interesting UK hives

[Kathyp]

http://www.omlet.co.uk/products_services/products_services.php?view=Bees

these are not available here.  they look interesting. i didn't read the whole site but they appear to preserve the general principles that most of us follow, with added size and insulation.  i could use some insulation on my hives right now!!  hope my bees survive this cold snap........

[John Lee Pettimore]

From their homepage:

As the old beekeepers saying goes, "there is nothing better than spreading thick delicious honey onto a slice of piping hot toast - except when it's been collected by your very own bees."

I've never heard this "old saying"...

[Kathyp]

i say it every time i do it, and i am old.  :evil:

[the kid]

To me it looks like a long hive ..  you know one that is like the top bar only  you use frames ..  but that   mho..

[rdy-b]

465 euro- :-\ comes out to be about $690  :lol: RDY-B

[Kathyp]

i know.  spendy.

i was interested in the insulation.  they almost look like an ice cooler.

[SlickMick]

i say it every time i do it, and i am old.  :evil:

I dont believe that for a moment :-D

Mick

[mtbe]

It's a form of Top Bar Hive.  Saw the same in a Top Bar Hive forum.  Build your own for $40 at most. 

Insulated?  hmmm....how did bees ever survive without humans? 

[Kathyp]

Insulated?  hmmm....how did bees ever survive without humans? 

they probably wouldn't  have chosen the top of my hill as a place to put their hive.   :-D

[DavidBee]

I'm wiht kathyp - it looks like a beer cooler. Which has started me thinking - maybe I could use an old cooler for a top bar hive.

[wfuavenger]

it is in British Pounds (£) and not Euro (e)

£465=$757.16 !!!!!!!

[Natalie]

I have seen these before, they appear neat and efficient.
I personally like the style of the old fashioned wood but that plastic looks like it would be easy to keep clean.

[rdy-b]

it is in British Pounds (£) and not Euro (e)

£465=$757.16 !!!!!!!

:-X RDY-B