http://cgi.ebay.com/Beekeeping-NEW-Hybred-top-bar-hive_W0QQitemZ7614969357QQcategoryZ66892QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem A TBH on ebay. Keith ... [Non-text portions of...
I have a question about how long a new queen takes to start laying. My colony swarmed sometime recently, and I first noticed about a week ago. The queen was in...
What is a california buckeye? Perhaps I should take exeption to that... as I've often visted California, but have bought land in the BUCKEYE state. I am now SO...
I understand that the COASTAL buckeye is not such a problem, but that Fotthills Buckeye is pretty toxic for bees. I'm in my second year, and the buckeye that...
Isn't it a matter of feeding pollen substitute (in conventional chemical beekeeping) when this stuff blooms? I've never paid attention to it but seem to...
We had an extraction that ended up being huge! I'm not sure I'd sign on to do this again. It was quite overwhelming. So much comb, and very tender. We...
If you really want to extract you either need to use langs or a sweinty extractor. TBHs are not designed to extract and replace. You cut the comb off and deal...
I was more interested in how to attach comb removed from a feral hive to my top bars, than info about extracting honey from top bar hives. Sorry if I was...
... overwhelming. ... wire strips like a ... underside middle of the bar, ... the bar underside. ... to tie it on, but that was ... huge cloud of angry bees. ...
Ah my mistake. When I read "extraction", I took it to mean extracting honey, not a colony removal. You can't really do anything to make combs perfectly...
... I must confess to the 'extraction' in reference to a nest in the original confused me also. If you were to draw up a glossary of definitions it might come...
Hi all-- I am enjoying my first year as a TBH beekeeper. I just wondered what is 'normal" comb build up by now? Both my hives (which were installed late...
I too drowned a lot of bees with the water/vinegar method, even though I put toweling around the edges and down into the water to give them a way to climb out....
The picture is titled HicksAntNix. Click on Photos in the box on the left of the screen of the Yahoo TBH page. Carolyn ... Carolyn Chaney cchaney@... ......
Hi Laela Yes, that is actually a pretty good amount of combs honey so far considering the late start. I put screens over my water buckets with holes in them so...
Hi Laela, There are many kinds of ants so a solution to deal with one kind of infestation may not work for another. That's why various alternatives are winners...
Hi all, I have been hanging out with an awesome top-bar-hive newbie whom I met on the Beesource forum recently, who lives in my neighborhood of Oakland...
I installed a 3 lb. package in my TBH on Thursday. Was my first. Seemed to go ok, least as far as I can tell. Direct-released queen by uncorking cage and...
Hey All- did this happen? Mark is the newbie you are talking abour Jen on 51st? I would like to be invited, but I don't get these messages deleivered into my...
I took Ruby's TBH class this past March and installed a package of bees from the San Mateo County beekeepers in early April. Here's my question: How often...
... wrote: i try for once a week but it sounds to me like you have a handle on it. the critical ( keeping comb straight) part of the season is over in my...
My 3 hives were under heavy infestation by ants this spring. I placed ant traps where the main activity was, one on top of the bars under the roof (in the...
i have lost both my hives to laying workers. this was my first experience with keeping bees and i didn't know that after you capture a swarm, they need to be ...
Hi Cynthia, Sorry to hear about the hives. I've got two, and one swarmed, keep trying. You may not see many more swarms this year, but I live in Georgia. Keep...
Hi everyone, I have three thriving TB hives now, and it is indeed three times as much work! Every time I've gone into the hives this season, I've found cross...
I think it's important to be able to inspect the brood nest, especially closer to winter when diseases start showing up. If you leave them alone or if for some...
