My top bar hive is all set up and ready to lure some bees! I purchased a pheromone lure called Swarm Catch and will be "fishing" for bees for the next three months...I removed the front entry landing strip, put in two solid wood swing doors and one plastic main hive portal door. The hive portal is a special from Betterbee.com and I think with a little tinkering (on their part) it could be very useful for top bar hive keeping. If it would be half the size and have a fifth setting "closed", it would be perfect for the three hole hive.
We also removed it from the woods edge, even though neighbor wise that would be nicest option the hive did not get enough sun. Now it is in the "wild" area near a large cedar as windbreak and a little afternoon shade. We'll have to train Simon not to go near it, but that should not be hard as the weeds will be taller than him pretty soon.
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