is a queen excluder used in a top bar hive and if so what type. could you show one in your next video. i plan to build a top bar this winter for use this year. thank you.
@11mac11s Bees will start building from the side or the corner they group in, and you can see it a lot especially in weak hives that bees groups together in the smallest place possible.
So in my opinion you shall make the combs too close to each other and don't forget to use foundation to make sure you direct wax building.
sometimes it refer to the species. for example japanese bees build in a sort of diagonal
Any plans or schematics for the TBH? Ive seen lots of ideas on the net, but yours look the best and most practical. My email is Schedule3@yahoo.com. I live in SLC
Great video! The topbar comb is so beautiful: shaped like a heart. Our problem is that it takes quite a long time to go through the topbar hives because of trying to avoid squishing bees when putting the bars back. So we are tending towards topbar/Langstroth hybrids. The bees are healthier in the topbar hives, though. Beautiful filming of the queen!
i am watching/reading as much as possible before building my hive-top bar seems to be the one to go with. do you have any advice reguarding improvements now yours is up and running. i think a window would be amazing. good luck with your bee keeping-looks like you're sorted.
Great video! We've been developing a hybrid Langstroth/topbar because of the difficulty of putting the bars back without squishing bees. If just takes so long to coax all the bees down. We also seem to have a crowding problem and have to split the hives so often, so are sadly leaning towards a more Langstroth type hive. What do you do about crowding?
I am in an urban area. The bees are from a 3lb package. When I installed the bees in April I tried to feed them, but they were not interested in my feeder. You can see the feeder in my previous video "3hrs later". My latest video is coming soon so please subscribe and/or friend.
Building out to bar 10-12 is normal for a first year hive. You will want to spread out your brood next and put in a blank bar to force the bees to build up a larger brood next (and reduce swarming!).
Side benefit is that you can put in a unprepared bar with no foundation or even wax line, and the bees will build a straight comb on it.
Thanks this is good advice. It has been three months and my bees have built out 27 bars. I will post that video soon. I intend to post a video showing how to expand the brood chamber and train the bees.
I'm getting a beehive and this hive has 27 bars already. It gets me excited to see that kind of success, but the way you talk makes me feel nervous. What would you get in 3 months? By this hives rate I would say that 10-12 bars would suck.
@OutOfaBlueSky I was wondering about the wax. I waxed all my bars on the first hive (a 20 bar Tanzania) and put foundation strip on 10 of them. I have really been trying to pay attention to the bars on all these videos. Some guys swear by triangular shaped bars and some say wax them and some say don't wax them. I watched one tonight where the bees built in the wrong direction and it leads me to believe that waxing is a good practice but I will just have to wait and see what the bees do.
@agassizbeekeeper If you are starting a new hive I would use the foundation on about ten of the bars. Once the bees have built comb on them you just spread the bars and put an empty bar in between two bars of comb.
glad u didnt get stung without any protection but great video
Linkryan 1 week ago
Great video! You guys are cool!
kidgecartoon 3 weeks ago
what do you inspect on the hive ?
mrtoretos 1 month ago
is a queen excluder used in a top bar hive and if so what type. could you show one in your next video. i plan to build a top bar this winter for use this year. thank you.
50mrfish 1 month ago
Fantastic, it's always exciting to find the queen, I share your passion for the bees. That's a great result after 10 days.
mugsyjeff 4 months ago
You are a total gee, I don't have even an ounce of balls to pull one of them out.
MeestaBojangles 5 months ago
@11mac11s Bees will start building from the side or the corner they group in, and you can see it a lot especially in weak hives that bees groups together in the smallest place possible.
So in my opinion you shall make the combs too close to each other and don't forget to use foundation to make sure you direct wax building.
sometimes it refer to the species. for example japanese bees build in a sort of diagonal
Mhdlagha 5 months ago
Any plans or schematics for the TBH? Ive seen lots of ideas on the net, but yours look the best and most practical. My email is Schedule3@yahoo.com. I live in SLC
lonepeakihc 5 months ago
Do those bees sting?
