Hi, I have two TBHs I started with nucs (3 bars) last May (late May). it wasn't a great honey year, I hear from other beekeepers, and my two TBHs ended up with...
Hi Kristene, You probably will not see a big drop in stores yet. They will probably make it through winter on that many bars, there are many factors that will...
Here in Germany I found it at a local feed store. You can check with a local beek or on line bee supply stores. If you still cannot find a source to purchase...
Listen to Gary n this one. At another place in a book or mag I read also that a mix of sugar, powdered milk and yeast can be used with Cocconut oil as a...
You can also make a candy board which is a panel with raise edged molding laid flat and the liquid is pored into it where it is allowed to harden then the...
Here is a great example of feeding fondant http://www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/PENotes/Fondant.htm In a top bar hive there are two ways to feed....
... also that a mix of sugar, powdered milk and yeast can be used with Cocconut oil as a binder. Or without the oil and just left in a feeder tray ... nice...
The guy with the recipe is a well known bee keeper in CA who sold out his artifical semination operation who had previusly done much research. I have to find...
Hi Folks, I just moved (back) to Pittsboro NC after being in California for my whole beekeeping 'career', and I'd like to connect with someone who's got...
I have to agree with Phil on this one. Bakers fondant is made from powdered sugar and glucose, then heated to a soft paste like consistency. anything else can...
Hi all, I have been doing my homework and am building a TBH, ready for Spring in a few months (I live in the UK). I have never kept bees before, so this will...
... attract ... Anybody ... that ... a ... Hi Dusty TBH beekeeping is not new project in the United Kingdom, Dartington Long Deep Hive have designed by Robin...
Hi Dusty, First winter is a bad time of year to try to bait bees for any purpose reason being they don't fly in winter. You will probably attract many...
... I want to put out a feeder with honey as a ... Why do you want bees in your garden in winter? If you are trying to attract a swarm, wait until April or May...
... I would lay money that the bees will propolize your top vent in short order. If you use a mesh floor and the walls are reasonably thick and you have some...
i have never had bees and want to get some, in the town i live in we have a bee keeping club. i have been to three meetings , i want to build my on top bar...
IMO Phil is right most bees will quickly close up any large vent holes. We can only speculate that they let too much heat escape too fast. One thing is for...
Hi Brian, Small celland natural cell are two different things, small cell is forcing bees to build what the naturally would not and natural cell is letting the...
Thanks everybody for your valuble input, ... Phil my thinking was purely to help the neighbourhood bees during winter. No I understand they never swarm in...
... Your intentions are good, but honey should only be fed to bees if: (a) it is their own honey, or (b) it is cold-extracted and unpasteurized (heating honey...
... Well that blows that idea out of the water. I never even thought "store bought" honey would be bad for the little guys. Thanks for putting me staright ...
I have 2 Langstroth hives I plan to fill this spring. So, naturally, I'm going to try and build a 3rd hive, this time Kenyan Top Bar, before I even have a...
One of my hives this year had a problem. In a fierce wind-rain storm, the hive's top blew off and the insides got completely drenched. My husband found the...
... bottoms? For the weather in our area with the constant dampness, I can see this is an accommodation that's probably more useful here than most other areas....
Hi Bill, Thanks for your comments and observations. I feel better already. :-) The hole in the front of the hive is about an inch an a quarter around but now...
An Ida I have is to drill holes at just a size that small PVC pipe will fit ...say 1 inch. You want the hole almost to allow a snug ft. Cut the PVC [ipe long...
... around but now that you mention corks, there doesn't seem to be any harm in putting a few more in. That way we can have the spring honey rush without a...
