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Top Bar Hive The Case For Ethiopia
Top Bar Hive The Case For Ethiopia
Top Bar Hive The Case For Ethiopia
In this regard alternative and non-timber top bar hive and frames
made from cheap and locally available materials have been tested
for
• its ease of construction
• adoption and
• productivity of colonies at farmers level
30cm
22cm
Entrance
Types of materials used
22cm
40cm
1m
Ways of fixing the side walls
100cm
30cm
c m
40
Construction of hive wall
1st the front and rear walls
Then the two side walls
Partition groove making for partition board & Q.E
Groove making
Plastering
Insulating materials
Under the roof
Guiding bees to construct straight combs
Fixing of combs
Straight combs
The hand made top-bars were tested on large
number of honeybees colonies
The experiment showed the absence of
significant differences b/n the machine & hand
made top bars
z In honey yield
z Comb spacing
z Bee space
z Brood cell depth
Applicability of the hive for different purposes
¾ Nuclei colonies
serve as source of
income 20-25
US/nuclei
Relative advantages of this hive