Horizontal Langstroth Beehive / Long hive

more info on my Horizontal Langstroth Beehive some call them long hive

[@stevegertz3902]

I’ve watched probably 20 videos on horizontal hives and yours is by far the most informative and your hive is well thought out thanks for posting!

[@georgegarcia5052]

One of the most beautiful and practical hives I’ve ever seen! But to find an equally talented craftsmanship! Thanks!

[@mikegillies1222]

Fantastic design. So practical and far less disruptive too. Well done 👌👍🐝

[@robertblenker1543]

Marvelous craftsmanship. I put grill wheels on one end of mine so that I am able to roll it around, if necessary. Or, easily load it into a trailer to move. As Joe said, these puppies are HEAVY.

[@04pjw]

Great craftsmanship and design thoughtfulness. Bests I’ve seen in a horizontal hive.

[@flyingmudbug]

Love your new hive. I built a simple one a year ago to see how it would work. It worked so well that I will be building a nicer one like yours in the future. Thanks for sharing your ideas

[@dougisaacs7815]

I love this...great video & narrative.....and craftsmanship.

[@linr2870]

Long hives have been around longer than langstroth hives. Aton Janscha , Viennese beekeeper master was the inventor in 1771. In 1852, Langstroth received a patent on the first movable frame beehive in America. There is a great facebook page showing many different plans and tweeks for the HH there. It is called Long langstroth hives. Many beeks there keep bees in very cold regions.

[@glenkelley6048]

TY FOR A FINE PRESENTATION. That hive looks great.

[@georgegarcia5052]

Your workmanship is impressive!

[@MohamedUAE]

You such amazing in work and in delivering the point. Thanks a lot

[@animalyze7120]

This style is preferred but most American keepers are taught to use the stack style which is very invasive to the Bees even if they don't seem to mind. These can be split as well right down the middle to accomodate another hive for Overwintering, thus keeping them all together and much warmer, however in that method you might want to mark the entrances to prevent accidental entry from the other Bees like say an X over one entrance and then a circle over the other with duct tape. So far this is the style I want to go with for ease of care.

[@harmonicamans]

Good job on the hive. I have one almost just like yours. I caught a swarm back in April and they are doing great. The great thing about this hive is the bees can get in and out very quickly without having to go up through so many bees to get to the honey storage of the traditional hives. Love mine and am going to replace as many of my stack up hives as I can.

[@MatthewCuba]

Interesting setup, Joe. Thanks for posting. I'll be interested to see your updates to this.

[@timdelph2253]

Going with three hives next year instead of two. I was going to do a top bar, but you've inspired me to build two of these to compete with one of my old conventional Langstroths. I see this design as taking the best of both. The only thing is, I'd like to modify the roof to be slightly larger, or go straight up somehow, to shield the top boards even when open in case of rain (I often don't have the luxury of being around on clear days). And, also working out a larger board for a top feeder. Thank you! Read more REPLY

[@T0tenkampf]

Pretty nice innovations here! Now there is a company called Guardian that makes an upper opening device that is good for vents and will prevent SHB.

[@Hokuhelecooperative]

I like this design. It is one of my favorites. I made some improvements. 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.

[@CongaChile1]

Beautiful hive, Joe. This is the end of my first year of beekeeping and we've had a lot of ups and downs. My original plan was to have a top bar, but the local beeks convinced me to do a Langstroth first. I've been researching horizontal hives and came across your video today, and I must say, I'm impressed. I'm in NC so won't have the issues with cold that you do, but I'm going to incorporate a lot of your ideas into my first one. Thanks for a great video, and I hope you post your progress with this one.

[@426superbee4]

Can do so much with em, swarms, rearing, holding pen, queen castles, or 1 big hive, i even made a SHB OIL TRAP under it... Sure its portable, just get a dolly set it on it long ways up and move it.

[@danskisbees7348]

There you go!

[@SindreEide93]

I seen 11 seconds of the video and stoped only to say one thing. DANG that is a beautifull hive. Looking in to building one myself, but I think I go with a layens instead.

[@skyricharde6629]

This is a GORGEOUS horizontal hive!! I would buy plans from you if you had them. I'm very much wanting to go horizontal, and I love how this as the best of both worlds when it comes to Langstroth vs top bar.

[@dragoness3606]

That is the most beautiful hive I have seen yet and has so many nice details. I would love to see plans for your exact hive. Thank you for showing it to us.

