Hexagonal hive - Nigel Payne

[outdoorman]

Hello
I was wondering if anyone could help me, a few years ago there was a picture in one of the magazines where Nigel Payne was involved in building a hexagonal hive.

I just wondered if anyone had an email address or could point me in the right direct of Nigel so I could talk to him about it.

Many thanks

 

[ericbeaumont]

Nigel Payne is the England correspondent of Beekeepers' Quarterly magazine, published by Northern Bee Books. Contact is Northern Bee Books, Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 5JS. Tel: 01422 882751, Fax: 01422 886157. Email: [email protected]

 

[Fusion_power]

Look up the "Stewarton" hive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewarton_hive has some information.

 

[Poly Hive]

It was usued by the beekeepers of Stewarton (Perthshire) to produce comb honey and was a bee space hive in use well before Langstroth made his claims. I had an interesting chat with D. Cushman about this just before he sadly passed onl.

PH