New Member from North West Ohio

[OhioRyan]

Hello All :)

I have been working with bees for the past 4 years with my father and brother-in-law. We have 11 hives this year and I am trying my first TBH. I have had a lot of luck reading posts on the forums and figured it was time to join the community!

[DeepCreek]

Welcome.  I was a lurker myself.  But... I'm (1) post ahead of you.  I heard TBH's were hard to maintain through Winter?  Good luck.

[Michael Bush]

>I heard TBH's were hard to maintain through Winter?

Bees are tough to maintain through the Winter... TBHs are no tougher...
http://www.bushfarms.com/beestopbarhives.htm#winter

[mikecva]

Welcome to the forum.    -Mike

[Deep zzz]

New also to bee keeping... I have two hives ready for bees that are to arrive the first of May. Almost missed out on getting local bees b/c I didnt pre order 😮😮

[Sumerduck]

Welcome to the forum.

[Maggiesdad]

Welcome!

[BeeMaster2]

Welcome to Beemaster.
The reason most beeks recommend new beeks use a Langstroth hive is that with a TBH it is very easy to have an entire frame of bees break and land on your feet if they are not handled properly.
Jim

[YpsiBee2015]

Hey OhioRyan. Welcome!

Im in South East Michigan, so maybe we can share a few ideas down the road!

[OhioRyan]

Thank you all for the warm welcome! We have been using Langstroth hives for the past 3 years and we are comfortable with them at this point. Sadly we have not had any hives make it through the winter as they have been pretty rough the last 2 years. So far after 2 weeks my TBH is doing better than I could have hoped. The bees are keeping their comb nice and straight and working hard! I will try to share some pictures and video throughout the season as we tend to take some with a GoPro when ever we go out to check on them.

[GSF]

Welcome