Beekeeping - Our First Harvest From the Top Bar Hive

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Beekeeping - Our First Harvest From the Top Bar Hive

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Beekeeping - Our First Harvest From the Top Bar Hive
This is the second season with this top bar hive, which has been going absolutely gangbusters lately. I've strained most of the honey from the wax and from six top bars I got about 10kg (22lb) of honey.

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@TheJenstar5 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I love seeing what Sam and Angela do! Very informative! This spurs so many questions. Thanks for showing life at the shack!

@gileshoney5796 4 жыл бұрын

Very awesome! It is always fascinating how many different hive configurations can be used successfully (Langstroth, Warre, top-hive, AZ, etc.). There is a style for every beekeeper. We are presently running mostly Langstroth, but that is mostly because we picked most of them up for free. We want to add the AZ/Slovenian style in the next year or so and place that in the areas that are prone to bears. Great videos. I hope you keep posting.

@seikopatton4782 5 жыл бұрын

That comb and honey was BEEutiful...

@garymull1972 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for sharing your videos

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@knecht1815 5 жыл бұрын

Nice Video! Helps me to prepare for the work with my new top bar hives. Thank you very much! Greetings from germany

@cluelessbeekeeping1322 5 жыл бұрын

That looks so beautiful!

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@SparkieDog1 3 жыл бұрын

Please watch this video from BeeLanding "Extracting honey from a top bar hive". It just kills my soul watching folks cut that drawn comb off like everybody mistakenly does.

@samjones3546 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this video. I now finally got my head around what top bar beekeeping looks like now. That one hive provides way more honey than a family needs: fantastic! Since it looks so easy and cheap to use a top bar, I’m wondering why you prefer a Langstroth style hive?

@PopsShack 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer the Langstroth hive because I have several and it's easier to extract the honey and reuse the comb.

@Peter195267 5 жыл бұрын

great product (honey)

@JustinCaseSolarPower 5 жыл бұрын

Nice harvest.

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

This brings the season total to about 75kg of honey and ROUGHLY 25kg of cut comb. And we still have more to harvest but I'm not in a huge rush for that.

@JustinCaseSolarPower 5 жыл бұрын

@@PopsShack Yes no need to rush. You can only eat so much at one time anyway

@claythomas7982 Жыл бұрын

Depending on the temperature I would never allow someone who is allergic to bee stings near bees even if they're dresssed for the occasion.. Bees can get in anywhere and the anafilactic shock is not worth the gamble.

@DarrellCraig 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@garrybrischke53 5 жыл бұрын

Good camera work ,

@collegeguy14 2 жыл бұрын

Why not keep the bucket right next to you thanks for sharing

@PopsShack 2 жыл бұрын

Because that's where the bees are.

@jimwarmington3933 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Sam & Angela, what are the advantages of this type of hive over the traditional style?

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

They're cheap and easy to build and you don't need special equipment for extraction.

@garrybrischke53 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Sam ,what width are your top bars ? I am using 32mm but have to use 6mm spacers strategically to reduce cross comeing .

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

I think most are at 35mm. Some are a bit narrower. I don't have a lot of problems with cross combing.

@loislangley2975 5 жыл бұрын

Where are you beekeeping?

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

The Sapphire Coast of NSW.

@loislangley2975 5 жыл бұрын

@@PopsShack I am in SE Queensland near Killarney.

@ralfputz6076 3 жыл бұрын

Where are you based Pop? Noticed your top bars have ventilation floors.

@PopsShack 3 жыл бұрын

NSW, Australia.

@marionlewis5275 4 жыл бұрын

what do you use in your smoker so it keeps smoking like that

@PopsShack 4 жыл бұрын

Pine needles.

@claythomas7982 Жыл бұрын

Manuka honey is HIGHLY over rated so the hyperbole can artificially drive up the price of an Australian honey.

@PopsShack Жыл бұрын

Manuka honey isn't from Australia.

@Jay-jp2iv 5 жыл бұрын

Are top bar hives really worth the trouble?

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

They're not a whole lot of trouble. You won't get as much honey as you would from a Langstroth hive but it's also a lot less trouble and expense.

@geej6273 5 жыл бұрын

Any chance of a apariy update miss the bee vidz

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, things have been SUPER busy for the last six months. We're starting back up with the videos shortly, I'll get a beekeeping update in the next couple of weeks. Thanks.

@geej6273 5 жыл бұрын

@@PopsShack yep np just thought I'd post I did enjoy them along with other people cheers

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

@@geej6273 I haven't worked since February and I've never been so damn busy!

@RippleAffect 5 жыл бұрын

WHY WOULD YOU CRUSH AND STRAIN? THAT'S PERFECT COMB HONEY IT TASTE BETTER IN THE COMB🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

I shallow frames for cut comb production. I harvested about 25kg of cut comb just after Christmas and I'll probably harvest that much again before the season is done. I got about 11kg of honey from these six bars and a kilo of wax. That's almost $250 from just SIX top bars.

@RippleAffect 5 жыл бұрын

@@PopsShack comb honey here is $20USD like a 11cmx11cm piece😉 how do you like the topbar compared to the langstroth?

@PopsShack 5 жыл бұрын

@@RippleAffect - Honestly, I prefer the Langstroth but I can see why so many people like top bar hives. Apologies for the late reply.

@fishmut 3 жыл бұрын

All I can say is 20$ for a 11cm x 11cm piece of Combe is high way robbery , I wouldn’t pay it , I’d buy honey else where or get my own bees .