Moving bees from Langstroth to TBH sounds like a messy and creative challenge. But wouldn't it work to put a few top bars into the Langstroth body ahead of time, let the bees build their own comb and fill 'em up with the goods, then do the split using those bars? Trimming the wax foundation seems like it would be pretty simple compared to trimming down a full frame and attaching it to a top bar.
Would clearly need some adaptations to the bars themselves, but otherwise it seems straightforward. Why don't I see this method being suggested on forums, blogs? I must be missing something. Probably something pretty obvious.
Would clearly need some adaptations to the bars themselves, but otherwise it seems straightforward. Why don't I see this method being suggested on forums, blogs? I must be missing something. Probably something pretty obvious.