I didn't notice you ever specifically point it out, but it appears you are using a kerf in your top bars to guide the bees in making comb. Have you ever used anything else, such as a ridge? I'm just curious what made you decide to go with the kerf.
Great Video! Next time give a quick shot of your TBH with the top on. Very good construction, thank you so much. I'm a new-bee and have been interested in this type of hive.
Thanks for sharing your info. I really like your TBH design. Do you have a design plan you are using. I would like to build this hive for my bees. I was able to lure a swarm of bees to a traditional Japanese hive I built. They are doing well but I can only look down into the top of the box to see their progress. I'm now building a TBH and plan to move my bees into it when I 'm finished. Once again very nice.
Hope you will continue making videos, Yours is the best I have seen yet on top bar hives, I'm just a beeginner with Lang. hives but want to try a top bar.
So are you using the "follower board" to force your bees to focus on making bigger combs on fewer bars until their population grows (or the combs are large)?
It totally excludes bees from the other part of the hive, right? So it's not acting as a "queen extruder" (separating brood and honey comb), right?
@rockyPants4000 By keeping the bees in one area and only giving them one or two empty bars to build on it keeps them from making cross comb (comb across two or more bars). If this happened it would make it next to impossible to inspect the hive.
You are correct the follower board keeps the bees out of the back of the hive. You can also use it to do a split if you had to (two separate colonies in on hive). I use a couple of bars of capped honey as a queen excluder.
How do you know when starting off the bees will decide to make brood on the 1 1/4 bars and store honey on the 1 5/8 bars? Great video! Thx.
mrjackcoleman 1 month ago
I didn't notice you ever specifically point it out, but it appears you are using a kerf in your top bars to guide the bees in making comb. Have you ever used anything else, such as a ridge? I'm just curious what made you decide to go with the kerf.
These are some great videos!
dhamelwright 3 months ago
Great Video! Next time give a quick shot of your TBH with the top on. Very good construction, thank you so much. I'm a new-bee and have been interested in this type of hive.
rogerash100 6 months ago
Harvest at 1:15
noshoes 6 months ago
Good tour at 3:27
noshoes 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing your info. I really like your TBH design. Do you have a design plan you are using. I would like to build this hive for my bees. I was able to lure a swarm of bees to a traditional Japanese hive I built. They are doing well but I can only look down into the top of the box to see their progress. I'm now building a TBH and plan to move my bees into it when I 'm finished. Once again very nice.
honeybeesinjapan 7 months ago
Do you have plans available for your top bar hive?
rainbowstate808 9 months ago
Nice vid. was wondering what are your demensions of your hive
hashweed1 1 year ago
Hope you will continue making videos, Yours is the best I have seen yet on top bar hives, I'm just a beeginner with Lang. hives but want to try a top bar.
gunner7888 1 year ago
@gunner7888 Thanks I have more videos in the can. Just no time to edit them now.
dragonhlm 1 year ago
So are you using the "follower board" to force your bees to focus on making bigger combs on fewer bars until their population grows (or the combs are large)?
It totally excludes bees from the other part of the hive, right? So it's not acting as a "queen extruder" (separating brood and honey comb), right?
rockyPants4000 1 year ago
@rockyPants4000 By keeping the bees in one area and only giving them one or two empty bars to build on it keeps them from making cross comb (comb across two or more bars). If this happened it would make it next to impossible to inspect the hive.
You are correct the follower board keeps the bees out of the back of the hive. You can also use it to do a split if you had to (two separate colonies in on hive). I use a couple of bars of capped honey as a queen excluder.
dragonhlm 1 year ago