Thanks for watching. I do not use the inner cover. Many commercial operations don’t either. There is about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch between the top of the frames to the bottom of the hinged top. They haven’t built burr comb yet. They do glue the top pretty good at times.
@josephvogel72342 жыл бұрын
Why isn't the bottom of the follower board close to the bottom of the hive? Seems like the bees would crawl under and start building wild comb.
@cihansaglam44573 жыл бұрын
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@robervaltorcinelli30123 жыл бұрын
Qual função da tela no fundo?
@628DirtRooster3 жыл бұрын
Looking healthy :)
@martenapperloo10553 жыл бұрын
What about the slats that are supposed to be on the top how do they fit in relation too the roof cover
@wudrest35183 жыл бұрын
I just use regular Langstroth style frames for deep boxes. The top is hinged to close and the space between the frames and the top is about a half inch.
@robervaltorcinelli96593 жыл бұрын
Olá! Por que a tela no fundo? Grato!
@lgalardi4 жыл бұрын
So how exactly does that work? The bees will be trapped outside of their hive, but you still have the queen, any nurse bees, and hatching brood. Eventually the colony would die off, correct? Is that the end game?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
You make a basic funnel that allows the bees to go out but when they return they go to the tree hole and can’t get in. The small end of the funnel is far enough away that they never find it. Trap outs take a lot of time. Eventually all bees leave and even the larvae hatch out and exit the tree. The end game on this trap out was to remove them from this property because of children. I set up a hive nearby that the bees went into and brought them to my bee yard.
@lgalardi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. So the end game is all bees out of the tree. Gotcha. But the queen doesn't leave, does she? After a few weeks when all the bees are gone, do you just seal up the hole in the tree then?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
Luke Galardi The Queen will leave too. If enough bees leaves she will follow. One of the few times she will follow. Then yes. Fix the tree where another hike won’t rebuild.
@lgalardi4 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh... Thank You. I didn't know the Queen would leave. Thanks for sharing
@franciscorivadeneira76934 жыл бұрын
Interesante. Asi tengo en Ecuador .un sistema parecido.
@drillingarg97144 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@veracampbell95834 жыл бұрын
I subscribed to your channel. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
@Hokuhelecooperative4 жыл бұрын
I see some improvements to this design. I made a video for a design of a “horizontal long beehive design with the option to stack 8-frame supers”. You can do a search with those words between quotations to find the video on youtube. I think horizontal hives are the best.
@williamburgos29634 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Straight and to the point, no long family history. Just the facts on the build. Awesome been away from bee keeping but its calling me back. The horizontal hive are very interesting. I like the fact that it lightens my work load with no heavy lifting.
@StrangerInAStrange4 жыл бұрын
Good Morning, Just built my first Horizontal Hive and Swarm Trap. I'm reading "Keeping Bees in Horizontal Hives" and will be reading "Keeping Bees With A Smile". Have not gotten to information about using the follower board yet. How do you use it? Start a swarm colony small, sliding the follower and adding frames on the colony side as it grows? Extra frames in the non-colony side or empty box?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
John T Pretty much as you wrote. The follower board goes all the way to the lid and down to the bottom board. Maybe leave a little room to slide it. I keep frames on the non bee side and just add as needed. I was able to go listen to the author of keeping bees with a smile. He is very knowledgeable about bees.
@timothymitchell99564 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. I just subscribed and am looking forward to more. How do the lids work on these, what holds them in place and allows you to keep them open like that?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
Timothy Mitchell I made the lids with a 3/4” lip around them. But I also have it hinged on one side with a piano hinge.
@GrigoriuMarius4 жыл бұрын
Hi, can u post the blueprints of the hive?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
www.horizontalhive.com Click on the plans tab. These are not my designs.
@believingtheoutdoorschanel32414 жыл бұрын
How do you keep the queen separated
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
Believing The Outdoors Chanel No. i used Queen excluders for the first couple of years. I think you get more honey without them.
@julmerek51284 жыл бұрын
Super!!!!
@julmerek51284 жыл бұрын
Laik!!! Weri good!!!braze the Krymea!!!
@aieaslippers59004 жыл бұрын
Is the gap between the follower board and the button to large?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
The fit on the follower board needs to fit pretty snug. My follower boards will slide but just barely. The bees always find a way to get back in the empty space.
