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Location: West Central Honduras, Central America
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 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:42 am Post subject: Musings About Making a Top Bar Hive—the basics |
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Musings on Beekeeping: Musings About Making a Top Bar Hive—the basics
http://musingsonbeekeeping.blogspot.com/2017/01/musings-about-making-top-bar-hivethe.html
The newest post on my blog—the basics behind making a simple top bar hive:
“The beauty of a top bar hive is that they can be made easily and economically.
Although the Langstroth system is the hive of choice for most beekeepers, it is not perfect. The top bar hive (tbh) fills the void for those potential beekeepers who are looking for a needed alternative. These are not only people in a developing country like Honduras, where I live, but also for some people in developed countries like the United States.”
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