How I Built a Langstroth-Layens Conversion Honeybee Hive

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This video is a response to several requests for details about the construction of my conversion hive. Although I don't have detailed plans, I hope this will be useful for people considering their own conversions between frame sizes.
Because I didn't want to disturb the bees during winter I didn't take direct measurements of the hive for this video. Instead the measurements given are calculated based on standard Langstroth dimensions. You may find some errors in the numbers that I give; if you use the information here please measure and confirm dimensions in your own case.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - About the Conversion Hive
01:08 - Frame Size Overview
02:00 - Methods of Conversion/Migration
03:04 - Using Langstroth Boxes to Make the Conversion Hive
04:17 - Exterior Wood Cladding
06:51 - Bottom Box Spacer & Floor
08:13 - Layens Spacers/Adapters
10:44 - Langstroth Spacer/Adapter
12:38 - Queen Excluder
13:38 - External Details; Entrance Gates & Lid
15:56 - Internal Box Dimensions
16:08 - Lessons Learned
17:18 - Share Your Thoughts!
17:51 - Versatility of the Conversion Hive
18:48 - Helpful Video Links

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@jamesdouglasbailey 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the construction details. Your design will enable me to overwinter the brood in Layens, and allow me to keep the Langstroth for honey production, saving me from having to invest in a different extractor.

@SuburbanSodbuster 2 жыл бұрын

That would certainly be a valid use of the space, and would be a savings for someone whom already has a Langstroth extractor. Page 82 of "Keeping Bees with a Smile" shows a similar Layens hive modification by Jean Hurpin. Jacques at the Natural Live channel shows a hive built on this pattern at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdF8hK6m17LbmqM.html. The video is in Dutch, which I don't speak, but the show and tell in the video is interesting.

@horizontalbees3480 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely good information on building a hive!!! You show me some new tips on how to build a hive that gives the bees more opportunity with large frames.

@floydferguson5366 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@williamgray1263 Жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike! Been looking for a solution for “Langstroth Fatigue”.

@vipertwo2 2 жыл бұрын

good idea's my thought im going to use a 10 frame Lang. and do what u did in it .... the nuc i get are 4 frame.. so 4 frame lang and 4 frame layens all in 1 --10 frame set up ( 1 deep and 1 med.) thanks for the video

@phillipriggs3375 6 ай бұрын

Well done, should last for years. So what are you thinking about fire hardening wood?

@SuburbanSodbuster 6 ай бұрын

I'm guessing you mean scorching the outside to protect the wood? I don't have much experience with it for wood preservation, but it seems like a fairly simple way to finish the wood and I think it can look good. What's your experience with it? Having said that, I do scorch the insides of my swarm traps but that's mainly to reduce a new wood smell and because there's some thought that bees might have a slight preference for a scorched interior (like the sanitized interior of a burned hollow tree after a forest fire). I don't know if there's science behind that or not, but it doesn't seem to hurt. I've also scorched the interior of hives after an abscond or die-out to sanitize the interior before moving in another colony. But I think those are different purposes than what you're talking about.

@phillipriggs3375 6 ай бұрын

@@SuburbanSodbuster Well that was more information than i expected. BUT all very much appreciated and makes REALLY good and i think smart! Will be doing those two. I'm thing scorched wood and Eco wood treatment as per Frederick Dunn.

@houstonsheltonbees814 2 жыл бұрын

Good job 👍 nice beehive

@wendygrant2735 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@reachruthanne752 4 ай бұрын

So the (basic) key to conversion here is knowing where the queen is, correct? Otherwise the brood won't switch over to the Layens frames, if I'm understanding correctly.

@SuburbanSodbuster 4 ай бұрын

Yes, the queen must be on the target side of the excluder. But if that's not certain it can be determined after a few days by checking for brood on the desired side of the conversion.

@reachruthanne752 4 ай бұрын

@@SuburbanSodbuster Make perfect sense. Thanks!