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<blockquote data-quote="mischief" data-source="post: 3732" data-attributes="member: 333"><p>I have two horizontal hives...bought the first one at the end of 2016 and had the colony installed on the 1st of Jan 2017. That one uses standard deeps.</p><p>The second is one I knocked together myself, using jumbo deep boxes and frames from BeeQuip.</p><p>They have mesh floors with sliding drawers underneath so I can do my OAV treatments from below as well as do the mite counts.</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem is that the frames are designed for lang hives.....that gap along the top is not needed for horizontals because the bees do not need to go up. What they do is form burr comb between the tops of the frames and the inner covers, which is annoying to have to scrape off all the time.</p><p>This has to be done especially when frames are moved over, even slightly to make sure the inner covers fit snug along the top of the hive.</p><p></p><p>So far both hives are still live and doing quite well.</p><p>Do what is best for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mischief, post: 3732, member: 333"] I have two horizontal hives...bought the first one at the end of 2016 and had the colony installed on the 1st of Jan 2017. That one uses standard deeps. The second is one I knocked together myself, using jumbo deep boxes and frames from BeeQuip. They have mesh floors with sliding drawers underneath so I can do my OAV treatments from below as well as do the mite counts. The biggest problem is that the frames are designed for lang hives.....that gap along the top is not needed for horizontals because the bees do not need to go up. What they do is form burr comb between the tops of the frames and the inner covers, which is annoying to have to scrape off all the time. This has to be done especially when frames are moved over, even slightly to make sure the inner covers fit snug along the top of the hive. So far both hives are still live and doing quite well. Do what is best for you. [/QUOTE]
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