Long Langstroth Hive | New Hive Build Plan (55)

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Though I love the two top bar hives that I built last year, after they failed I realized I need bees acclimatized to the cold north. But, all the local beekeepers only sell bees as nucs! So that means I need a hive that accepts standard Langstroth frames. BUT I really like the horizontal orientation of top bar hives. So the answer is the Long Langstroth hive. This will be the best of both worlds. In this video I talk about the plans for my new hive.

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These are the plans I'm sort of following:

[jrbailey]

I forgot to mention get a staple gun from Harbor Freight it runs off and air compressor and you can do all those frames lickety split!

[JTBear]

Cool, I've never even heard of a 'Long Langstroth' hive. I've been thinking that we should get into bee keeping, perhaps use the longshed as a place to keep the hives ...
Looking forward to seeing how this works out for you!

[jrbailey]

I'm going to go with an extra long langstroth top bar hive, however unlike the two that you started with, mine will be on stilts, 6 by 6 post so that the covering bars that will actually go over my frames, will be at about 42 in off the ground.

This is because I have 3 herniations in my Lumbar and 3 compressions in my neck, and bending forward causes extreme agony!

The covering bars I'm talking about can be made as individual bars or plates, rectangular in shape that go over the top of the frames on an extra lip and so I can work two three or four frames at a time, but all the rest of the frames remain in the dark and undisturbed!

I won't be doing this until I relocate from where I'm at now, which is in Central Wyoming and move to Alaska!

So I would recommend would you consider putting your new top bar on sturdy stilts 4 by 4 or 6 by 6 and you can anchor them into the ground using concrete poured into holes around the four by fours or the six by sixes.

The deer has not been born that can knock that over!

Good luck on your build, I'll be doing the same thing based on plans from a guy in Michigan!

[alexanderlapp]

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[mervynshute]

9th sept. Just viewed this film. One idea. Fitting flow frames into the build

[trollforge]

Cool! I like the rabbit idea! sounds like something I would (will?) do, except that I'd do it with the table saw.

[reneebrown]

when you build the hive top make sure you leave space to insulate it. That will help keep your bees warmer and make sure they have an inside feeder

[joepaglialunga]

Hi Punky Rooster. This the first time I have seen your videos and was impressed that you are about to make a Langstroph horizontal hive. Your thought process was along the same lines as what I am thinking with respect to the hive. I would be curious if you completed the box. I am subscribed to your channel and hope to see an update soon.

[thomasjefferson]

Do you know what guide you used to make the long langstroth hive? Measurements etc? Looking to get into bees this year and was looking into these kind of hives

[ynnebbenny]

Im thinking to make a couple myself. They just make sense. I see that you posted this video in 2017, now that youve had one for a while do they preform as good as the stacked langthroth. Do the bees like it?

[Vladviking]

LOL I guess the watermelon intro was a warning.

[mistressphoenix]

That sounds like a good idea. I love the top bar design but it is a big problem when most things fit the Langstroth boxes. I haven't done beekeeping but it's something that has always fascinated me. My boyfriend is scared of all things bees though. Even the carpenter bees which the ones darting at him were male and don't sting. The females sting but they pretty much are on nest duty and the males are the ones trying to scare you away. I have an irrational fear of spiders so I get it what it's like and how silly you feel when you know it's not really dangerous yet still you panic when you see it lol. I think spiders are amazing but their faces wig me out and if they are on me and I don't know it I squish them sometimes (then feel bad that my irrational fear got it killed). Normally I manage to control myself enough as long as they aren't on me. So I don't pick on him for the bee thing, but it sucks because I really would love to get a hive. If we had a bigger property I have no doubt I could do it, but we are on like a quarter of an acre :(

[charlesdillon]

where are you located ? just the state?