[@hackn3y199]

I'm about to build one, check this site, they have a bunch of plans: horizontalhive.com/how-to-build/long-langstroth-plans.shtml

[@dragoness3606]

@@hackn3y199 Thank you very much. I will watch. His are good but yours is beautiful =)

[@theconstitutionalist5617]

Thanks for your time and video, been thinking of doing something similar but wasn't sure how, didn't know anyone else was doing these

[@MrMarklowes]

Well Thanks Joe, I will give it a try and I will let you know next year how I am making out.

[@bobwhite825]

That is a very impressive beehive sir!

[@danskisbees7348]

You put a lot of thought into this, nice work!👍

[@80Chris100]

Man, that is a really sharp hive!

[@gwenellis625]

WHAT A RIPPER I WENT 30 FRAMES EACH SIDE. HERE IN QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA THE NORTH NO WINTER MASSIVE RAIN FORESTS.. IF YOU BUILD ANOTHER ONE DO A ALLY FRAME WHY FOR REMOVAL PISS EASY SKID STEAR BOX TRAILER.. WHEN YOU SET UP ALLY FRAME CAN BE BOLTED TO STEEL CLEATS FLUSH TO THE GROUND IN CASE OF STORMS OR STRONG WINDS... ALSO KNOW YOUR FLOOD HEIGHTS... LOVE YOUR WORK IT IS SPOT ON.... BUZZ BUZZ....

[@WebbyWunda]

Wonderful hive! I do wish you had plans available, but I also understand why you don't. We were planning to build a couple of top bars but this sort might be a better idea... I know if we do attempt to make one it won't look anywhere near as professional as yours but hopefully our new bees will make do with roughing it and forgive us. :) Thanks for the useful video and commentary about the hive.

[@maphilib]

looking excellent!

[@SPQR-Z]

Nice long Lange. We are in the process of building a 30 frame one ourselves. Thinking of having one end a shallow that allows stacking so kind of a hybrid design. I got some got ideas form your design, thanks for posting the vid. Will be following your progress.

[@junkbox7588]

Wow really makes mine look like the hood.... nice work

[@sirlarry7229]

nice wood work

[@dennism7032]

HI Joe, I am still eager to see those plans. I would love to build one like yours.

[@dennism7032]

+Joe Frank Thank you Joe. I will study your video and try to make one. Great design.

[@electricengineer624]

what a beautiful stuff.

[@charlottecates2406]

I too would love the plans!

[@reginacarroll8149]

Thank you!

[@jenniebraden7733]

Great design! This is perfect. You should sell these (someone out there is already copying your design and trying to sell).

[@liammurphy2755]

Love this idea just need to build one thank you.

[@dannykerrigan5991]

Great hive Thank you

[@salahmed7774]

Many thanks,, Amman-Jordan

[@lordperrydavis]

Do you have any plans for the hive. I would like to build one like this.

[@iagobueno9338]

Horizontal.com they haver free plans

[@dlh987]

Thank you Joe your video and ideas are a real help to me. I hope to start construction the first of next week. Could you tell me who your supplier for your plastic frames is. Thank you.

[@TBizzell68]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing, I’m seriously thinking of going this route

[@suzanneguiho4882]

Could you give us an explanation of your bee escape. I am building a Layens hive but with a gable roof where I want to add a bee escape!

[@CongaChile1]

Thanks, Joe. We found your second video last night. Do you have any advice for building our hive? Do you have plans for yours or did you just sort of figure it out as you went along? Again, yours I s a fine piece of craftsmanship.

[@catchemalive]

How are you still liking it and would you make any changes to it now?? I’m in the process of building my first one now!

[@maZec31]

very nice!

[@micheleriner9100]

Awesome do you have your plans available???

[@stevegertz2148]

I hear the bees don’t care for horizontal hives, how are your bees doing after years of using this hive?

[@katieshenefelt1433]

Mr Joe Frank I need your long box plan I herd you have a second video tell us where to find this. I plan to build ten hives off the bat then continue to build moor, till I have 100 hives in Montana.

[@danskisbees7348]

Did you do it?

[@annpowell6759]

Love your hive. Can u give me detailed management of a long hive please? Are the brood frames at the entrance? Do you put honey frames all behind brood or put brood in the middle with honey frames on either side?

[@adrianneferree3244]

I would like plan too!

[@jamescrawford9786]

How you make the queen excluder

[@evonnewhalen9794]

I love your design. Do you make and sell your hives?

[@molly7871]

great job on the hive Joe. Do you have plan for this?

