Do other beekeepers ever criticize or mock you for having a TBH? Just curious how common this experience is.
Try using a TTBH. Build it to lang size. See Michael Bush's site for more info.I have always used langs.....haven't even seen a tbh ....I'm old but still open minded ( what's left of it might try one ...tough to do a split from langs to tbh ?
Yes that's exactly what I do when I'm setting up TBH's for people. Far less drama than messing with cutting combs etc. I just make sure their TBH has properly set up comb guides and a sensible method for feeding (if that's needed), and the bees will have the first combs built within a day or two and be on their way to a hassle free install.Why not just a shaken split (make your own package of bees).
Long as they do not run out of food, ie, you feed them if need be if they cannot collect their own, and they should be fine.The weather here is chilly now. They have built comb, but are not foraging much that I can see. I assume when it warms up they will be out for nectar and pollen. I feel uncertain about some aspects, but so far, at the very beginning, I feel OK about that.
Just make sure that person is not you. The criteria should not be that a person has to wildly support Kenya TBH's and dis everything else or you write them off as a beekeeper. If the people who ran your courses took a neutral stance, what more can you reasonably ask? Shannon's post was very good, many of these folks you mention will be good beekeepers who can offer you a lot. This transcends the mere shape of the box the bees live in.Too bad there is posturing and animosity or attitude about hive type.
He is small cell, he is not treatment free.I thought the Fat Beeman's bees were treatment free.
kilocharlie;942818 OBSERVED RAW DATA TRUMPS OPINIONS 7 DAYS A WEEK.[/QUOTE said:Put it does not speak as loudly.