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Spare Top Bars All of our Hive Kits include 30 of our awesome Gold Star Top Bars - but there are plenty of reasons to want a few spare bars around. An actual Top Bar with Comb attached. What if you want to save a bar of honeycomb for later in the season? What if you lose a top bar? Or... even better! What if you could provide a bar of drawn comb to a new beekeeper to “pay it forward,” and help them get started? When it comes to encouraging your bees to build straight comb, the Gold Star Top Bar works best! - Set of 10 $110.00 Made in North Carolina, USA. *A Special Note about Interchangeability and Gold Star top bars: As one’s bee yard grows, interchangeability between hives is crucial! This one simple feature - interchangeability - enables you to solve problems between hives, simplifies all your hive management, and provides a wonderful way for you to be able to support new top bar beekeepers. The Gold Star top bar will fit in Golden Mean top bar hives and the former Bee Thinking and Bee Built top bar hives. (Unfortunately, the reverse is not true.) Do-It-Yourself Plans Build your own genuine Gold Star Top Bar Hive from scratch. Plans include: CAD construction drawings, material list, cut diagram, and assembly instructions. Metric and US dimensions. BONUS: Feeder plans are included. A PDF file is available for download upon ordering from the website. Print copy also available. NOTE: Advanced woodworking skills are required. $25.00 GoldStarHoneybees.com 9