<?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[Useful Plants for your Bee Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Three useful and easy to take care plants for your bee garden.  
    

  Raspberry  
    
  
    
Easy to grow and full of antioxidants. Bees love it in the spring. They gather pollen and nectar and are all over the plant keeping it pollinated to give you the best possible harvest in the late summer and early autumn. The leaves can also be used to make tea. 
    

  Cherry Tree  
    
  
    
Great early spring nectar and pollen source for bees. Just at the right time for the bees needs. You will not harvest honey from Cherry with couple of trees but I urge all beekeepers to provide at least one tree around the hives because bees love it and you will love it too along with your and neighbour's kids :) 
    


  Purple Coneflower  
    
  
    
This flower is the Queen in my garden. I see myself planting it more and more. Bees love it and the whole family is making tea and tincture. It is believed to be one of the best immune system building herbs. So it is useful for you and for bees. After two years you can even use roots to make tincture but I just leave it there for my bees and only take some flowering head here and there. 
    

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:55:06 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beekeeping-resources/useful-plants-for-your-bee-garden/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/beekeeping-resources/useful-plants-for-your-bee-garden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colony Development in TBH]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is commonly known that swarm will develop quickly in small space, in TBH maybe even better than in conventional hives. Freedom that bees have in Top Bar Hives to build their own comb without frames and foundation is in my opinion positive factor in colony development. 
    
Swarm that I catched on my Quince tree is "listening" to me. They are booming. Activity is very high. Small space with only 12 top bars suits them well and queen is laying eggs through the whole hive and nectar gathering is in high speen. 
    
The way is pure white. See the honey patch on top of the combs. This one will sure be put into bigger, productive Top Bar Hive next year. 
    
  
    
  
    
  
    ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/colony-development-in-tbh/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/colony-development-in-tbh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TBH Beeyard Swarm Catching]]></title><description><![CDATA[10am in the morning. Bees are becoming more and more active. They are preparing to swarm. The old queen along with half of the bees in the hive will leave the hive and establish themselves in nature. Here is where I come in. Will try to catch them and hive them into small TBH. 
    
  Video of the bees swarming :   
                    
    
Quince tree is suitable they think :) 
    
After I collected the swarm small Top Bar Hive was waiting to get populated by bees. 
    
  
    
  Bees are in Top Bar Hive :  
    
  
    
  Closing the Hive :  
    
  
    
We leave them alone now so that they can establish new home in their new Top Bar Hive.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:34:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/tbh-beeyard-swarm-catching/</link><guid>http://www.top-bar-hive.com/my-beehive/tbh-beeyard-swarm-catching/</guid></item><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></channel></rss>
