<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Top Bar Hive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Top Bar Hive]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Spring is here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bees are alive and well and well on their way to establishing them as strong and healthy colonies. 
After 2 seasons of beekeeping with Top Bar Hives I can say that bees love their home. Top Bar Hive seems 
perfect for natural, low intrusion, sustainable beekeeping. You can expect at least 10kg honey each year 
with one to two swarms that allow you to expand your beekeeping operation or sell swarms for profit. 
If done simple it can be quite lucrative alternative to commercial equipment used today around the world. 
    
Here are some signs of spring :) 
    
  First photos of bees in 2010 !   
  
  
  
  
  
Beautiful sight :)  
  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:37:41 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beehive-and-bees-gallery/spring-is-here/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beehive-and-bees-gallery/spring-is-here/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TBH resources]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spring is here and bees are already flying around and gathering pollen like crazy. Not much nectar sources yet but Wild Cherry is slowly starting to flower and bees are happy. Soon they will start building new comb and gather nectar. 
    
For all of you who are starting with Top Bar Hives I decided to list some resources where you can find more information that will get you started.     
Now it is time to build hives, prepare all equipment and 2010 beekeeping season can begin :)
    
Resources : 
  
    M. Bush Top Bar Hives    
One of the sites that got me started with TBH beekeeping. Great resource and easy to follow plans to build Top Bar Hive. I decided to standardize on Bush TBH design. 
    Biobees forum    
Forum with huge amount of information on TBH beekeeping. 
    TBH forum    
New kid on the block. It looks like a great forum for all TBH beekeepers, experienced and new beekeepers.
    Beesource TBH forum    
Another forum with huge amount of TBH beekeeping
  
  
I posted some links, mostly to the beekeeping communities because I think it is best to register and participate in discussions. You will learn a lot. Don't hesitate to comment 
in comments section about your TBH beekeeping experience. Do send comments if you find some TBH resource. 
    Have a nice season]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beekeeping-resources/tbh-resources/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beekeeping-resources/tbh-resources/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Bar Hives in my Beeyard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time passed from latest post on this web site and in the meanwhile my beeyard is expanding. Now there are 5 top bar hives and 2 frame hives all healthy and full of bees. Robinia pseudoacacia also known as Black Locust is in full bloom and you can smell it in the evening. What a beautiful smell that is. Hoping for nice amount of honey this year since bees are making and filling comb like crazy.
    
  
    
After I experimented on top bar hives designs I settled with   Bush bees   Kenyan top bar hive. It is of simple design, big enough and very easy to make. I recommend everyone who is interested in hobby, small scale beekeeping to try top bar hives. You will never look back and you will enjoy beekeeping in full.
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 05:28:36 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/top-bar-hives-in-my-beeyard/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/top-bar-hives-in-my-beeyard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Late Swarm Catched]]></title><description><![CDATA[After being without bees for couple of days I got a call from some relative that he has some swarm in his apple tree yard. This time of year it is very strange for bees to swarm so I went to look if this is true. And sure there they were !     I went back home and took my bee suit and started catching my first swarm of bees. I shook the tree but only 2/3 of the bees went into the box. I tried to bring them down with my hand and they went crazy started stinging all around. I ran through the apple tree brunches to get rid of them, smoked a cigarette and went back to look what is going on. Swarm was still on the tree so it seems I didn't catch the queen. I left the box there since it was already dark, covered the top and only left entrance on the bottom of the box ( custom made 7 frames Lang beehive ).    
I went next day first thing in the morning to see what is going on and I found still half of the swarm on the tree and the other half in the box.     
  
    
I decided to get back in the evening and pick them up. So I went home and I got the call 2 hours later that there are no more bees on the tree. Oh well, I thought ... they left ! I went there to pick the box and guess what ! They were all inside ! Good :)     
Went there in the evening, closed the entrances and took the swarm home. I had luck with my first swarm catching. I hope the next one will go smoother...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:57:07 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/late-swarm-catched/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/late-swarm-catched/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bees absconded from top bar hive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately bees absconded from my top bar hive while I was on vacation. I only found some 20 dead bees in the beehive. The scene was like in horror movie.     When I got home from my vacation I went around the beehive to check out what is going on. I saw no bees flying but since it was really late in the day I decided to check them next day. I went to sleep with suspicion that there are no bees in the beehive! And I was right. When I checked them the next day the beehive was empty. Really empty and clean! Only god knows what happened and I hope they found new home.     I will certainly feed them more and close the bottom next spring when I will get new bees. This is the thing I did not do this year and we will see if next year will be happier for my beekeeping. 

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