I have a "silly question"when do you decide that the comb is to dark?I'm all for them making new comb to give them something to do but I was thinking of helping the bees stay sanitary.Does that make any sense?
@tappakeggaday1 Don't worry about the bees being sanitary. They are wild creatures. You just worry about the honey area in the hive. You'll cut off the combs so they will always be yellow comb.
hi ,i sent u a msg about my TBH bees crossing the bars instead of length with comb. i took ur advice and squished comb back on,hair clips didnt work they cut thru comb.sadly when i got home from work yesterday afternoon they had swarmed on me and are gone . i looked and looked all around for them to no avail. they where a 3 lb pkge of Italians,any advice on this not happening to my hive again? john[RdkgRiders@live.com]thanx
how do you attach hair clip to bar? What do you do if the comb crosses over to the next bar (like they did in a KTBH I bought completely full) without completely wrecking things?
Thanks for the comb tips. I am in a mess with my comb and sent you a message with some questions. I'm staring another hive this spring and will be more vigilant about keeping the comb going straight. I'm stocking up on the sale hair clips :)
@1artisfun If you start another hive, take a straight bar from one hive and put it in the hive that you will start with a package. This does 2 things:
Thanks for the tip about jiggling the bar to get the bees to move out of the way when putting the top bars back together. I'll get my wife to give it ago when we next look in her TBH.
You didn't need your fancy engineer's lingo to give you away, the socks + sandals had you pegged long before the words ever came out of your mouth. BTW, I couldn't agree more about the bread knife. I started using one last year on my TB Hives and it's MUCH easier for getting in there to do some work.
@chuckarama451 hey, those socks and sandals were perfectly fashionable when I was in Germany I'll have you know! But my shirt, wow, gotta buy 9 volt battery packs to keep it that bright. Love it.
McCartney - how do you connect the hair clip to the top bar when you want to attach comb from a cutout to a top bar. This video was very helpful to me. Thanks for taking time to make it.
@Scott1844 First, when you buy the hair clips, make sure they have a hole near the top of the clip so you can tie a string from the top of the clip to the bar. The bees will take care of the string within 2 weeks. All you will have left will be the string above the bar.
I have a "silly question"when do you decide that the comb is to dark?I'm all for them making new comb to give them something to do but I was thinking of helping the bees stay sanitary.Does that make any sense?
tappakeggaday1 3 months ago
@tappakeggaday1 Don't worry about the bees being sanitary. They are wild creatures. You just worry about the honey area in the hive. You'll cut off the combs so they will always be yellow comb.
OutOfaBlueSky 1 month ago
hi ,i sent u a msg about my TBH bees crossing the bars instead of length with comb. i took ur advice and squished comb back on,hair clips didnt work they cut thru comb.sadly when i got home from work yesterday afternoon they had swarmed on me and are gone . i looked and looked all around for them to no avail. they where a 3 lb pkge of Italians,any advice on this not happening to my hive again? john[RdkgRiders@live.com]thanx
TheRdkgRiders 9 months ago
how do you attach hair clip to bar? What do you do if the comb crosses over to the next bar (like they did in a KTBH I bought completely full) without completely wrecking things?
gunner7888 11 months ago
cool! lol. xD
MissSweetCupcakes 11 months ago
Nice video. I'm beginning beekeeping this year with TBHs, and this kind of information is very useful.
btw, I'm not just saying "nice video" as a grateful noob. I'm a tech writer and real picky about video tutorials. This was well done. Thanks...
jbfury 1 year ago
Thanks for the comb tips. I am in a mess with my comb and sent you a message with some questions. I'm staring another hive this spring and will be more vigilant about keeping the comb going straight. I'm stocking up on the sale hair clips :)
1artisfun 1 year ago
@1artisfun If you start another hive, take a straight bar from one hive and put it in the hive that you will start with a package. This does 2 things:
1. Stops any absconding because they have brood
2. Keeps them fairly straight.
OutOfaBlueSky 1 year ago
Thanks for the tip about jiggling the bar to get the bees to move out of the way when putting the top bars back together. I'll get my wife to give it ago when we next look in her TBH.
drtimwilliams 1 year ago
You didn't need your fancy engineer's lingo to give you away, the socks + sandals had you pegged long before the words ever came out of your mouth. BTW, I couldn't agree more about the bread knife. I started using one last year on my TB Hives and it's MUCH easier for getting in there to do some work.
chuckarama451 1 year ago
@chuckarama451 hey, those socks and sandals were perfectly fashionable when I was in Germany I'll have you know! But my shirt, wow, gotta buy 9 volt battery packs to keep it that bright. Love it.
OutOfaBlueSky 1 year ago
McCartney - how do you connect the hair clip to the top bar when you want to attach comb from a cutout to a top bar. This video was very helpful to me. Thanks for taking time to make it.
Scott1844 1 year ago
@Scott1844 First, when you buy the hair clips, make sure they have a hole near the top of the clip so you can tie a string from the top of the clip to the bar. The bees will take care of the string within 2 weeks. All you will have left will be the string above the bar.
OutOfaBlueSky 1 year ago