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...
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Carolyn Chaney
cfchaney
Aug 13, 2006 10:22 pm
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...
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girl mark
girl_mark_fire
Aug 14, 2006 1:25 am
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...
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Laela
laelafrench
Aug 21, 2006 12:01 am
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...
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Cynthia Loebig
cloebee57
Aug 21, 2006 12:56 am
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 ...
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acornjean
Aug 21, 2006 6:24 am
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...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Aug 21, 2006 1:37 pm
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...
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Cynthia Loebig
cloebee57
Aug 21, 2006 3:56 pm
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...
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acornjean
Aug 21, 2006 5:03 pm
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...
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laela french
laelafrench
Aug 21, 2006 7:17 pm
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...
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girl mark
girl_mark_fire
Aug 21, 2006 7:50 pm
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...
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Carolyn Chaney
cfchaney
Aug 22, 2006 12:38 am
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,...
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Cynthia Loebig
cloebee57
Aug 22, 2006 3:26 pm
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...
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Carolyn Chaney
cfchaney
Aug 22, 2006 4:19 pm
I live in Emerald Hills (Redwood City), between San Mateo & Palo Alto. My first hive came from Honey Bee Genetics in Vacaville. Italians (which are...
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Cynthia Loebig
cloebee57
Aug 23, 2006 2:19 am
thanks so much for the info! cynthia...
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J. Walker
walkerofthee...
Aug 23, 2006 10:08 pm
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...
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acornjean
Aug 31, 2006 2:23 am
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...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Aug 31, 2006 3:01 am
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...
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Rich M
theseventhsa...
Aug 31, 2006 1:57 pm
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...
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jeniflyn
Sep 1, 2006 8:52 pm
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...
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acornjean
Sep 1, 2006 9:29 pm
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...
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laela french
laelafrench
Sep 2, 2006 6:34 am
Dear Jean: I am RSVPing a YES. Can you send the address to me? laelafrench@... looking forward to it! Love & Light, Laela ... From: acornjean...
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John Starnes Jr.
johnstarnes3212
Sep 3, 2006 9:13 pm
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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stangardens
Sep 4, 2006 3:06 pm
if you build another tanzanian hive using lang dimensions you can get bees from the beeks you know and then use the hive you have for any swarms you come...
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John Starnes Jr.
johnstarnes3212
Sep 4, 2006 3:10 pm
Thanks but these beekeepers tell me their brood frames won't fit in my hive...neither had ever heard of top bar hives. John ... From:...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Sep 4, 2006 3:20 pm
He was saying if you build a Tanzanzanian Top Bar Hive at the same dimensions used by langstroth hives (like your local beeks use) then you can just put the...
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John Starnes Jr.
johnstarnes3212
Sep 4, 2006 3:25 pm
Thanks much. I had asked one if I could simply cut out a section of his brood comb and wire it to my front frame to let them hatch out then make a queen after...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Sep 4, 2006 5:19 pm
Get a ladder...well no, don't do that on your first try.... Once you have catch a swarm or two, then do the more advanced removals such as those requiring...
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John Starnes Jr.
johnstarnes3212
Sep 4, 2006 5:40 pm
Thanks Scott for all the help....yes my paranoia of heights (but not bees) would make getting a swarm 20 feet up interesting indeed! John ... From: Scot Mc...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Sep 4, 2006 6:31 pm
There is a fellow in Manatee county. His name is Jack and is an ex-president of the Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association I think. He's a nice guy and has a 4,000...
