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Beehive - Definition (and contrast with "nest")
Hive Tracks - Hive management software
The Hive
- Experience the drama of life inside a real beehive in this mesmerising installation. (at Kew Royal Botanic Garden, London)
Choosing Your Hive: A Closer Look at Langstroth, Warre and Top Bar Hives
Beehive Components Part I: Building a Hive from the Ground Up - Component parts of a Langstroth Hive, part I, by Dadant
Beehive Components Part II: Frames & Foundation - Component parts of a Langstroth Hive, part II, by Dadant
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DIY - Hive Plans & Construction
35 FREE DIY Beehive & Bee Accessory Plans That Will Save You Money
Jigs for making bee hive boxes - by Carl Korschgen; making medium supers: box joint, handle, & frame rest jigs
38 Free DIY Beehive Plans & Ideas That Will Inspire You To Become A Beekeeper
Langstroth long hive build review and features
How to build a Langstroth Hive
Free plans for DIY construction of hives.
Free hive plans for horizontal hives and others.
Long Langstroth Hive Mods Part 1 and
Part 2
Assemblage des cadres - mass-assembly of frames, using large jig
Assembling frames from Mann Lake for a Langstroth deep honeybee hive
Beekeeping - Making Medium Frames (Langstroth)
5-Frame Nuc Beehive - DIY construction plans by
How to Make Side Bars (for frames)
FatBeeMan Frame building and installing wax foundation
Jigs for making bee hive boxes - by Carl Korschgen
Queen Castles: What I use and How to Build
Bonterra Bees - Observation Hives - Do It Yourself Plans
Hexagon Cutting Jig
Easy Beehive Handle Jig
INCRA LS Demo:
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3 - Box Joints & Dove Tails; absolutely awesome!
Free frames from scrap 2x4s
DIY - Making Box Handles
Bee Box Handles
DIY beehive handle making jig for the circular saw
Making Hand Holds in the Beekeeper's Workshop - uses a radial arm saw
DIY - Making Wax Foundation
How To Make Thin Sheets Of Beeswax For Foundation, Starter Strips, Candles And Modelling
KINGREAL Beeswax Foundation Production Line
Homemade Beeswax Foundation
Beesource
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Abbott's Anglo-German hive - see also: Horizontal Hive
Abbott's Anglo-German hive
Image from: British Bee Journal, 1883, vol. 10:198-199.
Apimaye Plastic hive
Most Advanced Beehive? - YouTube
Apimaye USA - Home
Thermo Bee Hives - Best hives for honeybee colony survival - Apimaye USA
Apimaye Insulated Langstroth Ergo Beehive Set - Apimaye Insulated Bee Hives
Apimaye 4 Queen Mating Nuc REVIEW - YouTube
Apimaye Beekeepers - FaceBook Group
Apimaye 4 Queen Mating Nuc REVIEW - YouTube
How to Apply Oxalic Acid Vaporizer on Apimaye Bee Hives - Apimaye Insulated Bee Hives
Other Plastic hives
Plastic beehive close up review of NUPLAS food grade bee hive
What is “Dunford’s Urban Beehive”?
What is a “Beehaus Hive”?
Polystyrene hives
Lyson 6 Frame Polystyrene Hive Over Winter Trial - 10 times the insulating factor of standard langstroth hives.
Testing the Abelo Polystyrene Beehive - Overview of Features
Abelo polystyrene national hive - for sale in the UK
Polystyrene Hive Inspection
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AZ Hives - Note: AZ are the initials of the creator of the hive: Alberti-Žnideršič
Slovenian "AZ Hive" Project
Slovenian AZ hive discussion
AZ Hive in Action
The Slovenia AZ hive. Beekeeping from another point of view.
 A 14.8 MB PDF file; © Mark Chorba, 2016
Slovenian Bee Hives | Precious Bee Hives, Yale MI
AZ hive creators. A place to design and build AZ hives - a Facebook Group
AŽ Hivers - a Facebook Group
Bait Hive
The term "bait hive" is a synonym for "swarm trap". Some folks prefer the term bait hive because the swarm "trap" is not a trap... it does not capure (trap) the bees, and the bees can come and go, at will!
Bee Gum Hive
What is a "Bee Gum" hive?
Beehous Hive
What is a “Beehaus Hive”?
Berlepsch Hive
Referenced and pictured in "Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee"; pg. 114 of the 1927 edition.
Berlepsch hive w/back cushion - an illustration
British Modified National Hive
What is the “British Modified National Hive”?
