Extracting honey

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Oh and the frame issue you mention.... that was arguably invented in Scotland

By Mobus I suppose

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

That made me think ---1814 the Ukrainian Petro Prokopovych gave his invention of the first moveable frame beehive to the world.

And if you accept that basically, the top bar hive is a rudimentary movable frame hive, it goes back much further in history - Eva Crane found that centuries ago the Greeks used a wickerwork top bar hive - she passed the concept on to Peter Paterson and Jack Tredwell, thus the Kenyan top Bar hive was born

 

[Beefriendly]

Should also mention Jan Dzierżon from Poland who around 1845 also described and worked on what we now call bee space. Langstroth did his bit around 1852.

Langstroth's "Eureka" moment was down to trying to stop his hive crown board being stuck to the top of the frames. He found a thin rim of wood on the edges of the crown board creating a gap stopped this happening and then decided to apply this "gap" between the hive body and the edges of the frames...The rest, as they say, is history.

 

[Walrus]

Steve you can challenge all you like but the climate alone makes for totally different styles of beekeeping and if that penny ain't dropped by now it never. will.

I am doomed to be forever seeking knowledge!

Oh and the frame issue you mention.... that was arguably invented in Scotland but they didn't write a book they were too busy keeping bees.
PH

 

[Murox]

And if you accept that basically, the top bar hive is a rudimentary movable frame hive, it goes back much further in history - Eva Crane found that centuries ago the Greeks used a wickerwork top bar hive - she passed the concept on to Peter Paterson and Jack Tredwell, thus the Kenyan top Bar hive was born

Rudimentary - Yes its all "evolutionary" really. All the best ideas are usually developed from what has gone before.

 

[Murox]

Langstroth's "Eureka" moment was down to trying to stop his hive crown board being stuck to the top of the frames. He found a thin rim of wood on the edges of the crown board creating a gap stopped this happening and then decided to apply this "gap" between the hive body and the edges of the frames...The rest, as they say, is history.

Another nugget. Thanks.

 

[Erichalfbee]

 

[hemo]

Radial ext of natural or unwired comb not much of an issue unless it has a qantity of pollen with in as well, then you need to proceed slowly or use a screen and go tangential.