American Honey Bee Rescue Alliance

01/09/2026

Did you know, the American Honey Bee Rescue Alliance has a top bar hive division? It is one of the ways we raise funds for programs we support and operate. If you are thinking about getting a top bar hive, consider getting one from us at floridatopbar.com!

https://www.floridatopbar.com/

Florida Top Bar Hives supplies, hive kits, boxes, top bars, follower boards and more can be found here. A division of ahbra.org

01/07/2026

Check out all the great items you can get with our supporter logo! Every time you buy something with our supporter logo, you not only show you are a supporter but, you help fund the programs we offer to the public.

Some of the programs where funding helps:
Conduct training where needed
Conducts educational events for school children
Helps re-home bees that swarm
Advocates against the destruction of unwanted colonies
Assists private (backyard) beekeepers with colony management
Build and supply top bar hives to raise funds at FloridaTopBar.com

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/175960153

American Honey Bee Rescue Alliance Fundraiser Supporter Apparel. Every purchase helps us help beekeepers and the honey bees.

12/15/2025

Are you a bee keeper or thinking about becoming one? If you need supplies, use our link to them and you will also help us! Foxhound bee Co. will donate a portion of every sale to the AHBRA.org efforts! Thank you Foxhound!!!

https://www.foxhoundbeecompany.com?sca_ref=10212331.WZWkTHsofT

Beekeeping supply store based in Irondale, Alabama, that specializes in helping beginner beekeepers get ready to take care of their own honey bees. Our equipment is first-rate, and our classes are focused on helping backyard beekeepers be successful with their bees and love their new hobby.

12/08/2025

We applaud the Foxhound Bee Company today for their new building and adding over 450 pollinator plants and trees around the property to offer food, habitat, and a safe environment for bees and other pollinators!

So happy to see a company this dedicated to what they are doing!

https://www.foxhoundbeecompany.com/pages/new-beekeeping-and-pollinator-education-center?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=PostGrandOpeningComms_Email1_December2025_campaign_feature_12062025&utm_id=01KBR7K1A74AHGEBDKE7EVW20P&_kx=O3xXyRjzixyotcP9Btg-z5txchpcTCZVGBlxZH95EBU.RmxYfM

11/27/2025

Great video by Ralph White on splitting a top bar hive. Splitting a hive is to catch the swarm before it happens!

The beehives have been crazy this year. The top bars hives are exploding with bees. This is a simple way to split the top bar hive.

11/27/2025

While the hive in this video is not a traditional top bar hive, (horizontal Langstroth) it is interesting that more and more beekeepers are moving into horizontal designs. Most commercial beekeepers are not going to move away from Langstroth hives anytime soon due, to moving a lot of hives around the county to pollinate many different crops. No matter what box they are in, we are just happy they have a home!

Today I am adding a Queen excluder to my horizontal hives. The queen has been moving back and forth and I have brood in frames I want to extract. ...

11/27/2025

How to fix cross combing in a top bar hive. It's easier than you think! Rescue Bars!

So for all the new Top-Bar Hive beekeepers out there... here is some info on fixing serious cross combing.....First, it's best to stop the progression by eit...

11/26/2025

Here is a great video on a top bar hive that has survived for a very long time; in fact, it has not been opened for 14 years. One thing to note as the frames are being removed is how the bees over the 14 years, arranged the comb in the hive. The entrance is on the end of the hive. The brood is close to the entrance and the honey stores are at the opposite end.

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11/21/2025

She has a great understanding of bees!

There was a big swarm of bees in someone’s backyard and I was called to remove them. All bee removals are done for free, to help people and bees in need. Eve...

11/21/2025

Here is a nice video on a Keyan top bar hive. The entry Hole on this hive is in the side of the hive in the middle, opposite the side the beekeeper is on. There is honey built out on both side of the brood comb. If the hole was on the end, the brood would be new the hole and the honey combs would be on the back side of the brood. Notice where in the hive he is finding harvest-able honey.

We started this Kenyan Top Bar Hive colony from a swarm we caught in early spring (September here in Australia) and it was full of harvestable honey by mid-J...

11/19/2025

Here is everything you can get with our logo on it that says, "supporter"!

American Honey Bee Rescue Alliance Fundraiser Supporter Apparel. Every purchase helps us help beekeepers and the honey bees.

08/11/2019

All pollinators are cool!