In beekeeping, a Langstroth hive is any vertically modular beehive that has the key features of vertically hung frames, a bottom board with entrance for...
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the United States, L. L. Langstroth patented a new hive with movable frames under US patent # US9300A. Today, the Langstroth hive is the most common design...
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rectangular frames within the design of what is now called the Langstroth hive. Langstroth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 25 1810, the...
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the current equipment, Langstroth knew he could provide a solution. Langstroth originally was trying to improve the Bevan bar hive because he found that...
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Honey super (section Langstroth hive dimensions)
with a depth of 65⁄8 inches, in the length and width dimensions of a Langstroth hive. A honey super consists of a box in which 8–10 frames are hung. Western...
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plastic free of both BPA and BPS. These honey frames are for use in the Langstroth hive compartment, commonly called the honey super, which is intended for...
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Henry Mulzac by 1977, which used Langstroth compatible dimensions. The South African Jackson hive also uses Langstroth sized frames. Advice for New Beekeepers...
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after whom is named: Langstroth Cottage, a historic building in Oxford, Ohio Langstroth hive, a design of beehive Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), Canadian...
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Aethina tumida, commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions...
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Beekeeping (section Hive designs)
horizontal top-bar hive as a viable alternative to the ubiquitous Langstroth-style movable-frame hive. A vertical top-bar hive is the Warré hive, based on a...
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Journal. He defended the Langstroth patented beehive in the journal. Charles Dadant translated Langstroth's Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee. A Bee...
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one level of a Langstroth hive, so that the bin can be separated from the suction gear and stacked in the stack of a Langstroth-type hive while the contained...
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nuc hive is centered on a queen bee, the nucleus of the honey bee colony. A nuc hive has all the features of a standard 10 frame Langstroth hive, except...
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shrubs. Their stings are often incapable of penetrating human skin, so the hive and swarms can be handled with minimal protection. They occur largely sympatrically...
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In beekeeping, in a Langstroth hive, burr comb, also known as brace comb and bridge comb, are portions of honeycomb built by the bees in other places...
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and crushed to extract the honey. The commercial honey producers use Langstroth hive frames. The honey extraction process yields beeswax from the uncapping...
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Colony collapse disorder (redirect from Spontaneous Hive Collapse)
delayed attacks by hive pests such as wax moths and small hive beetles Presence of the queen bee. If the queen is not present, the hive likely died because...
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popular designs used in the UK. The National hive, as it is usually known, is based on Langstroth hive design principles: a vertical stack of modular...
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When provided with a suitable nesting site, such as a commercial Langstroth hive, the swarm will readily form a new colony in artificial surroundings...
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Fullwood. Jas. Carroll received a hive of Italian bees in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1877 when Angus Mackay accompanied a hive aboard the City of New York, packaged...
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and thoroughly flame scorching the interior of the hive body, bottom board and covers. Dipping the hive parts in hot paraffin wax or a 3% sodium hypochlorite...
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numbers through monitoring to avoid significant hive losses or death. 3% of bees infested in a hive is considered an economic threshold where damage...
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German Johannes Mehring in 1857, a few years after Langstroth designed and patented the Langstroth hive on October 5, 1852. Mehring's wax foundation had...
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pheromones. New queens can be killed by the hive. Therefore, the death of a queen in winter is dangerous for a hive and can be expensive for a beekeeper. Queen...
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Beekeeping in Australia (section Small hive beetle)
filled that honey is a customary delicacy with all the settlers. The Langstroth hive was in use by 1872. It led to greater honey production and less disease...
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life-span (less than 48 hours usually) and are typically expelled from the hive. The symptoms are strongly correlated with elevated DWV titres, with reduced...
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National Beehive, Flow Hive, Horizontal top-bar hive, Langstroth hive - Nuc, Stewarton hive) Hive frame Honey super Wax foundation Hive tool Queen clip Bee...
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illustrations. 1853: Langstroth on the Hive and the Honeybee–a Beekeeper’s Manual published in partnership with L. L. Langstroth 1853: Mysteries of Bee...
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Langstroth (1831), apiarist, clergyman, and teacher, considered to be the father of American beekeeping; namesake and creator of the Langstroth hive Paul...
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