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Hoping to make a two part roof similar to a Dartington , rather than a hinged style, for a long hive. reason being, I want to add supers later on and not happy about lifting a full size roof. Has anyone had experience with these roofs and are they reasonably waterproof ? any other issues? ...

The national hive I wish to re-house has double brood [20 frames] I havent made the new long hive yet but originally planned only 25 frames long so this would be a bit tight , if all of the frames were moved over . I could make new hive 3x the width of a national so say 30 frames or are there...

I like the look of the dartington hive , are there plans available please.

Ok thankyou , I will make some nucs at the same time. and look at Robin Dartingtons book too . regards Alan

I have a small area in an orchard to use as apiary , I am about to build 2 long hives [for ease of lifting]. What i am wondering is, how to keep to just 2 hives when the bees will keep multiplying . Do i just allow them to swarm as and when . The honey harvest is not as important for me as...

thankyou for all the info . I did as Ian123 suggested and used some pine needles in the smoker ,all worked nicely . and yes, blunt spike i had uptil that moment ,inspected all the frames apart from the offending super .

After removing the queen excluder for over -wintering ,It seems the queen is in a super ,this super has been well and truely stuck together and i am reluctant to start pulling the frames apart in case i damage her. would the best way to find her and remove the offending super [to clean up off...

perfect thankyou ,great idea.

sorry for confusion , i thought SN1 was supers and DN1 was brood

HI, I`m making a horizontal hive and was going to visit my local sawmill . traditionally cedar would be the choice . Does anyone have experience with other types of rough sawn timber ,longeviety being the main issue. perhaps redwood or larch ?

okay thanks again , will have a look around for some nice wide planking ,but the whole proceedure may take some time before the finished article :]

Hi, did you still have the plans for a dartington hive ? Alan

Hi, An old thread to be sure ,but do you still have plans for a dartington hive ? Alan

yes i think that will be the plan ,as i use national deep brood frames already . thankyou

Is your horizontal hive straight [square sided ] or tapered? I use SN1 frames at present. Any things you wished you new ,before the swap? Alan :]

14 x 12 sounds about right ,I recon a gradual swap over as frames need replacing .but initially my national frames straight in. thankyou for help

I see ,so no need to remove the bottom wooden bars .Bees will just add to them .thus i can gradually swap to deeper frames or just topbars . as time goes on. forgot to mention both my current hives are using national SN1 . thankyou for your reply.

Greetings , I have two hives one poly and one wooden , and hope to build two horizontal hives to switch over to next year. primarily because of bad back ,they also seem bee friendly as well. although im building from scratch ,im thinking it makes sense to be able to swap frames straight...