Horizontal Hive Edit 1

[@williamburgos2963]

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.

[@krixig]

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.

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@yeoldepirate783]

Love the table saw push stick on the string/ bungi !

[@wudrest3518]

Always keeps it handy. If I need it it is there.

[@wudrest3518]

It is just a braided string with a counterweight. The braided string keeps it from spinning.

[@patrickpurcell3]

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

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@scottmosley9548]

Do you put all the frames in or build as you go? If the latter, do they try to build in the empty area?

[@josephvogel7234]

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.

[@martenapperloo1055]

What about the slats that are supposed to be on the top how do they fit in relation too the roof cover

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@Hokuhelecooperative]

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.

[@robervaltorcinelli9659]

Olá! Por que a tela no fundo? Grato!

[@robervaltorcinelli3012]

Qual função da tela no fundo?

[@DavesTreeFarm]

Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you had any issues by not using an inner cover.

[@wudrest3518]

DavesTreeFarm no trouble at all. Actually the commercial guys don’t use them either.

[@lgalardi]

Sweet! I have been looking at this exact model on their page

[@drillingarg9714]

Thanks

[@timothymitchell9956]

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?

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@SouthbayBBQ]

great video

[@shannon4078]

Hi Wud, How much of a gap, or bee space, did you end up with between the bottom of your frames and the screen bottom. Mine came out to an exact inch. about 10/16's to much. - I'm a first year bee keeper, and I've heard that 3/8 is the target space. I guess my question - is that inch ok, or should I fix it now before I have bees in it? (btw - I've built 3 of them at the same time, so I'm looking at a lot of work to dissemble and remove 10/16" from each slide rail) Thanks for any words of advise you can offer.

[@wudrest3518]

+Shannon I think a Langstroth hive has 3/8 plus 3/4 for the bottom board. Mine ended up about an inch. They should do fine. When you check your hives, you can clean off any comb on the bottom to discourage building outside the frame. Happy Beekeeping!

[@khawk7365]

How do you put in a queen separator ?

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@khawk7365]

@@wudrest3518 thank you. I know it is late. I would guess y'all are near me in Alabama.

[@wudrest3518]

I just happen to be up. I’m in north central Arkansas.

[@StarshineNC]

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.

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@StarshineNC]

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!

[@nunyabeeswaxri7358]

How did the hives work out for you?

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@GrigoriuMarius]

Hi, can u post the blueprints of the hive?

[@wudrest3518]

www.horizontalhive.com Click on the plans tab. These are not my designs.

[@khawk7365]

What oil are you talking about?

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@believingtheoutdoorschanel3241]

How do you keep the queen separated

[@wudrest3518]

Believing The Outdoors Chanel No. i used Queen excluders for the first couple of years. I think you get more honey without them.

[@chrismcentyre1604]

Why did you put screen on the bottom?

[@dagwood1327]

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.

[@stevegertz2148]

I didn’t see a inner cover for above the frames

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@Lornadoone72]

Are you in colder climates, and if so, in the winter do the bees move sideways in the hive? I thought it was natural for them to move up?

[@wudrest3518]

In AR, They move up to follow the heat but they also move back away from the entrance when it gets cold.

[@wudrest3518]

It is natural to move up because heat rises. They also move farther away from the opening because of the cold. That is why they move sideways.

[@grammybeth2685]

you need the legs in more of a triangle to minimize blowing over. Otherwise everything looks really good

[@426superbee4]

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

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@426superbee4]

in the south SHB and Wax Moths are bad here and Ants. the oil traps cut down on em 95 %

[@wudrest3518]

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.

[@426superbee4]

yes there bad every summer in the south

[@cihansaglam4457]

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[@DavidEricPrates]

Great video and good idea! Maybe you can swing by my channel too sometime.

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[@kenloh7]

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[@wudrest3518]

Thanks.