[Kentucky_Tim]

I tried a horizontal Langstroth hive this year and it has worked well so far. However, I'm wondering if anyone has experience with putting a candy board in a horizontal hive? How would that even work, if it's even possible? I've built candy boards for the tops of my vertical Langstroth hives, but this one has me stumped.
Thanks!

 

[Gypsi]

I think you will be inventing this as you go along Tim. All my hives are langs, and I just make fondant and put it on top of the frames under the inner cover (which I flip so it is deep side down)

 

[Rick_Bee]

Does your horiz hive have bee space between the top of the frames and the top cover?
If not you will need to do something next to the divider board.
It's probably best to have it as close to the cluster as possible.

 

[lredhage]

I tried a horizontal Langstroth hive this year and it has worked well so far. However, I'm wondering if anyone has experience with putting a candy board in a horizontal hive? How would that even work, if it's even possible? I've built candy boards for the tops of my vertical Langstroth hives, but this one has me stumped.
Thanks!

I built my first horizontal hive last year. I had the same concerns but what I did was to make a double wide Deep Frame with hinges and a magnetic latch at top and put 1/4 inch screen on front of it. I made some sugar rounds which I poured into a muffin top pan and let them cure then I put about 4 or 5 per frame. It worked very well. However, in the spring I had put some pollen patties in the frames with the sugar and the queen decided it was a great place to lay her eggs. Other than that It worked out great.....

 

[Rick_Bee]

I left bee space between the cover boards and the top of the frames so I can apply pollen patties or sugar feed on top of the frames with brood.
I put a syrup feeder in the back next to the follower board.

A frame feeder will work too but it needs to be as close to the brood as possible.

 

[Gypsi]

I left bee space between the cover boards and the top of the frames so I can apply pollen patties or sugar feed on top of the frames with brood.
I put a syrup feeder in the back next to the follower board.

A frame feeder will work too but it needs to be as close to the brood as possible.

Very nice hive. Is it a dual or a single queen hive?

 

[CatskillHoneyBee]

I tried a horizontal Langstroth hive this year and it has worked well so far. However, I'm wondering if anyone has experience with putting a candy board in a horizontal hive? How would that even work, if it's even possible? I've built candy boards for the tops of my vertical Langstroth hives, but this one has me stumped.
Thanks!

Hang it from a frame/bar. I did this in a top bar hive with hardware cloth. Pressed dampened sugar on to it and let it harden.

 

[Rick_Bee]

Very nice hive. Is it a dual or a single queen hive?

It can be configured either way, I put the entrance on the east end.

I built the box from 2x material, with 2" of foam in a telescopic cover for insulation properties.

It's kind of a pain in the ass because it can't be manipulated like a normal box so it's not well suited for production, but for a garden hive it is excellent.

I'm going to try to raise queens next year and it won't be much help for that, I will probably build some stackable NUCs to setup on divided 10 frame gear.

 

[Rick_Bee]

 

[Rick_Bee]

2 langstroff boxes will fit on the stand under it.

 

[Kentucky_Tim]

That looks great!

 

[WillowCrikRanch]

I modified a liquid feeder frame. Works great.

 

[Gypsi]

I could do that. Wow

 

[Rick_Bee]

That looks great!

Thanks
The only bee related issue I see with this insulated horiz is that the bees fly a touch later.
I'm considering opening the entrance a bit to let the morning sun in, or a mirror to put some extra morning sun on the entrance.

Bees flew today and collected pollen!
My fellow beek says Hazelnuts are blooming...
So cool to get some warm days to take advantage of the natural resources available.
Winter can't be over yet though...

 

[Gypsi]

Winter is definitely here, my bees are on pollen sub. Winter came late and a few, very few dandelions and my forsythia are about the only things blooming