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...
I just checked my hives today after being overseas for a few weeks. One hive is strong and healthy--the other however is gone. It looks like AFB but I am a...
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone's topbar hives are doing really well? Is there anyone, especially in northern coastal California who has really had good ...
Cynthia, I am not on the coast, but in Napa, some marine influence. This is my second year with TBHs. I have 3 top bar and 3 langs. The TBHs are doing just...
How do you know its afb? A few bees in a hive will always be non-aggressive. A few weeks is not enough to kill off a hive, they probably left and the honey was...
thank you so much for your reply. i am a real neophyte. i took a weekend class and made two hives. i found two wild swarms and they made comb and seemed ok...
Cynthia, I would be open to having a Bay Area Top Bar Hive Get together in Napa on Sept 9th. I highly reccommend Serge's class at the Santa Rosa JC campus in...
Dear Jean and TBHkeepers, I am very interested in a gathering. I am in Sonoma and so Napa is easy for me. I am out of town Sept 2 but can do any other Sat in...
I'd love to have a Bay Area TBH gettogether in Berkeley the month after you guys meeting, I"ve been trying to get some kind of regular meeting going but I've...
My hives are doing well. I have three: one from a package is 2 years old and produced a ton of honey this year. Another, new this year from a large swarm,...
thanks Carolyn that is encouraging. do you live in the city or east bay or coastal or inland....where did you get your packages? I was thinking of trying a...
Hi- I'm in San Rafael in Marin County, SF Bay area-- hot and sunny here. I built 2 hives this year and fitted them with follower boards and a screened bottom...
I would like to invite anyone in the SF area to a meeting of folks who are already practicing top bar hive beekeeping. I am located in the town of Napa. It...
I wouldn't mind having a midwest TBH meet. There aren't many TBH beekeepers in the midwest, and as far as I know I am one of only a handful commercial tbh...
Depending on location and date, I would be very interested in a midwest meet. Not sure there are enough midwestern TBH'ers to make it happen though. Rich...
Hi all, Mark and Ruby... Sorry I've been outta the loop for about a month - wedding,etc... Anyway, I'm back and checking beekeeping emails again, and would...
Hello SF Bay area beekeepers, I am having a Top Bar Hive Beekeeper get together next Saturday, Sept 9 at my urban permaculture farm in Napa. 11:00 am - pot...
Hey folks John here in Tampa....self sufficiency gardener, rose breeder, garden writer...53 YO.....have wanted a hive since I was 10 in Michigan and met an...
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