Beekeeping > TBH, Warre, and Other Alternative Hives
Taking the Top bar plunge
Papakeith:
The local Beekeeping club is having a field day at my farm this weekend, so I thought it was high time that I have a top bar hive for people to look at. Hopefully I'll have it populated by the time they get here on Saturday. Or, maybe I'll put together a package and hive it that day
JUDELT:
very nice looking! This is on my wish list!
blueblood:
How is this going Keith?
Papakeith:
It is currently empty. I threw a swarm in there way too late last year. I knew that they probably wouldn't make it, and they didn't. what they did do is draw out a bunch of comb. The next swarm or split that I make will be going in.
As an aside; the angle of the legs is not spread wide enough to keep the hive stable in high winds. I will be using a dog run ground screw and a ratchet strap to give it the stability it needs.
Lburou:
Very nice wood work Keith. I enjoy my horizontal hives, a lot: Less lifting. I always thought that if I made a top bar hive I would cheat and put some partial foundation in the top bar to overcome the tendency of the comb to fall off the top bar. But, then it would not be a pure top bar hive. ;)
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