Top Bar Hive Basics
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2013
- These are the basics everyone should know when thinking about Top Bar Beekeeping. It covers the basic ideas developed by Wyatt A. Magnum PhD. Wyatt is the author of Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping: Wisdom & Pleasure, a must read for every new Top Bar Beekeeper.
thank you for a concise explanation of the top bar hive, and it's benefits. Makes me wish I lived where I could have one. Love the background noises of the south.
I bought 2 of these hives...well built. The follow up from Hives & More has been great. Thanks for the video....
Good video thank you. I have a top bar in Brisbane Australia but mine has the entrance holes along the side and bars are added to both ends. I think I prefer your design which encourages the bees to put the honey at one end!
I've watched over 40 videos on top bars and not one of them emphasized the importance of ensuring the hive is level both ways. Otherwise the bees will build straight comb and it will end up out of plumb and create a mess.
I have been doing Langstroth hive for the longest time and tried top bar hive and fell in love with it. The hive is easier to use bees are so much calmer. I don't even like regular hives no more because of the TBH. I pretty much became a changed beekeeper. Other nice thing about the TBH is I can put one together in less than a day easy and simple to build and cheap.
Cheers for this, I've been looking for "commercial beehive sizes" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Tiyia Beehive Basophilic - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy got great success with it.
I'm getting a nuc this year....I have 2 traditional lang hives....any ideas on best way to transfer my nuc into the toolbar hive?
@@stefkadank-derpjr1453 yup got a great way
ill send you a pic send me your email.
Aloha,
TBH's were first invented for peoples of 3rd world countries, away from power or the cost of industrial powered honey extractors. But as you pointed out, they allow us old and /or disabled to work hives w/o the equipment of big honey producers. Here in Hawaii, it can be very productive year round. There is no stop to the nectar flows due to the winter freeze.
Thank you very much for interesting video about beehives! Best wishes from frosty Ukraine and happy beekeeping! :)
i purchased one of these top bar hives, in Cyprus, its is BEAUTIFULLY Constructed ! also the Entrance has been changed only 1 entry now, Cindy and Skip are great to deal with !
i will be buying from them in the future. .. if you want a very nice looking, well thought out hive check into these guys.
Can was n you tell me where I brought it from
been thinking about urban beekeeping of late. Watching a lot of vids. First time I have seen a top bar hive mounted on a single post. Edit: Oh just saw the other vid on the stand.
love the info very helpful thanks
Looks like the best kind of hive.
Wyatt's last name is Mangum, not Magnum. He is a math professor at Mary Washington. That does not diminish his knowledge of bees, he has been keeping them his entire life, but some folks have the impression that he is an entomologist, which he is not.
Thank you for this video. What is at the bottom of the hive around the post? I imagine it’s to discourage ants, but curious.
As luck would have it I just ordered from another company today, but your hives are beautiful and have some excellent features. I would like to know more about the way your hive is supported. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
How did you get in touch with these people hadn't found out how to get in touch with them
I live in the uk (london) and i am about to keep bees, i have a longstroh, a national and a commercial, but i m very onterested in keeping them in a top bar as it seems much better for the bees.. please tell me where i can purchase one of these in the uk as it seems a very nice desighn indeed
What is the purpose of the Follower board, & why is it I don't hear anything about excluders with Top Bar hiving? Isn't there an issue of the queen laying eggs into the honey comb area, in topbar, like there is in the other types of hives? I'm not finding any topbar hive videos talking about this issue or the lack of excluders.
I'd LOOOOVE to keep bees, they do the heavy lifting when it comes to pollination of both garden/field plants and trees and wild plants that need a good pollination.....
How do you get the bees in the hives?
Advantage of the narrowed bottom vs 90 degree angled bottom?
Just curious. It would be simpler to keep it a right angle all around.
Linseed oil can attract insects
Do you have to change the queen bee?
What kind of wood do you use?
I don’t see this hive on your website, where can I purchase one from?
How do you extract? Can a standard extractor be used to spin out your frames?
Use honey press instead. Or sell cut comb honey
what is your website? I would like to buy one of these hives
Please I as well would like to know
I think the extra holes are stupid. That just more ways for them to get infiltrated by yellow jackets or anything else. Everything else looks like a good idea though. Especially the stand that they are on. Ants are a pain.
What the wire going to the other hive you got there?
That "wire", I believe, is the water line that automatically keeps the water pan full (he talks about installing water lines to keep the pans full). With regards to the extra holes at the top, if you are worried about pests, a small piece of wire mesh/screen over the top holes would prevent entry or infiltration of pests, yet still serve the purpose of discouraging bees from building on the first two frames.
What keeps the queen from leaving the hive and the bees from swarming. If I spend 100$ plus on bees I don't want to loose them.
+pickleme101 queens actually leave and return frequently to mate and use the bathroom. swarming will happen naturally when they outgrow the hive. just watch for the signs like gathering in huge numbers on the outside sides of the hive.
Haven't been able to get in touch with these people does anyone have an email address so that I can maybe you can put it underneath the video
your top bar is 19 inches long, what's the width of it? 1 inch, 1.5 inches or 2 inches? Thank you, have a nice day sir, God bless
The background noise is crazy bad.
Summer bugs, not much to do about it. I love it.
How do I buy one?
With money
@@rainimusic 🤣🤣
if you dont want them to build on the first few for inspection, then why not just leave them out? not being smart. seriously curious
I'm sorry, I couldn't handle the audio. Please work on improving it. All it takes is digital recorder in you shirt pocket to get clear audio. Camera audio is almost always low quality and full of noise. I could barely hear through the natural noise level.
I could hear just fine
me too
I do love the ingrate that complains about free knowledge. If you can't hear it properly, boost the audio or pay closer attention.
That BeeKeeping For You.
Robert Redbeard I didn't think it was that bad