Basic components of the Langstroth bee hive
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That screen is tripping me out lol
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Great informative video. Clear and detailed . Thanks!
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By definition; a langstroth hive has 10 frames, and only deep hive bodies and shallow honey supers. The medium, or Illinois super was borrowed from the Dadant hive. The Dadant hive held 11 frames. So in essence, you have a modified Dadant Hive because of the 8 frames. Not a Langstroth. Just FYI.
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Nice walkthrough, thanks.
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Won't having three layers of brood make it three times more difficult/time consuming to find the queen?
ColinMunro 3 months ago
@ColinMunro That's a matter of perspective. I for one am not looking for a queen when I go through the hives. I look for 24 hour eggs/larva. If you see them, there's a queen in there somewhere. If you are saying that you now have three brood boxes to go through vs. 2, you are right. It depends on what you want. Look up Michael Bush and see his notes on "lighter beekeeping" - There are pros and cons to the all-medium set-ups. I run a few of each and I like both... for the time being.
krullion 3 months ago