Last year I bought a top bar hive, talked into it by a contact. He failed to tell me that they do not automatically follow the bars, and yes I now have a hive full on inaccessible diagonal combs
So why am I sharing this with the whole world, simply because I do not know what to do with this hive. It is a good colony and they built a lot of comb quickly and there is a lot of brood and honey in the hive, I know this as there is a viewing panel as I could not remove bars.
So I guess a lot of you will be thinking amateur, with top bar yes my six other hives are fine, honey taken apivar introduced and feeding If necessary. Any help with the top bar greatly received.
PS I was waiting to colonize this hive when one day a swarm arrived and moved in.
So why am I sharing this with the whole world, simply because I do not know what to do with this hive. It is a good colony and they built a lot of comb quickly and there is a lot of brood and honey in the hive, I know this as there is a viewing panel as I could not remove bars.
So I guess a lot of you will be thinking amateur, with top bar yes my six other hives are fine, honey taken apivar introduced and feeding If necessary. Any help with the top bar greatly received.
PS I was waiting to colonize this hive when one day a swarm arrived and moved in.
