How to Build a Top Bar Beehive, Free Plans On Website
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2015
- Here's a how to video on building a new top bar beehive using thermally treated poplar. Complete plans, cut lists and materials can be found on my website so you can build along with me. Here's the link to the plans:
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Sir, you have made a really professional top bar hive and you film of the work is just as professional. I appreciate your efforts!
Thanks Rich
Excellent presentation. Appreciate the use of the 'finished' part as an aid to understanding the part being fabricated in each step. Thank you for sharing.
Jon, just wanted to say thank you. I built my hive per your directions, and it's beautiful! I didn't want to join boards so mine is only 10.5" deep, but it's 46" long to help compensate. Just a few trig calcs and I had the right numbers to maintain the angles. Again, thanks so much!
Wow,this is the most detailed video on Top bar bee hive DIY ever.Thank you and hey is there a video 2 for the top cover ? I guess I need to make my bee hive and share so that you see the power of your teaching .Salute from 🇿🇲 Zambia
Jon is why I built my own topbar hive. His ideas & how he incorporates everything into his hives was my inspiration. Thank you, Jon. !!.
Got into chickens this year... Going to get into Bees this year as well. Love the detailed walkthrough on how to build these! Thanks for the "Free" plans. Too many ppl on YT or the Net "SAY" free plans, but then end up wanting to charge you for them. You've definitely earned my Sub with this "very old" (in internet terms) video! Thanks again, from a Disabled Vet in TN.
What a wonderful build! I really like the 2 tone coloring actually! Very elegant! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Great video! My brother-in-law has been into beekeeping for many years and we started talking about TB hives some time ago, this video is really helpful and explains the build process very clearly. Thanks for posting. Best wishes from Sweden!
This was sheer pleasure just to watch such precise work with clear explanations, thanks
Thanks for this, Jon - I've been waiting all winter to do this! Looking forward to part 2.
Thanks Steve
Nice job there Jon...we all learn a lot from you...thanks for sharing yr experiences and skills...very much appreciated.
Dang man great video...I've been keeping for 20 years and woodworking even longer. Very impressive..you explain just as well as norm.
One of the best top bar hive construction videos. I think I am going to build one for myself, too.
Thank you very much sir. I printed off your plans. Built my first top bar hive. Now to paint it. Very grateful!!
Jon this is an outstanding video. You did an excellent job in making this easy to understand and follow along with. I have been searching for a long while now for a good how-to vid on making a top bar hive. My friend you hit this one out of the park. Thank you....Btw, I suffer from a couple different vision issues, one being that I am colorblind and I don't have any depth perception nor do I see in 3D. Your video here is EXACTLY what I have needed and I look forward to seeing your next one. From you I can learn things others have fallen short on. Many thanks to you for your time, effort and expertise.
Jon, this is one of your best video yet. I feel like you covered a lot of ground, and the hives look great.
Thank you Ed
starting on my beehive .Thx for the great hands on video...likin the man cave/workshop....
I built a topbar hive about 8 years ago.....bees are going into it next week 😂 long time coming. I have a small viewing window which is perspex and counter sunk internally so it's flush with the surface of the sides so there will be no issues if comb is attached to it. It's only a small window as I wanted it to be dark inside for the bees just enough so I can peek 😉 and I constructed mine with untreated pine so no chemicals, all I did was coat in linseed oil. Well it only ever had one coat I'm ashamed to say but amazed how well it's held up, no rot at all. The very bottom of the legs look a little weathered, but impressed. It had a fresh coat of oil a couple of weeks ago in preparation. Great vid btw.
Not even interested in Bees, and still love watching your videos. Thanks for the always entertaining and informative videos!
cool thanks for the comment Daniel
What a gorgeous hive! Thanks!
Excellent video and well explained, Jon! Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Steve
A step by step manual, i 've struggled alot with correct measurements. Thanks, great
Very professional and easy to follow. Thank you very much!! Time to build some hives.
Hi Jon,
Your videos are very well done as well as the craftsmanship. I would really consider using top entrances in your hive to ensure adequate ventilation this coming winter to prevent another hive loss.
Jon you do good work love it. going to build some of these.
Jon, I really like your videos. The detail explanations of materials and process make it extremely easy to follow and reproduce. Thanks.
Thank you Mark
Jon,saludos desde España (Europa).
Aunque no entiendo el ingles me ha resultado muy ameno por que al mismo tiempo que hablas trabajas con lo que no se hace aburrido.Quiero hacerme una tbh y tu lección me ha resultado sumamente esclarecedora. Muy agradecido maestro.
