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Ruth's Topbar beehive Facebook page

This 4"x 6" sticker can be purchased for $5 at the monthly meetings and helps pay for the maintenance of this website.

Recommended Reading:

1.  Balanced Beekeeping II: managing the Top Bar hive         ​by Phil Chandler

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2.  Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder​

4​.  The Practical Beekeeper by Michael Bush

6​.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping by Dean Stiglitz

5.  Beekeeping Basics (.pdf) from Penn State

Phil Chandler's article on why to have a top-bar hive

7.  Garden Plants for Honey Bees by Peter Lindtner

Video of Michael Bush's Class on Natural Beekeeping

Video of Michael Bush's Class on Queen Rearing

www.hamptonroadsbeekeepers.org

Buy Bee-forage trees from Rockbridge nursery

Link to study on Anise Oil

3.  Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping by Wyatt Mangum

Visit the observation hive at McDonald Garden Center, 1144 Independence Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA.

Videos of 2019 Backyard Queen Rearing hosted by HRBKPRS, presented by Dr. Sean Kenny.

Dee Lusby The Way Back to Biological Beekeeping