Kenyan Style Top Bar Hive
Modified for the Pacific North West
I am selling bee temples. Warre hives and Kenyan style top bar hives that have been augmented for the wet cold winters.
1. Sloped roof allows for water to drain off and not just sit on top.
2. Quilt box for insulation and the escape of moisture. Can be filled with sawdust or moss or herbs.
3. Rye flower impregnated burlap cover for inspecting and feeding.
4. A porch roof with columns to support a hive entrance reducer and extra rain protection
5. Screened bottom board with drawers for ventilation and mite count.
6. Observation window. See bees.
7. Bars with spaces between them. The bees build straighter comb and can be top fed in winter.
1. Sloped roof allows for water to drain off and not just sit on top.
2. Quilt box for insulation and the escape of moisture. Can be filled with sawdust or moss or herbs.
3. Rye flower impregnated burlap cover for inspecting and feeding.
4. A porch roof with columns to support a hive entrance reducer and extra rain protection
5. Screened bottom board with drawers for ventilation and mite count.
6. Observation window. See bees.
7. Bars with spaces between them. The bees build straighter comb and can be top fed in winter.
8. Wax impregnated wood for weather protection.
Hives are $500 plus shipping. If you are in the Portland-Washougal area pick up can be arranged.
This is a Warre style hive that I built last year. It is home to a hive of bees that I saved from a house in Vancouver Washington. I had to help them make a new queen by giving larve from another hive because I either lost the queen in the removal process or killed her.