11-Frame British National Hive
Bubee Hive
What is the “Bubee Beehive”?
BS National Hive See also: Smith Hive (a BS, British Standard Hive
BS National Beehive - Wikipedia description
Which Hive?
Carlisle Hive
See: Magnum, W.A. 1921. Bees and Beekeeping Past & Present. Antique miniature hives show the development of American hives. Part 2. American Bee Journal, 161(6):629-635.
Comfort Hive - A hive that Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries designed
How to Build a Comfort Hive
Build a Sam Comfort hive, and stock it with bees! PART 1
Part 2 of "Build a Sam Comfort hive and stock it with bees"
Commercial Hive
Which Hive?
Dadant Hive (aka “Dadant-Blatt” or “Modified Dadant” or “Langstroth Jumbo” hive)
What is the “Dadant Beehive”?
Dalton & Stevens Hive
See: Magnum, W.A. 1921. Beed and Beekeeping Past & Present. Antique miniature hives show the development of American hives. Part 2. American Bee Journal, 161(6):629-635.
Danzenbaker Hive
Facts about Bees: Management of Danzenbaker's Hive for Comb Honey - a book by F. Danzenbaker
an illustration of the adjustable Danzenbaker Hive and also
another
Dartington Hive - a type of horizontal hive
What is a “Dartington Hive”?
Della Rocca Hive
Referenced and pictured in "Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee"; pg. 109 of the 1927 edition.
Della Rocca Hive - an illustration on pg. 109 from
Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee by Chas. and C.P. Dadant, 1922
Donovan Hive - Eliza Jane Donovan
A June 21, 1918 article in Bee Culture, featuring Eliza Jane Donovan,
lists Jane and 5 other women who designed and patented beehives in the 19th century!
Click this link to see an illustration of Eliza Jane Donovan's patented hive.
Also see the pdf version of the document with an enlarged illustration.
Kaylee Richardson (of The HoneyStead channel) does a great YouTube video about Eliza.
Dugdale Hive - the "Moth-Proof and Non-Swarming Bee Hive"
See: Magnum, W.A. 1921. Beed and Beekeeping Past & Present. Antique miniature hives show the development of American hives. Part 2. American Bee Journal, 161(6):629-635.
Dunford's Urban Beehive
What is “Dunford’s Urban Beehive”?
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"Elevator B" Hive
What is the “Elevator B Hive”?
Flow Hive
HoneyFlow.com - Honey On Tap From Your Own Beehive - Flow™ Hive Home
The FlowHive 2 BeeHive unboxing, assembly, and my thoughts. Suggestions... - YouTube
The Flow Hive for honey bees, Love it? Hate it? or Undecided? Price? Review of Quality Control - YouTube
Beginner Beekeeping Videos - Flow™ Hive
Flow Hive Flow FRAME breaks apart - beekeeping 101 with Flowhive
Don't buy a Flow Hive until you've seen this
Harvesting Honey From A FLOW HIVE & Thoughts & Impressions of the Flow Hive
Flow Hive Success - How to best use a Flow hive
Fulkerson Hive
See: Magnum, W.A. 1921. Beed and Beekeeping Past & Present. Antique miniature hives show the development of American hives. Part 2. American Bee Journal, 161(6):629-635.
Gravenhorst Hive
Referenced and pictured in "Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee"; pg. 115 of the 1927 edition.
Horizontal Hive
Horizontal Hive - Dr. Leo Sharashkin
OPENED up a HORIZONTAL BEE HIVE and found this! - Dr. Leo Sharashkin
Horizontal Hive - DIY construction plans, etc. by Dr. Leo Sharashkin
American Bee hives are ALL WRONG here is why! split hives 4 weeks later - Dr. Leo Sharashkin with "Off grid with Doug & Stacy"
Horizontal Hives - Bush Bees
What is a "Poppleton Hive"?
What is a “Dartington Hive”?
Long Langstroth Hive Update Inspection Saskatraz Honey Bees Horizontal Hive with Better Comb
Huber Leaf Hive
Referenced and pictured in "Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee"; pg. 112 of the 1927 edition.
Jackson Hive
What is a “Jackson Beehive”?
Julius Hoffman frame - "Until Hoffman devised his self-spacing frame, frames were spaced by eye, if at all. Julius Hoffman devised a frame side bar that was wider in its upper third to give the correct inter-comb spacing."
