Comments on: Top Bar Bee Hive: Perfect for Backyard Beehives http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/ Info for Off Grid Homes Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andy Lepak http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/comment-page-1/#comment-27332 Andy Lepak Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:53:25 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=396#comment-27332 How do I get the bees to stay in a top bar hive once I buy a 3# package?? How do I get the bees to stay in a top bar hive once I buy a 3# package??

]]> By: jean pierre rousseau http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/comment-page-1/#comment-27198 jean pierre rousseau Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:10:46 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=396#comment-27198 hi all you bee loving peple.i built a tbh and it works great but i opened it 2days ago only to find most of the bars were built so crooked that i cant pull out any without having the combs collapse to the bottom of the hive.will the bees make the attachement more solid or should i do something abot it.i live in quebec close to quebec city jp hi all you bee loving peple.i built a tbh and it works great but i opened it 2days ago only to find most of the bars were built so crooked that i cant pull out any without having the combs collapse to the bottom of the hive.will the bees make the attachement more solid or should i do something abot it.i live in quebec close to quebec city

jp

]]> By: scott http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/comment-page-1/#comment-27002 scott Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:51:33 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=396#comment-27002 i have a topbar hive and noticed they make alot of drones. i'm not sure if this is good or not. it's late july and still no honey. bees seem to stay inside alot compared to my regular hives. is this normal? i have a topbar hive and noticed they make alot of drones. i’m not sure if this is good or not. it’s late july and still no honey. bees seem to stay inside alot compared to my regular hives. is this normal?

]]> By: Marsha http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/comment-page-1/#comment-25782 Marsha Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:50:02 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=396#comment-25782 I am so new to this and I have started my TBH. My questions are: What time of the day is the best to harvest ? Also how do you tell the difference between brood and honey? Is it very evident? I am so new to this and I have started my TBH. My questions are: What time of the day is the best to harvest ? Also how do you tell the difference between brood and honey? Is it very evident?

]]> By: Deb http://www.livingoffgrid.org/top-bar-bee-hive-perfect-for-backyard-beehives/comment-page-1/#comment-24999 Deb Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:56:48 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=396#comment-24999 I live 20 min East of Wichita right on a river with a great wooded slope and would love to start bee keeping. I would love and appreciate any and all advice. Deborah is my full name and is biblically interpretted as the "Bee charmer"....would love to fulfill my namesake...I also love flower gardening and my nearest neighbor has started an orchard of plums, cherry trees, etc.... I live 20 min East of Wichita right on a river with a great wooded slope and would love to start bee keeping. I would love and appreciate any and all advice. Deborah is my full name and is biblically interpretted as the “Bee charmer”….would love to fulfill my namesake…I also love flower gardening and my nearest neighbor has started an orchard of plums, cherry trees, etc….

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