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...
You don't want to start bees now, not even in florida, that's why he said it won't work. I used to keep bees in florida. You really want to start hives in...
Thanks! John "The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their...
Thanks Scott for that full body of advice. This man up the road has been a beekeeper for 30 years, had never heard of Top Bar Hives, discounted the concept...
Well keep in mind there are at least 4 beekeepers that keep bees in TBHs commercially, or at least make a living off of it, so it is perfectly doable...might...
This is a reminder of the 2nd Saturday Top Bar Meeting, Nov 11, 06 for the SF Bay area and extended northern CA area. We are meeting in Napa at a small urban...
Hi Scot Do you have any thoughs after this year of with all your TBh's? I know when I get a 3 lb package mid April here in New England and install with just...
Yes I have some thoughts. That's a lot of freaking beehives, no matter what style. I had a hardship during my installation season. When I went an picked up my...
Wow! I'll bet you were busy! shifting all the bars about and checking on them regularly. I thought TBH's were easier to manage, but I guess like any hive,...
Hi Scott took you advice about the bees propolizing the sliding floor and will only slid in temporally when needed. Posted pictures of my tbh's. Dave PS...
Hello, That isn't really news any more, a few years ago I already pointed this out to many people, from an article that I found. The other article was much...
Sasha, I got your message, but I was not here when it came. My computer was in the middle of having a problem, so I could not reply when I saw the message. As...
Hi All, I'm new to beekeeping and TBHs and really grateful I stumbled across this group. I've just started building my first TBH and have a question about...
You should not be cutting notches into the topbars unless you are putting a super directly over the notched bars. You will quickly discover why you don't want...
Hi Scot, Thanks for the suggestion about the notches and vent holes. When you say that the holes should be in the top center of the back of the hive do you...
Hi Scot, just built 3 tbh's and 100 tb's with notches for observation. I thought I would cover the notches with something, maybe a long towel or 1" strip of...
Hi folks, I had a chat with K. Ruby about having the East Bay TBH/organic beekeepers' club meeting, starting in the beginning of Feb. We decided on Wednesday...
If you cover the notches with something, they will glue it down...If you leave it open, the bees will build comb above the top bars... If you want to see how...
I mean the back of the hive body. The cover is a separate thing. Most people when they talk about doing something to the hive or to the cover, they will talk...
Its only advice, not a criticism... Thanks Scot, would never consider anyone advice as criticism even though it ........ Dave Skowhegan, ME [Non-text portions...
Does anyone have any suggestions about whether it would be practical to tranfer frames/comb from a lang nuc into a 16" wide Kenyan TBH? Could the side and...
