On Tuesday we travelled to Brown's town in St. Ann for a top bar training. The training was hosted at the local community college, and it was interesting to see the similarities and differences between my college experience and the Jamaican one. Megan's presentation went really well and at the end we got to transfer comb from their Langstroth hive to the Top Bar hive that we donated to them! This was the first time I had actually seen a hive transfer which was really cool. Then we went to the Brown's town fruit market which was much quieter than the Kingston market but still exciting-it's always fun to get to see piles of new and delicious tropical fruits!
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| Brown's Town Community College |
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| Megan demonstrating how to extract honey |
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| Top Bar comb savers |
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| Cutting the comb from the Langstroth hive into the Top Bar comb saver. You tie the comb into the comb saver with string or rubber bands and soon the bees will attach the comb to the frame. |
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| The donated Top Bar hive with its new colony! |
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