Thanks Ron, really appreciate it

Awesome work very informative

That's great work & so helpful. I've wanted to "keep" bees for yrs & now that you have shared your ideas here, I can. Many thanks. Looking forward to sharing my results.

That’s awesome John, really man, Thanks for nice comment.

Gervase Evans thanks, should be fun

Thanks Nick, I"ll need to do that

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea

Thats great Kenn, it's a lot of fun and a great winter project. Thanks for the comment

Thanks Bruce, we had a lot of fun with it , good luck with the build and the Bee keeping

Cool, thanks for the comment

Thanks Jordan

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oldcaptainrusty Thanks for the comments and you'll have fun with the bees.

Lloyd R. sounds good Lloyd thanks for the comment and have a good build

will do, thanks for the comment, Dave

with VIT (venom immunotherapy) it is in fact something you could do.

LOL, ummmm, no thanks.

ha : ) , Thanks Dave

Thanks I'll be making another tb hive in about two weeks and I'll go over it than and also have planes on my site.

www.bushfarms.com/beestopbarhives.htm Good info here from someone that raises bees both ways. Basically, it's cheaper. WAYYYYY cheaper.

w rice I am considering beekeeping and have read several books on the subject. Best of those: Fruitless Fall by Rowan Jacobsen, Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder, and The Rooftop Beekeeper by Megan Paska. In brief, the top-bar hive requires much less lumber to build, the bees control how they draw comb, rather than following a template as is used in the big box hives known by the designer, Langstroth. An old fellow like me can lift one bar of comb and honey easily, whereas the super full of honey has bigger and heavier frames. Anecdotal evidence of the efficacy of top-bar hives is that bees typically thrive without introduction of poisons to control pests and disease. Don't take my word for it, look up the books mentioned and read 'em. You may agree this is worth trying. An angle of 120 degrees, inside measurement, (or 22.5 degrees outside) is safer than 17 degrees. It matches the angles of a bee cell, which is hexagonal, and bees will not likely attach comb to the sides of the hive.

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Scott, dedicated blades for your table saw will make a tremendous difference in the life of the blades, and the quality of your cuts. IF you do crosscutting AND ripping on your table saw, get a blade for each, you won't regret it. I have Freud's Glue Line Rip blades for ripping, and their plywood & melamine blade for crosscutting. I love both of them. I think that, for the money, they're some of the best blades. But they aren't exactly cheap.... On the other hand, they both have very beefy carbide teeth, and if you care for them, you will get many, many sharpenings out of them before the teeth are too small to be safe. Clean your blades, heat is carbide's second worst enemy (behind hidden nails... -.-) Good luck!

cool, thanks and have fun with the project also make all the bars 1 1/4 I need to cut all my 1 1/2" bars down to 1 1/4"

Thank you

The Bees stick / build the comb on the window

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Awseome....thanks

no problem :)

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cool, thanks for the comment

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Thanks Jim, any advice is greatly appreciated, I really have no idea what I’m getting into with this one.

***** Hi Jon, I kept bees for about 20 years until about 15 years ago. Forgotten so much about it by now - they are fascinating critters to look after, and 'look after' is the key. Quite time consuming too. I kept between 10 and 15 national hives. I see you have put sugar syrup feeders in but they will not necessarily need it this time of year if there is plenty of natural feed for them, but feeding will help to establish the colony. You can lose colonies due to weather conditions and pesticides and bees natural enemies. At the present time here in the UK there is a particularly nasty bug from Europe or Africa causing a lot of losses. I can't tell you all there is to know about beekeeping, it would take at least a book, and there are a lot of good books here and I assume it is the same in the US. Good Luck. Rgdz - Jim

Thanks Jim, yes I am not taking this one lightly. I’m thinking if it becomes to time consuming I will give the hive to a friend, if I give up. Thanks again and Ill keep you posted.

Thanks Dave

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sounds good, thanks

Thanks Chris, yes I should get them next week

Thanks man

Thanks , about 1/4 each side, yes about 1 1/2 - 2 "

Thanks, sure

Thanks, yes I will be making bee Keeping as we go forward

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Thanks Tim, sure will do

Ok

Ha...you don't need many power tools but it's worth the investment

Angie Baer Thanks Angie

Scott Baker Hi Scott. I think I've got about 15 bee videos on my channel if you want to check them out..... now I'm up to three hives

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Thanks Warren, the queen will come in the box with all the bees, should get them some time next week

I think any will be nice , should know a lot more by September . thanks for the comment Paul

I think so, might want to ask around your town

I'll check with the township. I just got approved to keep chickens- so I'll be building some coops and an enclosed run soon!

No, but I think I’m going to build another one over the winter and make a few small changes. I will try to get plans for the new one on my site when I do. Thanks for the comment.

I have talked hubby into building me a top bar hive rather with going with the Langstroth. I hope to get bees early next yr so we are going to build it this fall. Would it be possible to get a rough plan with dimensions for this one? I have watch oodles of videos and visited endless websites but I am really sold on your version.

I don't have plans but I think should have no problem with help from the video. good luck with the build.

I think that will be fine the bees will work to the size of the hive, but take a look at time 1: 50

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I would still build a top bar but without the window, I'm building another one in a few weeks.

***** Good to know and thanks

pickleme101 Thanks , I think you just hope she stays there... so far so good

Jon Peters Art & Home. hi jon you do great job what you

michaela terrell Thanks

Thanks Randy, I will check it out