hi all

[gird123]

Hi all,

I'm Nate from Carson City Nevada.  I built a top bar hive in January and in February a friend called saying a tree blew over and the bees are laying on the ground, so my first bees.  I kept them in the garage for the first week and fed them lots of sugar.  They have struggled, swarmed once, and struggled some more.  I think they swarmed because they were honey bound.  I think now they are on the right track. 

I have been reading about tbh management and it says the hive should have 8 to 10 brood combs. How do you do that?  Do you just add a top bar when it looks like they have built out all the brood?  Can I just move all the comb to the middle and they will build brood one way and honey the other?  Can I move individual combs?  I want to move one that has honey and add an empty bar for brood?

Thank you,

Nate

[Kathyp]

welcome to beemaster.  my brother just moved to sparks.  NV is one of my favorite states :-)

try putting your questions either in the general forum or the TBH .  more people will see it and hopefully help you out.

[AllenF]

Welcome to the forum.

[mikecva]

Welcome to the forum.  :cheer:  -Mike

[bud1]

yes you can move it, just slide it back and insert a new frme and keep a new frame added to the brood nest

[Judy in in]

Hi and good luck with your TBH. I didn't have very good luck with mine.. :-x