Beekeeping | Pros & Cons Of Horizontal Hives? Who Made This?

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Beekeeping may have just turned a corner for me with horizontal hives. Today, I'll start my review and experiment of running a horizontal hive this season and see if I can overwinter it.
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@alexsavchuk8190 Жыл бұрын

My dad only had horizontals in Ukraine, but his hives were double walled with 2 inches in between walls for insulation. Big pillow under the roof. We had negative 35°c in winter time and bèes were fine.

@mmc3051 Жыл бұрын

Why are my bees hanging out at the entrance? Acting like they are eating something from the platform they are walking on.

@SylantBill Жыл бұрын

I added 2 chains to the ends of mine.

@chrisoliver8196

Enjoy the content, but when you move around with the camera so much it's very difficult to watch!

@bluelab5019 Жыл бұрын

I just sold mine this week. I wasn't a fan of them at all. Great for a hobby Beekeeper who wants a hive in the garden but no good for making money.

@CalebGallentine-pc1hz Жыл бұрын

You commented a few times on overwintering in this video so I wanted to suggest reading 'Keeping Bees with a Smile' by Fedor Lazutin and/or 'Keeping Bees in Horizontal Hives' by Georges de Layens. The problem with a horizontal langstroth is that the frames are too shallow for the bees to move up (they don't really move sideways once they cluster). There is another style of horizontal hive called a Layens hive which uses deeper frames to improve overwintering success. I've started using the Layens style recently and really like it; the only problem is most extractors are too small to fit the extra deep frames.

@SylantBill Жыл бұрын

The walls of my horizontal is made from 2x12. This gives it some R factor for better insulation.

@jillhumphrys9349

I made a top bar Hive out of an ammo box. I put scrap vinyl siding on the outside, finishing nails along the top edge to keep the bars perfectly spaced. Screen on the bottom, and i used the box top as the bee box lid, then bent some roofing tin into an A that just sits on top and keeps everything dry. I put a box of bees in it several years ago and they loved it. However about three bars in, they started making cross comb, which is not unusual, and i should have fixed it as soon as i saw it, but i put it off bc i didnt want to distrurb them at that time. I waited too long and they took off bc there were hive beetles. Totally My Bad! They had made 6 bars of comb, and had started storing honey too! So i know my box and concept worked. I just didn't do my part to manage them.😢 I havent done any with it since, but im getting the urge to clean it up and maybe get a box of bees and try again.

@tjhughes66 Жыл бұрын

furniture Folding and locking Support, would work better than gass struts i would thank the struts because the struts will keep pushing up when it's close

@gatorjams4579

You can save some honey and put it in the hive when supplemental feedings are needed. This is natural and not sugar water.

@horizontalbees3480 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again David Burns for supporting a small business in NC. We enjoy watching people modified our hives to fit there needs. Over the years many of our customers have made some great comments to improve the horizontal designs . Mr Burns we are looking forward to seeing you use your experience and education to help others with understanding how to run a horizontal hive. Your subscribers have already made some great observation!!!!

@suetaylor-gross7230 Жыл бұрын

Built one of these out of some scrap lumber I had. Used toy box lid supports. They are made to keep the lid from slamming down on a child.

@DawnSnow Жыл бұрын

Been keeping bees in this configuration for going on 4 years. What you said is correct: I place fondant up above the brood area, and the honey for their consumption on either side. I've had great luck in overwintering here in SE Missouri. In fact, I had one colony with only 5 frames of bees going into winter do very well. I do put burlap ‘pillows’ under the hinged roof and in the empty end of the hive body.

@UserFormelyKnownAs_hjkh Жыл бұрын

Im in the south and i hunt a lot during the winter. I exclusively camp in a hammock while hunting. There is a "blanket" known as an underquilt that is shaped like a hammock that goes underneath your hammock. Something of this style comes to mind when you discuss wintering your hives with all that cold wind blowing underneath them. I might suggest at least doing a simple google search for a hammock underquilt to see what im talking about and how they work in order to keep a hammock camper warm during the winter and possibly adapting this design to keep your bees warm over winter!

@phyllisflorian3540 Жыл бұрын

I want one!!!! Thanks for this video, David. 🙂

@stephenluna7932 Жыл бұрын

I’m really excited about these hives, especially as a chiropractic student using options to maintain spinal health is important. Thanks for sharing

@edd. Жыл бұрын

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@brendawydeven2934 Жыл бұрын

What I do in winter in Wisconsin with my horizontal top bar is make sure all the honey is on one side of brood nest. If they put honey one both sides they will run into a dead end and won't travel all the way across to get the honey on other side. You can also clip the corners of your foundation for easier travel for the bees or use some wired or foundationless frames in honey area so they can make their own travel holes. In winter I have one corner open and can use queen excluder setting as mouse guard.

@LairdKenneth Жыл бұрын

Part of the magic of the layens horizontal hive is the deep frame where there is a large brood area with lots of honey above. The deeper feame gives the bees a great winter supply of honey to work up throgh during the long cold spell