What frames have mid-frame self-spacers?

[ugcheleuce]

Hello everyone

Can anyone here identify the frames in the attached image? They have a self-spacer about halfway down the depth of the frame. What are these spacers called? Do you know of other frames that have them?

Thanks
Samuel

 

[MartinL]

Dunno!

Are they extensions, Standard to 14X12?

 

[VEG]

Could be home made, I have not seen that type of frame before.

 

[victor meldrew]

They appear to be SN1 frames I can't quite discern a mid frame spacer as such . There is however an add on spacer known as a ' Yorkshire spacer' ,designed for use on the heather where a fair amount of transporting across rough ground is required .
VM

 

[REDWOOD]

This is all I could find

 

[Tom Bick]

The hive looks pretty funky also

 

[VEG]

Looks like some sort of rattan sides

 

[Swarm]

Straw hive?

 

[ugcheleuce]

The hive looks pretty funky also

The hive...
http://www.bijenhouden.nl/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28065

 

[VEG]

Plenty of ventilation in that hive

 

[Tom Bick]

Don’t expect it will be as draught proof as solid timber Veg but the reeds look as though they are approx 20mm thick and I suppose the bees would take care of any gaps they are not happy with.

 

[beekeeping4you]

Hello everyone

Can anyone here identify the frames in the attached image? They have a self-spacer about halfway down the depth of the frame. What are these spacers called? Do you know of other frames that have them?

Thanks
Samuel

Hi Samuel,
Frames with that type of spacing are still available in Germany - for "Kuntzsch", "Zander" and "Deutsch Normal" hives.

Regards
Reiner

 

[Oscarmonster]

Looks like some sort of rattan sides

Looks like water reed to me. Our house ceilings and internal walls are made of that(with a lime plaster on top of coarse).

 

[pargyle]

The hive...
http://www.bijenhouden.nl/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28065

With a plastering of clay and cowdung, perhaps with a bit of chopped straw thrown in, then a render of lime plaster and some whitewash - near perfect eco-hive ! On the outside of course ... the bees will take care of the inside.

 

[Finman]

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Almost art...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq5ZTtNfonM"]Straw Hive Making - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ugcheleuce]

Straw Hive Making - YouTube

Do you know of any plans for this hive and its parts, anywhere?