Submitted by: Ayafoue Couassi-Ble

Are you looking for information about a beekeeping hive? If you are, you are not the first person that has been looking for these search terms and that is a reason why I am writing this article. This being, this article will focus on the Lansgtroth hive, which is one of the types of beekeeping hive that you may find used. Effectively, the main hives besides the Lansgtroth beehive are the top bar hive and the basket hive.

Firstly, one question that a person can wonder about is: Do I have to build a hive? To this question, I can respond by saying that no, you do not have to build a beekeeping hive on your own. In fact, there are ready-made model that can be bough. This way you might end up saving the time that could have been spent setting up the hive from scratch.

Building your own Lansgtroth Beekeeping Hive

Now, maybe you are a person who does not bother building a beekeeping hive as it could be an interesting experience. In fact, in this case also, you could find satisfaction by buying or ordering blueprints for a Lansgtroth bee hive. What truly matters is that whether you decide to buy an already made beehive or you decide to construct your own; the final result should be one that will help you do beekeeping with assurance.

But what are the components of a Langstroth beehive?

If you are thinking about getting a Langstroth hive, you should expect to have certain elements that this passage of the article will enumerate. Effectively, parts of this type of beehive are:

Outer cove

Inner cove

Shallow honey supe

Queen exclude

Upper deep or food chambe

Lower deep or brood chambe

Slatted rack

Bottom board

Hive stand

Something that may be beneficial

Unless your hive comes painted, you may have to apply some coats of paint to its outer surface. Why should you do that? In fact, because the hive will be used outside and thus will be exposed to the weather, painting the hive should help you make it more resistant. However, certain parts should not be painted. These parts are the cover, the feeder, the frames and the hive bodies. Painting these sections could lead the bees to swarm because of the odor. Additionally, you may want to avoid that the paint gets in contact with the honey.

One does not have to build his/her beekeeping hive. It is possible to purchase a hive that is already done and possibly save some time. This being if a person wants to build a beehive, getting a blueprint can help in achieving this task. However, if the Lansgtroth beehive does not come with painting on the surface, applying some coats could get you a beekeeping hive that will be more weather resistant. Nevertheless, to preserve the quality of your honey for instance, certain elements of the hive should not be painted. Among those are the hive bodies and the frames.

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