@terry23464 жыл бұрын
Very nice! I made a 14 frame Layens style from the basic plans from Dr Sharashkin, but also made a modified box in a box--- using 1/2 inch plywood ---- Layens hive , (24 Frames), and will be having an entrance at each end for possibly two separate hives. I live in MN and am concerned about the winters so I am going to see if the 2X box is enough for the bees or if they will do better with the insulated hive. Also I got my artist wife to decorate them!
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
I have found it is not so much the cold but the humidity that accumulates on the inside roof and rains down on them. The double entrance might help with that. Thanks for watching.
@nunyabeeswaxri73584 жыл бұрын
How did the hives work out for you?
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
They have worked well. Easier to work than langstroth. They seem to over winter easier. Sides are 1 1/2” and the top is 2” of insulation. Maybe they just stay warmer. Thanks for watching.
@honeybeehelper-14 жыл бұрын
This is a really ingenious vac and design. I'm going to look up Dirt Rooster to see the original. To make your video better and easier to follow, I would suggest that you film each step, with explanations, and include - written- the measurements you discuss. It would make things easier for those of us that do not have the skills that you have. Thanks.
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
There are a couple of designs that I like better than this one. If I ever build one I will try to make the steps more visible. Thanks for watching.
@TheLunarmonkey5 жыл бұрын
Loved that that was so funny. Some keepers make it look so easy I guess practice makes perfect. Thanks for the laugh. Hows the long hive doing.
@wudrest35184 жыл бұрын
Most swarm collections go well but this one I was holding the box wrong. The single level long hives do well. I gave all of my langstroth hive equipment to my brothers. The long boxes are all I have. I only have 4 hives left due to lack of management. I have 2 empty long boxes that will easily fill up next summer.
@krixig5 жыл бұрын
Looks great. Planning on doing this with a peaked roof with screened quilt box tray(s?) that sit right on top of the frames. Really like the control quilt shavings give you between seasons since we have rough winters.
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
I have wood shaving pillows that I had in my langstroth hives. I put 2 inches of blue board foam in all the horizontal hives. Seems to work well.
@DavesTreeFarm5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you had any issues by not using an inner cover.
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
DavesTreeFarm no trouble at all. Actually the commercial guys don’t use them either.
Nice video. I made Layens hives and have successfully over wintered for the first time here in cold Montana. I also got my plans from Dr Leo @ Horizontal hives.
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
Dr Leo doesn’t live too far from me. I have heard him speak several times. I think his single level hives are very good designs. It makes sense to me that they are easier to over winter.
@khawk73655 жыл бұрын
What oil are you talking about?
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
K Hawk when I built these I was using screen bottoms with food oil trays that were designed to be hive beetle traps. I know of beekeepers in my area that still use them. I have since removed the trays because the bees drop pollen and it gets in the oil and makes a real mess.
@khawk73655 жыл бұрын
How do you put in a queen separator ?
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
I don’t use queen excluders because I think it reduces honey production. They keep the brood near the front and honey in the back on their own. I do use a follower board to limit the space volume the bees have to protect. It would be easy to insert queen excluder grid into that.
@khawk73655 жыл бұрын
@@wudrest3518 thank you. I know it is late. I would guess y'all are near me in Alabama.
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
I just happen to be up. I’m in north central Arkansas.
@GOLDSINVES5 жыл бұрын
Very nice, Are you selling any?
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
I have not sold any of these hives. FYI they are a bit more expensive to build. Mainly because of the metal top cover.
@mehmetdeliormanli20435 жыл бұрын
Super neat work. Thanks for sharing!
@SouthBayFamily5 жыл бұрын
great video
@TheWisendorf5 жыл бұрын
Leg position is no good,First storm you get it will be laying on it's side. But maybe you can throw a strap over it and anchor it down.
@wudrest35185 жыл бұрын
Leg position is wider than standard Langstroth. I have 5 of these and we get storms regularly. Never had on tip over. I have had to pick up Langstroth hive.
@chrismcentyre16046 жыл бұрын
Why did you put screen on the bottom?
@dagwood13276 жыл бұрын
Chris McEntyre The reason for screen bottoms is for cooling. Our summers here are hot and dry. I was putting solid bottoms on in the winters. The next boxes I’ll build will be solid bottoms with vent that can easily be removed.
@buzzzbeefarms44866 жыл бұрын
Very nice setup, I'm planning on building me one by specs this week. 628DirtRooster, I've watched several of your videos recently and keep up the good work brother. I really enjoyed them and one day I hope that we cross paths, I'd like to meet you? My wife of 31 years says that we are just alike, except you probably have a few hundred more hives than myself. Cheers.
