Top bar hive

Top bar hives are single-story beehives that can be used in both hobbyist and commercial beekeeping.

How to Build a Simple Top Bar Hive - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Easy-to-follow instructions to make a simple, functional top bar hive for beekeeping the natural way. Compiled by Phil Chandler, author of The Barefoot Beekeeper, this book will get you started in beekeeping at the lowest possible cost! Packed with clear photographs and diagrams, almost anyone can build a top bar hive in a weekend - even if you have never done…

The top bar hive offers a number of important advantages, particularly to the homesteader or small-scale beekeeper. One key advantage is the ease ...

I have just been browsing the internet and have come across an intriguing hive – called a Top Bar Hive. It is much cheaper to build than a National or Langstroth and the keeping of these hiv…

Top Bar Hive Construction Dennis Murrell Wyoming This is the plan for my Top Bar Hive. The sides consist of three 1"x6"s. The bottom consist of two...

This is a simple guide for the homesteader who wishes to keep bees for the sheer joy of it without spending the earth on vast amounts of equipment. For those wishing to hear a little more about more reasons for using this sort of hive then please take a look at my

Here is why you should use top bar hives as part of your beekeeping. Doing so promotes natural bee keeping which is much healthier for bees. Read the post to learn why. #beekeeping #bees #homestead #homesteading #homesteadingforbeginners

55 Gallon Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive: FPS combines my passion for hunting and wildlife conservation with the overall need for self sufficiency.

The original Kenyan top bar hive was introduced by the ‘Bees for Development’ programme. It is easily made with cheap local materials in African countries.

I traded a colony of bees (in a Langstroth box) for a top bar hive at the start of the year, and placed the Langstroth box on top of the top bar hive with the idea that they would just migrate downwards onto the top bars. Anyway, if anyone is in the same situation, I'd recommend this approach rather than the "chop'n'crop" technique of trying to cut the comb off the frames and hanging it on the top bars.