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18 Responses to Tidbits on Top Bar Hives

1. what about a cover for the TBH?

   

   Melissa J
   August 4, 2013 at 4:27 pm
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2. it’s all good somehow the bees make it…talked to a local farmer says bees do better where the winters are extreme because they slow down more..just need good insulation…..cold makes the skin thick i strike those matches on the beards of the ladies here

   

   athabascapete
   August 4, 2013 at 4:59 pm
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3. I cann’t do that. I’ve heard at -40 even fire freezes, and you can break off pieces of the frozen flames and use them for matches in the spring.

   

   OutOfaBlueSky
   August 4, 2013 at 5:37 pm
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4. great vids mate..if you can, tell about raising bees where it is -20 to -40 for 5 months of the year. would greatly be appreciated….If not, well i’ll still watch your vids lol
   Cheers

   

   athabascapete
   August 4, 2013 at 6:22 pm
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5. Vote early, vote often! lol.

   

   OutOfaBlueSky
   August 4, 2013 at 6:31 pm
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6. 3 years ago Liked this video, and now I liked itbagain

   

   babylontorch
   August 4, 2013 at 7:05 pm
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7. good video, but camera battery is about to die? nothing like being prepared….. nice hive work though, and the video is appreciated.

   

   Bob Mieknob
   August 4, 2013 at 7:59 pm
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8. Thanks for your vids, keep em coming… I’ve learnt so much and so many little tips like the bread knife trick after having forked out for a hive knife (excuse the pun!)
   I was a bit worried as in the UK I struggle to find other Top Bar Hivers, it seems Nationals are the only done thing here.
   It was a nice feeling watching and then going back to my hive and noticing stuff as a newcomer to beekeeping would’ve completely missed. How do Bees know where 1 bar stops and the next starts?
   Thank you

   

   initialblame
   August 4, 2013 at 8:17 pm
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9. Just curious – where do you have the entrances at on your hives? Ends? On The side middle? On the side ends? Thanks for sharing this video.

   

   CoyoteLight
   August 4, 2013 at 9:02 pm
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10. Top bar hives weren’t “designed with developing countries in mind.” White people were doing top bar hive beekeeping in Europe thousands of years before anyone ever thought to try to teach “developing” Africans anything.

    

    MrByronio
    August 4, 2013 at 9:29 pm
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11. Top bar hives weren’t “designed with developing countries in mind.” White people were doing top bar hive beekeeping in Europe thousands of years before anyone ever thought to try to teach “developing” Africans anything.l

    

    MrByronio
    August 4, 2013 at 10:04 pm
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12. Hi there, thanks for this video. It seems it would be so much easier to work the frames, if they were complete with sides & bottom. I like the idea of a Lang hive about 30 frames wide. You could work a lang. hive with min. equipment. I’ve been saying that for years. You could cut the comb out & put the empty frame back between two other near full frames, next time take the frames you left behind this time & so on.

    

    mugsyjeff
    August 4, 2013 at 10:15 pm
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13. First year on any hive, it is unlikely you will have surplus to harvest. KTBH or Lang.

    I’d pull honey at beginning of winter if they have honey stores past bar 15. 1-14 is all them, 15+ is surplus. Use common sense. Your actual mileage may vary.

    

    OutOfaBlueSky
    August 4, 2013 at 10:51 pm
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14. I have built a top bar hive and have ordered bees. I’m excited to start keeping bees. Have no idea how to know if you can harvest honey from the hive at the end of the season, how much or when etc. Can you comment?

    

    Dorothy Rosenberg
    August 4, 2013 at 11:04 pm
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15. OH, OK. the lid could be modified, but your right, it makes it more complicated.

    

    debay777
    August 4, 2013 at 11:13 pm
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16. that would be a bad idea. it would create a gap under the lid, a void for small hive beetles. Further, it is against the spirit of top bar hive simplicity. I’d have to go against that recommendation.

    

    OutOfaBlueSky
    August 4, 2013 at 11:18 pm
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17. put small cabinet knobs on your bars. better grip to pry them out

    

    debay777
    August 4, 2013 at 11:23 pm
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18. Good video, really glad you started editing them.

    

    dragonhlm
    August 4, 2013 at 11:43 pm
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