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Top bar hive full of bees 22 bars of fully drawn comb. Great view from under my hive. I hope you enjoy. Please comment and rate, and don't forget to subscribe.

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  • Hey, I know that in box hives, the queen is kept out of the super by exclusion plates. How do you keep the queen from laying her eggs all over? Do bees naturally separate honey comb from brood combs? Or are you separating grubs from honey at harvest? Or is this a non-harvest hive for population increase?

  • @IonOtter With this type of hive you can expand the brood chamber when needed. As long as the queen has plenty of room to lay eggs a couple of bars full of honey will keep her from laying in bars you are going to harvest.

  • Varroa resistant bees? Are you using Russians? If so are they more aggressive? Nice looking girls.

  • @fishingthewatershed I'm using new world carnolean bees. I think they are a hybrid of a Russian strain. I have no experience with other bees so I could not tell you if they are more aggressive, but this hive was pretty "hot" last year. I think that may have been due to stress from over crowding.

  • What did you do with all those bees? How do you manage it when it is full...How is this year?

  • @topbarhivesinWA When it is full SPLIT. This year is great i went from one hive last year to four this year.

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  • Your voice has such a calming effect on the bees... and me. You're a cool dude! Thanks.

  • One nitwit broke the sandcastle, always one dud bee in every hive!

  • HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS HIVE FOR I MEAN MASALLAH IT'S FULL

  • Do you have a schematic of the Top Bar design.? How do you take the honey out? Doesn't this kill the brood as well? Please explain or send me to a site that can. Tks a lot!

  • @topbarhivesinWA they are Italian bees.

  • where u buy the hive or what plans did you go from?

  • Very cool. I've never seen that type of hive. How do you get honey from it?

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