Thread: Beehive - Horizontal Long Langstroth

WOW Pete!!!!!! what a beautiful job.
I wonder if you will need to have many seminars to introduce this system to your local bee population? I am sure that the bees won't have used a design like yours before.
I wonder if the honey will taste "hightech"?
Great job do keep us informed of the hive performance when set up in "the field"

Thanks.
I’m working on the principle of,”build it and they will come”.
I can’t take credit for the design. There are plenty of them around now. Original idea is credited to Georges de Layens of France in the 19th Century. Everything from that point on is an adaptation of his ideas.
I will happily post updates once I get it operational.

Pete.

Great job Pete. Certainly is a Rolls Royce setup.

If I can make a suggestion, put wheels on it. It will make a difference when/if you have to move it.

Can I ask how many frames can be fitted in the horizontal hive? Ie how long is the hive?

George

Thanks George.
It can fit 30 frames.
1300mm long.
Pete.

Nice job, complete with a standing seam copper roof too

Beeutiful

I like the mesh... do you know what it is?

We need more bees in our environment. I have Chillies and there aren't enough bees where I now live

I’ve used two types of mesh;
The base mesh is stainless steel woven mesh with a 3.2mm aperture- available from Sefar Filtration & Metal Mesh (Sydney).
The gable end mesh is brass flyscreen . Can’t remember where I got it from as I’ve had it in the cupboard for a few years.

Pete,
I’ve just stumbled upon this,that looks fantastic mate.

I love it I could almost get into bee hives’s.

Is it too early too put a hand up for some honey,
Just to taste it from a purely scientific point of view.[emoji6]

Cheers Matt.

Might need a bit more clearance between the frames, once they comb them up and cap them they get thick and they need room to get between them, usually 10 mm between the outer frames is what we go for.