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Horrible comb collapse. Domino effect, 18 combs crashed and fell. Texas weather was hitting 105 F. All I could do was salvage honey. All brood dead.

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  • What design mod would you suggest for TBH in hot weather? I'm where it gets 105F regularly in the summer.

  • Make it shorter, wider. Less stress per linear inch of top bar comb attachement. I now use a 1x10 to make the entire hives. 1x10 sides, 10" tall. 20" long bars.

  • Well hell, this hive took another beating. Fatal, this time. The river flooded and swept away this hive. Gone. RIP.

  • Found the hive this week. It floated and was caught in a jammed tree. Reusable, even found 1/2 the top bars. No bees, however.

  • No website.

    But the hive is laying eggs again and should recover with the fall honeyflow.

  • There is some comb being rebuilt, and I saw eggs in it! So it looks like this hive may live. Woohoo!

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  • Me too, first year and looks good. :]

  • Classical Langstroth hive,without foundation in frames.

  • and what type using now?

  • Sorry for your loss. same thing happened to me few years ago. One of the reason I left TBH behind. Apparentlly it happens if you check the hive when is too hot and the combs are young and white and whit lot of honey. Do you have a website?

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