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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Wow Scot thanks! John ... From: Scot Mc Pherson<mailto:scot.mcpherson@...> To: TopHive@yahoogroups.com<mailto:TopHive@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
His phone number is no good anymore. He should be listed though. Try and give him a call. -- Scot McPherson The McPherson Family Honey Farms Davenport, Iowa...
Stan, I thought the meeting was a success. There were 6 of us, Sonoma, Napa and SF beeks. There were LOTS of pictures to see, one person brought a hive to...
Hello all-- I am so happy to report that my Top Bar beehive which was discussed in this forum earlier, has been cleared of having AFB. Ettamarie of Petaluma...
I'm back in town after being gone most weekends of the summer, and I"m now interersted in hosting a top bar hive beekeepers' gettogether in the East Bay,...
Just a reminder that there is planned a top bar hivers from the SF Bay Region meeting for the 2nd time in Napa on Oct 14th. We had 6 at the first one and...
Can I ask why are you selling them? Getting out of beekeeping or just sticking with langs? -- Scot McPherson The McPherson Family Honey Farms Davenport, Iowa...
it seems that in the coastal area that i live in, the langs are better for the bees. no one i know has had much success with top bars in this area so i am...
Have you tried putting bees in the TBHs yet? I have used TBHs on the coast, and they worked great. -- Scot McPherson The McPherson Family Honey Farms ...
Hi Cynthia, ... There is absolutely no objective criteria in that statement. Bees are highly adaptive and capable of living in almost any space anywhere. ...
Hi all, check out this link. the photo is of a beekeeping museum in Lithuania. the photo on the website can be enlarged and printed on photo paper! ...
Beekeeprs can be a stuborn and arogant bunch. Especially the older set in their ways ones. I have both langs and topbars and love them both. The langs are...
For great mentoring in the Pt. Reyes area, contact the Permaculture Institute. They have both Top-bar and Lang hives. And they sponsor an annual class with K...
You know, I've been thinking that that is probably why people told you that TBH's aren't working well in your area- I know that there are a LOT of beginners in...
Hi folks Well here in Tampa we are getting to go into the very floriferous winter season when a vast number of flowers and trees and shrubs blooms, but I still...
