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ranedie said:over the years, he'd looked at & used all of the various designs out there, & finally tweaked his own design which is essentially shorter, wider, & longer than most TBH's with end only entrances. The shorter wider design tends to minimize or eliminate failure at the comb to bar attachment in extended hot weather. Placing the entrances on the ends allow for a handy & very convenient place to hang the feeder, or refill it w/o disturbing the bees.

This is very interesting to me. Thank you for sharing.

If I know Homestead Heritage, eventually they will publish this as a book that can be purchased, and if they do I'll be delighted to get it. In the meantime, I may just try to head out there and see if I can meet with Josh myself.

By the way, @ranedie. I'm going to be speaking at the McLennan County master gardeners meeting on September 11th.