>The box is the width of a Lang, same depth as a deep Lang box, and 4' long, with a rabbet running the whole length. This yields enough
>space for 33 deep frames.... This design has the weight benefits of a TBH but is more compatible with your existing equipment and allows you to use an extractor if you want.
...
>The Dartington Long Deep (DLD) hive takes
14 x 12 inch and can take up to 17 frames. It is possible to have 2
colonies in the brood box as there is an entrance at either end. It has
half size honey supers which take 6 frames can be used which are lighter
than full supers and are therefore easier to lift.[18] The Dartington
originally developed by Robin Dartington so that he could keep bees on
his London rooftop.
These two snippets describe the horizontal Lang I built last winter. I noticed there was no standardized method of building a Horizontal Lang, so set out to build my own. It turned into a gratuitous exercise in overengineering and feature creep. It is superable, and partitionable. I dub it the "Langstrough Observation Hive".
Here's a hi-res picture of it:
http://s01060000b4c5602e.cg.shawcable.net/tmp/Langstrough_Observation_Hive/Langstrough_Hive.jpg
Here's other pictures of it in various configurations:
http://s01060000b4c5602e.cg.shawcable.net/tmp/Langstrough_Observation_Hive/
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