STANDARD TOP BARS FOR THE BEEKEEPER

摘要

We know that honey bees and beekeepers contribute greatly to American agriculture and to our dining pleasures. We recognize the Langstroth hive as an optimized design for large-scale honey production and crop pollination beekeeping, and we recognize that it is also suited for many small-operation beekeepers. However, there are good-intentioned rebellious beekeepers among us, including the authors of this article, who choose to keep bees in "Top Bar Hives." We propose there are good reasons to keep bees in top bar hives and for top bar beekeepers to use top bars of standard design and dimensions.