Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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DawnMK
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There not our Bees ..............Neighbours left a note for us today, ''your bees have swarmed again there on the wooden boat, left side gate open for you.''
I was at home all day and didnt see anything, checked our hives and everything seemed fine, went to look at the swarm and it was massive definatly not come from us and under a deep ledge about 10 inches off the ground, we sat a nuclus box with frames on the ledge driven a lot of them up with smoke and now left them till tomorrow, the majorty are now in the box on frames, fingers crossed by the time we come home from work the rest will have joined them it was getting to dark to do any more, so now we dont have another spare hive hope to get one at the week end any more swarms and they will have to find another home we are full 
We have seen some hives in a field just up the road and think they must have come from there.
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Tavascarow
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Build a top bar hive.
Then you can compare the two different regimes.
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DawnMK
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just been looking at those on google 
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Tavascarow
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just been looking at those on google |
Free plans here or if you want to build a warre hive, here.
Management methods between the two are different.
I personally prefer the horizontal TBH (certainly easier to build), although I can see the merits of the Warre.
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DawnMK
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I have just ordered two self assembly tob bar hives just havent got the time at the moment to source materials and make one, they should be with use Monday was happy with the price as well
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Sally Too
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We have 2 Top Bars here. One occupied and bees seem very happy in it. Ours are only 3' which I think was a mistake the 4' would be better, but so far so good.
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DawnMK
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just collected last nights left out box and all the swarm are inside worked like a dream, now a question, they are in a transport box with frames, I have coming Mon-Tue Top bar Hives can I move them into one or should they go into a standard hive as they will have settled on the frames, in which case we need another national hive we are coming to Bluith wells on Sunday will there be any for sale there
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Cathryn
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Hmm, it's apparently tricky. It's why I am waiting for a swarm that I can put straight into my mini topbar bait hive. Have a read on this site - http://www.biobees.com/forum Tavascarow might be back with some advice as well.
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Tavascarow
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just collected last nights left out box and all the swarm are inside worked like a dream, now a question, they are in a transport box with frames, I have coming Mon-Tue Top bar Hives can I move them into one or should they go into a standard hive as they will have settled on the frames, in which case we need another national hive we are coming to Bluith wells on Sunday will there be any for sale there |
