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Top Bar Hive Bee Barn

Posted on April 2, 2014

The Experiment Begins!

An old wooden granary is cleaned out to become my top bar hive Bee Barn.

Bee Barn

bee barnModifications were made.

bee barnMy front door gets a built in screen door (as soon as I get to town to buy more screen!).

bee barnIt is simply a door within a door… to let more air in during the heat of the summer…

bee barnWe installed the bees last night… but the entrance holes were still plugged.

bee barnTonight I drilled entrance holes through the side of the Bee Barn.  Slightly offset from the holes on their hive, which may help in the winter.

Bee BarnSmall scraps of lumber create landing boards.

Bee BarnI placed weeds in front of the entrance holes, the thought being that it aids in them having to reorient themselves after the move.  If they don’t, they’ll fly back to the wood shed in search of their hive that is no longer there.  By the time I was done, it was cold and getting dark.  I will have no chance to watch them leave their hive in the morning as I have to go to work myself.

This is the true test… to see if they return to this hive in my new Bee Barn!  Fingers crossed!

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5 thoughts on “Top Bar Hive Bee Barn”

  1. ~the south dakota cowgirl~ says:
    April 4, 2014 at 11:01 AM

    I LOVE THIS! Can I order honey from you this summer? I’m just in the state next door! 😛
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  2. Judy says:
    April 3, 2014 at 7:47 PM

    Sure hope all goes well. Know you are anxious to see them leave and return and by the way the old grainary boards are gorgeous….

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  3. Marilyn says:
    April 3, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    They ought to “bee” enjoying their new home immensely! Good luck.

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  4. Judy McMillon says:
    April 3, 2014 at 4:41 AM

    Good Luck. My dad raised bees and kept us in honey for years. I baked with it instead of sugar quite often.

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  5. LeFiffre says:
    April 3, 2014 at 12:26 AM

    Good luck – rooting for the hive!

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Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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