Strategies for a Successful Hive | Long Langstroth Hive
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Great update on the 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 bee's !! Fantastic advice and information on your hive !! 👍😁👏
Thank you. They are looking so good! :)
My son and I have switched to the long Lang as well. We use a split inter cover. We have found the bees are less unhappy because we only expose 4-6 frames at a time.
tnkmckenna Definitely let me know how it works out for you! Sadly I lost this hive so next year I'm going to buy and try a more traditional Langstroth. But will try this long hive again in the future. :)
tnkmckenna And have a split inner cover is a great idea!
Camera placement was excellent for in the hive, a 2nd camera for when you stand up straight to inspect the comb would be nice, but a 2nd tripod for an old phone would do that nicely.
Great video, your hive seems pretty filled up with frames. If you had to rebuild your hive would you consider making it 6' long with an insulated spacer board? I was taught to aways keep 3 or 4 empty frames when hive is expanding to deter them from swarming.
I gave up on long hives after this one failed. The bees absconded right before winter. This year I bought a fully insulated Apimaye Langstroth (upright).
Cool hive. I like the kind of Langstroth/Top Bar hybrid. I have a Warre but am going to build a Kenyan style Top Bar in the next few weeks. I also like the idea of a nuc for a frame holder. Much better than laying them down. The frame holders on the market that I have seen are too wide for my frames. I'll have to borrow your idea. Thanks for sharing. Kudos.
I am building one of these now. Could you leave a bunch of frames out in the start and use a follower board like a top bar hive?? I will only have 5 frames of bees to start. Keep up the videos!!
+McClung Farm You could absolutely use a follower board! I did ended building an insulated one for the winter to help reduce the space the bees needed to keep warm.
I had ant issues so when I rebuilt the hive legs, I put little plastic “pans” with oil under them to stop anties!
Great idea!
I cut off four plastic vinegar jugs (could have been milk jugs) at the top to make free plastic pails, that I stuck my hive stand legs into, and filled them with water. I had already tried cinnamon, but small leaves made great bridges for the ants. I tried chalk after that and was about as successful. When I filled the jugs with water, I could see the tiny ants walking across the water. I decided to add a bit of dish detergent to each one. The ants have stopped, but I also found a number of dead bees that got caught in the traps. The detergent suffocates the insects that get into it and lowers the water adhesion so that insects can't walk across. It's a tradeoff. I was satisfied with a few casualties since the ants have ceased invading.
You should consider a Layens hive. Check out Dr Sharashkin's website for the details!
Given my very cold climate I've learned that horizontal hives just don't work well. I now use a plastic, insulated langstroth and that seemed to work much better.
@@punkyroo I live in MN and the modified Layens hive -- with 2 inches of polystyrene sandwiched between 1/2 inch plywood -- is the best insulated hive that I know of. I am also going to have one with 2X material with an insulated top cover. From what I have read this is much better insulation than most all of the vertical hives, and certainly better than a single one inch thick (which is actually only 3/4 inch) board that is the Langstroth. Even Langstroth himself was to have said that the Langstroth type hive was not appropriate for the colder climates. That may have had a lot to do with your failure with the long Langstroth. I will let you know how ours do after a MN winter! :)
How is your honey production in this style? My wife and I are major consumers of honey so that's a driving force for our desire to keep bees... but we also want to do things as naturally as we can while maintaining good production. I would guess using more traditional frames with some starter strips or full foundation would help?
+Nate Groshek sadly this hive was abandoned by the bees in the Fall. They did produce a lot of honey, but I left that in the hive to freeze over the winter and possible use in a hive next year. I personally don't like foundation. I like to be able to cut the whole comb from the frame and use the "crush and drip" method for honey extraction. No special equipment needed and an over all easier process. :)
Hi Punky Love the design . Just wondering how they do during winter. Winter's here are pretty brutal . Will they freeze up ?
Sadly, this group of bee vacated shortly before the winter, so I never got a chance to test it. :( This year I am buying a fancy-pants langstroth hive with built in insulation to hopefully be more successful and reduce the fear of losing bee in winter (which did happen to me the first winter on my homestead).
Punky Rooster Nice hope you do well. I seen new styrofoam type hives here but don't trust there solidity . I admit being tempted for their insulation factor but not their strenght. I remember in my young age those foam coolers that wouldn't last a day. Looking forward to seeing that new hive
I understand, I don't trust the durability of the sytrofoam ones, either. The hive I am building has styrofoam insulation inside a sturdy plastic shell. It's called the Apimaye hive. Google it. It's has all the build in features for maximum temperature control while maintaining good insulation.
Punky Rooster wow they seem great. And no painting I guess you can just wash them if needed. I am sure they are great. I have seen another type like that here . They cost a bit more but worth it for the insulation and durability. Congrats Great choice I think
Why do you not put foundation ,you get tired bees
This is for cerana bees or mellifera bees??
Mellifera
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Never seen such a thing
A horizontal hive? They are not common.
@@punkyroo As the beekeepers get older and sick and tired of hauling the heavy hive boxes around they are becoming more popular. Also they need less management and if built properly they overwinter better in the northern climates : according to those who have them.
The uptalking makes me think you're unsure of yourself. Just some constructive criticism. I'm sure you're a nice person, but it's a major pet peeve of mine.
Are you speaking about my inflection? Because that's just how I talk.
@@punkyroo Uptalking is when you end every sentence with a question mark.
The sky is blue?
My dog barks?
Fish swim?
I'm not trying to be mean, and I found your video very informative. However, I had to clunk through it. Back in the day "valley girls" talked like that...
Ugh.
Yes, the inflection. That's just how I talk. I mean, I appreciate the critique, but it's basically like telling someone to drop their accent. Dropping authenticity for marketability.
I am from NZ and have a long hive. First time for one of these but I have a top bar. I rehived a swarm and inside I had ten frames with wax foundation. It is my first time with a long langstroth hive. I have a top bar so now I am waiting for a couple of weeks to see if they stay. (Fingers crossed). I notice that you haven't put wax foundation on your frames and that exactly like the top bar your bees are doing the work. Did you have wax foundation at all? Should I not do this? Unsure...
+Kim Matheson In my top bar hives I never had a foundation. I added a thin ridge in the middle of each top bar to encourage them to build comb in the right place and it worked. In my new long Langstroth, the frames have a ridge that I "painted" with a thin layer of beeswax... But again, not actually foundation.