Is it worth it?

[watercarving]

Honestly, I'm much more excited about the TBH. It just looks right. Not sure why.

My only concern is that there are no TBH folks around here (north Georgia) that I know of. But, I'm not afraid to blaze a trail either.

Is the §¤«£¿æ.com book '§¤«£¿æ' worth the $12.00 download?

Thanks.

[rdy-b]

Where can I get a super, frames and foundation for $35? I must be looking in the wrong places.

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[Michael Bush]

>Is the §¤«£¿æ.com book '§¤«£¿æ' worth the $12.00 download?

I haven't read it, so I can't say.  It's not hard to build or run a top bar hive.  No harder than any other hive, just a couple of adjustments, like treating the combs more carefully and expanding the brood nest horizontally to keep them from swarming.

[hilltop hives]

watercarving, where in north GA? I'm in the Chattanooga, TN area. I have one TBH with Russian bees doing well. I plan on adding more TBH's of differant designs as well as a combo hive this year.

[watercarving]

I'm about 40 minutes east of Dalton. I can be in Chatt. in about 1.5 hours.

What dimensions have you built your hives to? Why different designs instead of standardizing so frame exchange is easier?

[tillie]

I assume you are close to Blue Ridge - there are lots of good beekeepers in North Georgia.  You might consider attending the Young Harris Beekeeping Institute in May - I went last year and learned a lot. 

Bill Owens who is a big part of that program and usually presents, has a ton of hives and doesn't use poison.  There are some traditional beekeepers who present there, but I learned a lot and I don't use poison of any kind in my hives and while I am not a totally organic beekeeper (I use powdered sugar shakes to address the mite problems) I found the material very helpful.

Bob Binnie who is the president of the GA Beekeepers Association lives in Lakemont and is a commercial beekeeper, but a wise one.

Even if your hives are TBH, and others are using boxes, the basic bee knowledge is the same.

Linda T in Atlanta

[shawnwri]

>Just built two top bar hives based on beesource plans for about $50.

Which plans?  From here: http://www.beesource.com/eob/althive/index.htm  ?

Barry's?  Dennis's?  Maybe you could narrow it down.

Dennis's, more or less. Get these to work and I will play around and modify to suit my desires with the next ones.