David Heaf's frame beekeeping pages

BOOK; The Modified Golden Hive (Einraumbeute)

Horizontal hives with frames are becoming increasingly popular in Europe and North America. One of these is the golden hive or Einraumbeute, developed at Mellifera Association in Germany, based on Dadant-size frames rotated ninety degrees. The resulting deep format allows for a vertically uninterrupted brood nest and a deep honey crown that is good for wintering. This book describes modifications to the golden hive to buffer the colony against heat/cold extremes as does a tree cavity. With the help of many pictures, details are given of how to make the hive, followed by highlights of running it untreated for varroa over six seasons. A few other modified golden hive projects are also mentioned. Published by Northern Bee Books, 2021. Amazon 

Assorted frame beekeeping pages 

One-box hive (a hybrid of the National, Warré, Einraumbeute and Lazutin hives)

Modified Einraumbeute (ERB), sometimes called the 'Golden Hive'

The Modified Golden Hive of John Haverson and Matt Somerville

David Junker's bentwood and reeds trough hive.

Legacy beekeeping

Extraction of National super frames

Wing morphometry results from National hives (2004) and one bee tree (2007)

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