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A great thing about the top Bar system, no heavy lifting. I can’t stress that enough. Also routine maintenence such as supering the langstroth’s to give more room for the bees is non existent. The entire hive comes in one box, their are enough bars to prevent overcrowding. if you are a wild child like me though, you could fashion a thing I like to call “super-ing bars” where as the middle bars of the hive have knotches cut out of them to allow the bees to travel up into an additional top bar hive, thus more sweet sweet honey. Also, got me with a nice paper wasp hive. I gotta figure out what to do with it now.
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I thought about doing this a few years ago. Zoning in my community allows the keeping of honey bees, but the hive must...
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The Beebuds have a simple message: Keep Bees. Keep them on a roof, keep them in a yard, keep them inside your apartment, just keep bees.
This blog showcases what we are learning from a few chickens and a few too many bees.
We focus primarily on using the "Top-Bar" hive design. We custom built our own design after three years of trial and error, and are real excited for the future.
This Blog is for anyone interested in beekeeping, small or large scale. It is made so that novice beekeepers can come together and share our discoveries.
We are in Chicago. We design and sell "top-Bar" hives as well as consult you on where to place them on your property. We also have a bee supplier from St. Louis.
If anyone is interested in beekeeping, but doesn't have the knowledge, time, or courage to get stung, then we also offer a "Foster" system. We set up a hive on your property, we take care of all the dirty work, and you reap the rewards of tasting that sweet sweet honey.
If you have a few hours to talk, then send us an email to beebuds@gmail.com with your phone number and we would be glad to give you a call.
Lets keep them lady bees buzzin'!!
