Horizontal Top Bar Hive

Top bars touch retains heat and no bee disturbance.

Horizontal top bar hive. Rated 5 00 out of 5. They are becoming very popular in the uk due to their alignment with the organic treatment free philosophies of many new beekeeping devotees. 40 long hive body. Although the two most well known styles of long top bar hives are named kenyan and tanzanian the kenyan hive was actually developed in canada and the so called tanzanian hive is not the same as the top bar hive that was developed in tanzania the design of top bar hives has its origins in the work done in 1965 by tredwell and paterson.

The langstroth hive is built like a chimney and as a result a large temperature gradient exists with moist heat rising to the top and condensing into water droplets which drips down into the hive. Most available top bar hives are too small to allow a strong colony to thrive. The horizontal top bar hive was developed as a lower cost alternative to the standard framed hives and equipment. Self spacing for utmost convenience.

There is much debate in among beekeeping circles about how far north ktbh can be successfully used. Horizontal top bar beehive. Used in over one million hives today. Dimensions based on natural tree hollows.

Conventional honey supers which you find with box style hives can weigh up to 80 pounds. With top bar hives the heaviest bar you ll have to lift will probably be around three to seven pounds. Horizontal top bar hive 1 optional extras 5 warré hives 1 fan favorites. In our experience colonies outgrow horizontal hives shorter than 36.

Horizontal top bar hives are often elevated to a good height and there are no heavy boxes to lift. Over 125 years of successful use. Ideal overwintering strong spring buildup. The kenyan horizontal top bar hive is very popular with sustainable beekeepers in the usa.

Our hive bodies are 40 long 18 wide and about 19 deep allowing ample honey storage space to support the colony through winter with excess for the beekeeper to harvest. It shares much of the same philosophy as the warre hive in it s use but when it comes to overwintering strength this is where the two diverge. 30 more comb than a deep langstoth.