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69. We love the concept of Top Bar Hives,

...and will probably include one in the future.
It is certainly more natural, and the Bees seem to like them.

Harvesting the honey from Top Bar Hives is difficult, time consuming, messy,
and destroys the Honeycomb.
All the methods we are familiar with require the comb to be crushed and pressed.

We try to preserve the honey comb as much as possible, and give it back to the Bees ASAP.
The Bees don't have to spend time and resources rebuilding the comb,
and start refilling with honey much sooner.