WavyGravyTrain1 7 months ago
Great video! The topbar comb is so beautiful: shaped like a heart. Our problem is that it takes quite a long time to go through the topbar hives because of trying to avoid squishing bees when putting the bars back. So we are tending towards topbar/Langstroth hybrids. The bees are healthier in the topbar hives, though. Beautiful filming of the queen!
anuttama 9 months ago
How spread are bars?
paprna 9 months ago
10 days later?!? busy bees :-)
nice video.
i am watching/reading as much as possible before building my hive-top bar seems to be the one to go with. do you have any advice reguarding improvements now yours is up and running. i think a window would be amazing. good luck with your bee keeping-looks like you're sorted.
xrnts 9 months ago
i m also harveast honey bees in pakistan.u can see my videos on utub serch as hazro honey
jamal6421 10 months ago
Great video!! Is this really 10 days after installing them? Is that a typo?
If it is I bet you had more than 3lbs in your package. They are doing phenomenally!
Even if it is 10 weeks later I am impressed!
nancybobro 11 months ago
@nancybobro No typo. TEN D A Y S later.
dragonhlm 11 months ago
@dragonhlm You must live in Bee Eden!!! The bees cannot build that fast here in New England. Look forward to future videos!
nancybobro 11 months ago
@dragonhlm You must live in Bee Eden!!! The bees cannot build that fast here in New England. Look forward to future videos!
nancybobro 11 months ago
Great video!! Is this really 10 days after installing them? Is that a typo?
If it is I bet you had more than 3lbs in your package. They are doing phenomenally!
Even if it is 10 weeks later I am impressed!
nancybobro 11 months ago
dangerous
Lasers04 1 year ago
Incredible! Thanks for sharing!
wombbat909 1 year ago
Great video! We've been developing a hybrid Langstroth/topbar because of the difficulty of putting the bars back without squishing bees. If just takes so long to coax all the bees down. We also seem to have a crowding problem and have to split the hives so often, so are sadly leaning towards a more Langstroth type hive. What do you do about crowding?
anuttama 1 year ago
what kind of bees do you have and where do you buy them?
sonshinesmuscadines 1 year ago
Wow, 27 bars? you must be in a good floral area. Is it a first year hive? Were you feeding during that period?
OutOfaBlueSky 2 years ago
I am in an urban area. The bees are from a 3lb package. When I installed the bees in April I tried to feed them, but they were not interested in my feeder. You can see the feeder in my previous video "3hrs later". My latest video is coming soon so please subscribe and/or friend.
Thanks
dragonhlm 2 years ago
Building out to bar 10-12 is normal for a first year hive. You will want to spread out your brood next and put in a blank bar to force the bees to build up a larger brood next (and reduce swarming!).
Side benefit is that you can put in a unprepared bar with no foundation or even wax line, and the bees will build a straight comb on it.
OutOfaBlueSky 2 years ago
Thanks this is good advice. It has been three months and my bees have built out 27 bars. I will post that video soon. I intend to post a video showing how to expand the brood chamber and train the bees.
dragonhlm 2 years ago
I'm getting a beehive and this hive has 27 bars already. It gets me excited to see that kind of success, but the way you talk makes me feel nervous. What would you get in 3 months? By this hives rate I would say that 10-12 bars would suck.
phantomcreamer 2 years ago
@OutOfaBlueSky I was wondering about the wax. I waxed all my bars on the first hive (a 20 bar Tanzania) and put foundation strip on 10 of them. I have really been trying to pay attention to the bars on all these videos. Some guys swear by triangular shaped bars and some say wax them and some say don't wax them. I watched one tonight where the bees built in the wrong direction and it leads me to believe that waxing is a good practice but I will just have to wait and see what the bees do.
agassizbeekeeper 1 year ago
@agassizbeekeeper If you are starting a new hive I would use the foundation on about ten of the bars. Once the bees have built comb on them you just spread the bars and put an empty bar in between two bars of comb.
dragonhlm 1 year ago
@dragonhlm I did that lastnight. I will have to get my daughter to do some filming so you can see our hives. Thanks for the info.
agassizbeekeeper 1 year ago