[@ringwood]

Great work. I am working on building a langstroth long now. One question I have about the top boards on your yours are, once those top boards get propolised in place, are you going to be able to get under them to break them free? With my standard langstroth, in cooler weather, the propolis gets hard as cement and it takes some serious effort to crack the sections free. Thanks for sharing your designs and ideas.

[@MrMarklowes]

Joe, Have you overwintered bee's in your hive? I like your design and i'm thinking of building a similiar hive. It's cold in Ontario in the winter and i wonder if the bee cluster can or will move sideways in the hive? Thanks Mark

[@dannywilson5732]

Do you use a queen excluder to keep her from laying eggs in you honey frames?

[@edwardartigue6046]

Hello Joe and great job on this hive. How would someone go about contacting you

[@randybennett7606]

Joe I was wondering how you built the queen excluder. Any tips are welcome

[@avgjoeschmoe]

Mr. Frank, I love your hive and the design. my uncle and I are working on building one. where did you get the bee escape? I cannot find a round one online. and same question on the vents. thank you!

[@avgjoeschmoe]

Thank you sir!

[@karlknutson1639]

Do you have plans? I will build if can get specs.

[@dbcustomrc]

Just curious how you pry the covers off once they glue them down. There’s not a lot of room pry

[@romaineathey6512]

I'm so sure that you can make it too guys. Just look for Stodoys.

[@danh1202]

Really nice Frank exactly what I am looking for . I'd love to build one like it. Is there anyway to get plans ?

[@iagobueno9338]

Horizontalhive.com they haver free plans

[@Shadus]

@@iagobueno9338 Site seems to have died, is there any replacement you know of?

[@mickhanna1313]

Frank- did you add bees last year? How has it worked out? I saw you at the Fremont Area Bee Club last year and I am going to build one as well.

[@niccolealdrich4890]

Very nice! Where did you get your plastic frames?

[@janahadas5300]

Could you tell me how much space is between frames and those cover plates?Thank you.

[@cville74021]

Mr. Frank do you have plans and or the dimensions of the hive in the video?

[@freietranszendentalemedita8516]

Hi Joe, would you mind to tell us why didi you choose Langstroth frames instead of Dadant frames? Regards Michael

[@GOLDSINVES]

I love it, Do you sell them??

[@danh1202]

Hi Joe I am about to build a longbox hive but wonder how they do during winter. Some say they don't winter well . Honey/hive freezes up during winter as heat doesn't go sideways but up . I'm in Canada and winters can be pretty brutal. How did your bees do during winter ? Thanks

[@danh1202]

Jeff Roberts thanks for the info

[@SpiritBear12]

Joe, I'm curious about the ventilation system. I see you have considered this with the vented holes on the outside of the hive and the other screened holes in the inner boards that are placed over the frames. I have seen some top bar hives with a big screen along the whole bottom of the hive body. Is yours solid or also screened? Ventilation is good, but in the colder months this could be a curse, too much cold air. What is your opinion about that? How much is too much, and how much is too little?

[@artfleischer7417]

Joe, are you satisfied enough that you will build another long hive?

[@kurtchristensen1161]

Do you have a screened bottom in the hive?

[@nikolaibaranovsky4267]

Do you sele this tips bee hive?

[@inspectorcdyahoo]

Do you have dim's I would like to build something similar.

[@maryfrost7900]

I'm building one that takes the 2 difrent hive sizes

[@OnlyDenver]

Do you mean two diffrent frame sizes? The horizontal hive size is ofcourse adjustable, need more space? Just slide the divider board further along. I stuck with only deep frames throughout all my horizontal hives for cinsistancy

[@maryfrost7900]

@@OnlyDenver I'm hoping to get my hive done by spring I want to make one that can take both size frames the wide one would be the with and the deep one would be the dept

[@crdorado1195]

Joe, this vlog just came up on my youtube. Interesting condo. It's been 5 yrs since you posted this... any updates? How do you like it now? How do they winter?

[@deerer1950]

Do you have a print or plans. I do a lot of working, so if I just have some dimensions, I can build it. No sense of re-inventing.

[@anthonypayne6032]

Go to DR. Leo horizontalhive.com. I got prints free

[@tarnishedknight730]

A "Longstroth" hive.

[@smilingdog54]

Tarnished Knight i believe it is called “Langstroth “

[@tarnishedknight730]

@@smilingdog54 It's a long, Langstroth... Longstroth. 😁

[@maryfrost7900]

I'm building one that takes the 2 difrent hive sizes