I am beginning this bee keeping journey with top bar hives (TBH).
These are horizontal hives where the bees build their own comb.
Hive with deep floor ready for bees to be transferred in.
A few of the advantages of TBHs are that there is no heavy lifting, no
buying frames of wax and they are cheap and easy to build. I am looking
forward to trying other hive types where the bees can build their own
comb in the future but I have enjoyed and learned a lot starting with
TBHs.
Inside one end of new hive.
Photo of a comb in June before swarming.
A comb from the July 8th swarm colony. Photo taken in early August.
Taking a photo of an end comb from a recent swarm.
The 2 hives each with a colony at each end.
I have found great inspiration on the Natural beekeeping forum biobees
where Angus found hive plans to make our first hive and I have found
sage and friendly advice. We now have 2 hives fitted with deep floors
which currently house 2 colonies each and one spare hive.
