My hives....

[SamG347]

Getting these two Topbar hives from a friend and also a beekeeper. They are kind of like a Topbar x Langstroth...in the fact that they use Lang frames that are modded to allow natural comb....and also are the same width as a lang.
Here are the pics my friend sent me. Going this weekend to pickup the hives possibly...and just have a good chatt.

 

[brooster]

I wanted to start a bee colony, but i dont have the money. Have fun, i like the natural hive instead of the preformed ones.

 

[Blueroo63]

did you have to buy starter bees or did they just show up .I keep wanting to buy some ,but husband say they will just show up on they're own .

 

[brooster]

you will want to buy some, if you buy the pheremones you could attract a colony, but if you dont get those will will need to buy a package

 

[HeartLunger]

Awesome and cool idea!

 

[Blueroo63]

can you recomened a type of bee's and a good supplier thanks glenda

 

[brooster]

do you have any local supplier that you could pick them up from, i would contact your local bee club and talk to them, you will learn soo much! and they will probably be ordering soon.

 

[SamG347]

Thanks everyone! These are pics from last summer at my friends place. The hives are now empty.....and I will be getting my bees from Georgia, Hardeemans Apiaries. I will be getting two 3lb packages....1 package per hive. Each package will contain 10,000 bees plus queen.

 

[Imp]

I'd love to get bees. Unfortunately they're not legal in my city.
Had to laugh, I thought this thread was going to be about skin rash.

I suppose that says something about me.
Imp- scratching

 

[deerman]

Nice, how many frames does it take? Are the super that large and if so are they heavy to handle.