Top Bar Hive Comb Manipulation Lesson

[@bluz4ala]

McCartney, First of all thank you for all your informative videos. I'm a "new-bee" to beekeeping and today I needed to try out some manipulation. My bees started to build from bar to bar and it was time to put a stop to it, It didn't go to well.... so.... I had a thought. You should mention with a text box on this video to "Be sure to have hair clips and zip ties handy in case the comb should fall off". Please keep the camera rolling and I still owe you a cup of coffee.

[@Scott1844]

McCartney - how do you connect the hair clip to the top bar when you want to attach comb from a cutout to a top bar. This video was very helpful to me. Thanks for taking time to make it.

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

@Scott1844 First, when you buy the hair clips, make sure they have a hole near the top of the clip so you can tie a string from the top of the clip to the bar. The bees will take care of the string within 2 weeks. All you will have left will be the string above the bar.

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

@1artisfun If you start another hive, take a straight bar from one hive and put it in the hive that you will start with a package. This does 2 things: 1. Stops any absconding because they have brood 2. Keeps them fairly straight.

[@c0r0y]

Very good explanations but how is the hair clip attached to the top bar?

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

@tappakeggaday1 Don't worry about the bees being sanitary. They are wild creatures. You just worry about the honey area in the hive. You'll cut off the combs so they will always be yellow comb.

[@drtimwilliams]

Thanks for the tip about jiggling the bar to get the bees to move out of the way when putting the top bars back together. I'll get my wife to give it ago when we next look in her TBH.

[@Delfinmar]

Great stuff been running a few top bars past 10 years and still learning. Thanks so much for the hair clip trick. I have wired them in in the past......what do you do for the dreaded double combs on one bar?! always happens

[@dochappy26]

My daughter, who picked this video for us to watch, says thanks for making her hungry. At seven, she now wants to keep bees! :D

[@fishmut]

Did she get her wish ?

[@davecavana1031]

Are you guys still into bees?

[@Cheguebuddha]

My ladies do the oposite they curve the comb at the ends away from the entrance. Thanks for the vid

[@DeadEyeRabbit]

That shirt.....dayum!

[@fishmut]

Devan-air ...lol was he trying to attract bees 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ukgingernut]

I installed my bees three days ago and am now getting nervous about the first inspection. Your video was VERY helpful and instructive. I don't understand the hair clip thing. How do you attach the hair clip to the bar?

[@honeeproducer34]

Question... How do you attach the hair clip to the top bar?

[@mikesmovingimages]

This was VERY useful. Thank you!

[@honeybacres]

A great instruction video. I want to build a top bar hive and I feel I am that little bit more prepared. Thanks :)

[@baileyslip]

Hi Mac I am new to bee keeping and love it. I just gotta say I love how thoughrow you are in your teachings.. I am a subscriber and thank you for all you do. Linda from ga. P. S. I just love your shirts lol. And I want a t-shirt.!!!

[@tappakeggaday1]

I have a "silly question"when do you decide that the comb is to dark?I'm all for them making new comb to give them something to do but I was thinking of helping the bees stay sanitary.Does that make any sense?

[@seanrhill]

Very informative, but what do I do when they've built 2 rows of comb side by side along the length of one bar?

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

Apparently, this is a much sought after question. The answer - I use tie-wraps to attach the hair clip to the bar. The trick is to buy hair clips that have holes which the tie wraps can go thru. When the comb is re-attached, you cut off the tie wraps.

[@joebryant1]

I just sent this very informative video to site to my son.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Beaumont Texas.. would it be unethical, to find a nuc this time of the year? Considering zone 9a Texas.. Can you coerce them to stay, with over winter syrup and such? i have a store bought brood langstrom, and a home made lure box a little bit bigger than 10 frame box. They have no interest in lemon grass oil, despite putting the box next to my garden with pumpkin flowers they constanly nibble on.

[@UnitedHerps]

was that nook made from pallet wood? if so you have any issues with that wood being treated?

