small TBH's. I was fascinated by the way the bees draw out the combs. Then I came...
I wish I could find the notebook I had at that meeting, as I took a tape measure and got the dimensions. But, it seems to me that his TBH's were a bit smaller...