Happy Birthday Julius Hoffman - October 25
Hoffman Frames
Following Julius Hoffman’s advice. The Hoffman edge.
Langstroth Hive - designed by Rev. Lorenzo L. Langstroth
Beehive Components Part I: Building a Hive from the Ground Up - Component parts of a Langstroth Hive, part I, by Dadant
Beehive Components Part II: Frames & Foundation - Component parts of a Langstroth Hive, part II, by Dadant
Vital stats and materials list for Langstroth frames
Langstroth Hive Buyers Guide and
Langstroth Box Buyers Guide - by PerfectBee
Langstroth vs Top Bar Hive
Choosing Your Hive: A Closer Look at Langstroth, Warre and Top Bar Hives
What is a “Langstroth Hive”?
Top Bar Beehives vs Langstroth Beehives
Layens Hive - Georges de Layens
Layens Hives & swarm traps - for sale
The Layens Hive - Bee Culture
Layens Hive - DIY construction plans, etc. by Dr. Leo Sharashkin
Lazutin Hive - Fedor Lazutin
A tribute to Fedor Lazutin - by Dr. Leo Sharashkin
Lazutin Hive - DIY construction plans, etc. by Dr. Leo Sharashkin
Fyodor Lazutin's book and film "Keeping Bees with a Smile"
Lego Hive - hives made from Lego® pieces!
Worlds First Workable LEGO Beehive!
Real Beehive Built From LEGO!
Meyers Hive
See: Magnum, W.A. 1921. Bees and Beekeeping Past & Present. Antique miniature hives show the development of American hives. Part 2. American Bee Journal, 161(6):629-635.
Mud and Clay Hive
What is a “Mud and Clay Bee Hive”?
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National - touted to be the most popular hive in the UK
Which Hive?
Nuc - a shortened term for Nucleus Hive
5-Frame Nuc Beehive - DIY construction plans by
Beesource
Pro Nuc - plastic, 5-frame nuc (light weight; many features)
Observation Hives
What is an “Observation Hive”?
Stony Brook Sanctuary Presents: New Observation Beehive - YouTube
new deep beekeeping bee keeping observation bee hive | Etsy
new medium beekeeping bee keeping observation bee hive | Etsy
Honey Bee Observation Hive 8-Frame Setup How to Start Keeping Bees with a split! - YouTube
Bees In The House/ The Observation Hive - YouTube
Bees in Kitchen - hive construction & video by Phil Frank
Bonterra Bees - Observation Hives - Do It Yourself Plans
Observation hives - by
John's Beekeeping Notebook
Observation Hive Swarms, Queens Pipe, Capture Demonstration, Hiving That Swarm, Honey Bees & more
- Great video! (33:47)
We made a Transparent beehive box!
See SakamotoRyouta's channel for several more videos about this transparent box, with bees inside!
Perone Hive
What is a “Perone Beehive”?
Poppleton Hive - a type of horizontal hive
A "Poppleton Hive"?
Queen Castle Hive - AKA "Queen Rearing Hotel"
Typically a 3-chambered or 4-chambered hive, each with its own entrance/exit, for rearing and mating queens
Explaining A Queen Castle?
Queen Castles: What I use and How to Build
Beekeeping. Queen castle start up. June 1
and followup: Beekeeping. Queen castle update June 5. They have started building queen cells.
Rose Hive
What is a “Rose Bee Hive”?
Single Story Hive
What is a “Single Story Hive”?
Skep Hive
Skep Beekeeping in the Heathland - 1978
Smith Hive (aka "BS Hive" where BS means British Standard, short for "BS Smith Hive", designed by Willie Smith)
What is a “Smith Beehive”?
Which Hive?
Sun Hive
What is a “Sun Beehive”?
How the round, bee-friendly Sun Hive may help save the bees (Video) | TreeHugger
ThermoSolar & Smart Hives
Building a Smart Beehive
Thermosolar Hive™
Thermosolar Hive: healthy bees & healthy honey - YouTube
Final report for LNE96-066
To-Bee Hive
What is a “To-Bee Hive”?
Top Bar Hive - Two typical types of top bar hives, and the Haitian top bar hive and Perone Hive:
The Kenyan top bar hive (KTBH) has angled, long sides resulting in a trapezoidal hive shape
The Tanzanian top bar hive (TTBH) has straight sides with 90 degree angles
The "Haitian top bar hive - an effective low cost alternative bee hive.
What is a “Perone Beehive”? - a type of Top Bar hive
What is a “Top Bar Hive”?
