In a TBH..

[ktbearpaws]

..how is the brood kept separate from the honey?
I know that an excluder is used to in a standard hive.

[drobbins]

the bees do it there selves
they have an area for brood and an area for honey
you just swipe honey from the appropriate place smile.gif

Dave

[edit] more detail
the brood area will have honey and pollen in it
leave that alone, that's theirs
full frames of honey you can steal (within reason)

[ December 04, 2006, 09:00 PM: Message edited by: drobbins ]

[Michael Bush]

>..how is the brood kept separate from the honey?

The bees keep the brood in one consolidated place if you let them. The only reason I've seen a queen lay brood scattered about is when she can't find enough drone cells in the brood nest to keep the drone brood in the brood nest and she lays a little patch of drone up in some super.

>I know that an excluder is used to in a standard hive.

Actually it's NOT standard. Certainly not in my hives and not in many people's hives. Using an excluder is a personal choice and I'd say many people do and many people don't.

Try reading the FAQ section here:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beestopbarhives.htm