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Stumbled across this YouTube video of a fella looking at a cheapo US Langstroth hive and a new fangled 3d-printed "Hex hive".
I don't have a 3D printer and have no desire to make a rickety plastic hive. What was interesting was the arrangement of consistent-size small frames within the hex hive, around a central column.
Seems to me it could be relatively straightforward (famous last words) to make in timber.
I know bees will happily nest in most cavity formats, and the volume of each box looks a bit bigger than a 6-frame nuc, but the idea of a column, with that consistent mini frame size, does look interesting. If nothing else from a novelty/experimental POV.
![Screenshot 2024-05-20 222100.png Screenshot 2024-05-20 222100.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/27/27792-1e6263770c6f225aeda4f2187fa38390.jpg)
I don't have a 3D printer and have no desire to make a rickety plastic hive. What was interesting was the arrangement of consistent-size small frames within the hex hive, around a central column.
Seems to me it could be relatively straightforward (famous last words) to make in timber.
I know bees will happily nest in most cavity formats, and the volume of each box looks a bit bigger than a 6-frame nuc, but the idea of a column, with that consistent mini frame size, does look interesting. If nothing else from a novelty/experimental POV.
![Screenshot 2024-05-20 222100.png Screenshot 2024-05-20 222100.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/27/27792-1e6263770c6f225aeda4f2187fa38390.jpg)