What is a “Kenyan Top-Bar Hive”?
What is the “Tanzanian Top-Bar Hive”?
Horizontal Top Bar Hive
Langstroth vs Top Bar Hive
Ventilation and the Top Bar Hive
How to Build a Top Bar Beehive and
the plans for it
Top bar hive review - some important features and benefits
Honey Traveler's bee cam - Live bee cam may not be working, but photos inside a Top Bar Hive are available
Choosing Your Hive: A Closer Look at Langstroth, Warre and Top Bar Hives
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping -
John's Beekeeping Notebook
Top Bar Beehives vs Langstroth Beehives
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Urban hive (see also: Elevator B Hive; Dunford's Urban Hive; To-Bee Hive; Vulcan Hive)
An “Urban Beehive”?
Valhalla Hive
What is a “Valhalla Beehive”?
Vulcan Hive
What is Norway’s “Vulcan Beehive”?
Warre Hive - (pronounced WAR-ray) designed by Emile Warre
Choosing Your Hive: A Closer Look at Langstroth, Warre and Top Bar Hives
Warre Beekeeping - All about the hive developed by Abbé Émile Warré (1867-1951)
What Is a Warre Hive? - YouTube
Beekeeping with the Warré hive -- Home
A Detailed Look at the Warre Beehive
The Warre Store
Warre Hive - by The Bee Space
What is a “Warre Bee Hive”?
WBC Hive - developed by William Broughton Carr
Which Hive?
What is a “WBC Beehive”?
Misc. Hive links
Two Hives Are Better Than One
Best Bee Hives for Sale: 2018 Beehive Starter Kit Reviews & Guide
Amazon.com: Hives - Summerhawk Ranch
Production Pine Hive Complete (2 - 9-5/8" Boxes, 1 - 6-5/8" Box) - Beez Needz
Why use Cypress for Beehives ? — Foxhound Bee Company
Cypress Hives - Rossman Apiaries
Frame Hives - WOODWARE
Wood Hive Box Parts – HIVES AND MORE
Where Can I Keep My Bee Hives
Ozark Cedar Bee Hives
Preserving Woodenware in Beekeeping Operations
Triad Bee Supply - Manufacturer of Cypress Hives | Cypress Hive Accessories
Beehive Kits, Parts & Accessories – Good Land Bee Supply
Propolis-etc.
PolyHive beekeeping system followup introduction
Porter Bee Escape: Methods of Removing Honey | Bee Culture
Thermal Imaging, Night Vision and Infrared Camera Systems | FLIR Systems
Honey B Gone: Kelley Beekeeping
Homemade Nontoxic Honey Bee Repellent | Home Guides | SF Gate
Pierco Beekeeping Equipment
Betterbee
GloryBee | Queen-Rearing Nucleus Hive
Blue Sky Bee Supply - Beekeeping Supplies, Honey Containers & Protective Clothing in Ravenna, Ohio
Cornwall Honey - Beekeeping Equipment and Supplies from the Cornish Westcountry
Golden Green - Bee Supply
Kelley Beekeeping - Beekeeping Equipment & Services
Honey Bee Classifieds
John Pluta - Georgia Bees - BEEKEEPING Beekeeper Honey Bees Pollen Wax Candle Propolis Queen Nuc BeeHive Pollination John Pluta
Quality Beekeeping Supplies - Brisbane, Australia
South Florida Bee Supplies - Bee Supplies
Miller Bee Supply
Blythewood Bee Company – Beekeeping Supplies, Professional Honey Bee Removal
Armstrong & Family Apiaries - Bee Equipment
Beekeeping Supplies NZ | Ceracell
Dixie Bee Supply - Fat Bee Man
Little Mule Bee Supply, LLC
FRAMES
Frames and their forgotten diversity: Part 1 – Their Shapes - by Wyatt A. Mangum; American Bee Journal, Feb. 1, 2020
Frames and their forgotten diversity: Part 2 – Their Spacing - by Wyatt A. Mangum; American Bee Journal, Mar. 1, 2020
Beehive Components Part II: Frames & Foundation - Component parts of a Langstroth Hive, part II, by Dadant
Hoffman Frames
Frame Sizes:
Langstroth frames are all 1 1/16" thick and 19" wide
Langstroth "deep" frames: 9 1/8" deep
Langstroth "medium" frames: 6 1/4" deep
Langstroth "shallow" frames: 5 3/8" deep
Layens frames: 16” deep
Lazutin frames: 18 1/2” deep
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