Gold Star Honeybees Top Bar Hive Beekeeping Kit

Brand: Gold Star Honeybees

A horizontal top bar hive instead of a stack of boxes: bees build natural comb down from wooden bars, with no frames, foundation or queen excluder. The hive sits at working height on its own legs, has a viewing window and a ventilated roof, and opens one bar at a time, so nothing heavier than a single comb is ever lifted. It ships as a kit to assemble.

A good fit for keepers with back trouble, for anyone who wants comb honey and beeswax rather than volume, and for gardens where a hive should look like furniture. Honey comes out by crushing and straining, since combs will not go in a standard extractor. Local clubs and mentors mostly speak Langstroth, so advice and swapped brood frames are harder to come by.