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Hi John:

Its good that you were contacted by some bee package suppliers, since I have not as of yet been contacted do you think that you could share some of the info with me? Just PM me if you...

John:

Were you able to locate any bees ? I was considering Wood's Beekeeping Supply myself.now I am not so sure.

Any of the mints will be good forage for your bees and they readily will spread on their own.

Top Bar Hive Beekeeping: Wisdom & Pleasure Combined is the title

I have an email off to him and will let you know when I hear back regarding this.

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Try Charles & Maxine Walter, I am very happy with the Russian queens that they provided me with. They are good people and very prompt with their service.


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I suggest that you might want to take a ride and attend this presentation. For a copy of Wyatt Mangum's book and to hear him speak.
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Here is the web page with the contact information for you. Hope that helps.

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When the bees hatch they are not going to go back to the hive that they were laid in, they will stay in the hive in which the were born, don't forget that they will do their orientation flight to...

Check out these plans for the Kenyan Top Bar Hive and yes there are follower boards.

http://www.biobees.com/build-a-beehive-free-plans.php

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http://www.biobees.com/build-a-beehive-free-plans.php

Here is one that many seem to build.

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Curious as to what you mean by a "real hive?" and in case I am missing something, how is a top bar hive a "new kind of hive?"

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Sounds to me like orientation flight activity, completely normal. :)

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https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/2507/V31N03_181.pdf;jsessionid=657D82A73B30A55E15BE32936221A6C7?sequence=1

You have to read that pdf it is fascinating stuff if you are interested...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KDPp8H6PU

This is a very simple treatment for the Small Hive Beetle (and cheap)

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Why not simply butt your two hives together end to end if they are of the same types and join them into one? Or just put a super onto the first top bar hive?

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Having lived for many years in Northern Virginia myself, I would tend to be of the opinion that you don't have anything to fear from the winters there. I think that your bees should be just fine in...

I just use a top entrance. I simply leave a 1/2 space between the end of the hive and the first top bar and my lid is such that the bees have no problems streaming in and out. Also I haven't put...

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfaqs.htm

Micheal Bush describes the push in cage method on this link. Don't hang the cage.

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The entrance to the feeders looks big enough, I think that you might want to try to make a different design more like a Boardman feeder so that you can just notch out your follower board and then you...

http://www.sunnysidecorp.com/pdf/msds872.pdf

Check out the ingredients of this "boiled" linseed oil. Not what I would call green in any way. I Just use raw linseed oil, works for me.

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Both are usable on wood. The raw will take about a week to dry and the "boiled" will be faster due to the the not so friendly petroleum and metallic additives that it has as part of its composition....