Dave, I didn't mean to be cryptic.  TBH is Top Bar Hive.  The TBH is
nothing more than a long box with bars along the top from which the bees
build comb.  Mine are long enough for 20 bars and wide/deep enough to
accommodate standard Dadant brood frames if I have need to put them in.
I'm using 1cm strips of kraft paper (cut from grocery bags) dipped in
beeswax as starter foundation strips.
 
There have been many designs of TBH's over the years apparently.  Eva
Crane's wonderful book on beekeeping describes several different types.
I'm using Paul Magnuson's modification of a Tanzanian TBH design.
 
Thank you for your response.
 
Cordially yours,
 
Jim
 
 
 
 
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On Fri, 9 Jun 1995, Dave Johnson wrote:
 
> James D. Satterfield writes:
>
> > Thanks to Paul Magnuson, I'm enjoying working some modified Tanzanian
> > TBH's.  I'm delighted with the ease and "low tech" aspects of this type
> > of management.  I like the spaciousness of the inside with all surface
> > areas accessible to the bees.  The question:  Are colonies in TBH's any
> > less susceptible to mite infections?? Wax moth problems?? More susceptible??
>
> Please advise the list what a TBH is.  Then please address a modified
> Tanzanian TBH.  Thanks a lot.  Maybe there are others wondering the
> same things........
>
> Dave Johnson
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