James D. Satterfield; Canton, GA USA; 2; jsatt@gsu.edu; I try to maintain these web pages.
Kevin R. Palm; Grafton, OH USA; 1; KRP4359@LLP.RELTECCORP.COM; plans to have one tbh in 1997.
Richard J. Strohl; St. Louis Park, MN USA; 24; rstroh19@mail.idt.net; Plans to add 24 tbh colonies in 1997. He will start them from packages and use the tbh's for comb honey.
Joel Govostes; Freeville, NY (central, nr. Ithaca, Finger Lakes Region) USA; 6-12; jwgbee@hotmail.com ; 6-12 tbh's planned for '97.
John Thorp; Homestead, FL USA; 2; cfwc2@gil.net; plans to start 2 tbh's this spring, mostly for comb honey.
Don Israel; Rocky Mount, NC USA; 2; dvisrael@earthlink.net; Plans to establish 2 tbh's in '97 by making splits or catching swarms.
Marty Hardison; Jemez Valley, NM USA; 12; mnhardison@juno.com; Marty has taught workshops on tbh beekeeping to over 100 students. His system of tbh beekeeping is in use in Mew Mexico as well as in Haiti, India, and Texas.
Paul Cathorn; Eugene, OR USA; 1; pbc@teleport.com; Has been keeping bees for three years. Will try a tbh this spring.
Jan Tempelman; Goor, The Netherlands; 1; jtemp@xs4all.nl; Jan has a website that shows the KTBH he has constructed. Look in the "Miscellaneous Questions" FAQ for a link to his website.
Tim Haarmann; Jemez Valley, NM USA; 2; Haarmannt@lanl.gov; Strategically places his TBH's near his Langstroths to remind him of how natural and simple beekeeping can really be.
John Caldeira; Dallas, Texas USA; 16 colonies; jcaldeira@earthlink.net; Kept TBHs off and on for 20 years in Texas and Fiji Islands; Authored article on TBH in Bee Culture magazine (Dec '86).
Henry H. Smith; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; 1; hsmith@uvi.edu; My TBH has straight sides, accomodates 20 top bars and has entrance holes at the front and for a short distance on each side. Mainly one length of 1"x10"x14' was used to build the body. Design, construction and placement of the hive was done to facilitate minimum maintenance, long life and survivability under adverse tropical conditions including hurricanes. My TBH requires far less attention than my two conventional hives.
George S. Burt; Monroe, Oregon USA; building tbh's now; dgburt@pioneer.net; George and his wife just recently returned from Paraguay where he taught beekeeping with the Peace Corps. He used tbh's almost exclusively.
Jimmy G. Mahuron; Salem, Indiana USA; 1; jmahuron@blueriver.net; Jimmy has contributed some excellent photos and text of his experiences in building the KTBH.
Stan Heeres; ?; 2; sheeres@juno.com
Charles; Albuquerque, New Mexico USA; 2; cdg1@concentric.net
Jack E. Minor; Austin, Texas USA; 1; jackanddminor@juno.com; had two tbh's but gave one to a friend who is a new beekeeper.
Helmut E. (Eric) Garz; Clallam County, Washington USA; 1; hommes@olympus.net; Member of the "North Olympic Peninsula Beekeeper's Association. Has two Langstroth hives and one KTBH.
Rick Jeavons; Landenberg PA USA; 6 in spring of 1998; jamers@bellatlantic.net; Year 1: who knew?, Year 2: knew there had to be a better way!, Year 3: have 8 hives, all Langs. Come spring I'll make splits, and all but my first 2 hives are gone. From here on out it's tbh's. I'm glad I found a hive that makes sense.
Layne Westover, College Station, Texas, USA; 12; musashi@tamu.edu; has 12 top bar hives (2 of which are large observation KBTH's) and 8 Langstroth hives, teaches a tbh beekeeping community education course, produces section comb, extracted, cut comb, chunk, and cold pressed (using a home-made honey press) natural honey, makes beeswax candles from wax processed through solar wax melters; does both traditional and tbh beekeeping and has extensive experience in swarm capture and feral colony removal.
Peter Gibb; Cape Town, South Africa; 6; petegibb@iafrica.com; Keeps 6 TBH's of which 4 are presently occupied, and 4 Langs, the latter for yield comparison purposes. Plans to fill the 2 empty TBH's this spring with trek swarms. Has had TBH's 3 years. Uses A.m. capensis which is indigenous to his area.
John Corley; Cracker's Neck, MS USA; 3-6; jcorley@c-gate.net; will start in the spring of 1998 with 3 to 6 hives; expects to use the hives for honey and wax for personal use.
Stanley Carter Jr.; Monroe TN 38573 USA; 4 with two more planned for year 2000; SCarter@mail.tec.tn.us; "I really enjoy the TBH. It is a great way for everyone to enjoy honey bees."
Bob Young; Lindale TX USA; 2; boby@lakecountry.net; "I gave a show and tell at our bee club and got a lot of interest, especially from the older guys who have trouble picking up the heavy standard equipment."
James D. Satterfield email: jsatt@gsu.edu