Plenty of honey
Field Bee
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2015
- Messages
- 965
- Reaction score
- 15
- Location
- Brittany, France
- Hive Type
- Dadant
- Number of Hives
- 260 + (Nucs and Honey production)
Hi, I just wanted to share this hive with you. Its made my a local french beekeeper, who makes all parts by hand. The over all shape mimics that of the Skep, "or cloche" and each frame is of differing sizes.
According to him the colonie has a more natural shape so it expands better in the spring and by adding another section on top you can see how the bees go up, in a kind of super.
Personally, he admitted extraction was a bit difficult, and i would imagine it would be slow, but for the bees themselves, i imagine its a pretty comfortable environment. The middle frames actually are very similar to the standard "Voirnot"
Overall i was very impressed with this guys work. You need to be a good beekeeper to work this hive!!
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=12372&stc=1&d=1442509169
According to him the colonie has a more natural shape so it expands better in the spring and by adding another section on top you can see how the bees go up, in a kind of super.
Personally, he admitted extraction was a bit difficult, and i would imagine it would be slow, but for the bees themselves, i imagine its a pretty comfortable environment. The middle frames actually are very similar to the standard "Voirnot"
Overall i was very impressed with this guys work. You need to be a good beekeeper to work this hive!!
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=12372&stc=1&d=1442509169
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