Hi Mary,
 
I really like my D.E Hive.  It's light and very easy to handle, nothing is stuck together, which means that my bees don't get all worked up because they don't receive the jerks and bumps that the other bees get when I'm prying their hives (the langs) apart.  As soon as I can do it I'm going to sell my Langs and buy more of these D.E. Hives. This hive saves me time, and time is money.  I also find that when I am checking for swarm cells, I tend to kill a lot of bees by squeezing them, when prying the frames apart and when you kill bees there tends to be a lot of angry bees come to their funeral.  With the D.E. I hardly ever kill any bees. There is also more space per square inch, per frame for your queens to lay eggs in which equals more bees per hive.  I'd go for it!, at least try one I'm sure you'll be impressed. Then I'm sure that the ventilation in this hive helps the bees, because I've noticed that on hot days the bees in the D.E. are not hanging around the entrance of the hive like the other hives do.
 
Debbie
 
This  answer is MY personal opinion..
 
-----Original Message-----
From:   Patrick & Mary Caldwell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Monday, October 20, 1997 12:24 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:             Re: Bee space
 
Hi Debbie...
 
Saw your posting about the D.E. hive, and I'm very interested in how you
feel about it, especially as a woman and a fairly new beekeeper.  I am
going to be starting bees in the spring, and would like your thoughts.
Thanks in advance!
 
Mary Caldwell
Benicia, CA
 
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From: Debbie Hutchings <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bee space
Date: Friday, September 26, 1997 7:21 AM
 
Hi Everyone!
 
I tried one new  hive this summer to see how it would work out, (if what
was said about it claimed to be true).
I am very excited about how it's been working out!  At any time I can open
this hive and not have to pry or pull at it,  to get anything apart.
Frames come out by simply lifting them out without useing my hive tool.
I'm not trying to advertise anything here... I'm just stating what I've
found, seeing this tread is about bee space, bur comb, problems with
everything stuck down. It maybe also contributed to that, the bees who live
there are not inclined to stick things together, but I personally think it
is due to the dementions of this hive.  I'm going to use these hives from
here on, because it saves me much time, when going through and checking on
what the bees are up to.
This hive is called the D.E. Hive and is, I think the brain child from The
Bee Works, here in Canada.
Since this summer I have raised and expanded my hives from Two to
twenty-five, and also sold four nukes.  The other hives are all langs which
I find awkward compaired to this particular hive.
 
Bee Good.
Debbie from Canada...
2nd year bee keeper
25 hives and growing.....
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