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Hello All, On inspection of my only hive 2 weeks ago and again today my hive population seems smaller. There is a lot of honey production, and many vacated (dark cells). I did not find the queen or…Continue
Started by Jeannie Pace. Last reply by Jeannie Pace Jul 16, 2018.
Hello All, Finally living a dream by installing my first package of bees two weeks ago. I gave the gals 9 days to settle in before making an inspection. I limited the hive to 8 bars as a starter. I…Continue
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Started by Jeannie Pace. Last reply by Elizabeth Lake Apr 13, 2018.
Hi All,Here is an awesome site which contains a wealth of information about bees. http://scientificbeekeeping.comContinue
Started by Ivy. Last reply by Rhett Renoud Apr 28, 2016.
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During a hive inspection today I discovered the gals have built a full size comb on the last follower board. Do I take that off and harvest the honey or leave it on?
I am interested in purchasing a T.J. Carr /Jason Fink topbar hive. If you have one you would like to sell please contact me. Thanks.
Need a queen and some brood for a queenless hive. Thanks in advance to anyone who has advice for me.
thank you Jeremy. I will report back on how it is going.
hello. I received a new topbar hive this year, and some carniolan bees in April. I was pretty much leaving them alone after making sure their queen had been released. something seemed amiss this week and I went into the hive, and I think the queen was lost, I don't see any brood.. (not skilled in ID'ing the queen by sight either) I have another top bar with Italian bees, doing well,... so I was wondering what would happen if I put some brood comb from the Italian bees into the hive with the carniolan bees? anyone know??
So far, the new packages are dong well. I feel comfortable adding 10 more hives for next year! ;)
Great link. Thanks for posting, Ivy.
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/7-health-benefits-bee-propolis
Here is a some wonderful information about propolis. Amazing stuff!
Jefferson, I do not have a TBH hive. Everyone that I know who has Top Bar Hives seem to have a lower success rate in keeping bees, which is why I've steered away from them. I agree with Dorian, the build of the hive is probably critical. In my opinion, there is less room for error in a Langstroth or Warre, but this is based on what I have read and observed through the eyes of other beekeepers. I realize that Les Crowder uses TBH hives at a higher elevation, but I don't know what his overall success rate is. Bees are highly resilient and can survive in many living conditions. But surviving and thriving are very different.
I have seen top bar hives be VERY successful at high altitude and low temperatures. I have a friend up in Taos and Santa Fe who have several of them. It just depends on the build I think. I like the CJ top bar build. I would research possible bacteria infections or look for pests among the clusters of bees Pete. What happened to your bees is most likely not due to cold weather but some other event. They survived the coldest parts of the winter to be taken out by a March late freeze does not make sense. Next year though I will build a Langstroth hive and if I can convert it to a flow hive!
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