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[timpage]

Looking to start beekeeping. Have been doing much research and I am confused on sizes for my beehive. I want to be compatiable for expansion. What size supers are good for new keeper

 

[region2]

Looking to start beekeeping. Have been doing much research and I am confused on sizes for my beehive. I want to be compatiable for expansion. What size supers are good for new keeper

Go for the bog standard modified national - that's what the majority use in the UK.

R2

 

[george]

Am figuring that in New York national hives would be a bit thin on the ground .

Langstroth or Dadants are the way to go .

 

[region2]

Am figuring that in New York national hives would be a bit thin on the ground .

Langstroth or Dadants are the way to go .

Ooops - we let foreigners on here?! ;-)

R2

 

[Poly Hive]

After the Ryder cup why not?

Your local size is Langstroth normally, and I'm sure you will find a font of information here: http://www.longislandbeekeepers.org/directory/directory.html

It's an amazing hobby.

PH

 

[enrico]

Welcome tim from America, a few tips.....ask before you do it, get the best clothing you can afford ( bee suit ) and get two of all the hives as one will never be enough! And never panic, it will all come right in the end......and most importantly get someone who can help at a moments notice.....you may never think you will need them but be assured....you will!!

 

[Hachi]

 

[Into the lions den]

Am figuring that in New York national hives would be a bit thin on the ground .

Langstroth or Dadants are the way to go .

Oddly, in all my travels in the USA, have never ever seen a Dadant pattern hive there. Its all Langstroths everywhere I have been.

 

[REDWOOD]

welcome fellow beekeeper good luck with beekeeping, sorry we join our words up here bee keeper, get in touch with a local bee keeping club/association and they will point you in the right direction on how to get started and keep in touch with us as it's always nice to know how beekeepers do it around the globe.

 

[Mellifera397]

What size supers are good for new keeper

Ive seen quite a few beekeepers across the pond using all mediums so that all the frames are completely compatible and there isnt too much weight

Oh and welcome to the forum

 

[chris bright]

I am new here.

Hi from the west coast of Canada. I have kept bees here in Surrey for over twenty years and I am still dumb enough to keep on going. Oh well beekeeping has been very good to us over the years and it is the theme of our family life. My daughters now in their early twenties have done their part in the yards and driving/moving bees. I got into bees from my interest in Apitherapy and I sell my honey in many instances as a therapy. I specialise in allergies and immune system problems where bee hive products are very effective.

To-day I was looking for thyme info, I have been using this for three years, when I came across this forum and being a born Englishman, Abbot's Langley Herts, I had to check it out, especially so because of the instant information regarding Thymol. Thymol is available in the States and under the table here in Canada, organic bee keeping, my style, is not encouraged here. They want you to use a chemical fix from a drug company. The fix is in, nudge wink.

Anyway I perused your forum and saw good stuff I can learn from, I guess I will be looking in from time to time and glean. To-day I began to spin some HB honey only to find it gelled in the comb. Damn!! Oh well we never had honey coming in in September before ( what is to hate about this alien species now at the 1500 feet above sea level and choking every ditch and creek in the valley)so don't whine already. Cheers. Chris

 

[village girl]

hello and welcome to the forum, good luck with your future bees

 

[alanf]

Hi from the west coast of Canada.

Welcome, always good to see how it's done elsewhere.

 

[chris bright]

Ive seen quite a few beekeepers across the pond using all mediums so that all the frames are completely compatible and there isnt too much weight

Oh and welcome to the forum

I go with Dadants all the way up. Frames can be changed up or down and a full Dadant comes in at max 60 pounds and much easier on your back. The lumber is much cheaper for the shorter box if you are making your own equipment. Two Dadants for a brood chamber is slightly larger than a single deep. One size box for all your bees seems less problematic than using deeps for brood and dadants for honey as most hobbyists do around here, the commercial folks of course use only standards.