Can you make a top bar hive out of one of those 10 gallon outdoor trash cans?

Like one of the Rubbermaid brute trash cans, could top bars be installed to use it as a hive (with a few other modifications)? It seems about the right size for a natural brood chamber from what I can see.

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cans gallon hive. outdoor those trash

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Can you make a top bar hive out of one of those 10 gallon outdoor trash cans?