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Here's the easiest method I've found. Simply melt some wax block into a grove with a torch (be careful) and stick a strip of foundation in there. The wax will drip/pour nicely off of a bottom...

Hoosier - I’m not sure but all of the recommendations I’ve read say place the pollen patties “above the brood.” Since above isn’t convenient to TBHs, adjacent is what I’m trying to accomplish. I...

oops, double posted and I dont know how to delete it...maybe ill find it later...

efaure,

Sure, I was just guessing at what might fit in the mixer and it barely made it. I simply made a 1/25th version of Randy's recipe posted...

No SHBs. That was the idea. If the bees can get to all sides of the pollen substitute then they'll keep the beetles out (hopefully).

Those are acrylic bars that I made for my observation hive. ...

I was recently experimenting with pollen substitute and I thought I’d share what I did and found. Actually, I’ve been thinking about this for over a year and have finally gotten around to it. In...

Thanks for posting this because I'll recommend them to folks around here, since they're a comfortable driving distance to DC. Its similar to what I build and the price is very reasonable. As for...

I use the news paper combine but I just smoosh the paper into the corners with my hands. I suggest not leaving more paper than necessary because they have a shred party to celebrate the sucessful...

Hoosier,

I got one last month too and I think its well beyond anything else out there for TBH beekeepers. It's organized very much like his presentations. Our local club has been lucky enough to...

Virginiawolf,

No, I don't cover the top or the sides. Despite what you read, mine don't seem to mind. Since it's really just a top bar hive, there's plenty of darkness between the combs. The...

Here's a simple design that I use with an optional screen bottom and stand. It's based on a Dr. Wyatt A. Mangum presentation (and now book). It's very practical because it uses dimensional lumber. ...

TokerM

It's doable but I'd be concerned about the weight of the comb. I simply stuck with the size of my other TBHs. My comb are about 15x10x10 and they can weigh a little over 5 lbs. If you...

Oldtimer,

More specifically, he started pollinating for money with langs before he was a ten (driving hives around his bicycle) and kept 125 hives as teenager. He's worked in bee academia, in...

Oops, I just read the nitpicking above. I didn't mean to start that up again.

Stuart

Fwiw, Dr. Wyatt Mangum has run ~200 tbh commercially for ~20 years or so. He writes a lot in ABJ. I suspect its like anything else, learn through mistakes. His book is due out soon and maybe there...

I've mostly use a milk carton with the top cut off. For a bee ladder I insert a wide band of window screen pushed down to the bottom. The long ends of the screen overlap the edges of the carton and...

Simply put a very shallow saw cut in the center of the bar, chop up some wax and fill the groove, melt the wax with a small torch and insert a ~1" strip of foundation. I did this on a couple of...

If nucs and a little driving is ok for you then look into Bjorn aparies in central Pa.

Stuart