NOTE

For local pickup in Driftwood, TX. 

 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• Bars are the recommended standard of 20" long (17" or shorter bar models make for deeper and narrower combs that tend to collapse and/or attach to the side walls a lot more, and do not allow for optimal nest configuration)
• Les-Is More hives feature a 30degree angle and shallow depth, for better structural integrity and less collapse/attachment  (thanks to a higher center of gravity and a longer connection to the bar).
• Entrance holes may be closed with wine corks or with entrance disc reducers.
• To populate your Top-Bar Hives, we recommend purchasing  Top-Bar NUCs  of the same dimensions OR a Package of bees. You may also populate these with Langstroth NUCs after a quick conversion, see our blog post for instructions at https://www.bee-mindful.com/post/easy-hive-conversion
• NEW: these unique Top-Bar Hives offer the possibility of an Easy-Peasy Langstroth NUC & frames conversion during the Spring: just pop a Langstroth NUCs onto the end piece used as a shelf, opening it up to the top-bar hive cavity, and letting the colony expand horizontally into the Top-Bar Hive by building new combs naturally onto the top-bars. You may also permanently attach a Langstroth box to that effect.

 

 

• Top-Bar NUCs at www.Bee-Mindful.com/product-page/tbh-nucs (starting at $360)
• Packages at www.Bee-Mindful.com/product-page/russian-packages (starting at $170)

• Best for Backyard beekeepers, Hobbyists and small scale to sideliner beekeepers (Langstroth boxes are best for commercial beekeeping and moving boxes to pollination contracts)
• No bending down, work at waist level only
• Much longer lasting than hives with vertical walls (all of the hive is covered and the slanted walls are protected from sun/rain)
• Much faster and easier to inspect
• No additional equipment ever needed as the colony grows (one time expense)
• Easier space management (only in the horizontal plan, horizontal contraction and expansion of the brood’s nest)
• Lots of comb honey and wax (comb honey sells for twice as much as liquid honey)
• Less stress on the bees (pull only a few bars for opening, no empty cavity above the brood's nest ever)
• No hiding places for Small Hive Beetles
• Much improved thermodynamics and protection of nest homeostasis (no chimney effect, protection of brood’s nest integrity)
• Much more accessible to people of all physical abilities, strength, heights (adjustable) and age, as well as all budgets 

SHIPPING

• only for semi-assembled hive kits (no fully assembled hive shipping)
• the hive body will be assembled and used as a shipping container for the bars, legs, and roof pieces, then wrapped in cardboard for protection. 

LOCAL PICKUP

• Hives are assembled to order, please contact us to confirm pickup availability (BeeMindfulHoneyFarms@gmail.com or 512-699-0605)
• Local pickup will be at Bee Mindful, LLC, 18049 W RR 150 in Driftwood, TX based on pickup ready notification (typically just a few days after you order)
• Exceptionally, rush orders may be placed and made ready the same day (contact us to confirm)