@lgalardi6 жыл бұрын
Sweet! I have been looking at this exact model on their page
@Brandon-jw5cv7 жыл бұрын
How did you cut the bucket bottoms and how did you attach them together?
@Brandon-jw5cv7 жыл бұрын
sorry nvm, I just realized how the buckets attach
@theemeraldfox77797 жыл бұрын
Wow you took a simple design and complicated it! "bulky" design..ever heard the saying if it works don't try and fix it!!!!
@dagwood13277 жыл бұрын
TheEmeraldfox ever hear of the saying "if you can't say something nice then just don't say anything at all"?
@DavidEricPrates7 жыл бұрын
Great video and good idea! Maybe you can swing by my channel too sometime.
@grammybeth26857 жыл бұрын
you need the legs in more of a triangle to minimize blowing over. Otherwise everything looks really good
@AvocaSingleTrack7 жыл бұрын
you decided to decorate ...haha , Nice . The hives look good !
@StarshineNC7 жыл бұрын
I came across your video looking for a better explanation and "grasp" on how to do the screened bottom boards using the plans on horizontal hives website. I'm in NC and I run screened bottom boards on all of my vertical langs currently. I only put the boards in when it gets cold. Don't really have a problem with SHB *knock on wood* Was thinking about making "tracks" on the underside of the hive much like a standard screened bottom board an slide the plastic corrugated board in when it gets cold. But may go your way with what you guys did with the "trap door" method. Question though, where do you get your pans at? I haven't seen pans like that before.
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
The pans are just cafeteria trays. They really didn't work out too well. Pollen dropped down in the oil and made a bad smell. I converted them to solid bottoms with vents. I've had wax moths bad this year and the screened area/trap door made a place that the bees couldn't run them out. I thought about just making the screen bottom and then for winter putting a sheet of plywood over it.
@StarshineNC7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your input and I'm sorry they didn't work out too well. After researching and looking at options, I'm thinking that doing the screened bottom board much the same way as a vertical lang would work the best. I think that's the route we will try this first year anyways. Here's to another year ahead!
@SquirrelsForAll7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work, old school quality workmanship you simply don't see any more.
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@426superbee47 жыл бұрын
I'am trying to do away with the oil. to cut down on cost... But is does work good, for a SHB oil traps the standard box... The reason i'am thinking of going the long box, is lifting , and so much easier to check and things.... Getting lazy he hee
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
I had a couple with oil and they always smell a little off. maybe the pollen being dropped in the oil. I never saw any beetles. But I haven't had that problem so far.
@426superbee47 жыл бұрын
in the south SHB and Wax Moths are bad here and Ants. the oil traps cut down on em 95 %
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
Wax moths got 5 of my 9 hives this year. I had chickens in the bee yard and have not had SHB. (Knock on wood.) I'm in the south too. And friends have had lots of SHB and wax moths this year.
@426superbee47 жыл бұрын
yes there bad every summer in the south
@628DirtRooster7 жыл бұрын
Nice clean build. I might have to hire you to build us some new ones. :)
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I really liked your design. I have learned a bunch from your channel!
@628DirtRooster7 жыл бұрын
Wud Rest Thanks! I'm about to start building play lists and I'm going to link your video if you don't mind.
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
I don't mind at all. Hope it helps someone.
@628DirtRooster7 жыл бұрын
Wud Rest I'm sure it will. I've had a hundred people ask for a build video and I just haven't had the time.
@MasterKenfucius5 жыл бұрын
That's a brilliant design! Congratulations. I'm going to build one myself.
@kenloh77 жыл бұрын
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@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@patrickpurcell37 жыл бұрын
Well done. I have been using Long Langs for the past couple of years and I am very happy with them. I can migrate or take splits for Langstroth hives and install direct. I intersperse top bars with deep Langstroth frames by using a soft cover over all. My main difference is that I bend a sheet of roofing iron for the top to keep the girls cooler. I have found flat iron roofs far too hot for the tropical climate where we live. You can see a thumb nail of it in my profile pic - delivering a hive to its new home on another island. Cheers
@wudrest35187 жыл бұрын
I'm happy with the long hives too. I am planning on moving my hives 1 1/2 hours away to new property. We will see how hard that is.
@scottmosley95484 жыл бұрын
Do you put all the frames in or build as you go? If the latter, do they try to build in the empty area?
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