[@strngrthnfiction]

Why do you cut it and relocate it along the straight?

[@DumpinMyGun]

what's the song in the beginning?

[@chuckp7860]

Love the shirt!Great idea too!

[@chuckarama451]

You didn't need your fancy engineer's lingo to give you away, the socks + sandals had you pegged long before the words ever came out of your mouth. BTW, I couldn't agree more about the bread knife. I started using one last year on my TB Hives and it's MUCH easier for getting in there to do some work.

[@johnsuma3371]

Hi beeskeepers, Please anyone can explain me what is a : " hair clip " and what is it for ? & how it look like ?

[@ironoaok]

It's what girls us e to tie back their hair

[@johnsuma3371]

Ah ok thanks.

[@flamedrag18]

is it possible that this "actor bee" was actually a scout looking for a hive site?

[@luismaza79]

Hi, Taylor! Thanks for your videos (and your shirt ;-) BTW, how do you attach the hair clip to the bar? Thanks a lot

[@luismaza79]

I've found your video already answering it. Thanks a lot!! ;-)

[@kenthompson6539]

Drill a hole or holes in the top bar preferably the size of a bamboo Barbecue sqewer and push them to where the comb will end and then you can tilt the comb when it is built. you can also add them to built comb!!!!!!! Please feel free to share this tip

[@TheGamingMackV]

Hey this is a great video! I just have one question (since i dont know a lot about bee hives). Why is the hive black?

[@tyg.334]

The comb is black due to the age. As it ages it becomes darker and darker.

[@Downwindjc]

WHY IS THE COMB BLACK AND WHAT DO the different colors represent?

[@tyg.334]

The age. Old comb is dark, newer comb is a lighter color.

[@mishagray2835]

Love it! Great Videos!

[@catrodriguez22]

are bee hive are soft or hard ?

[@dempsy9727]

Soft when new (bright white color) and stiffer as it is used season-after-season. It gets tougher as it gets darker.

[@revivalnatural]

ANother way to get the bees out of the gap between bars is to blow on them. Since I discovered that no more half squished, angry bees ever.

[@kennapop3]

Newer bars now follow a wedge shape in bar bottom.

[@HappyComfort]

Shelly!!!! lol just kidding, anyway I was curious how you made the hair clip stay on and wanted to ask "why" to some of your instructions but maybe if I read the other comments I will find out. Thank You for the video!

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

@chuckarama451 hey, those socks and sandals were perfectly fashionable when I was in Germany I'll have you know! But my shirt, wow, gotta buy 9 volt battery packs to keep it that bright. Love it.

[@GrantKingMusic]

Where can I order a shirt like that. lol Seriously, I notice that your top bars look a little longer than 17 inches am I right and is there a reason?

[@MuffpuffZ]

If it helps, the shirt fits you :D On me it would look weird, but it very well suits your look. Especially since you handle bees.

[@im0rtel]

thats a scout bee looking for a place to swarm.

[@426superbee4]

Reason the bees curve the comb it makes it stronger. I woudn't do any thing its stronger that way. Smart bees !

[@kgonzales8592]

thank you for saying that you are an engineer

[@jlander82]

The bees say your shirt looks delicious.

[@EverydayKindaGuy]

I went deaf by looking at your shirt.

[@mathieucolliat38]

thank's for this !! :)

[@OutOfaBlueSky]

Mean, Kaitlyn, mean. :0) I love my shirts!

[@JonathanAbbott]

Not "angular momentum. It's called "torque." Force cross distance.

[@brutsi]

Physicist here, can confirm, but what can you expect from an engineer anyway? (jk)

[@eudamullah]

What can you expect from an engineer you ask? Lots of belittling and a seriously condescending attitude.

[@drawingwithlight2397]

Never new Tom Cruise's brother was a beekeeper...

[@TangTuanBuu]

cute beekeeper ! lol

[@SuperMrdomdom]

cute actor bee

[@claymama1]

Music is awful ! Hairclips - good idea but you don't say how to attach them to the top bar .