Medhat Nasr wrote:

> The Canadian who designed the Kenyan top bar ... went to Africa. ... The
> design was after the log hives been used and hung on trees in Kenya.
>  Therefore dimensions were based on historical use of the local hives that
> fit Apis mellifera adonsoni. ...
>

As an aside, according to Eva Crane (The World History of Beekeeping and
Honey Hunting) the Kenyan honey bees are scutellata - not adonsonii.
 Adonsonii's area is along the west coast of Africa.  Perhaps the two
species are about the same size - I don't know - but yes, traditionally
beekeepers throughout most of Africa used horizontal log, bark or woven
hives hung from trees or mounted on stumps.

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