Top Bar Beehives

How to Build a Beehive That Everybody Can Use

How to Build a Beehive That Everybody Can Use

Article by Russell Holmes









If you’ve wanted to learn how to build a beehive but was put off thinking that it would be too complex, think again. I have a free set of plans for you that can change your mind. The plans give you step by step directions for a top bar beehive that anyone can use.

You will find 2 most widespread types of beehives. The first is the Langstroth… Continue reading

Is Top Bar Beekeeping for You?

Is Top Bar Beekeeping for You?

Article by Val Wilson









Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth, the man who pioneered modern day beehives, created his original beehive design based on the idea that bee products could be more easily harvested from a spatially constructed box with frames. Since that time in the mid 1800′s others have manipulated that thought into different versions of the original model.

But one model known as the top bar hive, is different. While still using Langstroth’s concept of ‘bee… Continue reading