Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

I will list some of the reasons below why we choose the Top Bar Hive, specifically the Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive.  I mentioned some of the reasons behind it in the previous blog, but now I will go into more detail. The Top Bar Barrel hive: Was chosen for its fast and affordable design.  Due to using only wood for most the leg supports, it lowers the cost of the hive.  Most hives are all wood, so the typical top bar hive would be all wood as oppose to our choice which will use wood for the support and top bars.  Since wood is expensive it would slow the project down as locals wouldn't be able to financially support the project. The top bar doesn't use frames and use a "top bar" that has a strip of beeswax.  Again from a financial point of view, less wood from a traditional frame means the cost of the hive is cheaper and faster to build. The top bar hive is similar to how bees naturally make honeycomb, but the barrel top bar hive goes a step furth...