Following on from my top bar hive made of pallets. I set out a few swarm traps in November (Australia, spring) and one of them caught a swarm within a few weeks. The trap was fitted with top bars, so it was a simple matter of transferring the bars from the trap to the hive. A few weeks later they have settled in and drawing a new bar of comb each week.
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My husband thinks that your hive is beautiful. I agree with him. 
Nice to see the bees using it, congratulations on catching a swarm the low effort way. 
If I were a bee, Iād move into this lovely place 
