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Date: | Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:17:19 +0700 |
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I think you will find that top bar hives should not be compared with
Langstroth ... they are very very different and there is no way that
Africa is going to use Langstroth.
The advantages of top bar hives are that they are very cheap to
construct, need little skill to make, forgiving with inaccurate
measurement and use any local materials. You do not need the huge
expense of a honey extractor.
Getting liquid honey from the bars is a pain. You need a press of some
sort but still easy to make from local materials. But this may
actually miss an opportunity. A bar of honey from a top bar hive is
capped comb honey. There is no wire. So to cutting the comb into
squares and put in boxes means that you have a quick and simple
product. Comb honey often commands a great premium price compared with
liquid bottled honey. It implies quality to consumers since you cannot
adulterate comb. But that is not selling in the local market down the
road, that is shipping the product to the capital city or the nearest
large city. Marketing is going to be just as important as increasing
production.
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