Comments on: Top Bar Tips https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Sidney Patin https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-72769 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:33:29 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-72769 Any suggestions on an easy way to clean old beeswax and propolis from the bars and the inside of the top bar hive? Our bees swarmed last season so I am trying to clean it up a bit for the next colony. Is there anything that will melt the propolis off without destroying the hive itself? Thanks.

]]> By: Barb https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-33134 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 01:48:02 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-33134 I have a top bar hive – the 1st 15 or so combs were all nice and straight, but the next ones are all wavy, turned and often connected. Could it be caused by giving them too many extra bars and they had too much room?

]]> By: esher https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-28201 Mon, 30 May 2016 20:45:36 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-28201 To whom it may concern,
I am a top bar bee keeper, and build my own top bar hives (including the Warre design). I would like to know your opinion on putting screens around my hives, and the potential impact this would have on the bees.
(Screens, in this context, are boxing-in the hives with less than a meter of space in front of the hive entrance and the screen)
I am seeking varied opinions from as wide a bee-community as possible to support my plight around the matter of screens. I purposefully am not saying my preference as I am keen to get your honest opinion on this, and do not want you to feel like I am swaying your view.
If you would be so kind to answer the brief questions below and please feel free to add any further information you feel relevant.
1: do you feel screens benefit bees’ in any way?
y/n
2: do you feel screens would hinder the bees’ access to their hives?
y/n
Thank you very much for taking the time to answer these questions.
Esher Evans and Brett Parker.

]]> By: dusty https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-17814 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:54:26 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-17814 How to incorporate a screen bottom on a top bar hives.

]]> By: mike https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-17646 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 09:08:02 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-17646 Can I make extra income farming bee hives and honey?
Thanks

Mike

]]> By: cbthayer https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-17550 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:14:25 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-17550 Small Hive Beetles hide in the narrow groove near the edges.
So, I would also recommend stopping the groove for the strip an inch or so from the sides OR filling the groove with wax or glue.

]]> By: Louise https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-17514 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:38:38 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-17514 In reply to frances.

Leaks? Top Bar hives have a cover or roof that protects everything inside from rain.

]]> By: frances https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-bar-tips/#comment-17511 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:36:29 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2432#comment-17511 does the top bar leak when it rains

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