Awesome work man, very informative detailed and helpful
Watched this for the woodworking techniques. Great vid as always.
Thank you
Great video. You are a very good teacher. Sure hope these hives work out! Awesome
Thanks Jason
Excellent video and well explained, Jon! Looking forward to the next one.
Greetings From Argentine.!
Steve
Well John: I have pretty basic woodworking skills and bunch of Ryobi hand tools.
So I followed your directions step by step and managed to put a top hive together.
Really, really happy with it. The lid is very heavy, though and I think it would be too risky to mount it on hinges due to high winds where I live so I put a couple of handles on the roof for lifting.
Could not have done it without you.
Cheers!
Oh! Also used your lid design for the garbage box. Not quite so heavy though so it has hinges and will hopefully keep the bears out.
Interesting variation on my design - nice work!
Philip Chandler Thanks Phillip, I think you do great work.
Really nice video John looking forward to the next one, thanks so much for sharing! W
Thanks Walt
Another great informative video, thanks Jon. The addition of the cut list on your website really makes things simple. Looking forward to more videos.
Great video, awesome instructions too! BTW, nice Makita 2040 planner! I have the same one in an unheard of factory mint green.
I like it, very nice, easy to understand proffesional presentation!! I'm going to build one.
How is the hive?
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Hi,
I did not get a chance to build that one hive described above.
Here on our Oahu farm, we been been busy w bees, trees n figuring out how navigate this new economy.
Fantastic video Jon! Good design.
Thanks Tony
thank you so much for sharing your plans. i am going to try to build the top bar bee hive.
Great..thanks Pam
Thanks a ton! im going to be giving this a shot real soon !! :)
Very nice , thanks for the video
Awesome job with this video.
Looks great!
Hi Jon. You are already a very special person, no need for the "pine allergy" ;)
ha : ) thanks man
Cheers for this, I have been researching "build a beehive uk" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Tiyia Beehive Basophilic - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my cousin got excellent success with it.
Thank you . now I know I can make my own inexpensively !
I spy with my little eye aaaa stack of skateboard decks. :)
Cool project and awesome execution.
Hi Jon, I finished my 1st bee hive according to your plans, but made one small change, a periscope entrance by Phil Chandler. We get a lot of wind here and this entrance will keep out the draft. Every time someone comes by there is a new project they have never seen before. Working on 2nd hive in between building gypsy trailer. Beautiful design.
Sounds good Dieter, thank you and a good Bee Season
Awesome video as always!
Thanks Bob
Good looking hive. I'm try to get my husband to build me couple of these hives. I'm not holding my breath lol. Thank you for sharing.
The best teacher l have mate on this platform
Great job!
Beautiful hive! Any chance you could do a video of another top bar hive using a single 2x12 for the sides? Amazing work.
Brilliant really useful!
Great video Jon!
Do the plans show the adjustment you made with the shim to the roof cleat or should I make it 1 1/4" instead of the 1" listed. Thanks!
Hi Great Video ! What kind of pollen trap do you recommend for this Too Bar hive ? Thanks 🙏🏻
You did a very good job of large carpenter
Hey Jon, you got me hooked on using poplar after I built a blanket chest using your plans... it is so easy to work with. Now you introduced thermally modified poplar... which I assume means 'baked'. I haven't seen any of this stuff at the big stores... have you seen anyone bake their own poplar? I love the color of the thermally modified poplar used on the hive and that the dark color seems to go all the way through the wood...
Klint Harder sorry, one more question... why did you paint it?
Fantastic! Bravo! :)
OUTSTANDIN !
Hi Jon, nice hives, I have a question, on Langstroth hives you have a section where the queen lays eggs and is separated with the honey manufacturing .. I assume you do the same thing just longitudinal ... ? Thanks, Jason
Iam watching you from Uganda.i surely need your ideas.
Excellent ❤❤👌👌
Nice job!
Thank you
I like this box
THANK YOU!!! Nice attention to detail. Looking forward to our own hive!
Is there a part 2 made?
Thank you!
Good stuff
I know you are pretty good with the free-handing circular saw, but any thoughts on making a simple table saw sled? You could ensure that the cuts are all perfect that way, just a thought.
I'm certainly going to use a sled on my table saw for those cuts
Hi Jon,
I take this from a french man who leave few years en Africa . African Bees seems not attached wax when they have 110 or 115 ° but in France with the apis melifera melifera from Here we have some problems... I try since a year with 120° and no problem with that. Perhaps it depends of the bees... (Sorry for my poor english !!)
