Hi I am new to all of this. I would love to have a hive which I will make over the coming year once I have researched and read more into everything. Is there any advice or tips you would advise? Or common beginners mistakes?
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WelcomeHi I am new to all of this. I would love to have a hive which I will make over the coming year once I have researched and read more into everything. Is there any advice or tips you would advise? Or common beginners mistakes?
Thankyou
Not allDon’t be idealistic. Commercial beekeepers use langstroth and commercial hives for good reason painted /stairs or treated pine lasts as long as ceder
Do they, I also use 14x12s I think that's big enough of a frame for black bees.
Just 99.1% in the world use Langstroth.
Perhaps the very first thing to do is to examine exactly why you want honey bees; then think about where you are going to locate them - the rear garden might seem fine but consider the proximity to other people. If you are unconstrained by heavy lifting and want maximum honey return give very serious consideration to Langstroth hives, which incidentally are easier to build from scratch than the british national, and they are also cheaper to buy as a hive and they come in polystyrene as well and there are three basic frame sizes for them. Slightly lighter british standard national hives are probably the most commonly used hive amongst hobbyist keepers and have been around a very long time in britain.Hi I am new to all of this. I would love to have a hive which I will make over the coming year once I have researched and read more into everything. Is there any advice or tips you would advise? Or common beginners mistakes?
Thankyou
OOH my aching back and bulging forceps, thats a heavy box when its got honey in it.I use Langstroth because they are so easy to make and they don’t have the stupid planted on side pieces of a national that are an invitation to rot. If I was to start again knowing what I know now I would use nothing but deep langstroth supers for both brood and supers.
Do you mean Langstroth Mediums?I use Langstroth because they are so easy to make and they don’t have the stupid planted on side pieces of a national that are an invitation to rot. If I was to start again knowing what I know now I would use nothing but deep langstroth supers for both brood and supers.
You have to have a double brood box if you use Nationals as a good Queen can run out of space to lay up, quickly.Thanks guys, I have been reading a bit more lately I will have a look into langstroth hives. I was mainly looking at nationals before just to get a idea of how it all works, I still haven't settled on what one I would prefer. But gives me more to research noe
I'm wondering the same hmm but then black bees to me suite St national and 14x12s.I am a big fan of Langstroth, like majority in the UK I was encouraged to start with Nationals then realised that beekeeping in a National requires so much more effort.
One big colony produces far more honey than 2 smaller ones: it's all about bees surplus to housekeeping requirements..You have to have a double brood box if you use Nationals as a good Queen can run out of space to lay up, quickly.
Langstroth hives are far easier to build yourself so build a few.
With2 colonies you can balance them out and fix problems easier.
Hi I am new to all of this. I would love to have a hive which I will make over the coming year once I have researched and read more into everything. Is there any advice or tips you would advise? Or common beginners mistakes?
Thankyou
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