Monday, February 08, 2010

 

Over wintering top bar hives in Maine...

 January 23, 2010 - 10 degrees:

Bees in ten degrees... it's a beautiful day in Maine!

It's a Bee-autiful Day in Maine!  Ten degrees and sunshine...


 

January 15, 2010 - 38 degrees:
 
 
Gold Star Apiary in winter

"Knock, knock" - said the beekeeper as she rapped on the side of a Gold Star Top Bar hive.  "Anybody over wintering in there?"

"Bzzzzzztttt!" said the bee as she zoomed out to see what all the fuss was about.  
 
Yes, we've heard that there's a misperception that bees don't overwinter in top bar hives.  But we saw bees today - if they don't starve after the worst summer in recorded history, we'll see bees in the spring too!
 
If you've got pictures of top bar hives in the snow - email us a copy - we'll build a page and share your story!
 

Bees at 7000 feet - Scott Gallagher - Basalt, Colorado 
 
 

 
Adam McNally - The Pink Panther Strikes Again! - Pownal, ME
 
Adam McNally - Top Bar Hive in Winter
 

 

 

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The Gold Star Top Bar Beehive promotes healthy honey bees by allowing bees to make their own natural beeswax. This helps bees by strengthening their immune systems, helping them to fight off parasites and other bee problems without the use of toxic chemicals in the beehive.

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 The Gold Star Top Bar Hive comes to you as a complete kit – it includes everything except the bees themselves. You need only a Phillips head screwdriver, and a staple gun to assemble it.

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The Gold Star Top Bar Hive

   

The Gold Star Top Bar Hive Kit is: 

  
-- easy to assemble

-- easy to manage


This is better for the Beekeeper!



 

Natural Beeswax from a top bar hive

 

In a Gold Star Top Bar Hive,  

the bees make their own natural beeswax! 

 

This is better for the Bees!

 

 


 

Clean and Green!

 

The Gold Star Top Bar Hive kit is made from green materials.

All wood parts are made of pine - cut and milled in Maine, and pre-drilled for easy assembly.

We use non-toxic Mythic brand paint on the roofs, and Safecoat brand caulk to install the window.

This is better for the Planet!

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