What Is This Contraption

[Millet]

Sat board at the moment and i have been looking on the web at different hive pictures and i came across this, is it some kind of home made top bar hive.

 

[Anduril]

Looks like a 6 colony double decker Langstroth hive, with movable divider boards and frames with side bars.

 

[MartinL]

Looks like a 6 colony double decker Langstroth hive, with movable divider boards and frames with side bars.

4 colony double decker Langstroth hive, with movable divider boards and frames with side bars & closed entrances?


Jumbo Asian Hornet trap?

OK, I give up

 

[Millet]

It looks more like a double coffin to me..

 

[Anduril]

Modified European long hive double decker

 

[Madge]

It does look like a double -decker, 6-colony hive - but management of such a hive would be a nightmare. I can’t see how it could be done. So, I think it’s a 3-colony hive and each colony perhaps having super deep frames, or if not, then they’ll have to remove the top frames one by one to get to the bottom box. Nightmare.


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[REDWOOD]

Looks like a hive for raising a few queens, big hives are always best for this as they have plenty of nurse bees

 

[Madge]

I also thought ‘queen castle’, but the entrances only allow for six single boxes or three double ones, and there are only two follower boards.


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[Anduril]

Sat board at the moment and i have been looking on the web at different hive pictures and i came across this, is it some kind of home made top bar hive.

How about a link to the picture!

 

[Millet]

How about a link to the picture!

I'm not sure if this link will work for you.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/biodlare/permalink/10154417385644797/

 

[Anduril]

Turned into a horizontal double deep hive with double deep frames cable tied together. Wouldn't like to work that one.

 

[Millet]

Turned into a horizontal double deep hive with double deep frames cable tied together. Wouldn't like to work that one.

I bet those frames and boxes will weigh a ton see how thick the walls are.

 

[Finman]

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Swedish text. Put it into google translation.

Origin from Horizontalhive.com

Like in Britain Famous Long Hive.
And same concept like in Omlet hives.

Dummy board in the middle.

Yeah. 50 years ago Finland was full of those hives. But now have them now. Modern queens do not have space on those models.


Forget it. A new innovation of wheel.
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Fall down a langstroth hive and there it is.

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[Madge]

I'm not sure if this link will work for you.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/biodlare/permalink/10154417385644797/

Ah! So I was right (post 6) - only three colonies, and extra-deep frames. You can actually see it in one of the pictures you've linked to.

 

[Finman]

I bet those frames and boxes will weigh a ton see how thick the walls are.

In east Europe it is a favour. Difficult to steal heavy hives.
Walls a thick because they must have insulation.

 

[Curly green fingers]

It looks like a hive train but I can't see the engine/smoker .

 

[Kenson]

It looks like a version of one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKTzK9KcL8

Which Emily calls a "Lazutin" hive.

 

[Millet]

Ah! So I was right (post 6) - only three colonies, and extra-deep frames. You can actually see it in one of the pictures you've linked to.

You seem to be correct.. , i don't intend trying one out but does anyone on here keep this type of set up and if so how does this system compare with some of the bigger boxes like Dadant and Langstroth in poly format.

 

[pargyle]

You seem to be correct.. , i don't intend trying one out but does anyone on here keep this type of set up and if so how does this system compare with some of the bigger boxes like Dadant and Langstroth in poly format.

That'll be me then ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99514363@N06/albums/72157634865981506

Bees love it ... huge colony ... 14 x 12 frames in mine .. great as a brood donor or for doing splits ... triple wall construction with two layers of timber and a polystyrene core, insulated roof and kingspan on top of the crownboards.

I only ever run one colony in it ... not the biggest honey producer but there's a lot of honey in a filled out 14 x 12 frame that I use mostly for feeding new colonies or those needing a boost.

Easy to work the hive - you soon get used to lifting the frames out sideways and there's always plenty of room with up to 25 frames available. Need a fork lift truck to move it though !

 

[Finman]

That'll be me then ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99514363@N06/albums/72157634865981506

Bees love it ... huge colony ... 14 x 12 frames in mine .. great as a brood donor or for doing splits ... triple wall construction with two layers of timber and a polystyrene core, insulated roof and kingspan on top of the crownboards.

I only ever run one colony in it ... not the biggest honey producer but there's a lot of honey in a filled out 14 x 12 frame that I use mostly for feeding new colonies or those needing a boost.

Easy to work the hive - you soon get used to lifting the frames out sideways and there's always plenty of room with up to 25 frames available. Need a fork lift truck to move it though !

Makes no sense that story...
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