That is so cool.
I am interested in the Top Bar hives because of my back...so much data.
I am a complete newb.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Wyvern
I am a "Hive Master" LoL
I have 5 Top Bar hive on my property and hobby is really fascinating.
Many yeas ago I went to an Ag Boarding school in Australia and the older boys had bees, I promised myself that some day I would do it . I am about 10 years in to it.
Ill try to dig up and post some photos.
I do this mainly as a hobby and don't sell but gift and use loads of honey.
From honey being my choice of sweeter, to my now annual mead batch.
The world needs bees!
Using the very natural system of Top Bar hive ... I believe is better than the traditional Langstroth hives (the white boxes you see in fields and orchards)
These hives have no queen excluder and all the honey harvested is taken from virgin comb. I use the wax for candles and even made mustache wax when I had my handelbar.
The top bar is almost 4 feet long with the gueen laying brood and the males staying in about the first 18".
I have the last 3 years even been able to "grow" my own queens (that's where the $ is ! $250 for a mated queen and a package of 3 to 4 pounds of bees.)
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