Bob Wrote:
 feed bees in tb hives.
 
I keep a couple of TBH in my back yard and find that an entrance feeder
works very well.  The enterance to my hives are on one end of the box
and I have a movable partition that allows me to change hive volume
depending on the number of frames I am trying to work.
 
It  would be very easy to modify the movable partition to allow access
to an internal feeder  that could hold more than one quart jar.  If my
feeder jar runs dry I simple replace it.  The ease of working in my back
yard.
 
I have never used L hives so can't directly comment on the feeder you
want to modify.  But be sure you have good closure on the top bars or
the bees will fill the space with proplis or start to make their comb at
90 degree angles.  You have to keep the edges of the top bars scraped
clean or the bee space starts to widen and they began to double build
the comb.
 
There is no need to grove the top bars for Aspistan stips.  Being you
will be placing the stips in the brood section of the hive, the comb
will already be built and you should not have difficulty with stray
comb.  You will have extra proplis to remove but that is the nature of a
TBH.
 
Note:  The angle on the sides of my hives is 15 degrees.
 
john