Upstate South Carolina here

[Plinsc]

 Hello
  We have an acre but it is surrounded by national forest and Game Management land. I haven?t gotten any bees yet as I?m still learning about keeping them.
I plan to build the hives this winter with the goal being springtime.
I do suffer from some health conditions that have weakened my hands so going with the plans I got for Layens hives. I?m afraid I could lose my grip hoisting boxes around, that could get sporty!
Looking forward to the adventures ahead!

[The15thMember]

Welcome to Beemaster, Plinsc!    I can't wait to hear about how the Layens hive is to work with.  I use 8 frame medium Langstroths, but I love learning about other hive types.  By the way, it would be best for you to make the location on your profile a little more narrow than just the United States.  Beekeeping is very local, and it will be much easier for people to give advice and discuss useful ideas if they know a little better what your climate in your location is like.  I'm looking forward to hearing about your beekeeping adventures!     

[BeeMaster2]

Plin,
Welcome to Beemaster.
Good luck with using Lyyens hives. I have not heard anyone on BeeMaster talk about them. Hopefully someone who uses them can pipe up and provide some first hand experience for you.
Jim Altmiller

[Ben Framed]

Greetings to you Plinsc; from "Upstate Mississippi"!    Thanks for choosing Beemaster as one of your starting places in your Honey Bee 'adventure'! Hopefully you will have those bees soon.

Phillip

[AustinB]

Welcome from VA

[Kathyp]

Welcome.  I zipped through a little info on those hives and I'll be interested to hear from you how they work!

[Bill Murray]

First off welcome. I have a friend of mine who said he was doing 2 of the Layens hives this spring Ill have to give him a ring and see how it all worked out.