On 10 Mar 97 at 10:40, Vince Coppola wrote:
 
>         I built a 33 frame long hive several years ago for a friend who
> is confined to a wheelchair. It had a center section that would accept
> standard honey supers. The bees just don't want to work that way and its
> just about impossible to get them to use the end frames. We gave up
> after 3 seasons of trying.
 
Hi Vince,
I am interested how deep were frames you used in the long hive.
I was told by one beekeeper that long hive work fine in case
that frames are at least 35cm (14inches) deep. Number of frames
can be much lower than.
 
The only problem is that this frames
won't pass in a honey-extractor.
 
Vita