TOB BAR HIVES

[DERONBURGH BEE]

Hi, Thanks again for bb advice! Mr. Mc Pherson mentioned the "top bar hive." What is that? I have not read about it in the books I have read or seen it mentioned in the materials I have seen on the internet? Thanks! DJ

[BULLSEYE BILL]

Go to the equipmant review and look for the "Any tbh users out there?" thread, pack a lunch, it's gonna take you awhile to read the 400+ posts.

[Michael Bush]

TBH sites. http://www.ccdemo.info/GardenBees/CK5/CK5.html http://www.ccdemo.info/GardenBees/CK5/CK5.html http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/kenya.htm http://nanaimo.ark.com/~cberube/ktbh.htm http://nanaimo.ark.com/~cberube/images/ktbhplan.gif http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/kirchhain.html (mini mating with top bars) http://www.badassbees.com/observe/observe.html http://www.rupertshoney.co.za/rh/index.htm (top bars with dowel frames) http://home.att.net/~mcdonald/bees/hive/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/..._hive_lore.txt http://www.kentbee.com/bromley/teaching.htm http://nanaimo.ark.com/~cberube/5.htm http://www.beesource.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000012.html (discussion of TBH on this forum. Lots of links and info) http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/birkey/index.htm http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/birkey/index.htm http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/txbeeguy/index.htm http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/lance/index.htm http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/bush/index.htm http://profiles.yahoo.com/txbeeguy http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bush/ima...sOnTopBars.jpg (pictures of bees in my top bar hive) http://www.geocities.com/five_watson...ttingtool.html (cutting tool to cut top bar combs loose) http://www.geocities.com/usbwrangler/ http://www.pinterventions.org/beekeeping_in_africa.htm

[wayacoyote]

Follow Bill's advice to learn more about top bar hives (TBH). There are some great links. To get you started, a TBH is a hive that uses just the top bars instead of complete frames. One of the advantages is that it reduces the initial start up expense for a beekeeper and the complexity of building frames. It may or may not be your cup-o-tea, but is interesting and I have taken that rout when needing to hive a swarm but didn't have equipment ready.
Coyote