Comments on: Top Bar Bee Hive: Perfect for Backyard Beehives

By: Randy Bradley-Campbell

Randy Bradley-Campbell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0000

Some notes on the previous messages: 1. there is no cure for colony collapse disorder 2. to say that beekeeping should be done by beekeepers and not scientists shows a real disrespect for both beekeepers and scientists because anyone who keeps bees is in fact a scientist by nature. 3. beekeepers who are also professional scientists have been considering the problems of CCD and many are considering the lack of genetic diversity in commercial bees as the major contributor to CCD so if you do need to order bees (instead of capturing a swarm) it is in everyone’s best interest (hobby keeper, commercial enterprises, and THE BEES that you try to obtain bees from small scale apiaries that can give you outcrossed or hybrid bees and not requeen your hive every year (which some do to increase honey yeilds regardless of colony health)–that way, your colony and the drones it produces will help maximize genetic diversity in the wild bee populations as well 4. HOW TO GET THE HONEY FROM A TOP BAR: you simply crush the combs in a collander and let the honey run out in a clean pan or bucket…to remove small bits of wax from the honey afterwards, carefully pour it through a nylon stocking…but keeping some on the comb is a nice treat too.

By: Dawn Austin

Dawn Austin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:07:10 +0000

So how do you extract the honey with these hives?

By: Valerie Attina

Valerie Attina — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:46:32 +0000

I apologize for my late response… I could not remember this web site name for anything. So glad I found it again.

I live in northeast Ohio. It would probably be (bee too costly for someone to come over and like everyone else we are low on funds. We may have to DIY. NOW my husband wants to keep bees also — but not in the house of course. Sooo guess who gets another job …
Marty, thank you I will call you to discuss.

my direct email is valtime1@windstream.net

By: gerald nichols

gerald nichols — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:03:25 +0000

valerie did you get the bees gone. if not let me know where you live, maby i can help. thanks gerald.

By: Marty Hardison

Marty Hardison — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:37:37 +0000

Valerie Attina,
Hello Valerie I read your post and am pretty good at relocating bees. Let me know where you are and I’ll see if it is practical for me to visit your barn and move your bees out.

You can e-mail me or call my cell 303-619-5156

Marty Hardison