Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping

""Anyone who encourages better handling of nature's number one livestock — bees — should be read and followed. Christy Hemenway is that guy. Read and learn."" — Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm ""Christy's experience and drive to further the use of top bar hives is extremely evident in this her next level work. Her first book got you into a hive, why it is a good thing to do, and how to make it work. I learned a few tricks from her and my top bar beekeeping improved due to her insights and explanations. But what about next year? That's where this work picks up. It gets you through winter, spring, swarms, feeding, splits, harvesting honey and then settles into the very best thing I can say about this form of keeping bees. Clean wax. If for no other reason do you begin or continue keeping bees than the fact that you have clean wax with these hives... then you have made the very best decision you can."" — Kim Flottum, editor, Bee Culture magazine, and editor, BEEKeeping: Your First Three Years ""I was amazed to find that what happened in my first top bar hives was exactly what Christy had described in her first book. Her new book is not only essential for those who want to keep bees in top bar hives, but also for those want a deeper look on beekeeping problems and on the life of Apis mellifera."" — Paolo Fontana Entomologist / Apidologist ""The loss of biodiversity on our planet is one of the greatest emergencies of our time. We can't wait any longer: several thousand species become extinct each year! Human beings must be involved in conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. In this struggle against time, all the beekeepers can play a fundamental role. They can become the vanguard of a movement of responsible citizens involved in biodiversity conservation all over the world. And, at the head of this vanguard, persons like Christy Hemenway can have a leadership role in building a better future for all."" — Gianfranco Caoduro, Honorary President, World Biodiversity Association ""Here are your next steps to keeping bees in top bar hives. Thoughtful, experienced, articulate advice."" — Michael Bush, BushFarms.com ""Good ideas are just good ideas unless you can get a significant number of people over a sizable geography to buy into them. Christy has done just that! Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping is a treasure. For the top bar beekeeping disciples that Christy has already launched this book will support sustainability and serve to draw more practitioners into the adventure. Congratulations Christy! You have made a significant contribution to the top bar craft."" — Marty Hardison, Top Bar Pioneer