Erin DuBois

So I would get a plastic comb and add it to the bars to help them attach the new comb correctly? Like I said I am super new so don;t laugh. I am getting the bees from a large bee farm near me. They are a place that trucks bees to various places. They always seem to have them available. I can pick up in person from them I was kind of concerned about shipping.

I forgot to add that we have a pond about 100' away from the hive area.

Hi everyone. I am an almost bee keeper. I have all my supplies and probably with in a month I will have bees. I am located in Northeastern Indiana. We have about 2 acres of land and we are surrounded by farm land and woods. The bees will be kept about 7' into the wooded area. I have a top bar hive that I purchased second hand. I have put a line of bee's wax centered on all the bars. I have been reading everything I can but still feel like I have no clue what I'm doing. So my question for everyone is what can I avoid doing wrong? Please tell me what you would have done differently with your first hive.