Making A Package Of Bees From A Top Bar Hive With Sam Comfort
August 29, 2012by Anita Deeley
Making A Package Of Bees From A Top Bar Hive With Sam Comfort
At theTreatment Free Beekeeping Conferencelast month,Sam Comfortdemonstrated how to make a package of bees from a top bar hive. For his funnel he used 4 pieces of cardboard taped together and attached it to a yogurt container with the bottom removed so it could fit inside the package box. After the package was complete he removed the funnel and stapled a piece of cardboard to the top of the box to close it off.
Sam Comfort making a package of bees from a top bar hive.
Here is a closeup picture of the package and funnel. That piece of cardboard on top of the package will be used to cover the hole when the funnel is removed.
A package of bees being made from a top bar hive.
Want to watch the package being made? Check out this video below.
Anita Deeley is a biologist and former state bee inspector who maintains 100 honey bee hives. She is the beekeeper, writer, owner and creator of BeverlyBees.com. When she is not spending time with her girls (the bees), she enjoys being a wife to her beekeeping cohort, Brian and mother to 3 little boys (the beekeepers in training). Read more about Anita here >>
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