Horizontal top-bar hive

Kenyan Top Bar Hive ( KTBH or top bar hive ) is a relatively new type of hive (prey ), which was developed for the aid of beekeeping consultant D. Papadopoulouin for Africa. The underlying system is much older and goes to the Macedonian traditional beehive ( Northern Greece) back.

Description

The honeycomb arrangement and the type of preparation are similar to the original African, lying or horizontal hanging tube booties. The advantages are the relative ease of manufacture. There is only one exactly einzuhaltendes measure that describes the width of the top bar and indicates the distance of honeycomb honeycomb center to center parallel -built honeycomb. Top carriers are the top loose launched strips. The bees draw on a central orientation ( wax strips or edge ) their combs to bottom. The honeycomb can be lifted freely with the top carriers, moved and removed. Worldwide, there are just as a hobby in industrialized countries a trend towards top- bar hives just for installation in home garden. In English we also find the name Backyard -hive - Rear Garden prey.

For the amateurs the Top Bar Hive offers the following advantages:

  • Little time needed because the sophisticated delivery of frames omitted.
  • Small footprint, as there is no storage space for frames and empty hive parts ( sides ) and work spaces in the cold months are necessary. Preserved honeycomb also important to protect against wax moths.
  • Waiver of pre-cut wax center walls in the frames, in itself, can accumulate through your oily properties of residues from the mites.
  • By processing all the cells to a level that is physically beekeepers particularly simple since no heavy honey spaces must be implemented.
  • Almost all operations can be carried out as in a trough prey or other bee boxes exactly.

Usually a wire mesh floor for easy detection of bee parasites ( Varroa ) is installed for use as a hobby. In addition, the bees inputs ( air holes ) are often not carried out as in Africa than many small openings that can be defended by a few bees against enemies. This is not mandatory in Europe and North America. Many amateur beekeepers build additional windows in the sides to observe the bees undisturbed.

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