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	First year observations on periscope entrance and Eco floor	1	Smorning	7225	Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:26 pm Smorning
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	After swarm?	6	mbc	12986	Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:56 am mbc
	Very Hot here in Arlington VA - Water supply Option	0	Uwe in USA	5293	Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:38 pm Uwe in USA
	Found a one-eyed drone in my treatment free top bar	0	beealoha	5073	Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:21 am beealoha
	Top bar modification	4	rakeman	10410	Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:44 am Barbara
	Moving a small cast swarm into a queenless hive?	0	heathervale	5137	Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:38 pm heathervale
	Laying worker advice needed	14	Trip	21555	Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:34 am rmcpb
	Plywood use in HTB	4	Oakfield Bees	9861	Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:10 am Oakfield Bees
	Searching for a source of 'packaged' bees in the U.K.	8	Wildebees	18432	Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:48 am peopleshive
	Paper marriage ?	6	mal	14294	Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:44 am mal
	Managing my TBBHs	7	Uwe in USA	13387	Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:55 pm Uwe in USA
	uniting colonies in TBH	5	nmccabe	9709	Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:52 pm Barbara
	Paper uniting entrance arrangment	2	stevebuzz	7136	Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:02 pm stevebuzz
	Fighting bees, hive defence?	9	luk_lak	17465	Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:08 am luk_lak
	Comb Building Stopped - Normal???	4	Drafty	9474	Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:16 pm Drafty
	Gaps between follower board and floor	10	johno	20403	Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:18 am Lacewing
	Pollen trap for TBH	4	zaunreiter	14977	Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:46 am Drafty
	Possible Late Swarm or New Queen	21	Drafty	33357	Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:02 am Drafty
	Shims	4	exmoorlover	9152	Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:09 am exmoorlover
	What causes one hive to build faster than another?	4	Jim7310	9180	Sat May 30, 2015 8:00 am Barbara
	Eco floor and follower boards	8	suffo1k	16159	Thu May 28, 2015 8:09 pm suffo1k
	cold climate top bar keeping debate	22	Ernie Farmboy	39785	Wed May 20, 2015 8:39 am AugustC
	Time to re-queen?	6	DurangoKid	11758	Fri May 15, 2015 2:11 pm DurangoKid
	Please report on use of Linseed/beeswax protection	5	BridgetB	11276	Mon May 04, 2015 9:05 am AugustC
	Block all holes when new bees come?	2	GRMercier	8850	Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:27 pm GRMercier
	venting TBH input	2	gfak69	6915	Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:56 am AugustC
	Installed bees in my TBH....now what?	1	Harbisgirl	6144	Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:21 am catchercradle
	Proplised mesh floor	1	csturgess	6861	Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:45 pm CeeBee
	Mould in TBH - what to do?	5	Laurieston	10605	Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:11 pm csturgess
	Question for Barbara on entrance	14	jjodie	27269	Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:56 am Barbara
	To plane or not to plane inside wood of TBH.	2	GRMercier	7156	Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:52 pm GRMercier
	What does the top rest on?	10	GRMercier	16658	Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:43 am mal
	Cleaning a top bar & removal of comb?	6	tembly	14840	Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:52 pm obcarskas
	what finishes to use OUTSIDE and INSIDE the hives ?	4	obcarskas	10899	Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:25 pm obcarskas
	contructing top bar hive - thickness of wood	8	tiidus	19414	Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:59 pm ingo50
	dimensions of TBH for purchasing wood	2	obcarskas	7514	Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:29 pm obcarskas
	weight of empty versus full of bees and honey TBH ?	3	obcarskas	8346	Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:11 am obcarskas
	Dead hives	3	slturner55555	7757	Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:19 am slturner55555
	entrance position on chandler tbh	6	Safronsue	12866	Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:11 pm Barbara
	Entrance(S) confusion	3	Bobrm2	9650	Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:19 pm rmcpb
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Quality Top Bar Hives by Andrew Vidler

Conserving wild bees

Research suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate.

Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight.

There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here

More about bumblebees and solitary bees here

Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)