Thankyou brother
Does your design have the correct 120 degree angle for the sides calculated?
Jon, does your design have the correct 120 degree angles for the sides calculated for the small cell foundations the bees will construct?
Hi ~ I was interested to know how to add a pollen trap to a Top Bar Hive. Any chance you can direct me on that. . . ? Thanks
the best i saw till now
Thanks Antonio
That vent space on the bottom door is just inviting Small Hive Beetles to come in in droves. Not sure where you are, but in Florida that would be full of SHB in no time. They can get through #8 screen wire. The only way a screened bottom here works is with an oil trap below.
Good job, tha k you. Im no woodworker, i just want to build a hive. I thought id offer this because i see you want to help people...
You might consider taking that first one back apart in front of the camera (students) and laying it out spread eagle as yougo, maybe show what the important features are.
Then pick up each piece and show how you make it. When you put it back, there are two... It would help me stay oriented better to which piece you are on and what each measurement you make is about.
Thank you John! It’s looking great! I want made to! I have standards box Rut!
Hi, i love this design but my only question is how do you keep the queen bee seperate from your honey so that she doesnt lay eggs in your honey producing part of the hive?
that is one nice beehive
Just need to check something with ya: the width of the side boards is 12-3/4?? Starting with a 1x12 you need to glue up a thin piece the entire length? What is he benefit to doing that rather than just working with dimensional lumber? Sure you get a slightly deeper body/comb...but is that really important?
How did you find out you were allergic to pine did you get hives?
Hello sir. Is it possible to make this hive with measurements that i like or do i have to take your measurements? Do other measurements have a bad influence on the bees' behaviour or doesn't the size or comb drawing space matter? Thanks.
mesh size for anti varroa floor congratoolations awesome colmena :)
any chance of a loan of your table saw for a few days boss?
What is the utility advantage of a slanted box vs a 90 degree sided box?
Hi Jon! I've used your plans recently and now I'm a big fan! I'm now writing a paper for school on this and am giving you full credit. I'm rewatching, and am for some reason just noticing you made two follower boards for one hive? Why is that? I only made one.. What is the second one for?
Thanks! Andrea
+Andrea Jimenez Hi Andrea cool! It's to create the feeding chamber
Its good for me but the problem for my understanding is the roof. How dies it fit?
How are these hives holding up? Are u happy with them ?
Hello from Portugal. Nice professional job. But in Portugal we put a back glass window covered. We can see the bees with less disturb in the colonie. Only make intervention if we need too. Sorry my english...is too bad. :-( but im from portugal. Hugs
Hi Jon,
Great video and good explain, but I've a question : do you respect a 120° degrees between the floor and the sides ? I began with a TBH this year in april with a 120° and 24 cm deep ! wich wood do you use to make it. I've used DOUGLAS
Thx for sharing...
+Yves Bodin I see a lot of requests on this 120 degree question in here. Where is this information of 120 degrees located. It's not in my book & I want to make sure I read on this before starting my build. Thanks
Hey I have loved your work so much.i have local gives only.I need to use your advice and would like to keep in touch with you! Help me sir.
Nice video per usual. Time will tell but based on the width of the end pieces and grain orientation, I'm predicting some form of cross-grain doom.
Thanks Mike , yeah you could have a point there
How many pieces of wood and measurement would i need to complete each part of the build , i didn’t see this on the plans
I just want to know dos everyone have all those tools in their garage
Hey, great video got all my ideas from this all I did was just Change a few lengths just to suit the wood we had lying around and was just wondering what is the purpose of the outside sides thankyou.
bestian4 Thanks they help hold the legs
Jon, found your video and subscribed to your channel. Most excellent construction, explanation, etc. I saw a top bar building video where the top was hinged on the side instead of the end as yours is. Do you think that matters? Thanks and you are the current "Norm" in my opinion.
Thanks Marc, no I think either way will work As long as you can get to the bars. I’ve stopped using a top bar hive because I didn’t have much success. I now know a little more about beekeeping and plan to try the top bar again next year.
@@JonPetersArtHome Great. Thanks!
Great
Nice video. The pine allergy is a bummer - sorry about that.
Thanks man, yeah could be worse
What is the width of the bottom of the hive?
question I am in southern Ohio and going to build a top bar hive from your plans now I want to know without having any comb like this will thiy build fast enough with me using a split from one of my hives without leaving or how should this be done ?
I would hold off until spring… also check out Sam Comfort beekeeper do a google search