Comments for Top-Bar Bees

Comment on Follower Boards by goingfishingbob

goingfishingbob — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:50:01 +0000

Hello, yes I’m doing a lot of research on bee hives and to answer your question about which board is the followup board and being a novice at this I am under the impression that the follower board is a divider to the main hive,set up to limit the area to the bees for there hives ,it is the one that just about blocks the front of the hives on the inside of the box .in the picture above on the right, its the plywood with the label in the right hand corner . I can asume that there is just enough room for the bee’s to migraite to the back section were the brood queen would be located.
Hope this helps BOB…

Comment on Making the Top-bars by mike pewtherer

mike pewtherer — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:18:38 +0000

Lost one of the hives..it had constant troubles….bad queen, got flipped over in a flood and then taken out by a critter. Made a new feeder for the surviving hive and will look in on them tomorrow Oct 25 2009.
Look me up on Facebook to see pictures of the top bar hives and feeders etc.

Comment on My Top-bar Hive’s Design by Jmairz

Jmairz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:18:38 +0000

Thank you for all of this great information, we can’t wait till spring now to try your TBH design.
Is there any fellow Michiganders out there who have tried TBH’s yet, and if so, how well did you do?

Thanks again,

Comment on Follower Boards by james

james — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:29:00 +0000

please tell me what a followup board is—i got plans from a barefoot beekeeper supplement, and they refer to a followup board, but i have no idea which board in the picture it is—thanks

Comment on My Top-bar Hive’s Design by Broken Timbers Honey

Broken Timbers Honey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:06:37 +0000

The easiest way to convert from inch to cm is to take the INCH # in decimal format and multiply it by 2.54. Multiply that by 10 to get MM!

Dave

Comment on About Me and My Hives by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:41:39 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on My Top-bar Hive’s Design by Keobiditse Moji

Keobiditse Moji — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:56:19 +0000

Please provide measurements of Kanyan top bar hive in centimetres

Comment on My Top-bar Hive’s Design by Keobiditse Moji

Keobiditse Moji — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:07:06 +0000

Could you please provide the measurements of the Kenyan top bar hive in centimetres.

Comment on My Top-bar Hive’s Design by Don Beaver

Don Beaver — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:58:51 +0000

I am interested in building a TBH. I would like to ask how well your bees overwintered this year? Thanks for your plans

Comment on Top-bar Hive Construction by Randall Phelps

Randall Phelps — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:29:15 +0000

Thanks for your work. I have downloaded and printed the drawings. Sufficient measurements seem to be on the drawings. I will modify the roof to incorporate a ridge vent, using shingles for the exterior covering. Another concern I have is the top bar sitting high against the roof. How far is the rail below the wall edge? How would you have the top bars higher to allow easier removal? I would suggest leaving the bars sitting below the wall edge but fasten a couple cabinet knobs on each bar, not interfering with the roof, to enable easier removal.